of what's happened the last year or so in washington to learn that his first call last night after speaking before the country and receiving the nomination was to judge merrick garland, who of course got nowhere in his nomination for supreme court. had you surprised by that phone call, knowing judge gorsuch as you do? >> to be honest, i'm not surprised. one of the things that makes neil gorsuch a good judge is that he's such a good man. he understands that the process that happened last year with merrick garland's nomination was deeply troubling, it was unconstitutional and wrong. merrick garland should be on the supreme court right now. and i think neil's call to him is the kind of graciousness that exemplifies who he is as a person. >> johnathan, melissa points to it, this is a good example of the kind of situation where the senate is right now, republicans were able to get their supreme court nominee in neil gorsuch because merrick garland was iced