. >> dick durbin on president trump's revised travel ban. >> senator durbin: this executive order includes some cosmetic changes but these changes don't alter the fact that president trump's travel ban is still unconstitutional and still inconsistent with the values of this nation. >> house speaker paul ryan on the g.o.p. health care plan. speaker ryan: so we said in 2016 to our citizens, to the american people, to our constituents, if you give us this chance, this opportunity, this is what we'll do. now is our chance and our opportunity to do it. >> senator chris murphy on the legislation to replace the affordable care act. senator murphy: well, trumpcare is here and you are going to hate it. this is a dumpsterfier of a bill that was written on the back of a napkin behind closed doors because republicans know it's a disaster. >> ambassador to the u.n.,

. >> from the senate floor, senate minority whip dick durbin on president trump's revised travel ban. >> this new executive order includes some cosmetic changes, but the changes don't alter the fact that president trump's travel ban is still unconstitutional and still inconsistent with the values of this nation. >> house speaker paul ryan on the gop health care plan. >> so we said in 2016 to our citizens, to the american people, to our constituents, if you give us this chance, this opportunity, this is what we will do. now is our chance and our opportunity to do it.

. >> from the senate floor, senate minority whip dick durbin on president trump's revised travel ban. >> this new executive order includes some cosmetic changes, but the changes don't alter the fact that president trump's travel ban is still unconstitutional and still inconsistent with the values of this nation. >> house speaker paul ryan on the gop health care plan. >> so we said in 2016 to our citizens, to the american people, to our constituents, if you give us this chance, this opportunity, this is what we will do. now is our chance and our opportunity to do it. >> senator chris murphy on the legislation to replace the affordable care act. >> well, trump care is here and you are going to hate it. this is a dumpster fire of a bill that was written on the back of a napkin behind closed doors because republicans know it is a disaster. >> and ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley on north korea's use of ballistic missiles. >> this is someone trying to get attention. this is someone who is trying to cause a reaction. but this is what bothers us. it hit less than 200 nautical miles of japa

>> dick durbin asked questions about the dissertation of his advisor from 30 years ago. you have 30 minutes to talk about all kinds of things, do you think the 14th amendment aflies this way or this way. he instead was trying to tar him as some kinds of possible racist by the transtough property of dissertation based on some craft someone he once knew wrote. kennedy: it was a line or two of homophobia in a deposition that his advisor gave decades ago. as i was watching that i thought gorsuch hand himself well. on a scale of harriet miers to judge thomas. >> he's done fine. he's going to pass, and it's clear by the democrats' questioning that they know that. so instead of trying to do anything substantively, they are trying to position themselves as the ones who nobly stood up to him and said he was against women or the little guy. >> where were they when he was unanimous live confirmed for his circuit court position. kennedy: how do you think he did in terms of having -- being the first nominein this ne administration at a ti when we'll see at least one other appointment

>> senate minority whip dick durbin spoke about his opposition to the travel ban monday evening on the senate floor. here's a look.

. >>> up nik, dick durbin joins me with his reaction to the joint address. and what it all means for the strategy on the left. stay with us. sfwlmpblts welcome back. we have a new interior secretary today. and that also means we have a new special election coming up. 2017 calendar, folks. senate voted 68-31 to confirm now former montana congressman ryan zinke as president trump's interior secretary. montana governor steve bullock declared the special election to fill the seat will be held on may 25th. already seven republicans and eight democrats who want the job. the final candidates will be selected when the parties hold nominating conventions. no primaries. it said parties will pick nominees. and yes, it is just one house seat, but it could tell us a lot. this will be a statewide election in montana. this election in addition to that special election in georgia to fill the congressional seat formerly held by new health and humans secretary tom price first big test what have democrats can accomplish in the age of trump. republicans are already reportedly s

