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you know harry reid very well, you've covered him for years. harry reid has like 12 layers of motives sometimes when he's doing something and going to speak publicly about something. >> they don't make them like that anymore. >> what is harry reid trying to do here? the timing the message, the method. because a lot of republican will take it as a point of pride to be slammed by harry reid. >> first of all, he's on his way out, but even before he was kind of unshackled by re-election or anything like that, he has always seen himself as the person who can and should lead the way on message. if you go back in time, for better or worse, he was the guy who stood on the senate floor and he later sort of admitted to me, kind of made up the idea that mitt romney may or may not have some bombshell in his taxes and he should release them. he is the guy who, i'm told behind the scenes and then in public started really going after the koch brothers and using them as the foil for the democrats, whether it worked for them or not. but you're right, he sees himself as th

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democratic senate leader harry reid immediately criticized mcconnell's move, saying the responsibilities. i spoke to both mitch mcconnell and harry reid. senator reid that took place yesterday. let me start with a piece of sound on judges that you said over ten years ago. let me play it and get you to react on the other side. >> the duties of the united states senate are set forth in states. nowhere in that document does it nominees. >> the senate's constitutional duty to give a fair and timely hearing and a floor vote to the president's supreme court nominees is invileable. which is it? what is changed since 2005 when you said there is nothing in the constitution that said a vote, to 2016? >> this is the same thing as you talk about, the biden rule. there is no biden rule. what happened then was worked out. it was an effort to try to get something done. what i have tried to do during my entire career in congress and in the senate is to get rid of obstruction. years especially with republicans, boehner first, mcconnell, is everything was obstructed. that was what they say the out to do and they've done a good job of it. we have always

harry reid? >> i agree with harry reid that republicans contributed to donald trump but not for the reasons he said. republicans have been breaking a lot of promises. they passed immigration fights off to the court and they continued to fund obamacare. so voters are mad at the republicans. look at the exit polling. you have 60% of republicans saying they are angry with the republicans. you have got 55% saying they are angry with washington in general. so more anger towards the republicans than washington. i think they are picking a fraud one in trump. charles: the mid-term result. >> people are tired of the same old promises from washington. that's why he's winning. >> it would be true if he weren't the most reviled candidate ever to run for offers. by any accounting, donald trump -- charles: we are going to pick this up. you don't want to miss our primary coverage next week. neil cavuto is rocking it. minute to minute the information you need to know as the polls close at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox. can donald trump win the youth vote, the black vote, the hispanic vote. he keeps saying he

harry reid. [applause] senator reid: i want to public lee recognized john podesta. i have such respect for this man who could have gone out to the private sector and make a fortune. that is not what he decided to do. thank you for inviting me to be here today. many americans are scratching their heads about donald trump. i know i have on more than one occasion. most of us cannot fathom how he rose so far and so fast. his rhetoric is embarrassing, his proposals are dangerous. the republican establishment acts bewildered, but they should not be bewildered. republican leaders are responsible for his rise. for eight years, they have drained all the oxygen from this country by replacing thoughtful reflection with resentment and hatred. a full month before they knew the nominee, republicans already pledged to block him or her. this is the kind of mindless behavior that has hollowed out our debate, and created the conditions for trump to rise. donald trump has simply struck the match. recall where our nation stood at the end of 2008. president bush was on the way out of th

but senate minority leader harry reid says the democrats won't give up. (sen. harry reid/(d) nevada) "never in the history of the country has anything like this happened, where they won't meet with a person. they simply won't hold hearings. they won't nominate. and we're going to continue beating the drums. all we want them to do is fulfill their constitutional duty the supreme court issued its first opinion since the death of scalia.. upholding a long prison sentence for a man convicted of possessing child pornography. supreme court justice clarence thomas asked a question during oral arguments last week. thomas hasn't spoken during oral arguments in a decade. the case concerns whether a prior domestic assault conviction should keep someone from possessing a firearm. right now... drivers are having a hard time... on the roads.... near chicago. look at this... car after car after car.. off the road. more snow is expected overnight... and into tomorrow. but... here in las vegas... it's different story. here's a live look.... at the beautiful strip. here's 13 weather first.

