on the senate judiciary committee before sitting down with senate minority leader harry reed., garland is also expected to meet with republican lawmakers, even though the gop is reducing to consider his nomination. question is how big of gamble are republicans taking on this? judge andrew napolitano joins us now. judge, great to see you from washington d.c. at the heart of all of this. judge, when this nomination first came out, you were here in new york, and we talked about it. and there was a sense that perhaps republicans could cut their nose off despite their face if they don't consider merrick garland and end up with a nominee from hillary clinton. what's your thought? >> it's unclear to me exactly what the president's endgame is here, ashley. because judge garland is the most conservative nominee to the supreme court made by a democratic president since fdr nominated his own attorney general robert jackson in 1941. he is certainly a centerrist. he's clearly within the mainstream. even center right onissues. he's very, very pro police. very, very pro surveillance. his vie

. >>> supreme court nominee merrickking the he met with harry reed and the top nate republicans are standing by their vow not to even con consider his nomin next president is elected. eight senators have said they would be open to at least meet with garland. change your mind about spring. extreme weather brought lightning, powerful wind and golf-ball size hail to northsday, leaving a lot of broken windows in its wake. it killed eight exotic birds at a zoo in fort worth. and a late in parts of the colorado rockies over the last two days. that's more than the town of ad in the past two months. as you've seen, old man winter, well, it is sticking around, it seems. >>> your most important point we're going to make is computer models are not forecast. they just give us a little the puzzle. this was the european computer model showing a signiorm through all of new england. and now we have the new one in about two hours ago and everything shifted for umthe european model to the east. took the heavy band of snow and now into the coastal areas. that's why these are not the official this is just a gli

>> that -- stuart: room knee should come clean as harry reed did not come clean -- >> harry reed revealed know, he was proven that not to be true. we do know that mitt romney did pay lower amount of taxes, and i think that starked the whole debate. stuart: why do i figure that the party you belong has left you behind? because you're a nice lady. you've got a good -- you smile, you're a moderate kind of person. >> i am a moderate democrat. stuart: left you behind, haven't they? >> it has shifted -- stuart: shifted? >> more left. there are many in my party that would disagree with many of my positions. but, you know, that's what makes the party so great. stuart: you couldn't vote for bernie sanders, could you? you couldn't do it? don't -- >> as they say, it's not about the almighty, it's about the alternative. so whoever -- it depends to see who the republicans put on the other side. stuart: okay. forget the other side for a second. you could -- i don't think you could possibly vote for bernie sanders, could you? >> there are -- i am a staunch as you know, staunch hillary supporter so i sti

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he met with the vermont senator patrick leahy and democratic leader harry reed. leahy says the court would be better off with garland as a justice. but republicans have made it clear they won't budge from the refusal to consider a president barbara: welcome back. north korea has fired a medium range ballistics missile into the sea. the lawful is days after their leader ordered weapons test and fore vials of u. inspect resolutions. the pentagon confirmed it was fired from a poebl launch earn. plunged to his death after falling from a sky scraper. he was not supposed to be above the third floor but he was 53 floors up. it was his second day on the job. two people face charges in connection with a double murder in johnston county the gerald paul jr. is charged with murder and kara wilson in the death of matthew jones and jessica pyatte. they were found dead with gunshot wounds the john: the college opportunity who went on ap but nothing to indicate he was directed by them. the family of a woman found dead a judge ordered the f.b.i. to allow sap tkra brand's family t

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. >> reporter: senate leader are harry reed emerged with his meeting thursday poised for a battle with republicans who re tuesdayed to consider the nominee. get approval. republicans cannot do this it won't work. >> the 63-year old judge also sat down with ranking democrat lahey during his first official visit to capitol hill. >> do your job, hold your hearing and then make up your mind. >> he did not meet with him a confirmation hearing. the visit was labeled as a stunt. marco rubio also stood firm. >> i don't think we should be moving forward an a nominee in the last year of this president's term. >> a handful of other senators up for reelection this fall have indicated they're open to meeting with garland. >> if i can meet with a dictator i can sure meet with a decent person in america >> the white house says it will setup meetings when lawmakers return from their easter recess in two weeks. >>> duke university facility taking another step to unionize. they're hoping to create a week ago the durham city council showed their support with a unanimous resolution. >>> time check for you

