trish: and brett kavanaugh, i should point out, he is being floated by some folks in d.c.s the potential successor to kennedy, and he has a very interesting and conservative background sort of seen as one of ken starr's protege. >> right, exactly. and with both of them. one of the things have you federal court judges up for these positions, you're able to go back into their decisions. the supreme court is not a far stretch what they're doing on the bench every day. there's going to be a lot to look at in the decisions that they've made in their positions thus far. they'll help us with the road map where we see the court going. that's what the president is going to be looking at and did look at. when he created this list of 20 or 25 before gorsuch filled that seat, but brett kavanaugh someone to look at, thomas hardiman as well. trish: quite a list, we'll be spending time on it in the coming days. joining me is justin wallen and scott bolden. let me start with you, mr. wallen, how does this change the political calculus? one would think the base on both sides would be fired

at the top of the list are amy kony bat, a judge from the seventh circuit and brett kavanaugh.hese are the front-runners right now.ge >> jarrett has in the past expressed her catholic belief and her belief that life begins at conception. we have brett kavanaugh who was a top kdeputy to independent counsel starr during the clintov tigation. what was at the crux of this. seems they are tryin to avoid a situation where george h.w. bush nominated someone who was more liberal than conservatives wanted. >> that's true. they want someone who will be a reliable vote o i keyssues they believe will come before the court in coming years. >> what are your hopes a concerns about the next nomination and nomination process? >> my biggest hope would be that wever is theext member tries to find a way to build consensus on thert. the court is in an increasingly position where it is more polarized and divided than ever before and they need to stride to build consensus. it is difficult to see how that will happe my greatest fear is the opposite of that, that it will coue to be more and more polari

. >> i think top two choices are brett kavanaugh and amy barrett. i wouldn't be surprised if he chooses a woman. it would give him the ability to say i love women, i'm the most woman loving president there ever was and it would be incredibly ironic for a woman to write the decision that overturns roe v. wade and trump would be able to say look this is a feminist move, we're very feminist. at the same time he's said that he wants someone who comes from harvard or yale. amy barrett does not. brett kavanaugh does so i think it's a tossup at this point. >> with regard to roe v. wade i want to listen to what the president said when queried about whether it will be a deciding factor on whom he chooses. >> >> are you going to ask your nominees beforehand how they might vote on roe v. wade? >> well, that's a big one and probably not. they're all saying don't do that, you don't do that, you shouldn't do that. i'm putting conservative people on but i don't think i'm going to be so specific. >> i'm going to go with what the hill is reporting which is one of th

and one is a man named brett kavanaugh. he's a judge and young and he serves here. and talking about juris prudence, he recently dissented when his court allowed an abortion procedure to go through in a case about an undocumented immigrant. he was in dissent. another one is ray kethledge and he has a case on digital privacy. he was just reversed at the court by roberts and the liberals. and then there is thomas hardiman and i don't think they like him as much as the president. he was a runner upfor gore such's seat and he has this family story, no ivy leagues, drove a cab for a while. he served on the bench with trump's sister. so he could be an interesting pick. maybe not as conservative as some of the federalist site people and then amy barrett put on the second circuit and she was at notre dame and what is interesting about her is that the junior confirmation hearing, she had strong writings in the past on religion and that bothered feinstein. so that could end up being a fight. and then the two last ones, amul thapaar is the favorite of mcconnell and that would

that is one person.e man, brett kavanaugh and helped vet john roberts. he is on the dks circuit court of appea. another former kennedy clerk that we believe isth on list, ray ketledge on the sixth court of appeals. a favorite of mitch mcconnell, first outh indian, asian nominee and he was put on the court. robert: anyone you want to add? >> thomasdi hn. these are all appeals court is a and the reason for that. the republican mantra is no more david suiters. they want to make sure thes are rock solid and appeals court judges write a lot of opinions. >> they have been throughri theer already and have gotten a pretty good look. but they are hoping these people if from are no secrets thatre goi to pop up, all the democrats have going f them is the nominee. >> and i will say some of them met with the president in the first round but some have not. it will be interesting to see who emerges from the contest ofor sts that president trump finds. it is. robert: it does matter. port about the confirmation process, it used to be rowdy events. some things can be unpr

you have brett kavanaugh who is a judge in washington, d.c., thomas hardman is a federal appeals judges another judge. these are all people who kind of were put into the farm system, if you will, by the last president bush or at the very beginning of the trump administration. >> all right. it will be interesting how this all plays out. thanks for getting up early for us, tom. >>> and president trump for the first time publicly offered his support for the house's compromise immigration bill after telling republicans behind closed doors last week that he supported their immigration strategy 1,000 %. house republicans should pass the strong but fair immigration bill known as good law 2 in their afternoon vote today even though the dems won't let it pass in the senate. passage will show that we want strong borders and security while the dems want open borders equals crime, win. just hours later the house rejected the bill with all democrats and 112 republicans voting against it. the compromise effort drew less support than the conservative alternative that was defeated in the chamber last

