To face his critics head on as he goes before the senate judiciary committee where democrats are vowing to make his charted path to the high court less than smooth. if he shows in his answers that he is out of the mainstream as his opinions indicate that he may well be, i will use every tool available, including the filibuster, to oppose him. reporter: pro-choice advocates are actively sounding the alarm over where he may stand on the issue of abortion. given president trump s assurances that he would choose a pro-life nominee. certainly, president trump s lit husband test makes it seem litmus test makes it seem as if in order to get selected in the first place, he already has his mind made up. reporter: he ll be hard to trip up. there are going to be people who are ideologically oppose today this nomination come hell or high water, and i think in this case once the american public sees judge gorsuch up there in the senate testifying, they ll realize what a terrific