democratic senate leader harry reid immediately criticized mcconnell's move saying the senate was abdicating its responsibilities. i spoke to both mitch mcconnell and harry reidon with senator reid that took place yesterday. let me start with a piece of sound on judges that you said over ten years ago. let me play it and get you to react on the other side. >> duties of the snunited state senate is set forth in the constitution. nowhere does it say the senate has a duty to give presidential nominees a vote. >> and yet 11 years later you wrote this. the senate's constitutional duty to give a fair and timely hearing and a floor vote to the president's supreme court nominees has remained inviolable. i guess i'm confused. which is it? what has changed from 2005 when you said there was nothing in the constitution that said a vote to 2016? >> this is the same thing as you guys talk about the biden rule. there is no biden rule. what happened then was worked out. it was an effort to try to get something done. what i have tried to do during my entire career in congress and in the senate is to get rid of obstruction and what we found the last eight years especially with

democratic senate leader harry reid says the senate needs to do its job... sen. harry reid/ nevada "we have that nasty little constitution that says they are obligated to hold hearings, they're obligated to vote that's what it says and more importantly when they swore their oath each time they become a senator again or the first time they swear to uphold the constitution, they're not doing that, they are walking away from that." no word when president obama will announce a potential nominee. this situation is unprecedented. there hasn't been a justice die in a president's final year in office. let's bring in senator grassley. senator grassley....was today's worthless? at first...you said process a step at a time...then your republican leader mcconnell advise you not to hold hearings. when joe biden was still a senator in 1992..and george hw bush was president...he seemed to advocate for letting a justice's vacancy wait til the next president. that never actually happened...but if biden hadn't said that...would and we are a step closer to picking the next president. today is

really racializing the immigration issue and her campaign against harry reid. harry reid responded by leaning in very forcefully on the issue, bringing the panel together, again, now with maria who is a former reid staffer, and campaigning here with luis gutierrez on behalf of immigrant rights. that really put this at the forefront and we know as i started my talk it call came together with doca and that great emotion. and that's how it got on the issue. i would be remiss if i did not mention [ inaudible ] but then we have these pictures. anyone read these shirts? do you know what these kids are protesting? it says "obama deports parents" right here. that's what i say about emotion. this is an issue that people are passionate about. you don't see rallies like this over, like, changing the tax code or things like that, okay? and so this is in 2013, 2014 after the election that obama won and you saw the continued pressure. the issue stayed in the spotlight and then what happened? obama came and gave another speech in the east wing passes what is now known as dopa for the pa

harry reid and elizabeth warren. so if harry reid and elizabeth warren are saying hey, gop voters don't vote for donald trump, we don't like him. that's an advertisement for donald trump. the reality is harry reid is terrified of the fact that tens of millions of republican voters are going to be energetically going to the polls for donald trump, and tens of millions of democratic voters are defecting from his party to support donald trump. that's where this is coming from. deirdre: stephen, to your point, we saw in massachusetts, 20,000 democrats actually change parties so they could vote for donald trump. so getting back to the idea of the delegates, the race for the delegates. donald trump clearly in the lead, but senator cruz says trump will not get all the delegates for the nomination. here's the senator. >> if donald continues getting delegates at the same rate he has so far, he won't get to 1237. he needs to get 54% of the remaining delegates to get there. he hasn't been doing that, he's been getting below 50%. deirdre: any tr

stuart: it occurs that this could back fire against harry reid and against mitt romney, bearing in mind what harry reidid a couple of years ago. >> this is particularly rich coming from harry reid, given his track record, but what he is saying today is the perfect representation of the bipartisan establishment freakout over donald trump. remember, we're not just talking about the elite donor class establishment in the republican party, which fears donald trump because they can't control him, we're talking about the bipartisan establishment represented by harry reid. they know if donald trump is elected president of the united states, they lose their power, control, and their gravy train. >> do you think they really-- do you think that democrats truly worry about donald trump or do they really want him-- >> the conventional wisdom they want him because they think to beat him. he's a street fighter than any they've seen. they're extremely worried because he doesn't play by gentleman's rules. stuart: and organizations related by soros related groups, what about that? >> my column in the washington times i

