he took aim squarely at heidi heitkamp. >> reporter: she had always been president trump's favorite democrat. >> senator heitkamp, senator, come up on. >> reporter: from the presidential stage. >> everyone's saying what's she doing up here, good woman. >> reporter: to the white house. >> heidi heitkamp. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: she had done what few in other party had managed to pull off in the age of trump. escape his wrath. all that have came to an abrupt halt in north dakota. >> heidi will vote no to any pick we make for the supreme court. she will be told to do so. >> reporter: he didn't mention heitkamp was one of three democrats to support the president's first nominee neil gorsuch or now that she's breaking ranks with democrats saying it should be filled before the elections. >> she may give us a couple of quickie votes because she has no choice, but the day after that election, she's voting party line, 100%. >> reporter: the president didn't tell the roaring crowd that he's twice asked her to become a re

democratic senator heidi heitkamp is considered vulnerable in the mid-terms. released an ad touting her willingness to vote with president trump on issues. watch. >> when i ran for the senate six years ago, i said i wouldn't vote the party line because i don't think either party has all the right answers. that's why i voted over half the time with president trump. that made a lot of people in washington mad. but when i agree with him, i vote with him. >> president trump is questioning heitkamp support on big issues, tweeting about her opponent last night saying congratulations to kevin cramer on his huge win in north dakota. we need him in the senate and i support him. heidi voted no when we need her. kevin is big on cutting taxes and strong on the boarder. matt, you're paying attention to the state of play. more largely speaking what is the state of play for the senate races? >> basically you read all about the big blue wave and the fact that trump is so toxic and all of these republican house members fled because they were scared about re-election. that blue

joe manchin, joe donnelly, heidi heitkamp in particular, heitkamp getting some treatment from the president when he visited her home state earlier this week. >> we need kevin cramer to replace liberal democrat heidi heitkamp in the senate. heidi voted no on our massive tax cuts for north dakota families. she voted no. heidi voted no on legislation to stop late-term abortions. you need a senator who doesn't just talk like they're from north dakota. but votes like they're from north dakota. >> so will the president need those democrats? will he lose votes from his own party given those questions? our big question today -- would collins and murkowski actually break with the president on a supreme court pick? let's break down the latest on the question of senate math, confirmation math, supreme court math. again, the bottom line, democrats sit here with 49 votes and no filibuster. so if they want to block this trump pick, they are going to need help from republicans. what's it looking like with this news about collins and murkowski and how they are talking right now. let's do the math. we say r

who knows. >> to be clear, phil rucker, heitkamp did vote for neil gorsuch. but the president is going out here targeting these. on the republican side, jeff flake, susan collins as well as lisa murkowski on the democratic side. we just showed them there. red state democrats. what does the president do? what does the white house do? it's my reporting they haven't done a ton on the actual pick side. >> yeah, well, they can't do much outreach to convince senators to vote for this pick until they have a pick. so they're going to want to vet these potential nominees. and trump's going to want to meet with them. i think one important factor and you know this based on all the appointments to nominations trump has made before, he values personal chemistry. he's going to want to have the finalists come in to sit down with them. he's going to want to feel like he can connect with this person. like this person is going to be loyal in some way to him. at least he's comfortable with the person. that's going to matter. then they're going to put a lot of pressure on heidi

it is about senator heitkamp and my voting record.cently that democrats are running away from association with nancy pelosi but republican candidates are moving towards president trump, and an association with him. are you fully, 100% in the trump camp? >> well, first of all, stuart, it should be known by your viewers that i was one of the very first members of congress to endorse candidate donald trump. i helped him early on in the campaign. was a surrogate throughout the campaign, particularly on energy and environmental issues. debated hillary clinton's energy advisor couple times in large forums. so i've always been with president trump. now does that mean i'm 100% with him? you know, there is not every issue that we line up exactly on but -- stuart: where do you take issue with the president? can you tell us? >> sure i have some concerns on the recent tariff and trade issues. i think tariffs, i, appreciate his goals. i support them. i think tariffs are a reasonable tool in the trade negotiation but if they become a weapon in a tr

