waiting for photos of that private swearing in and then the next one, ethe public one in th rose garden with the president. >> it has been more than a year since antonin scalia died and now gorsuch is taking the oath. he has taken the constitutional oath. his family was there and his wife held the family bible and his kids were there. all the justices and most of the spouses were there,er including maureen scalia. justice scalia's widow. the whole party will move down the street to the white house and there that will be the judicial oath. that's a different oath given really just to justices and judges. and neil gorsuch ask that justice kennedy deliver that oath and the reason is why is gorsuch served as a clerk for kennedy. that is a little bit of precedent, poppy. this is the first time that we have a former clerk who will sit on the bench with the justice who he worked for. so, it's symbolic and, poppy, new precedent here at the court. >> it's fascinating. now, they have a full bench, which means no more 4-4 ties like they were facing before. ariana, thank you so much. let's talk about all of this with cnn supreme court legal analyst and former federal prosecutor and here on set with me,er the one and only jeffrey toobin. and it is now this morning and the oath, the nine. >> 14 months of eight justices. you know, it's really important when you think about how long these justices serve for. neil gorsuch is young for a nominee to the supreme court. he could serve 30 or 40 years and we think today that we know the issues that he will be confronting. the controversial issues like church/state and abortion rights, gay rights. who knows what it will be in 30 years. the only thing we'll know for sure is that the supreme court will have the last word and neil gorsuch will be one of the nine. >> indeed. the supreme court, joan, will also have the last word this, you know, these nine justices on the president's attempts at imposing that travel ban. >> that's right. there's so many issues. you know, we're talking about lots of different chapters of social dilemmas coming before the supreme court and we're likely going to see chapters of how neil gorsuch himself rules as a justice. he'll be tested right away because we'll have -- he'll sit starting next monday. this thursday he'll actually be in conference with his fellow justices. so, we'll see in the next couple of months indications of how he will rule. but there are so many months ahead and justice kennedy, the man who's going to administer the judicial oath had several chapters of his own life back in 1988 and who would have predicted that he would be the deciding votes on abortion or gay rights. neil gorsuch painted himself as someone in the mold of justice scalia, a conservative, but we'll just have to see how his life unfolds. how his judicial record unfolds with the issues that will come. >> right. laura, to you. he cannot, as he joins the high court, he cannot rule on cases that have already been heard, but not decided, obviously. but there is a mechanism by which he could break a 4-4 tie, is that right? >> it is. unless he has heard an oral argument, he cannot then rule on the case. but, if there is a 4-4 decision, the court could ask for a reargument. a reoral hearing on the actual merits of the case and he could participate in that and then rule. that would have a huge impact on cases although had a 4-4 split and the law of the land created or maintained by the lower court, he could actually be a part of those cases, as well. >> right. because if there is a 4-4 tie the decision of the lower courts holds until there is a tiebreaker. interesting. he has already been privately sworn in and we are waiting for photos from that. and then have the public ceremony in the rose garden with the president, et cetera. the other justices will be there including justice ginsburg who has been very critical of the president. >> of then candidate trump. he gave an interview -- >> not the sitting president. then candidate. >> our own joan got justice ginsburg to say incredibly inappropriate things for a justice, in effect, how she thought if donald trump was elected president, she was going to move to new zealand. by all accounts, she has not moved to new zealand but continued to serve on the court. but just indicative of how politically divided this supreme court is. you know, the difference between the democratic appointees and the republican appointees is really profound. four democratic appointees. justice ginsburg, justice bryer and the now republican five and the differences we see in congress and the race for the white house are often reflected in the supreme court. >> even though, i should know, joan, they should not be whatsoever. they are justices and also, let's just be frank, they are human. talk more about that moment as you do have rbg, the notorious, as you have justice ginsburg going to the white house to the ceremony today. >> well, this is an interesting moment politically because as jeff probably remembers back a couple decades ago, there was no ceremony at the white house like this. it's actually controversial within the court family. i think this was started during the ronald reagan years where one of theaths was taken at the white house. and several of the justices, includi including chief justice william rehnquist resisted it. they felt that the ceremony signals to the public that there is more of a mixing between the judicial and executive branch and the whole point of the judicial branch is to be independent of the executive. when it takes place at the white house, as we're about to see, that that might send the wrong signal. so, i recently was going through the rehnquist files at stanford and i saw so many different memos among the justices saying, do we really have to go? look at what it says. it taints the process. i think they feel like the door was opened back in