>> thomas: yeah, let's do it. >> anthony: all right. >> thomas: cheers! chinese wedding is not cheap. you need a banquet room. in this case, the family's rented out this place, the historic park hotel shanghai. [ chef speaking mandarin ] chinese weddings, generally speaking, mean the presence of a number of formalities. first, meet the bride and groom upon entering. red envelope, also known as the hong bao. like in "goodfellas," it's a little something for the bride and groom. help them get started in their new life. thank you. okay! >> photographer: thank you. okay. >> anthony: thank you. >> thomas: awesome. >> anthony: okay, table setting. often with some must-haves present -- booze, whiskey, smokes for the guests. >> thomas: so this is kind of, like, a traditional, uh, chinese wedding. they will rent a hotel in -- >> anthony: oh, i know. i do this every week. i go from hotel to hotel -- >> thomas: oh! >> anthony: and i crash weddings. >> thomas: okay! >> anthony: roast duck? that i will have, of course. and some ban yu du, or beef tripe, in garlic sauc

he's a millionaire. >> reporter: anthony thomas says his daughter was impressed with cummins' alleged >> and i said, "you're telling me he's been in these fbi and the cia." "oh, yeah. oh, tad has got a bunch of money. actually a couple million dollars in the bank." >> reporter: still, thomas didn't object when cummins took elizabeth to church. former fbi agent brad garrett is an abc news consultant. >> the idea that he would bring elizabeth to this church doesn't surprise me one bit because he needs a cover story. look at this, i'm bringing you to church with my family. isn't this a wonderful thing? >> reporter: despite outward appearances, authorities say cummins' intentions become less of the spirit and more of the flesh. d.a. brent cooper says investigators discovered a special system cummins devised to exchange secret messages with elizabeth using the same e-mail account. what was kind of the nature of those messages? >> things that only people that were in an intimate relationship would share. there was a message that says, "i saw you standing by your backpack and just wanted to

21 two fill the vacancy on the supreme court filled by the untimely death of every hero, anthony scalia. thomas, --kept that because he kept that promise, neil gorsuch sits on the supreme court. [applause] every case, he has proven to be a man of his word. he has proven to be a man who honors his bond and keeps his trust with us. we love him because he is our friend and whether as a private citizen, as a candidate for office, or now as president, he has defended people of faith here in the united states and around the world. and it is my pleasure to introduce to you my friend, our friend, the 45th president of the united states of america, donald j. trump. [applause] ♪ president trump: thank you, ralph. he said we got 81 percent of the vote. i want to know, who are the 19 percent? who are they? [laughter] where do they come from? thank you, ralph, for really kind introduction, and for your great leadership. it's wonderful to be back here with all of my friends. it is the fifth time. who would have known this was going to happen? but we had a feeling, didn't we? [applause] and, ralph, i want to

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but today was the last day of the term and neither 80-year-old anthony kennedy nor 69-year-old clarence thomasd anything about leaving. and that will be seen as good news for anybody who doesn't want the new president to have the chance to pull the arm off another soon to be supreme court justice anytime soon. even though no one retired today, should we be expecting that sometime soon anyway? now that this term of the supreme court is over, what did donald trump's first supreme court pick end up being like anyway? joining us now is dolly lithwick. ms. lithwick, it is lovely to see you. thank you for being here. >> hey there, rachel. >> what is the scuttlebutt about retiring justices? does no word on that today mean nobody is stepping down in the foreseeable future? >> i think it becomes very unlikely. i think particularly when we see the gerrymander cases are coming up, those are reverse engineered to be kennedy babies. now i think the travel ban cases also reverse engineered to be like, please, justice kennedy. i think he's in it, at least for the next term. and i also think it's worth saying

to see an incredible array of national treasurers, the desk that thomas jefferson descrafted the declaration independent on. susan b anthony ionic red shaw. one of the real treasurers of the smithsonian's collections is george washington 's christening blanket in 1732. this original was a bakery wagon and it was painted and used by women suv rages to the cause and rallies to really recall attention. wrapping it up with the huge golf event once again coming to potomac, maryland., the quicken loans will be held tuesday through savment even if you're not interested in going, you're in the interested in golf it's good to have a heads up if you travel through the potomac area because there will be a whole lot of traffic. >> yes, there will. a lot of crowds and a lot of things to do >> it's summer. >> fireworks, next weekend big weekend, fourth of july. >> the weather, i don't know, last year we had some issues with the fireworks as well and the rain. hopefully we'll get the fireworks up. it is what it is. >> coming up, we are taking on healthcare, why the long quest to repeal and replace obama care is facing a steeper climb. we

