through. where is kethledge from? he is from michigan. remember, that s not inside the beltway. last time around for scalia s seat, there was a lot of talk about looking outside of washington, drain the swamp. so he would be a very interesting choice, and that might be very attractive. you have to wonder also whether a choice of somebody like kethledge from a state where there was a red-state democrat, that red-state democrat might feel a lot more pressure to vote for somebody from his or her home state. which is so fascinating because there s so many balls in the air here. the white house counsel s office is basically doing their best to prepare the president, and now as we reported, the president is going through pros and cons not only on the legal side. there s a lot more in play here. also, they re saying the president hasn t already made his choice yet and we re on the eve of the choice that he said he was going to make. well, that s the
neil gorsuch s nomination. you re attending is tracking it all all in his live with the latest. what you hear it in terms of where president trump in his decision-making process? to make up his mind by the end of the day. he still has not decided on who he s going to nominate. he said last week it would narrow it down to two or three finalists. the white house has prepared rollup packages. the president is due to choose from brett kavanaugh, kethledge, coney barrett and thomas hardiman. they want to get this before the midterm elections. one factor the president will consider is the confirmation hearings easier than the others. none of that will have it easy. many gop senators believe amy coney barrett and brett kavanaugh will have a tougher time with his time with this one was to berlin from the d.c. circuit for the appeals. that is a big reason why they
especially like kethledge and hardiman. i m not sure i am leaning anywhere on those four nominees. i think they will all be they are good judges. i think they would be fine justices of the supreme court. the president has to think about who is easiest to get confirmed here. and i expect we ll do that on a normal timetable of a couple months. reporter: democrats wanted to delay the confirmation hearings until after the mid-terms and they may do that by dragging the process out. the margins are much tighter and the gop is hoping the party stays united. i can t predict how the party will vote. but if john mccain is absent.
i was there with you. who do you think will be president trump s nominee? i think he s got a couple of candidate. we just played a clip say they have light records that conservatives don t even know who they are. the one thing i would stress here is the confirmation process needs to act and look very different. you have to have a much more substantive airing of the issues and demand the nominee present his or her opinions on a number of cases and freedom in america are that great. the number of issues hanging out there are tremendous. if i were to randomly guess i would say kethledge at the moment. conservatives pushing for barry. some moderates pushing forward kavanaugh and he s the one in the middle.
we are thankful to have your expertise, sir. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell cords the new york times has weighed in saying it would be easier to confirm either judge kethledge or judge thomas hardimon. since he is the one rounding up the yes votes should that be a major factor? the good news is we have four outstanding final contenders. any of whom would be an excellent addition to the supreme court. in any of whom i think on scrutiny, would get confirmed. it is really up to president trump to decide which one he wants to select but i think we have great choices available. the majority leaders office not commenting on the new york times report but according to it, mcconnell expressed concerns about judge kavanaugh long paper trail and others have talked about judge kavanaugh his history with the bush administration. are those legitimate concerns? out that the long paper trail is. republicans control the