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election have to face a question of allowing all these folks to be deported or be threatened with deportation. by not doing anything now, the question is is it easier to try to do something now and it doesn t look like it fits into the timeline. you are about to celebrate cutting taxes and you are being asked to fix obamacare and pass legislation that many consider i m not saying it s the right label, but up next, president trump s love of loyalty. before we go to break, the retirement rumors. paul ryan. all he wants to talk about today is taxes. look, i am not going anywhere any time soon. let s leave it at that.
retirement rumors are swirling this weekend around 80-year-old supreme court justice anthony kennedy and whether he could make a big announcement tomorrow at the court s last scheduled public skechedule. this would be major. he s the court s critical swing vote in case with same-sex marriage and abortion rights, and this would give president trump a chance at reshaping the court. so helping drive the speculation, of course, is that kennedy held this reunion with dozens of his former clerks this weekend. what are you hearing? reporter: you re right, all sources say he s seriously . considering retirement. and you re right, he had that reunion last night, but the people there said he didn t really address the speculation one way or the other. this would be a big change for
there were six opinions that have not yet been released. three of those were argued before justice neil were such took the bench. there is a rumor that could overshadow at all. justice anthony kennedy. the 80-year-old could be considered retirement. according to the associated press, kennedy and some of his former law clerks met for a reunion and believed he was considering stepping down. i will never reveal the justice we are paying close attention to these last are the decisions and i can tell you one thing. just as the president did that justice neil gorsuch, whenever there s vacancies come whenever that happens, he will look to somebody. at the retirement rumors are true would be a big deal for the makeup of the core because it opens the door for president
president. the president has nothing further to add on that. reporter: this from three days later. i made it clear last week, the president has nothing further. i ve answered the question over and over. reporter: and this from sarah huckabee sanders this month. could you try to find out, a lot of people are interested. sure, i ll look under the couches. reporter: when james comey testified before congress, he tried to emphasize his own credibility by saying lordy, i hope they re tapes. reporter: but lordy, there appears there are not. gary tuchman, cnn, atlanta. coming up, supreme court suspension. retirement rumors swirl around justice anthony kennedy, and whether a big announcement will come as early as tomorrow. you re live in the cnn newsroom. the most shocking result was that i m 26% native american. i had no idea. it s opened up a whole new world for me.