the establishment of a palestinian state, i am fighting in order to keep israel as a jewish democratic states point of view, he is fighting to fight and create a palestinian state, because — because he represents the national aspirations of the palestinians. now i — i would like to say something about what president trump said. i mean what he said is not, you know, well, what said was "what makes you happy makes me happy," but he also said it depends on both sides. so in a way, i am not against thinking outside of the box. and now the other idea they can give an answer to our aspirations, to the palestinian aspirations, and an idea it can keep israel as such... let it be, i mean... but as you said, this is exactly the point that he made, that it hasn't worked so far. he said it is something very different, that hasn't been discussed before. he went on to say it was a bigger and more important deal it in that it would take in many countries and encompass a larger territory. i mean, do you recognise that by opening this up, there could be some chance of a very different route, but one that lea

and israel, is a jewish democratic state. at israel is the nation state of the jewish state. that means that israel is the nation state of thejewish people with equal rights towards the citizens because israel is a democracy and because these are also oui’ democracy and because these are also ourjewish values. democracy and because these are also our jewish values. there democracy and because these are also ourjewish values. there is an argument that has been tried for decades or at least that has been the ambition for decades, u nsuccessfully the ambition for decades, unsuccessfully which is perhaps one reason that israel's president talks about, annex think all of the occupied territories. he says that there won't be one law for israelis and another for non—israelis, you would grant citizenship to all residents, and it would be one egalitarian democracy? this was the idea, of the likud, and others after the 67 war. the whole idea would be that we would live happily ever after, giving equal rights to those between the jordan

israel in which it would stop being a truejewish democratic state. have one state with everybody living there, but i don't think it would be living happily ever after, it would be more bloody, with this ongoing conflict amongst us. i believe this is the vision of zionism, to create a state of the jewish people, and in this state, everybody is an equal right citizen. is it down to demographics, then, the idea that if you take in 2.5 million palestinians, that is the end of the jewish state? yes. in the end, listen... we live and my values are to keep in harmony the values of israel as ajewish are to keep in harmony the values of israel as a jewish democratic state. but this is also an issue of number. we need to have a jewish majority in order to maintain the value and not have a clash between parties. sopai had to start between the entire land of israel and keeping the state of israel as a chua crash ——jewish ducati state, i prefer to divide the land and to keep the israeli values. i would buy to refer, also, too... this is also the idea back in 1947

democratic state attorneys general have emerged as powerful forces fighting president trump's agenda. leading is eric schneiderman. his office is fighting the immigration ban as well as president trump personally in the now settled trump university lawsuit and his continuing investigation of the trump foundation. i'm pleased to have eric schneiderman at charlie's famous table. dhs this week

a big proponent of the two state solution, democrat from vermont. good to see you. what's wrong with what the president has to say today? >> two things. it's good to see that they are getting along. israel is a strong ally of the united states. president obama and that the congress, republicans and democrats supported a a 38 billion-dollar aid pack. a two state solution to a one state solution, what does that really mean? the whole point of the two state solution is acknowledging an israeli and palestinian state living side-by-side. our commitment to the jewish democratic state and it is just going to live in peace with secure borders, it has palestinians that have their own aspirations for their own state. a two state solution's promise is that there will be security for israel. if you have a one state solution, what will happen is it throws into question the jewish and democratic tradition of that great state of israel. >> ed: the premise you just said about security for israel does not exist right now. there are many palestinians just trying to kill them. terroris

what you have with israel is our commitment to the jewish democratic state, and if it's going to liven peace with secure borders, and has palestinians that have their own aspirations for theirr own stat. a two state solution's promise is that there will be security for israel. if you have a one state solution, what will happen is it throws into question the jewish and democratic tradition of that great state of israel. >> ed: the premise you just said about security for israel does not exist right now. there are many palestinians juss trying to kill them. terrorism is rampant there. >> you are right. those of us who support a two state solution acknowledge that the palestinians have to acknowledge the right of israel to exist. until they do, that is an obvious obstacle to any kind of peace. the one state solution, you havc right now about 6 million israelis living in israel. about 1.4 million arabs. we have about 2.7 million arabs living in the west bank. this way one state solution means you will consolidate those two populations under the control of israel with about a 3-2-2 populat

we did not see democratic states suing against george w. bush. but beginning under obama, we saw a pattern where republican-controlled states would go into federal court on every domestic initiative. the medical expansion or the affordable care act. and most directly president obama's effort to extend legal protection to adults over here legally, not just the dreamers. and we saw exactly this. they would have a decision in district court that would be in their favor. it would go up to an appellate court that was favorable to their side. and then, reach, i think, a divided supreme court. you can see exactly the same pattern here. and what this tells you is that whatever, however this case resolves, it is a measure of the depth of resistance that president trump is going to face from blue america. not only in congress but in the states. this is the first act in what i think will be many. >> brian, the government is arguing that the president does, in fact, have the authority, under the constitution when it comes to national security and immigration.