>> senator heitkamp? >> yes -- senator heitkamp, if you will hold for senator hoven. so you want to go back to title 5? >>-day. >> senator heitkamp, why don't you introduce your amendment to title 3 and we'll come back to title 5. >> i'll call up my amendment to title 3. heitkamp amendment 1. supported by senators bozeman, leahy, klobuchar and bennett. this would open up the opportunity to trade into cuba. using the trade promotion programs, that are available to any other producer who wants to promote their product in any country that we have relationships with. i think it is high time that we explore that market. it's somewhat ironic that i would be the person pursuing it, because i think the great opportunity here is in rice and some of the southern crops, but i think this is a critical component of building those relationships that will help us establish a trade relationship with a country that is only 90 miles off our shore. so i'm hopeful that we can finally close this chapter on our relationship with kubba. open up this opportunity for to your farmers and ranch

heitkamp in north dakota, trump took it by 36. donnelly in indiana, trump took it by 20. donnelly, heitkamp, manchin, they voted for neil gorsuch last year, they're vasing voters in these states so if you had 48 and you got these three, that puts you at 51. we mentioned by the way he's not up but doug jones in alabama. he's up in 2020. again, there will be a lot of pressure on him so there are a lot of democrats in theory who could be in play here to vote for this nominee for some very self-serving political reasons. they want to get reelected. that's balanced with the potential threat from collins and murkowski. joining us to talk more about this, norm ornstein co-author of the book "one nation after trump." and the author of gop gps and marah gaye, a member of the "new york times" editorial board. on the signals being sent by collins, murkowski, folks trying to decode that, i was looking back at the history of supreme court nominations from republican presidents over the last generation or so and not a lot of break imagine the the republican party on these things. what

he is running against heidi heitkamp.he president cast her as a liberal democrat who plans to block his agenda. >> heidi will vote no to any pick we make for the supreme court. she will be told to do so. now maybe because of this. she will be forced to vote yes. who knows? i will tell you she will vote no the day after the election. >> the president failed to mention heitkamp was one of three democrats who broke the ranks to nominate gorsuch. she said she is always willing to work with the president if he is willing to help north dakota. >> she also caught a ride on air force one the last time the president went there. >>> the president is touting his poll numbers in north dakota although he is not sure if they are real. >> they said i'm an interloper. now a thing comes out, a poll, that says he is the most powerful and popular republican in the history of the party. a little while ago i was an interloper. >> according to recent polls, the approval rating is at or near 90%. >>> rod rosenstein testified before the house co

heidi heitkamp is going to be in a very tight race there. closely as the president arrives and we will bring you their lives. have a great night everybody and we will see you in florida. >> tucker: and president trump is about to speak in fargo, north dakota and we will go to that event as soon as it begins. good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." it was a drama packed newsday today thanks to the supreme court kennedy. he announced his retirement this afternoon which gives the president at the chance to appoint a second justice which could result in a big change to the court's ideological makeup as well as quite any ideological battle. kennedy was routinely the swing vote in the most contentious cases before the court. our judiciar

>> senator heitkamp? yes. >> i'm sorry -- [ inaudible ] >> senator heitkamp, if you will hold for senator hoeven -- so, you want to go back to title five? >> i do. >> fine. senator heitkamp, why don't you introduce your amendment, to title three, then we'll come back to title five. >> okay. i'm going to introduce my amendment, call up my amendment to title three, kiheitkamp amendment one, supported by klobuchar, leahy, boozman and bennet. this will allow to trade into cuba using the trade promotion programs that are available to any other producers who wants to promote their product in any country that we have relationships with. i think that it is high time that we explore that market. it's somewhat ironic that i would be the person pursuing it, because i think the great opportunity here is in rice, and some of the southern crops. but i think this is a critical component of building those relationships that will help us establish a trade relationship with a country that is only 90 miles off our shore. an

the president taking on democrat heidi heitkamp in the fall.ast heitkamp as a democrat who plans to block his agenda. >> heidi will vote no to any pick we make for the supreme court. she will be told to do so. maybe because of this, she will be forced to vote yes. who knows? i will tell you, she will vote no the day after the election. >> the president failed to mention she was one of three democrats who broke ranks and voted to confirm gorsuch. heitkamp is willing to work with the president if he is willing to work with north dakota. there are nine others up for democrats. >> she is trying to be diplomatic. >> let's bring in tal kopan in washington. let's start with the supreme court pick. an exit may echo for generations is how "the new york times" states it. how strong is the fight for the democrats for the timing and the pick? >> i expect the fight to be strong. the question is will it be fruitful. >> fruitless? >> in the sense they can do anything. you will hear vorciforious opposition. some from one who is a staunch conservative and someo

