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the one that always comes to mind for conservatives is justice souter, who president george h w bush -- preisident george h.w. bush picked. hearingsterday, we were three names. and then the name of thomas hardiman came up again. all the connection between the president's sister, thomas hardiman, where he was in the neil gorsuch decision. stronglye comes supported by the president's sister. interesting biography. he drove a taxi cab for a while. hears, similar to what you from the folks who support raymond kethledge, he has a little more of a middle america appeal. he attended notre dame university and, of course, went to law school, at georgetown. this is someone who folks have pointed out has the strong rapport with the president. someone said they really hit it off. you cannot really -- it is hard to know how much that will play in. someonelipside, this is who was floated out there the last time around. and so would hate to be earned -- burned twice. but you have to look at what happened last time around. host: which goes to today's "wall street journal" editorial. a justice with a

he made stinging remarks against senator john mccain and former president george h-w bush. ron4newshaaziq madyun kron4news (ken)president donald trump threw plenty of barbs thursday during a rally in montana. he made stinging remarks against senator john mccain and former president george h-w bush. he said representative maxine waters has an i-q in the mid-60s. but his lengthiest attack was aimed at senator elizabeth warren. the president has long derided warren for claiming she is part native american, giving her the nickname "pocahontas." he said if she wins the democratic presidential nomination in 20-20, he would dare her to take a d-n-a test. <"i'm going to get one of those little kits and in the middle of the debate when she proclaims that she's of indian heritage because her mother says she has high cheekbones. we will take that little kit and say, but we have to do it gently. because we're in the me-too generation so i have to be very gentle. and we will very gently take that kit and we will slowly toss it.">toss it."> toss it."> trump also mocked a former republican

one of his patients president george h. w. bush who is spokesman issued this statement.od man. the president said in a statement i will will always be grateful for his exceptional compassion it care his family is in our prayers. a hospital spokesman said not only was he revered by patients but he was highly regarded among peers and colleagues. he was recently rentalsed as a superdoctor. po po polo. >> the secret recording of the now president. now the fbi has it. how many more tapes does cohen have? (vo) this is not a video game. this is not a screensaver. this is the destruction of a cancer cell by the body's own immune system, thanks to medicine that didn't exist until now. and today can save your life. ♪ ♪ yes or no?gin. do you want the same tools and seamless experience across web and tablet? do you want $4.95 commissions for stocks, $0.50 options contracts? $1.50 futures contracts? what about a dedicated service team of trading specialists? did you say yes? good, then it's time for power e*trade. the platform, price and service that gives you the edge you need. look

and george h. w. bushvery polite man, probably mean bone in his body, but he needed a lee atwater. mr. nice guy doesn't . usually become preside - a lot of the events that the bush campaign did were, i think, all about otherizing my dad, making him seem like he was out of theainstream, that because of hismmigrant status, he thought differently. he did different things can the rest of tntry. - there's a famous "snl" skit where he says, you know, "my parents were little people, little swarthy peoright? and then he's on a riser because he's seen as short. [laughter] [machine whirring] - vice president bush showed up at flag factories. he doubled down on having american flags behind him everywhere, every time, and the implication was, this guy-- this g i'm running against n't quite like us. he's not one of us. g - i'm not question his patriotism. he goes out and says, "the man is questioning my patriotism," and then all the liberal columnists join in. - of course the vice president is questioning my patriotism

former maine governor, and the regional director for small business administration for president george h. w. bush. in 1996, senator collins was elected to the u.s. senate. and in the years since, she has never missed a roll call vote. that is more than 6000, 600 votes. the people of maine clearly trust and admire senator collins answered her senate colleagues. for the last four years, she was ranked the most bipartisan member of the senate by the lugar center at georgetown university. here at pew charitable trusts we talk about the importance of public service. senator collins on broken records of constituent service and for fulfilling her constitutional duties pretty much define the term. today, senator collins is here to help us better understand her work to have control the out of control prices on drug price. she works with both parties. to carefully study the issue and propose evidence-based solutions. early this year she introduced legislation to eliminate pharmacy gag rules. that prevent patients from knowing the lowest possible cost for prescription drugs. and just last month, the senate

