collins, who also has been a key vote in the fight, she will oppose any nominee who is against roe vs wade. watch. >> if a candidate for this important position who would overturn roe vs wade would not be acceptable to me, because that would indicate an activist agenda that i don't want to see a judge half. >> harris: chief white house responded is with us for the latest. >> good afternoon you. he would not ask the question of his supreme court candidates, whether or not they would overturn roe vs wade. it would be improper for him to do that paired with the white house, no question is wrapping up her new not nomination. a new deadline a week from today to make his announcement. he promised that he is going to pick his nominee from his list of 25 conservative judges that he published about eight months ago. the front runners at this point are said to be right cavanaugh on the d.c. circuit court of appeals. the sixth circuit, raymond catlett also the sixth circuit, and thomas hardeman. they were in the running for the last vacancy, the president interviewed them but picked someone else. the

if >> marie: i don't want roe vs. wadebe repealed in its entirety either but i think the more concerning judicial question might be whether there's just so many restrictions and state levels that are now upheld by the supreme court unlike the casey decision where abortion effectively and 25 or 30 sites across the country becomes so restricted that it is illegal. >> harris: is is a smart issue for democrats to make it only about that? you've got obamacare coming, other things. >> marie: they should broaden that out to be about women's health at large. pro-choice is not pro-abortion and i think the democratic party gets too close to making it seem like that. it should be about women's health and women's ability to control their own bodies and about not having a bunch of men at the supreme court telling you what you can and can't do. >> katie: seven men decided roe vs. wade so are they allowed to decided then? >> marie: the government can't tell you. >> harris: they are helping you make the children. >> katie: we are hearing

those of us who lived in a time before roe vs wade, when a woman was forced to have a child against her will, are deeply concerned about the future of a woman's right to have an abortion, to have that freedom of choice. throughout his campaign for the presidency, donald trump repeatedly promised to appoint justices to the supreme court who would favor overturning the roe vs wade. the heritage foundation and federalist society share this goal and it isn't a stretch to assume that the names they included on their supreme court wish list hold the same view. judge kavanaugh's record on this issue is deeply troubling and of significant concern. last year, judge cavanaugh issued a dissent in a case that granted a 17-year-old immigrant in the custody of the department of health and human services hhs, the right to get an abortion. cavanaugh argued in his dissent that holding the young woman in custody refusing to release her for a medical appointment for her procedure until hhs was able to find her a sponsor who could serve as a foster parent, was not undue burden under the supreme court's leg

issues of the day, including potentially where he stands on the argument about roe vs he stands on the argument about roe vs wadeight to abortion throughout the united states. how much of a roll do you think questions about his approach to those kinds of social issues are going to play in the hearing? -- roll. he will be asked those questions certainly by moderate senators, who have said they will not confirm a nominee who has expressed outright hostility to roe vs wade. but these days, the nomination hearings are more like political theatre. we don't learn anything real about the nominees from the hearings. they are masters at evading questions and equivocating. so no one is going to give a straightforward answer on whether or not they would overall roe vs wade on the hearing —— during the hearing. we've learned everything we need to know about these nominees, given the fact they're on this list in the first place. this list was curated by leonard leo, vice president of the federal society, a staunch catholic and anti—abortionist. senators know all they need to know by virtue that judge brett kavanaugh was on t

american voters agree 63-31 with roe vs wade. that same polling shows republicans disagree 58-30%. >> while the president is pro-life, he will not bring up roe vs wade in his meetings with potential nominees. she elaborated on that this morning and slammed democrats for being so critical. watch. >> secretary sanders: right now he is going to continue to stick with that list. the main thing the president is looking for our people that fit the qualifications that you would want in a supreme court justice. frankly, it has gotten really sad that their party has no message, no leadership, no solution. they want to fight our president who is trying to lead and is doing amazing things for our country. >> harris: it so far does not sound like democrats aren't letting up. >> the president is looking at a list prepared by outside groups with the intention of changing the president of the court as it relates to women's rights and the right of choice. roe vs wade. we are talking about changing the direction of the supreme court for the next g

senator sanders: are you ready to defend roe vs. wade? [cheers and applause] are you ready to tell the supreme court that we think it's absurd that they give constitutional rights to billionaires to buy elections? [cheers and applause] and they tell women they don't have the constitutional right to control their own bodies. are you ready to tell the supreme court that we are not going to eliminate pre-existing condition protections? [cheers and applause] look, i am not going to kid anybody. this is a tough fight, but it is a fight that we can win. [cheers and applause] hen 70% of the american people support roe vs. wade -- [cheers and applause] when people support protection for pre-existing condition rights, when people support environmental protection and workers' rights. [cheers and applause] we have the american people on our side. now we've got to go state by state by state to make sure that senators do what their constituents want. [siren] [cheers and applause] this is a tough fight, but if we stand together, we're going to win. tha

