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Those are the names we think it is a down to. dalia lift wick joins us. nice to have your expertise. as say, that s our reporting. we think it s those two gentlemen. let s start with what we know about this emneil gorsuch. he is a circuit judge on the 10th circuit court of appeals in denver amount of fourth generation coloradoan. what about his style, conservative, i keep seeing the word textualist. what does that mean? it means he is probably in terms of his approach to the law, kate, absolutely in lock step with justice antonin scalia who he would be replacing if he gets the pick. he really believes that legislatures write laws and judges back way off and interpret them. and textualism is essentially the notion that you do not impute your own views and values as a judge into the text. you simply look at the original public meaning of the text and interpret it. so it s a kind of way of talking ....
With just these the injunctions that have already been filed. one way or another it s headed to the supremes. now, of course, president trump, we are told tomorrow night, will announce his supreme court nominee. any feeling as to who it might be? i think we re down to three. i can tell you right now i can see on your screen neil gorsuch, judge from denver, probably the most traditional judge he would put on. ivy lead credentials. inside the beltway sort of person. he started as a senate page in washington. even though he is like fourth generation coloradoan. he would be probably the sort of person the republican establishment would want. thomas hardiman has a more dramatic story. started as drove a cab as he got himself through law school. first person in his family to go to law school. if you re talking about controversy like what we ve seen over the weekend and what we could see going forward, william ....
Coloradoan. i think we have to ask ourselves, is there something about our state that, you know, tends to i don t know if it s the old west. i don t know if it s a sense of isolation among certain young men. i don t know if it s a gun culture in parts of the state. we have had a disproportionate number of mass murders. i think a lot of people will be asking why us again. it s just sickening and revolting. tom, heartfelt comments from you. kelly, you covered columbine. it shook the entire state. shook the nation at the time. this one, you re probably having flashbacks. absolutely. first thing i thought of. there is a multiplier effect. when you get beyond the immediate families going through the crisis, there are so many other people affected. we ll learn the stories of the victims and then it becomes their extended families, the business community, the people who work at the theater. it travels out in a ripple. ....
Aurora, colorado? i grew up in denver. you re right. i spent six years at kusa in denver as a reporter. if you have flown into denver chances are you have driven through aurora. it s part of the metro area. it s hard to distinguish when you are driving out of denver into aurora. it s the huge metro area and it s very suburban. i ve got to tell you as a coloradoan and i still consider myself one at heart this is revolting, sickening. i think a lot of coloradoans are wondering why us again? it s not just columbine, of course, where 12 students were killed and a teacher. when i was at kusa tv i covered a massacre at a chuck e. cheese where a gunman killed three kids and an adult. there was a massacre in 2001 where a gunman walked into a christian missionary type of school and opened fire and killed people. now this one. i must say i m asking this as a ....
Happened. politics should quiet down, as it should. kelly o donnell, tom costello speaking as a coloradoan and as a member of our team. thank you, tom. thank you, kelly. more of the breaking news coming up next. we ll have another eyewitness interview in a minute after the break. ....