i'm not sure it changes much. leadership has been tepid on this. they know that the voters in their party are more attached to donald trump than him, i think they're going to be continue to be tepid. >> sam stein, betsy, thanks for joining us. i'm steve kornacki. mtp daily starts right now. if it's monday, backlash from outside and inside the trump administration over a controversial executive order. tonight the white house defends it's immigration order after a weekend of chaos, confusion, and protests at airports across the country. >> actually had a very good day yesterday in terms of homeland security. >> trump aids pushing back against objections from inside the administration. >> to get with the program or they can go. >> plus opposition in the age of trump. how should the democrats respond to the president? >> this executive order was mean-spirited, and un-american. it must be reversed. immediately.

>> and making room at the table, white house chief strategist steve bannon joining the national security council. this is mtp daily and it starts right now. good evening, i'm peter alexander in washington in tonight for my friend chuck todd. welcome to mtp daily. we're going to begin tonight by sorting through the escalating chaos rippling through washington right now which believe it or not has former president obama getting involved after only ten days out of power. right now president trump continues to stand firm amid growing criticism over his executive order. restricting travel from seven muslim majority nations, halting refugee admissions, and indefinitely banning syrian refugees. in less than an hour from now, house and senate democrats are going to gather on the steps of the supreme court where they will demand that president trump withdraw that order. we have seen at least 18 senate

republicans, publicly criticize the travel ban, some are arguing it's too severe while others are knocking the white house for issues with it's rollouts. government agencies are scrambling to figure out how they implement this. and some republicans are also openly chiding the administration that the executive order on vetting was itself not properly vetted. powerful republican congressman have sent a warning to the white house not to cut them out of this process. including the chairman of the powerful appropriations committee who said, quote, this weekend's confusion is an indication that the details of this executive order were not properly scrutinized. congress has important oversight responsibilities over all executive orders which we intend to exercise. president trump is firing back mocking the objections of some democratic and republican critics. he also appeared to dismiss criticism that the order was too harsh or too harshly implemented saying quote, there's nothing nice about searching for

terrorists before they could enter our country. then there is the decent within the government. this afternoon's white house press briefing, sean spicer had a clear message to staffers circulating a memo voicing their objections. >> any government official, anyone who doesn't understand the president's goal in this and what this actually was, again, i think this has been blown way out of proportion and exaggerated. again, you talk about in the 24 hour period, 325,000 people from other countries flew in through our airports and we're talking about 109 people. from seven countries that the obama administration identified, and these bureaucrats have had a problem with it. i think that they should either get with the program or they can go. >> you heard spicer there making the argument that trump's travel ban is an extension of president obama's policies. this afternoon, president obama's office pushed back saying in part, with regard to comparisons to president obama's foreign policy decisions, as we've heard before, the president fundamentally

disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion. then there was the legal battle. right now there are at least six legal challenges against the president's order. and that's where we begin tonight. i'm joined now by msnbc chief legal correspondent ari melbourne, he's been examining the legality us. ari, out of the gates, there have been a lot of legal challenges to trump's travel ban. the question a lot of americans right now are trying to answer is could the courts realistically overturn this? >> it's always possible, peter, but the administration starts out here with a strong hand and that's because there is a lot of precedent and legal language that gives the president quite a bit of power in this area. as you know, and as you mention, you have about six suits, they range from relatively small in scope, the seattle suit for example was about two people who have since been released.

all the way up to that brooklyn victory there for the aclu, which certified a class. what that means is now there are other people who have not necessarily been let go or who have standing to press a larger attack on this order. the big question here is not whether it's good policy, not whether it is the best security idea folks watching at home may have heard a lot of talk already about how many big picture priority countries were left out of this order like saudi arabia who sent 15 hijackers into the u.s. while other countries that have not been responsible for a single immigrant ever attacking us with terror are on the list. the courts aren't going to look that deeply at that. they are going to look at whether this was done lawfully and constitutionally and whether it is in any way discrimination. that's a big issue in the newest suit that was filed today. we can read from it. this is from the council on american islamic relations. and they say, this would be religious discrimination to expel muslims who are already in the country lawfully, that is

one of the arguments being made basically -- they say it's a less known part of the immigration order, mass expulsion of muslims lawfully residing in the united states right now. the trump administration as you played some of the sound rebutts that strongly and says no, no one who's inside the boarder is being messed with. the 100 plus people who came in had delays but ultimately are okay. that's the rebuttal from the white house. >> let me sort of zero in on that thought right there. the question is is this a muslim bin. here's what rudy giuliani said about this travel ban just over the weekend on fox news. take a listen. >> when he first announced it he said muslim ban. called me up, put a commission together, show me the right way to do it legally. i put a commission together. and what we did was we focussed on, i instead of religion, danger. the areas of the world that create danger for us. which is a factual basis. not a religious basis.

