and this president, and don mcgan and the federalist society and mcconnell and grassley, they have come have handled this in a lot of ways, better than the democrats have in the past. that i have caught the democrats a little bit flat-footed. >> it all seems that way. you know better than anybody this is a beauty pageant. and you're not going to learn anything in this confirmation process unless there's a huge gap. everybody has robert on the mind. every time they get in the chair. arian, joan thank you very much. enjoy the rest of your friday night. >>> one thing you don't often hear about, the legal battles being fought far from the supreme court. i'm beginning to argue to you tonight at the end of the show that the judges are everything in assessing the trump administration. and not just the big ticket supreme court justices. getting conservatives on the district court, the circuit courts, all around the country. that can have an impact that last a generation, okay. so, let's bring in nan and karen to take us through those legal show downs. next. with only a kite, a house key and a w