[speaking spanish] esther suarez. felicidades. congratulations. >> thank you. >> do you still get goose bumps when that happens? >> it's beginning to wear off a little bit. >> yes? >> yeah, a little bit, yeah. >> are mom and dad still -- >> oh, so proud, so proud. >> who's more proud -- they are or you are? >> no, no, mom and dad for certain, yes. >> how did you break the news to them? >> well, it's always a little bit slowly. so, because i was a judge before, they didn't quite understand why i would want to give that up. so i had to do it delicately. >> okay. >> but they love it. they think it's fantastic, and they're happy about it. >> you know, we've had people on the show before who were "pioneers." we had a police chief from westchester county, the first in his department. we've had people from nypd, the first latinos. it's wonderful. it's great. it's groundbreaking. how do you look at it, and how do you absorb it all? well, i mean, the way i would look at it initially is -- and i sort of said this in jest during my swear-in