heidi heitkamp, north dakota, you played trump in north dakota this week. joe donnelly in indiana. trump winning these states by 20, 30, 40 points in 2016. all three of these last year voted for neil gorsuch, trump's first supreme court nominee. we run 48 on the last screen. if you have those two republican defections, if heitkamp ends up being a yes vote that would be 49. donnelly, that would be 50. manchin that would take to you 51. there's a track record, these three already voted for a trump supreme court pick. all three of them are fighting for their political lives this year. in states that trump won in a landslide. that's the ace in the hole republicans are kind of thinking on this. they got the 51 and got some tremendous pressure on these three democrats, keep an eye, unlessen in florida, said he's not an automatic. doug jones, he's not up this year, but he's up in 2020. not a long way off and alabama you know, the circumstances he won that seat very unusual, going to be very hard for him to hang on in a state trump won by almost 30 points. when republicans look at this and

one of them is from north dakota, heidi heitkamp. but you've also got the senators of montana, missouri, west virginia, indiana. they are democrats, but they are going to feel the heat to get behind whoever trump nominates because they're from states that trump won. and in the case of indiana, a state where there's a very strong social conservative leaning of the electorate. and so this is going to be difficult for schumer to keep all of his democrats in lock step in opposition to this nominee. >> on the right-hand side of your screen, live pictures. the president has flown from fargo to milwaukee where air force one has just landed. let's speak a little english here. is it fair to say the white house contracted out this list of potential justices to the federal society in washington? that that basically is the vetting arm, at least the first wave of vetting for these names? >> yeah. it does seem that most of those names do have that in common, that they are judges who have been sort of groomed by the federalist society, which, of co

even though the president is talking to red state democrats, it is possible somebody like heidi heitkamp who is nominated could support the nominee. she is up for a very, very, very tough re-election fight in november in the state where the president won by 34 percentage points. so it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for someone like that to support the presidential pick, especially since it wasn't that long ago that supreme court nominations ended up for most part with really big bipartisan votes. >> they did. i mean, it was almost a unanimous -- almost unanimous support for justice ginsburg and since then it has changed though in recent years. heitkamp told -- talking about this meeting with the president, came out of it and said, look, the president has a chance here to unite the country by picking a truly nonideological jurist. but then the president told the crowd last night, we'll be picking somebody and we'll be hopefully making you very proud. is it possible for the president to really pick a nonideological jurist and also please his base? >> yes and no. i mean, it is sort of -- i

guests included heitkamp herself and two other democrats up for re-election in states trump won. joe donnelly and joe manchin. all three voted for the president's first supreme court pick, neil gorsuch. also at that dinner two pro-choice republican women. senators lisa murkowski and susan collins of maine. >> roe v. wade is an important precedent. it is settled law. >> reporter: they will be under pressure. >> no question about that. terry moran live from the white house. president trump is in new jersey this weekend. he says he might be interviewing potential supreme court nominees. >> that's right, david, in new jersey and in washington next week. he said he might even add a couple names. he's been through this process before with neil gorsuch. it's clear he like other presidents wants to make that personal assessment. people in the process say he's looking not just for intellect, but toughness. >> terry, a comedian claiming he called the white house posing as a senator, congressman menendez and said he convinced them to get the president to call him back from air force one. >>

heidi heitkamp of north dakota, joe manchin of west virginia, joe donnelly of indiana.y is he telling them that it could cost them their states? >> they need 50 votes because if it's a tie, it then goes to the obviously to the vice president. and so again, there's a lot of reasons, one of which you mentioned earlier tonight. we have a president who is the subject of a criminal investigation. we have a president that we know asks for litmus tests and loyalty tests from his people. and why should we -- isn't it a major conflict of interest when so many elements of this case can go to the supreme court, whether a president pardon himself? can a president end the investigation? can the president fire an investigator? >> can he be indicted? >> you know here's a guy that asks for that loyalty, we've seen that with mueller, we've seen that with him literally saying with jeff sessions, i would not have put you in that place if i knew you were going to recuse yourself, which he rightfully recused himself. >> you're saying this president should not be able to nominate or confirm

