let's look at one of the ad now on the air in north dakota for heidi heitkamp. [video clip] >> i was a deputy sheriff for 42 years and i voted for the president. unfortunately, kevin cramer must've misled. heidi voted several times for legal immigrants to convict crimes. lawn orderough attorney general, and we need to keep her in the senate. >> i'm heidi heitkamp and i approved this message. host: the democrat heidi heitkamp seeking another term. this is a state where donald trump won and 2016. this is the ad on the air for kevin cramer. [video clip] >> president trump on heidi heitkamp and the democrat agenda. pres. trump: democrats want judges who will rewrite the constitution. the democrats are always fighting against funding for the military, and funding for law enforcement. for any democrat in november is a vote for schumer, pelosi and -- democrats want open borders and for horrible sanctuary cities. every single democrat, voted against our tax cuts. you need a senator who doesn't just talk like they are from north dakota. but votes like they are from north

dakota senate race, let's look at one of the advertisements now on the air in north dakota for heidi heitkamp. [video clip] >> i was a deputy sheriff for 42 years and i voted for the president. unfortunately, kevin cramer must've misled the president on record.itkamp's that figures, it's politics. heidi voted seven times for tougher boarded -- border security. heidi was a tough law and order attorney general we need to keep her in the senate. >> i'm heidi heitkamp and i approved this message. host: the democrat heidi heitkamp seeking another term. this is a state where donald trump won and 2016. the republican's kevin cramer. here is one of the ads on the air for the republican candidate. [video clip] >> president trump on heidi heitkamp and the democrat agenda. pres. trump: democrats want judges who will rewrite the constitution. the democrats are always fighting against funding for the military, and funding for law enforcement. so a vote for any democrat in november is a vote for chuck maxine. pelosi, and democrats want open borders. voted in favor of the deadly, very dangerous, horrible sa

senator heidi heitkamp, joe manchin of west virginia, senator joe donnelly. you could talk about the role that michigan senior senator might play in all of this. hugh hewitt, help me understand the political parameters of this. we don't have a nominee yet, yet we have seen a lot of lobbying on capitol hill already. the "new york times" reporting that mitch mcconnell is backing either two candidates, raymond kethledge or thomas hardeman, suggesting they would have an easier path to confirmation. help us understand the divide in the republican party when it comes to the short list. >> it's the key question, david. you've got to make sure that senators colin and murkowski do not lead. you can't take points off the board. and they will be very hard pressed to vote against either judge kethledge or judge hardeman, i believe. on the other hand, how do you get heidi heitkamp, joe manchin and john tess extra under the most pressure, claire mccaskill? i think it is easiest to lose one of the two republicans with judge barrett, because she's so

donald trump likes heidi heitkamp, too.evin kramer but heidi heitkamp shows up at the white house in these photo ops with donald trump. but in the state, she is saying i'm going to support the president when it is appropriate for north dakotans and i'll oppose them when it is appropriate. one of the big votes she has coming up is the supreme court nominee, kavanaugh. and she's going to get a lot of pressure from the right and probably including the kochs who announced today they will likely run advertisements in her state to pressure her to vote for kavanaugh. the timing could be really, really important for democrats who are trying to maintain their seats in the states that trump won in 2016. >> and everybody will be tracking where these senators land on the future of the supreme court. nbc news capitol hill reporter, thanks for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> stay with us, we'll be right back. in the u.s. it's america's most popular street name. but allstate agents know that's where the similarity stops. if you're o

interview is next in case you missed it at 6:00 and we'll get reaction from democratic senator heidi heitkamp want to ask her about kavanaugh. "squawk box" will be right back. but which ones target your goals? it's not about quantity.

joe manchin, heidi heitkamp and joe donnelly. assuming that john mccain doesn't come in to vote you need that. you have to keep your caucus. but what about the democrats coming over? >> the democrats face a couple of tough decisions. the first is inevitably there will be a supreme court justice. it's how you lose the battle. there's ten states where trump won significantly and democrats have to face that. those are three of them. the fact is that what do we see here is the anita hill or the borkin of candidates before one is even nominated. the democrats have played that role before. they'll play it again. stop believing that because if it's, for instance, amy barrett, that they'll back off. they're not. the democrats are playing hardball because they're driving to their base, not the republicans and the states where the senators face election. mccaskill is a weak one. tester, i made a promise i would go to montana. a lot of us will go to montana. we better pay attention. >> let's listen to the president ripping tester over votin

