A california man sacrificing himself to save his nephew. That man jumping into the river although he did not know how to swim. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is thursday, june 28th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. The president relishing the chance to fill another seat on the u. S. Supreme court as Anthony Kennedy announces he will step down. All signs say the president will replace the swing vote with a conservative. A man or woman who could change the high court and decisions it makes for generations. The justice met with the president and then went on the road. He intends to put a lasting stamp on the court. The travel ban ruling underscores how critical it is to confirm judges who will support our constitution. Remember this so we have a pick to come up. We have to pick a great one. We have to pick one that is going to be there for 40 years or 45 years. To get a justice confirmed, the president has to navigate a slim majority in the senate. We have jeff zeleny with more. Reporter christine and dave, President Trump making clear the retirement of kennedy is a Midterm Election issue. He will pick the replacement from the list of 25 conservative judges. He had the list. It is a public list. We do not know who he will select. The White House Counsels Office going through the list of judges. The president at a rally on wednesday night in fargo, politics are at play. Justice kennedys retirement makes Senate Control one of the vital issues of our time. And im very honored that he chose to do it during my term in office because he felt confident in me to make the right choice and carry on his great legacy. Thats why he did it. Reporter the president caught off guard by this as much as anyone in washington. He spent about 30 minutes in private conversation with Justice Kennedy who came to the white house to deliver his regulsignation letter by hand. President was talking to kennedy about replacements. This will be dominating forces as the Midterm Election campaign gets in full swing. Nothing galvanizes swing voters more than a Supreme Court v vacancy. Dave and christine. Jeff in fargo. Justice kennedys announcement could have an effect on the cases before the Supreme Court. The senate and republicans plan to move kickly on replacing kennedy moving quickly on replacing kennedy. They want to use the same argument when they blocked obamas nominee in 2016. Now to Jessica Schneider in washington. Reporter dave and christine, now republicans say they plan to confirm Justice Kennedys replacement before the midterms this november about four months away. The Senate Stands ready to fulfill the constitutional role by offering advice and consent on President Trumps nominee to fill this vacancy. We will vote to confirm Justice Kennedys successor this fall. Reporter democrats, of course, are pushing back. They say remember the pick of Merrick Garland . That wasnt taken up in 2016 because it was an election year. Millions of people are months away from determining to confirm or reject the president s n nominee and their voices deserve to be heard now as leader mcconnell thought then. Anything but that would be the absolute height of hypocrasy. Reporter when kennedy retires july 31st, the court will lose its moderate voice. The swing vote as kennedy is known. While he has sided with conservatives with gun control and Voting Rights and campaign spending, Justice Kennedy voted with the liberal side on abortion rights and affirmative action and the death penalty. Most notably, kennedy wrote the opinion that cleared the way for samesex marriage in 2015. Now if President Trump, if he nominates someone who is confirmed, it will solidify a 54 vote in favor of conservatives on the court. The question now what does that mean for abortion rights and could roe v. Wade be overturned . Dave and christine. And the president has prais praised heidkamp in the fall. The president cast her as a liberal democrat who plans to block his agenda. Heidi will vote no to any pick we make for the Supreme Court. She will be told to do so. Now maybe because of this. She will be forced to vote yes. Who knows . The president failed to mention heitkamp was one of three democrats who broke the ranks to nominate gorsuch. She said she is always willing to work with the president if he is willing to help north dakota. And this was a victory lap with trumpbacked candidates this week in the primaries. The president was happy about the demise of joe crowley. He lost his race to 28yearold firsttime candidate alexandria ocasiocortez. One of my biggest critics, a man named joe crowley by a young woman with a lot of energy. She had a lot of energy. I guess he didnt see it. They couldnt find him. With crowley out of the picture, the democrats now have a leadership crisis. He was going to take Nancy Pelosis place. I was so disappointed. I want to keep nancy pelosi right where she is. I want to make a plea to my democrat friends. Please, please, please, dont remove nancy pelosi. It did not take long for the president to attack alexandria ocasiocortez. In a tweet, he blasted the extreme democrats for the push to abolish