it was almost accidental that matthew peterson got smoked out and exposed. so for the senate slow down and take the time to evaluate the records underlying these nominees. >> speaking of changes, trump has shown that when a court ruled against him which happened on his travel ban and is ban on transgender the judicial system hears him on the dockier ruling this week. he said just shows how broken and on para court system is. when the opposing side almost always wins this is the president of the united states have you ever heard of past presidents doing something like this would affect you think that has you think people here this i think that's is hope. i think he's trying to tear down any institution that will hold him accountable. whether it's the press records, or special counsel. there's a lot of putting trust in anything. he has had loss after loss we saw that during the campaign for being a latino claiming that he could not be impartial against trump and trump university when this had fought against drug cartels and protecting law-enforcement, it was s

tell peopl matthew peterson? >> matthew peterson is the one whose nomination went up in flames when senator whitehouse from louisiana -- >> kennedy. >> sorry, senator kennedy, made clear that this was somebody who didn't know about the federal rules of evidence. he hadn't tried cases. he hadn't really conducted depositions. he hadn't had the kind of basic legal experience that you tend to see from otherwise qualified nominees who are put forth. it almost seemed accidental that he was exposed. it really speaks that has really just been railroading nominees through at a lightning fast pace and not taking the time to properly examine these nominees' records. so there are more petersons out there. i think it's really important that the senate slow down, that they stop attempting to push forth several circuit court nominees in one day which is not something we've ever historically seen. and really take time to comb through and figure out who these people are. figure out whether they've been honest and fully transparen

it is almost accidental that matthew peterson got smoked out and exposed. it is so important that we pay attention to this. >> and the court has ruled on the travel ban several times and the ban on transgendered troop, and daca and when the courts rule against him, he will have lash out at the court and the judicial system itself. this is him on the daca ruling this week. he said, "it just shows everyone how unfair and broken our court system is when a person on the opposing side like daca almost always wins before being reversed by a higher court." this is the president of the united states criticizing the federal court system. have you heard of a past president doing something like this? >> no. >> what effect does that have on just regular people's understanding of how courts work and this whole third branch of government? do you think that people hear this and people think that we can't trust the court system? >> i think that is the hope. i ti that the president is trying to tear down any institution that will hold him accountable so whether it is the pr

many people have seen the video of senator kennedy asking matthew peterson basic legal questions, he was unable to answer any of them. yesterday mr. peterson withdrew his nomination. last week they also withdrew two nominations at chairman grassley's urging. they are just three of the nominees withdrawn this year. these nominees and others demonstrate the importance of careful consideration for nominees of executive branch positions and lifetime appointments to the bench. i'll also note that the american bar association has now rated four of the 56 judicial nominees put forward by the trump administration as not qualified. including two who received that rating nam nously. that is fairly unprecedented given before this year they have only issued that rating twice since 1989. the american people deserve qualified judges who will interpret the law fairly and the best way to get judges who are fair and impartial is to have a solid confirmation process and where the executive branch is collaborating with the senate and we have ample time to review and debate these nominees. at a time whe

many people have seen the video of senator kennedy asking matthew peterson, a nominee to be a district court judge, basic legal questions. peterson was unable to answer any of them. yesterday mr. peterson withdrew his nomination. last week the administration also withdrew the nominations of jess mattier and is jeff of tally, just 3 of the 18 nominees that have been withdrawn this year, and those nominees were withdrawn after the committee process. these nominees and others demonstrate the importance of careful consideration of nominees for executive branch positions and lifetime appointments to the bench. i'll also note that the american bar association has now rated four of the 56 judicial nominees put forward by trump administration as not qualified including two who received that rating unanimously. that is fairly uns precedented given the fact -- unprecedented given the fact before year the aba had only issued that rating twice since 1989, and we have seen two more of these ratings this year already. the american people deserve qualified judges who will interpret the law fairly, an

saw an embarrassing example of that recently during the confirmation hearing for a nominee matthew spencer petersonyou ever tried a jury trial? >> i have not. >> civil? >> no. >> criminal? >> no. >> bench? >> no. >> he later withdrew. senator kennedy said lunch meat was thrown in there. it is the job to sort out nominees that we will deal with in months to come. >> bill: thank you. >> sandra: trump administration voicing outrage after a federal judge blocked efforts to end the program protecting dreamers. new reaction from the white house straight ahead. >> shannon: a japanese astronaut says he mistakenly stretched the truth about growing toler in outer space the man now apologizing for the error saying he thought he had grown more than 3.5 inches since his arrival back in december. after remeasuring himself he came in less than an inch taller than his high. growing in space is actually normal. of course we have all heard that before. on earth have you gravity and up there you don't and so on earth it compresses the spine but in space you know, that's not a problem. >> bill: i always wanted to be 6