expected to pick a nominee this month. there's been backlash from certain republicans about that pledge. do you expect that this nominee is going to be treated fairly in the hearings? given how the things have gone? >> yes. i think so. this president doing what he has the power to do. nominated. eight african-american women to the court of appeal. these courts that eight equals all of the president's before him and that to me is what he can do. he's going to nominate an african-american woman. he is going to nominate an african-american woman. that's what he has the power to do. he doesn't have the power to get the vote of a person from a state that he the person that lost by 40 points, so that is the dilemma we have. you can't blame that on the democratic president. he's doing a exactly what he promised to do. and he's doing it in an ek wi