when susan collins said what she said about roe vs. wadet her saying don't send me somebody appear who's going to jam me and embarrass me and forced me into a tough vote on that issue of precedent and roe vs. wade. and of course i think that's probably what senator mcconnell would prefer too, to just do this on the basis of republican votes. we will see what the white house, what kind of response she's going to get out of the white house on that. >> jon: a couple of names that are considered front runners on the president's list this time around were also on the list when he nominated and successfully placed neil gorsuch on the bench. >> one of the opportunities the president has here is the best way he can unify the republican party around him as the leader and also the banner man. there's a sense of unity with tax cuts, but also with the appointment of well-regarded justices and neil gorsuch obviously very much respected across the judicial spectrum, including by liberals who opposed them on certain issues. i think you can see as well the

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if the roe vs. wadeere reversed, it would not mean abortion would be illegal, it would not be guaranteed as a constitutional right. be up to legislatures in the 50 states to decide whether it should be legal or w not. i wouldn't think that everyone would have to fear that all legislators across the country or even many of them would decide that abortion should be illegal. if they did it would be the democratic process deciding the issue, what are they afraid of? they are afraid because some of these rights, the right to gay marriage, the right to abortion, have been created by the courts. they have found them lurking in the constitution previously unnoticed and establish them as law. the fact is if these rights were to fall byay the wayside as constitutional rights it would then be up to the democratic process to either accept them, reestablish them, or not. it seems to me the idea that people are going to die because of this, that the abortion will become illegal everywhere is hysterical and overstated

maria: right. >> roe vs. wadet been on the books 45 years, i'm not going to overrule it. the third most extreme position, i believe in constitutional right to life, not only overrule roe vs. wade but i deny the states of allowing abortion, defy nying the rights after fetus to life. that wouldur hurt america and divide greatly. maria: that's right. >> i think he should pick somebody that respects precedent and not overrule roe vs. wade. maria: senator d'amato, he said he will have the nomination in place by july 9th, knowing senate you do do you think it can be confirmed? what is your take? >> i really do. i think notwithstanding there are two senators on the republican side who roe v. wade is a big matter, therefore i think the president already is kind of taken that off the table, but there are several democrats, who are in tough races in states that the president carried overwhelmingly, who will undoubtedly support the nominee, if the nominee meets the criteria that the president talks about. maria: yeah. >> i i

if you've got the whole roe vs. wade conversation going on too. >> andrew: i think roe vs. wade is a political demagogic talking point more than a practical reality because we've actually been living under casey, which is a case that was excited about 19 years after roe and opened up a lot of avenues to regulate abortion rather than have to grapple with the holding in a roe vs. wade that this writing says. is of the cases that are likely to come up in the future are going to be about are these regulations okay, not doing need to confront. >> harris: was also interesting is you've got susan collins which democrats are saying you better watch out, she might go get. actually, she doesn't believe that john roberts or any of the other judges would go against roe vs. wade the way that it is, it's kind of a false argument that she wouldn't support a candidate unless they came clean about how they feel about roe vs. wade. >> andrew: i think this is so overblown because to me, it's highly unlikely that that kind of challenge comes before the court, much more likely we will be talking

roe v. wade. >> can you tell me whether it was decided correctly? >> senator, again i would tell you that roe vsdecided in 1973 is president of the united states supreme court. it has been reaffirmed. >> in your opinion is it set a law? >> the court's decision in planned parenthood versus casey reaffirmed court holding. that is the precedent that is settled in terms of the holding of the court. >> dana: those two seem very similar to me. they are different from the ideological perspective and if the new number he actually worked to answer it in that way, would that be satisfactory to you? >> ilyse: because president trump changed the rules of the game when he put a litmus test on the supreme court nominee, we think that there is actually -- we need an affirmative declaration. i think even susan collins says this when she said she needs to stand nominees demonstrate their commitment to upholding roe vs. wade and keeping abortion legal. >> dana: even ruth bader ginsburg said in her hearing that she would never answer them because it's a hypothetical that she wouldn't answer. >> ilyse: she actually

