what do you think about justice anthony kennedy retiring and what do you want to see next? are you there? let's move on and see if we can get beverly in gainesville, texas. hold on. beverly, are you there? welcome to c-span? . >> thank you. i want to give my opinion on the new justice. someonewe need to get that will be reversing roe v. wade. according to the bible, that is murder. want to murder these babies. remark we want to make. host: our line for democrats in baltimore, what is on your mind? yes.r: host: we will move along. tom in california on the line for democrats. what do you think? caller: i think they should not confirm anybody else and should not have a double standard p or candy should not retire up in you knows what trump will do and he is allowing it to happen. they say they are doing what is best for the country. it not good for our country. to me justice kennedy will retire as he said he would, what should happen next? caller: they should do what obama did, you know, we are up toward another election here peerless decide what will happen in here. all right

thejudge will replace justice anthony kennedy, a moderate conservative, who is standing down. let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis in washington. that is the scene in washington where we are expecting donald trump to reveal his pick for the supreme court. david, the shortlist down to four. any clues as to who might be the frontrunner? well, it is down to four and they all have quite a few things in common. they are all white, they all federal appeals courtjudges and they all have a record of conservative judgements. that is something that has unnerved the democrats, particularly since justice anthony kennedy, who is retiring, was somewhat known as the swing vote on the supreme court. he was conservative when it came to gun rights but he was liberal on issues such as gay rights and of course abortion and to those on the left are very concerned that whoever donald trump nominates tonight will be looking to revoke or whittle down or in some way diminish the 1973 —— the 1973 ruling roe vs wade which established a constitutional right for a woman to have

thirty years ago, president reagan nominated anthony kennedy to the supreme court. the framers established that the constitution is designed to secure the blessings of liberty. justice kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty. i'm deeply honored to be nominated to fill his seat on the supreme court. my mom and dad are here. i am their only child. when people ask what it's like to be an only child, i say, it depends on who your parents are. i was lucky. my mom was a teacher. in the 1960s and '70s she taught history at two largely african-american public high schools in washington, d.c. mckinley tech and h.d. woodson. her example taught me the importance of equality for all americans. my mom was a trailblazer. when i was ten, she went to law school and became a prosecutor. my introduction to law came at our dinner table when she practiced her closing arguments. her trademark line was, "use your common sense. what rings true, what rings false?" that's good advice for a juror, and for a son. one of the few women prosecutors at that time, she overcame barriers and

thirty years ago, president reagan nominated anthony kennedy to the supreme court. the framers established that the constitution is designed to secure the blessings of liberty. justice kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty. i'm deeply honored to be nominated to fill his seat on the supreme court. [applause] judge kavanaugh: my mom and dad are here. i am their only child. when people ask what it's like to be an only child, i say, it depends on who your parents are. [laughter] kavanaugh: i was lucky. my mom was a teacher. in the 1960s and '70s she taught history at two largely african-american public high schools in washington, d.c. -- mckinley tech and h.d. woodson. her example taught me the importance of equality for all americans. my mom was a trailblazer. when i was ten, she went to law school and became a prosecutor. my introduction to law came at our dinner table when she practiced her closing arguments. her trademark line was, "use your common sense. what rings true, what rings false?" that's good advice for a juror, and for a son. one of the few women

kennedy on the u.s. supreme court. [applause] pres. trump: my fellow americans, tonight i speak to you from the east room of the white house regarding one of the most profound responsibilities of the president of the united states, and that is the selection of a supreme court justice. i have often heard that, other than matters of war and peace, this is the most important decision a president will make. the supreme court is entrusted with the safeguarding of the crown jewel of our republic, the constitution of the united twelve days ago, justice anthony kennedy informed me of his decision to take senior status on the supreme court, opening a new vacancy. for more than four decades, justice kennedy served our nation with incredible passion and devotion. i would like to thank justice kennedy for a lifetime of distinguished service. [applause] pres. trump: in a few moments i will announce my selection for justice kennedy's replacement. this is the second time i have been faced with this task. last year, i n