the '80s and it's going to stay open. >> laura, to you. you worked in the civil rights division of the justice department. i want to get your take on this. a number of big cases from second amendment issues to separation of church and state and also a major voting rights case. >> when trump talked about during his candidacy of overturning roe v. wade abortion rights. but remaining 13 cases that this justice has left in this term have more to do with second amendment issues and also religious freedom rights. so, you've got the issue of whether or not a very core constitutional principle whether they can provide financing or grants to churches. the contraceptive mandate that will come in terms of businesses or providing same-sex marriage services. he will have an opportunity to argue or hear about and also rule on. much less of a roev. wade. but on religion, he has been very clear. he was a justice who was talking about the hobby line of cases and said that a religious organization need not follow the obamacare contraceptive mandate. we already know his leanings on that. the other areas are kind of up good frgrabs. >> a phone note what the junior justice has to do. >> the junior justice in the conference of the, the nine justices alone meet to discuss cases. the junior justice is responsible for answering the door. for getting papers. and, also, the court operates by committee. there's a committee on the building. there's a committee on various procedures. the least desirable committee for the justice to be on is the cafeteria committee. the junior justice by tradition always sits on the cafeteria committee. justice kagan was very proud of her contribution to the cafeteria committee because she got a frozen yogurt machine into the cafeteria. >> there you go. unreal. >> a big achievement. >> hazing of sorts, i suppose. jeffrey toobin, thank you so much, lauren coates. still to come, what is next for syria after those air strikes? it really depends who you ask on the president's team. the secretary of state rex tillerson meeting with world leaders right now. will he give some clarity to what the future of bashir al assad is. power struggle tensions reach a boiling point between steve bannon and jared kushner. the president's message, cut it out. work it out. in just moments, the nation's newest supreme court justice neil gorsuch sworn in. we'll bring that live to you from the rose garden when it begins. all finished. umm... you wouldn't want your painter to quit part way, i think you missed a spot. so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day? aleve, live whole not part. you want this color over the whole house? right now secretary of state rex tillerson meeting with world leaders in italy. this is the g7 summit where he is expected to deliver tough talk on russia and also the assad regime in russia. later this week he'll go to moscow and all of this as the u.s. military deploys warships to the korean peninsula in a show of force against north korea's provocations. we have team coverage this morning. will ripply is the only american journalist inside north korea and barbara starr is at the pentagon. we begin inside of north korea. will? >> poppy. north korean government officials say they are receiving the message that the united states is sending with its carrier strike group headed to the korean peninsula and that missile strike on syria,er which th they view as a threat to their own country. the united states is willing to take military action if they feel provoked or they cross the line. the north koreans say that makes them want to work faster to deliver the missile program. i was with government officials when word came in that the "carl vincent" was heading back to this region. this government believes the u.s. is the reason why they have to build nuclear weapons. why they need a viable nuclear tip capable of reaching the u.s. these weapons of mass destruction are essentially the key to their survival as a nation and the united states would rain bombs down on their homes if their country doesn't develop these weapons. they explain that as why people live in economic hardship. why many people don't have enough electricity or insufficient food at times. they say these are the sacrifices that they must make in order to develop weapons, protect this country and protect the north korean's leader jung-un. this is a big week for kim. the supreme people's assembly happening tomorrow. delegates will vote in favor of what the leader presents before them. on saturday,er the biggest holiday of the year here in north korea. the day of the son celebrating the birthday of north korea's founder. around this particular holiday, north korea in the past has engaged in what the world considers very provocative behavior including five years ago when they attempted and failed to launch a satellite into orbit. u.s. and south korean officials looking at the satellite data believe north korea could push the button on its sixth nuclear test at any time. that certainly would be a way for kim jung-un to send a message to the united states. on a week when he wants to project power and strength both here and north korea and his enemies around the world. poppy? >> thank you very much. barbara starr joining us now at the pentagon. can you talk about how big of a deal this is. how significant a move it is. it's not the first time that we had, you know, american warships moving this way. >> well, that's right, poppy. but when it comes to sending a signal, probably no bigger signal, literally, than a u.s. navy aircraft carrier. the north koreans see the message, they hear the message. they watch the missile strike into syria at the end of last week and understand that this trump presidency is sending the signal to the entire world that it's willing to use military force. so, decision was made to move the carrier group into the region, in case