. >> tucker: brett kavanaugh? >> a very respected judge in washington, d.c. on the u.s.peals. he has been on the court for a decade. he is respected on all side of the political spectrum as one of the best lawyers in the country. spent a lot of time in washington serving in government, arguing before the supreme court. he has written a lot of opinions. very deep believer on the idea that if you want to protect freedom and human dignity, you have to preserve the structural limits on government power and the constitution. a lot like neil gorsuch, tucker.on >> tucker: so if you are following this at home, who else should you be looking up on wikipedia right now? >> well, look, the president came up with this great idea. one of the most transparent things we have ever seen in judicial selection. which is to put out a list of all the people from which he picked. there are 25 on there, which is a lot of people. >> tucker: right. >> you should be looking at people like brett kavanaugh, amy barrett and tom hardiman, a judge from pennsylvania. ray kethledge from michigan. joan la

. >> reporter: on the short list, all appeals court judges including amy barrett of indiana, brett kavanaugh of maryland. whoever is confirmed is sure to be more g onservative than requirstice anthony kennedy. in wisconsin the president boasting about a 10 billion investment witan ectronics giant. >> this is the eighth wonder of the world. >> reporter: the company pledging to create 13,000 new jo but taxpayers will be on the hook for $4 billion in state and local incentives. if paid out the mo a foreign company in u.s. history. >> this is 20 million plus. this will be one of the largt jobs build in the world. >> reporter: tension ignited by mr. trump's tariffs and a looming trade war could cost american jobs. here on harley rfdavidson's home tu after criticizing the company's plans move some production overseas to avoid stiff new european tariffs. >> build those beautiful motorcycles in the usa, please, okay? w don't get cuh us. >> reporter: the jury is out whether the economic policies will pay off. lester? >> all right, peter and republicansplre ning to rush push through the confirmation p

that's brett kavanaugh, a 53-year-old circuit court judge here in washington. coney barrett, a 46-year-old who the president ercently appointed to the seventh circuit in chicago. the president is also considering amul thapar, a 49-year-old circuit court judge in cincinnati, and he would be the first indian american to serve on the supreme court. ane president says he's planning to announce his nominee in just ten days on july 9, and said he would probably meet with the candidates this weekend at his golf club in new jersey, adding he would not ask them if they would overturn "roe v. wade" or about l.g.b.t. rights. jeff. >> glor: weijia jiang is at the white house. weijia, thanks. we do know more tonight about the five lives lost when a gunman opened fire yesterday in the "capital gazette" newsroom in annapolis, maryland. gerald fischman was the editorial page editor. coworkers described him as quirky and smart, making sure everything was just right. john mcnamara was a sports writer and copy editor who could talk fluently about everything from politics to liter

brett kavanaugh, raymond kethledge, and amul thapar. he would actually be the first indian american on the supreme court. president trump interviewed him for the last vacancy. there are two others who also were interviewed by the president then, william pryor, and thomas hardiman. i think they're probably less likely, but all five have sparkling academic and legal eredentials. enis will not be a fight over qualifications. l glor: and so, but jan, it appears much of this fight in washington is gearing up to be al about abortion. how-- explain that, and how do you see that playing out? >> reporter: right, and right now there's one justice we know ou for sure on the supreme court who would overturn "roe v. wade." that's clarence thomas. we don't know how the other three conservatives would vote. and, you know, this is bigger e an this confirmation fight. you've got two liberals who are, you know, in their 80s this year, so democrats are going to say that abortion is in the balance with this nomination and this could affect future elections

tom hardiman who was the runner-up last time and brett kavanaugh is the front-runner and for the reasone was justice kennedy's clerk in the past. and so if you want to make justice kennedy feel like he's going away to a safe place, pick a protege to pick his seat. >> and the idea that i said a woman should be chosen and you immediately go to that

