News. President trumps race to fill the Supreme Court. Tonight, his second opening, his chance to make history. Supreme Court JusticeAnthony Kennedy is retiring. He was a conservative, but a liberal swing vote on samesex marnl and abortion and trump has the power to ensure that vote goes the other way. For decades. And make no mistake, this is a race to get kennedys replacement confirmed before the midterms. Possibly take away trumps majority in congress. Mr. President , its an election year, would you be in consideration of holding the spot open until the make up of congress the determined . I havent really thought about that. I think you want to go as quickly as possible. Speed. Quickly as possible. And trump doesnt have any battle within his own party on this one. The Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is ready to race, too. He wants a new supreme Court Justice getting that through the senate by the election. We will vote to confirm Justice Kennedys successor. This fall. Okay. Election day is 132 days away from tonight. Average time to confirm a supreme Court Justice is half that time and a congressional source tells cnn that the goal is to get this done, confirm and done around labor day. But mcconnells sudden urge to rush is is well, its hard to think of anything but hypocritical because it was mcconnell who blocked president obama from filling Justice Scalias seat after his death in 2016. Mcconnell citing an upcoming election, which to be clear at time, was 269 days away. The American People should have a say in the course of direction. Give the people a voice in filling the vacancy. Mcconnell tweet iing at the time the American People should have a voice in the selection of their next supreme Court Justice. Couldnt be more clear. So mcconnell believed the American People should have a a voice when the president was a democrat but now that it is a republican, the story seems to have changed. Democratic senator cory booker just spoke with me. If Mitch Mcconnell would listen to Mitch Mcconnell. Six months before an election for him to say lets rush to a vote, is violating the old precedent he set as well as continuing to compound upon a perversion of a process weve seen since he changed the rules under the obama administration. All right, booker vows to fight any trump Supreme Court nomination before election day and as mcconnell and trump are racing for the finish line, the reality is this. For trump, kep nnedy has been a crucial vote. Just this week on four major decisions. Jerry magerrymandering, the pre travel ban and unions on the list and now trump wants to ensure kennedys replacement is more reliable on social issues. He wants a reliable 100 conservative. Not a turncoat, which is why theres now such a furious fight over his replacement. Kaitlyn collins is live at the white house. Look, his second opportunity. It is huge. You talk about a legacy. This is how President Trump can create one that lasts for decades. And this is now the top thing on his mind. It is and it came about quite quickly. With Justice Kennedy coming over just half an hour before the news broke that he was going to retire so he could hand deliver a letter to President Trump saying as much and during that conversation, President Trump later told reporters they discussed possible replacements even though he didnt hint at who that could be. The president did say hell choose from the list of 25 nominees that the white house updated last fall in november. A list they published and a list that includes several wellknown figures including utah senator, mike lee. Also brett cavanaugh, someone who clerked for kennedy. But also tom hardeman. Someone who really came through for the administration in a big way in recent days, after the Supreme Court, the president s travel ban. So certainly big news for the white house. Theres a sense of elation inside now that they know theyre going to have another chance to pick a Supreme Court nominee. But of course, erin, we are setting ourselves up for what could be a very bitter partisan showdown on capitol hill. The white house eluded to as much in their statement on kennedys requirement when they noted he was confirmed quickly and without opposition. Thank you very much. And now, lets go to former federal prosecutor, former clerk and david gergen, former adviser to four president s. David, let me start with you. The republicans can barely contain their excitement. Yesterday, there was no retirement, they didnt know. Now all of a sudden, kennedy says hes going to retire. John cornyn smiling, say iing t reporters quote, am i maintaining composure, wow. An honest reaction if ever there was oneful how big of f a win is this for trump . This happening just over 100 days from the election. This is enough for trump to establish the most important part of his legacy because its going to last long after he leaves office. When ever that is. Youve got essentially a group of younger justices have been appointed as conservative before with the intention of having decades long power. There hasnt been a reliablely conservative court over a period of year, you have to go back to at least the eisenhower years, some would argue back to the roosevelt years to see a conservative court and that means, sends out dangerous signals on abortion, gay rights and marriage all the rest, which is going to get right in the middle of midterms. You look at kennedy, a conservative, a reagan appointee. A conservative this week, but also roe v. Wade. Samesex marriage. Far from reliable. This is a chance to change that. I mean, that is what is so huge here, right . And that is why this is such a race for Mitch Mcconnell and President Trump. Theres no question, erin. I think viewers at home should realize this very well could mean the end of roe versus wade, which is very big news. Justice kennedy was a pretty reliable vote with conservatives, about 80 or 98 of the time, but on key issues, samesex marriage, issue of choice, affirmative action, he sided with the four democratic appointees. So this is going to shift the court in a very significant way and the its a reminder to viewers that elections matter and now as you pointed out, Mitch Mcconnell is doing everything he can to get this done before the next election. And elections matter and yet, we did hear mcconnell in 2016, the people should speak. Now of course roles are reversed and he wants to get this done. Sources say around labor day. It is pretty incredible how it just matters which foot the shoe is on. Oh, i think thats totally misconstruing what happened during the last vacancy. That was a president ial year. Its a totally different thing. Look back to obamas nomination of justice kagan. That was 2010. A Midterm Election year. Her nomination went through without a hitch. Its a very different thing in a president ial year. Justice kennedy was the Justice Neil Gorsuch agreed with most this term, so if as we expect, we get someone whos much along the lines of Justice Gorsuch from President Trump, i think the scare mongering oh, you know, roe versus wade is gone, i think is very much overstated. Well really, i dont think anyone knows