an eggerness to bring -- eagerness to bring to trial, albert turner, despite evidence clearly democrat stating their incense. he sought to punish older black civil rights activists, advisors and colleagues of my husband, who had been key figures in the civil rights movement in the 1960's. therefore, it is my strongly held view that the appointment of mr. sessions to the federal bench would irrap praably damage the work of my husband, al turner, and countless others who risked their lives and freedom oferte past 20 years to insure equal participation in the democratic system. clearly if these criticisms set forth in this statement, the entirety of which will be made part of the house record, if these statements indicate, as they did to the united states senate in 1986, that mr. sessions should not be a district court judge, they also argue that he should not have been confirmed as attorney general of the united states. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in he recess until 2:00 p.m. following th

then democratic state senator john ford, the brother of former congressman harold ford, sr., and uncle of former congressman harold ford, jr., a name known to political junkies who watch msnbc. what did that teach you, do you think, about now coming here and being a member of congress yourself? >> first thing is it does show that clearly senators who were convicted in that and as you said, john ford being among the most prominent of those elected officials. there were people in our community who said there's no way that somebody named ford is ever going to be convicted by a jury of his peers. and you know, the one thing about the criminal justice system is it's not perfect. but if you look around the world, it is the best system that exists. what it taught me is it doesn't matter whether you're white, whether you're black, whether you're hispanic, nobody wants to see their elected official on the take. so it did send a strong signal that no matter what your name is, no matter what your position or your power of influence, you need to do the right things for the right reasons and again,

visas to enter the united states. >>> democrats are praising the suspension on the ban.der chuck schumer said in a statement this ruling is a victory for the constitution and for all of us who believe this unamerican executive order will not make us safer. >> he continued on, quote, president trump should heed this ruling, and he ought to back off and repeal the executive order once and for all. >> cnn senior political analyst and senior editor ron bron streen. ron, great to have you with us. now the big week for the administration. firstly, your response to the court ruling tonight on trump's immigrant ban? >> well, you know, it's a really striking moment, and it really exemplifies, i think, the way the conflict in american politics has grown more complicated because what we saw here was a democratic state going into federal -- democratic state attorney general going into federal court and basically taking a move against the trump administration executive order that democrats in congress don't have any power to pursue. it's a shock wave. it's not the end of the story. t

think the way the conflict in american politics has grown more complicated because we saw a democratic state going into federal state, democratic state attorney general going into federal court and basically taking a move against the trump administration executive order that democrats in congress don't have any power to pursue. it's a shock wave. it is not the end of the story. there's going to be appeals through the appellate courts on the west coast, probably on the east coast. ultimately the supreme court will have to decide if it can while it is divided 4-4 at this point. >> and ron, we're just two weeks into the trump administration. we are seeing radical shifts already in foreign policy. instead of tearing up the iran nuclear deal, a deal he called the dumbest ever he looks to be reinforcing it. he's now condemning the kremlin and israel has turned 360 on that, 1 0 rather. new settlements. he was against the new settlements. he's now for them. what should we make of these backflips. >> i think your statement there the 360 is actually a preview. i don't think this zig is the last zag. i

controlling both the white house and congress, one of the checks on one-party rule lies with democratic statesyork state attorney general eric schneiderman is one of them. his office is fighting the administration's immigration ban. he's already tangled with president trump in the now-settled trump university lawsuit and continuing investigation of the trump foundation. he was interviewed this week by jeffrey tubein. >> the damage to the country caused by such an extreme termination of immigration from any countries in the world, really, but certainly from these seven, we documented the real harm it would cause to new york and new yorkers. we are a state that lives off international commerce. and our health care sector would suffer. there were doctors who were not able to get home from family vacations, medical technicians, our academic institutions, state institutions would suffer. our tech sect organize our finance sectors-- really we put forward evidence of the damage that would be done not just to the individual detainees but to lots of others, millions of other new yorkers and people all

