More short conversations that occur over the next few days as the president makes his final decision. But that he has wrapped up the formal interview process interviewing six judges monday and tuesday of this week. He spoke with one of them twice which accounts for the seven conversations that the white house was talking about earlier in the week. It was throwing us off a little bit. We didnt know if he had seven candidates or conversations. He had six candidates and seven conversations. Im told that judge Raymond Kethledges stock is rising, an appellate judge appointed by president bush in 2000 , 51 years old. He could sit on the bench for three decades, a district constitutionalist. Got his law degree at the university of michigan. Not the typical harvard or yale pedigree. Im told by some there is a bit of concern his judicial record is a little light but he does appear to be a reliable conservative judge. Also still in the running is Bret Kavanaugh from the d. C. Circuit court of ap
Lets start on the big day of the legal front. We are gearing up of the first trial coming out of Robert Muellers expansive investigation. The man who used to run Trumps Campaign is in the north virginia courtroom for Pretrial Hearing today. Theyre just going into recess now. Paul manaforts lawyer is trying to convince the judge to delay his trial on the slew of financial charges and also to keep jurors from hearing details from his ukraine business. That trial is set to begin on wednesday. There are 18 total charges against manafort for alleged financial crimes, five counts of false tax returns and four of failing to report Foreign Bank Accounts and nine bank frauds. If convicted, it could mean decades of prisons and millions of dollars in fines. Our justice correspondent, pete williams, is following the hearing from court. Jeff bennett is at the white house for us. Pete, lets start there, where can you tell us where things stand . Reporter it started about an hour and a half and it wi
Im sorry so much going to have you with us Turkey Central Bank says it is ready to take all necessary measures to shore up the countrys currency the announcement comes after the lira tumbled to a new low against the dollar and fears group of the crisis could spread to other markets the currency has nosedive this year over worries about president once increasing control over the economy and a diplomatic dispute between turkey and the united states. Lets go to istanbul where our correspondent dorian jones is standing by with more on the story for us hi dorian good to see you so how confident are turkish people that the measures the government is taking today will actually stop the slide. Well it depends who you speak to like nearly everything in this country it is split more or less down the middle between supporters of the president and opponents if you speak to supporters they are confident they reflect the president s strong message that they believe their column is strong this is not
China. An explosion just off the compound. A live report just moments away. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is thursday, july 26th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Good morning. The u. S. And eu easing the threat of a trans atlantic trade war for now. Stepping back from the brink. Both sides working together. Jeanclaude juencker and President Trump. We are working toward zero tariffs and zero nontariffs barriers on auto. It was a deal to make a deal. The two leaders agreed to resolve issues on trade like steel and aluminum and the retaliation tariffs. In return, the eu promised to buy more natural gas from the u. S. And soybeans. Both decided to hold off on further tariffs. That includes the threats to slap tariffs on i mported cars. The president thinks the eu tariffs on u. S. Cars is uneven. It is higher than the 2. 5 the u. S. Charges. A lot of questions still, but moving now in a direction that seems to be fruitful. Quieting down the trade war.
Her coffee canker 200 miles. Katie traveling mug. They call it that. Steve here is mine. Here is katies. Where is yours . Brian its coming soon. Brewing as we speak. So much to talk about in terms of immigration, in terms of elections and more. Steve well, because the Midterm Elections are far from over. Democratic Election Officials in florida now being sued by current Florida Governor rick scott, accusing them of trying to steal his election to the u. S. Senate. Katie thats not the only race hitting a snag. Griff jenkins is in washington, d. C. With the contests around the country still yet to be called. Griff . Griff good morning, guys. Here we go again to the nations recount capital of florida. Governor rick scotts lead over bill nelson appears to be narrowing out of 8 million votes scott leads by less than 18,000 or point 22 . Broward, palm beach counties accusing them of rampant fraud and calling on the indictment of Law Enforcement to investigate. We won. Im going to be the u. S