sharron angle in nevada, really rationalizing the immigration issue in a campaign against harry reid. harry reid respond by laying in very forcefully on the issue bringing the panel together again now with maria who is a former harry reid staffer. campaigning on behalf of immigrant rights. that put us at the forefront and we know as i my that it all came together with a night at the great emotion for daca. that's how we got onto the issue. i would be remiss if i didn't mention this. but then we have these pictures. can anybody read these shirts? access obama deports parents. that's what i say about emotion. this was an issue people are passionate about. you don't see rallies like this over like changing the tax code or things like that. so this is in 2013-2014 after elections that obama won. you saw the continued pressure, the issue state in the spotlight. then what happened was all? obama gave another speech. you can see a favorite enthusiastic reaction. thank you, mr. president for daca. in november 2014 after the announcement if you were a latino democrat united states 4%, build of approving

harry reid. moments ago, reid spoke about their meeting, and questioned the republicans. >> the concern that we havefter meeting this good man, is why can't republicans do what they're supposed to, do their jobs? why are they afraid to meet with him? why are they afraid to hold hearings? >> senator patrick leahy from vermont, ranking member 0 on the judiciary committee who met with judge garland today. what can you tell us about the meeting? >> i thought it was a good meeting. of course i knew him anyway, i voted on his confirmation before, confirmation times when he's been confirmed overwhelmingly by both republicans and democrats voting for him. i'm very impressed with his background. we were both prosecutors. i talked to him how well he handled the oklahoma city bombing case. but made sure he was independent on the bench, sometimes ruling with the government, sometimes ruling against the government. it was just nice to spend some time with somebody with such a first-rate legal mind. >> so, were you able to give him any assurances about what's happening on the democratic side in the senate to give

democratic senate leader harry reid says the senate needs to do its job... sen. harry reid/ nevada "we have that nasty little constitution that says they are obligated to hold hearings, they're obligated to vote that's what it says and more importantly when they swore their oath each time they become a senator again or the first time they swear to uphold the constitution, they're not doing that, they are walking away from that." no word when president obama will announce a potential nominee. this situation is unprecedented. there hasn't been a justice die in a president's final year in office. let's bring in senator grassley. senator grassley....was today's

even senate democratic leader harry reid said today that at least cruz, in harry reid's words, stands for something. reid slammed trump's quote, vile rhetoric but said trump is a product of the gop's leadership's reseptembntment an hatred of president obama. our correspondents, analysts and guests will have full coverage of the day's top stories. let's begin with the stop trump movement and our chief political correspondent, dana bash. dana, it's picking up steam but is it too late? >> even republicans, wolf, who vehemently oppose trump admit it may be too late but that's not stopping them from scrambling for an alternative and making for some very strange bedfellows. >> this is how intense tit is right now. >> lindsey graham raising money for ted cruz, backing cruz for president after years of open disdain for his gop colleague. >> if you kill ted cruz on the floor of the senate and the trial was in the senate, nobody could convict you. >> i've known you and wachd you, particularly with ted cruz. i'm actually waiting for pigs to start flying down the street. >> it tells you a lot abo

bumper sticker, gentlemen, that harry reid is working to slap on every republicans's car bumper, on their foreheads. deroy. it's really your party here. you can dislike harry reid, you can disagree with him, but senator reid probably did exactly what republicans would do if they were in a position? >> i can't blame him. the really challenge for republicans is whether or not trump steps up and becomes presidential, watch his incredibly inflammatory rhetoric, if he can cool it andt may not be a problem. if it takes forever to denounce the kkk, saying if i don't get my way, there will be riots. if that goes on every day, harry reid will say do you agree with trump or not and try to divide the party. some senators say they will not support trump. it would be difficult to get people in line, you will have the party fractured and all different directions. liz: joe, there are conflicted republicans who like ted cruz or john kasich or unhappy that jeb bush isn't in the race anymore. they don't like donald trump, but it's still to play out whether they will all back up donald trump as the party candidate if that's how it goes down. will senator reid's theory, will his s

harry reid. [applause] senator reid: excuse me. sorry i was a little late, there was quite a bad accident a few blocks from here that held us up a little bit. i want to take just a minute and publicly acknowledge john podesta. when john podesta came to me with this idea, i frankly was underwhelmed. i couldn't believe he could do what he said he was going to do. he was right, i was wrong. and i have such admiration for this man who could have been out in the private sector and made a fortune and that's not what he chose to do. and stepping into those big shoes, you've done an outstanding job, and thank you for allowing me to be here today. many americans are scratching their heads about donald trump. i know i have on more than one occasion. most of us cannot fathom how he rose so far and so, so fast. his violent rhetoric -- his violent rhetoric is embarrassing, his proposals are dangerous. the republican establishment acts bewildered but they should not be bewildered. as much as they may try to distance themselves from trump now, re

