>> Efrem: AND THANK YOU

SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

I'M EFREM GRAHAM.

PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES

HIS SUPREME COURT NOMINEE

MONDAY NIGHT AT

9:00 O'CLOCK EASTERN.

BEN KENNEDY LOOKS AT WHO

THE PRESIDENT MIGHT PICK

AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN

AFTER HE MAKES HIS CHOICE.

>> Reporter: AFTER

WRAPPING UP INTERVIEWS,

PRESIDENT TRUMP ONLY HAS

THE WEEKEND TO LOCKDOWN A

FINAL DECISION.

>> I'M JUST SO EXCITED

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MANY

GREAT PICKS.

>> Reporter: IT NOW

APPEARS THE LIST OF SEVEN

INITIAL CONTENDERS TO

REPLACE ANTHONY KENNEDY IS

DOWN TO TWO OR THREE.

A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE

PROCESS, TELLING CBN NEWS

THAT IT SEEMS BRETT

KAVANAUGH IS THE TOP

CHOICE, WITH AMY CONEY

BARRETT IN SECOND, BUT

THINGS COULD CHANGE.

>>> DO YOU FEEL THIS COULD

BE SIGNED, SEALED, AND

DELIVERED BY SEPTEMBER?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> Reporter: KERRY

SEVERENO SAYS THE NOMINEE

WILL CLEARLY FACE INTENSE

SCRUTINY BEFORE GETTING

THE VOTE TO JOIN THE HIGH

COURT.

>> THE JUSTICES CROSSED A

DANGEROUS LINE EXPOSING

THE FAITH OF THE NOMINEES.

HOW COULD THIS BE EXPOSED.

>> JUDGE AMY CONEY

BARRETT'S NOMINATION IS

WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

ABOUT -- IT CLEARLY MEANT

SHE DIDN'T WANT SOMEONE

WHO HAD DEEPLY-HELD

AND THAT IS

UNCONSTITUTIONAL, HAVING A

RELIGIOUS TEST FOR THE

AND EVEN PEOPLE ON THE

LEFT SAID, WOW, THAT IS A

GOING TOO FAR.

>> Reporter: JOHN

MALCOLM ADDS THAT

HOPING FOR A SUDDEN CHANGE

IN THE LAW MIGHT HAVE TO

>> I DON'T SEE ROE VS.

WADE BEING CHANGED VERY

SOON, BUT THAT DOESN'T SIT

RIGHT WITH THE DEMOCRATS.

>> Reporter: THE PRIME

TIME EVENT IS SET FOR

MONDAY, AND PRESIDENT

DONALD TRUMP CAN EXPECT A

HUGE AUDIENCE AWAITING TO

HEAR THIS CHOICE.

BEN KENNEDY, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

>> Efrem: CBN NEWS CHIEF

POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

DAVID BRODY JOINS US NOW

WITH MORE.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ON

THE LATEST IN TERMS OF

THESE TOP CONTENDERS.

>> David: WELL, EFREM,

A FEW THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, THE SAME

NAMES ARE STILL THE SAME

NAMES.

BRETT KAVANAUGH, YOU'VE

GOT AMY CONEY BARRETT --

THAT IS A

TONGUE-TWISTER -- ALONG

WITH RAYMOND KEVORKIANTH

THOMAS HARDIMAN.

THOSE SEEM TO BE THE TOP

FOUR.

BRETT KAVANAUGH COMING

UNDER SOME OF THE TOUGHEST

CRITICISM WITHIN THE

CONSERVATIVE MOMENT.

>> Efrem: LET'S TALK

MORE ABOUT THIS IN TERMS

OF WHAT HE IS FACING FROM

THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT.

SHARE A LITTLE MORE.

