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the senator to watch is actually angus king of maine. he is an independent who traditionally votes with democrats, but not always. in fact, he voted for a number of president trump's nominees for the cabinet. because even if you take all of the democrats who should vote for the nominee, if they want to be in line with their states, joe donnelly, all of the easy democrats, that was still only gets you to 57. so you have to have angus king of maine, then you have to find two or three democrats in swing states, whether that is bill nelson and florida, claire mccaskill in missouri, even sherrod brown, -- >> he is out. >> you're not going to get him, but you have to have angus king. he is the one to watch to see, can democrats be successful in filibustering judge gorsuch, who has highly qualified, to be the nominee or to be the next supreme court justice. >> jenna: interesting, great to have a couple names to focus on because quite frankly the speed of how this is all moving in the different personalities it is tough to get your head around i

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joining us from capitol hill independent senator angus king from maine.nate committee of intelligence. thank you for joining us. i want to talk about the theme of sean spicer's news conference today saying that it was fine, that flynn was discussing these engagements and conversations with the ambassador, that that's what you do when you're getting ready to assume a position. what was wrong ab what happened was thats many led the vice president. do you accept that? >> i don't think it's so easy to say there was no problem. because at the time, remember, michael flynn was a private citizen. transition was under way, but you only can have one president at a time. basically, if those discussions were in the nature of negotiations or preparing for negotiations or reassurances, whatever they were, it really wasn't appropriate. so it wasn't good judgment. as you know, it could be a violation of a law called the logan act. it's 200 years old. it's never been enforced. so i think it's unlikely. being untruthful with the vice president and the american people is a

senator angus king of maine is joining us, he's an independent, and caucuses with the democrats.hank you very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. glad to be with you from the capitol tonight. >> lots of drama going on over there. we'll get to that. but your reaction first to the white house announcement, the response to iran's recent ballistic missile test by saying that iran is now "on notice." on notice, what does that mean to you? >> i don't know exactly what it means. i think it's appropriate that there be a forceful response. iran has violated the u.n. resolution, in my view, with regard to missiles in the past, and i think it is important that they understand that there are going to be consequences. this is separate from the nuclear deal, which is a different issue, which continues to appear to be effective. i had a briefing on it this week that they're abiding by the rule. but i think some response to the missile test is absolutely appropriate. now, i hope that it doesn't include trying ing ting to und nuclear deal. that would be a grave mistake. but we'll have to wai

joining me is angus king of maine. he sits on the senate select committee on intelligence and the senate armed services committee. senator, thank you so much. going off of that, we do know that the trump administration found out over two weeks ago that there was a conflict between what general flynn said publicly and privately to the ambassador to russia. but they did not come out and tell the public about it. they did not ask for general flynn's resignation for another two and a half weeks. can you understand why it might have taken that long? >> no, i can' really. that was a bombshell news. i can't imane that the white house counsel didn't immediately communicate it throughout the white house all the way up the chain and why it took two and a half weeks when they knew that those statements, the categorical statements, i did not discuss the sanctions, were out there. it's hard to understand why it took so long. i would add, though, katey, that the issue of the leaks is also a serious issue. you have really got two sep

. >>> we have independent senator angus king who will help decide the fate for president trump's pick for supreme court. >>> first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> we have that exiting nor'easter and blizzard up in maine but the story changed to the west coast with the evacuation of 180,000 people at 5:00 p.m. last night. the order went out because of concerns of the oroville dam and these are pictures of the spillway and massive erosion taking place and worried the hole there on the left is what they were worried could give way and sending a wall of waterdown stream. huge traffic delays. let me explain with the maps here. the dam, itself, is safe. this area here. the tallest dam in our country. all of the water was supposed to go down this spillway until a huge hole opened up in the middle of the spillway on thursday and friday. they said, let's use the emergency spillway. that is this area here to the left where the red is. it's literally just a mountain side. the water was supposed to harmlessly go down that. the picture here shows all of this huge hole opened up

so did angus king from maine,t . he is independent but he votes with democrats. it is possible some dems could be peeled away for the supreme court nominee, if it doesn't happen, the question whether you're going to have so-called "nuclear option." i had forgotten it has happened twice before. sam alito was voted with a simple majority in. clarence thomas, also was voted in with a simple majority, 52-48, he became a supreme court justice it happened before. >> with clarence thomas, opposite party controlling senate he was actually confirmed to the u.s. supreme court. has happened before. you heard president trump, remarks in the roosevelt room. look if push comes to shove he would urge mitch mcconnell, the majority leader in the u.s. senate to push that "nuclear option" and go to 51 votes as opposed to 60 votes to push forward his nominee. david: finally, if he does become a supreme court justice, he has a record that we can look at as judge. gorsuch does, which is very pro-business. friendly to the issues courts deal with, that make it more difficult or less dif