governor john [inaudible] and the director of the small business administration for president george h. w. bush. was996, senator collins elected to the u.s. senate, and in the years since she is ever missed a roll call vote. that's more than 6,600 votes in a row. the people of maine clearly trust and admire senator collins and so do her senate colleagues. for the past four years, she was ranked the most bipartisan member of the senate at georgetown university. here we talk a lot about the importance of public service. senatoror collins unbroken recod of constituent service and constitutional duties pretty much define that term. so today senator collins is her to help us better understand who workedco to stamp the out-of-control increases in perception drug prices. she works closely with parties of both sides to carefully studied this issue and propose evidence-based solutions. earlier this year she introduced legislation to eliminate pharmacy rules that prevent patients from having the lowest possible cost for prescription drugs. just last month the senate judiciary committee passed legislation

maine governor and the regional director of the font small business administration for president george h. w. bush. in 1996 senator collins was elected to the u.s. senate. in the years since, she has never missed a roll call vote. that is more than 6600 votes in a row. the people of maine clearly trust and admire senator collins and so did her senate colleagues. for the past four years, she was ranked the most bipartisan member of the senate by the lugar center at georgetown university. here at pew we talk a lot about the importance of public service. senator collins unbroken record of constituent service and fulfilling her constitutional duties pretty much define the term. today senator collins is here to help us better understand her work. she worked closely with colleagues in both parties especially with -- early this year she introduced legislation to eliminate pharmacy gag rules. that prevent patients from knowing the lowest possible cause for prescription drugs. just last month, the senate judiciary committee passed legislation cosponsored by senator collins that will increase competition an

doctor was a well known one of his patients was former george h-w bush...statement..."mark was a fantastic and a good man," president bush said in "i will always be grateful for his compassionate care. his family is in our prayers."a houston methodist spokesman said... "not only was he patients but mark was highly regarded among his peers and colleagues. he was recently recognized as a super doctor." (justine) that was polo sandoval reporting. the doctor had been in medical practice for almost 40 years and specialized in cardiovascular disease. and was president and ceo of houston methodist hospital. (justine) plus -- an unusal slow-speed chase involving a tractor trailer... we'll we'll hear from witnesses (justine) coming up -- a customer makes a discovery in her groceries that may give you the creeps when you hear it... what six legged creature she found as she reached inside the bag. this may give you the creeps when you hear it... but a woman in omaha, nebraska found two black widow spiders in her produce. she says she found these two black widow spider

[cheers and applause] "you've gotta endorse george h. w. bush." philosophy, and it is about character, and george bush wins hands down on both counts. heers and applause] "and then we want you to tear apart bill clinton." bill clinton's fpeeign policy ence is pretty much confed to having had eakfast once at the international house of pancakes. [cheers and applause] and the cultural war for the soul of america, that was my add on to it. there is a religious war going on in this country. it is a cultural war as critical to the kind of nation we shall be asold war itself, for this war is for the soul of america. the agenda that clinton and clinton would impose on america, abortion on demand, a litmus test for the supreme court, homomixual rights, disction against religious schools, women in combat units, that's change, all right. but that's not the kind of change america needs. it is not the kind of change america wants. and it is not the kind of change we can abide in a nation we still call god'sountry. [cheers and applause] president bush called me

. >> he argucskiesed george h. w. bush of lying to the people about the iraq war. the president believes the russians stolen males from the dnc. you know how to make america great again? tell donald trump to go to hell. the trump movement is real. i'm trying to work with him to harmonize the party. he'll be our nominee. i'm confident of that. i'll support him. >> try to pick on senator graham but he's a particularly -- because he the likes media and out there all the time, he's a particularly there you go example of trying to navigate this. >> pretty good case study. you have to wonder what does this all get these republicans in the end. not necessarily going to save lindsey from a primary fight. in the short term if you're on the ballot this year you know you have to be with the president and his base. president trump is the leader of the republican party something we never thought we would see. he's controlling it. his base believes what he said. that's why the cbs pollock 68% republicans believe because the president told them that it was a good p.m. once these

century palace overlooking the waterfront market square and the baltic sea is the same place where george h. w. bush met with soviet leader gorbachev 28 years ago. and hello again from fox news in finland. monday's summit will be the first in depth meeting between the two leaders as they discuss trouble spots across the globe. but casting a shadow over the summit, the new indictment of russian intelligence officers for interfering in the 2016 election. in a moment, we will discuss expectations for the talks with u.s. ambassador to russia jon huntsman. and tomorrow i will sit down for an exclusive interview with president putin on fox news channel. and get first word on what the two leaders discussed. but first, let's bring in chief white house correspondent john roberts here in helsinki. john? >> chris, good afternoon to you. president trump is lowering expectations for what might come out of tomorrow's summit here in helsinki saying it may not amount to much, but one thing is clear, these two leaders do have an awful lot to talk about. president trump is seeking to distance himself from the indictm

