our monday roundtable with stephen dinan. he covers politics in congress for the "washington times." and chris cadelago, who covers the white house for politico. regardless of who the president nominates tonight, the white house will hit the ground running. how so? guest: the white house has been preparing for this for quite some time. there was obviously talk of justice kennedy potentially retiring at the end of the term. i think we have seen them really withit into gear, starting this list they have of 25 potential justices. now, they have -- they are modey moving in to the pr of this, distributing bios of potential nominees. to the audience that really matters, the folks on capitol hill. and then all of the outside activist groups that they will be activating. really scores of groups across the country that will be spending big money on tv to really push this across the finish line. host: your piece is titled "the super bowl of politics." the neil gorsuch playbook that you write about in your piece, how is the unfolding to

stephen dinan of the "washington times." want to go back to the role that justice kennedy has played. is chief justice john roberts the new swing vote? guest: he seems to be the leading candidate to be the swing vote because of a few decisions, most notably the original affordable care act decision, where he broke with the four other republican appointed justices to uphold the core of the affordable care act. you could also go back to a situation where you have different coalitions emerging. we will have to wait and see. a lot of this depends on the specific cases that emerge before the court. and whoever the president's pick is, whether that person takes the role of pivot. there are some justices who have surprised their presidents who picked them by how they turned out. the one that always comes to mind for conservatives is justice souter, who president george h. w. bush picked. and who on the court seemed much more like a democratic presidents appointee. host: yesterday, we were hearing three names. and then the name of t

stephen dinan of the "washington times."ant to go back to the role that justice kennedy has played. is chief justice john roberts the new swing vote? guest: he seems to be the leading candidate to be the swing vote because of a few decisions, most notably the original affordable care act decision, where he broke with the four other republican appointed justices to uphold the core of the affordable care act. you could also go back to a situation where you have different coalitions emerging. we will have to wait and see. a lot of this depends on the specific cases that emerge before the court. and whoever the president's pick is, whether that person takes the role of pivot. there are some justices who have surprised their presidents who picked them by how they turned out. the one that always comes to mind for conservatives is justice souter, who president george h w bush -- preisident george h.w. bush picked. hearingsterday, we were three names. and then the name of thomas hardiman came up again. all the connection between the

steve: our monday roundtable with stephen dinan. he covers politics in congress --

will preview the week ahead in washington with politico white house reporter chris cadelago and stephen dinan. plus, we will talk about the cost of safeguarding nuclear materials with john donnelly. journal,"washington live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. >> this year marks the 50th anniversary of robert f. kennedy's assassination. next, from the robert c. byrd center for congressional history and education, authors jules witcover and john bohrer sat down with u.s. senate historian emeritus donald ritchie to discuss bobby kennedy's political legacy a half century later. this is an hour and 10 minutes. ray: robert f. kennedy was running for president of the united states when he was assassinated in california, just hours after winning the california primary on june 5, 1968. and he died a few hours later on june 6. 1968 was one of those years that historians and journalists alike call a watershed.

we will preview the week ahead in washington with politico white house reporter catalog go and stephen dinanpolitics editor with the washington times . we will talk about the cost of safeguarding nuclear materials with cq roll call senior writer john donnelly. "washington journal," live sunday -- 7:00 eastern. monday a discussion on the role of inspectors general on how they can improve their relationship with agencies, congress and the public. the event is held by the bipartisan parliament. remarks from former senate on globaleaders health and diplomacy. they also look at the impact of president trump's emergency plan for aids relief. that helped fund the bipartisan policy center, live at 10:30 on sees van. trump willonald announce his nominee for the supreme court filling the vacancy left by retiring justice anthony kennedy. watch the announcement live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. australia political reporter tom connell has the wrapup program with the most recent sitting session of australia's parliament from june 18 two the

coming up monday morning, we will preview the week ahead in washington with politico what dinan,orted and stephen editor with the washington times. we will talk about the cost of safeguarding nuclear materials with john donnelly. c-span's washington journal, live beginning at 7 p.m. eastern monday morning. join the discussion. >> president trump's supreme court announcement was the main topic on today's news shows. we begin with comments from leonard leo with the federal

coming up monday morning, we will preview the week ahead in washington with politico what dinan,orted and stephen editor with the washington times. we will talk about the cost of safeguarding nuclear materials with john donnelly. c-span's washington journal, live beginning at 7 p.m. eastern monday morning. join the discussion. >> president trump's supreme court announcement was the main topic on today's news shows. we begin with comments from leonard leo with the federal society, who served as an outside advisor to president trump on judicial nominations. he is followed by senators richard blumenthal, lindsey graham and dick durbin, all members of the judiciary committee. say that anyone who may it onto the list is likely to be an opponent of roe v. wade? >> nobody really knows. we have been talking about this for 36 years, going all effect of the nomination of sandra connor. and we all had a single individual of the court was especially said he would overturn roe. it is a bit obscure tactic and speculation more than anything else. >> that comes from your allies as well. no one has been more dedi