about presiding over justice breyer's hearing. and the question whof he is going to pick. the short list, it can grow, and, of course, all eyes will be looking to see not just the confirmation process and how quickly it happens, as manu was talking about, but first and foremost, who the pick is going to be. >> who the pick is going to be. that's the president's challenge. abby phillip, as we close the conversation, i'm in a tug of war with myself. we're on "inside politics." you anchor "inside politics sunday." you can focus on this and the dramatic impact it could have on the politics in midterm election year. in some ways that feels like save that one for tomorrow. what about the history here? it's long over due in his opinion to put a black woman. steve black went through the numbers. to put a black woman on the supreme court is a huge historic deal. politics aside. and yet you can't ignore the politics. >> yeah, look. we dont know what the impact is going to be on the midterms, but as we have talked about so many times, this is a president who