>> David: FIRST OF ALL,

THEY BELIEVE -- WHEN I SAY

"THEY," WE'RE TALKING

ABOUT MOVEMENT

CONSERVATIVES, FOLKS THAT

AREN'T NECESSARILY THE

ESTABLISHMENT WING OF THE

PARTY, AND THEY BELIEVE

THAT HE HAS FOUND IN

OPINIONS BEFORE,

ESPECIALLY ONE

SPECIFICALLY, A RIGHT FOR

OBAMACARE OR THAT

OBAMACARE IS NOT

I THINK THAT'S PART OF

THEIR CONCERN.

REMEMBER, HE HAS NEVER

SAID THOSE WORDS,

OBAMACARE IS

CONSTITUTIONAL OR SAID IT

IS NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL,

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS

SOME OF HIS OPINIONS,

SPECIFICALLY WITH THE D.C.

CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS,

SO YOU'VE GOT RAND PAUL

AND TED CRUZ AND A NEW

OTHER SENATORS CALLING UP

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND

SAYING, LET'S PUT THE

BRAKES ON KAVANAUGH.

>> Efrem: LET'S TALK

ABOUT AMY CONEY BARRETT

FOR BEING VERY OUTSPOKEN

ABOUT HER FAITH.

>> David: IN

EVANGELICAL NEWS, SHE

WOULD BE THE HOMERUN PICK.

BUT FOR LIBERALS, SHE IS A

MAJOR CONCERN ON THE ROE

VS. WADE DECISION.

SHE TECHNICALLY HAS NEVER

NECESSARILY WEIGHED INTO

THAT OFFICIALLY, BUT SHE

HAS GIVEN INDICATIONS THAT

OBVIOUSLY, SHE SIDES ON

THE PROLIFE SIDE OF THING,

IF YOU WILL.

AND SHE'S BEEN VERY

OUTSPOKEN ABOUT HER FAITH.

SO OBVIOUSLY LIBERALS ARE

GOING TO TARGET THE JUDGE

ON THAT.

BUT IT IS NOT SO MUCH

LIBERALS AS IT IS SUSAN

COLLINS AND LISA MURKOWSKI

BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP NEEDS

ALL 51 SENATORS -- AT

LEAST 50 OF THEM -- TO GET

THE SUPREME COURT NOMINEE

CONFIRMED.

THAT'S THE ISSUE, HOW MUCH

WILL MUR MURKOWSKI OR COLLINS

BE PERSUADED AGAINST AMY

CONEY BARRETT.

>> Efrem: WHAT ABOUT

>> David: FIRST OF ALL,

WE UNDERSTAND HE WAS

SECOND IN LINE, IT WAS

GORSUCH AND THEN HARDIMAN.

WHY?

A BLUE COLLAR GUY.

THE FIRST IN THIS FAMILY

TO EVER GO TO COLLEGE.

AND DONALD TRUMP HAD A

GREAT RAPPORT WITH HIM.

WE KNOW WITH DONALD TRUMP,

RAPPORT IS A VERY

IMPORTANT THING.

AND RAYMOND KETHLEDGE, OF

COURSE -- HE IS MORE OF A

HE IS ON THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

COURT OF APPEALS, SO I

THINK HE IS IN THE MIX AS

BUT THOMAS HARDIMAN, WATCH

OUT FOR HIM AS A SLEEPER

PICK.

HE COULD BE THE GUY IF AMY

CONEY BARRETT IS TOO TOXIC

AND BRETT KAVANAUGH GETS

KIND OF THROWN OUT THE

WINDOW, IF YOU WILL, BY

MOVEMENT CONSERVATIVES.

I THINK IT IS ANYBODY'S

PRESIDENT EVEN KNOWS, AND

IF HE DOES, HE IS NOT

TIPPING HIS HAND QUITE

YET.

WATCHING.

DAVID BRODY, THANK YOU.

TRUMP'S MOST TENACIOUS

CABINET MEMBERS HAS

RESIGNED AMID ETHICS

CONCERNS.

SCOTSCOTT PRUITT -- GROWING

QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS

MUCH.

>> Reporter: FACING AN

ARRAY OF ETHICAL

QUESTIONS, E.P.A.