he said that he would reaffirm the importance of roe vs wade in the country. now, i think we are going to a position where the president promised to put a conservative in place, is approaching the possibility for an agenda. that agenda would include so many of the things that you are talking about. >> talk to me about that. what law would that be overturned? i can't even imagine. what is he talking about? african-americans out of elite schools? >> juan: the question is, what steps can a court or college legitimately take in terms of considering lives through disadvantage? they're going to be 25 -- >> harris: not all conservatives vote the same way and not all liberals both as a way. that is what we have learned on the supreme court. sometimes, you will put someone in your party that you think will vote a certain way. and maybe they won't. i think it is impossible to kno know -- >> isn't it or not? >> juan: let me respond to this for a second. i think what we heard here, in fact, it was 98-0 for scully. that was a different time where you trusted. you just want

amid growing concerns from the left that the new makeover the court could lead to the reversal of roe vs. wadeuling, legalizing abortion. the president wang end. >> are you going to ask your nominees beforehand how they might vote on roe vs. wade. >> that's a big one. probably not. they are all saying don't do that. don't do that. you shouldn't do that by importing conservative people on i'm very, very proud of neil gorsuch. he's been outstanding. his opinions are, you know, so well written so brilliant. and i'm going to try and do something like that, but i don't think i'm going to be so specific and the question i'll be asking. i'm actually told i shouldn't be. >> kimberly: the main republican susan collins, swing voter in the senate, he vows to opposing nominee who would overturn the ruling. >> i believe very much that roe v. wade is settled law, as has been described by chief justice roberts. a candidate for this important decision who would overturn roe v. wade would not be acceptable to me. because that would indicate an activist agenda that i don't want to see a judge half. >> kimberly:

it's for these undecided senators or undeclared, a big issue is roe vs. wade. that's a topic i talked about in his capitol office with vice president mike pence. >> does he still want roe vs. wade to be overturned? >> i, do but i haven't been nominated to the supreme court. >> but your party is the administration that campaigned, you and the president campaigned saying you'll find nominees to overturn roe vs. wade. will you be disappointed if he is given that opportunity and he doesn't? >> well -- >> will you be disappointed? >> i stand for the sanctity of life. this administration, this president are pro-life. but what the american people ought to know is that as the president said today, this is not an issue that he discussed with judge kavanaugh. i didn't discuss it with him either. what we really focused on was the character, the background, the credentials and the judicial philosophy. >> of course he doesn't discuss it because that's part of this dance. you don't discuss it because then you can say we didn't discuss it. but susan collins, somebody on the fe

it would be required to overturn roe vs wade. if presented the opportunity. would overturn the affordable care act including the pre-existing conditions. those are two things that the american public squarely supports. they support the roe vs wade and they support the protection for individuals who have pre-existing conditions. at that is part of the debate heading into these midterms, then, there is a real chance for that to help democrats electorally. so, there is the electoral piece of it. there is a substantive piece of it too. it has the chance -- we are now facing the potential of a dramatically different court. where those issues are very much in jeopardy. i think that is going to be something that is going to continue to fuel the anxiety democrats are feeling. but, it could be good for them electorally. >> dana: it is going to be fascinating. i'm glad you're here for the first day. we appreciate you very much. and president trump, speaking with mexico's president. he wrote a wave of frustration and also rails against the immigration policies. he is li

. >> senator susan collins says she wants a nominee that will respect precedent and that roe vs. wade is settled law. does the president agree that roe vs. wade is settled law? >> again, the president is not going to get into asking the candidates about specific cases but he is looking for somebody that meets those qualifications that i just outlined. >> is it important to him --? >> go ahead. >> sarah, is this any concern the president has based on over the weekend reports out of north korea that it is either continuing on with this nuclear program or making efforts to enhance it and in any way seeking to deceive this administration about the denuclearization intentions? >> we aren't going to confirm or deny any intelligence reports. what i can tell you is we are continuing to make progress. ambassador kim had a meeting just yesterday with members of the north korean delegation and secretary pompeo as i just mentioned will be heading to north korea later this week. we'll continue those conversations. >> you say you're continuing to make progress. how can the public evaluate that prog