court of appeals and former clerk for anthony kennedy. he first thanked the president and talked about anthony kennedy and how he would take that role. served in the bush administration. worked on the starr investigation and strong proponent of executive power. will he energize trump's base? >> i think he will energize it enough. he is well qualified. when you are dealing with qualified nominees, those are the nominees that get confirmed overwhelmingly. >> gorsuch, as in past times, could get 90 votes. they do have 51-49 advantage and mike pence if they need it. this looks like a safe confirmation as far as getting republican votes. what about the red-state democrats that boris mentioned? will they get democrat votes? >> it is plausible. it is the same path with gorsuch. the three red-state democrats and doug jones in alabama. i would say looking back at past nominations if you look at the qualifications and the ideology, you are looking at the area of 52 or 53 or 54 aye votes. >> you can put jon tester in that category. tester is under a

ago, president reagan nominated anthony kennedy to the supreme court. the framers established that the constitution is designed to secure the blessings of liberty. justice kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty. i am deeply honored to be nominated to fill his seat on the supreme court. [applause] >> my mom and dad are here. i am their only child. when people ask what it's like to be an only child, i say, "it depends on who your parents are." [laughter] >> i was lucky. theom was a teacher in 1960's and 1970's. she taught history at two largely african-american public high schools in washington, d.c., mckinley tech and hd woodson. her example taught me the example of equality for all americans. my mom was a trailblazer. when i was 10, she went to law school and became a prosecutor. my introduction to law came at the dinner table, when she practiced her closing arguments. was, "useark line your common sense. what rings true, what rings false?" that's good advice for a juror and for a son. one of the few women prosecutors at that time, she overcame

thirty years ago, president reagan nominated anthony kennedy to the supreme court. the framers established that the constitution is designed to secure the blessings of liberty. justice kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty. i'm deeply honored to be nominated to fill his seat on the supreme court. [applause] judge kavanaugh: my mom and dad are here. i am their only child. when people ask what it's like to be an only child, i say, it depends on who your parents are. [laughter] judge kavanaugh: i was lucky. my mom was a teacher. in the 1960's and '70s she taught history at two largely african-american public high schools in washington, d.c. -- mckinley tech and h.d. woodson. her example taught me the importance of equality for all americans. my mom was a trailblazer. when i was ten, she went to law school and became a prosecutor. my introduction to law came at our dinner table when she practiced her closing arguments. her trademark line was, "use your common sense. what rings true, what rings false?" that's good advice for a juror, and for a son. one of the fe

kennedy posted in fact, brett kavanaugh and neil gorsuch were both clerks to anthony kennedy. our guests are david cole, legal director of the aclu, which has become the rapid response organization in this country to all things trump. sza richards, former head of planned parenthood federation of america. president trump has promised to overturn roe v wade. rachel tiven is head of lambda legal. and fatima goss graves is head of the national women's law center in washington where she spoke in 1000 people gathered last night after president trump made his nomination. cecille richards? >> one of the issues here that women have is legal representation on the courts, in congress, and there is no way to of the 130act supreme court justices in our lifetime, only six have not been white men. so yet again, we a are now populating -- more than 75% of his judicial nominees have been men. whens discussed last night roe v. wade is at stake, it could be a court where -- that is absolutely overturns the right to safe and legal abortion, that is done by menen. i think the point of inmate earli

lewis powell and anthony kennedy. and i think, i could take a solid bette on this that rick cavanagh will be confirmed by the u.s. senate. this fight will be something. we'll be with you covering it every step of the way. good night from the whitete hou. shannon bream is up next. >> this is the fox news alert. i'm shannon bream in washington. a historic night for the white house and for the nation. making an impassinged appeal to the left tasking about his family commitment to community and telling america, he would keep an open mind in every case. the first pitch to the deeply divided senate looking at mid term other elections and president trump efforts to nominate conservatives to the high court. potentially leaving indellable mark on the high court for decades. we will break it down. from senator ben sax to the tony perkins for the news we have team coverage. justin fisher is looking into cavanagh background and the protest against

kennedy. watch on c-span or c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. ware the chief act tue testifies to lay-ups about the program's solve ensy and long-term projections. this house ways and means subcommittee hearing is about an hour and 15 minutes.

