senate for the merrick garland.ot interesting in the brawl, then the republican sat on it and judge merrick garland never got something, is that something you would have agreed to to prevent lim from getting a hearing? >> yes. we were in the middle of the election. the composition was a big thing in that election. president obama was a lame duck president, i don't mean no disrespect. >> the nomination was last february, and left without a ninth justice for a long time. it did have some impact. >> i hope we're not left without justice any longer. there's no reason for that. we're going -- i'm not interested in a political vote. i'm not interested this a superficial hearing. i meant what i said. i want to learn about this gentleman or laid. i want to know how he feels about row v wade, i want to learn about his character. i want to know if he knows the person who cleans his office. i notice that a few people around washington, seem to act if they were one of the founding fathers. this is a big deal, american people ha

did with garland was wrong. but we are not playing that. we want a mainstream name nominee because that is right for america. and that is i for one, when they were looking at changing the rules insisted that 60 books remain for that position. because that would mean that it would garner bipartisan support. the last four supreme court justices got bipartisan support.and it is essential that the president do that. we would believe that for instance, we are not going to say this should not be a hearing. a hearing will bring out what this nominee is all about. we're not going to do with the republicans did. but if the candidate is out of the mainstream i can tell you, i will fight in my caucus will fight tooth and nail against them. >>. [inaudible] >> no shouting. >> he said that there is obligation by republican policy to adhere to these alternative facts. you have known mr. trump longer than many of them why did you not -- >> i will not say what was in the session but it was addressed. it was addressed. yes? >> wh

just did to garland, what they did was even worse.hey refused to even hold a hearing, let alone give him a vote in committee, let alone give him a vote on the floor. and i think in the hundred year history of the senate judiciary committee on which i serve this has never previously happened where a nominee for the supreme court, there were two exceptions where the nominees themselves withdrew. it has never happened that the american people were denied an opportunity to get a sense of what that nominee would be like by having thorough hearings. and i just want to bring us ahead to next week, if i could, we're going to have confirmation hearings on the foreign relations committee and five other committees next week. as the trump administration, president-elect's trumps, his allies in congress try to rush through their nominees for attorney general, secretary of state, and others all in one week that will present us from doing our job as senators of having thorough and constructive hearings that the american people can absorb in a timely

lot of sound and fury. >> woodruff: the garland issue being merrick garland who president obama picked a year ago and the republicans wouldn't hold hearings for him. do you see the court as pretty much on the liberal end of the spectrum? >> i think it would have been if merrick garland, perhaps, had been conserved as he should have been. it's a conservative court. the roberts court is led by conservative justices which is not to say they don't sometimes rule in liberal ways in more progressive ways that conform with the constitution's text and history. i think there's going to be a focus on this nominee no matter what because every justiceolt court is important, and in fact, the integrity of the court as an independent arbiter of what the constitution is, and the pinnacle of our independent judiciary, alcohol make sure that the constitution's structural provisions are respected, so this justice is important. and i think there is a chance that we are going to have a real fight to make sure that this nominee does not share the, frankly, authoritarian views that the president has exhibite

the big difference here is that with merrick garland, republicans controlled the senate. the american people had given them control in congress to vet and to approve the president's judicial nominee. bob 8 voters have not given democrats the same authority ovr president trump's nominee. there is a vast, vast difference between the two cases. >> jon: at this point in the obama administration, ten cabinet nominees had been confirmed. president trump has three. charlie heard, thank you very much. >> heather: i think you described it as a fairly contentious, a little bit of sparring going on. let's bring in that bengal, former chief of staff or customs and border protection, he assisted in the president trump transition at the department of homeland security, thank you so much for joining us. no doubt you were listening to what sean spicer had to stay there. what are your thoughts? >> it certainly was a contentious press conference, but i think he handled it well. i think it was important not only his press conference but the one immediately before by the department of homela

if merrick garland doesn't fit that, nobody does. >> that's right.rick garland was very much a right down the middle kind of guy. but it's different. politics has shifted. thoughts have shifted to right. i don't know that americans' attitudes have shifted to the right, but the people elected as president and in congress clearly have shifted to the right. and as a result, we'll have in one sense a supreme court that continues the old supreme court. we're replacing scalia with another real conservative, so it's going to be a continuation of the court in some ways, but we should recognize that we were really on the verge of having a supreme court with a liberal, democratic-appointed majority for the first time in 50 years, and that was a stolen seat, i think, by the senate republicans. and the question's i think really for the democrats -- how did they play hardball as effectively as the republicans have? >> yes. >> that to me is the question. and since the election, where has the democratic party been in terms of leadership, and how are we going to go

