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Overrule it. therefore, watch out, roe. >> interesting. kimberly atkins, one of the things interesting about the dynamics and some of the reporting last week was around this idea that perhaps a woman would be a better choice if you're trying to convince lisa murkowski, susan collins to vote for you. it seems the indication coming out of republican leaders in the senate is that actually picking amy coney barrett would be a very real risk for people like collins and murkowski. >> i think that's right for all the reasons ruth laid out. the paper trail, and somebody who expressed hostility toward ...

Insiders telling all three are strong choices. >> the list of finalists is the a-team. these are three terrific judges and honestly the president is not going to be going wrong by choosing any one of them. >> gillian: opposition groups are amping up the pressure in the homestretch. the aclu has now clawnched targeted ads in maine and alaska in an effort to get senators murkowski and collins to get answers from the candidates about their views on landmark issues such as roe v. wade. guys, back to you. abby: we will all know monday morning. ed: monday night. prime time. we are expecting it to be...

Country. we're a 51-49 senate. if he wants to throw an extreme conservative who basically says i'm not going to follow precedence, these laws, then yes, that to me is a major change and something the president should be sitting down with moderates on that advice and consent and say what would be good for america. >> but the reality is i think we know where this is headed on a partisan scale considering he's only looking at nominees prevetted. so we know he's going to pick a conservative. so i ask you, how do democrats then -- can you defeat this nominee if it comes from that -- are you hoping ...

Support for the president trump character. but is he right? >> he's right to a degree. and the degree is this. evangelicals voted for this president predominantly, especially the ones on the fins, not the ones in alabama at the rallies, the ones who came held with their noses held to a degree, they voted for the supreme court. they believe he is god's chosen candidate for such a time as this. this is the word on the street in the evangelical world. and so along comes a second supreme court nomination and they're like, here you go. we, as in evangelicals, have a chance to reshape this court for...

Pressure on our democrats and on senators murkowski and collins is really important right now, and we have to play both an inside and an outside game in order to make sure that we actually can come up at the end with at least a consensus choice if there is a choice at all. >> michael steele, i'm curious, too. we hear about those meetings the president now sitting down talking to some of these senators. when it comes to a supreme court nomination, what are those conversations like? is there horse trading? are they looking for something unrelated to a supreme court that they get consideration fo...