the democrats, three of them who voted to confirm neil gorsuch, senator heitkamp, senator don lee and joe manchin. also two key republican votes, senator susan collins and senator lisa murkowski. two votes that will be very crucial on this course. conversations are coming into play about whether or not this next supreme court justice could be a factor in overturning roe versus wade. the president did meet with those senators as well as joe grass lea of iowa to discus his next supreme court pick. he said it's going to come off of that list of 25 people they released in the fall. there they are there on the screen. those are going to be people, don, who essentially decide the fate of the supreme court for the next several decades. >> take a look at them. thank you. appreciate it, kaitlyn. back now to my folks here who were speaking to me right after this news conference. kneel, i just want to get your assessment on this situation. and you think about it, this is june 14th of last year, we were dealing with the awful shooting at the republican baseball practice. remember? in washington,

and then secondly, even before that, i think we're going to look at heitkamp, donnelly and manchin to see if there are any early cracks. last night you could see how trump is starting to gin this up, going to north dakota and saying heidi heitkamp saying she won't vote for anybody i nominate. even though she voted for gorsuch. >> what a tough decision for her, for manchin and for donnelly. as they're staring at an election. i know democrats will try to push, push the vote beyond november. lots of luck with that. >> yeah, i mean we risk looking at the court as though it's an extension of congress and it was just a political institution, and it's not necessarily. i mean we're talking about the extent to which the next nominee is going to be a doctrinaire republican, down the line pushing donald trump's agenda. just this term we had justice gorsuch reaching across the aisle -- >> i grew up with republicans picking so-called conservatives and then seeing those so-called conservatives turning into moderates. or, justice souter. >> they always -- we never figured out, growing up, jon meachu

guests including heitkamp herself up for also at that dinner, lisa murkowski of alaska and susan collinsf maine. >> roev. wade is an important precedent and it is settled law. >> day two will be under tremendous pressure. >> terry moran, abc >>> in lake county, firefighters are being flown into some of the remote areas to help make containment lines. full contain many is expected next tuesday. 22 structures, some of them home,s, have been destroyed. this map shows you where the fire has burned in an area near clear lake oaks. the fire started last saturday. >>> a 9-year-old napa boy is in stable condition at the uc davis berkeley science camp. it happened on thursday. thou there are a lot of questions about why it happened. cornette bernard has the story. >> all of us are completely horrified. >> this is the napa classroom where a week long chemistry camp for kids, ages 8 to 12, was happening. bow thursday, a science experiment demonstration went terribly wrong. >> something happened. there was a fire. unfortunately a young man, 9-year-old, was burned. >> the 9-year-old boy and eight oth

he said that it's time that he moved up replace heidi heitkamp is one of the two senators.essman is coming to us from the capital. thank you for your time. representative raymer: thank you. david: as we see this around the world, harley davidson overseas, canada saying they are imposing new tariffs. worry thatnt do you your party will be blamed for these ramifications, including in north dakota, for your constituents may not be so pleasant. one, i'm concerned about it now. i've been concerned about is the beginning. i joined speaker ryan and my concern about tariffs as an economic tool for manipulation. that said, this president has inherited a whole bunch of trade deals where concessions were made to other countries, more to their benefit than to ours and he has limited tools to work with. what i would prefer to see, frankly, is more public officials giving the president the room that he has asked for to negotiate these trade deals. every time we criticize him, we undercut his authority. one thing about more socialist countries, china in particular, they don't suffer from

west virginia's joe manchin, indiana's joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp all facing tough re-electionsyear. >> their states went overwhelmingly for trump and a vote against his supreme court nominee could cost them crucial votes. the president also met with judiciary chairman chuck grassley, lisa murkowski and lisa collins who are being watched closely as the white house vets supreme court nominees. >> the white house claims it cannot keep the country safe unless a federal judge reverses its order requiring the government to quickly reunify families separated at the border. the ruling endangers national security. the administration's hard-line immigration policy is not deterring everyone. cnn's nick valencia was on a ride along with customs as they caught a group of immigrants crossing the rio grande. >> after meet with the leaders of honduras, guatemala and el salvador, pence delivered a clear message. >> among this flood of illegal migrants are human traffickers and violent gang members like ms-13. but most are making the journey seeking economic opportunity. driven by the misguided

heidi heitkamp is going to be in a very tight race there. we will be watching closely as the president arrives and we will bring you their lives. have a great night everybody and we will see you in florida. >> tucker: and president trump is about to speak in fargo, north dakota and we will go to that event as soon as it begins. good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." it was a drama packed newsday today thanks to the supreme court kennedy. he announced his retirement this afternoon which gives the president at the chance to appoint a second justice which could result in a big change to the court's ideological makeup as well as quite any ideological battle. kennedy was routinely the swing vote in the most contentious cases before the court. our judiciary correspondent and accomplished attorney, joins us tonight with an overview. >> justice kennedy gave us the ultimate head fake this morning. they had gaveled the term done and said we will see you back on the bench in october. we let our guard down just a little bit and suddenly b