>> senate minority whip dick durbin spoke about his opposition to the travel ban monday evening on the senate floor. here's a look. >> earlier today, president trump signed a new executive order that bans travel to the united states from a new list of muslim georgia countries, and bands are refugees. this new executive order includes cosmetic changes, but alter theges to not fact that the travel ban is still unconstitutional and still inconsistent with the values of this nation. playsxecutive order directly into the isis that the united states is waging a war against a religion. the president's first travel ban was blocked by multiple federal courts and his latest, i hope will face the same fate. consider how we have arrived at this point. during his first full week inn -- in office president trump , signed his first executive order banning muslims and refugees. this order order resulted in l -- chaos and airports across the country. dozens of legal immigrants were detained, not because they did anything wrong or they were any danger to our nation, solely because of where they came fro

beliefs, was mostly cordial throughout the day but there were several exchanges like this one with dick durbin >> do you believe situations come cost to employer of maternity leave can justify an employer asking applicants and not male applicants about family plans. >> those are not my words and i would never have said them. >> i asked if you agreed with the statement. >> i'm telling you i don't. >> he repeatedly said he would not give any rubberstamp for the president, note issue moving against him. the questioning does wrap up today, a number of witnesses with the senate judiciary committee about neil gorsuch and that could take another day as well. abby: he had such a call demeanor. >> a lot of the time it is very boring. something that is fun to talk about, chairman chuck grassley in his 80s. >> twitter had a heyday with this, after eight hours of questioning, the chairman of the judiciary committee, and gathering the colleagues at 8:00 p.m. at 9:00 pm. and take a break, at the local diner, and a notoriously early writer. much less when you are 83 years old. >> when you look like that at 8

joining us now is a member of the judiciary committee, dick durbin.hat do you want to see happen with president trump's accusations of president obama wiretapping him? >> donald trump is destroying the credibility of the office of president 140 characters at a time. this charge that he has made about some wiretapping before the election without a sin tilla of evidence, has been refuted not only by the former president but the national head of intelligence and the head of the federal bureau of investigations. the republicans in congress still want to take this seriously. why? so they can avoid a serious investigation, an independent, transparent investigation, of the russian involvement in the last election. >> what do democrats do? >> we will continue to press forward. we pressed for the recusal of jeff sessions from this matter, and that virtually has happened and we will confirm that today in the committee, and we want the appointment of a special prosecutor so we have an independent person that will look at the involvement at the russians in the la

joining us now is democratic whip senator dick durbin.enator, always a pleasure to have you on the show. thoughts on gorsuch at this point? >> well, of course, he's very gifted. he has a great background and service as judge, he's very smooth and very folksy and personable in the witness chair. we have tried -- this is my fifth time going through this experience. we've tried to ask him some basic questions to understand how he might rule in the future. he's fended off most of our questions and given us the basic reply "i'll take the facts and apply them to the law and come out with a good result." >> but that's what they all say. >> that's exactly right. >> so it's hard to hold him accountable to a standard that you have allowed with every judge, isn't it? >> it's very difficult. you can't force him at the point of a gun to answer a question. you try your best to understand what's behind his nomination and in this case there are interesting facts. we know and no one has disputed he was chosen by the federalist society and the heritage fou

amy: kristen clarke, your response to his answer to dick durbin?> you know, there is a 2005 article that judge gorsuch wrote in the national review called "liberals and lawsuits." in that article, judge gorsuch claims american liberals have become obsessed with using the courtrooms as a place to vindicate their rights they should be looking to elected officials. and i find that view deeply problematic. throughout our nation's history when we look at the role of the supreme court, this has been the place where we have seen rulings that have helped to transform our nation and breathe life into the constitutions text. this is the place where the battle against school desegregation played out. this is the place where battle over interracial marriage and whether it is legal has played out. this is the place where marriage battle was fought and won. it is not clear to me that judge gorsuch appreciates the centrality of the supreme court as a forum of last resort for victims of discrimination in our country. responseudge gorsuch's during that exchange yes

coming up next on "morning joe," we'll talk to senate judiciary committee members dick durbin and neil sasse ahead of the questioning of gorsuch today. >>> many are deeply conflicted about the option in front of president trump today. the president drew a crowd of 18,000 people and spoke in front of signs reading promises made, promises kept. and called out mitch mcconnell in front of the hometown crowd. >> our senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, where is he? come here, mitch. thank you, mitch. how are you doing, mitch? hey, mitch, are we going to be okay? everything good? that health care is looking good? good. thank, mitch. people have been kicked off their plans and their premiums have increased by double and triple digits. arizona up 116%. by the way, insurance companies in a great state known as kentucky, have you ever heard of it? are in tremendous trouble, will be fleeing and we're going to save it all. >> we're making tremendous progress. we feel very good, and it's because we have been negotiating and listening to one another, improving this bill, making the refinements to