there is another north korean provocation. but what about the military utility of a carrier strike group? is it really the asset you need and want? a carrier with its aircraft onboard is not going to be able to do anything about a north korean missile launch. a couple other ships with the group that do have a missile defense capability. they could try and shoot down a north korean ballistic missile launch. but will makes the point, the bottom line here is north korea's moving closer to being nuclear capable and the national security adviser h.r. mcmaster talked about all of that. >> north ckorea has been engage in a pattern of provocative behavior. this is a rogue regime that is now a nuclear capable regime. and they agreed that that is unacceptable. that what must happen is denuclearizati denuclearization. the president has asked us to be prepared to give osfull range of options to remove that threat to the american people. and to our allies and partners in the region. >> but worth remembering that president obama's own director of national intelligence james clapper said before leaving office he didn't think much of anything to be done to make north korea give up its nuclear efforts. >> that's right. very important point. barbara star at the pentagon. thank you for that reporting. let's discuss that and more with mike rogers. a controversial op-ed on the ranking democrat on that committee. let me just get your take, congressman, on this move. on the clear message from the trump administration to north korea. as barbara said, when the pentagon doesn't want folks to know where their warships are headed, they just don't say anything. they were very vokelingcal abou this time. >> i think it's about moving a specific capability. but also this offensive capability of a u.s. carrier. the other interesting part of this, i don't know if you remember this, poppy. a few months ago the navy s.e.a.l.s were announced to go to south korea to do a joint training exercise and they made it very clear that it was the same unit that went after osama bin laden. i find it interesting that the "uss carl vincent" which was engaged in that is steaming to south korea. i think there's a psychological war fare going on here. if it was an accident, it's pretty interesting. it does start to tell the people around kim jung-un this is getting serious. if this is ever going to get, i think, mediated to a point where there is not conflict and i talk to a lot of military officers who believe that it's on an escalation path, not necessarily by moves that the trump administration, but by the military officers surrounding kim jung-un. so, we have to find a way to intercept that ramp up towards any military engagement, small or otherwise. then you have to worry about the miscalculation. does south korean commander on the border make a miscalculation that escalates the problem here. >> so this morning you also have a senior official in south korea saying that south korea and china together have agreed to ramp up their sanks against north korea. any expert you ask it cannot solve its crisis on its own. you need those sanctions, especially when it comes to the money and the banking abilities of north korea to be handled by the chinese. i mean, do you believe that the chinese are really going to do more this time because there has been a lot of talk and little action. >> i'm not sure. i know one thing that china does not want. they don't want more u.s. forces in the region. that trigger to say, hey, maybe we need to ramp this up and the actions of kim jung-un who have not been rational in the past and i'm not sure i would put the rational stamp on his actions on another nuclear test than other things now. so, there are a couple of things that china can do to help on sanctions significantly. the majority of trade with north korea comes through china. and then a wlblack market activy that sustains the elite of north korea. all of the people who support kim jung-un are supported in those black market operations. china could have a significant impact, if they want to do it. it would cause some economic difficulties for them in that region, but it would also really kind of heal north korea or at least for the first time really pinch the people that you need to communicate to that listen escalation is not the path here. south korea and china can come together to work out a package of which we can be a part of. that's really the right way forward, i think. >> so, congressman. secretary of state rex tillerson heads to moscow for a more than awkward meeting with his counterpart. this after he went on the sunday shows and he did not say that bashir al assad has to go from syria. then you have nikki haley saying assad has to go. it doesn't seem like he's going into this meeting in russia where they're even on the same page and, of course, russia is propping up assad and his regime. >> yeah, i'm going to lay this at the feet of two diplomats that are new to this arena and where words have an extra weight sometimes when you're talking. so, if you wrap back what they both said, they're not necessarilier in direct conflict with each other. nikki haley said i can't imagine a reshgime moving forward. most people think the same thing, just how long that is. >> let me just read you his quote because tillerson said of assad, the syrian people will ultimately be able to decide the fate of bashir al assad. the syrian people being gassed by him. >> well, two things here. so, if it's all of syria, yes. many believe this is why many are worried about an election where assad runs the election as the head of state. folks believe and i certainly would be in that category. that is not going to be a fair election and magically you'd find assad winning another term. so, the nuance here is you really do need russia to help negotiate what an ouster of assad looks like. the reason that's important is