President Donald Trump is set to announce his nominee for the vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court tonight at 5 p.m. Pacific time (8 p.m. Eastern) on live television from the White House.
The nominee to the nation’s highest court, if confirmed, will replace conservative justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February 2016.
According to CNN, two appellate court judges considered to be “finalists” for the Supreme Court pick — Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman — are coming to Washington, D.C., for the announcement. Another appeals court justice, William Pryor, is said to be on Trump’s high-court short list. All three men were appointed to the appellate court by President George W. Bush, according to the Associated Press.
Today’s news conference will be carried live on all of the major cable news networks, including CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News and MSNBC.
At the president’s request, broadcast Ngsbahis networks ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC are also expected to break away from regular programming for the Supreme Court announcement.
The CBSN streaming network is carrying the news conference, and web sites of the major news networks offering live streams include ABC and C-SPAN.
On the Internet, the White House’s YouTube channel will also carry the live broadcast.
Other live streams include Reuters TV, available on the Internet and via streaming devices like the Roku.
For radio listeners, the speech will be carried on the NPR network, with local outlets in the Los Angeles area including KCRW-FM (89.9) and KPCC-FM (89.3).
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