and joan biskupic, a supreme court birapher and an analyst for cnn. hello to both of you. so it looks as if judge ca kavanaugh has been busy in the last few weeks. what do we know about what he's been say himself to them about his record on abortion? >> today he had six meetings alone. i think the peon who best described what he's been telling senators on abortion is susan collins. she met wh him tuesday. let's listen to what she said he told her. >> we talked about whether he considered roe v wade to be settled law. he said he agreed with what justice reports said at his nomination hearing in which he said that it was settled law. >> this seems to be a mantra of supreme court nominees and it's something kavanaugh is sticking to. we hear democrats and republicans alike say this is whll he's teing them. >> woodruff: hearing this i what are most democrats saying? la they say it doesn't matter if it's settled the question is whether he's willing to overturn it. uck schumer said it's settled unl it's su sun settled. we ao hear democrats pointing to justice gorsuch who used the