perfectly legal, perfectly sensible, and that's what the ban is based on. it's not based on religion. >> so ari, the question is is this a muslim ban and critics point to that, what we just heard from rudy giuliani is evidence that it is. >> i've got to tell you, i don't think rudy giuliani is a card carrying member of the aclu, not to my knowledge, but he did a bigger favor right there in that interview than just about anyone has all weekend. because in their view he gave away the game, he basically publicized the exact wrong purpose, potentially illegal -- go ahead. >> the motivation. >> the motivation. exactly. and so if he is saying basically, we were going to do something that would be bad and potentially illegal, and we found a way to cover it up, he is really hurting the trump administration's arguments in court. now in fairness to them, this is his story, they have been disputing it as you know from your white house reporting, they say that this is not the muslim ban, that most muslim

prodominant countries are not affected and this is currently the law of the land. the text is being promulgated, there were obviously problems, it was not done in a normal, traditional way. that's why dhs had to go back and forth on basic items whether to hit green card holders or not. by any fair estimation some of their mistakes in rolling it out, it is an open question about whether this is and whether the courts will see it as religious discrimination. the courts are going to look beyond just the text. there's going to be a searching inquiry and boy, by tomorrow night, we're going to hear about how to interpret text when we learn who president trump's new pick is going to be to the supreme court. but this is an open question. there are times where folks will look and say hey, this is religious discrimination based on what it does, no, what it says is fair and we're going to read it for what it says. and it leaves other countries open. we're going to see that. it's an open question in court. >> ari melbourne, thank you very much. senator ben cardon is a

democrat from maryland and the ranking member of the foreign religiouses committee. senator cardon, thanks for being here. >> peter, good to be with you, thank you. >> 6:00 tonight, democrats are going to gather on the steps of the supreme court to demand that president trump withdraw this travel ban, but i guess, the simple question is, what leverage do you have to convince him or frankly republicans to actually kill it? >> well, first i think his executive order is illegal. it is not the value was america. it's reckless, and it's dangerous. it's dangerous to americans who travel. it's dangerous to the security of our country. where we need to get cooperation of countries around the world to help us in who comes to america. all that's in jeopardy because of the president's executive order. so i think in that own national security interests, this executive order cannot stand. >> so broadly speaking, what can you dough about it? the challenge is not that you think it's reckless, the challenge is doing anything to sort of force it to be withdrawn or to force democrats, excuse me republicans to join you.

>> well i think republicans will join us. if we can get a clean vote on the floor, i expect that this will be changed. >> so what we need is republicans to, insist upon their leadership, this is not in america's interest. we have to stand up. we're the legislative branch of government. we're the policy arm of government. we need to vote on this issue. and i'm confident if we have a clean vote, the president's policies will not stand. because they're not what america stands for. we don't impose religious tests on who can come to america. we don't deal with being out of step with the rest of the world. we take the leadership in helping people from the humanitarian concerns, refugee issues. america doesn't stand with president obama on this executive order. >> more specifically, how far are democrats willing to go though to fight president trump? on supreme court for example? do you want democrats to filibuster the president's supreme court nominee? whoever he announces tomorrow evening? >> well we know the republicans denied president obama his power

as president of the united states to get his nominee considered for almost a year. we want to see who president trump nominates. if he nominates a mainstream jurorists similar to what president obama did in going mainstream, that's one set of circumstances, but if he tries to go in a narrow philosophical direction, i think you're going to see many of us do everything we can to make sure that nominee doesn't end up on the supreme court. >> let's work through the checklist. debt limit default, probably a debt limit, we hit the ceiling in the middle of march. would you call on democrats to rule out threatening a default? >> i'm for paying our bills. i hope we don't get to that. i thought it was irresponsible when the republicans tried to block us. if it's a clean debt ceiling vote, i think you'll see there'll be democrats that will join. but if they use it to try to advance their extreme agenda, they're on their own. >> what does that mean when you say clean vote? >> just put up a debt ceiling extension like i think democrats

