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when kennedy stepped into that position you heard tom say he was the decider. some legal scholars said this chief justice is john roberts. but it's really the kennedy court and not the roberts court because kennedy was often the fifth vote. four liberals, four conservatives, often tied like today on the issue of public sector unions. the court was divided 4-4. gorsuch got on the court. with kennedy you had a conservative majority. it's going to be a conservative court for years and years to come. it is going to be a huge change in the lineup of the court. we have a little more than two more years of president trump nominating judges on the court of feel and the district court. the trump presidency, not just the supreme court but the lower courts as well is going to vastly reshape america's courts. it is the power of the presidency. it helps when you have the senate in your party. >> no kidding. all right, thank you for your coverage of that. stay close. we will have a lot of it over the course of the hour. chris matthews let's pull this back to 20,000 feet and e

let's bring in a former law clerk of justice kennedy and tom goldstein.want to start with you on this, tom. we're big fans of what you do. who do you think the top five are? >> sure. i'd start with the former kennedy clerk, brett kavanaugh. d.c. circuit. he's protege of ken star. very 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,

tom yamos, abc news. >>> we just learned justice kennedy is set to retire. we've been hearing a lot about the high court recently. we just talked about a couple of them. this is going to mean that mr. trump will get his second high court pick. anthony kennedy is 81 if i'm doing my math correctly andhe be ro.ied repli 'seen the swing court. anthony kennedy will be retiring from the supreme court. of course, we'll be following this on abc7 news an our news app which you can download for free right now. >>> also today, the concord city council is holding a special meeting on the report of housing thousands of migrants. today's meeting at 1:00 will include community input, coordination with other elected officials, and possible perform lags of a council response. they're calling for the government to abandon the proposal saying forces people to live in tent cities is cruel and part of nation is not safe to live on. >>> new at 11 cash and bit down. more than $3.6 million worth of gold bars also seized in addition to a grenade lawn cher, and xanax. >>> a driver wa

tom: tremendous. thank you so much. [applause] >> can i say something about kennedy? >> please. kennedy is the one i most agree with in terms of results but still infuriating. very good on the first amendment. probably the biggest defender of the freedom of speech that probably we've ever had. but was a bit of a philosopher king in the sense that he struggled with every case. it's not that he was swinging back and forth at random but didn't fit into convention at jures prudential roles and i think that's problematic for the rule of law. you want consistency. you don't want everyone aiming their arguments to try to fit into the equal dignity clause or whatever the latest writing that he might have done. and you can't even make blanket statements that he was great on constitutional structure or individual liberty or something, things like that. he had that great concurrence from my perspective on the commerce clause in a case like lopez and in bond about federalism and individual rights, structure for federalism protects liberty but he also in rh, i guess because drug users should

tom. good night from new york. kennedy: a news alert. a major development in the nuclear stand standoff. the communist regime's notorious spy chief will the deliver a letter tomorrow written by kim jong-un. and it could mean the june 12 summit is back on. the vice chair of the central committee kim yong chol met with mike pompeo. it's the highest ranking meeting with the nort north koreaians io decades. >> make no mistake about it. president trump, this administration understands how hard this problem is. there is a long history where north korea viewed its nuclear program as providing the security it needs for the regime. the problem is to come to an undergo to convince the north koreans of what president trump has said. i believe there is a path for them to come to a point where they have not come before. kennedy: he's suggesting the june 12 summit could be the first in a series of meetings. president trump hopefully we'll have a meeting on the 12th. maybe it won't all get done in one meeting. maybe there will and second or third. or maybe we'll have none. but it unless good hands. tha

kennedy. but also tom hardeman. someone who really came through for the administration in a big way in recent days, after the supreme court, the president's travel ban. so certainly big news for the white house. there's a sense of elation inside now that they know they're going to have another chance to pick a supreme court nominee. but of course, erin, we are setting ourselves up for what could be a very bitter partisan showdown on capitol hill. the white house eluded to as much in their statement on kennedy's requirement when they noted he was confirmed quickly and without opposition. >> thank you very much. and now, let's go to former federal prosecutor, former clerk and david gergen, former adviser to four presidents. david, let me start with you. the republicans can barely contain their excitement. yesterday, there was no retirement, they didn't know. now all of a sudden, kennedy says he's going to retire. john cornyn smiling, say iing t reporters quote, am i maintaining composure, wow. an honest reaction if ev

