what sources say he told lawmakers about texts which has the president claiming bias at the justice department. good morning. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m dave briggs. thursday, june 28th. we have a court opening. not exactly i don t know about the dialogue. you be the judge as to that new york daily news cover. president trump filling another u.s. supreme court seat as anthony kennedy will step down. all signs say the president will replace the swing vote with a conservative. a man or woman who could change the high court and decisions it makes for generations. the justice met with the president and then went on the road to north dakota. he intends to put a lasting stamp on the court. the travel ban ruling underscores how critical it is
although the uncle did not know how to swim. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m dave briggs. the president relishing the chance to fill another seat on the u.s. supreme court as anthony kennedy announces he will step down. all signs say the president will replace the swing vote with a conservative. a man or woman who could change the high court and decisions it makes for generations. the president met with justice kennedy and later went on the road to north carolina. north dakota. he intends to put a lasting stamp on the court. the travel ban ruling underscores how critical it is to confirm judges who will support our constitution. remember this so we have a pick to come up. we have to pick a great one. we have to pick one that is going to be there for 40 years or 45 years. to get a justice confirmed, the president has to navigate a slim majority in the senate.
misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find the fulfillment of it themselves. their hope is not to live in loneliness, they ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. the constitution grants them that right. justice kennedy, stepping down now. now, i want to bring in cnn s chief analyst corey, analyst ryan and kevin russell. good evening to all of you. good to see you. gloria, it has been a very interesting day. i want to play more from president trump tonight. he is thrilled about this retirement from justice kennedy. the travel ban ruling underscoring just how critical it is to confirm judges who will support our constitution.
many people are here? they said, 6,000 in the arena, but we will have to unfortunately walk 15 or 18,000 people that couldn t get in. i said, you have to be kidding. because on the screen it looks like there isn t that exactly 30 people. what is this? the late great cecil b demille would not have set it up this way, i will tell you that. the travel ban ruling underscores just how critical it is to confirm judges who will support our constitution. justice anthony kennedy, a very special guy also just announced a little while ago his retirement from the
and i said to my people, how many people are here? they said, 6,000 in the arena, but we are going to have to unfortunately walk 15,000 or 18,000 people that couldn t get in. i said, you gotta be kidding. because on the screen it looks like there isn t that exactly 30 people. what is this? the late great cecil b demille would not have set it up this way, i will tell you that. the travel ban ruling underscores just how critical it is to confirm judges who will support our constitution. our great, great constitution. justice anthony kennedy, a very special guy also just announced a little while ago his retirement from the united states supreme court. [cheers and applause]