not for just assad and that use of chemical weapons, which is atrocious and a tragedy and thankfully we finally did something about it. but you don't want a vacuum of power in syria. that would be a disaster for every one of our allies in the region and certainly stability in that region. you have to negotiate something so that technocrats of government just don't get up and walk away. we have great history on this in libya and iraq. we should not make that mistake, again. i do think they need a little wiggle room to be able to negotiate a departure of assad with a transition of government. again, a rapid chopping off the head, i think, is going to be a disaster for u.s. interests in the region. >> before i let you go. the op-ed you wrote on cnn.com this weekend. the headline, a committee that you used to chair in your former life in congress. why does adam schiff have to go, too? nunes recused himself. he ran to the white house with intel before telling his own committee members. why does schiff have to go? >> they are very difficult. both teams want you to find something that you may or may not find and to have one of the senior leads on this out at the microphone saying, well, we're going to find collusion. absolutely the president was engaged in collusion just sets up, again, the expectation that this investigation isn't going to be fair and impartial. an investigation is a very serious thing. the u.s. government is using its authority to get information and make a recommendation on someone's character, maybe even their freedom and the determination of what happened here. that's as serious as it gets. because of the sharp edge politics on both sides of that, it ramped up to a place where most americans are saying, i'm not sure i trust at all what is coming out of it. go do the important work of telling and investigating what russians are doing at large in the intelligence space when it comes to operations. that's a good thing. they would be working together and solve a real problem. leave the investigation to folks who haven't been out trying to make their point in the court of public opinion. >> congressman, thank you so much. you certainly raise a lot of eyebrows with the piece. we appreciate you joining us. new photos just in to us of the newest supreme court justice neil gorsuch being sworn in in the private ceremony this morning. his wife holding the bible. chief justice john roberts. the president at the rose garden at the white house coming up after this. more on that after this. ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for every six months you're accident free. silence. it's good to be in, good hands. this morning a possible truce in a white house turf war that has gone pretty public. on one side jared kushner whose portfolio of responsibility seems to be growing daily. on the other side, steve bannon who helped steer him to his big win in november. a forced sit down over the weekend at mar-a-lago and the message from the president to both of them, work it out. cut it out. get along. here to discuss, cnn political commentator a former south carolina state house member and cnn political commentator kevin. what do you make of this? different than white house infighting because normally one side isn't the son-in-law of the president. i mean, can steve bannon ever win out in that kind of fight? >> certainly an advantage there. look, i think tension within white house staff is not new. by the simple fact of the pressure you have on you, the long, stressful hours and you have to work very closely together. that's not new. what is new, poppy, so much of this is playing out hour by hour in the media. and that is never a good thing. but, look, by all accounts jared kushner is a very formedable figure inside this white house inner circle and i think what is most important is that everybody has to remember at the end of the day, they're still a staff. and that staff's goal, staff's focus has to be about serving the principal and serving the principal's agenda. that is this president. they have to find a way to have a more collaborative atmosphere and find a way to keep these divisions behind closed doors and then publicly make sure they're executing on behalf of the president and his agenda. >> i think that's going to be tough because everything, especially out of this white house, seems to be leaking out to the media pretty quickly. but steve bannon opposed the, you know, arguably the biggest move of this president yet. certainly in foreign policy terms and that is the air strikes on syria. >> well, yeah. i think that that actually lands itself to credence that steve bannon is the one who is behind this america first isolationist strategy that donald trump is abandoning. many people, including myself, i'm not sure kevin can help illuminate but many people don't have any idea what it is. steve bannon did have some ideas on which direction he wanted the president to go and the president went the other direction. his influence in the white house may be waning. you've seen over this past weekend that many people from the far right have come out against these air strikes. many of these people are accolades of steve bannon. the question is, is steve bannon there for the long haul? i know many people like myself who want steve bannon out of the white house and don't think he belongs. however, we'll see where that ends up. >> so, kevin, to that point, you do have bannon being removed from the national security council last week. he is allowed to be in any of the principal meetings he wants to. he went to one late in the week last week. do you see him as having a waning influence in the oval office? >> i think it has more to do when a president gets in the white house and recognizes the power of the executive and the power of being a commander in chief and listening and hearing directly from military advisors like henry