it's also the biography of senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. centrist democratic senator who does not have an enemy in the world, has a squeaky clean reputation, and is a former prosecutor. that is why you are seeing amy klobuchar's name on the list -- on the short list in terms of a potential successor to justice antonin scalia. and amy klobuchar will be here on this show live tomorrow night. until she cancels at the last minute because she's being vetted for the supreme court. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> rachel, if she cancels, you have breaking news tomorrow. >> it's like do i want to wait by the phone, hoping and also not hoping that she calls? >> that is a perfect setup. >> thank you. >> that's perfect. thank you, rachel. >> appreciate it. >> thank you. well, the united states senate used to confirm supreme court justices within days, or sometimes at most a couple of weeks of the president actually nominating them. and they

it's also the biography of senator amy klobuchar of minnesota.c senator who does not have an enemy in the world, has a squeaky clean reputation, and is a former prosecutor. that is why you are seeing amy klobuchar's name on the list -- on the short list in terms of a potential successor to justice antonin scalia. and amy klobuchar will be here on this show live tomorrow night. until she cancels at the last minute because she's being vetted for the supreme court. until she cancels at the last minute because she's being vetted for the supreme court. "first look" is up next. >>> it's tuesday, february 16th, right now on "first look" -- as the political battles swirl around choosing the next supreme court nominee the personal attacks get more bare knuckled. >> this guy ted cruz is the most dishonest guy i ever met in politics. never heard a politician call another politician directly a liar. >> when both marco rubio and donald trump scream liar liar liar, it makes you wonder how they'd handle with putin. >>> and what happened with adele's return perf

senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. centrist democratic senator who does not have an enemy in the world, has a squeaky clean reputation, and is a former prosecutor. that is why you are seeing amy klobuchar's name on the list -- on the short list in terms of a potential successor to justice antonin scalia. and amy klobuchar will be here on this show live tomorrow night. until she cancels at the last minute because she's being vetted for the supreme court. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> rachel, if she cancels, you have breaking news tomorrow. >> it's like do i want to wait by the phone, hoping and also not hoping that she calls? >> that is a perfect setup. >> thank you. >> that's perfect. thank you, rachel. >> appreciate it. >> thank you. well, the united states senate used to confirm supreme court justices within days, or sometimes at most a couple of weeks of the president actually nominating them. and they

and two sitting senators: amy klobuchar from minnesota or orrin hatch from utah. other names surfacing -- a handful of sitting judges from districts all across the country, including one name that some iowans might know... jane kelly. she's a circuit judge for the 8th circuit court of appeals... a former public defender in cedar rapids and a harvard law school classmate of president obama. even though senator grassley has said he doesn't confirmed until the next place, kelly is someone he may considering. mr. grassley actually championed her nomination to bench, leading to her unanimous confirmation in 2013. stephanie/2shot your breath anytime you fly in a plane... but coming up-- why it's as safe a way to travel as ever. jack: roads in central iowa over the weekend were anything but safe. we'll recap and show you why you'll want to pay extra to the roads later tonight. stephanie: and... later -- there he is... on the popmobile in mexico city, pope francis is back on north american soil. we'll take you there for his visit, ahead. "you're watching local 5 news at 5

joining me now, amy klobuchar of minnesota and debbie stabinow of michigan.ravan of democratic women senators going through new hampshire to advocate for hillary clinton, do you guys have a name for yourself? the sisterhood of the traveling pant suits? something like that? >> i just knew you were going to say that, jake. i would like to note for the record that while some male presidential candidates may not have made it through the snow, hillary clinton is here strong along with 20% of the women senators. so we are going through new hampshire, working hard for her, getting people out canvassing and a little snow never scares the senators from minnesota and michigan. >> that's right. >> so senator stabinow, why hillary clinton and why not your senate colleague, bernie sanders? >> first of all, let me say we're calling this women on the road to the presidency because the real revolution that's going on this year that we should all be excited about is a revolution to not only elect the most qualified and competent person in the race, but the first woman to be p

y cretary jeh johnson, california's attornrn general kamala harris, and two sitting senators, amy klobuchar from minnesota or orrin hatch from utah. other names surfacing a handful of sitting judges from districts all across the country including one name that some iowans might know, jane kelly. she's a circuit judge for the 8th circuit court of appeals, a former public defender in cedar rapids, and a harvard law school classmate of president obama. even though senator grassley has said he doesn't think anybody should be confirmed until the next president is in place, kelly is someone you'd think he may be more open to considering, right? well, grassley a aually championed herer nomination to the federal bebeh leading to her unanimous confirmation in 2013, but we asked him and he wouldn't budge. >>mr. grassley: i have good feelings aboutiss kelly, but anything just about her then we get it back to the individual, and this isn't about the individual. this is about the process and it's about peoples' voice in the process. very seldom do they get a chance like this to have a voice that they ca

