administration, which now finds itself facing twin battles that will likely define the trump presidency for years to come. for starters, there is that opening on the supreme court, which the president made sure to bring up again today. >> we're going to pick ourselves one great united states supreme court justice. we're going to start working on that process. we've already started. and hopefully we're going to make you very proud. >> and tonight there was confirmation that a formidable white house lobbying effort aimed at potentially wobbly republican senators is already up and running before there is even a nominee that we know of. press secretary sarah sanders wrote tonight that the president met with senators grassley, collins, murkowski, manchin, donnelly, and heitkamp to discuss the supreme court vacancy. the potus team also talked with more than a dozen other senators today as part of ongoing outreach to get views and advice