about what that might look like. the timetable is this summer. president obama has to name the person he wants on the court. think about it, if this it was this divisive on an appellate court hearing, imagine what the supreme court nomination hearings could be like. a lot of depends on who president obama picks, someone mid range to left, no fireworks, if someone conservative, expect a huge fight. remember republicans have numbers for a filibuster but only if they stick together. i m trying to decide if be a unusual mind is a compliment. keeping our eyes on politics, the buzz around washington these days is that the president has got his mojo back, thanks to his win after a hard-fought healthcare battle. outside the beltway, americans are souring on the president. the latest poll finding his approval below 50%, lower than
board. navy exchanged fire in the past ten days near somalia. justice john paul stevens retirement presents president obama with an opportunity and a challenge. mr. obama gets to appoint a supreme court justice. but depending who the nominee is, there could be confirmation fight ahead. malini wilkes has the story. reporter: good afternoon. after the bitter healthcare battle and with the mid-term elections looming, controversial supreme court pick could result in partisan fight. president obama says he will pick someone like stevens to replace him but the republicans promise to put up a fight if the nominee is too liberal. they will get down when the court wraps up the court this summer and hoping a justice can be confirmed before the next term begins in october. he s 89 and the longest-serving member of the court. president obama says he will nominate someone with similar qualities including
come now, don t lead me down the primrose path. we re tight ownership on things we need to be tight on. we re looking at climate issues, very engaged in education and working on infrastructure. but this is a political operation. neil: tom, i m saying you re blocking. i think you re blocking. you may think i m blocking. i think we re working it in a way that s going to let us keep going longer, further and better. neil: it s always a pleasure. thank you very much. i love having you on. well, it s good to see you. i ll be up soon. neil: thank you. a quick programming note. we re headed back to washington. the healthcare battle continues and we re live there friday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. coverage at 6:00 p.m. on the fox business. if you don t get that. demand it? indeed. saturday a two-hour special of the cost of freedom kicking off at 10:00 a.m. eastern where the
shepard: the healthcare battle, why don t we debate the differences. let s talk about how it affects you today. our fox new poll, 35% of americans favor the legislation down from january. 55% oppose t it s important to note if the bill passes, it s going to take years for some parts of the laws to take effect but other changes would happen off the bat. what s what? joining me, jerry willis. host of the new show on fox business, the willis report and correspondent for fbn. wech. thank you. for working parents, they ve been paying a ton of dough. almost $14,000 in annual premiums. that will continue to go up. if you re paying almost $14,000 in annual premiums, that s a like a come pact car every year. the costs will go up.
going to be live in washington for special coverage of the ongoing healthcare battle. kicks off friday at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. we got democratic congressmen elyia cummings, paul ryan, former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina, jerry thompson. saturday, two hours of live coverage kicking off with special cost of freedom at 10:00 through noon. mark levin, altmeeyer. don imus, mike huckabee and the guest that won t leave. staying in your apartment until 1:00, raiding the refrigerator. 4:00 p.m. eastern time. we stick around. that s the time we could get a vote but regardless, it s all coming to a very dramatic crescendo. i ask the staff, save the drum beat music. it will come in handy. mentime, coming up [ busy signal ]