and amy klobuchar will be here on this show live tomorrow night. until she cancels at the last minute because she's being vetted for the supreme court. until she cancels at the last minute because she's being vetted for the supreme court. "first look" is up next. >>> it's tuesday, february 16th, right now on "first look" -- as the political battles swirl around choosing the next supreme court nominee the personal attacks get more bare knuckled. >> this guy ted cruz is the most dishonest guy i ever met in politics. never heard a politician call another politician directly a liar. >> when both marco rubio and donald trump scream liar liar liar, it makes you wonder how they'd handle with putin. >>> and what happened with adele's return performance and the multiple tributes that brought the house down. >>> and plus tornadoes and driving snow wreak havoc around the u.s. and the faithful meet pope francis. and a creature from the depths of the polar vortex. "first look" starts right now. good morning, i'm dara brown. the battle lines have been drawn betw

district of columbia circuit. ...merrick garland, a chief judge of the d-c circuit court of appea. ...amy klobuchar, a u-s senator from minnesota who's on the senate judiciary committee. ...and, as we said, jane kelly, who the senate unanimously confirmed for the eighth u-s circuit court of appeals in 2013. but who is kelly andndhat are taking scalia's spot? for those queueions we turn to kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders. forrest, kelly has had a long career working in cedar rapids? yeah, but she's from indiana. kelly was born and raised in greencastle. from there she went to duke for her ba. then, she graduated with distinction from harvard law in '91. one of her classmates, you'll recognize. jane kelly didn'n'know it at the time, her classmate at harvard law would later appoint her to the u.s. court of appeals, president barak obama. kelly and the president graduated from the school in '91. after, she clerked for two federal judges. kelly then spent time serving as a federal public defender. nat tragedy in 2004. while jogging the cedar river trail, a man brutally

. >> i wanted to ask kristen about the event starting hillary clinton there, bringing in amy klobuchar, kristin gillibrand and lilly ledbetter. obviously, she is going after the base that has always been her, and now she is a slight 4 points behind bernie sanders among all women, but 29 points behind among young women. it's a real challenge. >> reporter: it's a stunning gender or age gap, i should say, that's really fueling that gender gap that you pointed out. and andrea, you're absolutely right. she's trying to rally her base here by bringing in all of those senators. lilly ledbetter, hoping to rally as part of this base. i anticipate what we'll hear from her today will echo what we heard from her last night. this argument that how can bernie sanders say she's part of the establishment when she would be the first female president in i also anticipate she'll reiterate all of her instances in which she has fought for women's rights, both as first lady, senator of new york, and also, as secretary of state. that's a little bit of a strategic shift, andrea. as you know, she hasn't been fo

senate candidate kamala harris, as well as minnesota senator amy klobuchar, as saying he's not puttingname forward, is not seeking a seat on the supreme court nor does he believe he will be chosen. of course as we know, it's not really up to them. president obama is going to nominate whoever he wants to replace justice antonin scalia. while we wait for that process to begin in earnest, we did learn some details today about what will happen in terms of the nation paying their respects to justice scalia. his body will lie in repose at the supreme court on friday. the public bill reallowed to go there from 10:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the court on friday. president obama will also pay his respects then. then on saturday there will be a funeral mass said for justice scalia at the national shrine of the immaculate conception in washington. president obama will not attend the funeral on saturday but vice president joe biden and his wife, jill, will attend that funeral. i would love to talk with joe biden about his feelings about justice scalia's passing. justice scalia was so effective once he

and amy klobuchar will be here on this show live tomorrow night. until she cancels at the last minute because she's being vetted for the supreme court. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> rachel, if she cancels, you have breaking news tomorrow. >> it's like do i want to wait by the phone, hoping and also not hoping that she calls? >> that is a perfect setup. >> thank you. >> that's perfect. thank you, rachel. >> appreciate it. >> thank you. well, the united states senate used to confirm supreme court justices within days, or sometimes at most a couple of weeks of the president actually nominating them. and they used to be confirmed without being asked a single question by a single senator. what changed all that? what we're doing right now. television. >> i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor. >> we should not allow a lame duck president to essentially capture the supreme court -- >> do not obstruct. obe

it will include lilly ledbetter, emily's list president, jeanne shaheen, kristen jill ahand, amy klobucharit wasn't long ago that there was another big event, all of the female senators there, and notably missing from that was elizabeth warren. so this will be interesting as well in this neck of the woods, as my buddy al roker likes to say, and further on. >> absolutely. you think back to new hampshire. you think back, hillary clinton had a come from behind win in new hampshire over barack obama in 2008. one of the things that people picked up on in the polls, this thing where all the polls ahead of time shows barack obama ahead. people said what happened? what it looked like happened was women voters in new hampshire at the last minute up there really rallied around her. you remember that debate just a couple nights before the election, it looked like barack obama and john edwards, he was running back then, were ganging up on hillary clinton. barack obama called her likable enough in that debate. it seemed that that stirred a backlash among female voters at the last minute in new hampshir

