lisa desjardins at the capitol, thu very much. actually, lisa, i'm going to stay with you just a minute k because, yw, we heard -- we heard judge kavanaugh sayv there, i re the constitution, i believe in an independent judiciy, i'm going to call -- you know, make decisions one by one. we also ow that president trump said, during the campaign, that he planned to point justices to the supreme court who would overturnde roe v so how are republicans and democrats at the capitol looking at that? >> i think your panel will speak to this more but i think judge kavanaugh's relatively recent decision in the garza case which dealt with an unaccompanied minor seeking an abortion, we covered that story o "newshour", and he was a key judge, and there are audio iorecordings of his que and his approach to that case. some on the right feel that he allowed too much leeway for abortion to exist as a legal eltion in this country, but those on the left that he was not giving that minor childt why felt was her right to a quicker option for abortio so b

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has responsibility for theirre now. >> woodruff: lisa desjardins, more excellent reporting. thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> woodruff: ithe day's other news, the late u.s. jobs report shows a resilient economy, despite fears of a trade war with china. the labor department said that 213,000 new jobs were ded in june, exceeding projections. but the unemployment rate jumped slightly to 4%, up from 3.8%n may. the report comes as punitive tariffs on $34 billion worth of chinese imports go into effect today. beijing hit back quickly, in what it called, "the biggest trade war in economic history." we will examine the consequenc of a tit-for-tat with china after the news summary. secretary of state mike pompeo arrivein north korea today for more high level talks aimed at dismantling the country's nuclear weapons program. president trump left a historic summit last month with a broad commitment from north korean lead kim jong-un to nuclearize, but pompeo said he hopes to, "filin the details." the secretary of state will stay overnight in pyongyang.s it iknown whether he wil

dy. >> woodruff: all right, john yang at the white house, lisa desjardins at the capitol. we're all watching and waiting. thank you. and we'll have more on the supreme court pick aft the news summary. plus the "newshour" will bringyo live coverage of president trump's gus, the newshour will br you special live coverage of present trump's announcement at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. in theay's other news, the trump administration confirmed that it willot meet tomorrow's deadline to return 102 migrant children under the age of five to their parents. instead, the justice department told a federal judge in san diego that about half that number may be reunit. older children must be reunited with their families by july 26. in thailand, four more boys were brought out of a cave today, making eight rescued over two days. they'd been trapped by flooding, since june 23.oy four otherand their soccer coach remain underground, as john irvine of independent television news, reports. >> reporter: ambulances have become guiding lights here, with the sight of one trundling down the track from t

on a press briefing call today, lisa desjardins asked the secretary about the children still in the government's care, and can report what we have learned. lisa, you were on the call. what did you learn? >> i think there were to headline herone the trump administration is saying it will comply wh the latest cou order saying children who have been separated must be reunited with parents within 30 days or 14 days ifr they're unde five. the 14-day deadline is next tuesday. h.h.s. says, in some cases, the way they will do that, however, is to sd children to parents who are in detention and detain em together. the other thing we learned is, in some cases, h.h.s. is no sure about whether a child was separated from a parent or came on their own.e that's a ral breakdown in the process and a problem for reunitin>>the families. oodruff: lisa, separately from all that, there's a set ofs legal documlegal filings from a number of states. they're suing the federal goabment. tell ut what you see there. >> right. this is an extraordinary trove of firsthand accounts from people who have experienced this policy.

congressional correspondent lisa desjardins is at the capitol. >> desjardins: the new nomineecl began his b toward confirmation this morning, meeting first with the senate's top republican. >> i think the president made an outstanding nomination, we look forward to the confirmation process. >> desjardins: majority leader mitch mcconnell posed with federal appeals court judge brett kavanaugh, joined by vice president pence. >> members of senate in both political parties, that members of the senate and american people they represent, will see as the president saiat judge brett kavanaugh is quite simply the most qualified and most deserving nominee. >> desjardins: kavanaughlso met with next most important republican to his fate, judiciary chairman chuck grassley, whose committee will hold confirmatiohearings. kavanaugh started as a clerk for the supreme court justice he'd be replacing, anthony kennedy. he also worked for independent counsel kenneth starr, investigating president clinton. in 2000, he joined george w. bush's legal team in the florida presidential vote recount, and later wo

lisa desjardins, thank you. >> woodruff: u.s. and north korean officials will soon be talking again at the highest levels, following last month's historic meeting between president trump and north koream leaderong-un. john yang has the story. ft yang: judy, secretary of state mike pompeo washington early this morning for an asian trip that is to include a day and a half in north korea. he hopes to begin to flesh out details of kim jong-un's broad summit commitment to "work toward denuclearization of the korean peninsula." but, recent reports cast doubt on north korea's intentions. analys of satellite photos of the country's nuclear and missile facilities have led some toonclude that they areui cont to improve their capabilities, and, according to reports, the u.s. intelligence community has concluded that north korea is concealing some of its nlear program and that the country has no intention of giving up its nuclear weapons. joel wit was on the team that negotiated a nuclear agreement with north korea during the clinton adminis

. >> desjardins: but kavanaugh also h a long paper trail that could decide the confirmation fight. three republicans to watch: maine's susacollins and alaska's lisa murkowski, who want to safeguard "roe v. wade," the decision that legalized aboron rights. and senator rand paul has also criticized bush-erpolicies championed by kavanaugh. paul tweeted today that he'll meet the nominee with, "an open mind." democrats are mostly united in opposition to kavanaugh. minority leader chuck schumer warned today that he believes the nominee would overturn key precedents. >> president trump repeatedly promised to nominate justices who will overturn rov. wade and undermine health care. >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein followed up, at a rally outside the supreme court. >> his record on the bench in w the bute house and as a republican political operative indicates that if confirmed, he would be among the mos conservative justices in supreme court history. >> desjardins: and hawaii senator mazie hirono said sheug fears how kavamight rule, if the president were charged in the russia probe. si>> at a time when this pnt pushes executive powers to limit, shoul