president obama's nominee, merrick garland will meet with harry reed and the ranking democratic on the judiciary committee. the st. patrick's day parade. >>> and happy birthday to rob lowe. and gary suniece, and kurt russell. >>> thank >>> today, the first tests in newark. will be screened for lead poisoning. >>> new information overnight about a stabbing at a subway station. what police say happened just before that violence. >>> the barricades are up. the crowds will be coming soon. what you need to know about the st. patrick's day parade. "today in new york" starts now. >>> good morning everyone. it's thursday morning, it's march 17th. i'm darlene rodriguez. >>> i'm michael gargiulo. storm team 4's chris cimino is here on st. patrick's day with the forecast. >> it looks okay so far. there might be a little blip. don't get that sad leprechaun face. it's too early for that. >> he can't help it. >> he's frozen. warming up a little bit. 40 to 45 current temperatures. in the mid-40s. it's 33 with a clear sky in the pine barrens. it's cool. you'll need the jackets early on. you won't need

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. >> if you want a washington deal plaik whoar will go to washington and cut deals with harry reed and nancy pelosi and chuck shoe mer, than donald trump sp your man. marco rubio with only minnesota under his belt so far finds himself nay must win scenario in home state on march 15th in florida. >> ail can say is what he says he is and what le do are not the same thing. >> despite primaries and caucus ons the democratic side. we are any sanders finds himself more than 600 delegates behind hillary clinton. >> what this campaign is about is saying you know what, werk create nation we want to become. >> lynn: trum not just drawing anger from the gop candidates, conservatives are upset the appearance at the politicalal conference. >> lynn: and hillary clinton hitting the exainl rail in detroit. she delivered a message about creating jobs and strengthening the economy. > but the biggest insult of all was to the american people. the ee con na my, the economy what should be at top of any list that anybody running for president has was basically an after thought. >> lynn: democrats will ge deb

harry reed went on the senate floor and blamed republicans for creating a frankenstein monsor. you can definitely look for every democrat to link every single republican running for anything in 2016 to donald trump. put that aside. will the big hitters in the republican party through the republicans will look to for guidance, will they line up mine trump. romney will say a lot of things to keep trump from being the nominee but mitt romney says they will line up behind anybody that gets the nomination. see. steve hanselman, thank you for your perspective. >>> sportscaster erin andrews $75 million lawsuit can be going to the jury. suing the national marriott where naked videos were recorded of her. we have a surprise in court. josh, the defense having to play defense this morning. what happened? >> reporter: a bizarre turn of events. someone said they saw the hotel owner's group showing the erin andrews video to friends. his lawyers addressed the situation. the man himself put out a statement trying to clarify what happened. >> we start first. >> reporter: the defense opened alle

president obama's nominee, merrick garland will meet with harry reed and the ranking democratic on the judiciary committee. >>> andthe st. patrick's day parade. and gary suniece, and kurt >>> good morning, and happy st. patrick's day, i'm rachel rollar, thanks so much for joining us at 4:30. we have breaking news coming into the newsroom right now including a fire, a deadly accident, plus a deputy involved shooting but first a quick check of the forecast with larry sprinkle. >> not today. it will happen over the weekend. today should be pretty nice and we're starting out with a great view of what's happening traffic wise, not a lot going on an the moment but that will increase throughout the morning and as far as the city looking okay this morning. we have fair skies out there. should be a pretty nice day. we're starting out at 54 in the queen city. our cool spot boone at 42 this morning. 43 at asheville and greenville spartanburg at 43. along the carolina coastline, temperatures in the mid- to upper 60s. as we check your forecast for today, still going to be a nice day. we saw yesterd