wade and anthony kennedy who reinforce roe v. wade and david suter who said was pro-life who reinforce roe v. wade. i'm not saying these justices misrepresented themselves or the presidents who appointed them to him saying something happens when you put that black robe on for life and you were in the highest court. liz: i'm going to get to the democrats counterattack argument i'm going to say this throughout the show. on the spring court they've been acting like figure skaters you can keep up with the music. you have a ruth bader ginsburg and breyer possibly retiring judge you were looking at the service corporate away the way the democrats have approached the scotus decision has been a fiasco. >> whatever they are doing isn't working. >> i don't know if chuck schumer makes up his mind. i don't know if they follow a playbook that something must be telling them that it is better for them to defeat this candidate, this nominee than to get reelected. that's how desperate they are. liz: that is durbin saying that. >> the number two p

more -- can't in the -- anthony kennedy more the man in the middle. is taken on greater meaning because the president has laid specifically in fact his he was running for offi office, that if elected he would appoint an individual who met criteria.specific one, he was looking for someone was against the affordable care act, and two he was for an ally looking individual who would oppose roe wade. so, this president has himself a very volatile process criteria, out to two ing the choice outside groups, heritage action up ral society and coming with a nominee on a number of american life to has shown us he would turn the clock back. siobhan: given the stakes you laid out from your perspective a real also have particular chance of -- stopping chance of this nominee? nan: i would say democrats and a realistic ave chance of stopping this nomination. at the moment really the only know, which is significant, about brett whataugh are, one, we know donald trump was looking for. we are reading those 300 that he's written so we know what his record is. our belief

clerked for justice anthony kennedy. joining me now to analyze the pick is brit hume, former whitewater independent counsel ken starr who was judge kavanaugh's boss during the investigations into bill clinto bill clinton. justice walker. and at the white house, leonard leo, the president's top outside advisor on judicial picks. leonard, we've got to go to you first. congratulations. you are kind of the men of the moment because you've been working this process behind the scenes. we were both in that room together when brett kavanaugh walked out. his father comes out first, his mother. mrs. scalia was there. two sons of mr. scalia and general niece, edwin meese from the reagan administration, former attorney general. what is you feel? i know what i felt. >> a tremendous sense of history going all the way back to the reagan administration. the idea of transforming the federal judiciary to respect the constitution at the law and seeing brett and his beautiful family, it was an electric evening, a magical evening. >> laura:

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the justices anthony kennedy. the justice who succeeds anthony kennedy on the supreme court will have the opportunity to leave a deep and lasting mark on issues of the highest constitutional magnitude of the issues that impact the health and freedom of women, the environment, consumer protection, labor protection, affirmative action, criminal justice, gun safety and more. the. the supreme court will be in a position to make that history. justice kennedy's retirement handed president trump the opportunity to fulfill his campaign promise to shift the balance of power on the supreme court onto the far right on theseso issues. so the president dusted off a preapproved list of candidates for the high court of which lists prepared and presented to him by the ultraconservative federalist society. this is the same the federalist society assured president trump would satisfy his litmus test of overturning roe v. wade and a striking down critical health care protections. this is the same set of candidates for which the pres

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this time it was anthony kennedy going to talk to donald trump. you remember he had been in the rose guard within donald trump in april of 2017 when neil gorsuch, his former law clerk, became the first trump appointee. so they had a little bit of a rapport. i know from talking to other justices that anthony kennedy has had conversations with the president about his larger views. i don't think he would have said, please pick this individual or that individual, because he's got two former clerks who are on what appears to be the short list right now. both u.s. appeals court judges. i doubt that he would have said pick them, but i think he would have tried to communicate what's important to him. one thing i want to say about boris' lead-in about precedent and susan collins being -- you know, listening to neil gorsuch and voting for him and three of the red-state democrats also voting for neil gorsuch, but this week we're just finishing up, five of the conservatives voted to overturn precedent in a big labor union case. so there's a difference between

