the shadow of ruth bader ginsburg's death and amy coheny barrett after rapid confirmation, taking justice ginsburg's seat on the court, encapsulated by the covid pandemic, the 2020 election and all the stuff that we know about. what i try to do was channel the court in real time. i wrote every chapter, what happens in that month is an honest account. i didn't go back at the end and do things i would have gotten wrong, a case that was argued in november and decided in june, the decision didn't quite track my perception of the argument, that is life. or did she miss a signal there or something? something that would have taken over to my eyes as a decade as a court watcher and my professional life since the 70s. it is what it is. >> host: we go along, i will mainly ask about the substance of the book but also asking about the writing because this was quite a challenge to do it the way you did it, to have it be edited simultaneously as so much was unfolding. let's start in the beginning. i found your focus early on with new justice amy coheny barrett was prescient with the focus on abortion,