c., amy klobuchar or d., vice president jodi biden?char said she liked her job. secretary johnson didn't seem the least interested. joe biden said that was the one job he never wanted. so i would have to say this would be a, attorney general loretta lynch. >> process of elimination. steve you got the answer for us? >> let's roll the tape. >> i have to just can you, are you say tack if the president called you and asked if you would concept to be vetted and said he wanted to consider you, that you would say no or would you consider it if the president asked? >> i'm saying that i like my job now. i have it from a reliable source today that secretary johnson has told friends that he has and i quote a better chance to be pope than to be our nation's next supreme court justice. and i don't even think he's catholic. >> look at me now. i have no desire to sit on the supreme court. >> the correct answer is a, mark is right once again. >> okay. tell us the good news. did mark win everyone? >> he won. prize, you tell me. you tell me. >> mark, yo

nator debbie from michigan d senator amy klobuchar from minnesota. ay we were the sisterhood of the traveling pants suits. and i also want to acknowledge martin o'malley and all of his supporters in new hampshire for their contributions to this ampaign. now, i think you all know that bernie sanders is a colleague nd a friend. and i admire the passion that he brings to the issues that he cares about. but hillary clinton is my hoice for president. moss [applause] sen. shaheen: thank you, you're etting warmed up, right? i know hillary, i know her head and i know her heart. i know that there is nobody who cares more about families. . know there is nobody tougher anybody who watched her 11 hours of testimony before the nghazi he can knows -- ommittee knows that. now in the democratic primaries and caucuses, we're focused on many of the domestic issues that are so important to us like increasing wages and aking the economy more fair. you know, one of the things that i really appreciate about new hampshire is that we are respectful of other people's points o

senator amy klobuchar, current u.s. senator, future u.s. senator from the state of minnesota. justice. >> we have a lot of work to do, john. thank you so much. >> appreciate it. >>> join us tuesday night for the next cnn town hall. the democrats, hillary clinton and bernie sanders. they will take the state in south carolina, just days before the democratic south carolina primary. chris cuomo will moderate this important event. it is tuesday night, 8:00 eastern right here on cnn. chris? >> all right, my man. >>> one of the reasons we like the town halls, you get purchase, a window into these candidates that's different, and one great example of that is the governor of ohio, john kasich. you get a window what motivates him as a man, how he is with other people and what really matters to him in leadership. we're going to have the governor on in a moment. i just wanted to give you a second to watch this moment. we're going to talk about this with him on "new day." stay with us. diabetes, steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady, clinically proven to help minimize blood sug

cory booker of new jersey could be thought of, i guess you could talk about amy klobuchar of minnesota. but these people would have to have a campaign apparatus, and they would have had to have been planning. so it could be a real problem if hillary was somehow to be forced out which i am sure it's not going to happen. i don't think it's true. but i think joe biden will be the best bet then to step in that i can think of, you know, really. it would be a problem though, yes. hopefully, there is no real issue, and i do think it's opposition propaganda. >> ron, one more question. >> okay, one more question. thank you. >> with all the republicans in the race right now and there was talk and there still is about a brokered convention, yes, i also believe rubio's going to get the nomination, but i think it's going to come about because of a brokered convention after three or four ballots. and as old as i am, i remember back in '48 and '52 when -- >> '48, a long time ago. >> '52 when eisenhower and stephenson ran. they were both brokered convention. >> but we didn't have caucuses and primarie

if you look at amy klobuchar, she would be acceptable across the board.e her. she has bona fide, amongst wide swa swaul swaths of democratic voters, and she can be introduced in a way that's positive. >> what about going hard and putting up eric holder or an african-american woman candidate, someone to fire up the base? >> that's an option, too, but in terms of making the case that the republicans are being pure obstructionists, which has been the case historically, but actually bringing that front and center again. because the republican base, they don't want any respect shown for the president, they don't want any compromise. the fact they're abandoning the constitution right now, the constitution that they hug, they're abandoned it right now. you can make that argument a lot more clearer if you make that kind of a pick. >> as hillary clinton said, president obama is still the president of the united states. my panel will be back later in the program. >>> up next, more on the death of justice scalia and the looming battle over who will replace him. i ta