president obama named judge merrick garland as his replacement back in march but republicans refused to even hold a hearing. trump has said he would select a conservative stiv nominee similar to scalia. >> i've made a very big decision on the united states supreme court that is going to be announced tomorrow night from the white house. at 8:00. a person who is unbelievably highly respected. contraception. other candidate judge thomas hardiman sits on the 3rd circuit court of appeals where trump's sister is a senior judge. now even before president trump names his nominees some democrats are already threatening a fight. senator jeff americacally said he would filibuster any nominee that's not merrick garland saying this "is a stolen seat." it's likely going to be a tough confirmation battle ahead. >>> asian markets mostly lower following a tumble on wall street blamed on the president's travel ban. all three of wall street's major averages lost ground on monday. the dow dropped more than 122 points, its worst loss this year. among the biggest losers energy cans airlines purchase good

we don't like garland, we don't approve garland. end of story. >> i don't blame the president for trying to demagogue this thing. >> neil: he's not demagoguing. he's fulfilling his duty. >> it sounds good. >> neil: you're trying to fill you're constitutional duty. you feel he might get the upper hand and submit a name and you're sitting on your hands? >> i'm tired of the court being politicized. this is politicizing the court. >> neil: no offense, senator, you played a part in politicizing it. maybe that wasn't your goal. both parties do this. but both sides of the aisle say i've had enough of this nonsense. >> neil: but the nonsense continues. even know. i don't have time for the games then or now. i don't think you should. like i don't have time for the republican congresswoman freezing congress in the middle of a political crisis. >> they gave the private donors -- >> neil: congress woman, state senate issues. >> no, it isn't. >> neil: where was your raise -- >> listen, let me have one minute here. >> neil: no, no, no. you're inf

merrick garland is very much widely liked by members of both parties. remember early on there were republicans who spoke in favor of garland as well so they're hopping mad about this. but you know, schumer at one point maybe we could let the court go on at eight justices. >> he said that to rachel maddow. >> and then he pulled it back a little bit. they'll have a big fight. andrea, this is not the big fight. the big fight is the next, if there is another vacancy while donald trump is president because here you're putting a conservative in the place of one of the court's most conservative uss, antonin scalia. the next one if there's another vacancy ruth bader ginsburg, stephen breyer, anthony kennedy, then a super fight. >> it's a question of filibusters and whether or not senate rules can be changed again to block schumer and company from really having an effective voice to stop this from going down. >> democrats can block the president's nominee but not tomorrow. when democrats had control of the senate elinad the 60 requirement but if they are committ

clayton: so no merrick garland. >> no merrick garland.on: republicans said no, we are not going to bring -- >> during election year, we should wait for the new president, new administration to pick. clayton: do you think you'll see a big fight from democrats trying to be interactable, tick for tack. >> hardiman was going to court of appeals, nobody who voted against him. some people are saying that if you pick him, he's the most likely to get picked because he's more modernly. clayton: hardiman would be the first. what would you say? >> i would probably say hardiman as of right now but gorsuch has a good chance. apparently trump has pick and will be coming out at 8:00 p.m. tonight from the white house. clayton: we will see, great to see you. let's check with brian kilmeade to check out what's happening in "fox & friends". brian: congressman is going to be coming on our show, he's going to be talking what's happening with republicans sometimes going against president trump when it comes to this controversial regarding homeland security and

senate republicans blocked the confirmation of merrick garland. the power to save the highest court in the land lies in president trump's hands. he revealed we are going to know his pick very soon. >> i will be making my decision this week. we'll be announcing. next week we have outstanding candidates and will be pick -- pick a truly great supreme court justice. i will be announcing it sometime next week. >> president met this afternoon with a group of senate leaders to discuss the nomination, a potentially ugly confirmation battle looms. eric, even if you are a republican who is may be skeptical of trump from the beginning, you could be convinced the supreme court was the most boring thing i do think it helped him with a lot of states that were on the edge, like wisconsin and pennsylvania, michigan. out of the gate, they are going to have a nomination. >> if you remember for the last month of the election, single issue voter, supreme court. think about what we would be doing if hillary was the president. appointing the scalia seat. ruth bader gin

