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His investigation into russias election interference. Good morning, everyone. Its thursday, june 28th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian and louis burgdorf. The political battle lines are already being drawn over the replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony kennedy who has announced he is retiring. Justice kennedy made that announcement yesterday saying he will step down at the end of next month. Now, his decision paves the way for the most significant change in the high courts makeup in nearly half a century. The move will allow President Trump the chance to shape the court into a solidly conservative one for years to come if not generations. Despite his refusal to replace the late justice, mcconnell made it clear yesterday he plans to start the process of replacing Justice Kennedy as soon as possible. We will vote to confirm Justice Kennedys successor this fall. Its imperative that the president s nominee be considered fairly and not subjected to personal attacks. And a number of senators are speaking out on the fight over kennedys replacement. Jeff flake told the daily beast yesterday he plans to block President Trumps judicial nominees until Senate Republican leaders allow a vote on legislation to restrict the president s authority to impose tariffs. Meanwhile democratic senator released a statement that read in part quote, i was taught that two wrongs dont make a right. Let in his statement fellow democrat senator said this. Senators have a responsibility to do our jobs as elected officials and this includes our constitutional obligation to advise and consent on a nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. Different views were offered on the replacement process. Watch this. It doesnt matter to me who the president is. The president under the constitution has the authority to put forth Supreme Court nominees, and then we have our job to do in considering them. I felt that it was a mistake that justice that judge garland was not given a hearing in full consideration by the senate and i think it would be a mistake if the democrats repeated that error and tried to block us from considering as the senate whomever is put forth by President Trump. Are you guys going to play hard ball this time and say youre not going to rush this through us in a few months . Based on every conversation so far this afternoon, everybodys prepared to play hard ball. So obviously a very interesting conversation ahead to say the least. Senator harriss fellow Judiciary Committee members will weigh in on the fight shaping up over replacing Justice Kennedy. And President Trump said yesterday the search for the next Supreme Court justice will begin immediately. He talked about Justice Kennedy at a rally in north dakota last night and implored his audience to keep the senate and republic at hand this november. Anthony kennedy, a special guy also Just Announced a little while ago his retirement. 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. And remember this so we have a pick to come up. We have to pick a great one. Justice kennedys retirement makes the issue of Senate Control one of the vital issues of our time. The most important thing we can do. Democrats want judges who will rewrite the constitution any way they want to do it and take away your 2nd amendment, erase your borders, throw open the jailhouse doors, and destroy your freedoms. We must elect more republicans. We have to do that. All right. So kennedys retirement has the potential to reshape the court on several controversial issues. For instance during his 2016 Campaign Donald trump vowed to nominate justices who would work to overturn row v wade. The landmark ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. Do you want to see the court overturn row v wade . If we put another two or perhaps three justices on thats really whats that will happen and that will happen automatically in my opinion because i am putting pro life justices on the court. But some republicans like senator Susan Collins do not agree with that. Well, first of all, i view row v wade as being settled law. Its clearly precedent and i always look for judges who respect precedent. All right. Joining us now from washington, Senior Writer at roll call, great to have you with us this morning. Are we likely to see a Supreme Court nominee voted on in the senate before the midterms . I think that is the central question that people are waking up to this morning. I think thats absolutely what were looking for. What i heard yesterday around the capitol was certainly Mitch Mcconnell, the majority leader saying that the nomination vote will likely be sometime in the fall. Just to give you a little better sense of the calendar. The majority whip, john cornyn is anticipating that the confirmation hearings themselves will take place when senators are in town during what was previously supposed to be the august recess. Remember that was already cancelled so there will be plenty of time in august to go through the hearing process to potentially set up a vote in september or early october. And red state democrats are going to be feeling the heat on this one. What do