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On select hotels right until the day you leave. ♪ add-on advantage. discounted hotel rates when you add on to your trip. only when you book with expedia. >> harris: we're working on the story from many angles today about the u.s. supreme court pick by the president of the united states. president republicans praising the president's supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, as a judge who will help uphold the constitution. but social conservatives appear to be split over the president's decision. here's former gop senator rick santorum. >> donald trump said he was going to energize the base. i...

Brett kavanaugh, and raymond kethledge. judges kavanaugh and kethledge have far more experience on the bench. we're told the president loves the idea of ivy league education. jackie kucinich joins our panel now. all right, judge jackie. >> oh. >> i like that. got a good ring. look, you see the competition now. you hear about phone calls to the white house staff, senators trying to get through to the president, the attack ads out there. these three finalists, the establishment pick would be brett kavanaugh. this president likes to thrive himself on being anti-establishment. why would it be bret...

Nominee and right now they're hoping it's a kavanaugh style more establishment pick but i don't think it matters. they will end up voting for whoever is picked. >> there is a back door way which would be heidi heitkamp, joe manchin, joe donnelly make their views clear early in which case susan collins' vote doesn't matter and she gets political cover if she wants it. i don't know that she does but i can see that being a narrow back door path. >> guys, thank you for your insights into this breaking news. meanwhile we're following the fate of the children that have been lost. we have word the go...

President, has a democratic governor. the more that the supreme court is an issue, closer and closer to november, the more difficult it will be for him to swim in these waters, whereas his republican opponent will be standing side by side to president trump and velcroed himself to the president to his advantage. >> the flip side of this, we talk about these democrats in red states, also the republican wild cards and really the big republican wild card right now is susan collins, the signal she's sending about roe. when you look at these three potential picks we're talking about here, do you se...

Speaker's race is president trump. as of now his aides tell me he will stay on the sideline of this potential speaker's fight. he is not going to get engaged but we know he is close to kevin mccarthy. and kevin mccarthy is eager to get the president's support. watch what he will do to get the president's loyalty and support here. of course, he likes him but he is very much an establishment pick. the president's base does not necessarily like kevin mccarthy. watch what he does to get the loyalty. >> might take more than a few starbursts. is that what you are trying to tell me there? >> i am wat...