mansion, donnelly, and heidi heitkamp. 11, joe crowley losing that state. sayingeted about it, politicians face armor sock test -- politicians face a resource -- politicians face a rohrsach test. >> mr. crawley was trying to position himself to become the next house leader of democrats. it represents a generational breakthrough for the democrats. an ideological breakthrough. we don't know how much that will be repeated. when she wants people to remember is her message was something that i'm going to guess we will hear more from and thes between now election. not so much progressivism, not bernie sanders democratic progressive wants to eliminate agency, public college for everyone, those progressive ideas i do not think or where the democrats want to go but here's what i think they will listen to, which is what she says time and time again. we, the democrats, the whole country knows who donald trump is. we don't need to spend our campaign talking a lot of donald the more we talk about it does not do good, what does do good is when democrats give voters a rea

so if you're heidi heitkamp of the world, it's tbd. it all zepds on how these hearings play, how the country sees the nominee. >> can you find -- do you think -- let me go back to the senator. do you think a senator from these red states would find something strong enough to use back home against the nominee that they could justify it? >> absolutely. and i think it's right. this is all going to play out as the country learns who these nominees are. i think a lot of trump's base, right? not that he was going to take on corporate america, he was going to return power to the people. what they're going to find is all of these judges were hand-selected by the federalist society because they are going to take power away from regular people and hand them to big corporations. i think if we make that case effectively, if we tell people that these are the judges who are going to take away federal protections for you, if you have a pre-existing condition, they're going to overturn the affordable care act, all of a sudden this looks like a very di

joe manchin of west virginia, joe donnelly, and heidi heitkamp. >> the new york 11th, joe seat thatlosing that she tweeted that -- you tweeted that politicians face a rorschach test. what did you mean by that? that was a story with multifaceted story lines it, not the least of which mr. crowley was trying to position himself to be the next leader of the house democrats, and the ocasio.of or what she wants people to remember as her message was something i'm going to guess that we are going to your more and more from democrats between now and the election. not so much her message of progressiveness. she is a bernie sanders progressive democrats, wants to eliminate ice, once to medicare to be the sole health care, , i dofree public college not think the democrats are going to go for those progressive ideas. but what they are going to listen to which is what she said, we, the democrats, noble donald trump is, we do not need to spend our campaign talking ill of donald trump and trying to talk people out of voting for democrats voting against donald trump. what does do good is when democrats gi

mansion, joe donnelly, and heidi heitkamp. >> let's talk about one election in particular, the new york 11, joe crowley losing. you tweeted about it, saying politicians face a rorshach test as they assess the defeat of joe crowley. what did you mean by that and how do you think democrats will tailor their message ahead of the midterms? david: this is a story with multifaceted story lines behind it, not the least of it that mr. crowley was trying to position himself to become the next house leader of democrats. and not that -- not just that ms. cortez represents a generational breakthrough for the democrats. an ideological breakthrough. we don't know how much that will be repeated. i think that her message, or what she wants people to remember as her message was something that i'm going to guess that we are going to hear more and more from democrats between now and the election. not so much her message of progressivism, in which she is a bernie sanders democratic progressive, wants to eliminate the ice agency, free public college for everyone, those progressive ideas i do not think are w

joe manchin, joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp. these are people the president has embraced and targeted. donnelly voted for amy barrett for the court of appeals. if the president picked her, it would be difficult for manchin and donnelly say it would be difficult to confirm her. if he was to pick a brett kavanaugh or if he was to pick a thomas hardiman or somebody like that, those three senators in particular would find it difficult to vote against that nominee. they are up for tough re-election battles in states that the president won handily. west virginia in particular. joe manchin has tried to make peace with the president, but the last time he was there at the green brier, he was certainly pretty tough on joe manchin. if joe manchin wants to survive politically in any confirmation hearing that happens this fall, if they can get a hearing this fall before the election, manchin will be hard-pressed to vote against the president. >> shepard: john, you broke the news 23 minutes as that the president made the decision. i know the

joe donnelly in indiana, heidi heitkamp in north dakota, and joe manchin, all of those states will be first to introduce this new nominee. then on the flip side on the left, you have three of those for being targeted on the left to say, hold the line, with democrats. >> ed: let's take one step back and think about where we all were two years ago in 2016. the anticipation and most of the mainstream media, all the political geniuses. hillary clinton was going to win, and if they were going to be nominations to be had it would be people on the left. instead donald trump wins against all odds. he got the tax cut through government repealed the individual mandate, and he's working on immigration. he wanted to get the infrastructure plan but now he has to supreme court picks and the opportunity to reshape this court for 40 years. >> >> bret: think about that as an issue as we closed in on election day. that was a driving issue especially for evangelicals who came out in droves for donald trump. they knew this was a possibility, this day, this moment for kennedy, the swing vote, to step asid

