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yesterday, of where some of these key senators, where their heads are, what they re really interested in by way of these questions. we saw it and heard it from senator collins, senator murkowski and the others whose eyes we are keeping locked on as we see the last what could be the last 24 hours of this incredibly historic event. dana bash, thanks so much. let s chat about this while we wait for chief justice roberts to gavel the proceedings into session. nia, one of the things that s very interesting is, big picture, the idea that president trump is going to be removed from office, 67 votes, that has never been realistic. right. but the big question right now, will there be enough votes for new witnesses, and it is astounding when you step away from this and it s tough because we re covering this all day, every minute of the day it is astounding that a conservative icon, former national security adviser of president trump, john bolton, is
we re excited about who he s going to pick. reporter: abc news has learned the president has spoken to eight candidates, at least one of whom was not on his original list of 25. they are really incredible people in so many different ways. academically, in every other way. reporter: several candidates have come for white house interviews, including judge brett kavanaugh, who sits on the court of appeals d.c. circuit. he s a former clerk of retiring justice anthony kennedy. there are two women on the presidential short list judge amy coney barrett of indiana, and judge joan larsen of michigan, both former clerks of the late conservative icon justice antonin scalia. they re also both trump appointees to the court of appeals, recently confirmed by congress. at their joint confirmation hearing, abortion took center stage. i would be bound by the precedence of the supreme court. i agree with justice larsen. reporter: judge coney barrett
we can learn about the mind-set of the actual trump team. you read the washington post hannity offers the media driven president a sympathetic ear and shared grievances. and he basically has, quote, a desk in the place. the washington post report. this should really give chills to every american the way shawn hannity is going about this. basically if you think 40 years ago we had a conservative icon who went to nixon and said you have to go. and now 40 years later we have his reported ideological heir shawn hannity and the freedom caucus now willing to assist donald trump. in that spirit let s take a look at shawn hannity on rod rosenstein. take a look. look at rod rosenstein. articles of impeachment drafted and the media is ignoring it.
sandra: fleetwood mac saying buckingham will not be on their new tour replaced by the late tom petty and the heartbreakers. no official reason given for the split. bill: it was one year ago today neil gorsuch was sworn into the u.s. supreme court succeeding a conservative icon the late antonin scalia. a closer look at one year on the bench. good morning. many conservatives had hopes that neil gorsuch would be the record shows he is closer perhaps to justice clarence thomas. his votes in the 60 or so cases he has heard have been almost exactly aligned with thomas. in 14 of the 17 non-unanimous rulings the court has issued in the last year. to the man he clerked for, the swing vote on the high court