what we see here is that the democratic states of washington and minnesota are using a weapon against president trump that republican states forged to use against president obama, under president obama, we saw republican attorneys general repeatedly suing in conservative areas of the country to block obama initiatives, such as his clean power plant, his medicaid expansion, and his dreamer program to provide legal status to adults here who had citizen children. and what happened in that case was, that went from a conservative justice and a judge in texas into the conservative fifth circuit court of appeals and then reached a divided supreme court and ultimately, president obama was blocked. president trump is in a difficult situation, because the next court that will hear this case will be the court of appeals for the ninth circuit, which under the ninth circuit of the u.s. which is the most liberal and democratic-leaning circuit of all of the circuits in the u.s. appellate system and at the end of that, a 4-4 divided supreme court, so there is no guarantee at all that he will prevail

we might have this large, very prosperous, pre-democratic state -- pretty democratic state right in the middle of europe, basically able to determine the policies of the european union to take control. oh, we have that. it is called germany. so i don't know if that is counterfactual, but when you talk about you read a book like this, some of them were overlooked, these coalitions, which may have had a majority of americans outside certainly seems at least to be holding the national security league and teddy roosevelt and some of those who wanted the u.s. to go to war at bay, but also was able to stop the military from being expanded very much until the u.s. does declare war. you can't avoid this kind of question, because you do keep wondering. if they had done this or that, what would have happened? i don't dwell on that in my book. that is not for history to dwell. 1900 votes. what if hughes had been elected? lora vogt: your next question will come from dr. steiner. >> i had a question, i wondered if you could comment on the longer antiwar movement in terms of the american-philippine w

i do not know any republican that would say they want to pay for obamacare for big democrat states, that is a nonstart ir, it obamacare-light, i don't think it is a consensus position, my plan, including that one has pieces of what i'm asking, allow more freedom in the insurance market, let people safe, and join association, their complaint it will not continue by big government subsidies for health insurance. maria: and you allow purchase of insurance across state lines. let me ask you about the cost of the plan, last week. i spoke with dr. zeek emanuel, one of the architects of obamacare. he said it has nothing to do with economic growth, i argued it did it is too expensive. how does your plan become less expensive, and affordable? >> our bill would allow freedom and chase and competition of many different types of insurance products but mainly we would allow sale of inexpensive insurance, obamacare made it illegal to sell inexpensive insurance, because everything had to have pregnancy coverage or 10 or 11 different mandates, we get rid of these mandates and let the market sell what co

as jackie said watch the red state democrats. y're really working trying to claw back power and that's where a lot of the energy is. these red state democrats up in the senate are the ones already going to be targeted on him saying you have to vote for this guy. that's why the vote on this pick would be interesting. >> there's something interesting happening and that's the protest or the descent we have seen already to the trump administration. we see it publicly in terms of the protests in new york and washington d.c. and around the country and then there's this underground level of descent that we read about. >> trump just can't rule and crack down on all of the workers in all part of the federal government. it doesn't work that way. you need to foster some sort of good will because it's a complicated bureaucracy out there and they can make your life very hard. >> it's a partisan bureaucracy. a lot of people in the justice department there's some that view, you know, say sessions is a good law and order guy on criminal stuff but

they are by way of ballistic missile tests, but focusing solely on defense budgets is not what democratic stateshould be doing. >> long-standing allies trading blame and long-standing foes seeking common ground, it is anything but business as usual for the foreign ministers in bonn. >> i'm happy to have here at the big table someone from the think tank the german council on foreign relations. good to have you back on the show. what did you make of what we saw today? secretary of state rex tillerson, this was basically his debut on the world stage. >> i think he is seen as a very strong figure in the trump. it is obviously that he is very independent and people suspect he is his own man. of course he is seen as somebody who is open for better relations with russia. it is very interesting to hear him have this nuanced, balanced view looking for ways to cooperate while also pinning down the annexation of the crimea and what happens in eastern ukraine is incorrect. the question is what is the real message? does he have to talk about ukraine to make the other thing more palatable to the europeans? >>

democrat from massachusetts. incredibly popular in her own state. he fact that she's the head of the liberal wing of the party right now. whether she likes it or not. she likes it. and then you have democrats like heidi hidecamp from the reddest of red states. it's sort of politically miraculous that she's in the united states senate as a democrat from north dakota saying, whoa, whoa, whoa. that is what republicans are relying on is for those democrats who are from states where donald trump won and where democrats are not really usually representing them to say, okay, i'm going to give this -- >> to that point, again, the value of preparation, unlike some of the other roll-outs, the trump administration was ready for this one, and they have conservative allies who as we speak are airing television ads in these red states. ten democratic senators up in 2018 in states that trump won. we can show you the map. some of them, you know, trump won michigan just barely. trump won florida just barely. how much wind does he have there? when you look at heidi of

