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well, just moments ago, president trump making a big announcement about the supreme court on twitter. tweeting this: quote, i will be making my supreme court pick on thursday of next week. thank you. well, sources tell fox news the short list is down to three. the top contenders judge william prior, judge kneel gore such and judge thomas hardeman. he president trump has met with each of them. median chelsea handler taking a swipe at first lady melania trump trashing her to the magazine variety for being immigrant. what about melania, would you have her on your show? melania, to talk about what? she can barely speak english. what do you think about her as the first lady. exactly what i think about him as the first man. nothing. i don t respect either one of those people. comedian. really funny, right? well not only does the first lady speak english but she also speaks french, italian, german and native language of her country slow vein i can t.
be the most persistent. he has been denied in a u.s. district court and federal court and now has filed an emergency request with the supreme court itself, asking the high court to force republican senator chuck grassley who chairs the judiciary committee to hold a hearing and for senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to put garland s nomination to a full senate vote. before deciding the matter, the supreme court would normally ask the opposing party to respond, but in this case that would be senators grassley and mcconnell. so the path forward is a bit unclear, but michelle s request with the supreme court is a long shot at best. meantime, aides to president-elect trump say is getting closer to deciding who he would like to fill the vacancy left by antonin scalia. though the list is long, two names continue to resurface, judges diane sikes and william prior. prior was appointed to the federal appeals court by george w. bush and once called row v