it was said at the time that it didn't seem to have gone through clarence house. attack the media, and i wonder, with this interview, whether maybe he was shooting from the hit a little bit himself. so maybe there is that question about, wow, you about but i about- but i can't see so rawly about this, but i can't see any for him. he will get any downside for him. he will get praised for this. you can't really do an interview on the subject, can you, without laying it all out? absolutely. i guess if there is any risk, it is not about anyone thinking less of him for talking about the subject, if there is any risk it could be that some less scrupulous people in the press will ta ke scrupulous people in the press will take the view that he has opened himself up, so that invites us to go looking for more. i hope they won't. i don't think they will, because this feels so rave, so courageous, to almost go naked like this into the public with your deepest, rawest emotions, i think almost everyone will be touched by it and will respect it. don't forget, it is about promoti

wanted to be heard because she said she was sexual harassed boy a supreme court nominee clarence thomas. i am in the housend running for the senate and i have no chance of getting there. i was running against leo mccarthy mel levine. and i am nowhere in the polls. i decided i wanted to leave the house. newt gingrich came in and it was ugly and politics of discussion. i wanted out and i wanted more bipartisan which is how it used to be in the senate whether you believe or not. there is anita hill and she tells her story but the hearings are shutdown. do you remember that photo of the women members of congress marching over? some of you may remember saying open up the hearing. the pictures in the book. it cost us $250 so please buy the book. they shutdown the hearing. joe biden was the chairman of the committee. knock on the door and the staffer pops out what do you want? seven welcome members of the house and we want the hearings open just to have her have a chance at a tell her story. no, not happening. well, why? because the hearings are over. well, the hearings are over but now you have this information

joining me right now white house reporter annie carney, clarence page, and francesca chambers.to hear from all of you the politics. we've talked about the substance. how is this selling among trump people, middle of the roaders, and trump haters? annie? >> i think that there's some concern among his base that this is a contradiction of his america first policy but i think overall this is good for him politically. it makes him look decisive and strong. it distracts from the infighting inside the white house and the dysfunction on other levels. it puts in front, mattis and mcmaster and tillerson and people who are taken seriously as foreign policy experts by democrats and republicans alike. it makes him more -- it was a conventional move that even hillary clinton earlier in the day had said she would do the same thing. >> she said it before he did. >> she did. i think that overall it's a political win for him and it makes him look more independent from russia. >> it may cover his tracks from a year of kissing the guy. clarence? >> war has a short-term effect of boosting a preside

clarence thomas was confirmed on a 52-48 about. and in 2006, samuel alito was confirmed on a 58-42 vote. in fact, when president obama was in the white house, republicans did not filibuster nominee. in fact, this body confirmed sonia sotomayor in 2009 by a vote of 68-31.y confirmed justice kagan by a roll call vote of 63-37 in 2010. we did not filibuster. let me remind folks. cloture is in place to stop debate, not to stop a vote. cloture was put in place to speed the senate up, to end debate and move to a vote, not to stop a vote. it was never intended to be a stall tactic or something to obstruct this body. this bears repeating. cloture was put in place to speed up the process, to prevens obstruction. this chamber has never had a partisan filibuster to a supreme court nominee. let me say that again. this chamber has never had a partisan filibuster to a supreme court nominee. and so here we are today with no other option but to invoke the so-called nuclear option to put an emily qualified individual on the united states supreme courtr judge gorsuch is the definition of the mainstream judge. in more than 2700 cases, he has participated on

. >> reporter: clarence says the man tried to get into his house. >> and i went out to open -- to closehe gate and i noticed that all the gates down the way and that's when i started notifying the neighbors. >> reporter: the suspect entered at least three homes on chimney rock court, the final stop, this home where the burglar entered through this window and shot a 30-year-old resident standing in his kitchen. >> i hope it's one off, some crazy guy who is never going to come back. >> reporter: police searched the sequoia heights neighborhood wednesday night but turned up no suspects. they are reviewing surveillance video to try to identify the suspect in a car that may be related. in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> there is new video of a confrontation between a man and the sonoma county sheriff's deputy charged with felony assault. we warn you, you might find the video disturbing. >> stand up. >> i'm not standing up. in my house, i'm sleeping. you have i have you on video. go ahead. taz me. >> the tazed man recorded the 60 second video in his hot springs home. deputies were call