he's wrong, because heidi heitkamp, two others voted for his last pick, neal gorsuch, so how be red stateote this time around, do you think. >> that's a great question. if your up for re-election in a red state you kind of will get a free vote on this, right. it's obvious, trump's nominee -- assuming a lot here -- it's obvious to these three senators that the nominees are going to pass anyway because they have 5100 votes. the nominees are not someone far outside of the mainstream, someone like heidi will vote as she did for gorsuch in a tough race. the only time where they will have a very very difficult decision is if in the unusual circumstance where you have two republicans, and everyone's talking borrow control collins going wobbly, and there's enormous pressure on the 47 democrats and two independents to sticking to, right, that's the pressure situation. and that's a fairly unlikely scenario. this entire -- if you think about kennedy, a lot of people have said he's pretty conservative, there wasn't that many swing votes at the end of the day. the issue where he was the swing vote, wh

heidi heitkampwe expect that this will be billions of dollars of revenue back to the states.senator heitkampargues the decision will actually benefit small businesses, especially brick and mortar stores on main street.sen. heidi heitkampthey provide that direct employment in those communities, they deserve to have a level playing field.this supreme court case stemmed from a south dakota law that applies to businesses doing more than 100-thousand dollars in business or more than 200 transactions in their state. but the supreme court decision applies nationwide. in washington alexandra limon. coming up at eight.. coming up at coming up at eight.. the f-b-i says the number of reports of sexual assaults on flights is growing "at an alarming rate"......and the number of cases may be higher than they even know. plus. a warning for parents buying summer toys for kids. those labeled the most unsafe in a new report. and next. thousands of children being held in 17 states. what we are learning about the conditions of the detention centers. ((lawrence tease))i'm kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karn

i want to thank senator heitkamp and senator van hollen for helping. as a ranking member of the rule development subcommittee, i'm very happy this bill include strong energy title that strengthens successful energy programs from the last farm bill like the role energy for america program. my colleague, senator, char has also provided great leadership along with senator ernst and i'm very happy to see that included. i would also just like to note chairman roberts, i'm very happy for the inclusion of our rule health liaison and the managers package. i worked on that with senator rounds and also senator jones. this will really encourage the collaboration we know we need between usda and health and human services to address the specific healthcare needs of rural communities. i'm very happy to see that included. thank you again chair roberts and ranking member and i look forward all look forward to continuing work on this bill. with your permission i would like to recognize our leader, senator mcconnell for his three minutes and 21 seconds left bac back. >>

we've got joe donnelly in indiana, heidi heitkamp in north dakota, joe mnuchin in west virginia. to vote in late october potentially against the president's nominee would seal their respective defeats, would it not? they're the trump state democrats. they're in states that president trump won by significant margins in 2016. >> that's why trump is meeting with some of these democrats, to try to get them on his side. i think a lot of the democrats will be under pressure from their own caucus not to abandon the democratic party on this. the democratic senators have a united front. we shouldn't underestimate the fact that there is likely a blue wave coming. the democrats could be very alone in their own party if they support a nominee who turns out to be conservative down the line. a lot of people are expecting nole door sistine chapel to be -- neil gorsuch to be a little bit more moderate. yet, in his first year or so on the court, he's been really tough on issues, and he's even gotten some of his own colleagues on the court concerned that he is bucking the traditions of the court t

senator heitkamp? i will call upp my amendment to the amendment supported by the senator's this would open up the opportunity to trade into cuba using the trade promotion program available to any other producer who wants to promote their product. i think it is high time that they explore that market. it's ironic i would be the person perceiving it because i think that the opportunity here is into month plus other crops but this is a critical component that will help usps establish a trade relationship with a country that is only 90 miles off our shore so i am hopeful we can close this chapter and open this opportunity for farmers and ranchers to promote their products and i think we can all agree that one of the greatest concerns we have right now is market disruptionup and exports. we know we grow more in this country then we could possibly consume and growing markets is critically important to improving our commodity prices and so, i would ask for a roll call vote. i've consistently heard one answers