reagans ago, president nominated anthony kennedy to the supreme court. the framers established the constitution is designed to secure the blessings of liberty. justice kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty. i am deeply honored to be nominated to fill his seat on the supreme court. [applause] >> i am an only child. when people ask what it is like to be an only child, i say it depends on who your parents are. i was lucky. my mom was a teacher. and 60's, she taught history at two largely african-american public high schools in washington dc. example, taught me the example of equality for all americans. my mom was a trailblazer. when i was 10, she went to law school and became a prosecutor. my introduction to all came at our dinner table when she practiced her closing arguments. her trademark line was, use your true, sense, what rings what rings false. that is good advice for a juror and a son. the few women prosecutors at that time, she overcame barriers and became a trial judge. the president introduced me tonight as judge capital. -- kavanaugh. b

wade could be in danger if this person replaces anthony kennedy. >> a lot of focus on abortion now. is it appropriate to make overturning roe v. wade into a litmus test? >> president trump has said his advisors told him, do not ask that question. had trump asked the last nominee whether he opposed it, he would have stood up and walked out of the room. court nominees are supposed to be based on principle, not a future speculation. the idea is, you don't say specifically how you would rule on an individual case without knowing all the facts and it would all be hypothetical. that said, everyone wants to know. it's people like susan collins, who may be a swing republican vote on this, who says she won't vote for a nominee who may overturn roe v. wade. no one is going to say it specifically but there will be a lot of questions trying to get at that. >> and we understand your whopper of the week has to do h court? >> in the good old days, presidents nominated folks and as long as they were competent, the senate confirmed them for the supreme court. that's just the way it was, instead of t

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law school, and was a clerk to justice anthony kennedy, whose seat he will fill if confirmed by the senate. he is active in his catholic church, he has close ties to the bush family having served as an aide to former president george w. bush, and he served as an aid to ken starr during the impeachment trial of bill clinton. >> it will have far-reaching political and legal ramifications, joining us for analysis, brian sobel and david levine from uc hastings college of law. brian, your first impressions? >> very personable guy, wonderful family background his mother a judge, father and the law, a long history, and he is young he could served for 30 years.>> your first impressions? >> a terrific performance, he seemed a little nervous to begin with, he grew into it, what i thought was interesting is what he said and what he didn't say. as i was watching talking about the vibrant catholic community, interesting, he named his church he didn't mention president bush except in passing about 9/11, and his wife worked for president bush very close, he put them on the court, he worked on bush versus

is he makes his case to be the one to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy. and breaking tonight, former fbi lawyer lisa page caught up in the anti-trump texting controversy is refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena. tonight word that she does not plan to show up on capitol hill tomorrow after all. we will talk about that and much more. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night" out. i'm shannon bream in washington. fresh from announcing his room court pick, the president taking the show overseas to brussels for what could be a tough meeting with nato allies, putting america first is clearly shaking up the european alliance in terms of both trade and defense. we begin with senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot live in brussels tonight. good evening, greg. >> hi, shannon. president trump is on the ground here in brussels, and the folks over at nato headquarters are getting ready for some possible fireworks later on wednesday. president trump is making clear that he doesn't feel that most of the other nato members are pulling their fair share

and they got anthony kennedy instead. we can do this again but it will be really, really hard. >> last time i had you on to talk about, this you were stressing, and there were different ways to think of it. it is one vote as long as john mccain stays in arizona where he is getting treatment for cancer at this moment. how do you see this? >> well, obviously if we go to the vote, it is very, very close. since brett kavanaugh is the nominee, in light of mitch mcconnell wanting to press ahead, he will face some very tough scrutiny. this is someone, whoever the nominee, has to be able to demonstrate they are prepared to be independent of this president. the president has already teed up questions that will likely go to the supreme court. a whole plethora of issues that may wind up in the supreme court that are about the president. so this nominee, brett kavanaugh will face seriously tough scrutiny. the razor thin margin might not come out in his favor. i hope people will vote for what is the best for our future. >> we are awai

