>> A FOX NEWS EXCLUSIVE.
INSIDE THE HIGH COURT WITH THE
MAN ATOP TRUMP'S LIST.
STORIES YOU HAVEN'T HEARD.
AND A WARNING FOR THE COUNTRY.
>> THERE IS A REASON WHY
DEMOCRACIES HAVEN'T ALWAYS
SUCCEEDED IN HISTORY.
FROM WASHINGTON, SHANNON BREAM.
SHANNON: THE SUPREME COURT.
FOR MANY VOTERS IT WAS THE
DECIDING ISSUE OF THE 2016
ELECTION.
THIS HOUR THE FIRST TELEVISION
INTERVIEW WITH GORSUCH SINCE HE
JOINED THE NATION'S HIGH COURT.
A REVEALING CONVERSATION ABOUT
HIS LIFE, HIS PHILOSOPHY.
WE START FAR AWAY FROM HERE IN
GORSUCH'S HOME STATE OF
COLORADO.
IT'S QUITE A STORY ABOUT HIS
NOMINATION.
>> TWO YOUNG THEN WERE SENT OUT
FROM WASHINGTON TO COLLECT ME
AND MY WIFE FOR THE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
THEY SHOWED UP ON A SUNDAY
EVENING.
I WAS OUT MOWING THE LAWN.
SHE WERE INVITED TO STAY FOR
SUPPER AND THEY WENT TO A MOTEL
AND CAME BACK TO GET US THE NEXT
MORNING.
THE PRESIDENT TWEETED.
AT THAT POINT IT SEEMED LIKE
EVERY MEDIA TRUCK DESCENDED UPON
THE POTENTIAL NOMINEE'S HOMES.
AND WE HAD A CREW OUTSIDE OUR
SINGLE ROW.
THEY HAD LAWN CHAIRS AND VANS
AND THE WORKS.
THEY CAME PREPARED.
SHANNON: THE TWO GUYS FROM
WASHINGTON DID NOT.
>> THEY WERE IN THEIR SUITS IN A
RENTED CAR.
SO THEY WENT TO WALMART AND GOT
SOME DUDS THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE
NATURAL FOR THE COUNTRYSIDE BUT
STILL FELT LIKE THEY WERE GOING
TO GET CAUGHT.
THEY SAID WOULD YOU MIND HIKING
OUT?
WE'LL PICK YOU UP THERE.
MY WIFE'S ROLLER BAG WOULD NOT
MAKE IT THROUGH THAT HIKE.
I SAID GUYS, NO.
I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
MY NEIGHBOR SAID NEIL, I GREW UP
IN IRAN DURING THE REVOLUTION
AND I WOULD NEVER BUY A HOUSE
WHERE THERE IS ONLY ONE ESCAPE.
>> SHE SAID I HAVE TO SHOWER AND
CHANGE.
YOUR GETAWAY OUTFIT, THE WHOLE
POINT IS NOT TO BE SEEN.
THE PERSON WHO SHOULD HAVE
SHOWERED AND CHANGED DIDN'T, AND
THAT WAS ACTUALLY ME.
I HAD BEEN IN THE BARN ALL
MORNING AND MUCKING OUT AND
DOING ALL THE CHORES.
AND I THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING BUT
THAT.
>> WE WENT OUT BY WAY AFTER
BUMPY HORSE TRACK AND MET UP
WITH THE KIDS FROM THE EAST
COAST TO MAKE IT TO WASHINGTON.
>> WE FLEW TO D.C. AND ARRIVED
TWO HOURS AHEAD.
WE ARRIVED TO A DINNER PARTY.
AND I WALKED IN AND I SUDDENLY
HAD THIS MOMENT OF
SELF-AWARENESS.
I AM STILL WEARING THE CLOTHES I
MUKD OUT IN THE BARN THAT
MORNING.
>> SHE CALLS IT ESCAPE FROM
LOOKOUT RIDGE.
SHANNON: DID YOU EVER IMAGINE
ALL THOSE YEARS AGO WHEN YOU MET
YOUR HUSBAND YOU WOULD END UP IN
THIS-HISTORICAL PLACE?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> THIS IS A FOX NEWS ALERT.
WE ARE CONTINUING OUR SPECIAL
COVERAGE OF THE DEATH OF SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE IS ANTONIN SCALIA.
>> HE CAME HERE FISHING WITH
YOU.
>> WE AGREED ON A LOT OF THINGS
AND I ADMIRED HIM GREATLY.
AND HE WAS AN ENTHUSIASTIC
FLY-FISHER.
BUT WE DID NOT SEE EYE TO EYE ON
HOW TO PRESENT A FLY TO A TROUT.
I SAID I KNOW THIS STREAM LIKE
THE BACK OF MY HAND.
IF YOU CAN JUST WADE OVER THERE
A LITTLE BIT, DROP THE FLY DOWN,
YOU ARE GOING TO CATCH A FISH.
HE WOULD TOMORROW OVER THERE,
SLAP THE LINE ON WATER AS HARD
AS HE COULD.
THE HARDER HE CAST, THE MORE THE
FISH WOULD LIKE THE
PRESENTATION.
HE WOULD SAY NEIL, YOU TOILED ME
THERE -- YOU TOLD ME THERE WAS A
FISH THERE.
WELL THERE HAD BEEN.
SHANNON IF PRESIDENT TRUMP GOT
TO PICK SCALIA'S REPLACEMENT
THAT WOULD BE GONE.
SENATOR McCONNELL DECLARED HE
WOULD KEEP THE SEAT OVER UNTIL
AFTER THE ELECTION SO THE COURT
BECAME ONE OF THE CAMPAIGN'S
MOST OF PRESSING ISSUES.
>> DO YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW
DONALD'S SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
WILL BE LIBERALS?
FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFE HE CONSULTED
LIBERALS.
SHANNON: HE ISSUED YOU A LIST OF
THE LIST OF JUSTICES HE WOULD
NOMINATE.
IT DIDN'T INCLUDE NEIL GORSUCH.
>> I REMEMBER IN THE SUMMER OF
2016 WITH A FRIEND AT LUNCH.
HE SAID IT'S A PITY YOUR NAME IS
NOT ON THIS LIST.
I AM SO HAPPY IN COLORADO, LEAVE
ME ALONE.
I'M FINE.
WE GOT UP FROM LUNCH AND MY
PHONE BUZZED AND IT WAS A TEXT
SAYING YOU ARE ON A NEW LIST.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WOULD BE A
SECOND LIST AND I DIDN'T KNOW MY
NAME WOULD BE ON IT.
>> I CALLED HIM, HE SAID SO,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
SHOULD I GO FOR THIS?
SHANNON: REBECCA COLISS TAUGHT
HIM TO FISH.
>> HE SAID THE CONFIRMATION
PROCESS IS GOING TO BE
DIFFICULT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING
TO DO TO ME OR MY FAMILY.
MY RESPONSE WAS IF HE COULD GET
HIS GIRLS ON BOARD I NOT IT
WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS SERVICE TO
THE NATION.
SHANNON: OF COURSE THE POINT WAS
MOOT IF TRUMP DIDN'T BEAT
HILLARY CLINTON, AND EVERYONE
KNEW HE COULDN'T.
BUT OVERNIGHT NEIL GORSUCH
BECAME A MAN WHO COULD MAKE
HISTORY.
HE SAID IT'S NOT YOU.