president will be making that announcement. i am told by talking with three specific officials close to the process who have spoke twen the president in recent days, he is increasingly intrigued at the idea of choosing a woman to be on the supreme court, the first in his few true conservative female supreme court justice. of course justice sandra day o connor was appointed by president reagan so many years ago. but in the president s view this will be the first female conservative justice. he is interviewing candidates this week. he is talking to a variety of people. it is certainly not a settled matter that he would zid on a female candidate. he is talking to at least a couple of them, we are told. jim, one of the women that he is looking sat a federal judge from chicago. you can see on the screen there the list of people. and she is someone who is very intriguing to him.