the challenge will be to discuss the substance of what he will rule. i think it s all well and good to talk about conservative and liberal, but the question that i think, you know, the people are going to answer is what is it going to be like for a gay person to go to a restaurant and have the owner say, well, you know, it s my first amendment right not to serve you here? that s the kind of cases that are going to be so different in front of the supreme court. what happens when the first physician and nurse in texas is prosecuted and goes to prison for performing an abortion? those are the kinds of questions that i think democrats are going to want to have answered. but as long as the issue is competence and integrity and intelligence, kavanaugh is in perfect shape. but those aren t the questions that are going to be answered. that s right. by the way, we re just minutes away now. we re supposed to be seeing the president any minute now. i mean he is a very skilled
seriously. the national spelling bee champ wins with the word most of us have likely never used, maybe not even ever heard of. the answer to that is probably no, right? these kids are really bright nowadays. nothing surprises me anymore. every year they get smarter and smarter. good morning, everybody, welcome to early start. we re really happy to have you here this morning. we are bringing you the news from a to z 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. up first, john edwards likely off the legal hook for good after a jury acquitted him of one count of campaign finance fraud and was hopelessly deadlocked on five other counts. the judge declaring a mistrial on those charges. and many legal experts don t expect prosecutors to retry the former presidential candidate who was accused of misusing campaign contributions to hide an extramarital affair during the 2008 election. here is our jeffrey toobin. i don t see any rationale for going forward with this case. jo