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he's always described as a former law clerk to anthony kennedy as if they're in sync lil lilttle legally. he's more in sync with justice alito and justice thomasnow, gore such turned out to be everything that trump and his supporters wanted but without trying to get too much in kennedy's head, he may resent a little feeling like he's, you know, being pushed or prodded and perhaps feels like sticking around a little while longer. >> maybe that's why the bar will remain open after the end of the formal program? sit tight. wanting to pass obamacare replacement plan this week, but as we speak, they are well short in the hunt for votes. manait's a series of is nsmart choices. and when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna made with carbsteady to help minimize blood sugar spikes you can really feel it. glucerna. everyday progress. i just saved a bunch of money on my car insurhuh. with geico. i should take a closer look at geico... geico can help with way more than car insurance. boats, homes, motorcycles... even umbrella coverage. this guy's gonna wish he brought his umbrella. fire at will! how'd you know the guy's name is will? yeah? it

anthony is in tonight, we're talking golf. what better place to enjoy than indoor watching. >> how low can you go, describing saturday at the u.s. open, record 32 players under par, including justin thomasyed a round for the history books, plenty of rickie fans. this gets him to 10 under two off the lead. thomas with the first to shoot 63 under and set record under par at 9 under. the byrd on five. get in there. drained the short eagle putt on 18. 11 in the round. he was the leader in this birdie on 13 to get to 12 under par but would stumble coming home bogeyed 18 leaving harman to the lead. he will be with thomas on the final pairing on sunday. koepka and tommy fleetwood right there with him. tell us about it. >> so excited to get a chance to win this golf tournament. felt like my game was good enough to compete in the majors this year. so to have a chance to do so is just great. >>> now to baseball. if the a's played the yankees every game would be in first. maybe not. but despite having the worst record in the american league have won three in a row against first placed yankees. this guy playing tribute to aaron judge from just outside stockton. got on base five times. 1-0 a's. seco

anthony is in tonight, we're talking golf. what better place to enjoy than indoor watching. >> how low can you go, describing saturday at the u.s. open, record 32 players under par, including justin thomas who played a round for the history books, plenty of rickie fans. this gets him to 10 under two off the lead. thomas with the first to shoot 63 under and set record under par at 9 under. the byrd on five. get in there. drained the short eagle putt on 18. 11 in the round. he was the leader in this birdie on 13 to get to 12 under par but would stumble coming home bogeyed 18 leaving harman to the lead. he will be with thomas on the final pairing on sunday. koepka and tommy fleetwood right there with him. tell us about it. >> so excited to get a chance to win this golf tournament. felt like my game was good enough to compete in the majors this year. so to have a chance to do so is just great. >>> now to baseball. if the a's played the yankees every game would be in first. maybe not. but despite having the worst record in the american league have won three in a row against first placed yankees. this guy playing tribute to aaron judge from just outside stockton. got on base five times. 1-0 a

anthony kennedy who is a moderate conservative, are starting to shift toward the middle. what we are really seeing that i think is intriguing is samuel alito, neil gorsuch, and clarence thomasking very .ard to the right i think the thing to look for is this battle at the center of the court to try to figure out if there still is a center of the court, and what this really hard right three some is going to hold for us going forward. amy: finally, vince warren. >> it really spells bad news for justice and folks who work in this field probably for the next couple of decades. there is really no getting around that, and our strategies have to be designed around trying to keep some of these cases out of the supreme court if humanly possible. amy: what does that mean? >> at some level you will either take losses at the lower level rather than moving them up to the supreme court level, and it means that wins on the court of appeals level means the government or whoever you are challenging will be more inclined to appeal it to the supreme court. he have to change her strategies about litigating your cases in lower courts, probably taking less than what you might ultimately want in o

anthony. by the way, we've talked to carmelo in the past about all his tech investments. he's got other problems right now. this is a franchise that needs some help. >> i wish lance thomasd he was sitting in this seat. the best i can say is that i'm a knick for life. it's a tumultuous situation in there. the 7th pick in the draft. 7th or 8th? >> i'm not sure. i hope it's the right pick and we can move forward with that. >> from your lips. >> fingers crossed. >> got to go, guys, good to see you. we're going to be ringing the closing bell today. talking about their sports, business and entertainment conference. >> it's time now for a cnbc news update. >> here's what's happening at this hour, everyone. kathy griffin and her lawyer held a news conference to discuss the backlash over griffin's mocked up bloodied image of president trump. griffin says she's received death threats and has been contacted by the secret service. >> i don't think i will have a career after this. i think he -- i think he -- i think he -- i'm going to be honest, he broke me. he broke me. he broke me. and then i was like, this isn't right. it's not right. i apologized because it was the right thing t