. >> senator susan collins wants a nominee that will respect precedent and roe vs. wade is settled law. does the president agree roe vs. wade is settled law? >> again the president will not get into asking the candidates about specific cases but he is looking for somebody that meets those qualifications that i just outlined. reporter: is it important to him to overturn roe vs. wade? >> go ahead, major. reporter: sarah is there any concern the president has based on reports that north korea is continuing on with the nuclear program, making efforts to enhance it and efforts to deceive this administration about denuclearization intentions? >> we'll not confirm or deny any intelligence reports. what i can tell you, we're continuing to make progress. ambassador kim had a meeting just yesterday with members of the north korean delegation and secretary pompeo, as i just mentioned will be headed to north korea later this week. we'll continue those conversations. reporter: continuing to make progress. how can the public evaluate that progress? what's happened? >> i think a number

chief among them being the someone who would be willing to overrule roe vs. wade. ur giggly one of his most important campaign promises and that could be a problem because the majority of americans support roe vs. wade and a lot of them live in state were republican senators represent them. that's going to be tough for some of those republicans and is also something that raises the stakes, shows exactly what is at stake for the american people. >> harris: so it's interesting because we had on andrew mccarthy on center seat on "outnumbered" and he said it's really not a real argument because roe vs. wade he doesn't think would change from one day to the other. also if it got wiped away, also said is not likely ever going to happen. >> with a new court, a new justice, whoever he or she is, the chief justice is the median about. he is a minimalist and incrementalist and i think that some of the 5-4 decision striking down certain kinds of restrictions on abortion might start falling, but i can't see john roberts as being willing to overturn that. that's been his m.o. al

tonight will be looking to revoke or whittle down or in some way diminish the 1973 —— the 1973 ruling roe vs wadech established a constitutional right for a woman to have an abortion. but see what he has to say. the profound responsibility of the president of the united states and thatis president of the united states and that is the selection of a supreme court justice. that is the selection of a supreme courtjustice. i have often heard that other than matters of war and peace, this is the most important decision by president will make. the supreme court is entrusted with the safeguarding of the crownjewel of oui’ safeguarding of the crownjewel of our republic, the constitution of the united states. 12 days ago, justice anthony kennedy informed me of his decision to take senior status on the supreme court, opening a new vacancy. foi’ status on the supreme court, opening a new vacancy. for more status on the supreme court, opening a new vacancy. for more than four decades, justice kennedy served our nation with incredible passion and devotion. i would like to thank justice kennedy for a lifetime

if she were on the court and if i case came up where roe vs. wade could be restricted or even overturned, it would undermine their case greatly if there were a woman on the side of overturning roe vs. wade. they want to suggest that roe vs. wade is all about women's rights, it will be much harder for them to do that if there were principal textual female judge. it's possible i think that kethledge is as john roberts was saying, becoming more of the likely front runner. he is obviously on the sixth circuit so it's not no resume at all but he's not perhaps the lightning rod the other two are. >> melissa: when you talk about a lightning rod, there are certainly groups out there doing everything they can to influence the process and put pressure on the senators who may be the swing voters. here is one ad, watch this. >> this is an emergency, president trump is already going to court to overturn health care protections for people with pre-existing conditions. 130 million americans have pre-existing conditions. trump and mitch mcconnell have a plan to ins

roe versus wade, that famous case, is not the only case we have. there have been other since then. and the supreme court has chipped away significant lee at this roe vsis that states will regulate more aggressive laws targeting abortion. so while roe vs wade will remain in name, the states will have more authority to regulate access to abortion. wonderful to more authority to regulate access to abortion. wonderfulto have more authority to regulate access to abortion. wonderful to have your thoughts and your take on this. josh blackman there are four is on this choice ofjudge brett kavanaugh as the nominee for the supreme court. it's been a remarkable day in british politics. it's just 2a hours since we brought you news of the resignation of the uk's brexit secretary, david davis. now the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has also left the government. the departure of two leading brexiteers has fuelled serious speculation about the future of theresa may's leadership. and comes just days after the prime minister secured a ha rd—won agreement in cabinet on the shape of the brexit process. andrew plant reports. taking his first steps in a newjob, jeremy h

>> he will definitely get confirmed but the real question about roe vs. wade that he clearly can't be asked, i don't care what you thought about roe vs. wade when it was decided in 1973. the question is whether or not it should remain valid law if a case comes before the court. everyone would agree that's just something you can't ask somebody who is a judicial nominee. >> have to try to glean it from his writings. >> laura: we can't prejudice future cases. fantastic segment about the view. thank you. while the left goes to extraordinary lengths to paint kavanaugh as monster, we expose the actual threats inside our court system when andy mccarthy and judge michael mukasey join us next. this wi-fi is fast. i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. >> laura: okay, while the media are in an absolut

this issue of roe vs. wadehink it's going to answer senator schumer's question next month or later this month, just as he did last time. the president has said he doesn't like roe vs. wade, but it's not for his nominee to the court to say that, because at this moment it is the law of the land. >> bret: amy, very quickly, any democrats you see now who are going to vote for this nominee? >> i think that you still have to look at the three red state democrats who supported gorsuch, heitkamp, donnelly, manchin as being potentially open and i think susan collins from maine and lisa murkowski from alaska on the republican side. they sure seem right now to be at least content with what they see. >> bret: amy, judge as always, thank you. the final perilous hours in a rescue mission to get the young boys out about flooded cave in thailand. first the news from what are box ability to run the country are reporting. high school massacres of the suspects late mother allowed him to buy a gun even though his mental health cou