tom. good night from new york. kennedy: a news alert. a major development in the nuclear stand standoff.rious spy chief will the deliver a letter tomorrow written by kim jong-un. and it could mean the june 12 summit is back on. the vice chair of the central committee kim yong chol met with mike pompeo. it's the highest ranking meeting with the nort north

tom: thank you. this is a joy. coming up, travis lightner joins us. than an acquaintance with the justice kennedy.ing justice from him. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ taylor: let's get the bloomberg business flash. biggesto buy the electric vehicle charging company for an undisclosed amount. bp estimates there will be 12 million electric vehicles on the road. andits missed estimates expectations, and inventory levels increase further as the swedish retailer suffered from logistics issues that hurt shipments. pretax profits are up 22%. h&m have been struggling to adapt to the digital landscape. that is your bloomberg business flash. francine: thank you. , steven mnuchin and said to favor a less aggressive china strategy. larry kudlow says the president is not softening his stance. guest thatnow is our are our guest. thank you for staying with us. what do you make of this china trade skirmish? it is unclear whether trouble escalate it or back down. >> when he said were going from 52 200, anything china delivers to the u.s. that they will match with something worse. the point is china hasn't m

tom gilberti, it doesn't seem like 28 is ready to go. but i'm gonna switch subjects. there was another election 50 years ago. and a gentleman won the election and then lost his life. robert kennedy, what does it mean to be against communism if one's own system denies the value of the individual and

duncan kennedy, bbc news in surrey. and you can see tomc 4 tonight at 10pm. the headlines on bbc news: a memorial service and a minute's silence have been held to remember the victims of the london bridge terror which took place one year ago. the home secretary, sajid javid, has said he'll look again at key parts of immigration policy — including foreign students and doctors coming to the uk. doctors say new research means thousands of women with early stage breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy. sport now, and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. england's cricketers have ended a nine month wait for a test match victory in the most emphatic fashion. they responded to a chastening first test defeat by pakistan to win the second by an innings and 55 runs in leeds. jos buttler strengthend england's first innings position with an entertaining and unbeaten 80. three wickets apiece from stuart broad and dom bess, who claimed his maiden test wickets, helped dismiss pakistan forjust 134 in their second innings. i

tom papa, everybody. we'll be right back. i'm april kennedy and i'm an arborist with pg&e in the sierras.e drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees can't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: that's it for "the late show," everybody. tune in tomorrow when my guests will be anthony scaramucci and michael avenatti, betty gilpin, and musical guest, chromeo, featuring drahm. now stick around for james corden. goodnight! captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

tom, let me get to you on what this shift -- what another trump appointment in replacement of kennedy- would mean for the balance of power. when we talk about supreme court picks and supreme court cases invariably we go to abortion, the roe versus wade, to the longevity of that decision. a trump pick to replace anthony kennedy, does it have the potential to change roe versus wade as we know it? >> it's likely to. the question is whether roe would be overruled or instead reduced in its scope so states could pass abortion restrictions. it would be shocking if a nominee to replace justice kennedy wasn't more inclined to limit the scope of roe versus wade. so, too, with other decisions of those permitting affirmative action, and like you suggested limiting the death penalty. there are a bunch of these questions. while justice kennedy was conservative he was the limiting agent, the barrier to taking a big leap to the right in american constitutional law. >> elaborate on that if you could. we hear about him as the swing vote. this we can i think we saw a couple of example where is he swung