let's look at one of the ad now on the air in north dakota for heidi heitkamp. eo clip] >> i was a deputy sheriff for 42 years and i voted for the president. unfortunately, kevin cramer must've misled. heidi voted several times for legal immigrants to convict crimes. lawn orderough attorney general, and we need to keep her in the senate. >> i'm heidi heitkamp and i approved this message. host: the democrat heidi heitkamp seeking another term. this is a state where donald trump won and 2016. this is the ad on the air for kevin cramer. [video clip] >> president trump on heidi heitkamp and the democrat agenda. pres. trump: democrats want judges who will rewrite the constitution. the democrats are always fighting against funding for the military, and funding for law enforcement. for any democrat in november is a vote for schumer, pelosi and -- democrats want open borders and for horrible sanctuary cities. every single democrat, voted against our tax cuts. you need a senator who doesn't just talk like they are from north dakota. but votes like they are from north dako

to vote for his nominee this time that note -- that voted for , joe manchin, joe donnelly, and heidi heitkamp. >> let's ramp up -- let's wrap up talking about the election, joe crowley losing, and the victory of alexandria across your cortez -- alexandria ocasio -cortez. willo you think democrats tailor message ahead of them in terms? >> this is a story with multifaceted storylines behind it, not the least of which that mr. crowley was trying to position himself to be the next leader of the house democrats, not the least of which cortezdria ocasio- represents an ideological breakthrough for the democrats. whatthink her message or she wants people to remember as was something i will guess we will hear more and more from democrats between now and the election. not so much from her message of aggressive is a -- progressivism. she wants to eliminate ice, wants medicare to be the sole health care provider for the country, wants free public college for everyone -- those progressive ideas. i don't know whether that's when the democrats will go. but here's what they will listen to, which she said tim

s north dakota senate candidate kevin kramer, trying to unseat democrat heidi heitkamp. what is the koch reason for that?t well, the republican candidate supported trump on both trade and immigration. at that confab i was mentioning earlier in colorado, charles koch made a big deal about "uniting people who were previously divided." what does that p mean? how are these latest retaliatory efforts actually doing that? trump is the one uniting people for all the talk of divisiveness, trump enjoys an 88% approval rating among republicans, according to "the wall street journal," nbc poll.. only george w. bush in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 saw support likeke that. but the koch network and others talk a good game about unity embracing change, seizing opportunities. but when the president comes along who is actually embracing a new path, something different on behalf of the american people, let's try a new thing now, the kochs and the globalists just have their blinders on. they won't have any of it. a i had to laugh when, in a feature on the koch retreat, it said the follo

that picture aside we mentioned the other two democrats, heidi heitkamp and donnelly.if susan collins and lisa murkowski are on board? do you think they will be on board? >> i do. when you get a chance to talk to the judge and hear him explain his opinions and see him in the hearing and the rest of americans meet him that way, it will be someone, they voted for neil gorsuch, feel comfortable with, realize he is independent and fair and evenhanded as a judge. this is someone who deserves more than 50 votes. in any less political time judge brett kavanaugh would be overwhelmingly confirmed. even whether there is the 50th vote, they are still going to want to vote for him because that is what their constituents are asking. jillian: will he be confirmed before the midterms? >> absolutely. i'm optimistic he will get confirmed, the first week of october and it will be great to have a full complement of 9 justices and we are on track to do that. there won't be a lot of wiggle room but we will get support by october. >> the times we live in. justice scalia, that would never ha

talking about doug jones, joe manchin, joe donnelly, heidi heitkamp. did the president expect to get their support? >> if the democrats actually look at the qualifications of judge brett kavanaugh they have no choice but to confirm him. if it is based on pure politics some will do what they usually do. hold up the stop sign, fight to the death to stop him, but if they are being honest and it is a matter of policy and principle and personal qualifications, the professional and personal pedigree of this man and his time on the bench already, then if they are being honest and they are doing what they promised their voters they would do, which is to make sure that the judiciary is filled with folks who are faithful to the constitution and won't make up the law as they go along. that's all the president asks. i think whether you're a red state or purple state or in cycle or not in cycle, if you're honest about the process you'll give this man his due and a thumbs-up vote. everybody should be concerned. every voter out there represented by a senator who said