judge brett kavanaugh of washington d.c., also 52, and like gorsuch, also a former clerk to justice kennedy. he worked in the george w. bush white house. and judge amy coney barrett of chicago, 46, a former clerk to the late justice antonin scalia. she's criticized roe versus wade and is a mom of seven children, including a special needs child and two children adopted from haiti. democrats, outnumbered, are already trying to stop any vote, echoing the argument republicans used when they blocked president obama's nominee, merrick garland, in an election year. senator tammy duckworth of illinois tweeting, "the american people should have a voice in the selection of their next supreme court justice." but there's a big difference. republicans had the votes to block garland. democrats are in the minority now. >> we will vote to confirm justice kennedy's successor this fall. >> reporter: but for every senator, this will be a monumental vote. perhaps the biggest issue, the right to choose abortion. president trump in 2016 became the first republican nominee to explicitly promise the end of roe ver

there's judge brett kavanaugh, he's also 52, a judge here in washington, d.c., she is a judge in indiana, in chicago, and she is 46 years old, the former law clerk to justice scalia. it's going to be an epic battle. the democrats are furious, especially after senate republicans blocked president obama's nominee to replace justice scalia, merrick garland. the republicans have a slim but on this issue pretty solid-looking majority in the senate and the stakes could not be higher, george. this one, no question for all the marbles on this court. >> biggest political fight of the year. thanks very much. >>> now to the president's high-stakes meeting with russian president vladimir putin. the two leaders, it would be their first formal summit, so let's go back to our chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the white house has announced that summit, that meeting will be july 16th in helsinki, finland. of course, president trump has met with president putin in the past. two bheegts on the sidelines of other meetings. this w

>> brett kavanaugh who is a judge on the d.c. circuit.e second most important judge court in the country. he wrote the dirty parts of the starr report. amy barrett a former professor. raymond kethledge. another court of appeals judge who was a clerk to anthony kennedy. and amul thapar who was a protege from mitch mcconnell. who was confirmed to the sixth circuit. and he would be the first south asian on the court. there is not a hint of moderation in any of their records, stone cold conservative which is a grand tradition in american law. but it is definitely not anthony kennedy's tradition and it is a tradition that will allow for an expansion of second amendment rights so you can have a bazooka as well as a hand gun. end affirmative action for african american students. if you are a religious person, you can ban gay people from your store, restaurants. these are the issues that are going to come up. and that is why these people, as mike pence pointed out. that's what they want on the court. >> another name pointed out is from utah. he w

former kennedy clerk, brett kavanaugh. amy barrett. raymond kethledge. amule thoper.tah senator, mike lee. court of appeals, judge thomas hornman. he was a close runner up to gosh such last time. will he actually chose a woman? i want to bring in leonard leo, the representative of the federalist society. you'll hear a lot about the federalist society good and bad. so, leonard, defend the process a little bit. you heard jeffrey toobin there saying, you will know what these judges would do on roe v. wade, but we will not in the public because they will be coached up to say nothing just like we see in every confirmation process. fair criticism? >> people have been saying for 36 years, going all the way back to 1982, with the nomination of sandra o'connor that roe v. wade would be overturned. so -- >> clarence thomas who during his confirmation years basically saying, i never really thought about roe vchl wade before, then got on the bench and had definite ideas. continue. >> people thought sarah other connor would overturn roe vchl wade and she didn't. i think there's a

. >> it is all speculation at this point, there is brett kavanaugh, he has written and he's on the record he does not think effectively that a president could be indicted and it would be catastrophic for the country. is that the sort of questio question -- it is almost impossible for me to imagine a confirmation hearing where the question is all about can a president be indicted or can a president fire an fbi director in order to stop the investigation into himself. there is never been a confirmation hearing like that. should we start to look at the public record of all the potential nominees to see if those opinions are apart of the reasons that's chosen. >> we are a moment where the constitutional questions are coming up. given the president's pattern of behavior is going to be on his mind. he's going to try to take measures to protect himself from this investigation. should the president appoint and the head of the judicial committee decide? he did under president obama agreed the hold hearings. if he decides to hold hearings that there is no constitutional crisis and conflict of inter

at the top of the list but at the very top according to our sources right now is a man named brett kavanaugh. he is a judge, currently serves on the u.s. court of appeals here in d.c. and he was nominated for that job back in2006 by george w. bush. >>> thank you. senators dianne feinstein and kamala harris both calling for a delay in filling kennedy's seat until after the midterm elections. elections. >>> the supreme court delivered a setback to organized labor. in a 5-4 vote with the conservative justices in the majority, the court ruled that not to join unions should not be forced to pay dues saying forcing them to pay was a violation of the first amendment rights. it means unions could lose tens of millions of dollars and lose power to bargain on behalf of their members. the plaintiff in the case said he was thrilled by the ruling! >> the important thing is that we have now got 5 million public sector workers across the country that are free to make their own decisions. that's what it's been about. >> an illinois state worker refused to pay dues and sued the union arguing he shouldn't be