it says that yesterday dick dick durbin joined other democrats said they will vote to block neil gorsuch or expect to join schumer's call for a filibuster. all 52 republicans in the poised to vote for the confirmation. the ico reports that means president and judge gorsuch need democrats. the mccaskill,e donnelly, and bennet and angus king. the 60th vote would have to come a plu state institutional leahy, patrick suggesting he might oppose a filibuster. the is the latest on judge's nomination. bill in jefferson township, pennsylvania. bill, good morning. caller: good morning, am i on? host: we talked to you, bill, apologys, we'll take a short and be d come back talking about what happened on the hill yesterday. ali breland us to look at a house vote which will back privacy users.ion for web we'll be right back. >> this weekend, c-span city tour with the help of our comcast cable partners will explore the literary scene and chico, california, saturday noon eastern on book t.v. tells us about the founder of chico in his book bidwell and california, the life and writing of a 1841-1900," and

plus senators ben sasse, john cornyn, dick durbin, mark warner, a lot to talk about with james comeys bombshell hearing. >> shocking has to be the first -- i cannot remember a time that a supreme court hearing for a justice wasn't on tv. can you guys? >> never happened. >> my entire life. >> such a big story. >> it was a real side show yesterday. >> i wouldn't call it a side show. also talk about the health care plan. the president is set to meet with republicans on the hill this morning ahead of their vote on thursday. "morning joe" will be right back. you do all this research on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates... maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. liberty mutual insurance. then you're a couple. think of all you'll share... like snoring. does your bed do that? the dual adjustability of a sleep number bed allows you each to choose the firmness and comfort you want. so every couple can get the best sleep ever. does your

amy: several democratic senators, including dick durbin of illinois, talked about how republicans blocked obama's nomination of judge mayer arland. -- judgment garland. >> president obama met his constitutionally required obligation by nominating judge merrick portland to fill that vacancy in march 2016. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell announces for the first time in the history of the united states senate he would refuse judge garland a hearing and a vote. he went further and said he would refuse to even meet with the judge. it was clear that senator mcconnell was making a political decision, hoping for republican president would be elected. hehe was willing to ignore the of theon and precedent senate so you consider this witness table today. amy: that was senator dick durbin. -- millhiser, as we wrap up next we will be talking about the fefederalist society -- but what about what is going to happen right now? garlandover 320 days, never had a hearing. they are talking about fast tracking this -- when would be the vote? >> we're probably looking at sometime in april. they want t

senator dick durbin, the democrat from illinois. i think he is scheduled to begin the questioning. there are other major developments we're following right now, including a huge battle underway up on capitol hill over the republicans health care bill. president trump and house republican leaders just finished a closed door meeting with just two days to go before the critical vote on the house floor. both the president and the speaker, paul ryan, they came out sounding confident that the new version, the bill with significant changes will pass. listen to this. >> we had a great meeting, and i think we're going to get a winner vote. we're going to have a real winner. it was a great meeting. terrific people. they want a tremendous health care plan. that's what we have. they're going to be adjustments. i think we'll get the vote. >> you said that -- >> i want to say we were honored this morning to welcome the president of the united states to our house republican conference. i want to thank them for taking the time to talk to our members and for his steadfast leadership throughout this

senator dick durbin on president trump's revised travel ban. >> this include some cosmetic changes, but these changes do not alter the fact that president trump's travel ban is still unconstitutional and still inconsistent with the values of this nation. announcer: house speaker paul ryan on the gop health care plan. in 2016 to our citizens, our constituents, if you give us this chance, this opportunity, this is what we will do. now is our chance and our opportunity to do it. announcer: senator chris murphy on the legislation to replace the affordable care act. >> trump care is here and you are going to hate it. this is a dumpster fire of a bill that was written on the back of a net can behind closed doors because republicans know it is a disaster. announcer: ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley, on the use of the ballistic missiles. >> is is someone who's trying to get attention. someone trying to cause a reaction. at this is what bothers us, it hit leslie and 200 nautical miles of japan. they said that their goal is to be able to reach u.s. bases in japan. this is not something we can