but look, if he look at what happened last night with elizabeth warren, and angus king pointed this out, back when ted cruz called mitch mcconnell a liar on the floor of the senate, nobody invoked rule 19 to censure him. so this has been a very subjective process. >> thanks for joining us, senator jeanne shaheen from new hampshire. >>> still ahead, neil gorsuch making his case to republicans and democrats who will decide whether or not he will join the supreme court. noise) (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) the joy of real cream in 15 calories per serving. enough said. reddi-wip. (flourish spray noise) share the joy. when aachoo!calls... ...answer it. with zicam cold remedy. it shortens colds, so you get better, faster. colds are gonna call. answer them with zicam! zicam. get your better back. now in great tasting crystals. won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get

independent committee but there are members of the intelligence committee like the democratic senator angus king who has said that they already started to gather documents and if you look back at what the senate intelligence committee did on the cia's harsh interrogation program, they uncovered a lot and pushed ahead, publicized. so there are moments they can do work to bring abuses to the light of day. so this tussle is going to go forward. >> and i want to ask you, bob, as we wrap up, this russian spy ship that is lurking 30 miles off the coast of norfolk, virginia. what do you make of that? >> i think the russians are testing this administration, just as north koreans did with their missile launch, pamela. they want to see how far he's going to push back and this is the time to do it. and i think the russians enjoy the chaos in the trump administration and they're going to make the most of it until this guy gets his sea legs which i hope he does soon. >> what do you make about donald trump's posture now toward russia? can you see a change? >> i think there's a change. i think he's going to sa

joining me, angus king, independent from the state of maine. nator king, what do you make of this, because it's not hearsay, apparently we now know gorsuch's people have said, yes, that's what he's said. he's demoralized. e believes it demoralizes the judiciary to be told they're prejudice by the president of the united states. that's what drutrump basically said. >> if i had a client who was going to bad mouth the judge while the judge was still considering the case, that in itself makes t s no sense. the deeper problem is just a lack of deep understanding or any understanding of the constitution and the separation of powers to deliberately, and i think it clearly was deliberate, he said it, to try to delegitimize an independent co-equal branch of government in doing their job and talk about you didn't play the clip where he said any high school student would know what the right answer is here. it just -- it's overstepping the bounds. i mean, it -- as you can tell, m kind of speechl it really is extraordinary and it undermines the whole system.

angus king. heidi heitkamp. paling in comparison to the newest member luther strange.e here at "mtp daily" agree he has now got the best name in the senate. strange officially appointed by alabama's governor today, sworn in this afternoon. taking the seat formerly held by jeff sessions, the new u.s. attorney general. he'll hold the seat until 2019. he'll have to run in the primary in june 2018. if he wins a general election mid november. a former basketball player at tulane. he stands 6'9". the tallest member in modern history. allen simpson, the former tallest member, was reached by phone call and got the news he was no longer the tallest senator. what did simpson ask, quote, what son of a bitch did that? he later give in when he heard strange's height. simpson said, quote, tell him he's got me beat hands down. not only was i 6'7" but i am shrinking. now that i'm 85 i have shrunk to 6'5". who names are we missing? tweet us with the #"mtp daily." senator strange, welcome to washington. it can be a strange place. maybe you'll end up fitting right in. guess what, people

ahead of the vote, democrats and independent angus king cried foul. >> we are considering a nominee who no record that i have been able to discover of protection of the environment, none, zero. >> democrats tried to delay after a judge in oklahoma ordered that the records of pruitt be released by tuesday. but that stall tactic failed. >> what is happening with pruitt as a metaphor for the whole cabinet. russia, no daylight, disinfectant of sunlight, it might bring most of these cabinet members down. >> mcconnell blasted back, a closing democrats are looking for any excuse. >> if it wasn't one thing, it would be another. the effort has been to delay the nominations that they have made controversial as long as possible in order to play to their left wing base. >> they senate also voted 66-31 for wilbur ross' nomination. president trump now has nine of his cabinet secretaries confirmed by the senate. president obama had 12 at this time in 2009 while president george w. bush had all 14 of his nominees confirmed by february of 2001. the majority leader noted, things have gotten so ugly, schu

and independent angus king also voted in favor of tillerson. there's much more than mtp daily.to dig into what putting iran on notice means. first here's today market wrap. >>> hi there, chuck, stocks end with slight gains this day. the dow rising 26 points, s&p is up a fraction. the nasdaq climbs 26. >>> the federal reserve as expected leaving interest rates unchanged in it's statement it said measure was consumer and business sentiment have improved. three rate hikes are expected this year. and facebook shares are higher after hours. social media network posting revenue and earnings that beat estimates. it also added more daily and monthly users than expected. and that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. what makes thermacare different? two words: it heals. how? with heat. unlike creams and rubs that mask the pain, thermacare has patented heat cells that penetrate deep to increase circulation and accelerate healing. let's review: heat, plus relief, plus healing, equals thermacare. the proof that it heals is you. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. tha

