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Growth of governor scott. he also wants to help with reducing the taxes in that state. he has the right policies that fit for that state. mayor gillum does not. he does have far left wing policies. >> alice -- >> that are not fit for florida. president trump won florida. he has 50% approval rating. the wind is at desantis' back. if he can put this behind him, he is in a good spot. >> this is what's so interesting. the fact of the matter is desantis is -- he is like a very -- one could argue sometimes he is more trumpier than trump. he is not some mainstream conservative. he believes in conspir...

The math is very difficult for them and how much of this is about revving up the democratic base for the midterms? >> i think they have to -- whether for the midterms or there were no mid terms, they have to do this because the democratic base would be upset without seeing resistance, even if it's unlikely to stop him. you have to put forward an effort and then i guess they're hoping something comes out in the hearing. seems very unlikely and the ultimate question is who would they replace him with? even if they were able to stop him, the idea that donald trump chooses somebody who isn't hosti...

Henderson who went way beyond where judge kavanaugh went. obviously that's one of the cases that i'm sure i will be discussing with him. >> reporter: she also said it's premature to render a judgment about whether or not he is considered a conservative, a mainstream conservative on this court. i also caught up with some other -- some democratic senators including ones who are in difficult re-election races who are targeted as part of the confirmation process. one is joe mnuchin of west virginia. could raise concerns about any nominee that could undermine pre-existing conditions, protections un...

I think that's the thing that ruffled people. >> harris: we have a former law clerk to judge kavanaugh. how surprised are you to hear kansantor um say this is an establishment pick not for conservatives? >> thank you for having me on. i could not be more enthusiastic about the president having nominated judge kavanaugh. he's an independent, fair-minded judge. "usa today" had an article that suggested on paper he may be the most qualified supreme court nominee in generations. he was a long record. he's written as many as 300 opinions in 12 years n that record there's a lot to like. and here and...

Immigrant teenager in federal custody. he wrote a decision, the teenager was seeking access to an abortion and he wrote a decision against the teenager but they feel that the words of his decision didn't go far enough, what's your respond? >> thanks so much for having me on, i think the main thing to know about judge kavanaugh is he has one of the toughest legal lines of the country, a record of close to 300 opinions, the great thing about judge kavanaugh is what you see is what you get. i think one of the things you are seeing right now with some of the concerns that have been raised is simpl...