heidi heitkamp is running a different race, but having the koch brothers take their money and go somewherelse is good for her. happens with other senators, it is a really good thing for democrats. i certainly hope the koch brothers followthrough and take their money off the field in some places. shery: we were just talking to our trade reporter, and she was telling us how the administration has continued to bash canada, and we are hearing the are frozen out of trade talks. these are big distractions. i wonder what president trump has to gain by bashing allies and getting all of these trade disputes on the table heading into the midterms? >> i think one of the things you can say positive about president trump is he has his finger on the polls of a lot of mainstream americansf mainstream whatever you want to call them. he taps into a sentiment when he does these things that he stands up. i am for minnesota. people see him stand up and say these things and say, finally, someone is standing up for america, even when they do not agree with policies they are implementing. one of the craziest thi

nominating here likely with democrats like heidi heitkamp and joe manchin could be in a box. like if you're a democratic senator running in the state the president won, how do you say no to a woman being appoint on the supreme court? it would only be the second time a republican president has appointed a woman. the last time was ronald reagan, who was a moderate republican. so the president looking for a more conservative justice. the tip could tip his hand in montana tonight. if he doesn't say anything before, we could expect an announcement 9:00 p.m. monday. melissa? >> thanks, john. let's go to the couch. when senator cardin was talking about the agenda that the group has, is it fair to characterize what the right wants as supremes aren't elected, they can't make law? isn't it that simple? >> that's a part of it. he talks about -- ben cardin talks about how america doesn't want what the president wants. they wouldn't have voted for the president if they didn't want what he wants in the supreme court. the supreme court played a big part in the president's election. specific

heidi heitkamp, claire mccaskill, they need to put it all on the line and oppose whoever the presidentks. i think that's great advice. >> dana: it was reported senators donnelly, manchin and heitkamp, they were invited to the announcement tonight and they declined. >> juan: i think you will see tremendous pressure on susan collins and lisa murkowski, pro-choice republicans, to say this is too much. you can't have a supreme court become a rubber stamp for right wing agenda. >> sean: where is the evidence? you say these things and you are trying to scare the american people. >> juan: i am not scaring anybody. i'm just giving the facts. >> sean: nina totenberg made the comment that's the end of the world as we know it. dick durbin is telling these red state senators, democrats, to commit political suicide. >> juan: it's a matter of conscience and voting for what is right as opposed to -- political power. >> kimberly: hillary lost. >> juan: hillary won the popular vote. >> jesse: it's not the rules that they play under. >> kimberly: you can't change the rules. >> juan: an unpopular preside

he brought democrats in last week to talk to them, heidi heitkamp, joe manchin.ught their input. this is good for our country and our democracy. i hope the senate will vote on this quickly and that democrats will cross the aisle and vote for the president's nominee. >> neil: you're financially in a position, republicans in general, in good shape despite the talk about a blue wave coming. as things stand now, the republican national committee has five times as more cash than the democrats. how do you spend that? where do you prioritize with that? are you looking at vulnerable house districts or how are you playing it? >> yeah, the house districts that will be competitive and the senate seats where we can put up senators in ten states that president trump won and we have democrat incumbents. we're on the ground and knocking on doors and engaging in neighborhood conversations, talking to our friends and the importance of this election and talking about the results of this presidency. we have 500 staff on the ground and over 20 million voter contacts. that's how we w

have a big tent within the party, a party that can have alexandra ocasio-cortez and also have heidi heitkamp. and, you know, that is -- that's certainly where we're coming from. i think that we know that one of the problems with the election last time around was there were a lot of democrats who are in their little bubbles because a lot of us are concentrated living in very blue areas. i looked up on "the new york times" map that came out last week, and pri precinct voted for trump 93%. we have to remind ourselves that's not representative of the country and make sure we're talking to the folks like robert that are in different places that we actually need to appeal to in order to build a broader and winning coalition. i think she's a part of that, but even she's said that's not the way to win everywhere. her district is very unique. >> host: this is on our republican line, joe. you're next up, go ahead. >> caller: hey, thank you very much. i appreciate the fact that, you know, you haven't gone to economics 101 yet, but i'd like to know where are you going to get all this money for the free

