senator leahy, who retired the trophy on supreme court nominations a long time ago. john marshall was the first. >> that was, of course, senator dick durbin who is wrangling the committee hearing process for the senate judiciary committee. speaking now just after we heard the opening statement from judge jackson. questions tomorrow, you heard him, 30 minutes from each of the democrats and republicans who sit on that committee. ali vitali covers congress for us. i understand you were in and out of the room and there were a few things that stood out to you. tell me about it. >> reporter: yeah, several things stood out to me, hallie, and specifically dick durbin, you say he's wrangling the head of this committee. he is, and today he didn't have to do very much. everyone stuck to their time. there were some predictive lines of attack from republicans, questions further explored tomorrow. as i talked with senator durbin throughout the day as he himself was in and out of hearing rooms, he was saying he looks forward to jackson being able to