mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn to then convene for pro forma petitions only with no -- pro forma sessions only with no business being conducted on the following dates and times and the senate adjourn until the next pro forma session -- friday, may 24, 9:45 a.m. tuesday, may 28, 11:30 a.m. friday, may 31, at 10:30 a.m. i further ask that when the senate adjourns on friday, may 31, it next convene at 3:00 p.m. on mopped, june 3. following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, morning business be closed, and the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to calendar 78, s. 1332. finally, notwithstanding the provisions of rule 22, the cloture motions filed during today's session ripen at 5:30 p.m. monday, june 3. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i

mcconnell was ruthless and brilliant. >> narrator: mcconnell kept the republicans in line.ould be no hearings, no jvotes, no consideration ge garland. ne >> thehing that i've learned about mitch is, if he says this is the way it is, that's the way it . >> (chuckles) i don't ever question i mean, i worked with you don't want to mess with mcconnell. >> democrats are outraged byor senate my leader... >> narrator: mitch mcconnell had done what had never been done--y he'd blockedonsideration of a supreme court nominee. >> ...said he didn't want to waste garland's time, quote,wi unnecessary political routines... >> narrator: in the years since bork, mcconnell's ally, the federalist society, had becomeon e of the most powerful forces in whington. >> the scale and scopeas fantastic.et they gnto more and more law schools until they have a chapter in every law school in the country. they have a lawyers' chapter in all the major cities. they're vetting all the nominees for federal judgeships. >> narrator: their revenue had grown to more than $26 million. there were now over 60,000 mem

in the senate, when trump and mcconnell are on the same side and when trump is protecting mcconnell andecting trump, which looks to be both ways here, a lot of -- most of the republicans went with him. and i was floor leader, if i recall, on this, one of i think -- because it came out, it was our committee and the banking committee. and we saw what happened in the house. we knew we were in trouble in the senate because mcconnell weighed in like this and then other things began to happen. but whether it was our deutsche bank hearing today or whether it's rusal investing in the u.s. and the u.s. lifting sanctions, the u.s. treasury department lifting sanctions, we know that the russians and trump and mcconnell are quite a, i guess to use the russian word, quite a troika. three-way i guess sleigh ultimately that takes us in a bad place. >> i want to ask you about that deutsche bank hearing. if you wouldn't mind sticking with us for one more segment i want to ask you about that too. >> sure. >> senator sherrod brown of ohio is our guest. stay with us. is our guest stay with us (both) exhaus

mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 3:00 p.m., monday, may 6, further, following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, morning business be closed, and the senate proceed to executive session an resume consideration of the banco nomination. finally, notwithstanding the rules of 22, the nomination ripens on monday. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: if there is no further business, i ask that the senate stand adjourned mr. schumer: mr. president, attorney general barr's performance in yesterday's judiciary committee hearing

if that's the game for mcconn l mcconnell, you guys are right.t concerned about what we are saying. >> that's the game. check mate. >> that's joe's problem. you know republicans vote on the supreme court and democrats don't as much. >> margaret makes a good point. abortion has become a bigger issue in this campaign than mitch mcconnell was counting on. traditionally he's not reflecting history well. when the economy is weak, the economy is front and center. when the economy is strong, social issues come to the fore. people are satisfied with the economy. i think republicans are vastly under estimating the power of republican women who see what's happening in georgia, alabama, missouri as overreach. overreach that's being protected by exactly the mitch mcconnell strategy of packing the courts with young anti-roe v. wade conservatives. >> let's talk about what happened with justin amash last night. congressman amash of michigan is the first and only republican to publicly say he sees impeachable offenses in the mueller report. so what will happen w

mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: all week chairman shelby and a number of our colleagues worked tirelessly to get a supplemental funding agreement for disaster relief over the finish line. he has prepared one thoughtful good-faith compromise after another. in fact, this has been going on for months now, compromise offer after compromise offer from republicans, constant engagement and good-faith work. so i'm pleased that today all of his hard work has at long last paid off thanks to the efforts from a number of our colleagues an thanks to the leadership of president trump and his administration, and i might add the occupant of the chair who has been extremely persistent in this effort over the lasts weeks

mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of joseph f. bianco of new york to be united states district judge for the second circuit. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 95. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: export import bank of the un

that's the mcconnell rule. the idea that how he's flip-flopping, i think people were being ridiculous if they ever thought there was a historical basis for what mitch mcconnell did to merrick garland in 2016 because there wasn't. this is just mcconnell following through on his real promise, which is to get as many judges on the different courts as he possibly can. >> and he succeeded in that. you will recall two years ago when the president started tweeting against mitch mcconnell when healthcare wasn't passed, that quickly changed because he realized the significance that mitch mcconnell brought to him and mitch mcconnell was holding that through. now, mitch mcconnell's argument and they've already issued statements, his spokes people, is that back then with merrick garland you had a divided congress, here you have republicans holding both so therein lies the difference. we all, of course, no he that this is something that he ultimately would have done anyway and you could tell that through that little rye smi

and here's our message to mitch mcconnell. since when did the united states senate simply bury important legislation that protects the american people, sight unseen? thank you. [ applause ] >> my name is andy kim. i'm the new congressman of the new jersey third congressional district. [ applause ] at my last town hall, a father stood up in the crowd, and he looked at me and he told me a story about his son. a story that when his son was only 18 months old, was diagnosed with a preexisting condition that would affect him for the rest of his life. his father was telling me how it was the affordable care act that made him feel like he could make sure that his son has the care that he needs. but now his son is about to turn 26 years old this upcoming year, and this father came to me and said, "i'm worried. worried about his future for his son and what his son is going to be able to do going forward. and he looked at me with tears wealth welling in his eyes and said, what can we do? and what i told him is we're going to work here a

mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion's agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 2001. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. the presiding officer: all those in favor say aye. all those opposed. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. daniel p. collins of california to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motio

for mcconnell run away.e has done a lot of very, very bad things, but this is one of the most despicable. we have an obligation to see it and stop it. we have bipartisan bills to go forward by amy klobuchar and kamala harris that would stop it. he won't even let there be a debate on them. that's a disgrace. >> am i right? the leader has kind of slowly but surely and totally transformed the body you work in. you essentially are a judicial nominating body and the leader just doesn't -- that's stuff that is not hugely controversial. what happened to the u.s. senate? >> he made it into a legislative grave yard. the house passed so many good things and mcconnell won't bring them up for debate. what is supposed to be the grandest debating institution in the world, we don't have debates. we rubber stamp appointments largely right wing, largely unqualified and for instance, this week we will not debate a single piece of legislation and there is so much to do. look what happened in colorado. the house has a bill with

the grim reaper, mitch mcconnell, will kill it. if you are caring about reducing the reducing role of money in politics and voter suppression and expanding the voice of the american people, mitch mcconnell will kill it, because he said the problem is not too much money in politics. he said there is not enough money in politics. our h.r. 1 is about expanding the voice of the people. h.r. 1 was giving 83% of the tax benefit to the top 1%. this is about policy and also about gun safety. gun safety, we sent over h.r. 8 and h.r. 1112 for responsible background checks. hand maidens to the national rifle association, connect the dots. when you see barr sitting there, what's his motivation? his motivation, his loyalty is not to his oath of office, but it is to donald trump. but all of that and the republicans in congress is to the special interests. whether h.r. 1, gun safety, paycheck fairness, violence against women, save the internet, climate action now, the list goes on. and we will be sending more information. but apparently i have ne

won't even take it to the floor but if mcconnell won't do anything? u, >> i agree with you actually to say mitch mcconnell is barring the door right now with these democracy reforms that we would like to see as i mentioned we passed before the people act hr one that came out of the democratic house that contained a whole set of democracy reform not just respect to voting in election security but ethics reform , campaign finance, gerrymandering, all of the things to be put out there whether republicans or democrats or independents. misses in terms of what the american people want to see. we send that bill over to the senate and is just sitting there because mitch mcconnell will not bring it to the floor of the united states senate. now this election security question we are talking about today to pull that peace out of hr one to reintroduce that as a a standalone so mcconnell will have no excuse of the larger package we make that a separate bill to move forward then present that again i hope and interest are protecting our democracy and getting ready f