. >> senate minority whip dick durbin on president trump's revised travel ban. >> this new order includesome cosmetic changes. don't alter the fact that president trump's travel ban is stillunconstitutional and inconsistent with the values of this nation. >> house speaker paul ryan on the gop health care plan. >> we said in 2016 to our constituents, if you give us this opportunity this is what we will do. chance and our opportunity to do it. >> senator chris murphy on the legislation to replace the affordable care act. >> trump care is here and you are going to hate it. this is a dumpster fire of a on theat was written back of a napkin behind closed doors because republicans know it's a disaster. >> nikki haley on north korea's use of ballistic missiles. >> this is someone who's trying to get attention. this is someone trying to cause a reaction. it hit less than 200 nautical miles of japan. they said their goal is to be able to reach u.s. bases in japan. not something we can take lightly. the global community needs to understand every country is in danger from the actions of north korea.

announcer: dick durbin on president trump's revised travel ban. >> there are some cosmetic changes but these changes do not alter the fact that president trump's travel ban is still unconstitutional and still inconsiderate with the values of this nation. >> paul ryan on the health care plan. >> so we said to our constituents, if you give us this chance, this opportunity, this is what we will do. now is our chance and opportunity to do it. senator chris murphy on the legislation to replace the affordable care act. >> well, trumpcare is here and you're going to hate it. this is a dumpster fire of a bill that was written on the back of a napkin kind closed doors, because republicans a disaster. announcer: ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley on north korea's use of ballistic missiles. >> this is someone who is trying to get attention. as a reaction. at this is what bothers us. it hit less than 200 nautical miles of japan. they said that their goal is to be able to reach u.s. bases in japan. this is not something we can take lightly. the global community needs to understand that every countr

. >> dick durbin on president ban.p's revised travel >> this new executive order includes cosmetic changes, but the changes don't alter the fact that president trump's travel ban is still unconstitutional and still inconsistent with the values of this nation. >> house speaker paul ryan on the g.o.p. healthcare plan. >> we said in 2016 to our constituents, if you give us this chance, this opportunity, this is what we'll do. now is our chance and opportunity to do it. >> senator chris murphy on the egislation to replace the affordable care act. >> while trump care is here and hate it.oing to his is a dumpster fire of a bill that was written on the ack of a napkin behind closed doors because republicans know it is a disaster. to the u.n. on the use of ballistic missiles. who is tryingeone to get attention, someone trying this is a reaction, but what bothers us, it hit less miles of autical japan. they said that their goal is to u.s. bases in h japan. this is not something we can take lightly. global community needs to understand every country is in actions of north korea. >> elliot engle duri

dick durbin/(d) illinois: "it's a complicated case.s people to remain in this country, but we ought to have our eyes wide open. here's a man who risked his life for this country. maybe he can pay his price for what he's done wrong here, and still get a chance to stay here."(steve) perez is one of thousands of undocumented immigrant soldiers facing deportation. (pam) sesame street is about to add a new character. but this is no ordinary addition. how the new muppet is raising awareness about a childhood condition. hashtag stuffy nose. hashtag no sleep. hashtag mouthbreather. just put on a breathe right strip. it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than cold medicine alone. shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. breathe right. (charles)i'm charles clifford in the east bay where assemblyman bill quick of hayward introduced a new bill that would require kids in california be tested for lead exposure. we'll have that story tonight on kron 4 news at eight. (steve) a pretty big deal. the iconic children's show sesame street...

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. >> senate minority whip dick durbin on president trump's revised travel than. >> this includes someosmetic changes, but they don't alter the fact that president trump's travel ban is still unconstitutional and still inconsistent with the values of this nation. >> house speaker paul ryan on the gop health care plan. 2016 if you give us this opportunity this is what we will do. now is our chance and opportunity to do it. >> senator chris murphy. >> trump care is here and you are going to hate it. this is a dumpster fire of a bill that was written on the back of a napkin behind closed doors because republicans know it's a disaster. nikki haley on north korea's use of ballistic missiles. >> this is someone who is trying to get attention. tos is someone who is trying cause a reaction. this is what bothers us. it hit less than 200 nautical miles of japan. they said their goal is to be able to reach u.s. bases in japan. this is not something we can take lightly. the global community needs to understand every country is in danger from the actions of north korea. energyt engel during the and