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as kennedy family and friends gathered to mourn at arlington tom brokaw looks back at the political turmoiluring that final campaign that he was covering and its tragic aftermath. >> -- state of california might very well decide who's going to be the democratic nominee and, therefore, very possibly the next president of the united states. >> reporter: he campaigned against the war. >> the american people want no more vietnam. [ applause ] >> reporter: and spoke out for social justice. for black and white for the poor and disenfranchised. >> every american no matter what his background, what his creed, what colorf his skin or where he lives shall walk with dig niy and honor in the united states. >> reporter: the california campaign was an exhilarating, exhausting marathon. >> bobby! >> kennedy! >> reporter: you could feel the danger in the air. nowhere more so than at this rally in san francisco. [ gunshots ] >> a heart-stopping moment that turned out to be just firecrackers. the next day at his ambassador hotel headquarters in los angeles, kennedy was vick ftori. >> the winner in the democr

kennedy: rite all right. gentlemen thank you so much for making this night extraordinary. tom shi liewms birthday. be the greatest day so far in celebrating the emergence from your mother. it's sweet, baker. wow. that's what the ciaeaches you. real charm. >> they never sent me to parties. kennedy: that we know of. president trump promised to drain the swamp. so why does scott pruittti have a job? edward lawrence live in d.c. with more. reporter: he's not been fired today that we know of. but maybe will he keep his job? it seemsmbtled epa director scott priewt is at it again. he called republican donors asking to get his wife a job. she took a job at a political group that spoed it f years. there was as conflict of interest, he said no. then the donors told "the washington post" pruitt kept asking about other possibilities for his wife. critics are looking at this long list of abuses. how is he part of the swamp that's needing to be drained. and why hasn't he lost his job. house democrats sent a letter to the depa o askg for a criminal investigation of this. priewt spent $1,500 on customized fountai

tom fitzgerald starts us offut liveside of the supreme court. >> reporter: this had been rumored but today making this announcement, justice kennedy indicated it was time. he's 81 b cn on thisourt the better part of three decadesli d bees it's time tore . clear the way for somebody else to along and give president trumpehe opportunity to nam them. the supreme cou nominations ar for life. justice kennedy does not have to retire. but remember, outside of justice anthony scalia who passed awa several years ago, in recent memory, most of the departures oufrom this c have been through retirement. juinices dg they simply had enough and dec ed toleave. now, althoughou the whise today, president trump indicated that this was not a surprise to him. the fact the presint said he's knomn about thise time and he has been working on his replacent >> we will begin our search for states supreme court that willi begin itely. and hopefully we'll pick somebody who will be as outstanding, so i just want to thk justice kennedy for the years of tremendous service. he's a spectacular man. and i know that he will be around hopefully a long time to advise a i believe

tom, this is i guess not a huge surprise since justice kennedy was talking about this since last year. but how significant is a retirement by justice kennedy? >> we always knew it was a possibility because he served on the court for a long time. and it made sense for someone who was going to leave the court to consider doing it now before we get even closer to the 2020 election. it could not be possible to overstate the importance of this. you have it both in terms of how he has served as a justice in the past and been the swing vote on the court. but then immediately we start thinking about the near term and long-term future. this is really the chance for donald trump and the conservatives in the senate to cement a conservative supreme court for another 25 years because we tend to appoint new justices who are in their late 40s or early 50s now. but it is also a chance to move the court even further to the right because on a number of issues, justice kennedy had kind of limited the ability to undo more liberal jurisprudence from 20 or 30 years ago. >> talk about that while i give you

tom: let's continue. i will defer to simon kennedy and michael mckee but we are setting up for one of the most extraordinaryce world war ii. that discussion will begin this afternoon at 2 p.m. shinzo abe on his way to quebec. the president and shinzo abe in the 2:00 hour, worldwide on bloomberg. ♪ ♪ i am in london with tom keene in new york. streak,oday losing large swings in the assets. telling investors to be ready for a crucial discussion on qe next thursday. to bhanu, elsa. call.ionally, 1.18, your does this week change your call? elsa: we have a long euro position. you have to distinguish between what is a short-term up move in euro, make sense, too much pessimism last week on the back of italy. longer-term view which is, more mixed. while i think we will get active discussion in june, ecb does not want to give the italian government a free pass. where heading toward the exit on qe. that does not meet euro-dollar is skyrocketing to 1.30. nejra: how much does this factor into the broader eurozone picture, italian specifically? elsa: italy is a gargantuan problem but more long-term. weather tensions from

tom hardiman who was the runner-up last time and brett kavanaugh is the front-runner and for the reason he was justice kennedy'slerk 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