mcmaster and general mattis over at the pentagon that tends to supersede that of a staffer. i think the timing is interesting given that jared kushner was in iraq and spending time with these top military officials and then, subsequently, this move was made to the national security council. that may be one of those instances where jared kushner's influence, you know, feeding these opinions directly from the president about what the general's preferences are as it relates to formulation of policy, that may have been manifest in that move. >> bakari, i know you're not a fan of steve bannon. you made that very clear. if that is what is happening jared kushner more and more power who is 37 years old and had success in the private sector, but no government experience is the right move? >> well, personally, i don't think that ivanka, jared or steve bannon have the experience and make the decisions that they're making. with that being said, if i am going to have to choose world views one over the other, i think anyone who doesn't want to see the destruction "of the deep state." whatever that may mean and wants us to be a leader in the world, would pick jared kushner over steve bannon any day of the week. his history of breitbart and comments that have been made lend me and others to believe that he has no place in the white house. not in this administration or any other. >> this is still someone who has the president's ear and see where this all lands. great to be with you. >> thank you. over the weekend, more bloodshed in syria. the very same sight of that deadly chemical weapons attack last week hit by new air strikes that are believed to be by the assad regime. much more on that ahead. companies in the country. after expanding our fiber network coast to coast. these are the places we call home. we are centurylink. we believe in the power of the digital world. the power to connect. and that's what drives us everyday. won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get 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what you now see as hope. you see hope after these air strikes led by president trump. >> we do. just the week before the the chemical attack i lost another colleague in another chemical attack. very close. six miles away. and he was operating when the bomb comes, so in the o.r. you're particularly vulnerable. he's one of so many colleagues and friends that i've lost over the last six years. so on tuesday morning we think it was kind of overkill. i don't think assad or putin wanted to draw international attention. but then since then we've seen a lot of retaliatory strikes. just over the weekend, there were five air raids using incendiary weapons and all those kind of totally illegal ones and all on civilian targets. that's a piece where civilians are being targeted every day and chemical weapons are obscene. but incendiary weapons that are only slightly less so. >> you going in mentioning this. a doctor operating on a child who died because he was trying to finish the operation, the procedure and he was choked to death by this. it is unbelievable. will you go back knowing the danger you face? >> my colleagues and friends will not let me go anywhere it's not safe. the head of the white helmets, you know, we know what it is to lose colleagues. we don't try to put ourselves in the line of danger. no safe inch because it is in opposition territory because it's always been targeted. >> would you say the syrian people are more hopeful now about america's role after the air strikes last week? >> very much so. really, in many ways very much so. i mean, at the end of the day trump is a father and grandfather and he has kids and grandchildren and he doesn't like seeing kids die in such a horrible way any more than the syrian parents do or we do. that at the end of the day is kind of important. what it must be is not just a limited strike because of the sarin, because there is such a small piece of the war. so, what we need to see is this conversation we're not just going to respond to one. we'll respond every time. >> a sustained response. the barrel bombs and the previous attacks killed more people than this most recent attack. for people watching who feel helpless who sees these images and breaks their heart and brings them to tears. they're not physicians and they can't go over like you can to operate on these children. what can americans in mass do? >> what they can do is support the white helmets who are the bravest group of volunteers and they, themselves, lost almost 117 of their team, but they have rescued over 785,000 sevilcivil which is amazing. you can support a lot of them directly through groups or other ways and feel free to contact me. i know them all. but i think most important is that message of solidarity. i keep going back. i even take my 9-year-old son. i have been taking him for three or four years. >> you take him? >> i only take him to the border. but, you know, he gets it. this is the real world. in a lot of ways to show support and that is so important because then you realize where humans together and that's the best way to engage. they're not aa terrorist in syria i'm a terrorist because i'm a doctor. we're not terrorists, we're all human. >> thank you for being here and even more for what you do for these people. >> my pleasure. it's an honor. >> thank you very much. we'll be right back. at any moment justice neil gorsuch will be sworn in as the newest member of the supreme court in a public ceremony to be held with the president at the white house. his second swearing in ceremony this morning. just last hours pictures of the private ceremony with chief justice john roberts administering the oath and his wife holding the bible and his two daughters were there, as well. you're also looking at some new pictures showing gorsuch with his, you see chief justice roberts there and other smiling