will vote for -- i know that i'd be interested in voting for just a debt extension. but if they couple it with policy changes, such as giving tax breaks to the wealthy or cutting programs that are critically important to middle income families, then they're on their own. >> i guess the bottom line is -- government shut down, would you call for that? april 28th is the deadline to fund the government. should democrats rule out a shut down? >> no, democrats do not want to shut down. we want the government to continue, we tried to get a full year budget this year -- >> so what leverage do you have? sorry to interrupt, what leverage do you have? >> if the republicans act responsibly, if they work with democrats, we'll get a budget done this year. we know it's not going to be our budget. we know that we won't get the what we want, but if it's a true compromise, then democrats are prepared to work with republicans. but if they go their own way, if they look for tax cuts for the wealthy look to cut social

security and medicare, if they look to hurt middle income families. democrats are not going to help. >> specific to this executive order, the minority leader chuck schumer saying it is un-american. what leverage specifically do you have to do anything about this? >> well, again, the floor on the senate generally requires 60 votes. and the republicans need democrats to work with them. on this executive order, we think we have republicans who share the same sentiment that i'm expressing tonight. that the executive order does not represent american values. it's illegal we it's got to be withdrawn or repealed. and i think if we get republicans to join -- able to vote on it, they'll express themselves. >> finally, how do you talk to constituents who are concerned about the screening process right now? can you convince them, certify that every one of those individuals vetted from the seven countries included in this order are safe to allow to the

u.s.? >> we have a vetting system, particularly on refugees, that could take 18 to 24 months. they're the most vetted group of individuals who come to america from so many different ways are they vetted. we need to make sure everyone who wants to come to america that that person's not trying to cause harm. and in doing that, we need the cooperation of other countries. what the president did with the executive order is to isolate america and our effort to keep ourself safe, that's going to make us greater at risk. >> senator cardon, we appreciate your time and comments, thank you very much. let's bring in the panel. let's start with you quickly, i want to get your reaction to senator cardon. it appears clear, there ain't a lot of leverage that democrats have right now. and obviously they're not really ready to go full scale in terms of their opposition to donald trump and republicans. >> yeah, you know, i think the

democrats realize they need to pick and choose their battles. so right now, when republicans are -- they have a lot of republicans who are outraged about this had executive order as well. we're getting a supreme court tomorrow night. i think the democrats are going to wait until there's a second supreme court nominee and that's where they're going to pitch a major battle. that's when the balance of the court could change and that's where you're going to see chuck schumer and the rest of his conference really come out to oppose trump and the rest of his administration. >> bottom line is whoever he selects tomorrow replaces antonin scalia, that doesn't have a lot of impact. what happens next will be significant. to you quickly, what leverage do the democrats have? what can they do if they're going to stand up at the supreme court within the next hour and try to make it clear that president trump needs to withdraw this order, but that doesn't get action made. >> the leverage i would say is really the public. what you've seen is the protests, people going to the airport, that's -- the administration is going to move because the public opposition. the democrats and congress have a lot of power. i would argue that they are

following the public, the public is driving the opposition and then democrats are joining it as opposed to the opposite. the protests are move me, the protests have been important -- >> he was heartened. >> those are the citizens acting, i think if trump moves, it's an executive order. of course congress has no real role. >> clarence, i think there were a lot of questions as soon as president obama left about who would sort of fill that vacuum for democrats and lead the charge in the case of executive orders and other actions. had taken president obama is not going to be former president george w. bush. he's not painting at home right now. ten days in, he's put a statement out. what do you make of his statement and his decision to wade into this already? >> democrats need a good figure head, a good voice out there to lead the charge. chuck schumer so far has been -- probably the biggest voice of opposition. but, unless republicans -- unless the trump side loses enough republican votes, democrats don't really have have