tom symonds, bbc news, at the grenfell inquiry. a service of remembrance has been held at arlington national cemetery to mark the assassination of robert kennedyitaries paid tribute to the senator and former us attorney general — shot dead as he campaigned for the presidency in 1968. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. it was a moment when a different type of america seemed possible. robert kennedy had won the california primary and was one step closer to the white house. moments later, he lay mortally wounded on the floor of a hotel kitchen. another kennedy brother killed by an assassin‘s bullet. 50 years later, his life and legacy were remembered by some who never knew him and some who miss him most. you share our deep sense of loss and our happy memories. your presence is deeply moving and a tribute to the love that my father inspired. thank you for remembering. it was at arlington, the place where he was buried just a few feet from the grave ofjfk, that this service took place. many here, convinced that the words of robert kennedy a more relevant than ever. we can do it all over again but we had to do it the way he did, speaking to everybody, st

kennedy and the conservatives. writtender the 92 pages on trump v hawaii. we are live from our world headquarters in new york. i am tomancine, we are waiting for governor carney and the financial stability report. how stable is the united kingdom? francine: he is about to do a statement. we have the headlines half an hour ago. it is pretty stable. you leavele if brexit. picture ofng out the an economy without knowing what brexit looks like. don't talk about brexit, the outlook is stable. it will be interesting to listen &a to listen to what market participants are worried about. tom: i would guess that john brown has an opinion on brexit. what would you say? francine: i think he does. we will ask him. , theank of england stability report stepping up the pressure on the eu to remove the threat brexit purchased to trillions of pounds of derivative contracts. they say deq needs to give sayity on what it means -- the eu needs to give clarity on what it means. tom: i would note the news yesterday that bank of america london to arom small city in france. morning news briefing. here is taylor riggs. taylor: a 28-year-old for

tom winter. now to the battle over president trump's supreme court pick to replace anthony kennedy. it's impossible to see another decision that will have greater -- or shape the kind of country we live in. the court has proven willingness to decide presidential elections, the number of guns in the country, the power of money in politics and on and on. donald trump and mitch mcconnell clearly plan to jam what will be a 30-year choice through congress with four months to go before the people speak in this midterm's elections. last night trump called kennedy a special guy and praises the timing of his decision to step down. let's hear it. >> i'm very honored that he chose to do it during my term in office because he felt confident in me to make the right chous and carry on his great legacy. that's why he did it. >> we have to pick a great one. we have to pick one that's going to be there for 40, 45 years. >> 40 or 45 years. that's even longer than i thought. some democrats are prepared to play "hardball" on this point arguing mcconnell set a precedent in 2016 with his strategy of bloc

as his running mate john kennedy chose texas senator lyndon johnson probably to appeal to southern whites democrat voters. bobby's work on the campaign was now on tom. great appreciation my brother bobby was directed all uprightly every day in the organization and all of them as he did in my campaign saturday night you of course here in the motor said you. just saw election day nine hundred sixty. john kennedy and his wife jacqueline were a glamorous couple much more sort of the republican candidate richard nixon and his wife pant. bobi had fought hard behind the scenes he was now obsessed with the prospect of power and the prestige that the presidency would offer the kennedy family. at the kennedy compound on cape cod the kennedy clan gathered to watch the election results on t.v. . bobby had heard the reports of voter fraud particularly in the city of chicago and in the state of texas and the allegations that his father joe kennedy had had business dealings with organized crime figures. john kennedy one the election by the narrowest popular vote margin in u.s. history. but his presidency ushered in a new era one characterized by youth and glamour

. >> and you know, tom goldstein, everything is at stake, much of which kennedy was the swing vote forrmative action, things that are sort of hanging in the balance in part because he was there. he had some pretty terrible rulings. this week, he ruled in favor of some things that were disturbing like the muslim ban but i am kind of a little obsessed and fascinated in a negative way with the courting of kennedy, with the way he was plied by the administration, by placing people who were his former clerks into judgeships to reassure him that it was fine to step down and give donald trump this gift he's given him. i think his legacy is that he gave donald trump this. and when you then find out, according to this piece in "the new york times," that donald trump, moments before his first address to congress, in february of 2017, paused to chat with justice kennedy. say hello to your boy, trump said. special guy. trump was apparently referring to justice kennedy's son, justin. the younger mr. kennedy spent more than a decade at deutsche bank, rising to become the head of global real estate c