mitch mcconnell needs to stand up for president trump.: come tillis, one of those milquetoast rino republicans i'm talking about, today stood up against mcconnell and burr. i'd like to share with the audience, if we can have the full screen, of what he said. he said, i agree with leader mcconnell. this case is closed. the mueller report cleared donald trump jr. and he's already spent 27 hours testifying before congress. dips havdimszdimms have made its all about politics. time to move on and focus on issues that mat tore american. meanwhile the majority leader had to agree to do that and shame on mitch mcconnell. >> we have some people in the house of representatives, the freedom caucus who support the president, who represent their constituencies. pretty much everybody else is a member of the cowards caucus. the idea that the democratic party, speaker of the house and others are talking about jailing the attorney general, jailing the secretary of the treasury simply because he works for donald trump and then the republicans -- lou: and t

mcconnell, republicans, calling this case closed.eard schumer articulating the democrats' argument. democrats are also making their arguments on the campaign trail. and that is where we're talking about mayor pete buttigieg o. he has two big frontrunners to beat. joe biden and bernie sanders. >> two of the front runners, joe biden, bernie sanders, roughly twice your age. >> i think our party is certainly ready to lift up leaders from a new generation. the exciting thing is that i think this race will create a fair playing field where people who have been in the public sphere for longer than i've been alive and people like me get to compete on the basis of our ideas. >> that was mayor pete in a new exclusive "today" show interview where he tackles that and as well as other potentially thorny topics. also we're waiting to hear from other 2020 democrats trying to stand out from the crowded field. amy klobuchar and cory booker both speaking in just the next couple minutes, day one of a big union conference here in d.c. >>> let's get righ

mitch mcconnell, donald trump, attorney general barr, there is a connection. there is annize logical antigovernan antigovernance, antiscience, antimeeting the needs of the american people. so when he was testifying and being so cavalier about special counsel mueller, the mueller report, and so lis krdisrespect congress, i thought this is about a right-wing ideological hand maiden for the special interest of the company. if you're a young person you care about the climate crisis we're bassing that bill right now on the floor, it is if you're young person, if you care about net neutrality, freedom on the internet, the grim reaper is going to kill dit in the senate. if you're a woman, the violence against women act. the equal pay equal work act. if you care about reducing the role of money in politics like hr 1 legislation. stopping the voter suppression and the voice of the people in our political process, mitch mcconnell will kill it because he said the problem is not too much money in politics, he says there is not enough money in politics. our hr one is about

as far as mcconnell is concer d ed, case closed. phil, what did mitch mcconnell have to say? >> look, it was a lengthy speech. it's one i'm told he had been working on, he and his team had been working on for more than a week, and it was basically a rundown, a litany of complaints, concerns, attacks on democrats, on the media for how they covered the investigation going into details about one thing that he noted, and i think kind of his conclusion from what he's read in the report, is as it relates to any conspiracy between the trump campaign and the russian government. here is what he said about that. >> on this central question, the special counsel's finding is clear. case closed. case closed. this ought to be good news for everyone. but my democratic colleagues seem to be publicly working through the five stages of grief. our colleagues across the aisle want to shoot the messenger. and keep the perpetual outrage machine right on going. even undermining the institution of the attorney general itself in the process. >> so that's where the majority leader stands. to be honest

so mitch mcconnell and president trump need to get on the phone here. >> mcconnell is -- >> you knows funny? if you read the report, which i understand most people haven't, that first volume is just littered with examples of russians trying to make a trump/putin meeting happening. that's all they were focused on. it was like, oh, we just kind of glossed over that and now it's happening in realtime, all the time. >> but it was glossed over, because it has been reported and reported and reported again, and i think people's consciences have been seared with a hot iron, to use a biblical term. because at this point, it's almost been normalized we've talked about it so much. we've been screaming, amanda. but some people >> and take a listen to this, because while mitch mcconnell was saying this today, democrats, especially in the obama administration say that he was a wet blanket when it came to trying to warn the nation in 2016 about what was going on with the russians. joe biden has said that he refused to be part of a bipartisan statement that sounded the alarm. take a listen, here's b

