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Sure there's a black woman on the supreme court to make sure we, in fact get equal representation. it's not a joke. it's not a joke. i would push very hard for that. >> politically supreme court nomination fights can come with huge risks, but they also present big opportunities to unite a political party. just look what it did for trump and the republicans in 2016. it even worked to a degree in '18 with the senate races. but the debate over breyer's successor is a point to rally around. if it is an african-american jurist, it may go a long way to improving his standing among african-american v...

Against the city of philadelphia on the contentious issue of same-sex adoption, and that's the path they chose. so a lot of these warnings, it just really show house hyperbolic these supreme court nomination fights are too often. >> joe, thank you for saying that, just because you look at what happened a couple of years ago, with justice kavanaugh and the sliming was such an egregious low point in american politics, and for those of us that know and respect justice kavanaugh, he did what we always expected him to do is uphold the law and rule according to the law and not as an ideologue. and y...

This week. >> reporter: that's right. first of all, on the coverage, if they're running we're covering them, right? kamala harris, she had a little bit of a press conference yesterday of the she'll go to oakland, california, on saturday and make a formal speech but where will she go in between, south carolina, and that's really important. let's go over the map and timing. let me previous face this by saying these dates are iffy. they change, they could move up. they could go into january or february. february 3rd, iowa caucuses, february 11th new hampshire primary, these are always the first f...

As republicans had in 2018. the senate map is laid out pretty well for the democrats. but it's going require that they can start winning seats in red states. and that's going to require the democratic party coming more to the center on immigration, nor the center on some other issues if they are going to win in some of those red states. well like states like missouri where claire mccaskill lost, states like tennessee where democrats had a shot but still ended up loeg. m mika, that dynamic democrats who are running for president pulling the party to the left and chuck schumer and democrats want...

Delaware. >> i'm jeff flake, a republican from arizona. >> it was our personal relationship that made the politics of compromise that prevailed yesterday possible. we hear you. and we need to keep hearing from you. >> so feel free to join me in an elevator any time. >> okay. so that last comment aside, they were followed by cardi b and i talked to before this unfolded, senator coons how he usually attends this festival and is not always greeted with much notice or interest but this year he's a big celebrity. you've been behind the scenes as these nomination fights played out and the process is...