real leverage. they are drawing that line in the sand that defines the differences between the two party's positions on this. nobody's really talked about whether this extreme vetting is really needed. they already -- refugees already get extreme vetting. >> 18 to 24 months. >> exactly. and we also have such a tough process that we have the fewers number of refugees that we take in. compared to europe, we're really pikers on this issue. but nevertheless, both sides are defining themselves. in the midst of this public debate. >> let me ask you on this quickly, is the republican concern as we've heard from like 18 republican senators right now, is it specifically about sloppily implementation or is it about the policy where the real issue lie kps. >> that's a great question. i think republicans are upset not about the substance, but about the method. and if you see the trump administration get a more organized method of going about what they want to do, consulting with the agencies, getting an interagency process going,

consulting with congress, looping people in, there's going to be much less republican opposition to these sorts of things because their opposition is not necessarily based on the substance of these executive orders, and there are little errors like the green card error in this executive order that could be caught. you know, greater collaboration. >> the bottom line, the corrections as they were made by the dhs, new secretary john kelly having to correct the issue of green cards today. we know that james mattis over at the defense department is sort of sorting out those who may go compensatory damages. this seems like the things that could have been done. perry, the bottom line is here americans broadly support president trump on this issue. take a look at these numbers. taking in refugees was not popular the last time nbc news polled this issue. 56% said the u.s. should take zero refugees from syria or certainly take fewer refugees. so at the end of the day, americans seem to lean in on what president trump is saying. >> how you phrase the issue.

if people see this as a ban on muslims -- >> there's the opposition to that. >> and we're debating that today, as ari said, and seven muslim countries. viewed that way i think the polling numbers have been more divided. and i'd be curious to see after the protests and the way this was handled if the numbers change more. >> which is why communication matters. >> that's right. the real thing that people hear when they were asking the question, do you want your government to keep you safe. and people say sure, but the fact is, if you make the other argument saying that muslim ban or whatever this policy will not make us safer. then you again to get more support from the opposition. >> and the way they write these polling questions, always varies in the way we are able to address them. stay with us. we'll check in shortly. we want to show you live picture right now. the steps of the supreme court. that's where democrats will be gathering shortly to denounce president trump's executive order on immigration. we are keeping an eye on it. and we will take you there as soon as anything begins. and coming up, could the

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america does not want muslims coming into our country. that is why we fear this executive order may do more to help terrorist recruitment than improve our security. former cia director michael hayden spoke about the ban on npr this morning saying he believes it could be used as a tool by terrorists. >> what we're doing now is probably made us less safe today than we were friday morning before this happened. because we are now living the worst jihadist narrative possible. >> so let's bring in my guests. andrea mitchell, host of andrea mitchell reports right here on msnbc. and former chief of staff at both the cia and the defense department. he is also an nbc news national security analyst. we have a smart panel today. i appreciate both of -- >> jeremy is smart. >> we're smart across the board. andrea, let me start quickly, nbc news obtained a draft of this dissent right now. the bottom line is that hundreds of foreign service officers say the ban is in their words quote,

it will increase anti-american sentiment. broadly speaking, what are you hearing right now and the uniqueness of this moment is within this administration already there's a big outcry taking place. >> there is. and this is a procedure, a practice, at the state department. it is to protect people who want to speak out. it is normalized process once used against hillary clinton in fact. very striking. it's like a slap in the face of a secretary of state, but the this is a dissent memo that is being circulated and signed by many foreign service officers against the executive order, against the refugee ban. and sean spicer, i think not understanding the weight of this as it is incapsulated among foreign service officers. it's part of their legal right. >> get with the program or you can go. >> in a very dramatic way. he said essentially the same thing twice and said it so strongly at his daily briefing that i think that was a real shock to the system because that could be viewed as an attempt to

silence dissent on a critical foreign policy issue from the professionals. >> jeremy, senators mccain and graham call this a self-inflicted wound. already are we seeing evidence that isis or other islamic radical islamic terrorist groups as donald trump calls them are taking this as a propaganda tool? >> absolutely, peter, i was looking at the social media site telegram which is one that isis tends to use a great deal. and they're basically saying all of you out there, look at the way america treats it's own muslim populations. they're not even letting people who have green cards who are a lawful, permanent residence of the country back into their own country. where they've already been vetted. and it's become a recruiting tool for isis already even in the last 48 hours. and i'll just say as a counterterrorism strategy, this is pretty foolish because it puts under suspicion an entire civilian population as opposed to following specific leads. >> and let me take up that point, jeh johnson had gone to chicago and gave the first --