tom fitzgerald is live tonight.s the retirement heen talked s about qome time. why today? >> reporter: well, you know, sarah, in a statement in the run-up to think it's quite clear that justice kennedy feelsmet is . remember, he's 81 years old. he's been on this court for yely 30 years now. these a lifetime importance w howeith the exception of justicenthonycalia who passed away years ago. recent supreme court justices decided to retire andeave the court on their own. whithouse, president trump said he wasn't surprised by this in fact had prior knowledge and is already at work getting a nomination replacement. >> we will begin ourea sh for a united states supreme court that will beginimmediately, and hopefully we'll pick somebody who will be as outstanding. so i just want to thank justice kennedy for the yrs of tremendous service. he's a very spectacularal man. re isectacular. and i know that he will be around hopully a long time to advise and i bieve he'll be teaching and doing other things. thank you. >>eporter: the states politically couldn't be higher here. there are ly nine justices on a supreme court. right now, they've had four liberals and five conservatives, conservative bu

tom del beccaro: "but a straight up vote on roe vs. wade, i don't see it changing any time soon, the court will move, kennedy will go from a swing to a conservative.">g roups like naral worry as kenendy was a key source for pro choice.. (gayle)naral is urging anyone who may be impacted by this to call your and encourage them to vote against any nominee trump chooses justice live in san gayle ong kron4 news. (pam) not here -- not anywhere. (pam) that's how more than a hundred people gathered at concord city hall feel ... they were holding signs and chanting in protest of an immigration detention center there.. this comes, after the department of homeland security proposed a detention center at the local, former weapons naval station. protestors showed up to voice their opinion at tonight's city council meeting. but before public comment began - city officials ann

tom del beccaro: "but a straight up vote on roe vs. wade, i don't see it changing any time soon, the court will move, kennedy will go from a swing to a conservative.">g roups like naral worry as kenendy was a key source for pro choice.. naral is urging anyone who may be impacted by this announcement to call your and encourage them to vote against any anti choice nominee president trump chooses to replace justice kennedy.live in san francisco, gayle ong kron4 news. (pam) bay area viral video is stirring up controversy and gaining national attention... the latest - shows a man dubbed - 'burrito bob' recording yelling at a man riding bart while eating a burrito. there is 'permit patty'-- a white woman who said she was calling police-- on a 8-year-old african american girl who was selling bottled water on a san francisco street... then there's infamous viral video .

. >> so, tom, what are the areas that we should expect to see the biggest shift? i read there were 50/51 decisions where kennedy went with a liberal majority where you had the chief justice writing a dissent. talk about those cases. also tell me, is it just my imagination, or over the past three terms has anthony kennedy not become a more reliably conservative vote? >> so you know "morning joe" on the supreme court is where all hope goes to zi when it comes to the future of the supreme court. -- die. the big issues that americans care about, abortion, justice kennedy being the fifth vote to uphold the core of roe versus wade. affirmative action is probably on the chopping block right now. we have areas of campaign finance law, where the conservatives could go still further in limiting, eliminating restrictions on contributions. justice kennedy being a critical vote when it comes to same-sex marriage for example. so even though this term he voted in 14 different cases with the conservatives to provide a fifth vote, and zero cases with the liberals, he still over the course of years, was essential on a number of

tom goldstein. he's an expert in all things supreme court. harry litman, former u.s. attorney, former assistant attorney general who was once a clerk for justice kennedy. with us at the table for the hour, presidential historian i don't know meacham, mimi rocca, former u.s. attorney for the southern drirkt much new york, nbc and msnbc analyst. former congresswoman donna edwards and jennifer rubin opinion writer for the washington post. tom, let me ask you to start united states off. if you could pickup the thread rachel ticked off from her magnificent mind of all those incredibly consequential decisions, touching just about every aspect of american life from social issues to national security issues to the death penalty to -- i mean, the legacy of justice kennedy for us, please. >> sure. justice kennedy's legacy has a lot of conservative votes. for example, in 14 five to four decisions this term, he voted with the conservatives and didn't have a single one with the left. but on the other hand, he was the 5th vote that preserved affirmative action, abortion rights in a significant way not allowing roe to be cutback. issues with the death penalty. he wa

