breaking right now Fox News is learning President Trump is close to selecting a
new Supreme Court pick good morning everyone I'm Sandra Smith live inside
America's newsroom on this July 5th July 5th idea and I stay off yesterday I'm
Leland Vinod in for Bill Hemmer a source telling Fox News that the president has
wrapped up the interview process and days from now he is set to announce his
nomination to the highest court in the land the highest correspondent in the
land chief White House correspondent John Roberts live from the North Lawn
John were only a couple of days away from this things obviously can change
where is the diss president in his decision process now Leland and Sandra
good morning to you I told that there could still be some more short
conversations that occur over the next few days as the president makes his
final decision but the day has wrapped up the formal interview process
interviewing six judges Monday and Tuesday of this week he spoke with one
of them twice which accounts for the seven conversations that the White House
was talking about earlier in the week it was throwing of throwing us off a little
bit we didn't know if he had seven candidates or seven conversations turns
out he had six candidates and seven conversations I am told that Judge
Raymond Catholic is stock is rising he is an appellate judge from the Sixth
Circuit Court of Appeals appear appointed by President Bush in 2008 he's
51 years old so he could potentially sit on the bench for three decades he's
described as a strict constitutionalist got his law degree by the way at the
University of Michigan so it's not the typical Harvard or Yale pedigree I'm
told by some conservative groups that there is a bit of concern that his
judicial record is a little bit light but that he does appear to be a reliable
conservative judge also still in the running is Brett Kavanaugh from the DC
Circuit Court of Appeals he is said to be most in the mold of neo gore said she
was appointed last year some conservative groups have been engaged in
a whispering campaign to try to torpedo him because of an opinion that he wrote
on an Obamacare case some conservatives believe that he paved the way to save
Obamacare other conservatives though say that
that criticism is wholly unfair and Judge Amy Kony Barrett still in the
running though I'm told her stock is falling a little bit she's drawing a
tremendous amount of fire from Democrats who feared that she would overturn Roe
vs. Wade I'm told that the president would like to appoint a woman and that
nominating her would likely put Democrats like Joe Manchin Joe Joe
Donnelly and Heidi Heitkamp in a box that they would find it very difficult
to vote against a woman so she is still a possibility now a word about Senator
Mike Lee of Utah he is on the president's list of 25 and the President
did speak to him on Monday Lee described that conversation as a
quote interview sources tell Fox News that the president really called Lee to
ask what who he thought he should put on the bench and I'm told by multiple
sources that Lee is not in the running to replace Kennedy strongest horses in
the race at this point Cavanaugh Catholic and Barrett we expect an
announcement on Monday if it follows the Gorsuch model we should hear who the
next we're hopefully going to hear before then but we will be introduced to
the nominee to replace the Justice Anthony Kennedy 8 p.m. or so on Monday
night Leland alright so we have that domestically going on obviously a lot of
coverage of that you have the White House now also looking forward for
secretary pompey's trip he's overseas heading to North Korea what is the White
House saying about objectives and expectations well this really is a very
important meeting Leland and could determine how the conversation goes
forward with North Korea if it goes forward at all secretary Pompeo left
Andrews Air Force Base very early this morning just before 2 a.m.
he'll be meeting with Kim Jong Unidas top deputies there were two days the
meeting comes amid intelligence reports that North Korea is making improvements
in its uranium enrichment facility at Yongbyon and at two other locations last
weekend the National Security Advisor John Bolton said no one in the
administration is quote overburdened by naivete when it comes to North Korea and
the spokeswoman for the State Department Heather now heard saying that when he
gets there secretary Pompeo is going to make it clear what North Korea is
expected to do to live up to its side of the deal listen here
the US government keep in close eye on North Korea and the Secretary has been
very clear and very blunt with the North Koreans about what he expects and I'll
leave it at that he's going to stay overnight Pompeo will for the very first
time in Pyongyang he'll also have a stop in Japan on the way back to brief Shinzo
Abe a on the content of the talks so we'll see the president it's still very
optimistic about all of this Leland but North Korea certainly making moves that
have caused some people to doubt their sincerity even some Republicans doubting
that as well John Roberts North Lawn of the White House John thank you Sanders
thanks a little more for more on all this we go to Steve Hays editor in chief
for the Weekly Standard and a fox news contributor Steve good morning to you
morning Sandra all right so Monday night's gonna be a big night we're
learning as John Roberts just reported 8:00 p.m. Monday July 9th we expect to
have the president name his pick to fill the vacant seat expectations are rising
he apparently has narrowed it down here but judge
Raymond Kessler's you just heard stock is rising Cavanaugh Barrett what are
your expectations well I think people think conservatives think that Catholic
is a terrific intellect and a fantastic writer he's high on the list of a lot of
outside conservative groups people that I've spoken with so I think the three
that that John Roberts mentioned as sort of finalists if we're putting him in
that category would please all manner of conservatives notwithstanding the
criticism of Brett Kavanaugh that you've seen from some conservative groups this
is going to be a big decision for the president he's apparently already
completed these six interviews with six judges that process is over you know
we're all of kind of wondering here we are Thursday the day after the holiday
if the president knows yet who is going to pick just a few days left Steve this
is this is going to have a lasting impact on on this White House and this
president's legacy it will and you know what's mostly interesting about this is
is the president sort of inclination to make judgments and decisions on on a
visceral basis this is a president who trusts his gut he makes gut decisions
