the president's pick for houeal & human services secretary and congress secretary. we'll post updates on the nbc washington app. meanwhile, the political world is waiting for tonight's big announcement when president trump will announce his choice for the supreme court. nbc's edward lawrence has a look. >> reporter: president donald trump has two names at the top of his supreme court list. neil gorsuch and thomas hardiman. president trump says he will announce his pick tonight. >> a person who is unbelievably highly aren'ted and i think you will be very impressed with this >> reporter: democrats say they will look at the nominees' position and fight, if needed. >> if they're fire breathers to the right or left they need not apply as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: the president is making his selection as he fires the acting attorney general. sally yates sent a letter to the justice department saying she's not convinced the executive order instituting a limited travel ban is legal. hours after sending the letter, president trump fired her elevating another lawyer