tom fitzgerald is live tonight.s the retirement heen talked s about qome time. why today? >> reporter: well, you know, sarah, in a statement in the run-up to think it's quite clear that justice kennedyld. he's been on this court for yely 30 years now. these a lifetime importance w howeith the exception of justicenthonycalia who passed away years ago. recent supreme court justices decided to retire andeave the court on their own. whithouse, president trump said he wasn't surprised by this in fact had prior knowledge and is already at work getting a nomination replacement. >> we will begin ourea sh for a united states supreme court that will beginimmediately, and hopefully we'll pick somebody who will be as outstanding. so i just want to

tom gilberti, it doesn't seem like 28 is ready to go. but i'm gonna switch subjects. there was another election 50 years ago. and a gentleman won the election and then lost his life. robert kennedy, what does it mean to be against communism if one's own system denies the value of the individual and gives all the power to the government. just as the communists do. the cold war long provided for the allies to abuse their own populations. but kennedy was declaring those days must end. everywhere the senator went, he challenged his right host. in the last years of bobby kenne kennedy, he became increasingly estranged from the washington political light. his critique of the american foreign policy became more passionate as the war in southeast asia drew on and drew the doubtful eye of the white house that began spying on kennedy as if he was a hostile foreign agent. and then there was mr. garrison during this time. excellent book, i just finished it. we have gone a long way in the wrong direction. the labor guys right here with telling it. we need to firm up this country again and our city. it's not very well. thank you. >>> thank you for your comments. next speaker? >>> madam presid

justice kennedy's announcement that he is retiring came as a shock to some, but not to others.81 is one of the oldest justices on the supreme court second only to ruth bader ginsburg. tomins why age is more than just a number when it comes to supreme court justices. >> reporter: when you look closely at the ages of the sitting justices, you begin to understand why this change is so momentous. so let's start by rearranging everyone in order of their age. and you can see that down here we have ruth bader ginsburg at 85, justice kennedy almost 82, and then comes breyer and thomas and alito, sotomayor, the chief justice john roberts is here, and then kagan and last but not least neil gorsuch. now let's put those appointed by democratic presidents on this side and republicans on the other side. and consider this. the average age on the democratic side is 71 1/2. the average age on the republican side is nearly 66 1/2. and look what happens when kennedy leaves. suddenly the two oldest justices are both on the democratic front and according to an analysis by the pew research group, they have already been on the court longer than expected based on their age when they were appo

with justice kennedy saying he's out, the senate is in very sharp focus as is a set of tough questions about who the democrats are. joining us now, perfect timing. dnc chair toms for being with us on what's turned out to be a huge day. i have to talk to you about the reverberations to the plans for the house and who just won here in new york, what it means about your party. but, but, but, this headline that shifts all intensity to the senate. justice kennedy maybe the most impactful decision he's made is when to retire and that comes today. how does it change the stakes for your party? >> our strategy has always been the same. we are organizing everywhere. we competed in alabama last year. people thought we were nuts because democrats can't win down there. we always understood that in the world of trump we had to be prepared for consequences just like this. that's why we have been organizing early and organizing everywhere. frankly, we are at an inflection point in our nation's journey to form a more perfect union. what we have to do now is what we have been doing throughout -- get people out to vote. >> but the stakes, tom. for all of trump's talk about what

tom: this has been wonderful coverage of oil. i want to move on to goal. i think jets -- suggest will kennedyt at least two weeks off after that scrum today . i have been stunned by the price action of gold. technician suggesting gold moves south. on gold, your thoughts? >> i think gold has been one of the challenged commodities in recent environments bit we obviously had a good year last year for the price of gold. this year has been more difficult. i think where the dollar is having a relationship right now and expectations around interest rates, they are having a significant impact on the price of gold. what the gold price today is ignoring is the near-term peak in production, which we think will play out in the short term. we have seen this kind of production clip that is now -- cliff that is now starting to emerge in the markets expectations. we are not seeing this lightning brought on in a planned way. -- on production being brought in a planned way. we are seeing a transition where people have lost patience for their exposure to gold. they have been frustrated that it is not delivering