one of the most heated exchanges came when dick durbin pressed gorsuch on allegations regarding his views of women in the workplace. >> do you believe there ever situations where the cost to employer of maternity leave can justify an employer asking only female applicants and not male applicants about family plans prayed >> those are not my words and i would never have said them. >> i didn't say that. i asked if you agreed with the statement. >> i'm telling you i don't. >> democrats implied gorsuch would favor big business over average americans and questioned his ability to be independent from the president who nominated him. senator pat lay he pushed on his position on the travel bands. the nominee refused to take the bait. >> i'm not can it give anybody how an idea on how i would rule. it would be improper. >> he assured committee members he wasn't asked and would never promise to rule a specific way in any particular case, including roe v. wade. there was focus on favorable decisions for hobby lobby and little sisters of the poor who challenge the obamacare mandate on the basis that a

dick durbin/(d) illinois: "it's a complicated case.nt dangerous people to remain in this country, but we ought to have our eyes wide open. here's a man who risked his life for this country. maybe he can pay his price for what he's done wrong here, and still get a chance to stay here.">( mark ) perez is one of thousands of undocumented immigrant soldiers facing deportation. ( mark ) a california lawmaker is pitching a unique idea to make college tuition free for in-state students. an assemblywoman from stockton has crafted a bill that would place a one-percent tax on californians earning more than 1-million dollars a year. she claims it would generate enough revenue to make public colleges free for californians. but... because it would create a new tax it will require a two-thirds majority vote in the legislature in order to pass. coming up on the kron four morning news at six...there's a new push to put a warning label on every i-phone that is sold. we'll tell you why one man says it's a life or death decision. that's coming up at six.

dick durbin on president trump's revised travel ban. >> this includes cosmetic changes but these changes don't alter the fact that president trump's travel ban is still unconstitutional and inconsistent of theis nation. >> house speaker paul ryan on american healthcare plan. now is our chance and our opportunity to do it. >> senator chris murphy on the legislation to replace the affordable care act. >> while trump care is here and you are going to hate it. this is ad dumpster fire of a bill that was written on the back of a napkin booiehind clos doors because republicans know it is a disaster. >> nikki haley on ballistic missiles. this is someone who's trying to cause a reaction, this is what bothers us. it hits less than 200 nautical mileages of japan. their goal is to reach japan. this is not something that we can take lightly. the global community needs to understand that every country is in danger from the actions of north korea. >> congressman eliot engel of the healthcare bill, the mark up. >> this is one of the most important things that we are going to vote on this year. it is ru

it sends like you would agree with senator dick durbin who wrote on twitter yesterday that the first-everurgeon general report on opioid addiction last year told us what works -- event overprescribing and increase treatment. -- prevent overprescribing and increase treatment. we will go to another member of congress with their comment yesterday. tim ryan, democrat from ohio. he said -- what we need more than commissions is money for a local communities. president trump is serious about fighting addiction, he should work to strengthen the affordable care act. enthusiastically support the request of $9.4 billion for 34 key administered of programs that create a comprehensive response. and dominate a new director for the office of national drug policy. let's hear from rose. experience with opioids from michigan. caller: good morning. calling -- i have a son who is addicted to all these medications. he had a herniated disc in his back and was told that he had surgery, he had 80% chance of being in a wheelchair. they gave him all these pain sentinel then gave him -- fentanyl. if you don't put i

there was no recorded opposition from senators, including chuck schumer, dianne feinstein, and dick durbin. many democrats say this is different, given that gorsuch has a decade-long judicial record, including favorable positions for hobby lobby and the little sisters of the poor when those groups challenge the obamacare contraception mandate. >> you may not like the view he has of the law but i am dying to hear some of the over there tell me why he's not qualified to be sitting here when a republican president occupies down the street. >> gorsuch spoke fondly of justice scalia and noting that his mentor reminded him it's his job to follow the words of the law, not to replace them. >> sometimes the answers we reach aren't the ones we personally prefer. sometimes the answers follow us home at night. and keep us up, but the answers we reach are always the one we believe allow requires. >> first round begins at 9:30 tuesday morning. gorsuch has spent weeks in preparation. undergoing rounds of questions. he knows how tough the battle can be. in 20005, he wrote about them, calling them "politic