. >> both senate leaders mitch mcconnell and harry reed exclusively join me. >> and do you like buzzer beaters like this one from friday night? well, weave got the trump atology buzzer beaters for what could be a wild national convention. join me. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning. let's agree on this much about the 2016 campaign. the rise of donald trump is basically paralleled the fall of the republican establishment. the more the establishment cries never trump, the more the voters snub them. on tuesday night in spite of millions of dollars of negative ads and high profile criticism by mitt romney and others trump won four of five primaries and he nearly tripled his delegate lead over ted cruz. republicans are desperate to use any means necessary, candidate collusion, delegate jiu jitsu, rule changes, to deny trump in part because of scenes like this. last night in tucson, arizona, this anti -- an antitrump protester was set upon and beating up as he was being escorted out of the rally. police arrested and charged the man who assaulted the protester t

judge garland will meet with senator leahy and harry reed later today. mcconnell says he will not meet the nominee. >>> it is 4:46. we're back to our coverage of decision 2016. donald trump looking more dominant than ever after winning all but one of tuesday's key gop primaries. now trump is saying there may be rye on thes if he doesn't get the republican nomination for president. tracie potts is live with more. >> reporter: as of this morning, the "washington post" editorial board is calling trump is threat to democracy saying that republicans need to have a brokered convention to try to stop him from getting this nomination. trump as you said is warning that there could be riots perhaps in cleveland at the convention this summer if he comes in and has the votes and is not named the nominee. bad things would happen is what trump says. and he tweeted to bernie sanders be careful that he may send millions of his people out to sanders' rallies. he accuses sanders of sending protesters out to the trump rallies. cleveland getting ready for possible riots, br

. >> reporter: harry reed emerged from his meeting with merrick garland thursday, poised for a bitter battle with republicans who refuse to consider the supreme court nominee. >> i am confident, i'm just going to get approval, republicans cannot cannot this, it won't work >> reporter: the 63-year-old moderate appellate judge also sat down with ranking democrat lahey during his first official visit to capitol hill. >> you guys are paid to do your job, hold your hearing, then make up your mind. >> reporter: garland did not meet with republicans opposed to granting him a confirmation hearing. labeled the visit as a stunt orchestrated by the whoeus. former presidential contender marco rubio also stood firm. >> i don't think we should be moving forward on a nominee in the last year of this president's term. i would say that if it was a republican president. >> reporter: a handful of republican senators up for reelection this fall have indicated they're open to meeting with garland, including judiciary committee chair chuck grasslee. >> if i can meet with a dictator in uganda, i can meet wi

harry reed says this has never happened before. >> they won't hold hearings and we will continue to beat the drums. all we want them to do is fulfill their constitutional duty to the job. >>> the white house says president obama has not yet finalized the list to replace the justice. >>> a legal fight between apple and the justice department over a lost iphone. the case pitting the tech giant against the f.b.i. taking center stage in washington. f.b.i. director james comey appearing before the panel on electronic devices. the f.b.i. insisting that they are not asking apple to create a magic iphone be long to go to san bernardino shooter for clues. >> there are no demons, the company is not evil. they all care about the same thing in my view, the companies care about public safety, the f.b.i. cares about innovation and privacy. we devote our lives to stop people from stealing our innovations to breaking into devices. >> apple is refusing to break into the iphone of syed farook saying it would create it vulnerable to hackers and cyber criminals. apple has asked the court to have this case t

going to be a busy afternoon for merrick garland, the supreme court nominee will be meeting with harry reedhe top democrat on the senate committee patrick. those are a couple hours from now. as we've been seeing here for days on all sides on this debate including david petraeus sat down with anthony scaramucci. take a look at this. >> this is an individual with a established track record, and it's going to be an interesting debate. >> do you think this could perhaps tip it, and we break the partisan struggle in washington by getting up a person with him nominated to supreme court? or do you think we're going to be still at loggerheads with one another? >> well, one would hope so, and i think the voters are sending a message. and the question is whether those in washington are going to get that message or not. if not, you're going to see the establishment outflanked again and again and again until i think it realizes what the american people want the folks who will do deals, get something done for our country and indeed make a difference for those who feel that they are being left behind. >>

