For decades. A 54 majority on the highest court in the land. The finalists include three men and one woman with the newest contender Thomas Hardiman really coming into the picture in the final hours. Hardiman was runner up to the president s First Supreme Court Justice Nominee originally. But just like the others, hardiman will face opposition for most senate democrats. Thats because theres all kinds of fear out there that the president s choice may undermine both roe v. Wade and obamacare, according to a top party source. The president s Supreme Court pick kicks off a huge week ahead for him. So after he shapes the courts future tonight, President Trump moves on to critical meetings with nato, the british Prime Minister and vladimir putin. Lets go straight to the white house to our chief there jim a costa. On the pick, we heard the front runner has been changing by the hour. What are you hearing right now . I think thats right. Although it seems that a lot of the focus has been zeroin
Negotiations. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is monday, july 9th. It is 3 00 p. M. In thailand. Breaking news. Rescue operations have resumed in thailand. Divers reentering the underground cave where eight boys and the soccer coach remain stuck for the 17th day. Four boys evacuated sunday are in good health. Rescue teams are running out of time. Mission complicated by the forecast of heavy rains. We have ivan watson near the cave with the latest. Ivan, good morning. Reporter good morning, debate covera good morning, dave and christine. A second day of rescue operations are under way deep in the mountain behind me in the cave complex there where the soccer team has been trapped for more than two weeks. We dont know how many remaining eight boys and 25yearold coach that the rescuers are trying to pull out today. As you mentioned, four were rescued last night and choppered to hospital in the provincial capital to review health risks with the immune levels
The biggest name in basketball comes face to face with the most outspoken father in the game. You know what im talking about. The ball is in our court tonight, lavar ball. Anything can happen when hes on live tv. What better way to celebrate Independence Day eve . So what do you say . Lets get after it. All right. Lets go to the whiteboard and Start Talking about this big news that dropped today, the senate intel findings on russian interference. Ho first, this was bipartisan, okay . In the Senate Intelligence committee. But it was gopled. Chairman richard burr, hardliner. No joke. Not looking to please anybody. They spent 16 months looking at this. Heres the big headline. The Intelligence Community got it right. The quote is, no reason to dispute those conclusions. What are they . Russia meddled as part of an elaborate scheme to disrupt our democracy. Putin motivated it. And the kremlin had a clear preference. And that preference was for donald trump. Now, this also wasnt a matter of