military force, fearing it would backfire on the u.s. but a day later, the president publicly suggested he was still considering it. we have many options for venezuela. and by the way, i m not going to rule out a military option. reporter: tonight, one senior administration official telling cnn the president was simply thinking out loud about using force. now, the focus is on the supreme court pick. again, it s been only one week, remarkably, since that retirement announcement from anthony kennedy, but vice president mike pence, i m told, also has met with more than one finalist. jim, one thing i m remembering from that week ago when justice kennedy met with president trump to bring over his retirement letter, the president asked justice kennedy if he had any advice on his successor. we don t know what he told him, but it is clear that one of the leading contenders, brett kavanaugh, was a former associate. he worked for justice kennedy as a law clerk. so certainly, that is one of t
happening and in fact justice kennedy was inside the white house before president trump knew that he indeed had a meeting with the retiring justice. the justice been on the bench 30 years on the supreme court and he brought over his retirement letter directly to the president to have that one-on-one conversation the and president trump thanked him for his service but also asked him for suggestions for who should fill his seat. that was certainly an interesting conversation. do we know, the president s pick to replace him come from the list of 25 candidates that released during the campaign. reporter: president trump said he is going to pick from the 25 members, people on the list. when the president was running for office, he put out a list of 20 potential supreme court justices. he was trying to ease
according to one of the students, there was no alternative offered to them. he aggressively repressed debate among classmates, according to steven pharr, a freshman there and said it was controversial and questioned his motives of the professor. who is in charge of him? who hired him? why does he still have a job? i don t care where he is. tenure, baby. danny on facebook says this, the real pledge has a positive message and isn t mean spirited and doesn t result and insult anyone or any political party. this anti-pledge is pathetic. mark on twitter says, need to make that professor recite his retirement letter. according to rate my professors.com, apparently he s an easy grader, but he punishes conservatives. do you think? can you imagine if you spend a couple hundred thousands to send your kid to a college and that s one of the guys who is filling his mind with ideas? apparently accord to one of them, at the beginning of class, all does he is ask, so, class,
retirement letter and aides retrieved the list of nominees they consulted before the nomination of sotomayor in mayor. i will seek someone in the coming weeks with similar qualities, an independent mind, a record of excellence and integrity, and a fierce dedication to the rule of law and a keen understanding of how the law affects the daily lives of the american people. we are told that president obama himself will not be interviewing any nominees face to face in april. tell us of possible candidates to replace him. well, we will look at two who are widely considered leading the pack. sles solicitor general, former dean of harvard law school but he is criticized for a ruling that restricted federal funds for family planning and
west virginia coal mining strategy tragedy, we understand that will take place and he will address the new subject of justice stevens retirement. white house sources tell major garrett a representative from the supreme court delivered justice stevens formal retirement letter to the white house at 10:30 this morning, that triggered a phone call, within 15 minutes, from the white house counsel, bob bauer, to air force one, which the president is traveling on from prague. it is bauer who notified mr. obama of this development. that letter was short and to the point. it stated, and i quote, my dear mr. president, having concluded that it would be in the best interest of the court to have my successor appointed and confirmed well in advance of the commencement of the court s next term, i shall retire from regular active service as an associate justice effective the next day after the court rises for the summer recess this year, most respectfully yours, john paul stevens. so once again,