. >> heidi heitkamp has a decision to make. does she support kavanaugh and prove she's on the side of the president and you? or does she side with the radical liberals in washington, d.c.? >> back to that story later, but we begin the hour with the president's all-caps twitter warning to iran and the question of whether it's furthering or undercutting a carefully crafted administration policy rollout. never, ever threaten the united states again, or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. that tweet from the president shortly before midnight. that threat jarred national security officials here in washington and immediately overshadowed a carefully detailed speech given last night by the secretary of state out at the reagan library in california. making the case that 40 years of iranian revolution have delivered little to the iranian people. >> the level of corruption and wealth among iranian leaders shows that iran is run by something that resembles the mafia more than a

it basically dick durbin said to every red state democrat, claire mccaskill, joe manchin, heidi heitkamp, bill nelson, all these people. we want you to commit political suicide. >> it's more important to stop the presidents court court nominee than worry about the midterm election. tell that to joe mansion, in west virginia. donald trump. that state by 41 points. a couple quick points. the left will oppose this nomination and come out hard to come up they already are. i know father ensler who was mentioned, that judge kavanaugh mentioned. he's someone with a beautiful family and he works with father to feed the homeless.. by the way he noted that he wasm hired to teach at harvard law school by elena kagan who is one of the most liberal supreme court justices we've ever seen. strong catholic faith, he's feeding the homeless, hired by elena kagan, a liberal justice to teach at harvard law. number two, this president likes people, nominee is out of cast. he said to get me mad dog mattis. he didn't like tiller's and at first, get me mike pompeo. he's my vision of the secretary of state. he t

heidi heitkamp as well.re's a few more examples, but she's also someone the president reportedly likes. so we're going see this in a couple different places, i think, where you have a democrat snuggling up a little bit to the president, particularly -- and i would not be surprised if they end up voting for the president's supreme court nominee. they would have two. several of them. >> i think it's also important to note the nuances tester was not saying in any of those ads that i like the president. he was saying the president likes me and what i do. that's undercutting the message of the president. unless they're very, very dedicated to president trump, no one is going to remember ronnie jax w jackson when they go to the polls in number. too much has happened in the meantime. aligning himself to the president but putting it all on the president. >> and to the point when you have this national dynamic that works against you, you try to focus on local stuff. his opponent, matt rosendale, was a real estate dev

so he's telling joe manchin, joe donnelly, heidi heitkamp that it doesn't matter, if you're in close races, it doesn't matter if you have a political future. that's how important this is. speech he was interesting to me, and i don't think this is lost in the american public. it's not about are you pro-life or pro-choice, how do you feel about this issue or that issue, it's do you think that a judge should be doing magic tricks with the constitution to make it say something it doesn't? 's and that what it's really supposed to be about? >> andrew: that's exactly right and what's really lost is what terrific craftsmen of the law these four finalists are. it really shouldn't matter. they're all very much committed to what ought to be conservative principles for interpreting the constitution. >> kennedy: we heard a lot about that after the death of justice scalia. >> andrew: if he could rank them, probably amy coney barrett of the top and we don't know enough about thomas hardiman to my mind but as to the other three, whoever said you can throw a dart and end up with a great judge, i thin

heidi heitkamp voted against the tax cut.he has not been a supporter of the policies the president has put forward. >> as the feud rages, support for the president from an unexpected corner. jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon, a former close ally of barack obama praising the president's economic policies. >> he has done things which accelerated growth. we needed competitive taxes and the way the american public should drink it though might think about for 20 years we have been increasingly uncompetitive. >> tonight at a campaign rally in tampa, president trump will put his economic policies on the line. he's making an appearance on behalf of congressman ron desantis, who is vying to become the next governor of florida. >> bret: see that live right here on fox. roberts, thanks. the trump administration is studying the idea of what would amount -- by reducing the taxes levied on capital gains. administration officials have said no decision has been made yet on whether to proceed. they say treasury secretary steven mnuchin prefers deferri

thinking about joe donnelly in indiana and heidi heitkamp in north dakota, joe manchin in west virginiaot be so universal. what do you think? is. >> yeah. i think the big problem for the democrats in the reaction to all of this, again, is religion. and several of your guests have brought it up. but in the writing of "game of thorns," bill clinton urged hillary to go to those catholic states -- pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin, michigan -- they finally let him go. he tried to get her to go to notre dame university for st. patrick's day, she wouldn't do it. and hostility towards the catholic religion, it a makes no -- neil: i don't understand that, doug, because, oh, he's a protestant, oh, he's jewish -- [laughter] i don't see that. but this is the same party that rally, rally ared around a catholic senator who was getting picked apart for being a slave to catholicism or that he would take orders from the pope. they rallied around him and said he's a candidate for president, not a catholic candidate for president. but it's very different now. >> and you know we don't hear a lot of -- we hear