. >> trevor: whoa, revenge for merrick garland, sounds like the worst kung fu movie plot ever.-- you blocked my supreme court nominee ten years, now i will block you! hmm, ha! donkey attack! ( laughter ) where does it all end? what does all this gridlock mean for america's future? >> trevor, i can answer that. >> trevor: jordan klepper, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) >> yes, that is right. as you can see, i am reporting to you from the future! it's the year 2067, and i have to warn you about the frightening state of our government, it's in total collapse. >> trevor: jordan, you're in the future? i don't want to hear about the government. tell me cool future stuff, dude. >> okay, but quickly. we found life on mars but they're not really our type. no one wears socks anymore, turns out that was just a marketing scam. these days women actually prefer small penises. >> trevor: oh, no. >> oh, yes! it's a great time to be alive! ( laughter ) anyway, let me get back to our crumbling democracy. you know, in 2017, everyone assumed the gridlock couldn't get worse. well, they were wron

garland died from an accidental overdose in 1969 at the age of 47. that's so sad. >>> whipping winds, bitter cold. lauryn's closely watching dropping temperatures and how soon snow could be moving our way. >>> and it's not too cold to go for a refreshing dip. what? maybe it is. how thousands plan to suit up this weekend for a bit of brisk exercise. >>> well, it's a little chilly out there right now. but certainly going to be cold today. winds are picking up once again. dry today, but we do have some snow in the forecast. and that's coming within the next 24 hours. i'm going to let you know exactly when that is coming an to where. that's all coming up in just about five minutes. >>> let's get a preview. sheinelle jones and craig melvin joining us live from new york. good morning, guys. >> good morning. coming up on saturday morning, a big move for president trump si a temporary halt on immigration in this country. more on that and take you inside the west wing of the white house for a behind the scenes look. >>> also ahead, a look back at the life and

you look at merrick garland. he was about at moderate as any democratic pick could be.tainly coming from this white house. and so you are going to face such an extraordinary amount of pressure if you are a democrat to lock and then ultimately vote no on every single pick that donald trump wants into the supreme court that, unfortunately, the days of supreme court justices getting 70, 80, 90 votes before they go, i think those days are over and i think almost every one of these are probably going to be a 52-48. >> still ahead on "morning joe," we knew some of donald trump's cabinet picks would be tough sales to democrats but john mccain is looking to be a thorn in donald trump's side when it comes to rex tillerson. the arizona republican says there is a chance he can support him when pigs fly. his words. we will explain when "morning joe" comes back. it's a shark! it's a cancer-fighting shark... thanks to st. jude children's research hospital. at st. jude, no family ever pays for treatments, travel, housing or food... because all a family should worry about is helping th

the president put forward the most experienced supreme court nominee in american history, merrick garland and had more experience on the bench than any other supreme court nominee. since the dawn of our republic. he was recognized by republicans as somebody who would a consistent choice, he was somebody that had us darling legal career and somebody who served this country as a law enforcement official including leading the investigation and prosecution of one of the worst terrorists in american history. republicans did not raise any sort of objection about his credentials .

backlash after republicans refused to hold hearings on former president barack obama's nominee merit garland. the announcement coming a day after he filed the top attorney. you probably know the back story. sally yates was fired after she announced she would not be defending the immigration order. dana boente is the new acting attorney general. >> we had a monday night massacre. sally yates, a person of great integrity, who follows the law, was fired by the president. >> talso happening today, bay area trump opponents are organizing a march in san francisco. they are walking from senator dianne feinstein's office to connell's office. they want to fight gop-controlled congress. organizers plan to gather for a rally at 11:00 this morning at a march following that. for everything politics in the first 100 days of the trump administration go to nbcbayarea.com for more. >>> authorities are revealing new details about the suspected bank robber who led them on a chase in the santa cruz mountains. the sheriff's department released this mug shot of 21-year-old cruz vargas of san jose. he is accused o

you know that the republican stalled and prevented merrick garland, very mainstream.brian: one on the west coast, a congressman who says you robbed us of a seat with merrick garland and we're going to make you pay for its paired we see schumer crying or not crying yesterday. he might dig in for this fight paid we might end up with a nuclear option. my hunch is, when schumer came out and said a nonmainstream candidate, that's the problem. here's a question. is justice scalia a nonmainstream candidate? he's going to pressure the democratic caucus. it is game on. >> juan: i think the democrats feel that way, it's unfair what happened with garland. >> dana: i think there's a difference. you had an outgoing president with a vacancy. >> juan: nine months, that's a long time. celebrities unloaded at president trump at the sag awards last night. seems like all of them had something to say about his extreme betting action. see that when we return. so with our ally cashback credit card, like what? like a second bee helmet with protective netting. or like a balm? you know? or a