abby: when you listen to george h. w. bushgood man, he talks about him as a great friend and as you said just a good role model in life. this is something that you never think could happen to you or someone that you care for, just in broad daylight in the morning riding your bike around the medical center there in houston, being shot. i mean, what is going through your mind right now? >> well, first of all, sadness. emotionally it's a very tough thing to deal with. i think we all experience that in the medical community. and, you know, this is completely a bolt out of the blue. the medical center is generally regarded to be almost a protected environment. and, you know, between 8:30 and nine in the morning in the broad daylight in the middle of the medical center, you know, you're surrounded by people who've got one concern on their mind, and that's getting to work. so, you know, who could have done this, how could this have happened? it's completely unnerving and very much baffling. abby: when you have a vip patient, obviousl

the comparable figures for george h. w. bush and barack obama, 5%, 14%.d third generation of aides are now turning over. yesterday they announced that bill shine the former fox news executive will come in to oversee communications. he's the sixth person assigned responsibility for that function in just under a year and a half. so turmoil, chaos and a permanent insecurity of people like the chief of staff, is he going s-he staying, that's become the dominant narrative as opposed to any consistent agenda or policy program of the president. i think trump has created a white house in his own image. these people are self-obsessed and terrified over their jobs. how can they get any work done? of course not. they are thinking of their own fate and people surrounding them. >> michael warren, you wrote yesterday about the departure of scott pruitt. he had a really active, you know, year and a half complete with -- >> lots of determine -- >> fancy lotions and maxwell smartphone booths. yesterday i couldn't believe it. some people called themselves conservatives com

donald trump who donald trump has appointed, they are, let's just say, harsher on russia than george h. w. bushe policies seemed to be harsher on russia than they were under bush or barack obama. and yet right at the center of this you have a man tweeting and making statements that actually make him look like he's an agent of an ex-kgb officer. it is hard for our allies to sort through, but to borrow ross perot's phrase if you look where the rubber meets the road, we do have some policies on russia that are fairly tough. >> well, when i talked to source they tell me you have to make the difference between what president trump is doing, his rhetoric, his actions, even his body language in the helsinki press conference which i attended and the actual policies of the united states which are tough on russia. the trump administration has expelled russian officials, closed consulates, not let up on the russian sanctions. there's this idea when i talk to people, i talk to the u.s. ambassador to nato, former ambassador to nato he told me all that was going on and nato allies will try to plan work aroun

for a long time, beginning with president george h w bush, the united states has sought to use diplomacy and ushered to keep north korea in compliance with its nuclear proliferation treaty obligations by verifiable he halting and eliminating north koreans nuclear weapons capability. ultimately, that agreement and other efforts fell apart as the two sides accused when another of failing to follow through on their respective commitments. today, north korea has a weapons 20-50 warheads. the exact number is not clear. and ballistic missiles that can those to asia. the reality is that any conflict with north korea today would likely involve north korea -- nuclear weapons and the death of millions if not tens of millions of koreans, japanese and american people in the region and beyond. after raising tensions through north korea's nuclear and missile tests, kim jong-un as well as donald trump brought the situation last year nearly to the point to which many believe the war could break out. kim jong-un and donald trump with the help of south korea's president have not embarked on a effort.t typ

former aid to the george h. w. bush white house and state department elise jordan.the soul of america himself john meacham. >> you earned so much money on that book, can you buy me a book. have all your relatives been calling and asking for things because you're so rich now because of that book? >> no. i don't actually answer the phone. we have like a green acres phone, eddie albert, we get on top of mr. drucker's store and i stay off the roof. >> you have arnold the pig answer the phone for you. >> yes. >> it would be cool if you got the boat. the boat paid by the soul of america. >> joining the conversation -- >> i have a quick question. has you're comparing 1960s sitcom animals, all right, we got a showdown between arnold the pig on "green acres," the smartest animal in town too versus "mr. ed," who do you go with? >> the pig. 100%. i liked the talking thing is kind of cool. the notion that a horse could talk, i like that. but the pig is the smartest creature. pigs are smart. >> my mom loves the pig. >> your pigs can do higher math. >> all right. also joining us

