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As soon as today. the choice expected to be a closely guarded secret. and in an otherwise leak-prone white house. the lobbying campaign is in full swing in washington. conservatives hoping to see the choice nominated while liberals push moderate senators against supporting a hard right pick. >> so far the president interviewed seven candidates. source tell cnn the president narrowed it down to two or three options. all appeals court judges. amy coney barrett, brett calf gnaw and raymond kethledg...

But of course not announce it until monday evening here in a primetime address from the east room of the white house. the president has been interviewing at least 7 contenders here at the white house this week. vice president mike pence also talking to more than one contender although we dont know how many. going into the weekend the white house war room thats established a group of aids to he essentially start fighting the summer confirmation fight is going to have a list of two or three possib...

Room of the white house. the president has been interviewing at least 7 contenders here at the white house this week. vice president mike pence also talking to one contender although we don know how many. the white house war room established a group of aids to start fighting the summer con fur ma -- confirmation fight is going to have a list of two or three names. theyre going to gear up for this epic fight thats going to unfold across washington. now the president could always change his mind. ...

>> trace: senator mike lee said he had an interview with the president, and some are saying it wasnt an interview, the president was using senator lee to get his opinion on who he thinks might be the best pick. what are the odds of a mike lee being the dark horse in this race? >> from what sources close to trump tell us, mike lee is definitely the senator, a bit of a long shot, he was on the list but not really on the short list or top contender throughout thes proper is. but i do think that sen...

Good morning and welcome to morning g"morning joe." it is thursday, july 5. we hope earned had a nice fourth of july. did you? >> wonderful. >> and with us this morning we have washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay, columnist david ignatius, and co-founder of axios, mike allen. president trump is expected to announce his supreme court nominee monday and has so far spoken with seven potential candidates. vice president pence has also met with some of those contender. a person fa...

>> it looks like hes in the same position when they played for extra time for them. >> the only doirchs is he got the photo op. both of you, thank you very much. gordon, nice to speak with you. i appreciate your expertise on this as always. weve been reporting this morning that we are now down to three big contender on the supreme court short list. one of them, bret cavanaugh who used to clerk for anthony kennedy, hes ig needed a divide in the republican party. well talk to two key conservativ...

Dont wait. call now. this morning we are back and watching the supreme court focus on one of the three most serious contender. this is the d.c. circuit judge, bret cavanaugh, a reported favorite of the white house official leading the, and. >> to be a good ump pies, good judge, in your pins, to demonstrate civility. i think thats important as well, to show, to help display that youre trying to make the decision impartially and dispassionately. that were not bigger than the game.

Freedom caucus, the defender of the president, and a potential contender for house speaker is accused of ignoring allegations of molestation and sexual assault while he was an assistant wrestling coach at a major university. cnns jason carroll joins us now with the details. jason, what exactly are the accusations being made against congressman jim jordan, and who is making them? >> reporter: well, the person making the allegations is a former wrestler and former student from ohio state universit...

Mondays announcement. isnt that right? >> reporter: they are indeed, jim. the leak-prone white house, see how well that works. the president is likely to have the decision by tomorrow or friday and a finalist list of maybe two or three people and the war room here at the white house is going to prepare for all of those. no one will know the actual decision except the president himself and learning on a variety of fronts this is moving quickly. vice president mike pence is also meeting with more ...

Socialized medicine in 2013, not a single democrat signed on as a co-sponsor in the senate. now virtually every 2020 contender has. kamala harris has, kirsten gillibrand has. corey booker has. likewise free college. he couldnt find co-sponsors for that now have you democrats saying they want this. in a politico poll showed that 4% more democrats than less thought it was important to replace nancy pelosi with a socialist in the house. this is where this party is going. its a failed experiment. so...