whats going to happen. We know chief Justice Roberts is very incrementalist on the court. Thats a lot of scare amomonger. Weve heard that ever since justice o conor was proposed. Weve heard this during the campaign. You shouldnt be worried about trump. Hes going to be president , hell roll into the job. That is not what has happened. Certainly on these issues, he was prochoice at one point. But thats not how exactly. And right now, what we know about donald trump. One thing hes been consistent about is appealing to his base. To deliver to his base, what he promised in the campaign, to put more conservatives in there. I think hes going to get a reliablely conservative justice. It would be shock federal government he did what reagan did which was choose sandra d does chef a point when she says its different if its a Midterm Election as opposed to a president ial election when shes saying mcconnell is not being hypocritical . You know, i have to say i dont really think mcconnells point makes sense for either election. You know, ultimately, theres always an election around the corner and the question is is the Supreme Court going to do its job. Used to be these justices were handled in a more bipartisan fashion. A real sad state we have this level of disagreement. But as mr. Gergen pointed out, President Trump is is going to go far to the extreme with an appointee and youll get a natural reaction from the democrats. The democrats are mad. Cory booker is saying we have some lever to pull, but now its a majority vote. Hard to say what those are, how long they could string this out. You only need 51 votes, so when they say they can hold this off, can they . Senator mcconnell, not only did he block garland, which worked out effectively, but got rid of the fill bustibuster. You only need 51 votes. This is unlike the past. But i think hes done something smart here and thats been a break for him. Hes going to put the ten Democratic Senators who are essentially in reddish states in a box. Theyve got to decide coming up to the midterms, theyre going to be forced to choose between supporting the trump nominee, which will be popular with a base, but very, very unpopular with their base. Or they go gens it and they get all the trump voerts out and all aroused. Everybody assumed the energy was going fob to be on the democratic side now the right. It could have shifted and this could do that. Just the bottom line is what makes you confident this is not a moment as which roe v wade is up for debate. Well again, i dont think anyone can say with certainty whats going to happen. Wh we have this list of 25. The president has committed to picking a judge from those. Theyre fair, they listen to both sides. They honor the constitution, totally committed to that. Thank you very much. Theres a list. The president has put it out, so who are they . Thats next and new details about the president s big summit around the corner now with putin announced today and of course coming right after the nato meeting. And taking down a titan. Alexandria cortez, tapping one of the most powerful House Democrats in last nights primary and she will be outfront. 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Who should we be watching most closely on that list . Handful of names that have emerged as frontrunners are far to the right of kennedy. Starting with brett cavanaugh. He was a lawyer for ken starrs team, but others have zeroed ed in on amy barrett, confirmed to the federal bench in chicago. She was a former law clerk to Justice Scalia and law professor at notre dame before taking the the federal bench but tangled with senator feinstein during her confirmation hearings. Weve also heard the name raymond catlidge. A former clerk who now sits on sixth circuit. And you may see park come up. A favorite of Mitch Mcconnell. Someone whos served in both government and private practice and finally, thomas hardeman. He has a fascinating back story. He drove a cab for some time. First in his family to go to college and he used to sit on the same court as the president s sister. Thank you so much. Laura jarrett. Five big names to know. And now to our chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. Kennedy of course, republican appointee. Conservative. But you know, he was the key swing vote going the other way on samesex marriage, abortion, roe v. Wade, is everyone on this list more reliable to be a guaranteed conservative vote on all issues than kennedy . Every single one of them. Thats why they were picked. Were going to hear a lot about their qualifications. About their you know, openness to new ideas. The whole reason they were picked by the federalist society, but the heritage foundation. Is to they would be known as hundred percenters. Theyre going to vote to overroe versus wade. Of course its going to be overturned. Thats the whole point. Of nominating. The conservative movement wants justices named to the Supreme Court. Every one of them the agenda of exing out kennedys record on gay right, abortion right, affirmative action and duplicating his record in the many areas where he was quite conservative. Who do you think its going to be . I dont know at this point. Were going to know more as the white house starts leaking names. Its smart for them to leak names. Got to test it out. That sort of flushing out whether there are any problems with the nominees. Certainly the ones that laura was talking about are quite, are quite possible, but there are other names that are possible as well. So you know, i dont know if you heard the reporting, but our understanding from a gop source is they want this done around labor day. Michel mcconnell wants it done well before the lech, but given those pieces of information, when do you think President Trump is going to announce his pick . In a couple of weeks. Mitch mcconnell will hold the senate 24 hours a day if he has to to get this thing done. I mean, this is is the thing that mcconnell cares about more than anything. This is why he stole the seat from barack obama. Remember, you know in the United States, our terms for president are four years. But president obamas term was three years when it came to three Supreme Court nominations. That seat was kept open. That got us neil gorsuch. This is a chance with a Senate Majority to fill this seat where the democrats dont have a filibuster. Mitch mcconnell will move heaven and earth to get this nominee through by the first monday in october. And at least as we see it now, i dont see any real obstacles in his way. First monday in october. Thank you very much, jeffrey toobin. And next, she calls herself a democratic socialist, wants to abolish i. C. E. And a alds cortez who scored the upset last night is is outfront next. And one of trumps frequent targets grilled by lawmakers today. One congresswoman in the room joins me to say to you what did fbi agent peter struck have to say for himself today . Was are you ok . they always thank you for your service, which is nice because as a spouse you serve too. Were the hayles and were usaa members for life. Ways to lthe northern belly fat. 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