that's more on congress than the actual white house to respond to your point about blowing up the rules, it is important to remember that clarence thomas was confirmed that 52-48 vote in early '90s. whole idea this is an unprecedented hundred-year benchmark of breaking senate rules they only did that because opposition filibustered it for the first time in a hundred years. and important to know harry reid did that first in 2013. thank you very much harry reid. do you believe he is doing what he said would he do with energy, coal, you might not agree with it but he is doing what he said he would do. you can't say he is doing a flip-flop. >> really denon't. he used to troll barack obama and tell him to not bomb syria, stay out of syria, then he bombs syria. this could shut down the government too. where he is not fighting for actual health care for coal miners that he promised he would do. there is not enough time. the two of us could have this whole two hours. it is ari's show, we won't do that. and go through campaign promises. he has brokene already and some he hasn't gotten to. >> to respond to joan a the other point emerging,

house staff on to the supreme court. justice sotomayor was approved by a vote of 68-31. again bipartisan support. even in committee. clarence thomas, one of most controversial nominees in this last century. came out of the committee with a divided committee. after the vote failed, the committee then voted to send his nomination to the floor without a recommendation. he then passed on a floor vote of 52-48. there was never a request for a cloture vote. no one filibustered him, not one person. if clarence thomas would have had a filibuster threat facing him, he wouldn't be on the court today. he's been an excellent jurist on the supreme court. but he came out during a time when there weren't these idle threats. it's even interesting that robert bourque who is currently not on the court, his vote failed 42-58. but that was a failed final vote, robert bork did not face a filibuster threat. he was brought to a final up-or-down vote. i can go on and on to walk through the judges and justices and how they've gone through the process, but there's been a simple procedure. is this person qualified? the american bar association, multi

house would be counting on who are saying they're not going to vote for him. what does that nomination look like now? >> what it looks like now is i think clarences is the only sitting judge who was confirmed by shorter than 60 votes. he got 52. and neil gorsuch will not reach the 60 level, and this will be the dramatic moment when -- they're going to impose -- the republican majority will impose the nuclear solution, a majority to confirm supreme court justice. the question is shall lay do it on this one, on gorsuch or on the next one? but, no, i think that democrats -- donald trump has done one thing, h he may not have energized republicans but he certainly energized democrats and the democratic base, and there's a sense of outrage, continuing outrage over the fact that a mild-mannered, widely-admired person of high character and principle, merrick garland, the same things they say about neil gorsuch, his supporters never even got a moment of the hearing, never had the decency, many, to meet with them, so there is a sense of vengeance and anger over that still brewing. >> it's pure vengeance, it's an eye for an eye and two wrong trying to make

white house rose garden as we see the newest supreme court justice being sworn in by his former boss, justice anthony kennedy at 14 years old judge gorsuch is the youngest nominee since clarencewas confirmed at 43. no doubt president trump and many look forward to him serving for decades as the ceremony continues we are bringing it to you over on ktvu plus and following the subelements. >> we will take a break and be right back. businessman 2: we've gone over the numbers several times, and... businessman 1: yea, yea, yea...you know what i'm craving right now? businessman 1: (over speaker) --guacamole and bacon. audio tech: we got a craving! go go go!!! music: crashing cravings in the crave van. jack's gonna crash your crave! jack: hey guys, try my guacamole and bacon chicken sandwich with all white meat chicken, guacamole and pepperjack cheese. businessman 1: thanks jack.... wait. we're on the 18th floor. how did you get here? jack: hard work. jack vo: you crave it, we serve it. try my new guacamole and bacon chicken sandwich. music: crave van! >>> it is a big day for giant fans because the home opener is finally here. >> ktvu has team coverage first mike mibach and joe fonzi

in 1991, clarence thomas was confirmed on a 52-48 vote, and in 2006, samuel alito was confirmed on a 58-42 vote. in fact, when president obama was in the white house, republicans did not filibuster a nominee. in fact, this body confirmed sonia sotomayor in 2009 by a vote of 68-31, confirmed justice kagan by a roll call vote of 63-37 in 2010. we did not filibuster. let me refind folks, cloture is in place to stop debate, not to stop a vote. cloture was put in place to speed the senate up, to end debate and move to a vote, not to stop a vote. it was never intended to be a stall tactic or something to obstruct this body. this bears repeating. cloture was put in place to speed up the process to prevent obstruction. this chamber has never had a partisan filibuster to a supreme court nominee. let me say that again. this chamber has never had a partisan filibuster to a supreme court nominee. and so here we are today. with no other option but to invoke the so-called nuclear option to put an eminently qualified individual on the united states supreme court. judge gorsuch is the definition of a mainstream judge. in more than 2700 cases, he has participate -