president trump's announcement to succeed anthony kennedy on the supreme court. that will become number one with able it on his parade for the remainder of the summer. >> let me ask you about the process -- going back to appropriations. your podcast had the headline "will the minibus rescue the hill's bill?" do you see the process of spending bills any better this year than in prior years? any semblance of regular order? >> there is, particularly in the senate. when the senate passed the i don'td minibus -- have my scorecard in front of me, but i think it was the first time the senate as a standalone appropriations bill in several years. they are trying to show the and -- thatobbyists they can do the routine business of governing. that will help when the big end of september drama happens. the more progress to have on these appropriations bills, the less they have to fight about. in the meantime, the republican majority is at least showing some voters were paying those attention that they can do some of the routine business of governing. having said that, there i

kennedy to the supreme court. the framers established the -- that the constitution is designed to secure the blessings of liberty. justice kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty. i am deeply honored to be nominated to fill his seat on the supreme court. [applause] >> my mom and dad are here. i am their only child. when people ask what it is like to be an only child, i say it depends on who your parents are. i was lucky. my mom was a teacher. in a 1970's and 60's, she taught history at two largely african-american public high schools in washington dc. mckinley tech and h g woodson. her example taught me the example of equality for all americans. my mom was a trailblazer. when i was 10, she went to law school and became a prosecutor. my introduction to law came at our dinner table when she practiced her closing arguments. her trademark line was, use your common sense, what rings true, what rings false. that is good advice for a juror and a son. one of the few women prosecutors at that time, she overcame barr

kennedy's seat anthony kennedy's seat on the supreme court. all eyes are on congress now as the judge begins the confirmation process. from our partner's at c-n-n camila bernal has more from washington. pres donald trump: " i will nominate judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. "the president touting his pick to replace justice anthony kennedy -- a conservative and often key swing vote on the high court. pres donald trump: "judge has impeccable credentials and proven commitment to equal justice under the law"judge brett kavanaugh thanking the president and vowing to protect the constitutionsot brett kavanaugh: "if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case." kavanaugh, a law professor and judge on the us court of appeals for the dc circuit, was accompanied by his wife and daughters. he highlighted his commitment to the law, his religion and equality for all americansbrett kavanaugh:"my judicial philosophy is straightforward. a judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law."democr

. >> chris: who will president trump pick to replace justice anthony kennedy? >> if the president nominates somebody extraordinary like neil gorsuch again, i think it's hard to stop that kind of a nomination. >> chris: we will handicap possible nominees with leonard leo, who will play a key role in the president's choice. and how will democrats try to block the confirmation? we will ask dick durbin, the senate number two democrat who wants to delay a vote until after the midterms. plus. >> journalist, like all americans, should be free from the fear of being violently attacked while doing their job. >> chris: critics of president trump link his attacks on the press to the shooting deaths of five people at a newspaper in maryland. we will ask our sunday panel about both sides playing a disturbing blame game. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. as america settles in for the fourth of july holiday, president trump has set an ambitious agenda for this week. he's finalizing his supreme court pick to be announced in just e

and clerked for two federal appellate judges before justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court. those are the types of jobs as a presiding officer knows that are highly competitive, and only the best of the best get asked to serve as law clerks to federal appellate judges and, certainly, to the supreme court. and then he went in private practice and worked in the white house counsel's office thereafter. and final as staff secretary, as i mentioned a few moments ago, before being confirmed -- >> this speech and all of our senate coverage available, of course, at c-span.org. we'll leave here, break away here as we've been telling you on the screen, we're going to take you back live shortly, take you live now, and the hearing should resume shortly with fbi official peter strock testifying on his texts in relation to the 2016 election investigation and the clinton e-mail investigation. he's coming back into the room, they should start up shortly. live coverage now here on c-span2.

really, for most of the cases we pay attention to, you can't win without anthony kennedy. if he votes with the liberals, you get a liberal outcome. if he votes with the conservatives, you get a conservative outcome. that vote is about to be replace bid a conservative. the conservatives will have a solid majority and that's going to make a huge difference. >> nina, let's step back a minute. for those of us who have not watched the court as long as you've had the privilege to, there is some sense of question as to how somebody like anthony kennedy got on the court in the first place. these debates are so polarized now. >> he got on the court actually because president reagan nominated robert bork who was a hard core conservative to the core, and bank of new york was soundly defeated. he then put up another nominee who had to withdraw because it turned out that he had been smoking marijuana. >> you can do that nowadays. >> you can do that nowadays. at the time, though, the reagan administration wouldn't hire anybody in the justice department who had admitted to smoking mariju