three democrats, joe manchin, heidi hidecamp, warner, and independent angus king supported tillerson. confirmation for betsy devos, today twoepublicans came out against devos, susan collins and alaska's murkowski. devos has 50 republican votes with mike pence needed to break a tie, something the vice president has never done for a cabinet appointment. we'll be right back. he real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. otezla may increase the risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. side effects may include diarrhea, nausea, upper respiratory tract infection, and headache. tell yo

democratic senators joe manchin, along with angus king voted in favor along with all of the republicansthe senate. that brings the total number of confirmed cabinet and cabinet level positions in the trump administration to six. that is half as many as president obama had at this time in 2009. cnn's phil mattingly is following all the chaos on capitol hill. democrats are doing whatever they can it seems staal a few targeted members of president trump's cabinet team. >> that's exactly right, jake. whether it's personal problems with specific nominees or broader frustration about the direction the trump team has headed over the course of the last ten or 11 days, they're trying to pull out all the stops and that's been problematic in the u.s. senate. >> they ought to be embarrassed. it's the most pathetic treatment i've seen in my 40 years in the united states senate. >> reporter: on capitol hill dissent into confirmation chaos, the first cracks in the republican wall. two gop senators throwing a scare into trump officials over the nomination of betsy devos for education secretary. both op

"out front" now, the independent senator angus king who sits op the senate intelligence, armed services and budget committee. you heard judge gorsuch calling trump's comments disheartening and demoralizing. does this make you more likely to support judge gorsuch's nomination to the supreme court? >> it's a good indication he is going to call them as he sees them. i haven't yet met with him and i'm about to dive into the reading of his opinions as a circuit court judge so i can't say that this changes my mind in any way because my mind isn't made up. i think it was striking he was willing to say what he did, which by the way was totally appropriate. but it's important he would say that today. apparently the white house didn't deny it. listen, i used to practice law. the first thing you tell your client is don't talk about the judges before the decisions are, one. and two, the utter disrespect for the separation of powers for the constitution, for the independent judiciary to try to delegitimize the courts and use things like so-called judge and anybody with a high school education could

to talk about it all is angus king from maine, a member of the senate intelligence committee. thank you for joining us on set. let's start off with the big question here. should there be a select independent investigation here or should it be handled in the intel committee? >> there is a select committee already working. it's called the senate select committee on intelligence. >> some democrats, though, have said there should be something outside that purview. >> i don't really understand that. we have a committee set up to do this. it works with the intelligence community continuously. we've been looking at the russian hacking issue for some time. we've already begun the work of the investigation, identified documents, talking about identifying witnesses, identifying staff. so we're off n running on this. and it's our committee that has worked with the intelligence community on and ongoing basis. so i'm not sure why you want to start over. you might have a different cast of senators but it's already a bipartisan committee. and it's a strong committee. >> and none of the news

>> i heard angus king this morning and he was probably right, we already have a select committee on intelligenceople on the select committee already have the clearances, already have the relationships, are well under way, and they're prepared to do it. i thought roy blunt, senator blunt was pretty direct about getting a thorough investigation done. you know, but there are arguments for a select committee. >> should it be open in public and transparent. >> the argument is they can't say the same things in public that they could say behind closed doors in the intelligence committee. >> well look, i think that there is a need for the public to really have an understanding of why is trump so closely tied and has such a strong affinity to vladimir putin? why were there conversations by his former campaign manager paul manafort? why was carter page, another trump official talking to russian folks? we have no idea why any of this stuff is happening. and it's not normal. this is not typical behavior by a kban. >> and what's making it actually worse is trump seems to be at war with everybody. he's at war

heidi heitkamp of north dakota and the independent angus king of maine. those by definition become potential votes for other cabinet nominees though that's not a predictable process. the president will continue to meet with ceos this week. tomorrow he'll have executives from harley-davidson come in from milwaukee. he'd been initially scheduled to go to milwaukee. there was speculation that he canceled that trip because of the prospect of mass protests against him. of course, we saw protests in major cities over his immigration order. his white house briefing today, press secretary sean spicer said that was not the case. >> it was easier for the executives to come here. considering the week and all of the activity that's been going on. we're concerned about american jobs, moving the economy forward and we're excited to welcome them to washington to talk about the great work they do and the many thousands of people they employ. >> now, the president also has a meeting on friday with chief executives at the white house to talk about taxes, trade and other is

no, i'm not. >> senator angus king of maine, thank yo