he did select somebody he wanted to be his replacement, merrick garland. is worth pointing out that, at the moment, the balance of the court is four liberal, four conservative justices. 0ne four liberal, four conservative justices. one of the conservatives is sometimes considered a swing vote. the next person on the supreme court is really important because of the balance. a lot of republicans last year felt they didn't want president obama to pick that replacement because they didn't want another liberal on the court. they made the point that, given it was an election year, that the next president should be the person who picked it. republicans in the senate blocked that appointment of merrick garland, did not let it get any further. that is why we ended up waiting until the new president, president trump, is in office. thank you very much indeed. we can hear the bells tolling as she explains why we have got to this point, live from in front of the supreme court. as soon as the announcement comes through, you will get that from bbc news. still to come, we

said they believe this nominee should have an hearing and an up or down vote, and that's more than garland got. >> we'll see you shortly. 8:00 p.m. eastern. that decision coming. we'll see you then. >>> in the meantime, one of the issues that could make it to the supreme court is the president's executive order on immigration. tonight, the new backlash, and white house in damage control. the press secretary saying, it was not a, quote, ban in the first place. but president trump used that word so did the press secretary. abc's white house correspondent, jonathan karl. >> reporter: in the face of mounting legal challenges and a growing political backlash, secretary of homeland security john kelly stepped forward today to defend the president's "extreme vetting" executive order. >> this is not, i repeat not, a ban on muslims. >> reporter: despite reports that he was blindsided by the details of the executive order, kelly insisted his staff helped write it, and he had seen several drafts himself. >> clearly, it was -- this whole approach was part of what then-candidate trump talked about for

the federal judge, merit garland. they argued the next. should make the decision. now democrats are threatening to oppose president trump's pick accusing the gop of stealing the seat. shannon bream with the news. she's live at the supreme court. what do we know about these two top contenders, shannon? >> they're federal appellate judges with impressive resumes. they're different in key ways. let's talk about the two. first, we have july neil gorsuch. he got a doctorate from oxford. expressive. he's written decisions favorable for groups challenging the contraceptive decision. he spelled out what he thought the role of what a judge or shouldn't be. he said "judges should be in the business of declaring what the law is. using tools of interpretation rather than pronouncing the law like they wish it would be with their political views." thomas hardiman is a notre dame graduate, went to georgetown law school. he paid his way through college with scholarships and driving a taxi. he has a personal connection to the president because he sits on the third circuit with pres

. >> shouldn't you assume the garland nomination has now lapsed? >> i think the president acknowledged at a hanukkah event that judge garland attended last year, that president obama -- people with distinction on the united states court of appeal. to explain to the senate and the american people why he would have serve d the country honor bly. is a scar on the reputation of the united states senate. it is a part of the legacy of the republican leadership in congress from the last several years and i don't mean that as a compliment and i think for years, the united states senate will be dealing with the fallout so agree jously subject chief judge garland to such unfair treatment. republicans have described him as a consensus. republicans have praised his service to our country. the department of justice who led the department of investigation, garland is a patriot and deserved far better treatme treatment. because he's the bigger man, he's going to continue to serve his country with honor and distinction at the united states circuit court of appeals

did not afford to merrick garland.support a hearing on a vote because i think the president's nominee deserves that consideration. >> bret: we learned -- we will learn the president's nominee in about an hour and 10 minutes and we are getting indications from a couple sources that the pickets neil gorsuch. he has 49 years old, from the tenth circuit court of appeals in denver. he is essentially seen as somebody who is an originalist, a textual list, someone who matches up with scalia, justice antonin scalia. he has a kind of writing of scalia even. we are hearing that he is the pick. we need to carry out that by, this is president trump and it could be a number of other people on the list. laura, your thoughts. >> it's an interesting choice. there are a lot of conservatives one of this to be a real fight because they are going to fight him anyway so why not go for the most solidly judicial conservative on the list? bill pryor from alabama was kind of on the top of the list for a lot of conservatives. nevertheless, gors