i. C. E. The president touting his poll numbers at the fargo rally. Even poll numbers he is not sure are real. You saw the polls that come out. I dont know if this is true. You know, a year and a half ago, they said i was an interloper. And now they say and you will admit, a thing comes out a number of polls that he is the most powerful, most popular republican in the history of the party. A little white ago i was an a little while ago i was an interloper. His Approval Rating for republicans is at or near 90 . And peter strzok is expecting a good grueling in the House Committee. It follows a long day on capitol hill yesterday for trukz trupet. He spoke to the panel for 11 hours. Strzok and lisa page are exhibit a for republicans who argue the antitrump texts they exchanged while part of the Mueller Probe prove fbi bias against the president. Four sources say strzok told the panel he was not pressed about the texts when they came to light. Mueller removed him from the investigation. Page and strzok were having an affair during the campaign. It was part of the inn that mat conversation intimate conversation. He said he did not intend to react upon them. Still a lot of Unanswered Questions on who knew what when and as it relates to this particular investigation and what was the genesis of the russia collusion investigation. I dont know how any reasonable person reads the texts and suggests there was no bias. He was cleared from the questions republicans were asking, but the questions before this that the republicans want to use mr. Strzok and his texts as evidence to sabotage or discredit the mueller investigation. The house is set to vote today on a resolution by mark meadows calling on the Justice Department to provide russia and clinton records by july 6th. If Rod Rosenstein does not comply, he should be impeached. And Senate Allies and Senate Allies believe the president is being too concerned with allies. We have a look ahead to moscow and the meeting with putin just ahead. Hundders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize ive got a hundred orders i have to ship out. Shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everythings pretty much done. Its so much easier so now, were ready, bring on t. Shipstation. The number one ch of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com tv and get two months free. The first survivor of ais out there. Sease and the Alzheimers Association is going to make it happen. But we wont get there without you. Visit alz. Org to join the fight. Ive said it from day one. Getting along with russia and with china and everybody is a very good thing. It is good for the world. It is good for us. It is good for everybody. President trump on the verge of finalizing plans with the meeting with Vladimir Putin. He is revealing it is likely to take place after the nato summit in brussels in july. Lets go live to moscow and bring in cnns frederik pleitgen. The optics of this of the president meeting and shaking hands with putin has western allies concerns over the tone with our friendlier adversaries. Reporter you are right, christine. As this is happening with the western alliance fractured. The president alienated the allies. We remember the altercation with canada as well. Nonetheless, john bolton was here in town. He was key to try to get the summit going. We thought bolton was going to meet with the Russian Foreign minister sergei lavrov. That turned into the meeting with Vladimir Putin and some of his senior ministers with a quickly agreed summit. We know john bolton has been a critic of Vladimir Putin. Now he seems to have changed course. He sees having the meeting an important thing. As far as the agenda, the president said it would be syria and ukraine and the election meddling in 2016 could be on the agenda. Fred in moscow. Thank you. New satellite images show north korea made Rapid Improvements at the Nuclear Facility in pyongyang. These were planned upgrades before the kim trump summit in singapore. We have will ripley live in beijing. Reporter dave t rai, it rai lot of questions. Why is this an upgrade of a system that is supposed to be taken down. Not clear if this work is complete before the summit in singapore and the and lights pointing analysts pointing out this may have been work previously done. Why would north korea stop work at the facility . The only known reactor that fuels the program. This is what james mattis is talking about. He landed in south korea overnight and meeting with his counterpart there. He is talking about denuclearization and the joint military exercises to help produce a peaceful environment here. You have north korea still working on the Nuclear Reactor. We are working to learn when north korea will return the remains to United States. No word on when it will happen. Another reminder of the vague commitment to work toward denuclearization. Will, thank you. 18 minutes past the hour. Beer shortage. The United Kingdom rationing beer during the world cup. Why and how long it will last next. Its time for the lowest prices of the season on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort your sleep number setting. And snoring . Does your bed do that . Dont miss final closeout savings on the queen c2 mattress. Now only 599, save 300. Its the lowest price ever, only for a limited time. Visit sleepnumber. Com for a store near you. 