>> well, i'm fighting this nomination because, first of all, he's committed to tearing down roe vs. wadewhich affects the rights of millions of women across this country. >> what evidence do you have that he's committed to overturning roe v. wade, because he has actually only ruled once with respect to anything, in his record, related to roe v. wade, and that was simply in the case, the garza case, where he didn't deny garza's right to have an abortion. he just wrote that he didn't believe it was the federal government's job to facilitate it. >> do you have any doubt at all that when the president says to the federalist society "i want a list of people who will honor my campaign pledge to tear down roe vs. wade" that they're going to give him a nominee who doesn't have that position, that they're not going to ask him about it? he's given a list of 25, but who does he choose off that list? the single individual who not only meets those requirements, but also has an expansive view of the presidency more fit for a king and a kingdom than a democratic republic. >> okay. again, now we're gett

>> he will definitely get confirmed but the real question about roe vs. wade that he clearly can't be asked, i don't care what you thought about roe vs. wade when it was decided in 1973. the question is whether or not it should remain valid law if a case comes before the court. everyone would agree that's just something you can't ask somebody who is a judicial nominee. >> have to try to glean it from his writings. >> laura: we can prejudice future cases. fantastic segment about the view. thank you. while the left goes to extraordinary lengths to paint kavanaugh as monster, we expose the actual threats inside our court system when andy mccarthy and george michael mukasey join us next. o actually talk to your neighbor. are you watching the game tonight? or... ...you could just trust duracell. ♪ ...you could just trust duracell. you don't always use your smartphone to like something. here we are! how is it? perfect! who is this? you don't always use it to share something. he's doing it! but when it matters most, you count on tracfone to keep you connected, for le

donald trump campaigned on justices who would overturn roe vs. wade. this has been the issue with the base. a funny thing has happened across this country in the years since roe v. wade. american attitudes have changed which brings us back to the poll numbers. 71% believe roe vs. wade should not be overturned. that is believed to be a modern day height for this poll. 23% said it should be. let's look at the break down by party. those who support abortion rights include 88% of democrats, 76% of independents and a narrow majority, 52% of republicans. with only 36% of republicans saying flat out it should be overturned. respondents on the whole also said they are more likely to vote for a pro choice candidate in the mid-terms. the numbers are beyond interesting because of the full tilt fight expected in the streets and in the u.s. senate. and because of the upcoming mid-term elections. senate and house combined, there are 535 elected seats in congress. no two states or districts are alike, but on election night during the kavanaugh battle especially, these

they are concerned that whoever the court picks could reverse r roe vs. wade. >> all right. the question of the day: how important is president trump's pick. 85% say very important, and 8% say somewhat important, and 7% say not important what do you are saying it's pretty important, and they say it's one of the most important decisions of the president, and it may impact people's lives for decades. >> yep. i can't imagine saying it's not important that may affect them for half a century or longer, and people say it's 1 out of 10, it's a 9, but it's up there. >> it may have an imfract generations. you can reach ounce twitter at anytime just use the hashtag ktvu at 9. >>> rescues have wrapped up for the day where a soccer team and their coach have been trapped for 2-weeks. we have a detailed report from thailand. >> reporter: four more boys are bought out, and they join rescue crews on sunday, and after being trapped more than 2 miles under ground for more than 2-weeks. the total now stands at 8 rescued. they're now being treated at the hospital. >> they're happy and well, but

roe vs. wade allows more time. but the time was running and judge kavanaugh ruled that she ould have to get a sponsor before she could in fact enforce her constitutional rights to choice. the court overruled judge kavanaugh. i bring that up in no small part because african-american women, for example, use that is t a rate beyond the average american woman. so this matters to the congressional black caucus. on the affordable care act we have perhaps the most astonishing of judge kavanaugh's decisions. he hasn't said it's unconstitutional, it's pretty hard to say at the circuit court level. but he has said something that's never been said before in american jurisprudence. that a president may decline to the ce a law, even after supreme court has said -- sorry, has said yes, that the law or statute is constitutional. understand what this means. the affordable health care act has been found to be constitutional. yes, there's still attempts in this house to overturn it. but it stands and it's so popular that while brett