or amy klobuchar in minnesota. this is hitting so many different places in our country. that's why i know senator markey from massachusetts, is concerned about this. and senator manchin who was on the floor earlier, from west virginia, this is about our quality of life in this country and ability for people to live full lives and about our public safety and about our children, most of all. just a headline from "the union leader" over this weekend, "fentanyl, other drugs suspected in three manchester deaths." we had three deaths in new hampshire in our largest city, within 24 hours, and that was from a combination of heroin and fentanyl, those three deaths. so we lost, according to assistant fire chief daniel goonan, in just 24 hours, these overdoses claimed the lives of a 23-year-old man in manchester, a 29-year-old woman, and a 34-year-old man just in a 24-hour period. in fact, what our first responders are seeing, i did a ride-along with the manchester fire department. i saw. i was there less than an hour, we went to an overdose, and i saw the firefighters and their em

you have democrats like amy klobuchar saying "we need to take our country back." from whom? right? and you have other democrats saying the same thing. harold, i want to go back to the president talking and wringing his hands about this. i'll just say, for me and you may disagree with me and i'm sure a lot of people watching will disagree with me, if somebody asked me what the defining moment of donald trump's campaign was and his rise to this position was, i would go back to the president's tepid, weak response to paris. paris was this campaign's defining moment on the republican side and the weaker republicans -- i'm just saying republicans -- the weaker republicans saw barack obama the more they invested in donald trump and strength. after paris, after san bernardino, after mortgage defaults, all they want is strength and barack obama can wring his hands, but in my mind he has contribute is issd as mu anybody as the donald trump phenomenon. >> i think there's a lot of truth to that. after paris and you mentioned the last seven or eight years, things that have happened to the coun

i want to thank senators kelly ayotte and amy klobuchar who have been terrific partners in this. then there are 34 other bipartisan cosponsors. i want to thank them all for their support. by the way, imple a he excited that this bill can pass and it will pass in the house as well because there's companion legislation. the house bill has 88 cosponsors right now, also bipartisan. so the idea is to get this bill passed, get it through the house, have it be signed into law by the president of the united states and it's urgent that we do it. this is a bill that not only has a lot of support on both sides of the aisle here but importantly to me it has the support of people who are experts in this field. doctors, those in recovery, experts in treatment, prevention, recovery, law enforcement. the legislation actually comes as -- i hope you can see on this chart. the words are kind of small. it comes from the last few years putting together these experts from all around the country. we had five different -- some at meetings here in washington, d.c. one was at the criminal justice system.

[applause] and senator amy klobuchar from minnesota.terhood of the traveling pants suits. [applause] and i also want to acknowledge martin o'malley, and all of his supporters in new hampshire. for their contribution to this campaign. [applause] now i think you all know that bernie sanders is a colleague and a friend. [applause] and i admire the passion that he brings to the issues that he cares about. but hillary clinton is my choice for president. boos]s and thank you. you are getting warmed up, right? i know hillary. and i know her heart. i know that there is nobody who cares more about families. i know there is nobody tougher. anybody who watched for 11 hours of testimony before the benghazi committee knows that. [applause] now, in the democratic primaries and caucuses, we are focused on many of the domestic issue that are so important -- issues that are so important to us like increasing wages, and making the --nomy more fair but based you know one of the things that i really appreciate about new hampshire is that we are respectful

let me throw out names, ncluding senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. how does that impact any senate decision by the senate republican leader now in the majority, mitch mcconnell? guest: i don't think that's going to change much. but i think senator mitch mcconnell has made his opinion quite clear, that he is not going to be acting on this omination. it tchanges the die natural i can to some degree, but i think that based upon the statements that have come out from republican leaders, i don't see them changing their mind any time soon. i do think that it's likely that the president is probably going to pick someone who has gone through the process in the lower courts, one of the names that's come up is the deputy solicitor general in the obama administration, and also has republican ties, worked for g.o.p.-appointed judges. and that judge was unanimously approved by the senate. i think he's got to pick someone certainly who is left of center, but someone who also has been approved by the senate at a lower level, just so the president can say this is no

court of appeals, the california attorney general, jacquelyn wynn, three senators, amy klobuchar, amy, jane kelly, judge jane kelly on the 8th circuit, judges like judge kelly and judge srinvasan not confirmed in the senate by enormous margins, 96-0, 97-0. it would be difficult for senators to come along now and suggest that they are unqualified to serve on the supreme court. and they're both going to be a little more centrist type candidates than maybe justice sowed my i don't remember or justice aylan in a kagan were. >> the two the president has successfully put on the court. >> tom, you wrote yesterday, quote, it is impossible to overstate the importance of ted cruz who will make the appointment a central issue in the campaign. here is part of what he said on "meet the press" yesterday. >> just as ronald reagan was to the presidency so antonin scalia was to the supreme court. he had that big an impact and i think his passing yesterday really underscores the stakes of this election. we are facing our fundamental rights in a balance. >> one of the things that has made sim such a div