sheldon whitehouse. cnn's political reporter manu raju has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there will be meetings with vulnerable republican senators including kellyyotte and they do not support moving forward with confirmation proceedings that are happening, just to have the courtesy visits. you're seeing an intense suggesting that there should be confirmation hearings and criticized substantially from the left. he backtracked and may face a primary challenge by making those comments. mike pompeii is considering a run against him. this is an intense pressure campaign from the right which is a big reason why it may be hard to see merrick garland confirmed this year. carol? >> manu raju, thank you. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" is up after a break. e saliva cof and you got this turning. that's why i need this kind of resolution and computing power. being able to use a pen like this on the screen directly with the image, it just gives me a different relationship to it and i can't do that on my mac. this is brilliant for me. headache? motrin helps you be an unstoppable, let's-rock-this-concert- like-it's-1999 kind of mom. back pain? motrin helps yo