six states only had democratic governors and state legislatures.ears more than 900 seats in state legislatures went from democrat to republican and mostply legislatures draw the districts and big reason why the republicans maintained control of the house of representatives where you serve. what would you do so democrats are in better position to redraw the map. >> redistricting got to be one of the top priorities of the dnc from the very beginning. dnc chairman needs to engage state parties and win state legislatures all over the country to positioned and ready. but that means winning in 2018 and 2017 in new jersey and virginia. it is a simple matter of turning on in the off year. campaigning everywhere. that's why in the 100 day plan i'm releasing tonight, i call for one, immediate listening session right after the election on february 25th, ask dnc members to talk to democrats all over the country and listen to them and engage them. and then a summer canvas to knock doors all over the country, powered by volunteers, many of the people at marches

democratic state representative chris roub held a community form today where we go from here at a mosque in philadelphia. he says he wants to give people an opportunity to come together, ask questions and be heard. >> any concerns people have about what's happening in the oval office, you can multiply that times ten in terms of how quickly things can term and impact the daily lives of people most vulnerable. >> he wants people to be able to talk to their state and local government and work together to find solutions that work for them. >>> the fight to save a piece of puritiry kan pride in philadelphia what community members of saying about the need to restore this work of art in center city. >>> warmth and then storms. we're tracking a quick moving storm heading through the region right now. stay with us. >>> we continue to follow the latest on the storms moving right through an nbc10 is live. what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: we are in upper dash by right on route 1. some light rain still falling here but the worse of the storm just passed. it was shortly before 5:00 when the

it would give the democrats more ammo. all red red red state democrats one republican states. what i want to know, the democrats meeting with president trump, either going to be eviscerated by people like elizabeth warren, bernie sanders and try to reach out? on these sacrificial lambs for the left right now? >> geraldo: these are all great questions. >> geraldo: i think that those f things diminish the president. >> harris: we are awaiting a decision right now from a federal appeals court on president trump's travel ban. remember, they put the word out yesterday, it was going to come then. so will it come today? meanwhile stephen miller is ripping in the media coverage. watch. >> it is extremely dishonest and it is frankly contemptible the way that false statements have been made about the's lawful, necessary, and fully constitutional action. it was dishonest, it is false, and it is wrong. >> harris: meanwhile, attorney general jeff sessions is weighing in on trump's immigration order. >> we need a lawful system of immigration. one that serves the interest of the people of the

. >> reporter: meanwhile, in sacramento today, the backlash came from democratic state lawmaker. forget sanctuary cities, they are pushing to turn california into a sanctuary state. >> we want to make sure that people who are here for all of the right reasons are able to stay here. >> reporter: senate bill 54 would block local law enforcement statewide from using resources to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect, report, or arrest persons for immigration enforcement purposes. legislation that would require the whole state to follow protections including cities like san rafael which has declared it is not a sanctuary city. and menlo park which is on the fence. the california sheriff's association released a statement opposing senate bill 54 saying it would limit the ability of law enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal authorities on immigration matters. christin ayers, kpix5. >>> now, let's take a live look outside. and well, i hope you enjoyed your eight day dry spell. tonight, there is a new storm on the horizon. paul deanno tells us tonight could be the last dry nig

and to the issue of the states, democrats in those states want an independent check on trump. popularity is the worst of anyone. he is not even -- >> judge gorsuch has the lowest approval ratings of anyone. >> as mitch mcconnell was listing off to you his historical facts and reasons why they were qualified, judge garland was the lockest vacancy in the history of the supreme court. so we feel like that was very unfair to barack obama, now that we're here, what you're seeing is them coalescing around them. there needs to be 60 votes. >> the night that. >> let me just say, the night of the nomination, there was a sign on the supreme court steps that said opposed. it was blank. the protestors were waiting until the nominee was announced. that is called obstructionism. >> no one go anywhere, we're going to come right back. are the protests having any sort of an impact? that story is next. ♪ because going around is rarely ever as enjoyable... ...as going right through. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ before you set out, you plan to capture every moment. ♪ but what you really can't plan for is when the mom

democratic state lawmakers are pushing back against a series of education bills. ion would provide scholarships to private schools and encourage more charter schools in maryland. lawmakers joined the state teacher union to deannounce the bill backed by governor hogan they say it promotes privateization agenda and a spokesperson says education is his priority. >> and a proposed constitutional amenment allowing veelt o >> any regulation inacted by state agencies could be undone by a simple majority volt of the senate and house of delegates. now supporters say it's needed to combat regulatory over reach. >> meanwhile a bipartisan effort is underway to save united states postal service. over the years postal service pleaded with congress for more funding. a new bill called postal service reform acting is in the works and provides revision requiring postal retirees to fully participate in medicare ifel jig. those not eligible will receive benefits under a federal employee's program. >> bwi thorough good international airport continues to fly high. more than 25 million p