. >> today i'm nominating chief judge merrick garland.s catch phrase was iconic on the apprentice. >> you're fired, go. terrible. heather: so what arnold using on his new line, stick around and find out clayton: safe place to shoot up for heroin addicts. claims that a supervised injection site could save the city 34 and a half million dollars a year in medical costs racked up by addicts, but san francisco's major is one of the vocal critics of the idea, he doesn't want to see people shooting up on the city's dime. heather: loophole could make for a shocker in the supreme court in just a few hours, the senate ushering in a new congress before noon today and in the five-minute gray period between sessions, president obama could use his recess appointment powers to send judge merrick garland to the bench, the legal gamble unlikely but possible, he made a similar move back in 2012 but those appointments were overturned. clayton: julian assange insists russia had zero to do in election. heather: assange says that the obama administration is tr

said they believe this nominee should have an hearing and an up or down vote, and that's more than garland got. >> we'll see you shortly. 8:00 p.m. eastern. that decision coming. we'll see you then. >>> in the meantime, one of the issues that could make it to the supreme court is the president's executive order on immigration. tonight, the new backlash, and white house in damage control. the press secretary saying, it was not a, quote, ban in the first place. but president trump used that word himself, and it turns out so did the press secretary. abc's white house correspondent, jonathan karl. >> reporter: in the face of mounting legal challenges and a growing political backlash, secretary of homeland security john kelly stepped forward today to defend the president's "extreme vetting" executive order. >> this is not, i repeat not, a ban on muslims. >> reporter: despite reports that he was blindsided by the details of the executive order, kelly insisted his staff helped write it, and he had seen several drafts himself. >> clearly, it was -- this whole approach was part of what then-candida

joe: barack obama nominated mary garland -- mary garland -- merrit garland. politics looking? if the white house confident it will be able to be a filibuster -- beat a filibuster? >> the white house is confident. the senate majority leader is confident also. a nuclear option would essentially killed the filibuster. you are right. democrats are filling the pressure from the liberal interest groups. everybody is playing along game -- a long game here. the question for the democrats is are you going to filibuster now or wait? courtloomberg supreme reporter. we will be covering the announcement lies here on bloomberg tv. coming up, apple's first quarter earnings are expected to be released in 10 minutes. this is bloomberg. the it is time for bloomberg business flash. a look at some of the biggest of the stories in the news right now. s -- some of the ations being weighed include sell off. the valuation could be affected by pricing pressure in the industry. of bridgewater associates says he is becoming more concerned about the damaging effects of president policy.

>> the feelings are very raw in terms of mayor garland, -- merrick garland was treated. democratic senators are not trying to say we will do payback yet, but there is this sense that look, that is always going to be in the back of their minds. we don't know who the nominee is and that is why schumer and everyone else are saying let us look at whether they are qualified. you will have a lot of pressure from the outside these progressive groups, saying look at

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>> right, but democrats point to the merrick garland treatment in the failure to take up a committeeote toward the end as reason to at least depose. >> jon: you're going to have some fun in washington for the next four years. bret baier, anchor of "special report," thank you. >> jenna: president trump claimed the canadian prime minister to express his condolences in the wake of the deadly shooting at a mosque in quebec city. what law enforcement here is doing to prevent similar attack attacks. >> jenna: some news out of texas, update on president george h.w. bush. he was discharged today from houston methodist hospital after being treated for pneumonia. in a statement, he says he is thankful for the many prayers and kind messages he received during his stay as well as the world-class care that both the doctors and nurses provided. we wish him well and i am sure it is good to be home from hospital. >> jon: 92 years old, still going strong. in quebec city, police are saying just one of two men arrested in a deadly mosque shooting is considered a suspect now. investigators say the secon

but if i could get someone like mayor garland, that's where it resinates with me. if you could get a candidate like that that has an -- >> i understand that, but do you feel like -- do you want to make punish republicans for what they did to mayor garland? >> i don't view my job that way as retribution. but what i do know is that the democrats given what we've seen in the last year with no justice on that court, given that a lot of us have said we have to do our jobs and have a hearing, we're going to be taking this very seriously. and looking at every nook and cranny of this nominee's background. and when you've seen what we just saw last night, where the acting attorney general whose been willing to stay on, gets a order thrown at puts the country in ayos, no independence in terms what have they did. won't bring her in on the decisions and fire her. this is a white house that has shown that they are not going to stop at intruding into the judiciary or intruding into the work of the justice department. >> so what you're saying is their actions -- so you're saying