joe manchin, heidi heitkamp. and two republican women with a history of strong support for abortion rights, senators lisa murkowski and susan collins. >> a candidate for this important position, who would overturn roe v. wade would not be acceptable to me because that would indicate an activist agenda that i don't want to see a judge have. >> president trump says he'll announce his choice july 9th. linda lopez, abc news, new york. >> two local groups gathered in berkeley today with stuffed animals, books and blankets to deliver to young immigrants. abc 7 news was at the berkeley fellowship where the group code pink planned a caravan to local facilities where kids have been separated from their parents. they say their calls and e-mails have not been answered, but they plan to at least stand outside and sing songs in spanish, and other latin american languages. >> people working at the places can't stop us from singing loud, and making our voices heard through the walls. >> some people with the groups were making a

kennedy: if you're joe manchin, joe donnelly, heidi heitkamp, how do you vote?e with your party, or do you vote with someone that voters in your state approve of? >> i think it all depends on how lisa murkowski or susan collins falls. they vote for this justice knowing his record on choice, knowing -- kennedy: what is his record on choice? >> well, there was a case in texas regarding a minor who wanted an abortion, and he ruled against her -- kennedy: he actually didn't go as far right as social conservatives -- >> yeah, but it was far enough, and the question is it far enough for lisa murkowski or susan collins to vote against him. ing that's really the question. i think based on that and also will he go after, if the case comes in front of him -- kennedy: what's more important for democrats, thwarting in this nomination -- >> no, no, no, this idea of thwarting the nomination -- kennedy: or having people reelected in critical red state where is the president -- what's more important? please answer the question. >> no, i'm going to answer your question, kennedy.

chuck grassley, susan collins, lisa murkowski as well as democrats joe manchin, joe donnelly, heidi heitkamp so what does the path and the math look like? in the senate? democratic activists are up in arms, they want to fight this. they want to stop this. republicans, at least their leaders, they say they want to get this through before the midterm election. what does the math look like? let take you through it. on paper 51-49 for the republicans. when i say functionally, it may be less. that's because we know john mccain, he has been sidelined for a while now. so if john mccain were to remain sidelined as this process plays out, that's 50 republican votes. that's the bare minimum. that's no margin for error. that's if you lose one as a republican, as the republicans, you lose this battle on a partisan vote. let's say there were 50, mccain remains sidelined, there are 50 votes for republicans. what do they have to worry about when it comes to potential for defection? these are five republicans to watch. for various reasons, to keep an eye on. jeff flake is retiring. he's been blocking some j

. >> that's not going to be determinative to joe donnelly in indiana or heidi heitkamp in her state.mp won by so much that they're in very, very difficult if not almost impossible races and they're not going to want to make their lives more difficult. >> we saw senator blumenthal, the line of attack which we anticipate from -- democrats are gearing up for war over whoever the nominee is, you know. there's going to be no rights for anyone who's gay, no women will have any rights, you must recuse yourself on a vote, theoretical vote on impeachment. democrats are going to throw everything at this and at the end of the day the governor is right, this is politically untenable. >> but right now it's not -- >> -- for people like joe manchin and heidi heitkamp and joe donnelly. >> we're not seeing democrats gearing up for war. we're seeing republicans gearing up for war around this nomination where you're seeing a profound fissure around this republican party. >> i don't think there's any fissure. >> let me try to connect some of these points here as well. let's say mueller does come forward

joe manchin, heidi heitkamp and joe donnelly of indiana. donnelly may be the most interesting, particularly if barrett is the nominee because she is from indiana. you have an additional wrinkle there with a home-state selection. the other thing we need to look at, and this is on the opposite side, is there may be complications with kavanagh if he is the nominee, from his work in the bush white house that could raise the ire of civil libertarians. there may be a separate issue with him, and these are sort of balancing act questions. oni guess what will be going at bedminster, new jersey, some of them will be right to sort this out. terms of a timeline, what are we looking at in terms of hearings and a final vote? >> i would say we are looking as soon as hearings what is now the end of the iod, or earlyer december. the confirmation vote could be in late september or early october. the question would be whether this gets complicated by the government funding deadline at the end of september, and if they try to get ahead of that, or if they hav