democrats pouncing on mitch mcconnell's words that the mueller report is a closed case. and where in the world is mike pompeo after cancelling a trip to go on a mysterious trip after tensions in iran election and the attorney general said the trump campaign was spied on and the head of the fbi knocking down that they're. we're freaked that the words of the american business owners startled by the president's threats against china as the tone suddenly changes in trade talks. >>> up first, deadlines and defiance. president trump ignoring demands by congressional democrats for access to wednesday and to documents. house speaker nancy please says the president is the trying to provoke democrats. don't tell anybody i told you this. trump. i'll use his name, okay. trump is goegt us to impeach him. that's what he's doing. every single day he's just like taunting, taunting, taunting, pause he knows that it would be very divisive in the country but he doesn't really care. he just wants to solidify his base. we can't impeach him for political reasons and we can't not impeach him f

make no mistake, mcconnel's goal has always been the same.right-wing judges by any means. while senator kamala harris mocking mcconnell for his reversal. >> well, he also said he will fill it, but that actually is the job of the president of the united states, not mitch mcconnell, so we also have to do a little division about the history of the responsibilities between the united states congress and the executive branch. >> there's, of course, no indication yet that there will be or potentially could be an opening on the supreme court next year, but if trump was to get another justice, it would give conservatives now potentially a 6-3 majority in the court. jake? >> all right, sunlen serfaty on capitol hill, thanks so much. let's dive into this again with my experts. kristin, i want you to take a listen to senator lindsey graham last october before he was made chairman of the senate judiciary committee, speculating as to what might happen if there were to be a vacancy in 2020 during the trump presidency. take a listen. >> if an opening comes

mcconnell hasn't reversed himself.ident should by rights get the nominee he wants and by extension a nominee can be, quote, stolen from him if he doesn't is the product of our ugly obsession with the white house at the expense of all else. you know all the data shows a vast majority people whether they are voting for hillary clinton and donald trump were voting because of the supreme court. have we become too obsessed with making sure the white house is won because you want control of the supreme court? >> culture wars shake the supreme court and that matters in politics and mcconnell's position is consistent with the person who invented this position which is joe biden in 1992. biden said when there is a split between the senate and the white house in an election presidential election year let's give the voters a choice and decide whether that nominee goes forward in the following year. when there is not a split neither party, neither biden or mcconnell nor democrats nor republicans recommended waiting for an election

she's been on the floor much of the morning says mitch mcconnell says case closed. i think i'll do a little reading. >> since the majority leader has pronounced his judgment here on the senate floor, i would like to spend some time reminding him of exactly what this report said. trump directed mcgahn on multiple occasions to fire mueller or to gin up false conflicts of interest as a pr pretext of getting rid of the special counsel. >> connects the dots in several ways to what we were talking about in the previous segment in that don mcgahn, the white house is saying no, he can't testify because the democrats want to ask him did the president of the united states tell you to get rod rosenstein to fire the special counsel? what else did the president do to try to interfere with the special counsel? republicans don't want any of that. they want to say let's just move on. >> don't forget also that the mueller report has a lot of information about russian interference. not case closed. we have an election around the corner and the president is not bringing up meddling ta

but mcconnell's explanation for the flip-flop. well, doesn't exactly hold up. claims there is a big difference because in 2016 the white house was controlled by a democrat and the senate by republicans. this time breath controlled by the gop. >> some home town love for justin amash. >>> we are salute your courage. >> amash held his first town hall since becoming the only republican in congress to say president trump engaged in imp peachable conduct. before the town hall he tweeted attorn a general barr has so far successfully sold his false narrativeb to the american people. >> clearly things that violate the public trust are impeachable. i'm confident if you read volume two, you'll be appalled at much of the conduct. and i was appalled. and by the way a lot of them think i was right about the mueller report and they won't say it. >> one woman who defended the president was heckled. a congressman amash intervened and asked the crowd to be respectful. >> excessive gaming is new leejitimate medical condition. the world health organization says it can be diagnosed