former kennedy clerk, brett kavanaugh. amy barrett. raymond kethledge. amul thapar.tah senator, mike lee. court of appeals, judge thomas hornman. i got him in there last. he was a close runner up to gosh such last time. there's six women on the original list. will he actually chose a woman? i want to bring in leonard leo, the representative of the federalist society. you'll hear a lot about the federalist society good and bad. so, leonard, defend the process a little bit. you heard jeffrey toobin there saying, you will know what these judges would do on roe v. wade, but we will not in the public because they will be coached up to say nothing just like we see in every confirmation process. fair criticism? >> people have been saying for 36 years, going all the way back to 1982, with the nomination of sandra o'connor that roe v. wade would be overturned. so -- 36 years later one of out of nine justices on the court said he would over turn row v wade. thomas. >> clarence thomas who during his confirmation years basically saying, i never really thought about roe v. wade b

believed to be on the short list, brett kavanaugh and pennsylvania's thomas hardiman.thing else that's pretty high stakes. a summit between president trump and russian president vladimir putin. we are just learning this morning the date and location for that talk has been set. it will happen july 16th in helsinki, finland, just after the world cup. savannah? >> hallie jackson, thank you very much. >>> the department of homeland security is asking the pentagon to house up to 12,000 undocumented migrants to help keep family members together. the migrants would be kept at established military facilities or in temporary camps. 2,000 of those spaces are needed within 45 days. the trump administration would prefer to hold the families in texas, arizona, new mexico, or california, where most of them were apprehended. on tuesday, a federal judge ordered the u.s. to stop detaining parents without their children and to reunite those who had been separated. >>> the u.s. military has sent a special operations team to help search for a boys soccer team that's lost in a mountain cav

tom: as we move to brett kavanaugh and other candidates, it seems like a generational shift.pretation of dignity, this broader view of making law. is that a generational shift of the past? what will the new lobby, whether justice kavanagh or someone else? if it is a sure generational shift in legal thinking. any time there is an opportunity for the president to make a nomination to the supreme court, it is usually a generational's shift -- generational shift. all the replacements are in their early 50's are late 40's. in terms of jurisprudence and ift the court looks like, justice kennedy is at heart a conservative, but if you trace his roots to california and western a u.s. libertarianism. that is a street that runs through all of his opinions. new type ofbably a conservatism whoever is nominated to replace him. what ism where you sit, a distinction between justice gorsuch and a candidate such as kavanagh, or is it almost a cookie-cutter, modern conservatism? >> to contrast to justice gorsuch and cavanaugh, there are probably differences in the margins in the way they approa

but we do know another frontrunner is brett kavanaugh who was a clerk for justice kennedy who announcedis week. further, there is a dark horse candidate that the president talked about, that is utah senator mike lee who has publicly expressed interest in the role and the president acknowledged hearing about that interest yesterday though a spokesperson for the senator told cnn that he has not spoken directly to president trump about this. again the president said that he would be potentially interviewing with possible nominees this weekend here in bedminster. i asked the white house whether hose meetings had already taken place if there was any information that he could offer, they have yet to response. >> keep us posted. thank you. we're continuing to watch coast to coast immigration protests all across america today. >> it is easy to imagine that i would hope that if it was my family being torn apart, if it was my brother being arbitrarily criminalized, if it was my sister being banned, then someone would stand up for me and my family. the day after chemo might mean a trip back to the

cbs news learned there are 25 considerations, front-runners including brett kavanaugh and two others. laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >> because mcconnell changed senate rules last year supreme court nominees will be confirmed by a simple majority and there are 51 republican senators. >>> disturbing new developments in a campground murder mystery. at least 5 other shootings were reported in the same area in just the past two years. uc-berkeley alum tristan beaudette was shot and killed last week while camping with his two young daughters at malibu creek state park. there was another shooting days earlier. and in 2016, to him at a california state park but he says they never followed up with an official report. >> obviously this latest incident is just such a tragedy. >> if that guy had known, if there had been a warning. >> he probably wouldn't have booked the campsite for his family. >> beaudette was shot in the head while sleeping in a tent with his two young daughters. a campground is now -- the campground is now closed indefinitely. >>> time now 6:10. police have released new s