you see and what are you hearing as the plan for democrats Going Forward with regards to this what could shape up to be a pretty contentious confirmation battle between the Trump Presidency . It could be one of the most contentious Supreme Court battles weve seen in a while if not ever, but really whats going to be curious to see what happens is the usual suspects, the democrats who are in states that President Trump won. Like joe man chin in West Virginia who was the first to come out in support of judge gorsuch and those are the guys and women who were going to be looking at most notably because if they flip early and come out and support early then there really wont be much of a battle. The president when he ran in the campaign had a list of 20 and he expanded it to 25 judges that he put out publicly to show the voters who is he would put on the court if he were elected. Who are some of the early names being floated as possible picks to replace Justice Kennedy on the court . Well, if i were handicapping right now i would put thapar at the top of the list. This is a federal circuit judge in cincinnati. A favorite of Mitch Mcconnell. If mcconnell has the ear of trump hes more likely than not the pick. A couple other choices that i would point to, amy barrett who is a notre dame law professor whos now a circuit judge as well as Brett Kavanaugh and we know he would seem like a logical choice to come from kennedy. Were going to wait and see what happens here. I think we are all confident this wont be an easy road ahead. One of the points made yesterday was interesting in his letter that he announced the date he was going to resign july 31st as opposed to Supreme Court justices saying i will resign when a replacement has been confirmed. Which begs the question why he was so specific about that date in announcing that. Thank you. Good seeing you. Thank you. And President Trump was in fargo, north dakota to rally for the opponent of democratic senator. As usual the president did not restrain himself from continuing his streak of invoking republican senator john mccains vote to repeal obamacare and adding new and personal attacks against democrats. Now they have a new leader. Whos the new leader . Maxine waters is their new leader. Maxine waters. I think shes taking over schumer, pelosi and maxine. Maxine. Shes a beauty. Another person campaigned for eight years, repeal and replace, and we were surprised when the thumb went down but were doing very well. One of my biggest critics, a sloefenly man camed joe crowley got his ass kicked. By a young woman who had a lot of energy. She had a lot of energy. I guess he didnt see it. They couldnt find him. Now hes just looking at us and saying darling, what happened . All right. So the Justice Department has not appealed tuesday nights court ord early starer. It remains unclear how the Trump Administration will comply with that deadline given the haphazard way the family separation policy went into effect. Meanwhile internal investigations have been launched at the health and Human Services department where the inspector says it will conduct a wide ranging review of conditions at shelters and the Government Accountability office told the top democrat on the committee it would audit the administrations process for that can tracking separated migrant families. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell was asked about the administrations claim it could easily locate and reunify families. This was his response. Are you confident in their ability . It seems like were getting mixed messages. I simply dont know the answer to that question. Ive got several members that are much greater experts on all of this than i am. The president had said perhaps we dont need judges, we dont neat courts recently. He said this twice in the last couple of days. If someone comes to the border throw them out. No, i think we need to follow the law and i think we do need some more judges. What were learning about the newly announced summit between President Trump and russias Vladimir Putin. This as we get details about financial ties between Paul Manafort and a Russian Oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin. Those storyryies and a check on your weather when we come back. Your heart doesnt only belong to you. So if you have heart failure, ask your doctor about entresto. It helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. Dont take entresto if pregnant. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if youve had angioedema with an ace or arb. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. Entresto, for heart failure. But one blows them all out of the water. Hydro boost from neutrogena®. With hyaluronic acid to plump skin cells so it bounces back. Neutrogena® i do. Check out the new united explorer card. Saving on this saving on this saving in here. 