and heidi heitkamp said she would be open to a meeting and chuck schumer faced the difficulty before with the senators. we need the seats. >> dagen: speaking of another woman really quickly. amy barrett. >> bill: yes. >> dagen: put on the court by trump. and joe doablely of indiana, tim kaine and joe manchin, she won support of those. >> melissa: can you respond to that? what do you think of those who were mentioned? does it make sense for him to pick particularly a woman? >> bill: it would help on that score specifically when you talk about heidi heitkamp and others running. it makes it harder for them to vote. and susan collins as was mentioned. it's really hard to compare credential of the two women for example. they are both excellent. look, i'm playing favorites here because this lady wrote my speech about western civilization at stanford. i defended western civilization and stanford wasn't sure. >> melissa: right! [laughter] >> bill: maybe yes, maybe no. i'll forever be grateful to allison. yeah. anyway. >> lisa: picking a woman mitigates -- we are already seeing attacks on the

you push all of them including some of the more conservative members, like joe manchin and heidi heitkamp, joe donnelly who are up for re-election and heavily republican states this year to vote on mass against the president's nominee, even if that punts them at risk of losing their seat? >> listen, wolf, i'm skeptical this president will come up with a good moderate for the u.s. supreme court. let me make that my starting point. but i think it is irresponsible for anybody to announce this far in advance sight unseen on voting against the nominee whoever it is. we are responsible -- have a responsible to the constitution and this country to fairly judge whoever that nominee may be. i'm not hopeful. but i'm going to stick around and wait for the president's choice. >> the confirmation fight will energize republicans heading into the mid-term elections. do you think the same thing could be said for democrats? >> absolutely. we understand the high stakes here. this isn't just a decision by the president on a travel ban or how to treat immigrant children at borders, it is a lifetime appointme

even getting susan collins, i think it's more important for joe manchin, claire mccaskill, heidi heitkamp because what it does is it helps mitigate republicans and nominees from the attack from democrats who were already saying they're going to get rid of roe vs. wade et cetera, et cetera so what you do is you say exley this is a bipartisan effort and we have people on both sides of the aisle that support those nominees so i think that's the smartest thing for the white house to be doing and they should absolutely be doing that right now. >> harris: you think it's important to do it now or do you think that divide between the publicans and democrats will only grow greater over the summer or can there be a cooling-off period when they get home to their constituents? >> trish: i don't think there's going to be any kind of cooling off any time. you ain't seen nothing yet. this is going to be a display that i don't think any of us are really going to like to see. but it's going to be intensified in the coming weeks, coming days, coming months. in this partisan divide is going to go stronger a

heitkamp, 36, joe in a state where trump won by 20.o they want to side with the democrats and blockade a nominee of this administration? that's a tough sell. that's the mathematical reality if they want to try to beat the nominee. we will see who president trump nominates and then come back and visit it then. >>> up next, what democrats plan to do to try to keep the president from move the court to the right. pain talk to your doctor and say yesss! to linzess. ♪ yesss! linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. linzess can help relieve your belly pain, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements. linzess is not a laxative. it works differently to help you get ahead of your recurring constipation and belly pain. do not give linzess to children less than 6, and it should not be given to children 6 to less than 18. it may harm them. do not take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe stomach pain, especially with bloody or black stools. the m

as abby mentioned, to the white house yesterday, particularly joe manchin, joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp, these democrats that are up in trump, states that trump carried last election, and they all voted for neil gorsuch last time. >> exactly. >> so, he's doing a lobbying campaign with them right now and trying to push this as quick as he can. >> and margaret, some could argue that the fact that those three democrats confirmed gorsuch was slightly different because kennedy was tistill on e court, so you had a key swing vote, this was still the kennedy court. whatever pick is made will tilt the court decidedly one way or another. so, you have some interesting political reporting this morning that i'm sure you've seen that said democrats are thinking about and looking at changing their strategy. stop talking about it's not fair, you should wait until after the midterms. start talking about the real-world impact on key decisions having to do with abortion, having to do with gay rights, having to do with affirmative action. how critical is it that democrats get those talking points right and