another deal maker to -- there is a reason, sean, that harry reid says donald trump is the republican he wants to win. donald trump supported harry reidars. he says i can work with donald. he supports the same policies that harry reid does and i think as republicans we don't want a general election between two rich liberal new yorkers who agree on domestic policy, economic policy and foreign policy. that got us in the mess to begin with. >> all right. we have to take a break. coming back, more with senator ted cruz right after the quick break as "hannity" continues. we're in beautiful georgia. since phil started taking osteo bi-flex, he's noticing a real difference in his joint comfort. as well as heightened levels of abject humiliation in his son. in just 7 days, your joint comfort can be your kid's discomfort. osteo bi-flex. made to move. i am benedict arnold, the infamous traitor. and i know a thing or two about trading. so i trade with e*trade, where true traders trade on a trademarked trade platform that has all the... get off the computer traitor! i won't. (cannon sound) >>> welcome to "hannity" continuing with 2016 republican p

you know, in 2010, i was in nevada fighting harry reid, and donald trump was writing harry reid checks where else are senator rubio's supporters going to go? they're not going to go to donald trump. so senator cruz has held open his arms and welcomed them, and you know, we do welcome them into the campaign. >> let me ask you about november elections on the congressional side. some down ballot issues. the cook political report had ten change house ratings in favor of the democrats baized on a donald trump or ted cruz nomination this summer. saying it could put up those ten districts in play for the democratic if we see ted cruz or donald trump nominated as a general candidate for the republican party. do you think either senator ted cruz nomination or a trump nomination could have an adverse impact on congressional seats for republicans in november? >> well, i think a trump nomination would definitely have an adverse impact because a lot of republicans are going to run from trump, not with him. i think senator cruz's nomination, which is ultimately, i think will happen at the end of the

another deal maker to -- there is a reason, sean, that harry reid says donald trump is the republican he wants to win. donald trump supported harry reids. he says i can work with donald. he supports the same policies that harry reid does and i think as republicans we don't want a general election between two rich liberal new yorkers who agree on domestic policy, economic policy and foreign policy. that got us in the mess to begin with. >> all right. we have to take a break. coming back, more with senator ted cruz right after the quick break as "hannity" continues. we're in beautiful georgia. you totaled your brand new car. nobody's hurt, but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. with toothpa

harry reid and chuck schumer. that's what he said in the last debate. >> i did not say that. >> harry reid and chuck schumer sign off on -- >> i did not say that. >> harry reid and chuck schumer are both democrats mr. trump has written checks to repeatedly. any justice that those two sign off on is going to be a left wing judicial activist who will undermine religious liberty and we're one vote away from the heller decision being overturned which would effectively erase the second of amendment from the bill of rights. if you care about the second amendment, you need to ask who on this stage do you know will appoint principled constitutionalists to the court and not cut a deal with your second amendment rights? >> mr. trump, so we're listening to the all talk, no action politician and he was the primary supporter of john roberts who gave us -- >> flat-out wrong. >> no, it's not. you take a look. he was the primary supporter. he pushed john roberts and pushed him and pushed him and bush ultimately appointed him. he got appointed. and when it came his time to raise his hand and kill obamacare, not once, but twice, he l

. >> senate minority leader harry reid med met with merrick garland earlier today and pose waived photo op before meeting providely. afterwardses senator reid spoke to the press. here's a look. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> judge and i had a very nice meeting. he is affable, he is -- his qualifications are about as good as you can get and he are and i are both trial lawyer size was able to talk about some of my cases and we had a good time just visiting about the law. none of this prize clerks was someone who worked for me for many, many years, who is now down at the homeland security, serena hoy, a rhodes scholar, and we had a great visit about her. she -- he married her. so it was a really pleasant meeting. enjoyed it very, very much. the concern that we have, especially after meeting this good man, is why can't republicans just do what they're supposed to do? do their jobs? why are they afraid to meet with him? why are they afraid to hold hearings? are they afraid the american people are going to watch the hearings and demand they do something even more than they're demanding now? i don'