. >> reporter: in sacramento, the backlash came from democratic state lawmakers. forget sanctuary cities. they are pushing to turn california into a sanctuary state. >> we want to make sure that people who are here for all of the right reasons are able to stay here. >> reporter: senate bill 54 would block local law enforcement statewide from using resources to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect, report or arrest persons for immigration enforcement purposes. legislation that would require the whole state to follow protections including cities like san rafael, which has declared it is not a sanctuary city. , and menlo park, which is on the fence. christin ayers, kpix 5. >> the california sheriffs association isn't staying quiet on the topic. it released a statement opposing sb54 stressing it would limit the ability of law enforcement agencies to work with federal authorities on immigration matters. >>> the uc-berkeley campus will have unrest tonight ahead of a speaker's talk on campus. milo yiannopoulos writes a column for the conservative website breitbart. he

i don't see how israel can remain democratic and jewish anyone state solution.raphics are unambiguous in this regard. is that not heard one realistic solution to what happens to hamas in gaza anyone state solution. i hope you'll be crystal clear on what your views are in regards to realistic sustainable solution to the israel and palestinian conflict. finally, your record of financial rhetoric support for the settlements outside of the blocks, presumed to join israel with mutually agreed lance bass as part of the two state solution are troubling. the webpage last year and the ark in support of the salmon explicitly states it is creating facts on the ground and new initiative to train students with tools to successfully legitimating the notion of a two state solution. and in august 2015 piece you wrote, some 10 years ago, the state of israel went through extraordinarily internal angst. -- does anyone really think that israel has the political will to Ãtoo many of hundreds of thousands of residents. these are not people who live on the fringes of israeli society.t

. >>> in delaware politics, democrats will keep control of the state senate. yesterday stephanie hansen won the special election. vice president joe biden gave her an early endorsement in the race. nbc 10 was at mcvay elementary school where voters were waiting in line even before the polls opened yesterday morning. the special election fills the senate seat vacated by bethany hall-long who is now del were's lieutenant governor. >>> tomorrow in montgomery county bill cosby is expected to appear in a hearing in the sex assault case against him. deanna durante fills us in. >> reporter: the area will look different this time tomorrow as the streets will be shut down for news vehicles. as you take a look, you can see security barriers are already in place for when the comedian arrives here at court. the topic for tomorrow's pretrial hearing is a change in venue. defense lawyers say bill cosby cannot get a fair trial here in montgomery county, and they want the case moved out of this county. cosby is charged with the 2004 sexual assault that prosecutors say happene

here's chuck schumer, the democratic leader of the united states senate. mocrats don't like him. he says he should quit. >> nominating puzder to oversee the labor department is clearly having a fox guard the hen house. they ought to withdraw puzder's nominee before he further embarrasses this administration and further exposes the hypocrisy of president trump in saying one thing to the workers of america and then doing another. >> the odds of that happening are probably longer than the odds of winning the powerball. but what is it? what is it that puts chuck schumer there? they lost one, they come out and fight again. they lose again and fight again. if you talk to them privately, they think they have a chance for andy puzder because of ethical and other issues we'll get into in a minute. this is the democratic base. fight again, senator. >> i don't think they're wrong to keep trying. we don't really know what's going to happen with any of these people. we don't know at what point there's the breaking point. it's not so much will the trump folks withdraw pu

israeli leaders, who don't believe in a two—state solution, and cannot even hear the term secular democratic statecan impose on me a one state two systems — apartheid. you don't have the stomach for this. do you really think the israelis, who pride themselves, as they always say, on being the only democracy in the middle east, do you really think they would preside over the introduction of apartheid here? they are living it. lost in bodyguards, israel's prime minister visited trump tower last year. candidate trump backed prime minister netanyahu's policies towards the palestinians. but, in the last week, president trump has said settlements get in the way of peace. perhaps america's self—styled deal—maker believes he can seal the hardest one of all — between israel and the palestinians. his change of mood wrong—footed israeli ministers, who had hoped they might have american backing for annexation, incorporating the occupied territory they want into israel. this is not unoccupied. this is our land. we're not going to wait for the palestinians for ever. they need to remember this. so, annexation is

