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Be sworn in, confirmed as early as next week, steph. >> i realize he is obviously new to the position but do you have any historical perspective on how well he knows president trump, what their relationship is like? >> mark esper? >> yes. >> he's been the army sect tri for about two years and he's been -- had a great relationship with president trump and really good relationship with the hill during that time. that is one of the reasons his nomination animation was accelerated. it all went through in about two weeks which is very fast for this. i think part of that was the fact that members we...

White house does not seem to be eager about this. that they do not want a war over a supreme court nomination. what do you sense from the white house? >> i think they'll choose someone who reflects who justice stevens was so i wouldn't be surprised, idiosyncrasy lon surprised, more to the left. this is going to be a battle royale. the republicans will use this to gin up their base. the reality is a loft the republicans including what joe just said, the only justice they'd be happy with is somebody who is scalia. that's just not going to happen. president obama is not going to nominate a scalia...