>> former department homeland security secretary. >> homeland security counterterror official to the entire muslim community gathered there. and spoke to them meaningfully, and was following up on something that george w. bush started after 9/11. that was laying the groundwork for the best kind of counterterror work. which is done in the nypd, they have huge outreach to the muslim communities. and this just flies in the face of it. >> earlier today we were talking about sean spicer, something he said at the start struck me. he was speaking to what had taken place, the mosque shooting in quebec, take a listen. >> it's a terrible reminder of why we must remain vigilant and why the president is taking steps to be proactive rather than reactive when it comes to our nation's safety and security. >> the bottom line, jeremy, this was a white french national. this is not an individual who best to our knowledge at least had been to any of those seven countries, but certainly this doesn't demonstrate the point. does it undercut the argument the demonstration is making

today? >> and that logic we should close the border to all canadians, a canadian committed a terrorist act in canada. >> against muslims. >> it makes zero sense. and it just shows you that actually this isn't a counterterrorism strategy at all. >> let me ask you about stephen bannon. this is getting people talking today. this is the chief strategist, he is a political advisor to president trump, perhaps shy only of jared kushner in terms of influence he has on our new president right now. he's now a permanent member of the national security council. it's a position reserved for well it includes secretaries of state and defense, equal standing with them right now. what do you make of this right now as we learn today that the cia director will be added to this? but it's bannon's inclusion that has people turning their head. >> it is unusual. david axelrod did come to some of those meetings, george bush made sure that carl rove never did. it is very unusual to have a political advisor, counterpoint from sean spicer is that he has military experience, seven years

in the navy. but that is -- that hardly makes him a foreign policy advisor. he's a strategist. he is a big idea guy with right wing connection to breitbart. and interesting past, you know, gold man sachs, many careers. so he's obviously very close to the president. increasingly close to the president. as clearly is jared kushner from the proximity of the office right off the oval and also the president said, i want him to negotiate middle east peace, i want him involved in foreign policy. it does diminish and importantly we see a diminishment, or diminishing of michael flynn, the national security advisor, but it does put him on a par with other important figures and despite what spicer said and jeremy can bear me out on this, he was the chief of staff to leon panetta, there is a diminishing role if by invitation only you have the chairman of the joint chiefs and the dni. they have to be invited to this meeting or ask may i come?

>> those two other military and intelligence leaders may not be there. >> and flynn will be there every time. the dni and the chairman of the joint chiefs will have to ask for permission to attend. the reason you have intelligence and military professionals at the table when big policy issues are being teed up is to constrain policy. to say, mr. president, we can't do this, or if you do this, this will be the repercussions. i believe had they consulted the chairman, had they consulted the director of national intelligence about this muslim ban, they would never have rolled it out because the military and intelligence professionals would have said, this is bad for american security. >> last thought. >> they've been two quick fixes today, at least two that we know of, one coming from general kelly on homeland, and one coming from the pentagon from general mattis. both fixing some of the visa and green card and iraqi, iraqi allies of ours who work with the military making them able to travel. >> which demonstrates the value of interagency consulting.

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all right. welcome back now. developing news on capitol hill. the senate is voting on a procedural step in rex tillerson's nomination for secretary of state. the final vote on his nomination is expected to happen a little bit later this week. before the vote got under way, senate minority leader chuck schumer requested it be delayed until tillerson is questioned about president trump's travel ban. but that request was denied on the floor. democrats also attempted to bring a bill to the floor to overturn the executive order by

unanimous consent, but that was also denied. here is the senate democratic leader on president trump's order. >> it raises serious doubts, mr. president, about the competence, the basic competence of the administration. when such an important order is so poorly vetted and executed. just like some of their cabinet nominations. such a far-reaching and impactful executive order should have gotten extreme vetting. instead, it was rushed through without much thought or deliberation. >> in just a few minutes, schumer and nancy pelosi are hosting an event on the steps of the supreme court. there is a live picture. they will be protesting the executive orders on travel and immigration. democrats are certainly up in arms over some of the new president's moves, but is there anything that they can do to stop them? beginning a busy week right now