sherrod brown in ohio, heidi heitkamp and north dakota.hered to washington, d.c., they can't go back to campaign. that is where bill nelson, democrat come on mike from florida, against rick scott, republican governor. they say it's boldfaced politics by mitch mcconnell go. chuck schumer turned it around, said, we are happy to stay here, talk about health care all month long, health care is an issue that is good for the democrats right now, and we need the president to make sure he stays in washington, d.c., too, not run off to golf, not go down to mar-a-lago, work hand in glove with us on these issues, facing the country. >> shannon: we are continuing to hear from the two men who appeared to be the top two finishers in california for the gorn race, one democrat, one republican. we'll stay tuned and take you the for a few comments from them tonight as we hear from them. in the meantime, chris stirewalt, i would like to play a little bit of a bite, a sound bite, from senator kennedy, republican out of louisiana. here's how he feels about the

there is a feinstein proposal and one i think heidi heitkamp has a proposal and ted cruz. so we'll see. the big question is what the president is going to do. is he going to say this narrow fix as jeff reported, a narrow fix isn't good enough and then go for a bigger bill but we know what would happen with the bigger bills, we've been here before when they try to do border security or the four pillars the present wanted in a big comprehensive immigration bill and that went nowhere. and we do know the president has dug in on this and is blaming capitol hill. >> simone and scott, we have to take a quick break. in moments president trump leaves for the white house for a senate conference and will he be willing to make any concessions. stay with us. i'm 85 years old in a job where. i have to wear a giant hot dog suit. what? where's that coming from? i don't know. i started my 401k early, i diversified... i'm not a big spender. sounds like you're doing a lot. but i still feel like i'm not gonna have enough for retirement. like there's something else i should be doing. with the

heitkamp in north dakota. for democrats, 49 if they keep everybody together. but are they even going to have 49? of course, then the flip side of this is they got to pick off at least one republican, maybe more. and again the bad news democrats already getting on this front, jeff flake requiring from arizona. certainly had his differences with this administration. he said today though he's been blocking some trump core picks. i doesn't think though it extends and applies to the supreme court. democrats certainly hope to hear something different from him. nbc's kasie hunt is following developments in the senate this afternoon. the line from democrats is, hold this off until after the mid-term election, a line from republicans is -- full-speed ahead. what are the readings you are getting from up there? >> i would say democrats are protesting, as you pointed out. mitch mcconnell couldn't care less. i think that it's very clear where the political advantage lies for him here. that's to hold these confirmation hearings and then a vote as close to the mid-term elect

he is trying to do what he can to make it happen. >> a star with heitkamp. the rally but the very next day, to his credit may be her credit, he reached out to her as you know. he invited her to the white house with a small group to consult on his supreme court nomination. she put out a statement that was quite -- it seems both of them got something pit he got to show that i'm reaching out to democrats on this. even though he will pick whomever he wants to pick. she was able to say to the voters in north carolina, he beat up on me one day but i'm working with him the next. >> he called her a liberal democrat. but he clearly is targeting her for potential vote in favor of his supreme court pick. there is good reason forfor tha. despite her voting against him some areas on nominations there is room to perhaps persuade her. >> the media spends a lot of time talking about civil war and the republican and the party of trump, republicans are not standing up to him. very little has been written about the trouble in the republican party. and -- who has got a very agg

doing very well, but the national environment is not on his side, the same way it's not on heidi heitkamp's side in north dakota or on manchin's side in west virginia. there is just a lot of -- in order for these democratic incumbents to get re-elected, they need to have trump supporters vote for a democrat on their 2018 ballot, and that's something that's hard to do. that said, a lot of these cuens have done this before. they've outperformed barack obama in previous elections, and so, they have to basically tell voters, hey, i'm the same person i was 6, 12 years ago, even though the national environment has changed. >> tell us about matt rosendale. >> he is the state auditor who actually lost the primary for the open seat in montana a couple cycles back. he's going to kind of stake his ground as the conservative in the race. he'll probably bring in some pretty high-profile figures -- rand paul, ted cruz. he'll have funding from club for growth, so you can imagine if you litanain for a lot of candidates, but especially rosendale. >> will he have support directly from president trump or one