he or she is replacing justice anthony kennedy, a moderate conservative who sided with liberals. cavanaugh and kegt ledge formerly clerked for kennedy. hardiman was the first runner up to neil gorsuch. >> republicans are holding four lottery tickets and all are winners. >> reporter: democrats think otherwise and hope to convince at least one republican to vote no and block the nomination. >> it will affect reproductive choice and individual freedom for millions of women all over the united states. it will affect consumer protection, veermtal protection, lbgt rights. >> reporter: if republicas stick together, there's nothing democrats can do to stop the confirmation. >> democrats say the vote should wait until after the midterm elections. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked president obama's nominee merrick garland in 2016 citing the election as an opportunity to let voters have a choice in the decision. mcdonnell says the midterms aren't the same and plans to hold a vote this fall. >>> cbs news will bring you a special report when the president announces his nominee fo

just moments ago, the president picked judge brett kavanaugh to replace anthony kennedy. this was not a surprise. in an unprecedented move, judge kavanaugh was selected from a previously released list of 25 originalist justices, making that one more example of why this president is most transparent president in history and also keeping a clear promise to the american people. clearly this was not a decision the president took lightly. there are political aspects to this and he had to thread a political needle. and on the other side, senator paul cruz of texas and senator rand paul of kentucky. he picked a judge with a very narrow margin in the u.s. senate who could also successfully maneuver through confirmation hearing and garner the votes from a majority of senators. without a doubt, justice kavanaugh is an extremely good candidate. educated at yield, and he served as an associate counsel to camstar, of course during the investigation into bill clinton at that time. he did push an opinion that bill clinton had in fact obstructed justice by sometimes making false public s

he's also considered more conservative than retiring justice anthony kennedy, and kavanaugh's views on abortion and presidential power are likely to draw attention at his senate confirmation hearing. >> there i no i aca more qualified for this position and no one more deserving. >> reporter: in the east room of the white house, president trump nominated federal appeals court judge brett kavanaugh to fill the seat of retiring supreme court justice anthony kennedy. >> 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: with his wife and two daughters by his side, the 53-year-old said he was deeply honored to have been selected by president trump. >> a judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. >> reporter: kavanaugh has written roughly 300 opinions as a judge on the d.c. circuit. he supported conservative issues ranging from gun rights to antiabortion cases and sided against net neutrality and many obama-era epa regulations. ka

kennedy. now it's all eyes on the senate as the fight for his confirmation gets under way. >>> rushing towards the final rescue, divers set out on the last leg of the daring mission to free the remaining boys trapped in a thailand cave. >>> it's the last straw for starbucks. the coffee chain is planning to fully phase out plastic straws in an ambitious environmental effort. >>> a different kind of royal wedding. drag queens storm the aisle at n scottish cy in a hilarious ceremony going viral this morning. "early today" starts right now. good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm p mena. breaking overnight, president trump has officially made his pick for the next supreme court justice. >> it is my honor and privilege to announce that i will nominate judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme cot. [ applause ] >> a white house offial tells nbc news president trump called kavanaugh sunday night to tell him he was the nominee to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy. during hi

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president trump officially nominating conservative judge k retiring justice anthony kennedy. now it's all eyes on the senate as t >>> rushing towards the final rescue, divers set out on the last leg of the daring mission to free the remaining boys trapped in a thailand cave. >>> it's the last straw for starbucks. the coffee chain is planning to fully phase out plastic straws in an ambitious environmental effort. >>> a different kind of royals a scottish ceremony in a hilarious ceremony going viral this morning. "early today" starts right now. good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. breaking overnight, president trump has officially made his pick for the next supreme court justice. >> it is my honor and privilege to announce that i will nominate judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. [ applause ] >> a white house official tells nbc news president trump called kavanaugh sunday night to tell him he was the nominee to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy. during his remark, kavanaugh thanked the president and said his philosophy is

