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
company that wasn t around two, three years ago. so he s going with an old media executive in an environment that s going to be shifting and changing. when you look at the energy on the democratic side, they ve 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, that s 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 hannity s program. hans, thank you so much for that at the white house. dana, let s 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
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. we ve seen larry kudlow, we ve 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 it s just a matter of time until he comes knocking on your door as well, craig. i don t know if that s 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 shine s day-to-day responsibility? what s that going to look like? for your purpose, he ll be
also washington post political 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 shine s 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 you ll 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 shine s 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. it s a particularly difficult