. >> reporter: on the democratic side, heidi heitkamp, joe donnelley and joe manchin are up for re-election. >> i think they want me to do my job, i would hope, kasie. my host is the best person with the best quaffifications gets that position. >> there is it next to nothing that democrats can do to stop this. don mcgahn has called knowuse to this knock-down-drag-out fight. lester? >> now to some explosive moments also on capitol hill as house republicans grilled fbi director christopher wray and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. republicans urging rosenstein to wrap up the russia investigation, which he's overseeing. democrats firing back. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has fore for us tonight. >> reporter: inside a house hearing room, a political production. >> i'm read what the press said. >> i would suggest you not rely on what the press says. >> who are we supposed to believe. >> thank you for making clear it's not personal, mr. jordan. >> reporter: the hearing ostensibly focused on fbi actions during the hillary clinton e-mail investigation in 2016. and that

the president already drumming up support sometimes using pressure this week going after heidi heitkamp in north dakota. >> heidi will vote no to any pick we make for the supreme court. >> reporter: trump is also using a soft cell, a cozy white house dinner. guests including heidi and two other democrats up for re-electi re-election. all three voted for the president's first supreme court pick, neil gorsuch. also at that dinner two pro-choice republican women. >> roe v. wade is an important precedent. >> reporter: they will be under pressure. >> no question about that. president trump is in new jersey this weekend. he says he might be interviewing potential supreme court nominees. >> that's right david. he said he might even add a couple naminenames. he's been through this process before. he wants to make that personal assessment. he's looking not just for intellect, but toughness. >> terry, a comedian claiming he called the white house posing as a senator and said he convinced them to get the president to call him back from air force one. >> that's right. the white house is not confirm

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you know that there are democratic senators, heidi heitkamp, as well as manchin. they are in red states. they are democrats. what happens to them if they vote for a conservative nominee in a state that is overwhelmingly red? >> what happens among their voters? >> jeanine: yes. >> in congress? >> jeanine: do they get elected? >> you know, i don't know. you are quite right. they are in tough races. you know, i would be remiss not to remind everyone that the democrats were in office and they had the longest filibuster and held up the proposed justice merrick garland. so you can see why the democrats are feeling like this was a power play that was not justified. i think that the democrats in red states that are in tough races, it's going to matter a lot to them who gets nominated as a candidate. >> jeanine: it will be a conservative. we all know that. >> is it someone reasonable or does it seem extreme? >> jeanine: it will be a conservative. they are not happy. if they are not happy, people going in restaurants you can be sure they won't be happy with the president's

interesting because is there enough incentive on centrist democrats like senators joe mitch and heidi heitkamp up for re-election to get on board and clear the way for there to be another supreme court justice republican. >> and you're calling saying this might end up being the most expensive effort in recent history. with all the speculation about how conservative democrats will vote, let me play for you what senator joe manchon told a radio host in west virginia last night about a face-to-face conversation he had with president trump at the white house this week. let's listen. >> you give me a institutionalist that believes in the rule of law and is centrist and moderate. i think it's somebody that will go a long way and be received well. i'm pro life, but i know how that divides our country immediately and divides everyone. they're split right down the middle on that. if he picks somebody that's hard core on roe v. wade or that's hard core on repealing health care, that's a bigger list. that's a harder person, is going to be a harder person on either side. >> besides these conservative demo

neil gorsuch, but that didn't stop the president from attacking one of them, north dakota's heidi heitkamp, in her own backyard last night. >> heidi will vote no to any pick we make for the supreme court. >> so, let's bring back in terry moran from the white house. and terry, with the president's second nomination to the court now, less than two years into his presidency, this court will likely soon lean solidly conservative, and the president's potential picks, they're all relatively young. >> reporter: that's right, david. that long list of 25, the average age is somewhere just over 50 years old. when the president says his choice will have an impact on america lasting for decades, he's absolutely right. and that sharp shift to the right that this nomination will represent, if confirmed, that will operate as a kind of invitation to conservative lawmakers and activists around the country who will bring cases that target roe versus wade and affirmative action and other conservative causes. in a way, this court, later this year, will be open for business for conservatives. david? >> terry m

sanders tweeting the president that with senators grassley, collins, murkowski, manchin, donnelly and heitkampo discuss the vacancy, the pres.'s team, a dozen other senators today. part of an ongoing outreach to get views and advice from both sides of the aisle. rod rosenstein and christopher ray feeling the heat on capitol hill accused of stonewalling congressional oversight. the doj and fbi have a new deadline to hand over all those documents regarding the russia probe or be held in contempt of congress. todd pyro here to break it in for us and secondly congress not kidding around. >> next level stuff, sparks lying on capitol hill where lawmakers are demanding all documents related to robert mueller's russia probe got handed over. after 13 months enough is enough. >> if you have evidence of wrongdoing by any member of the trump campaign, if you have evidence this president acted inappropriately presented to the american people, whatever you got. finish it up. this country is being torn apart. >> trout the ashtray gaudi didn't stop there. jim jordan accusing rod rosenstein suppressing congres