heidi heitkamp, these are all states that trump woy' t going to have to decide if they've got the votes to confirm him. can i be the 51st, 52nd, 53rd vote. why should i take all the for voting against him, then you lose it both ways. so it's toug for the democrats, because they don't want to bydisspirit their base having one of their own vote for somebody who they fear is going to roll back roe v. wade. >> i want to touch on a bay area election. ith the elections over, london breed was sworp in as mayor this week. made history, first african-american woman toold t post? inn san francisco. >> homelessness is the number one issue on voters' minds, she's going to have to show progress in terms of cleaning up encampments on the streets and she's got to you never know what's going to happen in terms of a crisis, sh's got a show that she's in control. she's got good people around her. if she does, think she probably won't have a serious challenge next year. >> she's got to hope it's aat rely smooth 18 months. she's up for the task. she's very inspiring. i went to herin swein this week. a lot

joe manchin, west virginia areas heidi heitkamp, north dakota. joe donnelly, indiana. donnelly may be the most interesting, particularly if barrett is the nominee, because she is from indiana. you have an additional wrinkle their with a home state selection. the other thing we need to look at on the opposite side is there may be some complications with kavanagh if he is the nominee from his work in the bush theyistration white house could raise the ire of some civil libertarians. i think that these are the balancing act questions and if i'm guessing what will be going on in bedminster, new jersey, some of this will be trying to sort that out. host: in terms of the timeline with the senate in session to much of august, what are we looking at in terms of earrings and a final vote? >> we are probably looking at hearings soon as what is -- as soon as the end of the august or early september. the confirmation vote to move ahead, i would imagine, late in september, early october. the question would really be whether or not this gets complicated by the government funding dead

i want to go back to the three democratic senators you reported on, joe donnelly of indiana, heidi heitkamp of north dakota, joe manchin of west virginia. they're all up for re-election in november, in states that voted for president trump. they voted yes on neil gorsuch, but terry, tremendous pressure on them now. do they stay with their party, the democrats, do they risk their own seat here? >> reporter: that's it, david. they're getting it coming and going. tonight, for example, the white house reached out to these vulnerable red state democrats and invited them to the primetime announcement of president trump's pick, they each declined. you know, it's one thing to vote for neil gorsuch, a conservative replacing conservative justice antonin scalia, it's another thing altogether to vote for a swing justice who could overturn roe versus wade. >> all right, for folks at home, it's not just the three democrats. there are two republicans being watched, too. take a look again. senators susan collins of maine, lisa murkowski of alaska, both moderates. and terry, they'll also be crucial votes he

congressman, you're running against heidi heitkamp for the senate. that's what you're doing. to vote on mr. kavanaugh. >> consider it breaking news she will vote for judge kavanaugh for the supreme court. whether she is prepared to announce it or not, let me announce it. she will vote for bret carve gnaw. stuart: how do you know that? >> recent poll bitter recognize group, 6% of north dakota tan want her to that is judge kavanaugh has been right on some issues. certainly finalist, maybe any judge in the appellate circuit anywhere, especially washington, d.c., judge kavanaugh writing about both majority and environmental law which is critical to north dakotata. pretty much in every case he has represented the political policy and legal view of mainstream north dakota on clean air act issues, particularly clean air act issues, endangerment findings and multitude of issues. stuart: if your opponent votes for judge kavanaugh, that puts you, that takes away an advantage which you would have had had she voted no? >> well i think that is always important to do the right thing. if po

come down to two crossover democrats who voted for neil gorsuch last go around, joe mansion, heidi heitkampnd joe donnelly, we will find out about the timeline with the pic on monday, the confirmation in the fall, this is going to move that lightspeed. >> when the president says he is going to get it done he gets it done, appreciate it. new york state trooper gunned down in the line of duty, nicholas clark shot dead while responding to the call a suicidal man in upstate new york, later found inside his barricaded home. dozens of police cars escorted the following trooper from the scene. he was engaged to be married, standout college football player earning a trial with the buffalo bills, trooper clark is the 29th law enforcement officer killed by gunfire in the us this year. the man who stabbed 9 people including 6 children at a birthday party is charged with murder. he could face the death penalty after a 3-year-old girl died from her injuries. police say the attack was likely revenge africa, a temporary resident, was asked to leave the complex the day before. >> you understand what you ha

are several red state democrats, people like jon tester, joe donnelly in indiana, heidi had -- heidi heitkamp are running for reelection in states that one big for trump and not be hard for them to oppose one of the judges. it would probably take more than one republican to flip >> let's talk about the state ruling today. what do you make of the judges ruling and also i found it interesting his remarks about let's get the politics out of this. unusual for a judge to call for civility? >> it's becoming more and more usual because i think they are getting exasperated. justice kennedy in his last opinion said something like that in the travel ban case calling for everyone to get along so it's a very thorough opinion, 60 page opinion very detailed and careful explaining why most of the three bills were acceptable and only a little bit was not acceptable. undoubtedly the administration is going to appeal, it is an appealable order. they see the sanctuary cities as a political football and i'm sure they will appeal to the ninth circuit. but it's a very solid and carefully written opinion. let alone