democrat, west virginia. donald trump won that state by a whopping 41 points. idi heitkamp, democrat, north dakota, trump won that state 35 points. in indiana, it was a 19 point landslide that democrat joe donnelly will be defending his state in vice president mike pence's. claire mccaskill in a state that went by 18 points. sherr broad brown ohio, tam by baldwin wisconsin,. how far will these senators go to oppose president trump's cabinet picks, his nominee for the supreme court and president's plan for tax reform and deregulation? donald trump is doing what he said he would do. donald trump won. will his supporters allow those 10 democrats to obstruct the voters will? that is a political calculation and they're all making it. the left is making a lot of noise. they have agreed new president with implacable opposition. that is happening right now but those 10 senate democrats will have to figure out what they're going to tell the voters 22 months from now. the second hour of hour of "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ s. stuart: good choice of music i wo

israeli leaders, who don't believe in a two—state solution, and cannot even hear the term secular democratic statee, i one state, two systems — apartheid. you don't have the stomach for this. do you really think the israelis, who pride themselves, as they always say, on being the only democracy in the middle east, do you really think they would preside over the introduction of apartheid? they are living it. lost in bodyguards, israel's prime minister visited trump tower last year. candidate trump backed prime minister netanyahu's policies towards the palestinians. but, in the last week, president trump has said settlements get in the way of peace. perhaps america's self—styled deal—maker believes he can seal the hardest one of all — between israel and the palestinians. his change of mood wrong—footed israeli ministers, who had hoped they might have american backing for annexation, incorporating the occupied territory they want into israel. this is not unoccupied. this is our land. we're not going to wait for the palestinians for ever. they need to remember this. so, annexation is a possibility? it

so i think her views have evolved with the democratic state. >> reporter: people attending this event say even if feinstein declined the invitation to answer their questions today there will be many more events like this to come especially in the bay area. >> we're in a very special place in the country. i think we have a unique opportunity to push ahead and continue to be progressive despite everything that's happening. >> reporter: in oakland allie rasmus ktvu fox 2 news. >>> still ahead what investigators have learned about the man accused of plowing into a group of mardi gras revelers in new orleans. >>> sadness from hollywood. we take a look back at career of bill paxton who died over the weekend. >>> in weather we start off today with sunshine, but the clouds are moving in right now. even a few scattered showers. coming up, we'll let you know how long the shower threat remains in place as they are talking about the dry and warming weather pattern setting up in the long range weather. >>> there's word from iraq isis is increasingly using drones to drop small bombs on iraqi govern

chuck schumer has to worry about five red state democrats from really red states.on those democrats and they're up for re-election, but they're very, very red stagts. those senators need trump supporters to help win re-election, and chuck schumer needs those five senators to win the re-election in order to even have a chance to keep the margin the way it is. this is going to play out in the neil gorsuch nomination. a lot of them want to be open to possibly voting for him, but the base wants a serious fight. chuck schumer is caught in the middle because he does not necessarily want to go all the way out, force them to use the nuclear option and change the filibuster to get another conservativing to replace conservative scalia. >> in the supreme court we still have a few cabinet picks. the senate is supposed to deal with those this week, and during the break you said they might be in session all night because the democrats have some business they want to do. >> the trump administration knows this. they coined this trump's state democrats so they know the real box, i

house, a large majority of governorship and state legislatures, the democrats have nothing.donald trump said in that announcement when he said this appointment was made with bipartisan support, transparent and judicial process. is it bipartisan support in your opinion? not at all and we will see that as the nomination progresses in the u.s. senate. we are as divided along party lines today as much as any time back to the civil war in the 18 sixties. you're not going to see much bipartisan ship and the democrats, who don't have the votes to block this legislation necessarily, they might block it but i think he will get confirmed, they are deeply angry because this nomination came open came open a year ago nomination came open came open a yearago in nomination came open came open a year ago in february, 2016 and president obama nominated a moderate and well—qualified judge, eric garland, the republicans who had control in the senate refused a hearing, much lest to have a flow... they are going to block this nomination and they will drag their feet for months if they can. house

states. we talk so much about the ten democrats in trump states.epublicans in blue states and a dean heller from nevada is one of them. >> and this is jeff sessions last vote so he can be attorney general. when the president has a travel ban tied up in the courts, most likely to go to the supreme court, when the president is trying to build a border wall and do other things, would you think he wants his attorney general on the job but was told by leader mcconnell, you have to leave him right here until we get through the votes because they didn't know how fast bentley would go. >> i believe he's abstained from the others so far but he needs it. the math needs him. >> right. >> manu raju is on capitol hill watching this play out. join the conversation. we were talking about other things as we went through this vote keeping it on the screen. what did we miss? >> reporter: well, right now it's 50-50. so at any moment, we expect mike pence to come in and cast that divisive vote. even though it's very, very close -- >> there is he. mike pence -- excuse

