Youd probably be surprised at how much a company can learn from what youre watching. Well dig into all of that in just a moment. Well start with President Trump narrowing his Supreme Court short list to three contenders. Three days before his selfimposed deadline. They are Appeals Court judges kavanaugh, barrett and raymond ketlledge. All relatively young. The president set that monday deadline to name the successor to retiring Justice Kennedy. He is flying to montana at this hour to support the gop candidate hoping to oust democrat senator jon tester in november. Nbcs hans nichols is at the white house. Axios reporting even though the president said he is going to be making this announcement on monday, aides would not be surprised if he jumped the gun and named his nominee in the next few days. Quote, when the president has made up his mind, he wants to go. An aide said. Anyone there telling you they wouldnt be surprised if the president dropped this name early . That might explain a wall of reporters just a few feet where i am. Right behind me, the president is leaving in about five minutes for his motorcade. Its possible he shouts out his pick to us. Its more likely he does it in a more formal way. When you look at how neil gorsuch was done, it was very formal. That was their way to do it then. Were going to hear from the president around 6 00 p. M. Tonight, hell be at that rally. He really has a delicate task. Yes, he wants to get jon tester out of the senate but he may need tester for the vote for whoever he ends up nominating. You saw the awkwardness when he visited north dakota last week right before the announcement was made that Justice Kennedy will be retiring. He was quite critical of heidi hi hidecamp, the democratic senator there. Then the next day, he had hide camp here. Remember, tester voted against the president s first Supreme Court nominee, neil gorsuch. Well see how the president tries to finesse it tonight in what could be a raucous rally. While you were reporting that, we just received this. From the white house. The president announcing, now, that bill shine, bill shine is going to join the white house staff. He will serve as assistant to the president , also serving as deputy chief of staff for communications as well. Bill shine apparently going to be running the comes department there at the white house. Of course, most recently, he was the copresident of fox news. Also fox business. This is something, as you know, hans, something that had been whispered about a few weeks ago, and then maybe about a week ago, those whispers ceased and people were talking about it openly and loudly. And now it would seem to be official. Former fox news executive, very close to roger ailes, the networks ousted chairman, bill shine running coms there at the white house. Hans, not much of a surprise. It would seem this was more of a question of when, not if, right . Correct, but titles are important. They always say the cheapest raise in politics is a title increase. Bill shines title is deputy chief of staff. Now, theres the coms behind that. But that elevates slightly above than what a Traditional Communications director would be. Well have to figure out what line his authority is. Does he have a direct report to the president . Or will he be reporting to john kelly and then go through the president . So titles matter. That is a slightly higher title. Thats probably the one that bill shine wanted because hes not simply a Communications Director. Hes a deputy chief of staff. And in the past, when youve had Communications Directors or people more on the political side in a white house get that deputy roll, its complicated things. Im thinking of karl rove. Remember, he was the president s adviser, but then he took a deputy chief of staff role towards the end of the Bush Administration and that, some people inside the Bush Administration, would have even said was too much power for a political person. And the deputy chief of staff role, you either want someone who can make the trains run on time, someone like a joe hagan, current slated deputy chief of staff, or you want someone who really knows the hill very well. Those have been the traditional molds for deputies. Having someone out there with such a messaging priority in that deputy role gives you a sense this white house is gearing up for the midterms and they want to make sure their message is firing on all cylinders, especially with conservative Media Outlets that can sometimes echo, often echo what the president is trying to drive home, craig. Hans, do stand by for me, if you can. I want to bring in radio talk show host msnbc political analyst hugh hewitt. Also Washington PostPolitical Columnist dana eubank is here as well. We know sean hannity has the ear of this president. What can we make of what this announcement is going to mean for the president . What does it mean for the administration and its message . Bill shines a very excellent programmer. He spotted a lot of young talent, brought them into fox news. Even as he amplified the reach of sean hannity and others. I think youll see some much needed organization to the coms messaging. And a greater focus on as you just mentioned, the senate races in the fall. I think the Supreme Court rollout et cetera, that will all be added to by shines presence in the west wing. Dana, your response to the announcement that shine is going to become deputy chief of staff in charge of communications . A couple of things, craig. I think he will be the seventh or eighth in this spot. Some have held it multiple times. Its a particularly difficult one to hold because this president is essentially his own Communications Director. Very difficult to get him on the path you want him to be on. It also is, again, a furtherance of this president s fascination with tv personalities, you know. Weve seen larry kudlow, weve seen several others. He has a particular attraction, wants these people around him. We know that people like lou dobbs speak to him, sean hannity speaks to him on a regular basis. I think the obvious thing is its just a matter of time until he comes knocking on your door as well, craig. I dont know if thats going to happen, dana, but thank you. Is hans still at the white house for me . Can i go back to hans . Hey, hans, for folks who are watching and listening who might not be as femier with this job, in simplicity of terms what do the Communications Director do . What is shines daytoday responsibility . Whats that going to look like . For your purpose, hell be the ones approving your interview with the president. Typically the Communications Director is doing longer term strategy, trying to figure out what the message should be not just a couple weeks out but a couple of months out. Theyre really thinking over the horizon. The daytoday back and forth, thats typically the press secretary. Now, its varied in different administrations. Even within the obama administration, initially the press secretary had to direct report to the chief of staff. Then they ordered things around and had the press secretary report to