ask the nominee specifically whether that person would vote or not vote to uphold or overturn roe vs. wades talk about abortion, abortion, abortion. there are other things they could bring up, civil rights, environment, what will happen with obamacare, et cetera, they hear about abortion, as that if only issue facing the republic. i find that extraordinary. adam: what deroy said, they might blame him, mr. cavanagh, opening the door for the judge's ruling being a tax, the mandate. >> that is one of the reasons why i would of the short list lean in his direction. he is not ideal for me. i would prefer garland. that is not going to happen. i don't want absolutist on anything on the court. the court was supposed to be for jurists, not idealogues. i hope we can stick to that. adam: well, deroy, thank you very much. doug, thank you. you say corporate jurist, looks like it might become a court for ivy leaguers. >> i'm an ivy league lawyer. that is not bad. i will take that i went to harvard. we were a pretty good football team. adam: talking about arguing -- >> georgetown. i would say. adam: go w

roe v. wade. how much is pushed on this particularly in hearings in the senate and how much will he say and is his appointment lead to overturning of roe vs. wade which is what the left will tell you? >> one certainty is that roe vs. wade is going to be an undercurrent, sometimes explicitly brought up during the confirmation hearings. the fact, there are a lot of senators, particularly those on the left, this is issue, issue really fires up the base, no question they will be hammering judge kavanaugh on his intentions vis-a-vis roe v. wade. he is a smart guy, a modest guy. he knows a confirmation hear something not the time speculating what he would do if he is presented with a particular case. i think he will speak very honestly about his respect for precedent. he has before. i suspect that is how he will handle those questions. look, the people want to trap him, right? they want him to commit upholding roe v. wade or announce he intends to strike it down. i don't think he will take the bait on any of those. he will say i respect precedent and decide cases as they come up to me as a justtries. trish: it is quite remarkable. he has two no

burden going into this process because of trump's dated litmus test, chief among them to overrule roe vs. wadely on the campaign trail. >> shannon: he has hundreds of opinions for lawmakers and researchers and folks to wade through. kelly, you've done a lot of that with these different folks who've been in contention and a bed on the list of 25. i want to play a little bit of what senate minority leader chuck schumer, the top democrat in the senate, had his hand for today. >> we have ample example from the past several years of judges who have sworn in their confirmation hearings to respect precedent and then reversed their stand once on the court. >> shannon: his concern is any judge that comes before them or any nominee, they are going to be asked how do you feel about precedent. he says senators nod and you don't give people who stick to press event. what do you make of the argument? >> i don't that's going to work with judge kavanaugh. he has over 300 opinions over the last 12 years. the d.c. circuit deals with everything. his opinions have been excellen excellent. in fact, the criticism t

capitol hill and talks to these senators about, you know, vaguely here what might be affecting roe vs. wadesions in the past. >> well, the janice decision was a change that was in the works for a long time and it was something that people were talking about for a number of years. as coming down the pike. you also saw the overturn -- the finally overturning of the korematsu decision, which also was a very long time in coming. in general, though, i think changes are much more incremental and you know that from the roberts -- justice roberts' perspective on things. and also from the presence of judicial conservatives. there is a big difference between a political conservative who might want to grab the first case and overrule roe v. wade at the first opportunity and a judicial conservative, who will want to take a slower time to not make dramatic moves, and to reach and overrule precedent, only if it's really necessary to resolve the case before the court. so i think what remains to be seen is whether justices who are being nominated now and who have recently been appointed, including judge al

despite critics charge that president trump is seeking to overturn roe vs. wade, the white house insists there is no litmus test. >> the main thing the president is looking for our people that set the qualifications that you would want in a supreme court justice. a tremendous intellect, someone who will stick to upholding the constitution, and somebody who has great judicial temperament. >> the white house is also only too happy to turn the waters and speculation surrounding the president's pick. this afternoon, confirming the president's conversation with senator lee. lee told fox news i thought it went well. it very hard predict. sources involved in the selection process to tell fox news it's hardly likely that he will become the next supreme court justice. white house officials were amused to watch stories of his possible elevation to the supreme court catch fire. as the president searches for the next supreme, he's also engaging the supreme leader of north korea. secretary of state mike pompeo will travel to pyongyang on thursday. the white house has refused

