kind of republican will fill his seat in the senate. welcome to "the lead." i'm dana in for jake today. the confirmation could change the supreme court for a generation and tomorrow brett kavanaugh will begin what will be no doubt intense hearings on the until nation. that's always the case when it comes to the highest court and even more so for this seat. replacing justice kennedy, the swing seat on many decisions. it will be an abrupt return for senators from the holiday weekend. democrats are already outraged after the trump administration said it was with holding more than 100,000 pages of documents related to the time in the george w. bush administration. republicans meanwhile they're insisting they're confident kavanaugh will be on the bench when the supreme court begins its new term less than one month from today. let's get straight to lara jarrett. what's the strategy of democrats