carl hulse, chief washington correspondent for "the new york times" and author of bias, inside washington's war over the supreme court from scalia's death to justice kavanaugh. seung min kim, white house reporter for "the washington post." and nina totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for national public radio. nina, i would like to begin with you. welcome back to "washington week." a 6-3 conservative majority is now on the horizon for the nation, for the court. what's the significance of that? seung: well, to begin with -- nina: to begin with, this would be a collection if judge barrett is confirmed, of the most conservative judges to sit on the court probably back to the 1930's. and a 6-3 majority means that if any one of them flakes poff on a particular -- off on a particular issue, it doesn't matter. they still got five votes. so it's a very -- i hesitate to say bulletproof, but a very safe majority for a particular ideological stripe of people. robert: seung min kim, you're on the bylne of the washington most what's the rationale inside the white house for judge coney barrett? seung: