supreme court he began his career as a clock to justice anthony kennedy justice anthony kennedy who is retiring at the end of the month and whose job is likely to be taking if he goes through the process of senatorial hearings which are due to find some sort of result in october ahead of the midterm elections which are going to be happening in november he's a fifty three year old and he's a popular choice for conservatives because of his stance on abortion immigration and gun rights. and this is al jazeera these are the top stories the u.s. president has picked a conservative brett kavanaugh as his nominee to the u.s. supreme court if approved by the senate here replace justice anthony kennedy who is retiring at the end of the month can i began his career as a clock to the not outgoing justice kennedy. in keeping with president reagan's legacy i do not ask about a nominee's personal opinions what matters is not a judge's political views but whether they can set aside those views to do what the law and the constitution require i am pleased to say that i have found without doubt such a p

carolina: seguimos con raymond, juez federal para el secta circuito que trabajo con el juez anthony kennedy que ahora se retira. estÁ a favor de la libertad religiosa y del derecho de portar armas de fuego. borja: continuamos con este juez de kentucky hijo de inmigrantes provenientes de la india. tiene un extenso historial de servicio pÚblico incluido fiscal en ohio. un juez actual en el tribunal de apelaciones del sexto circuito. s conservador, sÓlido y defensor de la constituciÓn. carolina: tomÁs trabajo con la hermana del presidente trump en el tribunal de filadelfia y tiene una visiÓn estrecha de las libertades civiles y estÁ a favor de que los oficiales de policÍa no sean grabados durante las detenciones. borja; ahora viene la jueza joan larsen, trabaja en cincinnati. abogÓ para que los detenidos impugnarÁ su decisiÓn. un grupo de defensa de grupos humanos la ubican a favor de la tortura. carolina: el sÉptimo que ha sido entrevistado por el presidente trump, estamos hablando del senador mike flynn. se conoce como ultraconservador. sÓlo es el Único integrante de la lista q

kennedy. despite protests from democrats. the name of the president's nominee expected soon after the 4th of july holiday. gillian turner has more. >> president trump's facing one of the most consequential decisions of his administration. >> outside of war and peace, of course, the most important decision you make is the selection of a supreme court judge, if you get it. as you know, there have been many presidents that never got a choice. >> he says he plans to pick someone who can serve on the bench for decades but that's not stopping him from making the decision quickly. he plans to announce his pick july 9th in time to get a senate vote on his nominee before november's midterm election >> we should be able to work our way through the confirmation process sometime before early fall, hopefully in time for the new justice to begin the fall term of the supreme court. >> some of his fiercest opponents are now prepping for battle. >> people are rising up. donald trump is not king. no one makes i

president trumpp is about to introduce his nominee to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court. this will be mr. trump's supportment as the president shapes the highest court for years to come. he will make announcement and introduction in the east room of the white house. you are looking at that right now. in anticipation of this, protesters have gathered outside the supreme court building protesting on both sides of the roe v. wade issue. jane crawford is the chief

he previously clerked for justice anthony kennedy. and worked for former independent council ken starr during the clinton investigation. >> democratic congresswoman jackie spear of san mateo county is responding to the nomination on twitter. she said "today's of kavanaugh brings a onslaught of attacks to gut hard one lgbtq rights environmental protections and the aca and health care for millions of americans. >> kpix5 political reporter melissa caen is joining us andthe president is going with a solid conservative yois choice and he has written 300 opinions. will it make it tougher in the battle because less is unknown there's a lot of opinions we know how he feels. >> that's right. and a as you heard the republicans need every single vote. they need 51 votes to confirm this nominee. and with john mccain at home, dealing with his illness, they need 100% of the republicans and maybe one democrat to come over maybe the vp to come in and break a tie. so, given the amount of jurist prudence the notion that one or more republican senators

the president set to announce his pick to replace retiring t anthony kennedy. he will embark on the trip to the nato summit and visit with the queen and sit down with vladimir putin. >> all that is going on and the legal team signaling it is less and less likely mr. trump will grant an interview in the russia investigation with robert mueller. more now from boris sanchez. >> reporter: dave and christine, president trump setting to make the historic announcement at 9:00 for his nominee to replace anthony kennedy on the supreme court. the back drop of the decision is the news over the weekend that rudy giuliani has laid out very serious demands of the special counsel so that robert mueller could sit down one-on-one with president trump. giuliani is essentially asking the special counsel to provide some evidence to lead to suspicion of wrongdoing on behalf of president trump. giuliani does not believe that robert mueller would comply with some of the demands. he has openly said so suggesting he believes mueller would issue a subpoena to compel the president to tes

justice anthony kennedy's retirement brings a significant change to the supreme court. follow the story on c-span from president trump nominating a replacement, the senate confirmation hearings to the swearing in all on c-span, or listen on the free c-span radio app. president trump will announce his choice for the supreme court monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern. we will have live coverage of the remarks and afterwards, we will give you a reaction and take a look at the nominee. now a news conference on president trump's soon to be announced nominee to the supreme court. yesterday, representatives from , pro-choicenthood america and the american women's law center talked about their concerns and what they expect from a new justice. the president will announce his choice monday. >> good morning, everybody, thanks for coming. i am the executive director of demand justice which is a part of this coalition that we will hear from today and we are proud to be partners with everyone here today. in four days, donald trump will name his next supreme court nominee. these are not

. >> who will pesident trump pick to replace justice anthony kennedy. >> if the president dominatesme one extraordinary like neil gorsuch againha ird to stop that nomination. >> we'll recap nominees who will play a key role in president choice how do democrats try to block senate confirmation. we ask the senate democrat that wants to delay a vote until after theidterm. >> plus, journalists like all americans should be free from the fear of being vintly attacked while doing their job. >> critics of president trump link his attackso on pre shooting deaths of five people at a newspaper in maryland we'll ask our sunday panel about both sideg a disturs baying blame game. right now. on "fox news sunday" hello again from fox news in washington as america sets i again from fox news in washington as america sets i for 4th of july holiday g his t supreme court o be announced in just eight days and preparing for a including a summit with russiann prt vladimir putin. in a moment we will talk with national security advisor john bolton, who is just back from moscow. but first cot's bring in espondi

kavanaugh, if confirmed, would replace justice anthony kennedy, who announced his retirement 12 days ago. >> supreme court justice anthony m. kennedy announcing he will retire. this leaves a major opening on the supreme court of the united states. >> reporter: sending shock waves through the nation and shivers down the spines of liberals, who had to rely on kennedy's swing vote on social issues. that decision opening up a second seat for president trump to fill on the bench, allowing him to help shape the country's highest court for generations to come. from a political standpoint, purely political, what do you make of this nomination tonight? >> this is a very traditional pick. it's the kind of pick you could imagine a jeb bush or a marco rubio or a ted cruz picking. >> reporter: a maryland native, brett kavanaugh was raised roman catholic, attending the tony georgetown prep before going on to study at yale both as an undergrad and then again as a law student. he's served in the same court that produced supreme court justices ruth bader ginsburg, antonin scalia, clarence thomas, war

kennedy. watch seen of him live on c-span or c-span.org or listen on the a.e c-span radio app today, vice president mike pence spoke to the u.s. immigration and customs authorities. he told them that ice has the full support of the trump administration despite calls by some to abolish it. homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen introduces the vice president. [applause] hello.elsen: i would like to start by saying .appy belated fourth of july i help everybody had opportunity to take time with their families. i would like to take the activity to thank the great men and women of ice. as we celebrate independence and went to thank you and your families for your service to our country in keeping our communities and country secure. it is also my privilege to welcome our acting director of ice. he has about 30 years of experience within our family and within law enforcement. we are thrilled to have him. before i introduce the vice president of the united states who has been an incredible ally an

he previously clerked for the man he could replace, justice anthony kennedy, and worked for independent counsel during the clinton investigation. many democrats are already vowing to fight the nomination. >> there is no one in america more qualified for this position, and no one more deserving. >> reporter: when brett kavanaugh was sworn in on the i justice anthony kennedy who administered the oath. kavanaugh clerked for kennedy after receiving two degrees from yale university, assistant during the president clinton impeachment probe, and served in the white house under president bush, who then appointed him to the bench. >> my judicial philosophy is straightforward. a judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. >> reporter: at his confirmation hearing in 2006, he said he considered roe v. wade settled law. >> if confirmed, i would follow roe v. wade fully. >> reporter: some say he made a point of saying that he's catholic. >> this is important because kavanaugh hasn't written any direct decisions specifically about reproductive rights. >> reporter: and he ma

he clerked for two fellow judges and anthony kennedy on the supreme court. those are the types of jobs he knows are highly competitive and only the best of the best get asked to serve as law clerks to appellate judges and certainly to the supreme court. then, he went in private practice and worked in the white house counsel's office thereafter. finally staff secretary that i mentioned a few months moments ago before being confirmed on the federal bench in washington. i want to step back for a mome moment, in the weeks ahead we will have time to talk about his credentials and his experience in his decisions, we will have time to look at all of the dissents, the concurrences and majority that he has written on the d.c. circuit court of appeals. it's also important to know the man, to know the person. unfortunately, washington, d.c. has a way of chewing up people. , because their personality and humanity become separated from the political basis or ideological basis from which people may oppose them. i think it is important to know the qualities of this man, be

prime time announcement by president trump of his pick to replace anthony kennedy on the supreme court. as soon as the president picks, a monumental challenge begins on the supreme court. now with more details. >> reporter: reality shows the president who might make their east room debut tonight. says they president trump is zeroing in on these two judges, brett kavanaugh and thomas hardiman. brett kavanaugh is graduate of yale law. but president is not so fond of people working for bush, hardiman did. >> he's sir quit court judge. in my judgment that cares far more weight, far greater weight in terms of supreme court justice than service in the white house. >> reporter: also thomas hardiman. he was first in his family to go to college and drove for taxi company before law school. the next tier of finalists involves barrett, favorite of evangelical and only woman on the short list, and kethledge who works from converted barn in michigan and wrote a book on solitude. >> i don't think any one of these four that tt president is considering should be a cause of concern for any of my collea

bush and clerked for anthony kennedy, whose seat he will be taking. we are training our camera on the main part of the white house, leading into e east wing, looking for the president to be joined by the person he has selected. right now, we see president trump walking alone.we l find out in a moment who he has named. president trump. (applause) >> my fellow americans, tonight i speak to you from the east room of the white house regarding one of the most pround responsibilities of the president of the united states, and that is the selection of a supreme court justice. i have often heard at, other than matters of war and peace, this is the mostm iportant decision a president will mak the supreme court is entrusted with the safeguarding of the crown jewel of our republic, the constitution of the united states. twelve days ago, justice anthony kennedy informed me of his decision to take sentuior sta on the supreme court, opening a new vacancy. for more than four decades, justice kennedy served our nation with incredible passionio and dev i would like to

kennedy. president trump hasn't named the candidates but they're believed to be four federal appeal court judges. whoever the president picks they will have to be confirmed by the u.s. senate where republicans only have a slim margin. >> i can't predict how my 48 colleagues will vote. i will tell you simple math tells you if john mccain is absent, it's a 50-49 senate. one republican senator can decide the fate of any nominee. >> senate democrats wanted to delay the hearing until after the midterm elections and they may still try make that happen by dragging out the process. we'll have the latest on the supreme court nominee coming up at 4:30. >>> later today oakland mayor lib by shaft announcing a new arson tip line and reward fun. it comes one year f a big fire destroyed an apartment building under construction on valdez street. at least three other buildings under construction in oakland and em writeville have been destroyed by fire in the past few years. the mayor plans to hold a news confe

the 53-year-old would replace retiring anthony kennedy. the nomination is being met with protests. >>> today president trump will be in belgium to attend nato meetings in brussels before heading to the uk. he'll then meet with russian president vladimir putin. >>> the deadly klamathon fire has injured three firefighters and killed e rson. also buildings since it break thursday. >>> a lawsuit targets the toll authority, asking the $3 toll increase be invalidated. >>> we have delays along southbound 680, a new accident reported near south main street with a lane blocked. heavy down towards highway 24, just under 10 minutes from willow pass. we have delays due to that crash with one lane blocked, 37 minutes from 580 down to 84. so that's an additional 30 minutes you need there. at the bay bridge toll plaza, not in the red quite yet, 20 minutes from the maze into san francisco. neda? >>> the sun of course coming up from the east, and look at this. looking toward the east bay, you can see the rays over the bay, a sign of a very beautiful day. t

the candidate will be replacing anthony kennedy, a moderate conservative who occasionally sided with democrats. >> republicans are holding four lottery tickets and all of them are winners. >> reporter: democrats hope to convince at least one republican to vote no and block the nomination. if republicans stick together, there's nothing democrats can do to stop the confirmation. >> democrats say the vote should wait until after midterm elections. president trump is expected to make the announcement at 6:00 p.m. watch it live here on kpix 5. >>> this week a san francisco native is accepting the city's top job, becoming the first ever african-american female mayor of san francisco. in addition to clearing the streets of tent camps and hiring more police officers, she says her first actions in office will lay the foundation for the city's future. she'll be sworn in on wednesday. >>> in a few hours, high profile opening statements will be happening in the case against monsanto. the lawsuit claims the active ingredient in roundup causes cancer and accuses the company approximate of covering

. >> anthony kennedy talked about his retirement from the court which he announced in june. he's both at the ninth judicial conference in hama, california -- anaheim, california. thank you. what a privilege it is for all of us to be here. monday, this is a unique conference, justice kennedy is our representative. you will see something in a he has been with us at these conferences and supportive of the circuit. this is his last as a sitting justice. he will always be our friend and welcome to come back. this conversation has a special meaning to us. i want to recognize and thank justice kennedy's wife mary, for being here. thank you. [applause] in talking to marry a discovered that she began her teaching career at a small elementary --,ol in med low are, california. i said i went there. right across the street from that school. life has its moments. kennedy, thank you. it is a time of reflection for us, maybe not for you, so much. i wanted to start things off and i hope you will pardon this but you grew up in sacramento. it was a small time -- town. you spent time in your fa

th >>> president trump is preparing to make his pick to replace justice anthony kennedy. he plans to begin interviewing potential candidates tomorrow. fox tells us, lawmakers are preparing for a battle to veto his pick. >> reporter: h these are real -- >> these are real lives and the shape of the court will be determined for decades to come. >> reporter: u.s. is senators taking to the shows making their views clear over president trump's supreme court appointment. the president's decision could change the balance of the court following justice anthony kennedy's retirement announcement last week. he is known for his split vote on major decisions and some worry what impact his replacement could wade. any appointment needs u.s. sena where republicans hold a majority. but several gop senators say roe v. wade will be a deciding factor in their vote. >> a candidate for this important position who would over turn roe v. wade would not be acceptable to me because that would indicate an activist agenda that i don't want to see a judge have. >> i am not going to vote for anybody te

justice anthony kennedy will retire at the end of the month. the "washington post" reporting president trump's process is the same as it was when he picked justice neil gorsuch. he anticipates it will move quickly but not be without challenges. >> it's probably going to be vicious because the other side all they can do is obstruct and resist the whole thing is resist. >> the politics of this, my colleague steve kornacki will break it all down for us. steve? >> all right, david. democrats certainly activists are saying they want to stop this trump supreme court pick, whoever it is, the question do they have any power to do that? the math is the math in the senate democrats have 49 votes right now. used to be in the old days you had something called a filibuster and had to keep the other side under 60 and do what you wanted. no more filibuster. 49, not enough for democrats. that means they need a majority and got to basically hold their side together and they have too get hope from republicans. is that possible, if democrats want to achieve the g

filling the vacancy left by retiring justice anthony kennedy. watch the announcement live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> every monday your money segment. today we are focusing on the cost of protecting -- safe guarding nuclear wilhelmsen. joining us is john donnelly. john donnelly. he has been looking at this topic and what have you learned? guest: i have done a few studies on this. the extent to which we spend on the defense nuclear nonproliferation program, meant to safeguard the supplies of nuclear materials and keep them out of the hands on -- the hands of terrorists -- it has declined. , becauset an issue after his first few years, spending started declining. trump has continued it that way. ifthe last eight years, trump's budget is enacted, there 18% decline inan spending on these programs. and looking out over the next few years, trump wants to increase them at a 7.5% rate but there isn't enough to even keep pace with inflation. so there has been a real shrinking of it. and there i

anthony kennedy. watch the announcement live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> next, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren speaks to the american civil liberties union and its membership conference in washington. she's introduced by aclu president susan herman. ♪ >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you. very nice response. it is my great honor to be introducing our next speaker today, the persistent senator elizabeth warren. as much of you know, mitch mcconnell and republican colleagues did scope warren about attorney general jeff sessions on the senator. what senator mcconnell said at the time were the dismissive words, she was warned. she was given an explanation. nevertheless, i'm all thinking you want to say the next three words with me, nevertheless, she persisted. senator warren did persist and she read kor ret that scott king's letter to millions of people on facebook and mitch mcconnell's smug victory lap turned into a meme. how many of you have seen that meme and tweets? how

he was a clerk for anthony kennedy. you've got mr. hardiman, thomas hardiman, he is the man, grassroots, working class background, taxicab driver, teen inner for his father's business of the he went to notre dame, not an ivy league person. that mate be something that appeals to the president. amy coney barrett, also went to notre dame. youngest of the group. law clerk for antonin scalia. raymond kethledge referred to as gorsuch 2.0. university of michigan, law clerk for anthony kennedy. both sides gearing up for fight over the nominee. protests already scheduled tonight at the supreme court. national abortion rights action league will protest starting at 8:00 on the steps of the supreme court. but if you've been watching fox business today and other networks, there are groups which are buying advertising in support of the president and his nominee. one of those groups, judicial crisis network has already spent more than one million dollars. they will spend 2.4 million promoting whoever the president chooses to be his nominee. one last

circuit in 2006, anthony kennedy administered thekefor k receiving degrees from yale university. he also served in the white house counsel's office under president bush, who appointed him to the bench. >> my judicial philosophy is straightforward. a judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. >> reporter: at his confirmation hearing in 2006? >> if confirmed to the d.c. circuit, i would follow roe v. wade. >> he's considered a judge's judge, a true thought leader among his peers. >> if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case, and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united states and the american rule of law. >> reporter: protesters were outside the supreme court to denounce the nomination. mola lenghi, washington. down an invitation to the white house, to watch the president reveal his nominee. she later tweeted that kavanaugh's record indicates he would be among the most conservative justices in supreme court history. dianne feinstein later tweeted out that brett kavanaugh's record indicates he would be amon

something the white house wasn't expecting beforehand, before anthony kennedy came to the white house. so they're going through this process. he interviewed those four candidates at the white house yesterday morning. two or three more, he says, going on the rest of this week. but still, this is happening very, very quickly. this is going to be a pivotal decision for them. we know the president has been saying privately he wants someone who's graduated from harvard or yale, but he's not constricted by that. he's not only going to pick someone by that. just the president speaking, he does want someone with a very good pedigree. also, he's increasing he intrigued by this idea of picking a conservative woman and being the president who puts a conservative woman on the supreme court. so we could see that play out as he's meeting with these people. what it comes down to with the president is if he feels that kind of chemistry when he sits down with them one on one. >> so he has a list that he built in conjunction with the federalist society and other conservative allies. the president says

potentiald about the impact of justice anthony kennedy retiring. this runs an hour and a half. >> although you guys have bios of our speakers on your table, for the people were watching us on c-span, thank you to c-span for covering us, i will do a short introduction. in order of how they have been covering the court, on my part right, tony morrow. >> this is the author. bob on the other and joined the washington post in 1987. this returned to reporting in 2005 and began covering the court in 2006. at him attack on my immediate method over the new york times be 11 years ago but has a longer history with the times which a person joined as a copy boy in 1984 after graduating from college and then after getting his law degree returns as a lawyer in the times legal department. a decade after that he became a reporter covering legal issues. sitting next to me on the other side is a reporter and independent contractor and until recently with its editors, my microphone has gone off. before returning to full-time blogging, she served as counsel in more tha

robert: president trump considers his short list retiring supreme court justice anthony kennedy. > he would like someone with the right judicialemrament. robert: we examine the leading contenders and the confirmation battle that's brewing on capitol hill. he resigns one day afterin celebr july 4th at the white house. pruitt worked relentlessly to roll bac environmental regulations and had a closeti reship with the president. but scandals into spending and potential ethics violations cost pruitt his job. we look at the legacy hes leave and his successor. plus, after months of threats and brinksmanship, the u.s. begin as trade war with china but at what cost? we discuss it all s withng min kim of "the washington post." kimberly atkins of the "boston herald," and mark landler of the "new york times." announcer: this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- newman's own foundation all profits to charity and nourishing the common good. ku and patricia ewing committed to bridging cultures in our communities. the excellee in journalism foundation, the corporation for public broadcasti

kennedy. abc news reporter stephanie ramos joins us from washington with who is on the president's short list. >> reporter: the president seems pretty pumped so far with the rollout of the supreme court justice nominee deliver the n reality show fash tonight on prime time tv president trump will announce who will replace retiring justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court. >> we're very close to making a decision. >> reporter: the president producing the event up to the very last minute. tweeting today, i have long heard the most important decision a u.s. president can make is the selection of a supreme court justice. will be announced tonight at 9:00 p.m. and it is important. the next nominee could be on the court for the next couple of decades and could be a swing vote to overturn cases like roe v. wade, the 1973 decision to legalize abortion. >> if you look at what the president said, which is he will nominate someone only if that person is committed to automatically overturn roe v. wade.

kennedy. that's great. thank you. [ applause ] judge kavanaugh has devoted his life to public service. for the last 12 years, he has served as a judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals with great distinction, authoring over 300 opinions which have been widely admired for their skill, insight, and rigorous adherence to the law. among those opinions are more than a dozen that the supreme court has adopted as the law of the land. beyond his great renown as a judge, he is active in his community. he coaches cyo basketball, serves meals to needy families, and having learned from his mom, who was a schoolteacher in d.c., tutors children at local elementary schools. there is no one in america more qualified for this position and no one more deserving. i want to thank the senators on both sides of the aisle, republican and democrat, for their consultation and advice during the selection process. this incredibly qualified nominee deserves a swift confirmation and robust bipartisan support. the rule

he also once clerked for justice anthony kennedy. the university of michigan law school graduate has co-written a book on leadership, called "lead yourself first." his co-author described him as "authentic, humble and down to earth."randi kaye:"kethledge is a true conservative.. once reportedly upholding a mandatory minimum sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to drug charges, even though congress had reduced the mandatory minimum by the time the man was sentenced."amy coney barrett:"justice kennedy is 80 //edit// this could be a sea change."amy coney barrett, the only female nominee trump seems to be considering, is a former notre dame law professor. she is 46 and has seven children.she was recently appointed to the us court of appeals in chicago, for the 7th district, and has clerked for supreme court justice antonin scalia. a new york times profile explored barrett's membership in a group called "people of praise" -- a christian organization that the article says has life long loyalty oaths, requires submission to advisors of the

visit ncicap.org] announcer: justice anthony kennedy's retirement brings a significant change to the supreme court. follow the story on c-span, from president trump nominating a replacement, the senate confirmation hearings, to the swearing-in, all on c-span, c-span.org, or the free c-span radio app. announcer: supreme court chief justice john roberts recently spoke about justice anthony kennedy's retirement at a federal judicial conference of the fourth circuit in west virginia. he also talked about the work environment among the justices and the idea of having cameras in the courtroom. [applause]

he was a clerk for the justice he could replace, anthony kennedy. he was the lead author of the 1998 ken starr report that detailed bill clinton's involvement with monica lewinsky and laid out the grounds for impeachment but it's interesting and democrats will seize on this, after working for the george w. bush administration, kavanaugh wrote a law review article saying he had new appreciation for the demands of the presidency and recommended the presidents should be shielded from litigation until after they leave the white house so that was an interesting take. kavanaugh tried to quiet the outcry from democrats saying he will first and foremost uphold the rule of law. take a listen. >> i will tell each senator that i revere the constitution. i believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic. i will keep an open mind in every case. >> judge kavanaugh talked about his background. both of his parents were lawyers, they went to law school while working full-time jobs when he was a kid. he talked about the fact th

kennedy on the supreme court and that will become number one with a bullet on the hit parade for the remainder of the summer. >> before the break you were aboutg about your podcast the package that passed the house and senate. do you think it is any better than prior years? any semblance of regular order? >> there is some. particularly in the senate, when minibus. so-called i don't have the report card in front of me but i think it was the first time they passed a standalone appropriations bill and years so they are trying to show the public and lobbyists they can do the reaching business of governing will it actually help at the end of september because the more progress they have on these appropriation bills, the less there is to fight about. the republican majority, is at least showing they can do some of the routine business of governing. having said that, there is an almost total lack of correlation between how productive congresses in a midterm election year and what the voters due to that congress. there have been some very productive midterm election congresses and the voters

that's a reasonable prediction but when anthony kennedy came to the supreme court 30 years ago, his reputation was solid conservative, too. by the way, for amy coney barrett, she was spotted at home tonight in indiana which nosuggestions she' the choice, lester? >> pete, thanks for laying it out for us. we hope you join us for the liveoverage for the supreme court announcement at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific on this nbc station. ig>>> high drama t in london, just days before president trump is set to visit prime minister teresa may's governnt rocked by two major departures. secretary boris johnson and brexit secretary david davis. both men quitting over divisions of how hard to break with the european union and how close economic ties should remain after the u.k. leaves next year. the prime minister has already nad a new foreign secretary. >>> hopes for a denuclearized north korea may have hit a roadblock ing a tense visit to pyongyang over the weekend by secretary of state mike ppeo d the president trump expressing confidence kim jong-un will disarm. nbc news andrea mitchell has more on the dip

kennedy on the courts and that will become number one on the hit parade. >> go back to appropriations for had the, your podcast package -- you see the process of spending bills any better than in prior years, any semblance of order? david: when the senate's it was theminibus, first time the senate has passed a standalone in several years. they are trying to show that they can do the routine business of governing. will it actually help when the big end of september drama ha ppens which is almost for sure because the more progress they have on the appropriations bills, the less to fight about. meantime, the republican majority is showing some voters that they can do some of the routine business of governing. having said that, there is a correlation with how productive a congress is in a midterm election year, and what the voters do to that congress. there have been some very productive midterm election congresses, and the voters have decided to switch party control anyway, and there been some unproductive congresses and the voters have retained partisan control. there does not seem to b

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zeroing in on supreme court nominee to take the place of retiring justice anthony kennedy. president to make announcement monday night. day before he leaves for europe. let's get to garrett live. garrett. >> president trump is on final stage on deciding pick of supreme court and said he narrowed list to two or three finalists and will likely make up mind by tomorrow night. sources familiar with the vetting process tell fox news bret kavanaugh, amy cony barrett and kethledge. often seen as steppingstone to supreme court. he graduated from yale law school, ivy league credentials but served as assistant to the president and staff secretary to president george bush. amy cony barrett went through a tough confirmation hearing last year for current position on the seventh court of appeals in chicago, the 46-year-old is a former clerk for antonin scalia. former law professor at notre dame and mother of 7 children. democratic senators questioned her last year strong catholic beliefs would impact rulings such as abortion. she will likely face questions, and republican senator susan c

president trump and it is picked to replace anthony kennedy on the supreme court. he nominated supreme court judge brett kavanaugh, former law clerk for justice kennedy. the president chose someone with a conservative record in deep ties among conservative groups that promoted his campaign for president. fox business at redline has more from washington. >> good morning, sheryl and gerri appeared on the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia, he will be the nominee to replace justice anthony kennedy. the president took a long hard look at all the names on this list and reached out to not only republicans but also democrats. >> i want to thank the senators on both sides of the aisle. consultation and advice during the selection process. this incredibly classified nomination bull bias bipartisan support. he picks a large number of women to be clerks in his office. his family is a big part of his life. he then previewed what is going to tell senators starting this morning on capitol hill. >> i believe an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our const

. >>> a replacement for justice anthony kennedy. errol barnett shows us the question tonight is will the president's pick have enough support? >> we will have support from democrats, frankly. if it is the right person. >> reporter: in the interview sunday president trump a voice confidence in his yet to be announced supreme court nominee will be confirmed soon. as he finds replacement for the retiring justice anthony kennedy who will swing the vote on critical issues. the announcement is planned a week from monday. republicans want to seek that judge by the full. to succeed the president's choice need the backing of all senate republicans. >>> the candidate for this important position who would overturn roe versus wade would not be acceptable to me. >> reporter: susan collins, republican, supports abortion rights, was among a group of senators meeting with president trump at the white house last week. senator richard blumenthal, a democrat on the judiciary committee, is troubled that the prospect of moving the nation's highest court

so anthony kennedy was more in the middle, so this has taken on much, much greater significance. it has also taken on greater meaning, i think, because the president has laid out very specifically -- in fact, when he was running for office, that if elected, he would appoint an individual who met two very specific criteria: one, he was looking for someone who was against the affordable care and two, he was looking specifically for an individual who would oppose roe versus wade. himself,president has set out a very volatile process by setting out criteria, outsourcing the choice to two "heritageoups, action" and "federal society, ,", showing is that he would turn the clock back. siobhan: do democrats have a realistic chance of stopping this nominee? i would say that democrats and republicans have a moment,c chance, at the the only thing we know which is significant, about brett kavanaugh, is, one, we know what donald -- donald trump was looking for. two, we and others as well are reading those 300 legal opinions that he has written. so we know what his record is, and our belief is

in the selection process, did president trump speak to outgoing justice anthony kennedy at all about judge kavanaugh prior to the nomination? >> so the president did speak with justice kennedy yesterday to inform him of his choice. >> prior to that. >> let me answer. he met with justice kennedy at the white house on the wednesday of the week before last when justice kennedy made his announcement so the president talked to justice kennedy but this was the president's choice. understand that judge kavanaugh was on his publicly disclosed list as far back as last november and he has a judicial record with over 300 opinions, a dozen which have been affirmed by the supreme court and many others that have been cited by appeals court judges and lower courts throughout the country. this is an influential judge -- >> i understand, though. but what i'm asking did justice kennedy express his support to justice kavanaugh prior to the nomination. >> well, obviously judge kavanaugh clerked for him. but judge kavanaugh's record, his writings, his appreciation for the appropriate role for the judicia

toni higher than before.ven whoever is chosen will fill the vacancy of retiring justice anthony kennedy, who's often been the determining vote on landmark decisions. it has been widely reported

for this past week we've been only talking about anthony kennedy's replacement. we lost sight of the big picture here. remember he was the key swing vote and he voted with liberals on issues such as abortion, affirmative action, lgbt right. when he stepped down, it was only 12 days ago. the president said he was looking for someone for maybe the next 40 years. that's 2058. that's around the time of my grandchildren. that's how long this could last at this court. >> appreciate it. we'll continue to check in with you with the supreme court announcement looming, alan dershowitz, never known to be shy with his opinions, talked with president trump a few days ago about the selection. professor dershowitz is the author of the case against impeaching trump. you probably won't go into details what you said to the president. what can you tell us about this phone call with the president? >> well, i think the president is looking at the big picture. this is only one of several nominations he expects to make. and i think what he's thinking about tonight or what he thought ab

