is in the final stages of deciding his pick for the supreme court. sources familiar with the vetting process tell fox news the top three candidates are brett kavanaugh, amy barrett and raymond kethledge but there is a growing sense inside the white house that kethledge could be the front-runner. personal relationships are extremely important to president trump, and we re told his interview with kethledge this past week lasted longer than any of the others and that the two connected and engaged the best of any as well. the 51-year-old has a unique resume nor the high court. he doesn t have an ivy league education like the other current justices and he got his law degree from the university of michigan. he also worked on capitol hill for a few years, before clerking for the justice he may soon replace, anthony kennedy. he has a solidly conservative record on the u.s. court of appeals for the sixth circuit, though he hasn t ruled on any blockbuster hot button cases, which may actually hel
towards creating a warm environment. trump also spoke with the saudi government and they discussed setting up safe zones in syria. that s something that putin is very wary of, he s not supportive of it, though he hasn t come out opposed. put on your national security hat for me here. on saturday there was nor banot bit of security news. steve bannon now elevated to be a full, permanent member of the security council. a and there are questions about the direct of national intelligence, dni. i ve lost many hours in my room in the situation room representing the pentagon.
what they was a taped message from the dictator. in it he vowed martyrdom or victory. he said the repeat from his compound was in his words a tactical move. his spokesman promising to turn libya into volcanics and fire. he claims that tribes loyal gadhafi are making their way to tripoli to liberate the city. at the gadhafi compound loyalist gunmen trying to take it back from the opposition who captured it today. our sara sidner was there when it all happen. reporter: we re having to run out of the compound now. we see gunfire coming from outside the compound. in and it s getting it s getting too close. so we re leaving. we re not going to go all the way into the compound. it s definitely now from the outside of the compound firing towards us. let s go! go ahead. we just got a gunfire incoming overhead. just saw gunfire. we re seeing all these tracers hitting the water tink, hitting the an iryeah. so we ve got to go. sara sidner outside gadhafi s compound this evening. c
in it he vowed martyrdom or victory. he said the repeat from his compound was in his words a tactical move. his spokesman promising to turn libya into volcanics and fire. he claims that tribes loyal gadhafi are making their way to tripoli to liberate the city. at the gadhafi compound loyalist gunmen trying to take it back from the opposition who captured it today. our sara sidner was there when it all. reporter: we re having to run out of the compound now. we see gunfire coming from outside the compound. in and it s getting it s getting too close. so we re leaving. we re not going to go all the way into the compound. it s definitely now from the outside of the compound firing towards us. let s go! go ahead. we just got a gunfire incoming overhead. just saw gunfire. we re seeing all these tracers hitting the water tink, hitting the an iryeah. so we ve got to go. sara sidner outside gadhafi s compound this evening. contrast that from earlier scenes this evening as fighter
she s topping another poll in iowa, as well. she is clearly the candidate to beat as of today. i mean, it s still early, but she s the candidate to beat as of today in iowa. of course, all guns are aimed at her, so to speak, politically. and you ve got to, if you re a candidate who is struggling like tim pawlenty, you have to do something to get things moving. don t forget who is raising money and how much they re raising. michele bachmann did not raise lots and lots of money, although she did in the polls. but you ve got mitt romney, jon huffman after stating about a month ago he s going to get into this race. the folks that are having a tough time raising money have to start there. joy, last gas, do you think, for pawlenty? well, you know what? i think what we are witnessing here is the battle for the second tier. i think mitt romney would have to be seen as the front-runner, though he hasn t done that great, he s still ahead in the