appointments to the federal bench at the circuit and district court level. they can't stop any of trump's nominees for the cabinet positions and quite frankly if they try to block his supreme court nomination republicans will simply follow the precedent they set for lifetime judicial appointment and apply it to the supreme court. they're trying to fight a war they can't win and quite frankly -- >> bill: i don't mean the interrupt you here. a little bit of drag here. just listen to senator feinstein from yesterday when she was talking about jeff sessions. remember, he is the guy who came forward from the u.s. senate and said i'm getting behind candidate donald trump. here is senator feinstein from california. >> he has reinforced and supported the trump mission, style, rhetoric and views. he was the first senator to endorse. he has attended at least 45