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Confirmation hearing process on the trump side of that table, and they're all in trouble. >> one or two mistakes. and as governor dean mentioned, just one or two members, republican senators. and so you look at the group of senators who were sort of cool towards him during the primary. two of them actually ran against him, marco rubio and lindsey graham. and they're among those who expressed reservations about tillerson and about the approach towards russia. so it wouldn't necessarily be hard to foresee them, you know, coming to a place where they might have -- express serious concerns and may...

Consider folks, even those who criticized him in the past, who might have some greater international experience, than folks mentioned in the first couple of days. >> i assume you're referring to mitt romney. is he someone you could easily vote to confirm? >> i think we owe it to the american people to have a full confirmation hearing process, regardless of who is nominated. whether it's for supreme court justice or attorney general on secretary of state. but mitt romney brings the kind of senior government experience as governor, as a candidate for president, and as someone i'll remind you who...

Us she's modest, she's approachable, she's extremely intelligent. just the kind of qualifications you'd look for in a nominee. but first kagan has to get through that confirmation hearing process. she says she finds fall with that exact process saying it doesn't really help the public learn something significant about a nominee. her friends are hoping the process shows she is the right person for the job. >> solicitor general and my friend, elena kagan. >> reporter: the announcement not entirely unexpected. elena kagan had been on the short list for some time. but it still came as somewhat of ...

Protections in the constitution against abuses of power. to try to get some candid responses and i thought it was very helpful. i had a chance to go over some general issues. look, she's a very qualified person, president brought forward a person who's being received i think very well by the united states senate. it does give us a chance to sort of set of stage for the hearings itself. >> you know, she's been quite critical of the confirmation hearing process having seen it from the inside as a staffer to now vice president biden, then senator biden. do you have any reason to believe, based on...

Attended. no judicial experience. bringing a different perspective to the court. this is judge diane wood. she served in both the reagan and clinton justice departments. sometimes that can help in a confirmation hearing process. when you're finding someone worked under a republican and a democratic president. that they were respected within both administrations. i want to show you one more, too. another judge with lots of years on the bench. merrick garland is on the court of appeals since 1997. 13 years on the bench. one thing he did while working inside administrations as a prosecutor. he ma...