the president has campaigned on wanting to get rid of roe vs. wade, on wanting to dial back administrative agencies, on wanting to give more authority to the states. he's likely to pick a human being to go on the court who agrees, generally, not precisely, but generally with those views because they have consequences. >> martha: thank you. we wait and we watch. my next guest has some first-hand insight into the president's pick as well. pam bondi met with the president and she will be there tonight when the official announcement is made. good to see you this evening, thanks for being here. we couldn't get it out of orrin hatch. i'm sure we can get it out of you. who is the pick? >> the president has been very transparent and he has nominated four, given for names of four great people. the presidents vision for our supreme court is following the rule of law and interpreting the constitution as written and i think you're going to see that tonight by his pick. we did not meet on this topic today, but i'm very excited to be there tonight and again, the p

the white house today, press secretary sarah sanders declined to answer specific questions on roe vs. wader other hot button issues the court could rule on. >> as the president said last week, he's not going to talk to judges about specific cases. he's looking for individuals that have the right intellect, the right temperament and will uphold the constitution. >> reporter: in his bid for the white house, overturning the landmark abortion ruling was a central promise from trump and mike pence. >> we appoint strict constructists to the supreme court as donald trump intends to do, i believe we'll see roe vs. wade consigned to the ash heap of history. >> reporter: today sanders declined to answer repeated questions about abortion rights or how the issue would factor into the supreme court pick. >> the president is pro life but in terms of the process of selecting a supreme court nominee as the president said last week, he's not going to discuss specific cases. >> reporter: so the president certainly taking a very disciplined approach to this saying he's not going to discuss specific cases. of

some of them, absolutely yes, tax cuts are what really matter, overturning the roe vs really matter, overturning the roe vs wade constitutional right to abortion, those are live or die decisions, but others have different motivations we are engaged here right now and a very strange experiment in american democracy and it's difficult to know where and when and how it will end. ido where and when and how it will end. i do think can say that if and when this support falls away, it may fall away this support falls away, it may fall r this support falls away, it may fall away very suddenly, which could lead toa away very suddenly, which could lead to a major realignment in american politics. the british prime minister, theresa may, has caved in to pressure from conservative brexiteers over her plan for leaving the european union — and narrowly neutralised a potential rebellion by those mps who were looking to reject her brexit proposals. meanwhile, calls by a former cabinet minister for a second referendum to break the political deadlock over brexit has been ruled out by the government. 0ur political editor laura ku

i mean i think on issues like roe vs. wade which of course is front and center already in the kind of brewing confirmation fight, i think there's very strong reason to believe that he could supply a fifth vote to overturn or at least to narrow the constitutional protection for abortion that roe vs. wade first articulated. he wrote a decision last year dissenting from the d.c. circuit. the full court ruled for an undocumented teen in u.s. custody who wished to obtain an abortion and he ruled against her breaking from his court suggesting at least that he holds a pretty narrow view of the protection that roe vs. wade affords. so, you know, this is not abstract. we have some written documents on this. >> he has also spoken publicly about the importance of what's called stare decisis meaning the previous opinions of the court and the deference they ought to be shown. and if that's true meaning if he really believes strongly in that, that could suggest that he wouldn't want to overturn roe v. wade, but this is the sort of analysis

the affordable care act, and two he was specifically looking for an individual who would oppose roe vs. wade. so, this president has himself set out a very volatile process by setting out criteria, utsourcing the choice to two outside groups, heritage action, federal society and coming up with a nominee on a number of issues related to american life has shown us he would turn the clock back. siobhan: given the stakes you laid out from your perspective do democrats have a realistic chance of stopping this nominee? nan: i would say democrats and republicans have a realistic chance of stopping this nomination. at the moment really the only hing we know, which is significant about brett kavanaugh are, one, we know what donald trump was looking for. wo, we are reading those 300 legal opinions that he's written so we know what his record is. nd our belief is that once the american people understand his record, once they hear and read and have an opportunity to eview the thousands pages of documents describe be his work with ken starr, independent counsel, once they have an pportunity to review his

