appeals in denver, a native coloradoan, fourth generation from denver and thomas hardiman, born in waltham, grew up in waltham, massachusetts, moved to pittsburgh and is a federal judge there on the third circuit court of appeals. so there's a lot of speculation about who people think it is. we don't know for certain who it is and we believe now that the two finalists don't know either, so this is apparently an effort to build the sort of ultimate amount of suspense by not telling the person who is going to eventually get this nomination. now, as i say, everything about this is a little unusual. the president's announcement this in prime time. we're told that there is a reception at the white house for members of congress and i guess i can say the nominee, unless it's the nominees tonight before that, starting at 7:00. the way these things usually go, andrea, generally announced in the morning and within an hour or two hours or so we can say with some confidence who it is but we can't do that now. >> and it does sound a little bit like a reality tv show where we don't even as you point out

. >>> at 11:00, we will build the waltham. 's what president trump tweeted tonight. we've learned he will sign orders on immigration tomorrow. they're expected to begin with steps to tighten border security. including his wall along the u.s./mexico border. he's also set to restrict the flow of refugees to the united states. today mr. trump signed executive orders advancing construction of the keystone and dakota access pipeline. those pipelines are strongly opposed by many environmental groups. president trump says the move will create tens of thousands of jobs. the president says he will announce his choice to fill the supreme court vacancy. on the short list, thomas hardman of pittsburgh and william pryor of birmingham though many feel he could face significant opposition of f nominated. all three sit on federal appeals courts. >>> south carolina governor nikki haley easily won confirmation tonight to become ambassador to the united nations. haley breezed through her confirmation hearing last week. despite lacking a background in diplomacy or foreign policy. she be

know, mexicans are murderers, rapists and drug dealers and i'm going to get rid of them and build a waltham. 's what he does. then he politicizes. think about that. he did it at the wall at the cia of slain personnel at the cia, then there are children murdered on the streets of chicago so he tweets about the carnage and that he's going to said the feds in. did he send any money for extra police officers? we could use that for training. did he say -- oh, he's sending to the border more border patrol agents. mr. president, we could use more atf agents, more fbi agents in the city of chicago so we can take the guns off our street but, yes, you're with the nra. the nra that esed him that he is so part of his relationship, you know what that nra did? it crippled the loss of the city of chicago in the courts so that we cannot keep guns off our streets. >> let me ask you this. do you feel as a member of congress do you feel that were the president to order say the department of justice to issue to have an official investigation to voter fraud, do you feel -- and this is an important point about i

. >> third circuit court of appeals, originally from waltham, massachusetts, drove a taxi for his father's taxi cab company in the summer before going to, he withent to notre dame in georgetown, so if he were to be confirmed he'd be the first supreme court nominee who did not go to an ivy league law school. neil gorsuch from denver, son of anne gorsuch-burpert, under ronald reagan. >> very controversial. should not visit the controversies of the mother on the son. >> she came here to take that job, he came along and was a page in the u.s. senate and in the same class as amy carter. >> there you go. everything that you'd want to know we know. pete williams, peter alexander, thank you so much. let's take a deeper dive into the legal challenges potentially facing president trump's executive order with omar jagwad director of the aclu immigrants rights project. thanks for being with us. what do you see as the essential questions here? >> well i mean what this muslim ban order presents to us as a nation and to the courts is a question of whether the government can discriminate against a religio