he said he will negotiate with harry reid and chuck schumer and compromise on the supreme courtney replacement harry reidgn off on will be a left wing activist. i give you my word, every justice that i appoint to the court will be a principle constitutionalist who will ferociously defend the bill of rights. >> ten tore. thank you. great to see you. thank you orlando. thank you orlando. we really appreciate it. unfortunately for all of you back home that's all of the time we have tonight from beautiful orlando, florida. we are having a magical time. don't forget florida will be voting, ohio will be voting, illinois will be voting and we will be following it all right here on the fox news channel. thank you for being with us. see you back here on monday. (two text tones) now? (text tone) excuse me. (phone tone) again? be right back. always running to the bathroom because your bladder is calling the shots? (text tone) you may have oab. enough of this. we're going to the doctor. take charge and ask your doctor about myrbetriq. that's myr-be-triq, the first and only treatment... ...in its class for oab sympto

he said he will negotiate with harry reid and chuck schumer and compromise on the supreme courtney replacement harry reid chuck schumer sign off on will be a left wing activist. i give you my word, every justice that i appoint to the court will be a principle constitutionalist who will ferociously defend the bill of rights. >> ten tore. thank you. great to see you. thank you orlando. thank you orlando. we really appreciate it. unfortunately for all of you back home that's all of the time we have tonight from beautiful orlando, florida. we are having a magical time. don't forget florida will be voting, ohio will be voting, illinois will be voting and we will be following it all right here on the fox news channel. thank you for being with us. see you back here on monday. 72% of women say they often make healthy choices. but up to 90% fall short in getting key nutrients ... ... from food alone. let's do more. add one a day women's ... ...complete multivitamin. with vitamin d and calcium to help support bone health. one a day. whewhat does it look like?ss, is it becoming a better professor by being a more ad

soon as , senator a vacancy harry reid, the minority leader, immediately, as soon as republican said we will not have a vote or even consider someone to replace korea, harry reid- replace scalia, harry relieved -- harry reid released saying they are waiting on president trump. they are playing on the concerns that the independent and democratic voters have on donald trump and time that to the supreme court. if merrick garland were confirmed, you have a 5-4 court, more liberal majority on the court. his view is as pretty moderate, but you would have five people who were appointed by democrats. and that's why we are seeing so much advertising early on. the judicial crisis network has spent more than $4 million on advertising to target vulnerable thetors and to strengthen spine of republican senators in key states because it means a change of records for a very long time. host: what of those key states as illinois were senator mark kirk debt -- is up for reelection. he will meet with merrick garland today on capitol hill. this from the judiciary chairman, chuck grassley of iowa saying democrats could force a vote on the nominee. he said in a town hall, democrats

harry reid recently, women are different from men. [laughter]. >> that's dynamic leadership, right, on the part of harry reid, clearly. >> news flash, right? but he was making the point that they improved the senate. >> right. >> but there still is resistance. it's interesting because you would think -- i mean, now more than half of our college graduates are female. >> right. >> two-thirds of our graduate school graduates are female. you would think that that was sort of permeating the rest of society, but it hasn't hit yet. >> why? >> i think some of it is it takes time. some of it is that the workplace is still very caretaker- unfriendly and that's a big problem that needs to be solved. >> so that -- >> and i think, by the way, it's a problem that needs to be solved for american competitiveness. >> period. >> because if you drive out the best and the brightest, meaning women, since they're the people coming out of these schools -- >> right. >> -- because they can't lead a complete life, it's a problem. >> well, no one was ask of men many of the questions they ask of women, right? >> oh, never. i mean, you know, even with sarah palin i w

harry reid, saint republicans, you should've seen this coming. guest: that is exactly right. it was interesting and unusual for senator reid. was using a teleprompter. it has been a long time since i saw harry reid using teleprompter. was, you should've seen this coming, republican party. also, what is becoming a drumbeat that the republican party is the party of trump. they are using this in campaign as already. the argument being, the really want donald trump to be the one picking the next spring court justice? the other thing that senator reid is talking about in that clip and else were in that as ah, was interestingly contradiction, he did say, if the democrats need to be concerned about how much additional turnout there has been as a result of mr. trump, his candidacy for the republican field, the other side of that same coin is that he is trying to drive up democratic turnout to counter whomever these new trump voters are. in all thislitics piece is how democrats are trying to tie in donald trump endocytic republican candidates. ohio, an open seat in florida that could determine who controls the senate next year. guest