birthday. we have a lot to get to, so joining me now is nor alex padilla of california. senator, we mentioned you sit on the senate judiciary committee, so let's start with the supreme court. i would love to talk about the many qualified candidates joe biden has to choose from. and we are do so in a moment. but some of your republican colleague on the judiciary don't care about any of that. saying this week he wants a nominee that, quote, knows a law book from a j crew catalog. republicans probably can't stop this confirmation, but they can certainly try to debase the process and tarnish the nominee. are you at all concerned about that? >> i'm more than concerned. i'm frankly insulted. good to be back with you at such a critical time to think that -- before we know who the nominee