. >> laura: brett kavanaugh.lerked for justice kennedy. >> judge kavanaugh has distinguished himself on the d.c. circuit, has written brilliant opinions on a broad range of questions. he clearly meets the mark. >> laura: matt schlapp, a lot of people on the list. >> i worked with brett for four rock solid. years. he would be fantastic. >> laura: you hear from the left. he's another white male guy from georgetown prep. you can already hear the left. they check off the box and say you can't nominate another white man. we need a diverse court. it is the jelly bean approach. >> we need to see 50 votes, and these democrats running in these red states, they have got to support the supreme court nominee or they are in big political trouble. >> laura: speaking of which, kamala harris went into total fearmongering mode today. let's watch. >> we are looking at a destruction constitution of the united states, as far as i can tell. based of the folks he is orbit pointing for lifetime appointments. this has got to be, and we

sources inside the white house say there are some frontrunners including brett kavanaugh, someone whoe antonin scalia. there is another dark horse candidate that president trump has talked about and that is mike lee. president trump made clear yesterday that he had heard that lee made public that he was intrigued by the position. a spokesperson for mike lee said that he and the president have not privately discussed the matter. back on the subject of possible interviews this weekend, something that will not be on the table for discussion, roe v. wade. the president making clear to reporters that he would not be discussing with these potential nominees their personal stance on abortion. listen to more from president trump on air force one yesterday. >> are you looking for somebody who would overturn roe v. wade? >> well, you know, it's a -- it's a great group of intellectual talent, but we really, you know, they are generally conservative. i'm not going to ask them that question, by the way. but it is a group of very highly talented, very brilliant mostly conservative judges. i won't b

i'd start with the former kennedy clerk, brett kavanaugh. d.c. circuit. he's protege of ken star.well known commodity. probably second amy barrett. a former law professor at notre dame. younger woman, has seven children. there was a lot of controversy in her court of appeals hearing about her catholicism. judge hard iman who came in second place last time. he no doubt will be back in play and a judge named ray kethledge. basically what you see is a lot of people from outside d.c. well known conservative kmodscommodi between the ages of 47 and 53. >> interesting. sam, the question might be, we've heard the statement being made he prefers an ivy league pedi debr pedigree. >> that's right. i mean i suspect what he most wants is someone who is going to please his base, especially the legal kw leg legal conservative movement. it could be helpful. >> who would you say, again, given your experience would be equivalent of justice kennedy of those potentials. nbc has eight. we don't know who the final five is. who would you select? >> i'm a former law clerk for justice kennedy so i'd say n

audience, that goes into your best guess list of what he's holding in his hand, starting with brett kavanaugh of maryland u.s. court of appeals for the u.s. d.c. circuit. >> probably our number one candidate. he's on the second most important court of appeals in the country. very well known commodity. probably the inside washington candidate, which is actually quite important when you talk about these different groups. he has been involved in a lot of environmental regulation cases. a question was raised about him originally, and he wasn't on the president's first list because he was presented with a challenge to obamacare, and he didn't vote to strike it down. he voted for the proposition that the courts can't get involved at all. but since then, his stock has really risen, and i think he's probably, if you ask who's the leading candidate, it's judge kavanaugh. >> maggie haberman of "the new york times" tweeted tonight that the president's interested mostly in candidates from harvard or yale. he's a yalie all the way, so that would be interesting. >> he's got one other characteristic too. th

circuit court judge brett kavanaugh and also in the middle there, raymond kethledge.urse at the end there's thomas hardiman. he was interviewed by the president as a runner up to the newest justice neil gorsuch. the second woman there, amy coney bar ret as well as amalthapar they've already been named to lower court seats. republican mike lee the senator from utah, all of these possible picks staunchly conservative and notably, poppy, very young, meaning they would remain on this court for a generation. amy coney bar ret, just 46 years old. >> wow. >> they'd be in the court for a long time . justice kennedy was 81. >>> moments from now deputy attorney general and the fbi director set to face a grilling from lawmakers about their handling of the 2016 election. we'll bring it to you live and moments away from the opening bell on wall street. futures now down about 100 points. of course these trade concerns continue. we're watching it. ♪ introducing e*trade personalized investments professionally managed portfolios customized to help meet your financial goals. you'll kno