and you do wonder after those those rounds of interviews whether the
president doesn't have in his own who he wants to pick that said the
president doesn't sit on those decisions very often when he makes a decision we
usually learn about it shortly after he makes the decision so it could be that
he's still doing some final consultations as we head into the
weekend what does the fight look like as far as Democrats jumping in after his
pick is named Monday night well I think to a certain extent it depends who the
pick is exactly what contours the the fight will take but we know that it will
be a big bloody fight I mean I just think we're looking as we look forward
at what's about to unfold here we're looking at a fight that will be sort of
unmoored from facts I think Democrats and critics of the administration will
use the the records will had however extensive they might be for whoever is
chosen as sort of a jumping-off point to make attacks on the candidate but that
won't be limited the the attacks won't be limited to those actual factual
records you're gonna see spin you're gonna see I think misleading arguments
you've already seen some in the case of Amy Kony Barrett with the n-double-a-cp
and others going after her for something she didn't actually do I think we can
expect that that's just the beginning that we're likely to see a lot more of
the same it feels so fast but yet you know the president already had his list
two years ago so it was really coming down to these interviews which he has
now completed so we will wait that big announcement happening Monday night it
will be a big one indeed meanwhile day after the holiday here July 5th Mike
Pompeo on his way to North Korea what do you think he hopes to accomplish there
well that's a good question he's got two days of meetings which as you pointed
out was longer than he had spent before I hope that we hear more about complete
verifiable irreversible denuclearization something that the administration hasn't
spent a lot of time on since the president tweeted that North Korea was
no longer a nuclear threat I think the president's public statements make this
job that Mike Pompeo has now all the more difficult because the president has
basically taken his victory lap and said we've gotten what we wanted from North
Korea they've made these commitments to us North Korea isn't a nuclear threat
any longer and Mike Pompeo char just to go to Pyongyang to sit down
across the table with North Korean leaders and to say well despite what the
president said we do still see you as a threat your promises aren't good enough
and what we need now is a regime of verification so that we can understand
that the promises that you've made are actually being kept I think it's a very
difficult decision in any case because of the 30 years of history we have with
North Korea but it's especially difficult now given the public rhetoric
coming out of the administration yeah we'll see if he comes back with any sort
of tangible evidence of their efforts to denuclearize Steven Hayes thank you you
bet thanks Andrew all right well we have much more on the Supreme Court pic and
Secretary Mike Pompeo is trip to North Korea with today's headliner Ari
Fleischer will be joining us live at 10:30 thank you for that Fox News Alert
overseas is the race against time continues in Thailand rescue teams
fighting to save a soccer team trapped inside a cave they are draining water
from inside the cave but those efforts may be washed away as another storm is
headed to the cave area one of the other rescue possibilities having these young
soccer players swim out is court challenging obviously the zero
visibility it's a confined space
be terrifying but the children are aware of the caves and are the caves I've been
indicated very often Greg Kot live in London Greg and we talked yesterday
we're still trying to figure out what they were going to do what the rescue
plan was do they have one yet well they're still trying to figure that out
legal in again as you noted it is a race against time it is a race against water
or efforts made to save this young soccer team and their coach stuck in
that cave in northern Thailand the latest forecast from the weather
service in the area is that heavy rain is predicted as early as Saturday there
is more thinking about getting these kids out soon that would mean them
swimming and possibly using scuba gear for portions of the extrication 's and
that is very very tricky but it seems like more and more officials are willing
to take a little bit more of a risk the water is being pumped out of the flooded
cave so far 34 million gallons have been drained the water level in the cave is
going down by about a half an inch an hour but all that could be basically
washed away if those new rains come in again the
other options are drilling a tunnel to reach them or waiting until the rains
and the water subside but either of those options could take months and the
folks look like they don't want to do that Leland yeah so much of the decision
process is based on the health of these young men inside the cave we've seen
that video of them what do we know about their condition so far so good another
day of hearing about them and seeing them and it seems like they are in fact
in good shape they're getting a lot of attention now seven rescue workers Thai
Navy SEALs and others are with them all the time at any given time being swapped
out there's food and medicine and other things that they need they're said to be
chatting joking they want the latest news about the the World Cup soccer
tournament and the feeling is that emergency teams could get more food and
more supplies to them if they think if there is the possibility they could be
in there for the long haul but the real worries the psychological effect as well
they've been down there now for 12 days in the dark also if those waters
start rising then literally their breathing space could be cut off again
all the while the family's up top waiting hoping praying like I guess the
rest of the world back to you Lila yeah 8 p.m. there in Thailand already tonight
Gregg Pal cot in London Greg thanks and Wow it you think about the parents
outside the cave seeing that video of their kids inside and knowing there is
nothing they can do but efforts are ongoing to get them out and and they're
asking about the World Cups so they're in a situation where they can be
discussing that we I wish I wish I had that presence of mine yeah yeah hope for
the best for them we'll keep monitoring that situation there meanwhile two
people being exposed to the same nerve agent that put into X Russian spy and
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