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I havent gotten the full report yet but it would look like we will probably be meeting sometime in the not too distant future and ive said it from day one. Getting along with russia and china is a very good thing. Its good for the world, its good for us, its good for everybody so well probably be meeting sometime around my trip to europe. So the meeting, which is expected to take place next month comes as the Mueller Investigation continues to probe russian interference in the 2016 president ial election and possible collusion between russia and the trump campaign. It will also occur roughly four months before the midterm elections which u. S. Intel agencies warn is another prime target for the kremlin. Every conversation thats been had between thattym aware of between the United States government and our counter parts. Two or three times i raised the issue, i am confident when president meets with Vladimir Putin he will he will make clear that meddling in our elections is completely unacceptable. So trump and putin have met twice before on the sidelines of the g20 summit last july and the as asia pacific summit last november. He revealed highly classified information in that meeting. Even more financial ties are being reported between Paul Manafort and a Russian Oligarch whos closely linked to Vladimir Putin. An fbi agent said that he had reviewed the tax returns for a Company Controlled by manafort and his wife and according to reuters it showed a 10 million loan from russian billionaire. Last october nbc revealed financial documents which revealed a 60 million relationship between the Russian Oligarch and manafort over the past decade. There was also this report from the Washington Post last september that claims manafort emailed an intermediary and offered to give private briefings on the 2016 campaign. As the post reports in one april Exchange Days after trump named manafort as a campaign strategist, manafort asked the intermediary how they use his positive press and reputation to quote, get whole. He has been indicted in washington, d. C. And virginia on charges of conspiring to launder money, bank and tax fraud and for failing to register as a foreign agent. His first trial starts next month. Lets get a check on your weather with bill karins. A little rain out there this morning. Good morning. Just a little bit of heavy rain going through new england. Could get some minor flooding problems. Heaviest rain right now is in areas of western connecticut and now heading up all the way through massachusetts. Not a fun ride and another band of rain through the poconos. So this will shiftily shift through this morning. This afternoon will be better. Heres by noon. Notice the rain showed in green and the yellows, a lot of the heavy stuff shifts north ward. Were fine new york city to philadelphia. There could be a hit and miss shower but the heavy stuff will be done. So as far as the heat goes, this is the story of the week. 37 million under heat advisories or heat warnings. From tulsa, oklahoma, and now all the way up here into areas of ohio. For today the hottest temperatures will be felt in the middle of the country. I know denver could be 101 today. Kansas city, the heat index would be 111. As weve been talking it begins to arrive on the east coast friday. Youll really feel it by the time you get to saturday. Washington, d. C. Will feel like 100. How about that, guys . Detroit feels like 108. Hottest day in new york city by the way will be on sunday. Welcome to summer. Still ahead, a simply stunning upset. Cant describe it. The defending champs go crashing out of the group stage. 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Im rooting for everybody to do well, but i think the venue has been fantastic. They really have shown something very special. President weighing in on the world cup now. Time now for sports. Yesterdays action did not disappoint. Germany wont be adding a fifth title to its resume. They make an early exit from this years tournament crashing out of the group stage for the first time in history following yesterdays 2nil loss courtesy of south korea. Germanys defeat means mexico moves on to the knockout stage despite their 3nil loss yesterday to sweden which advances to the round of 16 atop of group f. Brazil finishes atop group e. That eliminates serbia and will meet mexico in the knockout round. And switzerlands 22 draw already eliminated costa rica is good enough for them to join the group of 16 as well. Heres a look at todays matchups. A spot in the final 16 is at stake for both senegal and colombia during their match this morning while already eliminated poland aims to keep a win to keep japan from their third ever knockout stage at the world cup and this afternoon england and belgium will be competing for the top spot in group g as both teams have already qualified to advance but i expect that to be a really good match while tunisia against panama which is winless so far. Be sure to catch all of the world cup action on telemundo. Im declaring theres a and a lot of people are saying this. Theres a world cup champions curse because germany now is the third team, you have spain, you had france, they win the world cup the previous one and then they get knocked out the following world cup so i think a lot of people are now starting to say there must be some kind of curse. Who knew you were superstiti superstition. It was the first time germany has gotten out of this group stage in i think 17 world cups. Wow, im sure it was disappointing for a lot of those players yesterday. You culould see it on their faces on the pitch. Much more on Anthony Kennedys retirement and what it means for the future of the Supreme Court. Plus Harley Davidson strikes back over President Trumps comments about it moving production overseas. Only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. They release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. Tylenol® you might or joints. Hing for your heart. But do you take something for your brain. With an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brainhealth supplement in drug stores nationwide. Prevagen. The name to remember. If you have moderate to severe or psoriatic arthritis, Little Things can be a big deal. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not an injection or a cream. Its a pill that treats differently. For psoriasis, 75 clearer skin is achievable with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. 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For the second time in his presidency, donald trump is set to nominate another justice for the Supreme Court after Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement after 30 years on the court. The president s choice is expected to shift this court further to the right. This vacancy allows donald trump to reshape the Supreme Court, to make it solidly conservative for years to come. Its sure to be one of the most important and lasting decisions of his presidency. Anthony kennedys retirement will set in motion the biggest change in the u. S. Supreme court in half a century. Thats because kennedy has often been the most influential justice casting the deciding vote. This was Anthony Kennedys court because you couldnt get a major issue decided without his vote almost without exception if it was a critical hot button issue it was up to him. Justice kennedy hand delivered this to the white house calling it a respectful and formal notification that he intends to retire july 31st. Although Ronald Reagan put him on the court hes been the swing justice for 12 years since oconnor retired. When kennedy voted with the four conservative justices they upheld the tral ban, allowed corporate money in politics. The court cut back on the death penalty, declared that detainees have legal rights and limited state crackdowns on immigrants. He wrote the landmark 2015 decision that struck down bans on same sex marriage after writing a series of rulings on g gay rights. The president s choice is sure to be far more conservative than kennedy as the first Trump Nominee gorsuch has been in his first year on the court. A kennedy departure could also put abortion rights in doubt. He has consistently supported the basic role of row v wade. Hes the courts second oldest justice. His retirement will end nearly 31 years of service on the Supreme Court. Justices often say theyll step down when their successor is nominated ancon firmed by Justice Kennedy puts extra pressure on the white house and the senate to get somebody affirmed when the new term begins. So the Supreme Court has dealt a major blow to unions in the Public Sector in a decision that could impact their financial makeup. In a 54 Decision Just yesterday the court struck down a 40year precedent on socalled agency fees that they collect from nonmembers. Unions argued that losing the agency fees will contribute to a free rider program. Now, without those agency fees thedown i dont knows wont be able to afford the lawyers and other staff that handle their negotiations in turn makes it a worse deal for workers. A recent nonpartisan study predicted that ruling would cause them to lose a quarter of a million members. President trump tweeting that it was a loss for the cougheffers the democrat. Tom, good morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us today. Very much appreciate it. Good morning. Lets talk about this Public Sector union. We know they play a major role in campaign ffrsing for elections. How could we see the effects of this Going Forward . There is a spillover effect if Public Employee unions start to implode a little bit because they have fewer members. Then there will be less support from those unions to the Democratic National committee and the like. The concern here is that if you dont have to contribute to a union and you can get represented by it for free, why would you contribute . And weve seen that in a number of states where Public Employee unions have not been allowed to collect those fees. Great to have you with us this morning. I wanted to ask about Justice Kennedys retirement announcement. Lets take a look back for a moment. Are there any previous rulings that could be overturned with another conservative trump pick Going Forward . Oh, sure, you could pick really big hot button issues. For example Justice Kennedy joins several opinions as pete story mentioned upholding the core of row v wade. Its highly unlikely that it would overrule row formally. Another example is that Justice Kennedy joined the majority in upholding the ability of states to have affirmative action programs in higher education. Another more conservative vote would be very likely to reverse that decision and you could go on to gun rights, the separation of church