IS LEAVING THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION, TELLING

THE PRESIDENT IN A LETTER,

UNRELENTING ATTACKS ON ME

PERSONALLY AND MY FAMILY,

HAVE TAKEN A SIZABLE TOLL

ON ALL OF US.

HE DREW ETHICS

TIFF TRAVEL, OFTEN

TRAVELLING FIRST CLASS,

EVEN USING HIS INFLUENCE

TO TRY TO SECURE A

>> MY WIFE IS AN

ENTREPRENEUR HERSELF.

I LOVE, SHE LOVES, WE

LOVE -- CHICK-FIL-A IS A

ONE OF THE BEST IN THE

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT

TRUMP PRAISED HIM UNTIL

THE END, TWEETING: "WITHIN

THE AGENCY, SCOTT HAS DONE

AN OUTSTANDING JOB, AND I

WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL

FOR THIS."

HE IS NOMINATING ANDREW

WHEELER, A FORMER COAL

INDUSTRY LOBBYIST WHO

FOUGHT GOVERNMENT

BEFORE THAT, HE WORKED ON

CAPITOL HILL, AND LIKE

PRUITT, HE IS A TARGET FOR

LIBERALS, WHO SEE HIM AS A

CHAMPION OF CLIMATE.

EVEN WITHOUT A BLEMISH,

SCOTT PRUITT HAD A TARGET

ON HIS BACK BECAUSE HE

QUESTIONED LIBERAL

AND HE INSISTED HE NEEDED

EXTRA PRIVATE SEE ON

FLIGHTS BECAUSE HE WAS

APPROACHED ANGERLY ON

FLIGHTS.

LIKE THIS IN A RESTAURANT,

WHERE A WOMAN APPEARS TO

READ OFF NOTES.

SCOTT PRUITT IS LEAVING

HE WAS A MAJOR PLAYER IN

TO PULL OUT OF THE PARIS

CLIMATE DEAL.

HE ENDED PRESIDENT OBAMA'S

CLEAN POWER PLAN AND CUT

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH CBN

NEWS, HE EXPLAINED HIS

>> THERE HAS NEVER BEEN

MORE OF A THREAT TO

LIBERTY, TO THE

PROTECTIONS THAT ARE

INHERENT IN OUR

CONSTITUTION FROM WHAT WE

>> Reporter: HE WROTES

PRESIDENT: "I BELIEVE

YOU'RE SERVING AS

PRESIDENT TODAY BECAUSE OF

I BELIEVE THAT SAME

PROVIDENT BROUGHT ME INTO

YOUR WORLD."

JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

>> Efrem: HERE NOW IS A

LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER

MAJOR STORIES WE'RE

FOLLOWING FOR YOU TODAY

INSIDE THE CBN NEWS.

A FORMER THAI NAVY SEAL

HAS DIED TRYING TO RESCUE

THE SOCCER TEAM IN

THAILAND.

THE GROUP RIGHT NOW IS

RECEIVING SCUBA DIVING

LESSONS.

AND EMERGENCY TEAMS ARE

TRYING TO PUMP WATER FROM

THE FLOODED CAVE AS THE

FORECAST CALLS FOR MORE

>>> SECRETARY OF STATE

MIKE POMPEO HAS ARRIVED IN

NORTH KOREA TO NAIL DOWN

SPECIFICS ON THEIR

COMMITMENT TO

DOUBTS OVER NORTH KOREA'S

INTENTIONS HAVE GROWN AND

AMID REPORTS IT IS

CONTINUING TO EXPAND ITS

IT IS NOT CLEAR IF POMPEO

WILL MEET AGAIN DIRECTLY

WITH KIM JONG-UN.

>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S

TRADE SHOWDOWN WITH CHINA

IS UNDER WAY.

IT OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF

OVERNIGHT WITH NEW TARIFFS

ON CHINESE GOODS, LIKE

BEEF AND OTHER

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

IS CONFRONTING BEIJING.

AND CHINA IS RETALIATING