on the hill. joining us is kelly o'donnell. so kelly, procedural vote on tillerson just happened. the question is do we expect any fireworks come the real vote later this week? is trump going to get his guy on this and is there any way to force them to answer questions in effect for donald trump's travel ban? >> reporter: well democrats are trying to make the most of running the clock on tillerson. this could have gone more quickly if they had agreed to move the vote. that's how the senate works. the two parties can pace things more quickly if they agree. democrats are using their ability to slow it down to try to focus on some of these issues. it is still widely expected that tillerson will be the secretary of state that there won't be a snag. it's a matter of running out the clock in a way. and for chuck schumer and democrats, this is a chance to try to shine a light on issues that they are concerned about, to try to bring pressure, and to try to use something chez didn't see coming, this new executive order on travel restrictions and fold it in to some of the

dialogue they're having about dominations. now part what have they tried to do today was to put up a stop bill on the president's executive order because democrats can't control the floor. that was doomed to failure, but it was something they wanted to do as a measure of what they are standing up for. now, republicans had to be there to object to it, and tom cotton of arkansas was the man chosen for that. he put a stop to it when which any senator on the republican side could do, and he had words about democrats and how they're reacting today versus some of the issues from the obama years. >> here's the minority shedding crocodile tears over president trump's immigration and refugee policy, but where were those tears the last eight years when president obama's foreign policy created all of these refugees? >> reporter: now peter, another way that democrats are able to use the executive order and to kind of wrap that in the confirmation process, we learned today that democrats objected to

committees working later today which is a more obscure rule in the senate, but one that comes in handy today because the finance committee democrats who would be handling the nomination of steve ma knew chin wanted to be at that protest that you just told viewers about outside the supreme court. they couldn't be in two places at once, by using another one of the tools of the senate, they put up a roadblock for steve to be considered by the relevant committee tonight. now, it's a delay of only one evening into tomorrow morning, but again, it allows democrats to sort of pump the brakes and not let donald trump's choices for some of these top cabinet positions go through as easily as they might otherwise have. peter. >> kelly o'donnell on capitol hill for us, thank you very much. still ahead, stars have strong words for president trump. how hollywood is reacting to the new president's immigration actions. i thought i was managing my moderate to severe crohn's disease.

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to him. it's another voice in the room, but a lot of people view this more skreptically. >> it may be true that for trump this is necessary because he is such a small inner circle of people he trusts. but it is he trust. barack obama based the way for this by allowing his political strategyist to sit in on the meeting. trump has ton something differently document saying that his chief strategist bannon is part of the team. george w. bush prohibited karl row -- >> it's not going to happen. >> because he didn't want appearance of mixing politics. >> what do you make of this, is this much ado about much of

nothing. ? >> no questions about that. what disturbs a lot of liberal and conservative alike, to put steve bannon in that critical condition without having moreality ternive voices in the room. bannon is not trump's brain. trump does not have ideology theories wherein bannon does. trump has spoken out about foreign affairs and they have been right wing militant views. he has lot of scenarios for where he would like the world to move. people didn't vote for bannon, they voted for trump. >> bannon was involved but the head of dhs was not very involved. at the end of the process while

bannon he has nor experience than they do, dhs -- >> let's talk superficially. first to you, clearance. should we make anything of the timing of this being moved up from thursday to tuesday. prime time address in effect lay announcing supreme court was that by design? >> he has been giving us fire hose of development the fact they moves it up, better way to bring up supreme court nominee. >> break this down, a lot of americans these names are not that familiar.

it's not so much this decision that's going to be consequenceal, it's the next once that a lot of americans will be zeroing in on. >> that's right. hardman and gorsuch was approved. voice votes it's going to be hard for democrats to say there is different now we oppose them for the supreme court. we'll be hearing people say that. it's the next nomination, i think republicans and democrats alike do expect to see someone retire in the next four years. a 4-5 or 4-5 conservative and shift the court to conservative leaning court for the next 30 or 40 years. >> you held the seat unfairly

that obama should have picked. i think they know the pick going to be someone conservative. it's going to be why should you get a pick and we didn't get ours. >> do we see the republicans rern with a nuclear option? >> mcconnell said he doesn't want to change the filler buster rule of the thi something interesting fight. the i do think the democrats watching are not going to lie over and let this happen. >> you get criticized in the same way. >> we have not have an eight-member court. now we're going to have a different court. coming up after this break marking "meet the press"

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