massive manhunt is now underway for the killer of cardiologist who once treated the president george h. w. bush. he was fatally shot by a gunman while biking through a houston medical complex less than a mile where he worked. this happened yesterday morning. police say the suspect was also on a bike, rode past the victim and then fired two rounds. police say it's unclear if the shooting was a targeted killing or if this just so happened to be a random act of violence. >>> the best way we can support those talks is to not loosen the sanctions. we can't do one thing until we see north korea respond to their promise to denuclearize. we have to see some sort of action. arthel: united nations ambassador nikki haley renewing the trump administration's commitment to get north korea to scrap its nuclear program before sanctions are lifted. meanwhile, china and russia are rejecting a request from the u.s. to stop repeatedly violating u.n. oil sanctions as north korea smuggles in more oil than is allowed. now, this is coming as nuclear talks continue between the u.s. and north korea, to support last mont

george h. w. bush sat down with gorbachev, of course. had a joint news conference with gorbachev. but of course, that was a different age. ambassador, thank you so much for your insight. >> my pleasure. >> arthel: back to capitol hill as house republicans hearing this week from the two fbi officials who shared those anti-trump text messages. plus, israel unleashes airstrikes on gaza and the biggest assault in years. what led to the deadly conflict. and democrats to wage a war against the presidents supreme court nominee. brett kavanaugh, who is now speaking out on efforts to derail his confirmation. >> he is probably the best mind of his generation legally. his experience over one decade. his life is lived in such an honorable fashion i want him to be my neighbor. series of smart. and when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna made with carbsteady to help minimize blood sugar spikes you can really feel it. glucerna. everyday progress. discover our largest variety of crab and crab dishes all year! like new crabfest combo. your one chance to have new jumbo snow crab with

he treated former president george h. w. bush.dist hospital where he later died and memorial herman hospital and also a leader at houston cardiovascular associates widely praised for his kind bedside manner. president bush offered his condolences in a statement it reads, mark was a fantastic cardiologist and good man. i will always be grateful for his compassionate care. here he is back in february of 2000 speaking about his presidential patient as he underwent treatment for his heart. >> i have no suspicion that there is a heart attack here. all his cardiac enzymes were completely normal. >> he was taken to nearby houston medical hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. at this time neither the identity of the shooter nor the motive has been identified. it's also unclear whether the shooting was random, or targeted guys back to you. abby: jillian what a horrible story thank you so much for that update. it's terrible. absolutely terrible. turning out to other headlines we're following closely an illegal immigrant deport

the one that always comes to mind for conservatives is justice souter, who president george h w bush reisident george h.w. bush picked. hearingsterday, we were three names. and then the name of thomas hardiman came up again. all the connection between the president's sister, thomas hardiman, where he was in the neil gorsuch decision. stronglye comes supported by the president's sister. interesting biography. he drove a taxi cab for a while. hears, similar to what you from the folks who support raymond kethledge, he has a little more of a middle america appeal. he attended notre dame university and, of course, went to law school, at georgetown. this is someone who folks have pointed out has the strong rapport with the president. someone said they really hit it off. you cannot really -- it is hard to know how much that will play in. someonelipside, this is who was floated out there the last time around. and so would hate to be earned -- burned twice. but you have to look at what happened last time around. host: which goes to today's "wall street journal" editorial. a justice with a reco

that it was about domestic politics but nobody really thought ronald reagan or george h debbie bush or bill clinton or george w. bush or barack obama were protectionist. everybody understood the constraints or limitations. now when you get tariffs imposed, people say is the beginning of it, the end of it, how expensive is this really going to get in so the uncertainty around tariffs people kind of thought they knew the rules of the game about how tariffs were used by the united states because after all the u.s. was the defender of the liberal international order, it certainly becomes a source of greater uncertainty. i think you're seeing it markups and the response of various countries. the twitter account, i would rather the president didn't have a twitter account. having dinosaur in that way. i think it's really a structural change that is more of an important source of volatility. you make another example would be brexit. there were predictions on how close the vote would be but the actual vote the aftermath the political difficulties in uk with major rn cabinet member resigning on monday, they talked about

