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D.c. one of the reasons we're at this state today is because both flynn's legal time and lawyers from the special counsel have been asking for extensions. more time before they do the sentencing for this one count of lying to federal investigators. and the judge in this case emmett sullivan said. hold on. this is your third request for more time and i need to understand what the status is in the case because it is highly irregular. the number of options that can explain that flynn continues to cooperate with special counsel. the special counsel wants his cooperation in the future for a trial o...

But john roberts definitively will be the median vote in the middle. not a swing vote but the court will go incrementally and minimalisticly as john roberts like to go towards the right on a host of issues. doesn't mean that every case in which justice kennedy joined with the liberals in a 5-4 decision will be overturned. not at all especially not the abortion realm but over time we'll see different types of lawsuits and cases where conservatives of various stripes will like. >> sandra: you ask will he be too much like john roberts? >> that's the one concern that republicans, conservatives, li...

Judge isn't to favor one kind of party or another. it is to apply the law as it is written, apply the constitution based on the words, what they meant when they were enacted. if that's not good, then let the legislature fix that and hopefully he will hammer that message home in various contexts. >> sandra: thank you for your time this morning. good to have you. >> >> bill: president trump answering the question if he gave kim jong-un a signed cd of elton john. reports saying mike pompeo gave chairman kim the cd. the president said that was not the case. >> they didn't give it. i have it for hi...

>> president trump: tonight it is my honor and privilege to announce i will nominate judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. [applause] universally regarded as one of the finest and sharpest legal minds of our time. there is no one in america more qualified for this position and no one more deserving. >> mr. president, thank you. if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united states and the american rule of law. >> now we have the name. he will begin the gauntlet tomorrow. >> on to the con...

We don't know the paper trail on the judges on it to where there are clues to the thinking, but as susan collins said that, neil gorsuch talked to me about precedent, i want to underscore what matt brought up in the janus case, and this is just wednesday a few weeks ago that he was part of the 5-4 majority and the key swing vote that overturned a 1977 case called abaaoud versus the detroit board of education. so i don't know if susan collins said what she said, and maybe giving some sort of benefit of the doubt or trying to be diplomatic, but for the man who wrote a book on precedent, he undid...