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The response to the tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum is to help the Steel Industry, but it makes harleys more expensive in the u. S. U. S. Steel is opening new plants. The president said he is not worried about the tariffs back firing. The tariffs have been incredible. The Steel Industry is doing great. Our country is doing great. The numbers are coming out from the companies which are far beyond what everybody thought possible. Steel Companies May be doing better, but this raises costs for businesses. Including harleydavidson. Cars and planes and appliances pay a tariff to the companies. They can pass that along to the consumer. And an East PittsburghPolice Officer charged in the shooting of the unarmed teenager is free on bond. Michael rosfeld was arraigned on criminal homicide charges in the death of antown rose. He was shot in the right arm, fies a face and back. Rosfeld made inaccurate statements. He acted recklessly and the officers attorney thinks the d. A. Is reaching. I dont think it is a murder case. I dont. I dont know if there were mistakes made in police procedure. That is to be determined later. I dont see it as a murder case. I really dont. The complaint says rose was in the car and suspected in the earlier shooting, but did not appear to be the shooter. Officer rosfeld faces life in prison sentence. A california man who could not swim sacrificed his own life to save his 5yearold nephew from drowning. 22yearold Victor Mozqueda was on a trip when his nephew slipped. He jumped in without hesitation. He did not know how to swim. He went under. The last thing he did was to throw him at my brother to pull him out. My brother grabbed him and tossed him to his wife and victor went under and they could not chase him. Bystanders at the scene administeried cpr to the nephew. Victors body was found two hours being swept away. The last daily newspaper left in the iron city will reduce to five days in august. The newspaper announced the change citing the evolution into the digital project. It did not specify which days the paper would print. They are crying in their beer in the uk. If they can find one. Right now, beer is rationed in england due to a Carbon Dioxide shortage. Limiting ten cases per day per brand. The Carbon Dioxide that gives the fizz is a byproduct. Several plants have been closed for maintenance. The problem extends beyond beer with soda and meat production and cooling and storage all affected. The shortage is expected to last a few more weeks. The uk takes on belgium at 2 00 eastern time today. I guess liquor. It did not take long for a bitter showdown to erupt over replacing Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. Are republicans hypocritical by racing to fill the void . Who is the frontrunner to fill the seat . Justice kennedys retirement makes the issue of Senate Control one of the vital issues of our time. The bitter fight over the next Supreme Court justice is under way. The vacancy with major legal ramifications, including a potential womens right to choose. 11 long hours of congress for fbi agent peter strzok. What sources say he told lawmakers about texts which has the president claiming bias at the Justice Department. A california man sacrificing himself to save his nephew. He jumped into the river although the uncle did not know how to swim. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. The president relishing the chance to fill another seat on the u. S. Supreme court as Anthony Kennedy announces he will step down. All signs say the president will replace the swing vote with a conservative. A man or woman who could change the high court and decisions it makes for generations. The president met with Justice Kennedy and later went on the road to north carolina. North dakota. He intends to put a lasting stamp on the court. The travel ban ruling underscores how critical it is to confirm judges who will support our constitution. Remember this so we have a pick to come up. We have to pick a great one. We have to pick one that is going to be there for 40 years or 45 years. To get a justice confirmed, the president has to navigate a slim majority in the senate. Senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny has more from fargo. Reporter christine and dave, President Trump making clear the retirement of kennedy is a Midterm Election issue. He will pick the replacement from the list of 25 conservative judges. Largely from the federal appeals court. He had the list. It is a public list. We do not know who he will select. The White House Counsels Office going through the list of judges. The president at a rally on wednesday night in fargo, politics are at play. Justice kennedys retirement makes Senate Control one of the vital issues of our time. And im very honored that he chose to do it during my term in office because he felt confident in me to make