federal appeals court judge brett kavanaugh is emerging as a top contender for the u.s.ourt according to two sources familiar with the administration's thinking. anthony kennedy announced his retirement yesterday letting president donald trump nominate a successor. potentially creating the most conservative court in generations. great prime minister alexis tsipras has vowed to stick with the financial commitment he agreed with european leaders this month. speaking to bloomberg, he told us he is determined his country will not go back to the irresponsible management of public finances seen in the past. >> what happened in greece in previous years and let us to a groep see was a huge waste of money, corruption, and i would say irresponsibility in the management of public finance. we should not go back to that. toill do what i can in order not go back to that tragic time. sophie: raining world champions germany have been knocked out of the world cup. i south korea. the 57th best team. they failed to progress to the next round. it is the first time they have not made the kno

brett kavanaugh is a former kennedy worker. extremely able. very bright. but has written a book of very conservative opinions on the d.c. circuit. involving immigrants rights and defendants rights and so forth. so all are very conservative. the real question is how will they move the court? some of them are more pro-defendant than others. and some are more pro-executive than others. so it'll be really important once it comes down to figure out whether this is a conservative in the model of justice scalia. but the bottom line is since all of them are so well qualified, it's going to be hard to say they don't deserve a seat on those grounds. >> and you are raising some of these questions, of course, on the views of this next judicial pick of where they stand. questions that will be asked by people like heidi heitkamp, jeff flake, susan collins. president trump talked about the political piece of it when he was in heitkamp's home territory overnight. watch. >> heidi will vote no to any pick we make for the supreme court. she will be told to do so. now, maybe

court judgeals brett kavanaugh is emerging as a contender for supreme court. justice anthony kennedy announced his retirement yesterday, letting president donald trump nominate a successor, potentially creating the most conservative court in generations. one team germany has been knocked out of the world cup. a defeat by south korea, the 57th best team, men germany came autumn of their group and failed to progress to the next round. first the -- the first time they have not made the state since 1938. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. guy: thank you. aocks in asia started decline, traders will focus on this as they look for the european open. basically skeptical about the trump administration's announcement yesterday about the kudlow comments on harsh measures on chinese investment. shares failing to maintain the gains. where watching chinese currency under pressure as well. about an hour ago ice up to mark to understandg how european trad

nomination, and again, it's all speculation at this point, but there's a circuit court judge named brett kavanaugh considered by a lot of people to be -- have a good chance at getting this nomination. he was a clerk for justice kennedy, for example. he has written -- he's on the record as saying that he doesn't think that -- effectively doesn't think that a president could be indicted, that it would be catastrophic for the country. is that the sort of question -- it's almost impossible for me to imagine a confirmation hearing in which the questions are all about can a president be indicted, can a president fire an fbi director in order to stop an investigation into himself, can a president pardon people in order to save himself or his family from an ongoing investigation. there's never been a confirmation hearing like that. but should we start to look at the public record of all these potential nominees to see if those opinions might be part of the reason they're being chosen? >> i think we're at a moment now where these constitutional questions are coming up. and i believe given the president's p

. >> cbs news has learned there are two leading contenders, brett kavanaugh, a 53-year-old circuit judge in washington, and 46-year-old amy coney barrett, who the president recently appointed to the 7th circuit in chicago. also up for consideration is amul thapar, a 49-year-old circuit court judge in cincinnati who would be the first indian american to serve on the supreme court. the president has been expressing excitement about nominating a second scream court justice. earlier this week mr. trump highlighted his vision to reshape the high court for decades and remind supporters his judicial nominees only survive if republicans keep control of the senate. >> we will vote to confirm justice kennedy's successor this fall. >> republican senate leader mitch mcconnell wants to make use of his party's razor thin majority now because democrats might win back control of the upper claim beafter the midterm elections. courting key votes, the president hosted six senators at the white house thursday, inclauding three vulnerable democrats. >> are you ready to fight? >> this week democratic efforts

we also understand there is wase brett kavanaugh, who not on the first list that the conservative leadershiprovided . he is in the d.c. circuit court. there are other names we expect to be considered. we heard at least two women will be considered. those probably include amy coney , just confirmed recently. a former notre dame law professor. larson -- joan larson, a former state supreme court justice in michigan. those are probably among the women. there is also talk of a judge from the six circuit in cincinnati, who is close to the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. that certainly cannot hurt. those are about half a dozen names who we expect most of those people will be closely reviewed. probably some meeting the president today. host: are there any names that jump out in front of the other? is there anyone who is ahead of the pack? guest: that is hard to know. at this level, the people the president will meet with have been carefully vetted for their ideology, the consistency, their reliability. the most important thing for the conservative astonishment, which is focused on shaping t