this has been a pretty successful week for him. not just the confirmation, but striking of new trade terms with canada and mexico, and the eye-popping job numbs, and capping that off with a supreme court nominee who will tilt the ideological bent of the supreme court for years, so trump will have a lot to say to his base here in a little over 340 minutes from now. ana in. >> and also what is the president saying about the protests we're seeing? >> reporter: well, president trump fired off a tweet on his way to kansas about the size of the crowd downplaying the energy and outpouring of opposition we've seen around the country to the nom confirmation. he's compared the side of the crowd to the crowd that's gathered him today. that mirrors the red riggs we've seen from him. he's also accused the protesters of being organized by democratic