just moments ago, the president picked judge brett kavanaugh to replace anthony kennedy. this was not a surprise. in an unprecedented move, judge kavanaugh was selected from a previously released list of 25 originalist justices, making that one more example of why this president is most transparent president in history and also keeping a clear promise to the american people. clearly this was not a decision the president took lightly.ec there are political aspects to this and he had to thread a political needle. and on the other side, senator paul cruz of texas and senator rand paul of kentucky. he picked a judge with a very narrow margin in the u.s. senate who could also successfully maneuver through confirmation hearing and garner the votes from a majority of senators. without a doubt, justice kavanaugh is an extremely good candidate. educated at yield, and he served as an associate counsel to camstar, of course during the investigation into bill clinton at that time. he did push an opinion that bill clinton had in fact obstructed justice by sometimes making false public

the president set to announce his pick for retiring anthony kennedy in the primetime address tonight from the east room. he will embark on a trip to europe with a nato summit and visit with the queen and high stakes sit-down with vladimir putin. >> while that is going on, the legal team is

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there's not going to be another justice like anthony kennedy. every justice charts their own course here. and it remains to be seen whether or not judge kavanaugh swing once he gets on the court. that's always a big worry for presidents. but is there anyone of the list of people that you saw that president trump was considering, was there anyone on that list that you would have been more comfortable with? >> you know, listening to kavanaugh tonight, we had some hope, right? because he did say that precedent was something that he would consider. and once-settled law is settled law and doesn't present an injury or any harm, it should remain settled law. especially when it expands on the rights of a minority group of people that are good-standing americans, that rely on the court to do what it's there to do, enhance and expand the rights of all americans. so we're hopeful. it's our job now, it's an opportunity to make sure that precedent stands. kennedy: and i think it will. i think it will here, and you're absolutely right about judge kavanaugh. a

they will clearly be to the right of anthony kennedy. they will be somewhere in the family of the neil gorsuch spectrum of the supreme court, which is pretty conservative, and it will make a huge difference. david: lever the president nominates, they will have to be confirmed by the president. are any of them easier or harder? greg:greg: some of them might be harder. mitch mcconnell has indicated to the white house that judge kethlegd mayjudge have an easier probleme. kethledge may have an easier route. farthere gone a little on some issues come alive on abortion, and of course republicans cannot afford to lose more than a vote. david: time is of the essence here. normally they have the new justice in place before the court. we also have the midterm elections in november. greg: it was a debatable question, what would be in everybody's political interest. reason the seat is still open when we get to november, that might be a reason for republicans to come out and give donald graham the more republican senate. david: thank you so much. tha

us president donald trump has nominated federal court judge brett kavanaugh to replace anthony kennedy on the supreme court kavanagh's fifty three years old was selected from a list of candidates approved by the right wing federalist society if nominated die . crafter concern that mr cavanagh could cement a hard right bloc of five justices that would almost certainly an active broad shift to the right across many if not all sectors of life and law in the united states jeff bennett of n.b.c. news tweeted this morning that the outgoing justice kennedy had been in months of negotiations with the trump white house over who would replace him if he retired bennett reported that kennedy quote felt comfortable retiring once assured that mr cavanaugh would be nominated the report seems to corroborate a similar but heads report in politico and may create grounds to challenge both the kavanaugh nomination and supreme court decisions made with kennedy's vote one negotiations with the trump white house were underway a white house spokesperson did not deny the n.b.c. report when asked directly about

president trump athounss his pick to replace justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court. >> it is my honor and privilege to announce i will nominate judge brett kavanaugh. to the united states supreme court. >> but fasten your seat belts because this is just the beginning. it's only the beginning. those who are familiar with kavanaugh are calling him, quote, an unrelenting, unapologetic defender of presidential power, some of what we just discussed there. so what will his nomination mean for the russia investigation? get ready for a battle. that's going to last all summer. tens of millions of dollars spent. rallies, marches, protesters and counterprotesters outside right now. one gop operative telling cnn, quote, we're prepared for an all-out war. there is a lot to discuss right now. gloria borger and dana bash are in washington. cnn legal analyst michael zeldin is here with me in new york. we've assembled a great group of people. ariana, i need to start with you. protests tonight outside the supreme court about this announcement. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, absolutely. the

