this morning, president trump makes his pick for the supreme court. >> the white house east room packed for a primetime audience, the president announced neil gorsuch as his nominee. after republicans denied obama's nominee at hearing, are they gearing up for a fight. live from the supreme court. >> meanwhile, the trump administration attempting to soften the phrasing of the controversial executive order on immigration. saying it is not a ban despite the president and his spokesperson, both using the term, we'll have the details. >> later, brave wilderness. meet the man who travels around the world, trying to get insects and animals to bite him. >> why? >> if you are more of the great indoor type, you can do what these folks are doing. they're grown people. grown adults being swaddled like babi

because bundles of boy come in all sizes. no, really there is a good reason for it apparently. we'll fell you, tell you in "the mix" on wednesday. we made it to february 1st. >> whoo. >> we have indeed. whoo-hoo. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now. kwu. >> don't think it means anything. other than most of us have probably blown through our new year's resolutions now. >> or people are allowed to drink. many folks are, yeah. >> give me the iv right now. also important month. a lot is happening. it is the birthday month of our dear diane macedo. >> oh, giving up all my secrets aren't you. >> we are going to got to all thatten a little bit. we begin this half-hour with the battle over the president's new peck for the supreme court. >> president trump nominated federal appeals court judge, neil gorsuch. if

conservative from colorado would be the high court's youngest justice in 25 years. >> democrats are vowing to mount a tough challenge over what they kid a stolen seat. abc's stephanie ramos live at the supreme court. good morning, what's the latest? >> right, well this was a campaign promise kept by president trump to nominate a judge just as conservative as the late justice antonin scalia. >> reporter: president trump nominates judge neil gorsuch to take a seat on the supreme court bench. >> judge gorsuch has outstanding legal skills, a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline. >> reporter: according to senior administration official, president trump personally interviewed gorsuch before his inning a raugs. >> i pledge if i am confirmed i will do all of my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitution laws of this great country. the 49-year-old is a federal appeals judge in denver, and a solid conservative. graduate of oxford a

operating with only eight justices since scalia's death last february. his wife in the room to see who would replace him. >> justice scalia was a lion of the law. >> reporter: this apointment does not change the court's balance. gorsuch replaces scalia in the four man conservative block, squaring off against the four liberals, three women. justice anthony kennedy the swing vote. >> he has been protective, he sided with corporations that cited religious objections to providing employees with birth control. >> gorsuch will not face an easy road to the bench. protests have started. >> this judge is a step backwards for working families. >> reporter: for now trump is calling on lawmakers to back his pick. >> come together for once, for the good of the country. >> reporter: but democrats are promising a confirmation fight gearing up t

nominee after president obama's pick didn't even get a hearing last year. diane. >> stephanie, what is the time line we are looking at? how do you think all of this will go down? >> so, diane, the white house says that a robust effort will begin today. on the hill. to move this process along. president trump's team is trying to win over democrats. vice president pence, he has been meeting one-on-one with moderate democrats. he was here on the hill. just hours before president trump's announcement. now, something to remember. something to keep in mind is that republicans need at least eight democrats to get on board and volt for gorsuch. if democrats block gorsuch. mitch mcconnell may need how to step in to change the rules. from what we understand he is not a big fan of that. >> stephanie, meantime, you see gorsuch there and the family there, but getting them from colorado to washington, d.c. for that announcement took on

little covert action. what want into the planning there? >> yeah, there definitely did. this was pretty much an elaborate plan. he didn't just hop on a train and head over to d.c. so, once heap g he got the call from president trump monday. president trump letting him know he was indeed the pick. a team from the white house counsel's office. flew to colorado. picked up gorsuch from a neighbor's home, took back farm road to the airport, a military plane whiting to fly him to d.c. there. now as far as the other top contender, judge thomas hardiman. he was spotted at a gas station, filling up his tank there. there were a lot of reports that he was also headed to d.c. but the white house press secretary, sean spicer says there was no effort at all by the white house to coordinate with hardiman to create an air of suspense. spicer says he doesn't believe hardiman even left pennsylvania. >>