. >> harry reed met with garland and says he is confident he will get approval. he didn't met with republicans opposed to granting him a approval hearing. >>> you meet with a dictator in uganda, i can surely meet with a decent person in america. >>> do your job, hold your hearing, and then make up your set up more meetings when lawmakers return from the easter recess in two weeks. david petraeus has agreed to come back because there was still questions after his last interview. he led the cia, when they had an attack in benghazi. >>> automatic braking will be a standard feature in cars by 2022. they identify dangers and stop the car if the driver doesn't. government leaders say more 32,000 people are killed on u.s. roads every year and they believe aeb, automatic breaking would help reduce that number. it's pretty impressive technology. >>> bears in colorado, that's opening up the door, that is impressive. 10:00 at night. i heard the noise above me, and i saw that is way too big to be a cat. >> he was just downstairs watching television when he heard that noise,

he met with patrick leahy and harry reed. leahy says the court would be better off with garland as a justice. but republicans made it kehr they won't budge from their refusal to consider a replacement for ability antonin scalia john: a look at damage in texas barbara: at 6:45 an the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today. america runs on dunkin'. mmm... i can't believe it has 40% fewer calories than butter. i can't believe it's made with real, simple ingredients. i can't believe... we're on a whale. [whale] i can't believe they talked me into this. i can't believe my role isnsn bigger. real, simple ingredients. unbelievable taste. oh it's real! this afternoon at dunkin', save when you sip. get a free donut or turbo shot when you buy any beverage between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. america runs on dunkin'. was rushed to the hospital in miami. he reportedly suffered head trauma. his sister says he underwent surge

chuck schumer, harry reed doing the same thing during the bush administration, obama in the senate, filibusteringam alito. >> and mitch mcconnell the same thing. you have a half minute to respond. >> whatever happened in the past, that's like if you want to blame bush for all of this. i'm not going there. there is not an issue about '92 and biden this is about the fact that we have a president and i don't particularly care if you use the president who is a republican or a democrat. he's a sitting president and he has the job to appoint a -- or nominate somebody for the supreme court who both sides reefously liked. and that's what the media dsht question is the media should cover it that way. >> one sentence answer, you are disappointed in the media coverage of the supreme court nomination? >> i disappointed? >> yes. >> i always disappoint. >> all right. then you have more reason to be disappointed. it's a typical washington iru. there will be all the debates and it looks like republicans are not going to budge. great to see you both. next on "media buzz," alex koenen and kaitlyn koenen on defendi

two debates ago donald trump promised all of us that he would compromise would harry reed and chuck schumere tell america i will not compromise away your religious liberty. and i will not compromise away your second amendment right to keep and bear arms. and every justice i appoint to the court will be faithful to the law and will ferociously protect the bill of rights for your children and for mine. [ applause ] the third critical issue in this election is security. for seven years we've abandoned our friends and allies and we've shown weakness and appeasement to our enemies. two debates ago donald trump promised as president to be neutral between israel and the palestinians. well, let me be clear. as president, i will not be neutral. [ cheers and applause ] america will stand unapologetically with the nation of israel. [ cheers and applause ] and anyone who cannot tell the difference between our friends and our enemies, who cannot tell the difference between israel and islamic terrorists who seek to murder us, that raises real questions about their fitness and judgment to be commander in

democratic leader harry reed says they are not fulfilling their constitutional duty. >> they will wait and see what president trump will do as far as the nomination. >>> republicans want to replace the next nomination but president obama is still planning to nominate one anyway. >>> a college in south bay was evacuated because after bomb threat in sarasota. the college president says workers inside the campus found that note at about 9:15 this morning. he says that it indicated a student plan to "blow up the campus." >> the note indicated that the person who had made the threat was proceeding to the math and science building. >>> he says that it was quickly determined to evacuate all students, visitors and employees and shut the school down for the rest of the day. the school has about 12,000 students. a sweep of the campus however found nothing. the all clear was issued at about two this afternoon and classes will be back to normal tomorrow. >> city officials in san francisco say the last of the homeless encampment on division street is almost cleared out. about 50 workers from the de