for bbc world news america katty kay and joining our conversation former adviser to president george h. w. bushcutive producer of the circus on showtime, mark mckennan and peter baker. got a full house. most important question, when is the circus coming back? >> labor day. nothing is going on now. >> putting that show together as you proved in your last season you got to do it right up to the last second because the entire story may change. >> we produce a documentary every week. when i first pitched it to people monthly no we have to be in the cockpit. we don't put anything later on sunday and showtime sees the show sunday morning, the final show. in this news environment amazing even by friday stuff we shoot monday and tuesday seem ancient. >> you have great wing men and wing women. >> alex wagner has been great. >> labor day. let's start this hour with that hearing on capitol hill. it was the first time senators have had a chance to question the secretary of state since both the singapore and helsinki summits. the nearly three hour hearing included several tense back and forth exchanges betw

park we are joined for the remainder of our program by kurt smith, former speech writer for the george h w bushtration. he is with us until the house comes in at 10:00 this morning. mr. smith, good morning. take us back to the beginning. how far does this love affair between the occupants of the white house and occupants of the basic assignment go back? guest: about as far as far to go when you talk about america. before the was a republic, presidency, back to george washington before it became , there is general washington he can't go anywhere because the brits hasn't cornered so he's playing by the hour the british game of rounders, the facsimile of baseball, mentally strategizing about what comes next. then we become a country and development presidency in washington. the next president i talk about in depth is abraham lincoln. he's playing tomball, the name outside the come white house. play one game after another. what i would think belief on the solemnity of the civil war. lincoln take inside using the corridors of the white house as base paths. i imagine he covered the distance between h

former aide to the george h. w. bush white house.ditor of the "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. we'll start this hour with the moment from the white house yesterday where president trump seemed to say something pretty definitive on through have the white house walk it back a short time later. >> is russia still targeting the u.s., mr. president? >> thank you very much. no. >> let's go, we're finished here. press, let's go. >> thank you very much, everybody. we're doing very well. we're doing very well. we're doing very well, probably as well as anybody has ever done with russia. >> you didn't pick that up the president was asked is russia still targeting the u.s., he replied no. joining us now is hallie jackson. good morning. i want to play for our viewers your exchange yesterday with sarah huckabee sanders in the white house briefing room as the white house tried to explain exactly what the president said in that statement and exactly where he stands with regard to russia's interference in the elect

that will vote to overturn it that sandra day o'connor was not she was the opposite, george h. w. bush't always predict how a justice is going to go but donald trump has done something that no other president, i'm going to say in the modern era, maybe ever has done. outsourced to others whose ideology he trusts, the business of creating the list. many of them are people he put on the federal court, so not only were they examined by the outside group, they were also examined by the white house counsel and his team who actually peppered them with aggressive questions that we lawyers call a murder board. it's what you go through in preparation for a high profile oral argument. they know exactly where these people stand on the hot button issues but it depends on how the case comes to you, what your colleagues are, who the plaintiff is and what the plaintiffs relief is being sought. you can't always say yes, no, right, wrong, stop, go. maria: sure. >> judge, you already brought up chief justice roberts who despite his leanings, you mentioned may not be eager to overturn or question the cons

soviet summit between george h. w. bush and mikael gorbachev.hey met at a remarkably different time. the soviet union was collapsing. the cbs story noticed that bush used the meeting to gain gorbachev's report for sanctions fornst iraq's -- support sections against a rock's saddam hussein. it was noticed as a remarkable shift as the united states and ussr came together over an international rice is. back to your desk crisis. -- crisis. back to your calls. i think trumpr: has been compromised by russia for years. while they are in this meeting i believe putin will give donald trump some people to come back to the states to be prosecuted but i don't think it will be the actual 12 people that did the actual meddling. they are so close to the president. donald trump has been compromised and he is putting the united states in a terrible situation with our allies. and i don't understand why the republican congress go out of their way to protect him unless they have been compromised as well. i do believe russia has something on all of them. dnc did not

george w. bush 2001. >> i could get a sense of his h soul. >> even though the putin exchange was said to be frosty. shannon: thank you very much. our other top stories former fbi lawyer is refusing to appear for a capitol hill interview. her lawyers are accusing gop lawmakers to be bullies. we are following the new developments tonight. >> tonight the house judiciary oversight committees went out this letter says fbi lawyer lisa page to show up tomorrow with her former lover and colleague more face more legal trouble. >> it does appear. >> to be in complete defiance of cooperation with the reform committee over seven months and now before she is held in contempt which could happen is is friday. >> they were to give a close and failing to pay but we have nothing to hide and i am willing to testify. thense another panel page and her team were doing kills but he had to go back three times before they could reach>> her. >> the house speaker said. >> that is her choice by the peanut is not optional it is mandatory.tr but a legal source said he plans to appear on thursday but that session is public and h