. >>> supreme court nominee, neil gorsuch, one of the most heating exchange when democrat dick durbin, also press today comment on the president's past criticism of judges. >> when anyone criticize the honesty or integrity, the motives of a federal judge, well, i find that disheartening. i find that determine oral icing. because i know the truth. anyone including the president of the united state. anyone is vote on his confirmation. >>> north korea has test fired another missile. this one appears to be a bus, explosion dollars within second of the lawn: believe they're coming if the wake of the annual military drills between our country and south korea. >> it is 4:12. we want to show you a video a lot of people are talking b there are some teenagers not behaving that well. behaving sort of badly, in the middle of a fight. take a look. >> look, she is smiling and laughing. >> coming up next, more than 20 million people have seen this video, not because of the fight that happened, but because of that good samaritan who steps in. but first, bob kelly. >> hey good morning, everybody, on a

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we expect when they come back that senator dick durbin will be expected to question. there's a vote in the senate going on and just a short lunch break for what is expected to be a very long day, day number two of the confirmation hearing and a reminder too we will reair the entire hearing tonight over on c-span 2 at 8:00 eastern. >> we'll take you back to the beginning of today's hearing in the first asked questions was of course the chairman chuck grassley. >> welcome back, judge gorsuch. glad to have you back and i'm sure you're glad to be here. good morning, everybody. i would like to welcome everyone and especially our nominee as i just did. this is day two of the supreme court nominee's hearing. we have a long day in front of us. so we will immediately turn to members' questions. it's my intention to get through all members first round of questions today. so it's important that we all stick to our time limits so that we can stay on that schedule. i realize that ten hours is a long time for you to sit there and answer questions for 20 of us, so i'm going to defer

one of the most heated exchanges came when democrat dick durbin pressed gorsuch on his views on women in the workplace. he was also asked to talk about the president's passed criticism of judges. >> anyone criticizes the honesty or integrity, motives of a federal judge, well, i find that disheartening. i find that demoralizing. because i know the truth. anyone including the president of the united state, anyone is anyone. >> two more days every questioning remain for judge gorsuch before senate vote on his confirmation. >>> all right, we want to show you this. some local teenagers involved in a fight and they're throwing punches. until something happens. >> real coward. cool, man, middle of the street? look, she is smiling and laughing. laughing. >> coming up next on good day philadelphia. more than 20 million people have seen this video, not because that far fight, but because of that man. a good samaritan who steps in. >> speaking of good, bob kelly. >> hey, good morning, everybody, 5:12. we will go for a ride. the atlantic city expressway coming back from the shore, headed toward p

record that every sitting democrat member of the senate today, patty murray who's not there anymore, dick durbin, all signed a letter asking bill clinton to move toward per capita allotments. if you're going to put medicaid on the bunt that's the best way to go. i wouldn't say it the way to gene green said it he goes, well, if block grants and per capita are evils this is the less evil is what he said. i don't think it's evil to try to put medicaid on a budget. if you're going to put medicaid on a budget this is the best way to go. i mean, leaving it open-ended would be better for states to spend money but it's just not affordable or sustainable. kentucky specifically on the waivers. we would like to get more flexibility within the law. on the reconciliation bill it limits what you can do without becoming a filibuster level of votes. zbluf a waiver pending now. >> he has a waiver pending. so what ind did -- i was looking at what vice president pence did as governor and mitch daniels before, and it's treating the expansion population different than traditional medicaid. in kentucky it was asking

. >> dick durbin on president trump's revised travel plan. includes some cosmetic changes, but these changes do not alter the fact that president trump's travel plan is still unconstitutional and still inconsistent with the values of this nation. >> paul ryan on the gop health care plan. >> we said in 2016 to our citizens, to our constituents, if you give us this chance this is what we will do. now is our chance and our opportunity to do it. >> senator chris murphy on the legislation to replace the affordable care act. >> trump care is here and you are going to hate it. this is a dumpster fire of a bill that was written on the back of an afghan behind closed doors -- back of the napkin behind closed doors because they know it is a disaster. >> nikki haley on north korea. trying is someone who is to get attention, trying to cause a reaction. this is what bothers us. it hit less than 200 nautical miles of japan. they said their goal is to be able to reach u.s. bases in japan. this is not something we can take lightly. the global community needs