. >> three democrats watched throughout the confirmation process are senator joe donnelly, heidi heitkampstates president trump won in 2016, and they're up for reelection in november. or let saenz, abc news, capitol hill. >>> opponents of an initiative to split california into three want the state supreme court to pull the measure from the ballot. the initiative calls for breaking the state into northern california in orange, california in blue, and southern california in green. the bay area would be part of northern california. a lawsuit filed yesterday by a group called the planning and conservation league argues it's too drastic a change to state government to go through the normal initiative process. >>> now tomorrow, london breed will be sworn in as san francisco's first female african american mayor. today abc 7 news was at city hall as crews prepared for the big inauguration. it starts at 11:00 a.m. 500 seats will be reserved with another one thousand available on a first come, first served basis. we'll have live coverage tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. on abc 7 news, and we will live strea

joe manchin of west virginia, heidi heitkamp of north dakota. joe donnelly, indiana. donnelly may be the most interesting, particularly if barrett is the nominee, because she is from indiana. so you have an additional wrinkle there with a home state selection. the other thing i think we need to look at too and this is sort of on the opposite side is there may be some complications with kavanagh if he is the nominee from his work in the bush administration white house. it could raise the ire of some civil libertarians. so there may be a sort of separate issue with him, and i think these are also the balancing act questions and if i were guessing what will be going on in bedminster, new jersey, some of this will be trying to sort that out. steve: either one of you in , terms of the timeline with the senate in session to much of august, what are we looking at in terms of hearings and then a final vote? niels: i would say we are looking probably at hearings as soon as what is the end of the august work period or early september. the confirmation vote could move ahead i wo

kavanaugh is expected to meet with joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp in august, both democrats who votedn favor of neil gorsuch. mike emmanuel, fox news. >> investigators working on an update to the frantic search for missing university of iowa students, expected to reveal possible leads into the disappearance of molly to bits, 200 people have been questioned so far. she was lettered from july 18th after returning to a friend's house from a job. he was out of town at the time and called police the next day when she didn't show up for work. >> criminal investigation underway two weeks after 17 people were killed, the boat capsized in a thunderstorm in a lake in missouri. they are suing the operators claiming they ignored warnings, one report claims the victims on board the boat were trapped under the canopy and dragged to the bottom. the company was advised to remove the canopy in 2002. shannon: thank final goodbyes to a washington state officer killed in the line of duty. and police officer diego marino struck by another officer. the 16-year-old charged with second-degree murder, the 8 y

there is a lot of vulnerability with heidi heitkamp and joe manchin as well.erability here. >> leland: shockingly, we have a full screen of those three people. funny that you should mention them. these are democrats -- nobody gets the answers to the test before or even the questions around here. democrats who voted to confirm gorsuch as you mentioned, heitkamp, manchin, donley. do they have more pressure on them now to vote for trump nominates and vote for them even if they disagree with the nominee? >> the process will allow the senators to fully make their decision in a political/non-political way. >> leland: who in washington makes a decision who is non-political? >> whoever the president nominates it will be dangerous for the company going forward. they would have pledged allegiance to the not constitution ordeal with the best interest of the court but pledged their allegiance to donald trump or otherwise they would not have been on his list. for democrats watching this show who may be listening, elections have consequences. this is why the 2016 presidenti

joe manchin of west virginia heidi heitkamp, north dakota. , joe donnelly, indiana. donnelly may be the most interesting, particularly if barrett is the nominee because she is from indiana. you have an additional wrinkle there with a home state selection. the other thing we need to look at on the opposite side is there may be some complications with kavanagh if he is the nominee from his work in the bush administration white house that could raise the ire of some civil libertarians. there may be a sort of separate if i were guessing what has been this will bee of trying to sort that out. >> with the senate in session much of august, what are we looking at? hearings as soon as the end of august or early september. the confirmation vote could move earlyin late september, october. the question would be whether or not this gets complicated by the government funding deadline at the end of september and if they tried to get ahead of that or point for the spending bills. bills. ofor the spending judge kavanagh is not as as sheed about obamacare is clinical of chief justice