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Reporters hes narrowed his supreme court picks to about four people. a source familiar with the selection process told nbc news its down to three, these three. brett kavanaugh, amy coney barrett, and raymond kethledge. at tonights rally in great falls the president was teasing up his big reveal. >> as you know theres now a vacancy on the supreme court. [ cheers and applause ] and if you turn in monday at 9:00, i think youre going to be extremely happy. right? and theyre all great. theyre all gre...

All. i believe him. jim jordan is one of the most outstanding people ive met since ive been in washington. i believe him 100%. no question in my mind. i believe jim jordan 100%. hes an outstanding man. meanwhile, a fourth ohio state wrestler has come forward claiming jordan knew about the sexual abuse during his time as the teams assistant coach. sean daly told nbc news he was too embarrassed to report the abuse directly to jordan at the time, but said jordan took part in conversations where the...

Is -- this is just leaps and bounds above it, but i think it will be so just tremendously impactful. this, like i said, republicans should be very afraid of. >> one of the things that has motivated the supreme court. peter alexander has just reported he talked to a source familiar with the selection process going on right now with the president. he tells nbc news the three morse certificates contenders are bret cavanaugh, raymond c h cathledge and amy -- >> its going to be who the president feel...

Democrats are fighting over fighting the presidents supreme court pick. a source familiar with the presidents selection process told nbc news the field is now narrowed to three top contenders, all of them staunch conservatives. one was a top aide to ken starr, one is a devout catholic with seven kids, one has been called gorsuch 2.0. so with the fight fast approaching and the president announcing his pick on monday, of course, democrats are still scrambling to unify behind a strategy. the folks ...

Russian meddling into our election did exist. they, obviously, tried to influence the election like theyve done for decades before and other countries have done previously. at the end of the day, the most important factor was the integrity of the election process was secure. the outcome of the election and the peoples voice was heard in 2016. from my perspective, we need to wrap this investigation up and move forward because the country has problems that need to be solved. >> why is the presiden...

Said theyre not told -- >> fraud and abuses are outlined, too. >> they have been told theyve been given those specific instructions by the president. you, like me, want the system to be the integrity to be unchallenged there. but doesnt that disappoint you as an american? >> well, lets just be clear. each state controls its election process and making sure the integrit the. we in the federal want to make sure the election process is secure. there have been resources given to the states to make s...

Disappointed by that? >> well, no, i believe the president does respect the election process and wants the election process to be secure, just as we do. just as i do because thats critical to the functioning of our democracy. but to think that russia and other countries across the world are not going to try to influence our election is just to live in denial. this has been going on for decades. >> the question is -- >> that is just the reality of the situation. >> the question is what -- but the...

To know whether all the nominees come down on whether or not you can indict a president. and hes going to get to the bottom of this. >> he already knows, because his selection process has been outsourced to the federalist society, which is a very conservative right wing organization of lawyers and law professors who have given him this list of 25. they would not let anybody on this list who was not against roe versus wade, who did not support marriage equality, who was not against affirmative ac...

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Factor in this election process, but there are a couple of extremely qualified women, amy barrett, for example, who is under consideration, is probably one of the most talented and distinguished female law professors in the country. shes certainly one of the best originalists in terms of interpreting the constitution as its written and understood by 9 the framers. so i think its appropriate that someone like that be considered. >> leonard, i appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you very much. ...