. >> harry reed went down a laundry lead of examples that he says shows the mindless behavior from republican leaders that allowed trump to rise. >> and there are battle lines being drawn within the republican party about the possibility of a contested convention, donald trump and ben carson who supports it now, donald trump used the word riots. influential conservatives right now are meeting today, there's a big conference call and among the things that may be up for discussion, a third party candidate. >> what the heck is going on? let's bring in errol lewis. cnn political commentator margaret hover, dana bash, and bob beckle, cnn political commentator, campaign manager, a guy who's run campaigns for democratic candidates let's just say for decades, bob. >> i was around for lincoln's second. >> i loved your work back then, it was really impressive. doug, let's discuss, let's start with harry reid, you worked on capitol hill, when harry reid was the senate majority leader at the time. you are also a party guy, what do you say to harry reid saying that it is republican leaders who are respons

judge gar land will meet with patrick leahy and harry reed, both democrats. mitch mcconnell has said that he will not meet the nominee. >>> now to a story a lot of people are talking about, adam laroche says he's retiring because his team won't let his son in the clubhouse every day. the white sox asked him to limit how often he brought his son drake with him to the ballpark. laroche reportedly has brought drake with him every day to years. when will the white sox said he couldn't anymore, he decided to retire rather than play and because he is retiring, he is giving up a $13 million salary this year. ap said they were trying to work with him to build a compromise and it didn't work out so he decided to retire. >>> ahead, a different angle in our continuing coverage of the problems on metro. who is fighting for you in the senate? >>> plus remember this video of the woman trying to do yoga on the metro tracks? why she's back in court today. >>> and a pretty shot of our tnumenthis morning. i do everything on the internet. but it's kind of slow. my friends said

stuart: well, harry reed can do it because he was on the floor of the senate and you can say whateverr was never on the senate floor and probably never will be. so maybe he's open to some legal jurisdiction. do you think? >> perhaps. perhaps so. but i think the line of attack was really about trying to get under donald trump's skin. because i think they're homing that he feels motivated to defend his status as a billionaire and then release his tax records. because then people will get into the discussion about various deductions and tax rates. and i think that's probably what was really motivating in comments. stuart: okay. we've got it. now, you knew judge merrick garland i believe. you knew him quite well. you worked with him; is that correct? >> i actually got to interact with him when i participated in a court competition at harvard law school. my team made the finals and he was one of the judges in the final rounds. so that's my observation my experience with him. stuart: and he was a good man? very smart guy? good guy in the legal terms? >> i think if you evaluate his opinions

so far, the welcome matt is out only at the offices of democrats, like harry reed, the minority leader. republicans insist there won't be any hearing or vote because the next president should choose the nominee to succeed antonin scal scalia. the democrats say normally, the nominee would be up for a vote by memorial day. >> hey, guys, do your job. give him a hearing. ask him questions. >> reporter: some republicans say they're willing to meet with set up yet, a arizona's flake suggested voting on garland while president obama is in office if a democrat is elected president. >> i would rather have a less liberal nominee, like merrick garland, than a nominee that hillary clinton, if she were president, would put forward. >> reporter: but the republican leadership put out the word that an idea is not an option, and most in the party are following along. >> i don't think we should be moving forward on a nominee in the last year of the president's term. if it was a republican president, i'd say that. >> reporter: the white house released this photo of president obama meeting with garland. h

and i don't want a president or a nominee doing a deal with chuck schumer and harry reed.asich is not going anywhere. you've got trump obviously and cruz. where does -- where does the game plan go next? where do you begin to get back in the game and win the states you need to win to make this thing much more of a two-person race than what it is right now, a three-person race? >> well, first, let me just congratulate marco rubio on a wonderful campaign, very gracious and inspiring speech last night. he was statesman like and did the right thing. john kasich, as you point out, has no path. a contested convention will be devastating for this party. ted cruz can be -- will beat donald trump in a one-on-one race. >> should john kasich drop out. >> urge republicans to get behind him. but i think what you'll see is us moving on to places like arizona, and utah, and missouri, wisconsin. pardon me. >> do you think john kasich -- >> continuing to battle this out. >> do you think john kasich should drop out. >> i do. i do. frankly, he doesn't have a path. i mean, he's a good and hono