george w. bush after 9/11 with republican voters so yes, ande h also has the ability, almost a superpower, take an issue like russia that doesn't get much more orthodox than that in of republican party being tough ona, russi he's flipped on that issue and you can go down the list -- f.b.i., the republican party's view of the f.b.i -- pick your issue. it's quite uncanny. tariffs. republican voters now support tariffs. so, yeah, they're terrified. but just to pick up on that point that we were talking about his foreign polic i think, yes, he oscillates but his default position is always, w is this our problem? why is this our problem? robert: sounds a lot like senator paul. house,covering the white you've spent time covering democrats. let's walk a clip of margaret's interview with former secretary of state john kerry for a moment. margaret: what did you make of president trump's new conference with vladimir putin? secretary kerry: i found it shocking. i found it to be one of the most disgraceful, remarkable moments of kowtowing to a foreign leader by an an american president that anyone's witnes

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george w. bush. >> russia is not the enemy of the united states. >> but every reset failed. it's time to recognize that r h. as he destabilizes the west, he understands the internal divisions and dischord and the gaping openness. he understands the gra jillty of institutions like european union and nato. in other words, vladimir putin understands us very well. the question is, do we, does donald trump, really understand him? >>> federal agents have secret recordings of the u.s. president made before he took that office. and one involves the silencing of a former playboy model. we'll explain. >>> we'll take you to the state of missouri where there is much sadness. we'll hear from a woman who lost nine family members when their tour boat sank. >>> and the long awaited sequel to the abba musical hit theaters. >>> welcome to our viewer here in the u.s. and all around the world. we're coming to you live

george w. bush. >> you showed that clip from that rally and in addition to those attack lines he actually even h to>> the first president bush. >> the first president bush. it's regrettable and reprehensible. decisions that are going to be parsed through, all four of these potential contenders have a long history that would suggest all of them are going to move the courts in this decisive moment further to the right. i think that's going to compel to moderate -- independent republican senators and three democratic senators in red states that trump won to ask a really tough question about how this moment is very different than the gorsuch moment. >> which wasn't changing the balance. >> wasn't changing the balance. >> stephanie, you're a veteran of these confirmation battles in both the senate and the white house. put on that strategist hat. is there anything standing in the way of any of these four nominees given the lineup in the senate right now?wo democrats, but since he was confirmed, republicans are down one with doug jones winning the senate seat in alabama. we don't know whether john mccain

h. hoda, savannah. >> kristen, thank lyou. >>'s dig deeper. we're joined by the former national security adviser in the george w. bush administration. good morning to y. i know you were up early watching this with us. i guess my question to youis, does this feel like it was all part of the plan, the president goes into nato, talks tough, sa g whatd is this organization and then gets these concession n out of theo allies? is it tough tactics that paid off? >> i think it's a tale of two summits. yesterday nato seemed to be in crisis. the president threatening to, withdr attacking partners. very positive review of what's happened. certainly praising himself in terms of getting more defense spending. i do think this is part of the president's he's tractional in his foreign policy. he's hyper personal in how he thinks abo these issues and so from one day to the next issues change. today you have a much more sitive view of t nato alliance. the problem of course is this le allies a bit un easy, unsure of what the u.s. commitment is long term and nirtainly quest what happens next in helsinki. there's a lotf unease moving into the meeting. >

of row happening at all >> let's talk confirmation procs because we know with president george w bush his own party h lot of issues with his nominee. doesn't seem like that's tmp's issue coming up with this potential picking but could there be potentially some sort of hold-out from the gop? >> there could be, there's been talk of -- there's a few people that would pottially resist barrett, but given theleew ru which is that a -- a president will not be able to appoint a supre court justice with a put opposition inme govern. i think whoever he appoints will skate through without too much pomp and circumstance. >>> et's switch gears and talk about the upcoming summit that heas with vladimir putin. there is talk he plans to have this meeting with him without ds present. what's your take on this, matt? >> this is the kind of thing that i wlso wonder it becomes such a public spectacle. the president n is able to ch a meeting.e to bind much isu i do at think there'sthing really wrong with e u.s maintaining good relationships with any countr you know, regardless of how the media portrays the particular rela