your time. senator flake: thank you. >> you can watch neil gorsuch testify at his confirmation hearing live on c-span2 next monday. a lot of opinions on social media about how the nominee would approach cases on th court. howard tweeting, why i like neil rsuch a quote from him. it's our job to apply the law congress did pass, not to imagine and enforce one it might have but didn't. kristen clark says, judge gorsuch praised one of the biggest voter suppression proponents this must be explored in the hearing. >> what do you think about the u.s. supreme court? we're out with a new survey today on our website at c-span.org. joining us is robert green. robea pollster. thank you for being with us. through some of the highlights. according to the survey which

you conducted on behalf of c-span, 90% said the supreme court decision affects their lives and 82% said supreme court appointments were an important consideration in their vote in 2016. did these numbers surprise you? robert: the only thing that surprised me was that as big as have numbers are, they gotten more intense in the eight years we have conducted research on this subject periodically for c-span. for instance, eight years ago, the first time we did this, the agree, was in the 30's. of americans strongly agree that the decisions have an impact on their everyday lives the other thing i was struck i and you see that in the 81% number that you mentioned, or 82% number that you mentioned is that it is bipartisan, cutting across the parties. everyone feels strglthat the

happened -- what with the supreme court was an important factor in their vote. host: can you watch us -- can you walk us through the methodology of the survey? it was conducted very recently. these are fresh numbers. we conducted online interviews from march 7 to march 9 next week -- last week. we conducted 1032 interviews of likely voters. the margin of error is 3.05. 95% confidence level. if it was possible to interview all americans, and it is not but if it were, 19 times out of 20, the results would not very by three points from what we see here. it is sound stuff. host: let me put another number on the screen. 71%. that is the number of people in

the survey who follow news about the presidents nominate for the supreme court. we mention that number because presumably, we could have some additional vacancies in the coming years under this administration. robert: yes. quite a large number, 71% are following -- we had a follow-up that showed seven in 10 americans are following news in recent weeks concerning the nominate but by a three to one margin, people are following this nomination more closely than they have ithe past. host: with an eye on what we could presumably expect on monday when the judge will raise his right hand and swear to tell the truth as he testifies before congress, based on the people that you questioned, what will they be looking for next week?

robert: first, they will be following closely. there is always a lot of attention paid to potential nominees to the supreme court. i believe it will be even more than what we have seen in the past. what we see at of the data is that the intensity, which was not considerable eight years ago, is not less now. ast: will americans see direct connection between the high court and their personal lives? robert: i do. they tell us they do. it shows up and how they vote. this is outside of the pull but i think it is interesting how often on c-span and other places, when citizens are or in some sort of news setting, how often supreme court nominees or appointments to the supreme court matter in how they look at issues. the one thing i will say is that the public -- this is part of

what we look at in the survey, the public would like to know a lot more about what the word is up to and they don't have the opportunities that they like to. host: you teedo my next question perfectly, robert rain. it is no secret that this network since its inception 38 years ago this month has been an advocate for cameras in the court for the oral arguments. there are roughly 74-75 oral arguments that take place during the course of the year, the surv said at about how americans feel about cameras in the court? fourt: three out of americans support cameras in the supreme court courtroom. is a strong majority, similar to some of the other numbers we have spoken about this morning. what is most striking that over -- is that over eight years,

there has been a strong increase in support of cameras from 61% of all voters to 76% in the latest survey. that is pretty impressive. subject that is public up -- that is doubling up from the ground. they want to know more and they care more than they did in the past and they cared then to see the oral arguments. it is very important. i will speak to that for a moment. the supreme court has, it seems to me, a problem in that it is interpreted by the media, the president, the congress -- they never allow their work to speak for itself. televising oral arguments would let people see that they operate in a serious and constitutional manner. -- i think it is something like congress. it is strange that they would

let the ability for people to know that they are working seriously -- they leave that outside of their control. it, they have to decide to do it. they have done it in all 50 states. the british do it. the canadians do it. i think it is important. otherwise, people will make assumptions that are unwarranted. particularly when they make controversial decisions, it is important for people to see that they are thinking about this very seriously. host: robert green, the principal and pollster. the full survey is available on our website. you >> we'll hear from neil gorsuch at his confirmation hearing on monday. our coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c span 2 and

we'll show the hearing again monday night at 8:30 p.m. astern also on c span 2. house democrats met with homeland security secretary john kelly today to talk about their concerns on the department's immigration enforcement operations and the potential for mass deportation. his is half an hour. >> good afternoon. i guess at this point. i'm congressman jo crowley, chay of the democratic caucus, join -- joined be afternoon by the vice chair of the democratic caucus, linda sanchez of california and michelle lujan grisham, the cheer of the hispanic caucus in the house of representatives. mr. crowley: and also one of the individuals who -- individuals who first invited secretary kelly to the hill. as