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that's where i think the republicans had the bigger problem with the garland thing done this. >> megyn judge sotomayor, confirmed by the senate, 68-31. that means she had the bipartisan support. this is how's it going in the direction that i was mid to a somebody who practiced practicr tenure was never intended. good to see you both. breaking tonight, we're getting new details on a truly horrifying it attack in chicago. filmed and broadcast it on facebook. four people now under arrest. why this could be a federal case. oh, that's lovely... so graceful. the corkscrew spin, flawless... ...his signature move, the flying dutchman. poetry in motion. and there it is, the "baby bird". breathtaking. a sumo wrestler figure skating? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money heather saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> megyn: four people now in custody following a disturbing video posted to facebook live. a man being heldld hostage and tortured in chicago. we warn you. it is disturbing. in moments, we will be joined by david wohl, we chec

he blasted republicans for quote shamelessly refusing to pick merrick garland. >> what the gop did the day president obama was inaugurated, we will be on instruct, obstruct. we will do everything we can to make sure he accomplishes as little as possible. we will go to the american people. he did not accomplish anything. vote for us. >> on obamacare, sanders says democrats won't stand for repeal without viable replacement. >>> looking to quickly replace the elements of obamacare. republican leaders will not say which parts of the law they see as replaceable immediately. now we are hearing from some republicans trying to put off a larger repeal into the spring. bloomberg and others reporting that five senators want to extend the target date for a repeal bill to march 3rd. right now, the language on what they are voting on won't happen until january 27th. they want concrete options to vote on to replace obamacare because they fear that possibly if they don't have that, that millions of americans could lose coverage. democratic congress member william clay plans to file a police report ove

antonin scalia died, the republican-controlled senate did not pick up president obama's nominee merrick garland. tuesday, president trump will for thes nominee supreme court. we will have live coverage on c-span2. and we will open the telephone lines inch take your comments. washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, california democratic congressman ted lieu will discuss president trump's executive orders on extreme vetting. the announcement of his supreme lord nominee and his supreme court nominee cabinet picks. then, we talk about congressional reaction to the ban. administration travel he sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at some :00 a.m. tuesday morning. join the -- at 7:00 a.m. tuesday morning. join

mitch mcconnell, i think he's my winter on capitol hill because in part he was obstructing merrick garlandat has energized the democrats to say why would we treat a republican any differently. they are going to try to slow things down unless mitch mcconnell goes ahead and employs a nuclear option on a supreme court nomination and says we don't need 60 votes. it's just going to be a majority. that will blow up. >> who push the nuclear option through? who was that? >> where is harry reid going to be? okay. >> that's the rules. it will take 60 votes. democrats are going to stop it. >> little billy. another campaign pledge of mr. trump, make america safe again. one way to prevent new attacks at home, keep terrorists out and stop taking in refugees from muslim countries who can't possibly be properly vetted. >> we should only admit in this country those who share our values and respect our people. the time is overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today. i collect extreme vetting. i call it extreme, extreme vetting. >> it has a ring to it? extreme vetting. are you all i

on one month later barack obama sent judge garland's name to the senate, by all accounts an unbelievablyustice. he never even got a hearing. so you know, that is going to be an explosion when his nominee gets to the senate because mr. mcconnell, senator mcconnell we'll say let's get this moving, have a hearing, when he said we'll not ever have a hearing for judge garland. there is a lot of things that will cause difficulty in the days and months ahead. as my expectation most of us want our economy to work well. i want the president to follow a prudent course on a lot of issues. i'm not so sure that will be case but i hope it will be the case. liz: start with bea republican, end with a democrat. you're both friends of the program. byron dorgan, judd gregg. we love your perspective. you guys have been in the room where it happens. 15 minutes before the closing bell rings. that is a record for s&p, we need to close there with 15 minutes to go. can we do it. stay with me and watch, nasdaq also at a record. >>> one of president trump's appointments could have major impact on a specific merger

that's where i think the republicans had the bigger problem with the garland thing done this. >> megyn judge soto mayor, 68-31. voted in. that means she has some bipartisan support it is going in a direction that i would submit to you is going to be never intended. good to see you both. breaking tonight, we're getting new details on a truly horrifying it attack in chicago. broadcasted on facebook. four people now under a arrest. why this could be a federal cas case. so beautiful. what shall we call you? tom! name it tom! studies show that toms have the highest average earning potential over their professional lifetime. see? uh, it's a girl. congratulations! two of my girls are toms. i work for ally, finances are my thing. you know, i'm gonna go give birth real quick and then we'll talk, ok? nice baby. let's go. here comes tom #5! nothing, stops us from doing right by our customers. ally. do it right. whoo! look out. >> megyn: four people now in custody following a disturbing video posted to facebook live. a man being held hostage and tortured in chicago. we warn you. it is disturbing.