conservative groups going up with ads tomorrow against the ten red state democrats and states trump wonnate seats. put a very good team together to help on capitol hill. broughten the republican leadship. brought in outside conservative groups on this one. see what happens on the vote. on this one they were ready and rolled it out right. >> the senate need 60 to get him approved. >> that's right. but in this particular case. it is going to be hard for democrats, to hold up the nominee. you did this to our guy. we'll do this to your eye. because they understand there are lots of fights to happen. despite the fact the liberal base is demanding that they do that. i think it is important to take a step back. note the moment for the trump administration. it has been -- very, very rocky as john said. this really changes the conversation which is why they moved it up to today. to do just that. >> the final thought? >> yes, reminded of back in the 70s when civil rights groups were frying to defeat william,0willia rehnquist. that's what you have. in the law you have a lot of people who will be i

democrat. is supported hillary clinton for president. is virtually every statettorney general is a separately elected official, isn't there something inherently awkward at least if not actual conflict of interest of being an active and proud democrat and being someone who wields the power of law-enforcement? eric: not really. historically, the really has not been. we have a long history, of public has lasted a long time -- the republic has lasted a long time with elected attorneys general and fulfilling other roles. i think it is dependent on us being responsible. if something is going to hurt the 19kers, to represent million plus people here, i will take action. i have sworn to do that. i will tell you at least among my democratic colleagues, there is a sense of professionalism about our work. we are not just representing our individual states. we are the guardians of the rule of law for the system of constitutional laws. this is a government of laws. sensek there was a real in which my fellow a.g.'s got riled up by the immigration ban because of the sense of d

democratic state lawmakers there are pushing legislation that would prohibit the federal government from acquiring that land. and in california liberal politicians have said they may use state and federal environmental laws to prevent construction. then there's the price tag. president trump has said it'll cost about $12 billion, there are some estimates it could be more than $20 billion. he continues to say that mexico will pay for the wall, although the mexican government, kelly, says that's not going to happen. kelly. ing. kelly: and that part of the debate goes on, but we'll see what happens. will carr, thank you very much. >> reporter: report that's righ. julie: lawmakers want the president's ties to russia and vladimir putin thoroughly investigated, and one republican in particular is making a special demand when it comes to the probe. find out what that's all about next. >>> plus, president trump giving a fiery speech at cpac just days ahead of his very first address to a joint session of congress. so what issues will he address in that upcoming speech? here's vice president pence

>>o it's definitely a democratic state. no doubt about that. nted out to me. >> massachusetts number one for me, because that's where my wife comes from. i was surprised to see north dakota in the top five and a huge influx of young people there. >> two things here. you know, there's energy development there, the frac'ing, enormous gains in income in a short period of time. that's a little bit transitional. maybe that stays, maybe it goes. north dakota state government is really well run. they do a lot of good things in terms of citizen services. they're just not like a flash in the pan. they've been doing this for a while. that's a good example of a small state. they have a bonanza in revenue but they've done good things with it. >> i'm fascinated, governor, when you talk about bipartisan, it's not a dirdy word in massachusetts. you were at the governor's ball, you were seated next to ivanka trump, so there's a lot of strategy of who sits where. what did you learn talking to her at that dinner? >> we spent most of the time actually talking abou

state. when democrats make our arguments, then we have a chance to win. that is my message to you that we should make our argument. i told audiences in ferguson that black lives mater and i did the same thing in rural areas. i stood with underpaid january tors in downtown kansas city and talked about the need for a livable wage and then i went to a rural chamber of commerce and made the exact same argument. and planned parenthood events, i would talk about equal pay and go four hours away in the car and tell a reporter in a small town how important equal pay was to the middle class. in each case, i was unafraid to tell voters that when they lift up people they don't know, then it matters for them, too. and that's our argument. our argument is simply that this is what we believe in. and here's the thing. voters will forgive you for having a belief that they don't share as long as you truly believe it but include them in their vision for the country. that's i learn is the first time when i was running for state representative in 2008. i was 26 years old, i

we were talking about the democrats switched over to cross the aisle to vote for rex tillerson as secretary of state. joe manchin of west virginia. heidi heitkamp, north dakota, mark warner of virginia and angus kink maine who is independent caucuses with the democrats. let you know the president's nominee for secretary of veterans affairs, david shulkin is facing some tough questions on his proposals to reform the agency at a confirmation hearing for him going on right now but so far, lawmakers have signaled a quick confirmation for shulkin is likely. he already worked at the va under president obama as the agency's you know secretary of health. david? david: good stuff. peter, thank you very much. melissa: president trump scoring another big victory with rex tillerson's confirmation as our next secretary of state but democrats are fighting tooth and nail against the confirmmation of everyone left for trump's cabinet. more on the extraordinary methods senate republicans took today to press on. david: we all know whoopi goldberg is an outspoken critic of president trump but her latest comment, have