>> mission impossiblement. >> he stayed home. >> stephanie robbins joining us early from the supreme court. thank you. >> the trump administration looking to clear up confusion over its controversial executive order on immigration and refugees. now denying that it is a ban. >> as president trump faces criticism. homeland security chief, john kelly defended the order as extreme vetting insisting not a ban on muslims. white house press secretary sean spicer said it is not a ban at all. though the president and spicer himself, had referred to it as a ban. >> first of all it is not a travel ban. a 90 day ban. the ban deals with seven countries. >> oh, the medley. spicer says it can't be a ban itch you are letting people in. the administration announced nearly 900 refugees will be allowed to enter the country this week. because keeping them out would have caused extreme hardship. >> there are at least four more lawsuits in place against tha

filed by a state. virginia is now fighting the order. the state's attorney general calls the action unlawful, unconstitutional and unamerican. meanwhile, washington lawsuit is publicly supported by three tech companies. microsoft, amazon and expedi. a, new york and massachusetts joined the suit ridgeally filed by the aclu. >> on capitol hill, senate democrats delayed confirmation volts for several of the president's cabinet nominees. they boycotted a senate committee vote for two nominees representing, tom price, secretary of health and human services. and treasury secretary. both nominees are facing question as but their dealings with businesses. democrats blocked the vote for attorney general nominee, senator jeff sessions. republicans say the democrats are playing politics. democrats say they need more time to vet the nominees. >> just hours earlier, after her confirmation, elaine chow was sworn in by vice president mike pence a

secretary. previously served as labor secretary and transportation secretary. been in many cabinets. married to the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. >> we will end our political coverage for this half-hour with a few public sightings. former president obama and wife michelle were seen with billionaire richard branson as they continue their vacation in the caribbean. >> rubbing elbows there. as for former vice president joe biden he was hanging out with preschoolers. talking about rubbing elbow. in maryland monday. biden took the photo with the kids and reportedly shared some laughs and high fives. >> head of the school said everyone couldn't have been more excited and honored. i wonder who had more fun. hanging out with richard branson or preschoolers. >> thinking joe biden had the most fun. all of the folks there. >> coming up, the telephone scam artists working overtime this tax season. thousand of victims are being threatened by fake irs agents. what you fleed

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are scamming thousand of victims out of millions of dollars by threatening them with jail if they've don't pay up. here is abc's clayton sandell. >> they're the fake irs agents looking to steal real money. this tax season they're working overtime. >> before there is an arrest warrant issue on your name i want you or your attorney to give us a call back. >> reporter: cindy stillwe'll 85-year-old father joe was scammed by phone over two years losing $400,000. >> it in fur yafuriates me ther people out there doing this to senior citizens. >> reporter: her dad isn't alone. since 2013, phone scammers tricked 10,000 victims out of $54 million. fake agents are aggressive threatening to call the cops if i dent pay up. >> and within the next few days -- >> now the irs is warning about a 400% spike

e-mails looking to steal your personal information. the irs remind you they will not send you an e-mail first thach will always mail you a letter. bottom line is they say be suspicious of anything that claims to be irs phone call or e-mail especially one that asks for money. clayton sandell, abc news. >> as if tax season wasn't annoying enough. have to worry about scammers as well. >> relief. get the phone call. sound threatening. know it is not the irs calling you. man. i have been doing that. but also when they sent me e-mail saying i owe thousand for several years, been ignoring those too. that apparently is not what you should do. >> i think those letters were real. >> may be the department. >> you don't want to talk to these people they can some times record your voice and your answers that you give them over the phone. so best just, keep quiet. irs is not going to call you on the phone. hang up. >> how do they get your tax information? little bit of your tax informatio

>> good rule of thumb, any one who call you and asks for sensitive information. social security number, you don't want to give that out over the phone without verifying who it is asking for information. >> oh, i've given that out. my birthday. given that out also. >> no. no, don't want to do that either. >> blood type. my first born. >> don't know who is calling asking for your blood type. >> my first born. i've given up everything. coming uppen our next half-hour, sk johnny depp under for from former managers and what they're saying about the countersuit, the actor's $2 million lifestyle. and $30 a month wine habit. a man after our own heart. >> first, the man behind brave wilderness. testing strength. trying how to get builten and stung by some of the world's dangerous and panful critters on purpose. we'll tell you why next. great. move over.

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this morning on "world news now." president trump's choice for the supreme court. what we are learning about conservative judge neil gorsuch and what his nomination could mean for pressing issues in america right now. live coverage from the supreme court straight ahead. >> while democrats are planning the challenge to the supreme court nomination. president trump's cabinet nominees are already being blocked from taking office. some senators are boycotting the proceedings. hear why democrats on capitol hill say they want to take their time. >> new this half-hour, countdown for super bowl sunday. the reason most people watch -- the ads. >> yeah. advertisers are pulling out all the stops, with at least one nfl star proving that if you can't be in the game, well at least be in an ad during the game. we'll take a sneak peek. >> and, hear the