i know judge garland.ing, if he pulls this stunt comic in the congress to a 2424 hour impeachment saying you're violating the spit, we arehrowing this guy out? >> i doubt the wou be ough votes for you agree with these questions. judge garland would have to give up his present lifetime see on the court of appeals to take a two-year contested highly politicized appointment. dagen: by the way, if the new congress gets caught up in all of this recoverable and dissent focused on giving people some of their money back for their paychecks, that's a problem for the republican congress is about to steve's question. i want to move on to this because i want to hear you laugh. president obama's top advisory claiming on sunday that the white house has been free of quote scandal since the obama smoothed in package is asinine. valerie garrett absolving the president of any sinister in his time as leader of the free world. >> today feel responsibility because they are historic figures? yes, they do. i don't think it's mad

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after the death of antonin scalia, obama nominated merrick garland. but republicans refused to even consider him. so the court became a casualty of the harsh political divide that's dogged the obama years. an eight-person panel split evenly along ideological lines. the issue that became the biggest victim of that split, immigration. unable to get any legislation through congress, the president issued an executive order to keep millions of people from being deported. but when that order was argued before the supreme court, the eight justices divided along party lines, of course. >> this is part of the consequence of the republican failure so far to give a fair hearing to mr. merrick garland, my nominee to the supreme court. >> as with guns, the executive order had become his only way to get things done. >> to those members of congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better, or question the wisdom of me acting where congress has failed, i have one answer. pass a bill. >> near the end of his presidency, barack obama returned

the process that everyone saw with merrick garland saw with hundreds of nominees and obviously we have the ability to do that, not just with the cabinet secretaries but with all of their deputies and appointees. we don't want to do it but if they are forcing us to do it by rolling over the process -- >> so what's the trigger? >> is the information available, do the nominees have hearings where there's extensive rounds of questioning where there's time to question them and come back for another round. ironically, although happily for us, the very same things mcconnell asked for in 2009. that's why the letter is sort of getting a lot of attention right now. >> you tonight will be in the senate along with your colleagues in the democratic party in the senate. there's the cots reallied out all night talking about the affordable care act and the problem with a repeal with a delay. i want to ask you the same question here, what is the concrete plan to make sure that the tens of millions of people who are benefiting from the affordable care act are not thrown out in the cold? >> we've told ou

from garland texas on the republican line. i have been watching most of the confirmation hearings. the questions coming from the democratic side are not only, shall we say, trying to indict any of the nominees, but they are also asking, what are you going to do to get us out of the mess that we made? with any of the nominees so far and god to all of them. let's try to get this fixed. we mentioned rick perry testifying tomorrow for the energy secretary position. we go to sugarland, texas. independent line. i was calling because i heard previously one of the republican callers mention that people are tired of being called names and that that is why trump one. which is interesting because during this hearing, i noticed that -- i can't remember the question that was asked about the southern confederacy, price said that there is good in every heritage. untrueck me both as very and speaking to exactly why people are questioning the racist beliefs of some on the right. i think it is unfortunate. he was asked about his support of a piece of legislation in his time at the georgia legislatio

garland, refusal to have a hearing on garland during obama's last year in office is something that used to be answered in some way, shape or form. i have a sense that any supreme court nomination forward is going to have -- not just typical but maybe even cause for similar kind of -- >> schieffer: might be a little bit of revenge to some of the opposite. >> the judicial nominees are very much a process. >> dickerson: one of the things that is voting on james mattis, the secretary of defense. one of the things i've heard from senate republicans -- mitch mock channel said this on "face the nation," those who are worried about donald trump's position on russia they're very happy to have james mattis around. because they think he has a clear view of what putin is, nato, that americans -- >> it's true, also with the dan coates as director of national, there is huge division, though. mattis would not have given that inaugural speech which was deeply isolationist. in rhetoric and in fact. it questions some of our most basic commitments in asia and europe. there's a big difference between what