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Candidates, today senators harris and booker are in iowa as is mayor pete buttigieg and senator bernie sanders is going to be in new hampshire. another key date ahead is wednesday, the last day to qualify for the next democratic debate which is november 20th, so far only 10 candidates have qualified. eric. eric: all right, jackie, thank you. arthel. arthel: yes, we are going to tell you who is able to scarf down these stone crabs at record pace. we all sleep easier knowing you're out there keeping us safe. and on a personal note... sfx: jet engines ... i just needed to get that off my chest. t...

Record pace. senator chuck grassley who was a chair of the judiciary committee has been a big part of this as well as senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. they have filled scores and scores of seats. there are still vacancies they are but the president and mcconnell are committed to getting that done and filling seats. listen in. >> and name 20 or 25 people in that list is still out there. it's made up of the kind of people that mitch mcconnell has talked about and you've talked about, people that are constitutionalists. and you kept your word. 20% of the people voted for you based on the p...

Association has labeled not qualified. >> the nomination is confirmed. >> reporter: but who this week was confirmed anyway on a party line vote, backing the president's earlier proclamation, the entire court system is changing at a record pace. >> and we are going to be putting in a lot more. >> reporter: it's true. george w bush sat 152 judges, bik, 154. barack obama, 94. but they were two-term presidents. trump has already sworn in 157. >> have you worked on any other criminal case? >> reporter: democrats are howling over the sheer number and the idea that some nominees appear distinctly unp...

System is changing at a record pace. >> we're going to be putting in a lot more. >> reporter: george bush sat 152 judges, bill clinton 125, obama 94. trump has already put in 157. democrats are shocked that some nominees are unprepared. eight have earned the bar association label not qualified. many democrats are concerned that trump is picking judges because they're favorable to conservative views on everything from immigration, to gun control, to gay rights, to abortion laws. the president's supporters deny a political agenda. they crow about how many of his picks are in their 30s and 40s. >...

They're confirming his judicial picks really at a rapid pace. >> the way he's changing course strong with his base. but as cnn correspondent tom foreman tells us, there's a problem with a number of people heading to the bench not qualified by the american bar association. >> a federal judge who, imagine this, will uphold the laws and the constitution as they're actually written. >> reporter: another judicial confirmation, another controversy. >> very few are called not qualified, but he's one of them. >> reporter: justin walkerer, 37 years old, an assistant professor of law. he's the fifth tru...