anthony kennedy was the key swing vote on issues like abortion, lgbt rights, affirmative action. now he'll be replaced with somebody who's younger and who's more conservative. most of the protesters here are talking about roe v. wade tonight. you've got the opponents of abortions. on the other side, you've got people already chanting "hey ho, brett kavanaugh's got to go." way behind me, there's a light on in some of the chambers. i don't know whose chamber it is, but anthony kennedy has got to be smiling somewhere because this is the second time one of his former clerks has been nominated to the bench. so it's a big night. and don't forget, he only announced his retirement 12 days ago. >> interesting. all right. thank you very much, ariana. i want you to stand by. i want to bring in everyone else now and get your opinion on the president's announcement tonight. michael, first of all, i want to turn to you because we've learned that the president's supreme court team looked at brett kavanaugh's past comments on indicting a sitting president. i have a quote here. this is what he wr

he's the president's choice to fill the seat of justice anthony kennedy. he has an interesting track record, a long one, long written record. conservatives argue that no blockbuster decision on issues near and dear to them, religious rights, the second amendment, but it's that long-written history that, while it serves him well to get his conservative bone feeds out there, could also work against him as well. he opposed, for example, the health care law but largely on procedural grounds and legal grounds. we could get into the weeds here, i'd rather not do that because i'm not capable of doing that, but judge andrew napolitano is, and he can sort of pick apart this gentleman's chances here. well steeped in washington lore and with the bush family are, with president bush going back to 2001 before the attacks and post the attacks. that alone made a lot of folks think -- and his closeness to karl rove -- that it would be difficult for the president to look past that. >> yes. so you had a couple of forces competing here. judge kavanaugh is the candidate of th

president's due to announce his pick to replace retiring supreme court justice anthony kennedy there's already a conservative majority in the highest u.s. court trance decision is likely to consolidate that position and it could have a significant impact on key court rulings concerning issues like abortion same sex marriage and gun rights. eight of the twelve school boys have now been rescued from a flooded cave in thailand where they were stranded for more than two weeks for more boys than a football coach are still inside the head of the rescue mission says they need three more days to get them all out. the drug administration says it will not meet a tuesday deadline to reunify all children separated from their parents as they cross the us mexico border the separations of undocumented families were ordered as part of the white house no tolerance policy and a shihab rattansi of reports there's concern that authorities have simply lost track of the children. on tuesday at least fifty four children under five will be reunited with a parent according to the trumpet ministrations lawyer a

president trump set to announce his choice to replace anthony kennedy tonight. we have more on the president's conservative remaking of the high court. this is bloomberg. ♪ julie: this is bloomberg markets. scarlet: president will announce his choice to succeed press -- anthony kennedy tonight. and we areed it joined by judge sugarman, university professor of law. professor, what is your take on who will be most qualified versus who the president is most likely to choose. >> let me say there is a lot of reporting in the last hour that the originalist of four changed. it is now down to two. the two that are now being reported are brett kavanaugh and thomas hardiman who was not on the original. there is more speculation about the two of them. that is one piece of it. i have taken a look at judge kavanagh's record. he is a highly qualified judge and has written some impressive opinions that show that degree of moderation. we have some big picture pieces where he voted in favor of upholding obamacare, more or less. treating it as a tax which was the grounds for wh

liz: it's an important point you make about anthony kennedy. the question is will kavanaugh overturn roe v. wade and gay marriage? we're seeing he likely will not. you know what's interesting, mark. he's anti-administrative big government state. kavanaugh potions nominated right wing democrats are campaigning on big state medicare for all policies. >> you're absolutely right and these are the things he stands against because he has that conservative view that says let's make the law as it's written and not write the laws that's not the judge's role, so they're campaigning out there, dragged to the radical left and that's where they're campaigning while president trump is continuing to put the faith in freedom, business, put more money back in the taxpayer's hands and we know the results that we're seeing every day. liz: the pushback began even before president trump announced brett kavanaugh as his choice, abc's nightline tweeting out tonight on nightline, terry mo ran reports on the " controversial supreme court justice pick and the possible i

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