this is illinois senator dick durbin, quoting the supreme court ruling. >> the court went on to say, the ide a demands s more. it records an educational program reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress appropriate in light of the child circumstances. it is a powerful decision. it is a unanimous decision. >> is anyone suggesting a are le a result of an autistic child happens to lose, it is heartbreaking accusation to me. heartbreaking. but the fact of the matter is, i dent and soy prece was the panel of my court. amy: at this point, the senate judiciary committee is expected to vote in favor of judge gorsuch's nomination on april 3, and a senate floor vote is expected later that week. republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has threatened to change senate rules to allow gorsuch's confirmation on a simple majority vote, rather thanan the 60 votes now requirered for coconfirmation. in london, a man driving an suv mowed down pedestrians on a bridge over the river thames wednesday befofore rushing onto the grounds ofof the british parliament and fatally s stabbig

listen to what democratic senator dick durbin from illinois had to say on the floor.video clip] painful and it's hurtful to medicare. don't take my word for it. the american association of retired persons has been -- has come out against the republican health care plan saying it will reduce the numbers of years of medicare solvency for the trust fund and that's not positive. it's negative for the tens of millions of americans who depend on medicare. we know that when it comes to this bill, there are provisions in here which are inconsistent with our goal to increase coverage across america. my republican governor in illinois who has been very careful to be critical of republicans in washington, came out this week and said the elimination of medicaid coverage and reduction of medicaid coverage would create a budget hardship in our state. i might add it will be a hardship on the thousands of people in illinois relying on medicaid to provide for their medical expenses. it includes not only the children and mothers in lower substantially,ut seniors who are in nursing home

among the democrats, dick durbin is there. grassley was -- >> i'm waiting for a very important member of the committee to arrive before we start. >> that's not me. [ laughter ] >> leahy taking his seat. some of the senior most members of the senate, period, in terms of their service. leahy, orin hatch among their political parties. senator franken from minnesota at the bottom of your screen arriving now. a whole lot of news media gathered for this. it was pointed out by many, many people, the hearing itself got under way yesterday and was far and away not the lead story. as we went into the afternoon and evening. to katy tur's point, earlier, not every day do you have a hearing on the hill where you hear the fbi director say, nope, the president's contention on the previous president wiretapping his office building in new york, there's no evidence to support that. yes, we can confirm and open and ongoing investigation into russian ties into a political campaign of the victorious candidate in our country. again, that vibration

dick durbin was there. you decided not to attend. why? >> because i'm not into social events. if the president is serious about dealing with health care, if he is serious about dealing with the high cost of prescription drugs, let's work together. i don't want to sit around just, you know, blaberring and talking about the weather. that's not the way you get real work done. i have introduced legislation that will substantially lower the cost of prescription drugs in this country. the president has said he likes that idea. he campaigned on that idea. let's stop the talk. let's sit down and work on it. >> has he reached out to you, senator, or have you reached out personally to him and said let's have a meeting? have you actually sat down and had a meeting with him? >> i don't want to just talk. there is legislation out there. look, this guy throughout his campaign said some good things among prescription drugs. if he is prepared to say senator sanders, i've seen your legislation on reimportation, has 20 co sponsors in the senate, i know a number of republicans are sympathetic to

. >> that was of course dick durbin at the hearings for deputy attorney general nominee rod rosensteinted to clear senate confirmation to fill the void at the top of the justice department investigation after jeff sessions' recusal one week ago. senator dur kbin joins me now. are you satisfied mr. rosenstein will do everything possible to conduct an independent investigation? he refused to commit to an independent counsel or special prosecutor. >> yes, that's true but i would say this, andrea. i respect him as a prosecutor. once named under a republican president, he was retained by president obama. he is a professional by every standard, and every measure of his performance. we tried to zero in on the special prosecutor. now that jeff sessions the attorney general has taken himself out of at least part of this investigation we want to make certain whoever will initiate it and proceed forward is truly independent. ros rosenstein would not make that commitment yesterday. i hope he'll reconsider. >> as well there's now an announcement from senator lindsey graham and sheldon whitehouse re