then there's thomas hardaman. he has a very interesting personal story that might appeal to trump. he was first in his family to graduate from college. he drove a cab for a while. he is friends with trump's sister. two conservatives, but they're pretty different in the calculation that trump will have to make. >> pam brown, stay with us. pam, as we await this to play out tonight, there's always competing forces on something like this. he said he would pick from this list, but even today even though conservatives are basically happy, now you see a little pushing, some like gorsuch, and some like hardi-man. who is the most important person to the president on this search? >> you're right. this is the biggest parlor game in washington. you hear people say i think he is going to pick gorsuch or hardi-man. we're told, john, that president trump, or the white house, i should say, has told judge gorsuch that he is likely the pick as his nominee. that just shows you the extraordinary lengths the white house is going telling him that, but not being 100% certain with it, and bringing them bo

judge thomas hardaman sits on the third court of appeals he w!sú nominated in 2006.rves o the seventh court of appeals in chicago. she was also nominated by george w. bush insight for the milwaukee journal.p she's 59 years old. whomever the president picks finding support from democrats still upset over the treatment may pose a htchallenge. >> if the nominee is not bipartisan and main stream we absolutely would keep the seat open. i'm hopefulç that maybe presidt trump would nominate someone who was main stream and could get bipartisan support, we shall see. if they don't, we'll fight him tooth and nail as long as we have to. >> victor blackwell, cnn atlanta. >> thank you so much. >>> president trump and his russianscounterpart vladimir putin are talking about improving relation. >> mr. trump and vladimir putin spoke for about an hour on saturday. appa)zi'tly there was no mentio of lifting the sanctions washington imposed on moscow on the annexation. >> for more on that let's go livezv to the russian capitol le this hour. it's good to have you. what more do we know

two possible names being floated or neil gorsuch and thomas hardaman. >>> a deadly attack in quebec. six people killed in quebec city that happened during sunday evening prayers. police arrested two men and later said only one of them is considered a suspect. 27-year-old student named alexandria biss onete charged with 6 counts of murder. it left canada heart broken. >> to the more than one million canadians i want to say directly, we are with you. 36 million hearts are breaking with yours. >>> the mosque had victims shot in the back, a businessman and university professor and government employee with three children. solidarity unions are being held in quebec this evening. >>> arrest has been made in the murder of a civic lead forward cupertino. the body was found in a shallow grave. >> tommy swee was reported missing by his family. >> it is in comprehensible. >> we a prominent real estate man never made it home from the gym. authorities say that same day elbrock was caught in morgan hill trying to cash a forged check from swee's account. he was recorded buying a shovel and they reco

i was told in terms of who is the front-runner, thomas hardaman followed by william pryor. they were appointed by george w. bush. all of them would be welcomed by conservatives and republicans, but we'll have to wait until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. trying to change the subject, if you will, here at the white house. >> i am going to get back to the original subject, the travel ban. what's your take on this? >> frankly the entire national security professional community is shocked and amazed by all this because what strikes most of us is the amateurism about this. it's not just the rollout. it's the entire substance. there's no problem here that needed to be addressed. this is a nonsolution to a nonproblem. it's a lack of foreign policy rather than actual foreign policy. it's not really a constitutional crisis. this is not james madison. this is billy madison. we just don't know what's going on. >> a critic might say you sound like an elite when you say that. people who voted for donald trump who are saying we do feel there is imminent danger and president trump could say i'm

i think it would appeal to the president in one way, but thomas hardaman is someone who scrapped hise from a family that ran a cab driving business, went to notre dame in georgetown. he would be the only justice on the court who didn't have ivy league credentials. intriguingly, he also worked with refugees and knows spanish and did a lot of pro bono work. he would present a different kind of model to the american public if he is unveiled tonight. it's close, but i think that i can't remember the last time we had this kind of surprise going into an announcement. it might even have been back in 1986 when ronald reagan unveiled antonin scalia, who says being replaced tonight. >> on that point, there's some game theory going on. we have some reporting from capitol hill that says, you know, democrats are saying they'll fight this, but they're want going to go to the mattresses on this because this is justice scalia's replacement. you're replacing a conservative, so they may be willing in the end to allow a conservative to get in. however, they're saving the fight for what could be the nex

so gorsuch and a third contender, pennsylvania-based judge thomas hardaman, seen as a solid conservative, but a lester known quantity. remember, president trump here is replacing a conservative icon. if his nominee is any less conservative than justice scalia, he will have actually moved the court to the left. that is why people were really urging the nomination of pryor, a known and solid conservative. >> all right, thank you very euch jan. >> thank ynformation there. thank you. the senate has confirmed resident trump's nominee to be sadorambassador to the united nations. haleie haylee approved 96-4 despite a lack of foreign policy experience. lina aftered as governor of south carolina. she held the post for six years. haley tweeted last year, thank th you, south carolina, i will miss you. >>> the president weighing on over chalk's historic spike in violence, saying on twitter, if chicago doesn't fix the horrible carnage going on, then i will e presn the feds. the president did not offer any details. chicago police say there have be been 182 shootings and 38 inlings in 2017. nighf last