and state. There is definitely a list that conservatives have of trying to advance the ball and move the law to right that youll see in front of the Supreme Court over the next few years. Expanding on the reversal of row v wade. A lot of people have been talking about that over the last 24 hours or so. Why would you say its pretty unlikely that that would be overturned . Well, because even conservatives in the judiciary have been tactical about this. I think they feel if they were to overturn that kind of fundamental precedent you could see a real backlash in the country where they can accomplish the same thing by gutting row and allowing states to adopt more and more restrictions and those restrictions arent quote unquote an undue burden. Theres just so much play in the technical legal rule, they can allow states to adopt a lot more restrictions and still not be accused of just overturning such a critical decision. So handing responsibility over to the states other than at a national level. How are we likely to see the votes pan out . Is there anyone on your short list that you see . Well, in terms of who would be confirmed to the seat . I think theres probably three or four judges on the courts of appeals who are regarded as the most likely candidates. You have Brett Kavanaugh who is a judge in washington, d. C. , Thomas Hardman is a federal appeals judge, amy barrett is another judge. These are all people who kind of were put into the farm system, if you will, by the last president bush or at the very beginning of the Trump Administration. All right. It will be interesting how this all plays out. Thanks for getting up early for us, tom. And President Trump for the first time publicly offered his support for the houses compromise immigration bill after telling republicans behind closed doors last week that he supported their immigration strategy 1,000 . House republicans should pass the strong but fair immigration bill known as good law 2 in their afternoon vote today even though the dems wont let it pass in the senate. Passage will show that we want strong borders and security while the dems want open borders equals crime, win. Just hours later the house rejected the bill with all democrats and 112 republicans voting against it. The compromise effort drew less support than the conservative alternative that was defeated in the chamber last week and the bill voted on yesterday would have provided nearly 25 billion for trumps border wall, provided protection from deportation and a path for citizenship for 1. 8 million dreamers and keep undocumented families who had crossed the border together if the parents were facing prosecution. So after a torrent of criticism for moving some production to europe, harleydavidson is hitting back. President trump continued to bash the legendary motorcycle brand on twitter quote harleydavidson should stay in america. Ive done so much for you and then this. Other companies are coming back where they belong. We wont forget and neither will your kcustomers or your very happy competitors. This is a memo leaked to the wall street journal which says in part, quote, wed rather not make investments to address these regulatory hurdles and take the profit hit but we are doing so to protect european riders and our dealers. We believe its important to protect them and this is a point we are happens missed by some people who believe who want to believe a simple headline because its easier to do so. Europe is harleys second largest market and it estimates tariffs will cost it 100 million annually. The stock market continued its slide yesterday. Are you worried your tariffs are backfiring . No, theyre doing great. The tariffs have been incredible and our country is doing great. Were doing really good. All right. Switching gears here, the Deputy Attorney general and fbi director set to testify before the house Judiciary Committee later today. Rod rosenstein and cyst mer wray a Christopher Wray are expected to be grilled over the 2016 election. It comes one day after peter was questioned behind closed doors. He was reassigned after it was discovered he had sent anti trump Text Messages during the campaign. Members of the committee have not said much about what happened in yesterdays closed Committee Room but the chairman said some of what was discovered could be made public when rosenstein and wray appear before the committee today. Another Trump Administration official contradicting the president. The new remarks from mike pompeo on whether north Korea Remains a nuclear threat. Plus, bill karins is back with details on strong storms hitting a large part of the country today. One of the main outcomes from the trumpkim summit that president touts was what he said was to return the remains offalen u. S. Soldiers who died during the korean war. However, the president and the secretary of state who has been leading the american side of negotiations are not really on the same page as to when those remains are actually being returned. I asked chairman kim would it be possible be able to get the replains back of all those great heroes from so many years ago and youve probably read theyve already done 200 people. Its my understanding that in fact we have not