time now for our sunday group columnist george will, and lisa lerer for the associated press, and conservative, kristen soltis anderson, and bob woodward of the "washington post". george, your thoughts of the merrick garland nomination and the stand that republicans are taking in the senate, no confirmation hearing. >> the republicans have two reasons for taking the position. one, to demonstrate to the republican face something they doubt, which is that there is a republican to want the republicans to control the senate. they cannot de-fund planned parenthood, they cannot repeal obamacare or prevent the reauthorization of the export and import bank but they can stand up and say we can do something. second, this is a way, they say, of protesting executive overreach by the president. although this is a clear constitutional right and duty of the president to nominate people to the judiciary. what is puzzling is the republican senate leaders saying this have all said of course they will support donald trump if he is the party nominee but they are content to have judicial nominations made by donald