two debates ago donald trump promised all of us that he would compromise with harry reed and chuck schumerthe replacement to the supreme court. our rights are in the balance, i will not compromise away your religious liberty. [ cheering and applause ] >> and i will not compromise away your second amendment right to keep and bear arms. [ cheering and applause ] >> and every justice i appoint to the court will be faithful to the la and ferociously protect the bill of rights for your children and for mine. [ cheering and applause ] >> the third critical election is security. for several years we abandoned friends and allies and showed weakness and appeasement. two debates ago donald trump promised as president to be neutral between israel and the palestinians. let me be clear, as president, i will not be neutral. america will stand unapologetically with the nation of israel. and anyone that cannot tell the difference between our friends and enemies, between israel and islamic terrorists that seek to murder us, that raises questions about their fitness and judgment to be commander in chief. [

. >> harry reid met as a nominee. afterwards reed said that americans were begging republicans to do their job, and can see that garland really is the impeccable choice obama said he is. >> my job is to study the qualification of these people going into the court behind me. it's an awesome responsibility and all of us agree we should take a look at the record as we're begging the republicans to do. >> the white house is pushing its man as hard as it can, releasing this video montage of him and his family on the white house website and offering a twitter page. white house spokesman josh earnest said that garland is a consensus candidate. >> the president has put forward a nominee that the republicans themselves would be a consensus nominee. it shouldn't be particularly difficult for politician to put politics aside and do their duty first. >> they would confirm in between the election in november and the inauguration in january if hillary clinton wins. the white house was asked about this saying there was no good reason to wait until

racializing the immigration issue, harry reid responded by leaning in very forcefully on the issue of bringing the panel together again. now with maria was former reed staffer and campaigning with louise on behalf of immigrant rights. that puts us at the forefront it , it all came together with dock. that's how how got on the issue. i would be remiss not to mention it. but then we have these pictures. anyone read the shirts? obama deep ports parents. that's what we say about emotion, this is an issue people are passionate about you don't see rallies about this about changing the tax code. so this was in 2013 and 13 and 2014 after the election that obama won. he said the continue pressor, they she stayed in the spotlight and obama came and gave another speech in the east wing. he passes what is now known as adopt the -- dap pa. in november 2014 if you are latino democrat you had a 64% of approving the president. party identification should be driving the way you view the president. if you did not care about -- again this was more important and i'm model then party identification with the president's position on on these issues. the immigration issue

host: gary reed at the center for american progress earlier this week -- harry reid.our ideas for fixing politics. we get a harbor city, california. caller: yeah. is our last three presidents had to terms. as soon as they got their second term and were sworn in they were lame ducks. right from the beginning of the second term they are lame ducks. we are only getting four years. -- theyng is when he could have had three terms and they would have been all right. into 12.t years what happens is they are not going to do anything -- they know they are not under be running for office again. to -- then going they can say why we vote for a supreme court judge. host: the last three term president we had was fdr, right? caller: yes. people are healthier now. our presidents can take three terms. host: let's hear from james in seattle, washington. good morning. caller: yes, thank you. there is nothing wrong with donald trump. the united states has always been a racist country. donald trump -- these are the people are george wallace's age. this is how america thinks. there is noth

harry reid responded by leaning in very forcefully on the issue bringing the panel together again with maria who is former reed staffer and campaigning here on behalf of immigrant rights. this put it at the forefront and all came together and the issue and would be remised if i don't mention sb 1070. we have these pictures anyone read these shirts? know what this is? says obama deports parents on here. that's what i say about emotion. this is an issue people are passionate about. you don't see rallies over changing the tax code or things like that. 2013, 2014 after the election obama won and saw the continued pressure, the issue stayed in the spotlight and then what happened? obama came and gave another speech in the east wing and passes dopa for the parents of u.s.-born kids. thank you, mr. president. if you were a latino democrat you had a 67% of approving and 25 as a 39-point jump. should be driving the way you view the president. if you care about dopa you were at 69. this was more important in the models than party identification. the immigration issue is not resolved deportation is continuing. there was