colleagues alongside him, as well. it was, obviously, quite a contentious debate leading to is point with republicans in the senate using the nuclear option to get him confirmed. meaning just a simple majority of 51 votes is needed. our senior congressional reporter manu raja on the hill. what is the reaction on the hill this morning? >> well, this morning they're on recess right now, but i can tell you, poppy. this was a huge development in terms of the republicans' agenda. this has been a very difficult period, opening period for the new trump administration. not being able to get health care done as they want it to get done by the time they head home for this two-week recess in addition to doing other things legislatively. they have not been able to do that. getting gorsuch confirmed the senate majority leader saying last week the most consequential decision in the senate was his decision to leave that supreme court seed vacant for an entire year. the final year of president obama's term in order to get neil gorsuch confirmed to the supreme court and having to go through that process of invoking the nuclear option to change the rules of the senate to push gorsuch through. into infuriated democrats. on the day of the confirmation vote mitch mcconnell seen giving a high five to some members of his staff. that angered some democrats, including dick durbin, the number two democrat who said it was a sad day for the senate. so, you're seeing the dividing lines play out because of the hard ball tactics that the republicans employed and concerns this could be used, again, maybe to even change the filibuster rules for ledge slapgslagz if a filibuster could be defeated by a simple majority. republicans say they will not do that, but this gorsuch move a significant move. >> republicans favor this time. that's what they wanted. when they're not in power will the democrats use it on them potentially changing the senate and how it works for this process forever. manu raju on the hill, thank you very much for that. moments from now judge neil gorsuch will be publicly sworn in. a beautiful day in the nation's capital. a historic moment for this country and this president is straight ahead. we'll see it all live here on cnn. we'll be right back. our finest grass seed plus quick-start fertilizer and natural super- absorbent mulch grow grass anywhere. guaranteed. this is a scotts yard. you have to feel healthy... on the outside ...at your core. trubiotics a probiotic from one a day naturally helps support both your digestive and immune health by combining... ... two types of good bacteria. trubiotics. be true to your health. this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, everyone. i'm kate baldwin this is cnn special live coverage of a historic moment in our nation's capital and our nation's history. the swearing in of neil gorsuch as the 113th justice of the supreme court. this happening any moment now. this will be, of course, part two of his official moments today. we have new photos just released of part one showing gorsuch taking the constitutional oath. administered by chief justice john roberts. that happened at a private ceremony just a short time ago. now his public swearing in ceremony is aboutto to begin. live pictures at the white house despite the drama leading up to this moment, it is no doubt a huge moment for president trump. his pick to the highest court in the land will be taking a judicial oath just moments from now. it will be administered this time by justice anthony kennedy who he once clerked for. the first time ever a justice will serve alongside one of his former clerks. along with the official swearing in, we expect to hear from the president and also from the man of the hour. the 49-year-old appeals court judge from colorado who is about to take a lifetime position on the supreme court bench. very important news happening this hour. jeff zelleny is at the white house watching it all and in the rose garden where the ceremony is about to begin. jeff, they could not ask for better weather. it looks absolutely gorgeous. a big moment for the president and neil gorsuch and a big moment for the country. >> no question about it, kate. a sun splashed day here in washington. the height of spring here in the rose garden. you could say this is probably one of the biggest moments, as well, of the trump presidency so far, poppy. sorry, kate. some highs and lows, of course, throughout the first 11, 12 weeks of this administration. but the selection of judge dw gorsuch was one of the highs and now that he is being sworn in is part of the trump legacy. no question. he asked mitch mcconnell to help thank for this because as we saw last week they changed the rules of the senate, come is historic, as well. judge gorsuch will sit on this supreme court for potentially 30 years or so. perhaps longer. 39 years old. he'll be here in the rose garden with the president. the last time he was here at the white house was when he was announced by this president. and in terms of the strategic choices was viewed as the highlight of this administration and now, today is the culmination of all of that. you said the fact about justice kennedy, as well. historic, as well, that he will be swearing in someone who worked for him as a, on the supreme court as a young man and now the judge will be sworn in as the 113th justice. so, kate, this is probably going to go down as the biggest accomplishment of the trump administration in the first 100 days or so. we are nearing that benchmark here at the end of april. but one of the challenges, of course, is what else will they get done. at least for now at this moment in this sunny day in washington, the trump administration is breathing a sigh of relief and smiling that they have their first appointment to the supreme court. and we talked to president trump last week when he flew down to mar-a-lago. he sai