tom perez. when i saw him being the democrat, i just gave up on the democratic party. host: as we noted earlier, yesterday justice kennedy informed president trump that he will be stepping down at the end of july, 30 years and seven months after his nomination to the supreme court. in today's op-ed pages of "the washington post," a professor at harvard law clerked for justice kennedy, talking about those months in 1987 leading up to kennedy's nomination. --nnedy made as to the hyatt made it to the highest court of when the reagan administration look for a safer voice. it turns to the soft-spoken, bookish californian who ran his father's law practice and taught constitutional law before becoming a respected appellate judge on the u.s. court of appeals for the ninth circuit. the senate confirmed kennedy 97-0 on february 3, 1988." there is a story from "the new york times" back in 1987, talking about him start -- talking about ginsberg withdrawing his name as a clamor, citing marijuana . he acted after disclosures about his personal and professional conduct, culminating with justice ginsburg's admission he had smoked mariju

tom del beccaro: "but a straight up vote on roe vs. wade, i don't see it changing any time soon, the court will move, kennedy will go from a swing to a conservative.">groups like naral worry as kenendy was a key source for pro choice.. ( robin )that was kron 4s gayle ong reporting. ( robin )president donald trump is expected to name former fox news executive bill shine as director of white house press and communications. shine resigned from fox last year amid questions over his handling of sexual harassment and discrimination allegations that also lead to the departures of ceo roger ailes and fox news personality bill o'reilly. the white house has been without a communications director for several months since the departure of hope hicks. shine did not immediately return a message seeking comment. (robin) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... a massive amount

kennedy's death. and we will have tomorrow a big show, an incredible piece by tom brokaw.s voice on this. our senior producer has a book out. and michael beshlosh wille joining us. a big show tomorrow, looking back 50 years. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> thanks, mika, thanks, joe. good morning. i'm stephanie ruhle with a lot to cover today, starting with in hot water. paul manafort accused of sending encrypted notes to potential witnesses encouraging them to lie. mueller now looking to revoke his bail. >> somebody who is willing to tamper with witnesses is not rationally thinking enough to understand that cooperating is perhaps his best end game here. >> tired of winning? the president cancels a visit from the super bowl champion eagles after reports that less than a dozen players were going

tom: if you are joining us worldwide, we are looking at images from cape canaveral in florida. this is, of course, cape kennedyit was cape yearsral, renamed earlier. challengeseen some after one explosion. this is not a routine launch by any means. there is an internal pressure as the valve that mr. musk and his engineers have really been working on to make better. let us listen now to the launch. 1.5, 4, 3, 2, lift off. >> [inaudible] >> and there you saw it, we had a successful liftoff of the falcon nine. you also saw the strong backward track during that initial launch. , andve through supersonic coming up next, the point of maximum aerodynamic pressure where the rocket is pushing hardest. we just had a callout to the vehicle supersonic. tom: coming up on the maximum stress pressures. , itchemistry is amazing really is still, the chemistry of another time and place in space engineering. matthew: that's right. there's nothing routine about launching a rocket into space despite the fact we been doing this for decades now. it is still quite incredible to watch that go up. that ismount of thrust pushing, and it

there's the story that i told at his eulogy, at the kennedy center about years ago, the russerts and the barnicles decided to take a trip out to see tomkaw out in livingston, montana, in 1 1 or 1992 and the idea of tim russert and myself out in livingston, montana is absurd, luke russert was in one car with tim and maureen and nick and colin barnicle by themselves in the second car with myself and my wife and they had these little walkie-talkies in the cars. tim and i decided let's have a race to see who can get to livingston, we were in wyoming crossing the border. to see who could get the livingston first. we were going too fast, 80, 8 5 miles per hour. when suddenly no cars on the road, we get pulled over by a montana state trooper. tim dwets out of the car, i stay in the car. kids are yelling "dad got busted." and the state trooper goes up to tim and says you know how fast were you going? and he says too fast. and he says okay, but i got a problem, he says to tim. i only have one ticket left. and tim looks at him and he looks at the cars and he says, well, he says i was following him. >> i love it. >> well gosh, we thank tim for s