i don't think anthony kennedy really cared, he didn't end up gerrymandering on voting rights. >> is it fair to say that equal rights, things like gay marriage et cetera are going to be under threat now? >> well, dolly was talking about where justice kennedy defected. those were key aspects and that is why we're actually seeing this unprecedented process here when it comes to choosing a supreme court nominee where it's been outsourced to the federalist society and to some extent the heritage foundation, the notion is we don't want those kinds of defects and when saying that they're specifically thinking of abortion rights, perhaps around the margins, as opposed to invalidating people's marriages, but with respect to abortion, this is a 40-plus year campaign, in which the conservative legal movement has brought some of its most brilliant minds, trying to figure out how they can make sure that the supreme court's precedent that you can't ban abortion is overturned. >> just moments ago, they said that's not part of their agenda, that they don't have time and it's basically a pipe time. >>

of june, supreme court justice anthony kennedy announced his retirement and barely a week later, president trump nominated a replacement, judge brett kavanaugh. now, the senate itself is also at a crossroads. it is our constitutional responsibility with the support of our constituents to consider the next justice of the united states supreme court, the highest court in the land, a branch of government that will shape the law and culture of this country for generations to come. all of us will have to answer to history. ordinarily, presidents make every effort to persuade us that their nominees will sit on the basis of merit, not medical dogma. but we now live -- not medical dogma.cal this president, in a dramatic departure from his predecessors, set extreme ideological litmus tests for his nominees. promised toe trump erode metal health care protections, saying that he was robertsinted in justice , because he gave us a obamacare." and when asked whether being pro-life is a litmus test for his supreme court nominee, he said, "it is, it is." from president trump's repeated campaign promises,

of course that's less than two weeks after anthony kennedy announced his retirement. three weeks before that retirement will take effect. cnn's abby phillip has the latest this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. this process is moving extraordinarily quickly in an effort for this white house to get a nominee onto the senate before the summer is over. now president trump spent the weekend at his bedminister golf resort and talked to reporters a little bit about what was going on with the supreme court pick. he said that he was hoping to get started as soon as possible. he confirmed that he wanted to do this by next monday, that's before he heads out on a foreign trip to europe. and he also gave some hints about what he might be looking for. he said he would be considering on his short list at least two women. he also took some questions about this central issue that has been dominating a lot of the conversation the last several days and that's what would be the fate of roe v. wade, the ruling that has allowed abortion to be legal in the united sta

kennedy on the supreme court and that will become number one with a bullet on the hit parade for the remainder of the summer. >> let me ask you about the process, go back to appropriations for a second. before the break you were your podcast about the package that passed the house and senate. do you see the process this year of spending bills any better than prior years? any semblance of regular order? david: there is some semblance of regular order. particularly in the senate, when the senate passed that so-called minibus. it was, i don't have the report card in front of me, but i think it was the first time they passed a standalone appropriations bill in several years. so they are trying to show the public and lobbyists they can do the routine business of governing. will it actually help when the big end of september drama happens, which is almost surely because the more progress they have on these appropriation bills, the less there is to fight about. meantime, they, the republican majority, is at least showing some voters they can do some of the routine business of governing. hav

kennedy who is seen asa justice anthony kennedy who is seen as a moderate conservative. the replacements are in their 40s and 50s and that means they could actually serve for decades. we expect that in the next hour also so we will bring you up—to—date with that when that happens. the supreme court in india has upheld the death penalty for three men sentenced for the rape and murder of a young woman ona the rape and murder of a young woman on a public bus in india. film producer harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty at a court in new york to charges of sexually assaulting a woman in 2006. it's the third criminal sexual assault case brought against him. his lawyer says he's innocent and that all sexual encounters were consensual. a court in myanmar has decided to press charges against two reuters journalists, who've been in detention for the past seven months. the pair, who reported on the rohingya crisis, deny accusations that they breached myanmar‘s 0fficial secrets act. the american coffee company starbucks has announced that it will begin phasing out the use o

supreme court if confirmed by the senate replace justice anthony kennedy who's retiring at the end of the month carbonell began his career as a clock to justice kennedy and he's currently a federal peers court judge based in washington a fifty three year olds a popular choice among conservatives because of his rigid stunts on abortion immigration and gun rights. tonight it is my honor and privilege to announce that i will nominate judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme. judge kavanaugh has impeccable credentials unsurpassed qualifications and a proven commitment to equal justice under the law throughout legal circles he is considered a judge's judge a true thought leader among his peers he is a brilliant jurist with a clear and effective writing style universally regarded as one of the finest and sharpest legal minds of our time mr president thank you throughout this process i have witnessed first hand your appreciation for the vital role of the american judiciary no president has ever consulted more widely or talked with more people for more backgrounds to seek input abou