continue to control the state senate. democraticanie hanson and republican john marie know are trying to fill the seat. no are trying to fill the seat. race is getting national attention and national funding with democrats trying to keep majority. delaware one of only five states with the democrats control both the legislature and governor's office. >>> in camden county, up close and personal treatment. last night democrat held a town hall at the oakland municipal building. crowd was so large, dozens of these people didn't even make it inside. asked a range of questions including one of the future of the affordable care act. second town hall scheduled for belmar on march 6. >>> repeal of the affordable care act was also a hot topic at this forum in philadelphia last night. nbc 10 in center city. senator pat toomey's constituents orthopediced this event. pennsylvania republican did not attend. >>> also in center city, advocacy groups helped plan long-term resistance beyond the protest. dozens of people showed up at community action c

i think that's the only road to keeping israel both the jewish state and a democratic state. >> as far as the two state solution, trump has signaled that he favors it, but don't forget that less than two weeks ago israel approved the building of thousands of new settlement homes, seen by most people as a major impediment to moving forward with a peace deal. live from northwest washington, abc seven news. larry: after being closed off for weeks, the white house is set to offer tours again. operateded tours th and saturdays from 7:30 in the morning to 1:30 in the afternoon. if you want to check when a for yourself, you can submit a request through a member of congress. coming up, digging into the communications allegations between russia and the white house. until then we have information for you on the freak abc 7 news wjla -- and on wjla.com. onria: murdered in malaysia monday, the half-brother of kim jong un. police have now arrested a woman carrying a vietnamese passport. she was identified on security cameras and an autopsy is planned for today. ready toe faa may be ground harrison

democrats stand up. to the issue of the states, democrats -- the public in those states want an independent check on donaldmp. his popularity is the worst of anyone. he does not -- he's not even -- judge gorsuch has the lowest approval ratings of anyone ever. thinking in political terms -- >> as mitch mcconnell listed off his litany of historical facts and reasons why they were objects instructi obstructioni obstructionists, it was the longest vagueia longest vacancy in history. unfair to president obama. those states are coalescing around this resistance. they believe that he deserves to get a hearing and get heard and have these things but it needs to be 60 votes. >> coalesce around gorsuch. >> no one is. you're right. >> let me just point out the hypocrisy. there was a sign on supreme court steps that said oppose by your side. it was blank. the protesters were waiting until the nominee was announced to write it. that's called obstructionism. >> we'll come right back. more marches against president trump and his policies this weekend. are the protests having any sort of an impact? that story next. (vo) a

isn't that quite alarming that an important institution for the protection of the modern democratic stateg too far, as i said just a moment ago. it doesn't reflect well on the media or the white house because obviously both sides are entrenched and both sides have deep—seated feelings about how to deal with each other and maybe it is time for the news media and the trump white has to have some sort of a summit, maybe donald —— donald trump should put the media and including those who were banned, but when you look at publications like time magazine implying that martin luther king had been removed from the oval office or cnn getting stories wrong about russian sanctions, the list goes on and on about stories that are inaccurate. you can call them fake news, but in fairness to the white house, this white house has been targeted, unlike the previous administration, which was basically in a love affair with the media. barack 0bama and the media, there was a question ask of him, what has been the most enchanting part of becoming president? i don't find that to be an honest question from the m

that democrats can do here in washington, raising money, they need to fichbds good candidates. >> that's why it's not just about four years from now, it's about what's going on in 2018, beyond just stated governor ships, but congress really matters in when democrat continue have the white house. democrats, their problem is they can't get their people to show up in midterm elections, if this changes toward other democrats or toward donald trump, it may be a big benefit. >>> new democratic party tom perez and senator bernie sanders will be like with cnn's jake tapper. >>> up next the president calls his administration a fine-tuned machine, but dozens and dozens of jobs critical implementing his ageneral do remain unfilled. announcer: get on your feet for the nastiest bull in the state of texas. ♪ ♪ (crowd cheers) ♪ say goodbye to extra taxes and fees on your wireless bill and hello to t-mobile one. right now, get 2 lines of unlimited data for $100 bucks taxes and fees included. 2 lines, $100 dollars. all in, all unlimited. switch today. we have a question about your brokerage fees. fees? what did you have in mind? i don't know. $6.95 per trade? uhhh- and i was wondering if your brokerag