yet received any remains from north korea. I am optimistic that we will begin to have two opportunities, one is to receive some remains in the not too distant future. And just to be clear we have not received any. Thats correct. We have not yet physically received them. Lets get a check on your weather now with bill karins. Youre tracking some storms today but you say sunday is going to be the hottest day in new york this season. Yeah, in areas of the northeast on sunday but the rest of the country starting now especially areas in kansas all the way back through denver, some areas of oklahoma, some of the hottest days so far. Today we have 160 Million People that will experience 90 degree plus heat index. So were just about half the population will feel over 90 degrees today. Notice the numbers go up on to friday. We go up to 210 Million People. And 90 Million People will experience a hundred plus. By saturday 225 million. 80 million over a hundred so we will cool it off on sunday a little bit in the central plains. The dangerous heat though moving through. The hottest temperature ever recorded in denver was 105. So when you get to 102 today thats an impressive number for denver. 102 also in dallas today and starting to warm up in the east. D. C. Should be about 90. Notice the rain especially the first half. Were also going to see thunderstorms coming out of montana and a couple tornados here from bismark to fargo, about 1. 5 Million People at risk of Severe Weather today. Large hail and damaging wind. As we go into saturday strong storms from minnesota to nebraska. Still triple digit heat from texas and as we mentioned very hot day. Were looking at about 94 in new york city on sunday. 94 in washington, d. C. So feels very much like the middle of july even though its the end of june. All right. Thanks for that. Still ahead, u. S. And china trade tensions continue to put pressure on the Global Markets as investors continue their selling streak. Imagine flying from new york to london in just two hours. Breakfast in new york, lunch in london. Wow, details on how this plane may be the ticket to cutting down your Cross Atlantic travel. And at expedia, we dont think you should be rushed into booking one. Thats why we created expedias addon advantage. 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Lets turn to business now here in the u. S. Took a sharp turn into the negative territory jed with the dow erasing a 285 point gain. This concerns over the trade dispute continues to weigh heavily on wall street. Were joined live from london with more. How are the markets looking overseas this morning . Morning. Markets are not looking that good. We have chinese equities down 1 yet again. They are officially in bare territory. That is 20 territory, 20 off the 52week high. European equities started green, but the gains have been wiped out. The underperforming sectors are technology and autos, thats a theme for the last couple of weeks. Interestingly in the u. S. As well, nasdaq, which is the Technology Index has also started to underperform. And that tells you that as the tech sector is beginning to get affected by some discussions going on between china and the u. S. Speaking of the tech sectors, news out of amazon, theyre looking to compete with Postal Services now. Yesterday they announced a new program called the Delivery Service partners, designed to let entrepreneurs run their own Delivery Networks using amazon prime vans and you can start a business with as little as 10,000 investment. Amazon spent 20 billion on shipping costs alone last year. Interesting story here, boeing has unveiled a design for a new plane that could take you from new york to london in less time than it takes to watch some movies, when can we expect these planes to take to the skies . And i guess could you literally have breakfast in london and lunch in new york. In the time that it takes. Absolutely. Im actually surprised it took them this long. Let me tell you a little bit it. The plane could fly at 4,000 miles per hour, three times the speed of the concorde and it should be able to cruise at 95,000 feet. 30,000 feet higher than the concorde, but its not going to go into service until the late 2030s, it is estimated that it will take two hours to cross the atlantic, three hours to cross the pacific. But, lewis, i should point out thats a little shorter than the time it would take you to watch a rerun of titanic. He loves his titanic. King of the world over there. I enjoy watching a full movie on a flight. I dont know if i would take that flight. The thing is how much is this going to cost. Thats what i want to know. This is going to be like a 10,000 ticket. I think if more people do it it might over the course of its life become cheaper. A lot of people as our producer was saying, would rather have a flight from new york to d. C. That gets us there faster than the train. Joumanna bercetche, thanks so much. Coming up, axios Nick Johnston has a look at this mornings one big thing. And on morning joe, President Trump facing an opportunity to reshape the Supreme Court for decades to come, as Anthony Kennedy announce as decision to retire. A political dogfight over his replacement. Senators dick durbin and Richard Blumenthal will weigh in as they whether to block the president s pick for the next justice. Morning joe moments away. So i drink boost to get the nutrition im missing. Boost high protein now has 33 more protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals. And it has a guaranteed great taste. Man boost gives me everything i need to be up for doing what i love. Boost high protein. Be up for it. Boost high protein. Show of hands. Lets get started. Who wants customizable options chains . Ones that make it fast and easy to analyze and take action . How about some of the lowest options fees . Are you raising your hand . 