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Politically in any confirmation hearing that happens this fall, if they can get a hearing this fall before the election, manchin will be hard-pressed to vote against the president. >> shepard: john, you broke the news 23 minutes as that the president made the decision. i know the federalist society gave him the list. do you know who he's opinion conferring before he made that decision? >> he's been conferring a lot of people. he's been talking to leonard leo. leo was on an outside orbit. don mcgann is his white house counsel. the president met with everybody except for hardiman last week. an i...

Clarence thomas. i doubt in the end that they would vote against him though. the question is, during this period of time after the nominee is announced, what comes out about the nominee. that will tell if the republicans can hold their votes and whether the democratic side gives a few votes. >> shepard: very interesting. thanks, richard. >> any time. thanks. >> shepard: another programming note. that is the floor of the senate. chuck schumer just wrapped up. he talked first about the supreme court before moving on to other matters. it's our understanding from our producer that mitch mcconnell,...

In getting a confirmation with kavanaugh because of the length of his records and the amount of documents that would have to be gone over by the judicial committee and the senate. the potential for democrats to slow walk that process. maybe hardiman is somebody in the middle there. a staunch conservative. he was known as your guest pointed out the runner-up and doesn't trump feel like he owes him this time around. the same circuit as president trump's sister. and he's in town. again. it would be ironic, shep, because he's on the judicial conference of the united states, which typically meets u...

>> shepard: we interrupt this commercial break to bring you mitch mcconnell and his talk on the supreme court live on the senate floor now. listen in. >> the name of the federal judge anthony kennedy. after president reagan nominated then judge kennedy to the court in 1987, these far left special interest groups impinged his character. they cooked up apocalyptic warnings about all the terrible things. terrible things that would happen to americans if he were confirmed to the court. of course, the american people didn't buy it. a majority of senators saw through the hyperbole and hysteria and c...

Witnesses. what has the white house said he wants to meet in secret? >> well, look, this is certainly the secrecy of the meeting, that is something that is rating greater concerns. this focus on the meetings and the high profile events is important. part of what is happening here is not just what happens ott these big events, but it's what is happening behind the scenes. mid level bureaucrats are communicating all the time. the lack of trust in those communications, the europeans don't know who to talk to in the trump administration has fractured the alliance even more and made information har...