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Do you have any insight into how theyre viewing all this right now? >> well, they hate seeing the court put in the political maelstrom. they cant stand this. its inconsistent with what they think is the role of the court. they dont like confirmation hearings, the circus that confirmation hearings have become to begin with. they certainly cant stand this. and surely for clarence thomas, who hasnt gotten over his hearings almost 30 years ago, this has to reopen old wounds. now, you asked before, a...

Hardiman. he is only 53 years old and hes important because the president really liked his personal story. it was the first in his family to graduate from college. he drove a cab for a while. and the president liked what he could bring to the table. he was the runner up last time around. and there are two other people we dont think that theyre in play tonight, largely because theyre in their home states. but one was ray kethledge. he was considered gorsuch 2.0 because he shares the same judicial...

She will not confirm or deny, though, if she is the presidents selection. keep in mind, she was one of trumps final four along with thomas hardiman, brett kavanaugh and ray kethledge. he had a list of 25, these are the four that all extensive reporting has honed in on. "outfront" now, david gergen. hes been through this before. not in this way. no one has. joan biskupic and john avlon. thanks to all. david, week got amy coney barrett, maybe not, from what we see at her home. thomas hardiman, tho...

Come -- common elements to him. brett kavanaugh, some conservatives concerned about a 2011 opinion that he wrote on obamacare. also mitch mcconnell concern that having written 300 opinions for the d.c. circuit, theres a long paper trail that democrats could slow walk through the confirmation process and theres only 83 days to get the confirmation done before the next term in the beginning of october. ray kethledge would be a safe choice. hes from the university from michigan. a lot of folks like...

Done. >> dana: do you know any of the other judges? we have raymond kethledge. hes at the sixth circuit court of appeals. >> ray kethledge, i was on the bush judicial selection committee when we made him a circuit court judge. hes very smart. unlike judge kavanaugh, he went to public school, the university of michigan, which may be appealing to the report. very conservative record. he has written extensively on the issue of the role of law making at the agencies within the deregulatory world tha...

Professor in notre dame. shes seen as controversial during her appeals court hearing last november. her strict version of catholicism came up and backfired on dianne feinstein at the time. brett kavanaugh has the most involved report. thats a positive and a negative. a lot of people from the federalist society favor him for the long record but hes ruled on obamacare, abortion and other issues that are certain to come up and the democrats could claim that its such a long record it will take longe...

People on the list. another one is ray kethledge. hes also 51 years old. hes been on the bench for ten years. hes considered gorsuch 2.0 because of his philosophy that matches gorsuch and matches a little bit antonin scalia. then we have tom hardeman. he was the number two last time around for justice scalias seat. the president really liked him for his personal story. first in his family to go to college, drove a cab. he has a big second amendment case people like. and finally, amy coney barret...

List this week is going to be his big announcement on a supreme court nominee to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy. the president says hell announce that choice tomorrow night. joining me now to discuss this, cnn supreme court reporter. what do we know about these finalists? you said last hour there are four were looking at who are most likely. >> right. this is the frantic last day before this big announcement. >> you got a long 24 hours ahead of you, i think. >> i do. top contender has ...

Are highlighting bremen kethledge and thomas hardy made today. the president advisor for the supreme court talk about those issues on abc this week. >> they are all extraordinarily distinguished people. certainly brett, not and coney barrett and ultimately when people like them are nominated youll see a lot of folks might not with regard to ray kethledge and tom hardiman, theyre left on by conservatives and records a little bit later so it might take some time. theyve almost no prayer with this ...

Washington ties, or ray kethledge who some people will refer to as a gorsuch 2.0, someone with a solid conservative track record and has picked up some support in conservative circles. >> jon allen, we didnt hear the name amy coney barrett, democrats have zeroed in on her, there is this issue with olympia snowe saying roe v. wade is a bottom line issue where she doesnt necessarily commit to vote for trumps pick here. is there a sense that amy coney barrett on that issue of roe v. wade has fallen...