. >> i would not support a nominee who demonstrated hostility to roe vs. wade because that would be to me that there judicial philosophy did not include a respect for established physicians,established law. rob: but it is not just his own party that president trump have to worry about in a confirmation fight . is here's the president talkingto maria about the democrats . >> it's probably going to be vicious because the other side, all they can do is obstruct and resist . that's all they want to do is stop things from happening so they're going to try very hard but it's going to go quickly if i pick the right person. >> trump went on to say he expects his next supreme court to go quickly and he's unlikely to ask his nominees position on roe v. wade. he says that abortion-rights could be determined on a state-by-state basis after the new supreme court justice is served. if we're in the middle of a baseball game where not even at the first fit in terms of this confirmation. it's going to be a while. jillian: is going to be fascinating, thank you todd. us and north

the supreme court, they're not just going to overturn roe vs. wade immediately. does work for handmaid's tale. what they're going to do is keep chipping away at it like the affordable care act. they'll say there's no federal mandate, there's no this or that. state by state, it will become harder and harder for women to make choices. not only that, it will get into prenatal care and contraception access. it's not just about abortion. that's what democrats need to scream about. if you have to take 25 minutes how millions of people's lives should be affected, you shouldn't be in office. you should be writing papers. >> as someone in the republican party, can you just make it clear, it is true that republicans want the supreme court to overturn roe v. wade. the washington examiner's editorial said so. >> for 40 years this has been their goal. all you have to do is look at people like ted cruz who doesn't think that women should be allowed to have an abortion in cases of rape and incest. they had said this over and over again. now, no. not us. not us. this has been th

plays to the democratic advantage, two-thirds of the people in this country would not overturn roe vs. wade even though abortion itself is a closely split issue. second trimester and third trimesteres abortions, most peoe want only under limited circumstances. they do not want to overturn and reopen social ones in this country and they think that all any nominee that would do that would probably take the country in the wrong direction and, it makes for a more divisive society. >> here's the problem with that. the problem with that is, you have someone like brett kavanaugh who -- listen to his speech tonight. how he spoke, how he spoke with not only reverence about the constitution but the process. looking forward to meeting with the senators and being an independent jurists. i think most fair-minded people but most americans you can out to be --he you don't revive the constitution and put women in jail. that doesn't strike most people. i think that image tonight of the court hurts the democratstt morning, noon and night. i don't think it's attractive and i don't think the women out there to

california: "there is simply no reason to question whether any of the twenty five nominees will uphold roe vs wade don't have to guess president trump has promised that they will not">senator feinstein also voiced her opposition to president donald trump's proposal to change the title x family planning federal programsotsot president trump's propsal to change title x is part of a pro-life campaign promise he made to his republican basesot planned parenthood organizers are trying t

expects his next two quotes, go very quickly and he's unlikely to ask his nominees position on roe vs. wade. he says abortion rights could be determined on a state-by-statebasis after the new supreme court justices seated . heather: the deadline approaching, july 9. thank you very much . six kids and three adult, this is a horrible story if you didn't hear about it over the weekend were brutally stabbed at a three-year-old birthday party. the man suspected of carrying out the attack will face a judge today. timothy mckenna was asked to leave an apartment in idaho when he quite came back on a rampage, allegedly stabbing the birthday girl and eight others. >> this was an attack against those who are mostvulnerable , our children and it's pure evil in my mind. heather: police say all victims were refugees. four of them have life-threatening injuries. an illegal immigrant accused of starting a massive wildfire in colorado is from denmark. ice says it lays the detainer on jasper jorgensen after his arrest. he's facing arson charges for the spring creek wildfire started wednesday and is the most

shift the court further right while liberals are afraid that the pick will overturn rulings like roe vs. wade. a new justice could potentially be seated by october's session. >>> a new report claims president trump pressed aides about the possibility of invading venezuela. an anonymous source described as a senior trump administration official says the president asked about using the military to remove venezuelan president maduro from power in a meeting last august. top aides were apparently taken aback and told the president an invasion could harm regional security. the president later raised the issue twice more with latin- american leaders despite being advised not to. the white house declined to comment on the private conversation. >>> authorities in great britain said two people were exposed to the same nerve agent used to poison a spy and his daughter. they lived near the site of of the previous poisoning last spring. amy kellogg says it's not clear if the couple was targeted or in the poison was accidental. >> reporter: just eight miles from the spot in salisbury england where two peop

roe vs. wadetimately be overturned. >> i don't think you will see, states preventing planned parenthood from taking women from other states. >> back with the panel. we will talk about the state of the military on this independence day. we want to also take you back to new york harbor were new york city police have successfully colored their suspected climbed onto the statue of liberty after first climbing the base. you can see you're being led by two officers. she is bound in some way, whether it's handcuffs or something like that who we don't know. maybe just a safety rope. they are getting ready to place her on the ladder and we hope escort her down safely and at that point, we may find out what this is all about. back with more "special report" in just a moment traveling lighter. taking a shortcut. (woooo) taking a breather. rewarded! learn more at theexplorercard.com aleve presents: "staying in the game" with uncle drew. this is the moment. you gonna run away from it? or are you gonna step up