the Communications Director. So the Communications Director is typically slightly above the press secretary but they are thinking longer term. And the fact that bill shine is actually deputy chief of staff gives him that much more power. Hes almost on a footing with the other special assistants and he can outrank some of them. I also think we should note this is an old media play. We have no idea what 2018, the midterms or 2020 are going to look like in part because the media is changing so rapidly. You just mentioned axios, a company that wasnt around two, three years ago. So hes going with an old Media Executive in an environment thats going to be shifting and changing. When you look at the energy on the democratic side, theyve been able to harness social media in new and interesting ways. Yes, bill shine has a great deal of talent. Knows how to put on television and spot talent. Whether or not he can find the voters in the new media environment, thats an open question. This is a president who does like to surround himself with people who have demonstrated loyalty. We know that before bill shine was a fox news executive, he was a producer for sean hannity and we know how much the president enjoys watching Sean Hannitys program. Hans, thank you so much for that at the white house. Dana, lets go back to the big story of the day here, the Supreme Court short list. As you look at these potential nominees, is there any reason for progressives like yourself to be optimistic . Well, i dont think in the long run theres any reason to. There is a slim chance that democrats would be a bell to block this. We see this multimilliondollar effort getting going on the left. Targeting senators like collins, like murkowski. Really they only need a vote or two. The difficulty with that is theres a mirror effort on the right to target a heidkamp and tester and manchin and done ndo. I think it outweighs the democrats here. I think if they were able to defeat one of these, well, whats to say the president wouldnt come back with another one . And its going to be very difficult. The fight should be made but its going to be very difficult to prevent President Trump from filling this seat. Hugh, will the conservative wing of the gop have any problems with the three names that are thought to be frontrunners right now, these three sitting judges . No, judges kethledge are all tenyearsplus of opinions. I think barrett probably has the greatest possibility of being rejected by the senate. If you look at the upside on the map, craig, i think judge kethledge gets the nod. Because hes from the countryside, not from the capital. Extraordinary intellects on both sides. But judge kethledge coming from michigan, you know, michigan undergrad. I dont know him personally, i just know what hes written in his opinions. You go with john james in michigan. You go down to mike braun in indiana. I think the president mentioning gorsuch and kethledge gets much bigger applause certainly in michigan and hunting states than it would if you mention kavanaugh. I dont think you take the risk of barrett right now. So its one of the ks i think. Really quickly, the risk of barrett would be what . The greatest risk to appointing her would be what . That she doesnt have a record that conservatives are comfortable with at the same time that people are afraid like Dianne Feinstein that the dogma lives deeply within her. You still have to worry about that becoming an opportunity for a swing and a miss. He simply cannot get this wrong, craig, you cannot blow this in september. His nominees got to get confirmed in september. Amy conney barrett, there on your screen. Jennifer mack award, professers of law at notre dame. Also clerked for Supreme CourtJustice Sandra day oconnor. Shes also for the purposes of this conversation a longtime friend of judge Amy Coney Barrett. Shes on the short list of contenders. Thank you so much for your time, jennifer. What can you tell us about your friend amy barrett . What would make her a good Supreme Court justice . Well, thanks for having me. Judge barrett is truly extraordinary person and everything she does is consistently excellent. She has been a great judge so far. Shes a terrific colleague. She has seven children. Shes a great mother. Shes truly a remarkable person. She would be a great credit to the Supreme Court if President Trump chose her. Perhaps you heard one of the greatest concerns is what this court would mean, what the next court would mean for roe v. Wade. Everyone wants to know about where judge barrett stands. Do you have any sense about how she feels about it . As a matter of settled law for example . I have no idea how judge barrett or any nominee would vote on any case. But it seems to me that it might not be the right question to ask. What were trying to do is find a judicial nominee who has intelligence and experience and fair mindedness and is just a fundamentally decent person. So you dont think it should matter how a justice might rule on a law that has divided this country for 45 years since it essentially became law . You dont think thats an important question . I think the process has become so hyper partisanized that theres just no way that youre going to get an accurate answer. Even if a nominee could provide one. I dont think any nominee really knows how he or she would vote once she or he ascends to the Supreme Court and has a real case and real controversy in front of them. I think the question we should be asking is not the partisan one, but the question of is this person qualified. And theres no doubt that your friend is qualified. I agree. So your areas of expertise include relationship between congress and the courts and civil rights as well. When you look at the makeup of the court today and you look at the makeup of the court, what it might look like over the next few years, are you optimistic that civil rights, that human rights will be of paramount concern to this new court . Im not sure how the questions of civil and human rights will play out. I try to be an optimistic person. But at the end of the day, i hope the Supreme Court remains supportive in a fundamental way. But i also think that just needs to become a priority for our society in general. To care about people who are different from us. And to respect their Human Dignity at every level. I think thats something we need to worry about as a society. And of course as a judicial system. But i think its a broader question than just in the courts. The question of the constitution itself, should it be interpreted strictly . There are different methods of interpreting the constitution. I think whats important is a judge takes that responsibility seriously. And understands that what shes doing is interpreting the constitution and the laws and not imposing her own personal preferences on the law. And judge barrett, for example, in her seventh circuit confirmation hearing, was very clear that whatever her personal beliefs are, dont have a bearing on her per gormanforman judge. Thank you very much. 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