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With a look at axios a. M. , editor in chief for axios nicholas johnston. Before we get to one big thing. We got to congratulate you guys at axios for being named the best digital startup at the 2018 Digital Media awards, wed like to feel we had a part in that. You guys got the word out. Whats the one big thing this morning for axios . President trump tightening his hold over all of government we knew he was oneman west wing. Didnt listen to his aides, couldnt be reined in, didnt take advice from outside experts very often. Republicans control both the house and the senate. They had not been a check on his power. Now with Justice Kennedys retirement, trump has an opportunity to reshape the court. Removing one more check on his power in the judicial branch. One republican who likened trumps power now as to what president george w. Bush had shortly after 9 11. When all the government was united behind him. One republican told us the reason hes able to pull this off is that he successfully united economic conservatives, National Security conservatives and social conservatives into a very powerful bloc. One caveat among all voters, trump has a majority negative approval rating. Take us inside trumps thinking here as he and the administration are compiling a short list for Supreme Court nominees. The Supreme Court wasnt something donald trump thought about a lot. He knew his supporters were super interested in some of the social issues he were to consider. So remember during the campaign he announced his short list for Supreme Court justices to fill the scalia vacancy. He thought that was a political masterstroke that got his conservative backers riled up. He added to that again in november. One thing we have on axios this morning is a chart listing how conservative that list is, far more conservative than Justice Kennedy, who hes replacing. Trump is going with conservative allies like ralph reed, the Federalist Society which vet as lot of conservative judges at the lower positions. One thing to note, the ages. Trump is very interested in appointing young justice, someone who can serve on the court for 30, 40 years, all the ones at the top of the list are late 40s or early 50s. I got to ask you about the courts composition. I know that axios has reported that trump doesnt think that this will be his last scotus pick. Does this put pressure on somebody as well as Justice Ruth Bader ginsberg, to at least stick around through potential 2020 president ial run in. Thats exactly right. Trump tells his friends he thinks he might get four justices on the Supreme Court. After the next one hell only be halfway there. The next two oldest justices, ruth bader ginsberg, over 80. Whats the long game here for the democrats . Things arent looking good for them at the moment. Thats a great question. A lot to fire up the base. Trying ing ting to delay the vh as possible. Mitch mcconnell said he wants it to happen before the court comes in in october. Can you pressure pro choice republican senators to possibly vote against a hardline conservative just snis can you fire up the base to try to win seats in the senate to push this off to give democrats more power. Is this going to be an issue come the mid terms if in fact there isnt a judicial nominee in place and whether or not the nominee as it stands now, Mitch Mcconnell changing that number to 54 to get you know the last justice approved . No this will be a transcendent issue in the mid terms, like the best tweets about this is that this is seism seismic, theres nothing bigger than a Supreme Court justice nomination. This will be a huge issue if its not done by the mid terms, it will factor in, if it is done, its going to be a huge motivating factor to get peel to the polls. Do you see this getting done by the mid terms . Mitch mcconnell seems to have the votes. So i think they might be able to get this done before the court starts up in october. Nicholas johnston live in d. C. Well be riding axios a. M. In just a bit. Dont forget you can sign up for the newsletter by going to si signup. Axios. Com. Morning joe starts right now. She practically was telling people the other day to assault, can you imagine if i said the things she said . If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you . I will pay for the legal fees, i promise. Maybe he should have been roughed up. Id like to punch him in the face. Can you imagine seriously if i said that or, somebody else said that . Not that difficult to imagine, because he did. Not that difficult. Because thats