he has decided not to engage the congress, mitch mcconnell is complicit in this and we are wasting our time. >> what about on the house side? another one of the things that sarah said since the democrats took over there and since nancy pelosi has been house speaker she said they've passed no significant legislation. >> ms. sanders should take a look at the actual record. what nancy pelosi has done with her democratic majority is to address the very issues i mentioned. when you ask the american people about their opinion of politicians they think that we need to be really huing to a different standard, making certain that we have reform in mind. hr-1 the number one bill passed by nancy pelosi and the house democrats addresses this issue of restoring the integrity to campaigns and to our congressional process. the president and ms. sanders think that's worth nothing. mitch mcconnell won't even call the bill and yet the american people think it's a high priority. >> you said this moment yesterday, this three or four minute speech the president fave to you behind closed doors and walking o

could they have the advantage if republicans, mcconnell, push their hand on this? >> we've seen democratic nominees in the 2020 race try to go in pure horse race terms on offense on this issue recently. you've had several nominees put out plans saying they want congress to codify abortion laws. this he know that that probably would likely not happen in congress but what they're doing is trying to galvanize the base, trying to rally support around these issues because there is a sense that maybe democrats have been too defensive on this for too long. maybe they've conceded the premise to republicans around the issue for too long and that has had negative consequences. i don't think we should beat around the bush around the majority leader here. this isn't really a reversal but more so a continuing of what we've seen from him for a listening time which is the willingness to use power to produce republican results at any cost and so that has sometimes come at the cost of the senate institution and precedent before, but that's why republicans love him, because he produ

like senator mcconnell i come from a tobacco state. the jamestown-based virginia company was chartered by king james landing in 1607, beginning the english colonization of the united states. two things saved them. the first was, the magnanimity of the indians in the early years when times were tough, helped them survive, helped them get over times of drought and hunger. and the second thing was the discovery of, as leader mcconnell mentioned, the fobe tobacco seeds in virginia that became such a powerful driver of the economy. had it not been for the indians the jamestown colony may have disappeared. and the ceiling in the capitol designed by thomas jefferson, the ceiling is circled by gold embossed tobacco leaves and we restored the capitol and we restored the embossing because we understand that tobacco helped modern virginia. in the city of richmond, where i was mayor, produced one of the largest machines factories in the world, in south richmond over decades has been a fantastic employer of local virginians, local residents. i was

despite senate majority leader mitch mcconnell declaring the russia case over. and today mcconnell was doing something to which we are accustomed, he was backtracking. >> none of us tell chairman burr how to run his committee. i asked him to undertake this investigation of russian collusion a couple of years ago. we are hoping that we'll get a report on that subject sometime soon. lou: mcconnell's comments about who leads the committee completely unnecessary. we all know who runs the senate intelligence committee. it certainly is not richard burr but, rather, senator mark warner of virginia, the ranking democrat. trump jr.'s agreement to testify comes after a full day of developments in which attorney general william barr made good on his promise to investigate the investigators. barr appointed u.s. attorney john durham, a known bulldog prosecutor, highly respected, to lead the investigation of the shady origins of the radical dems and deep state conspiracy to overthrow the president. over the course of his career, durham has investigated fbi agents who protecte

i wish we had been as strategic as mcconnell, not as malevolent as mcconnell, but as strategic and i would say not just on judges, but i'm quite as well. i am so sick of losing to republicans on the judges, and i'm so sick of losing to climate deniers on climate when 70% of the american people believe climate change is real and we should be doing something about it. but because i think we picked the wrong battles for ones that will not appeal to the broad population in america, then we turn winning issues into losing issues and more important than that, we have allowed donald trump to have more judicial nominees than any president in history. i voteduse of the ones for but because the 2/3 i voted against got on with 51 votes, no matter how unqualified they are, no matter how little they deserve to have a lifetime appointment. i do appreciate your raising it because i think it is important. i think it is important to have democrats to step up and say not just later but at the time i think we are making a fatal mistake and it has been a fatal mistake. thanks for asking me. i'm honored

a brazen flip-flop by mitch mcconnell.ays if a supreme court vacancy occurs during next year's presidential election, he will work to confirm a nominee by appointed by president trump. >> we'd fill it. >> you might recall mcconnell's decision to block obama's nomin nominee following the death of antonin scalia in 2016. >> all we're doing is following a long standing tradition of of not filling vacancies in the middle of a presidential election year. >> his explanation for the flip-flop, his spokesman claims there's a difference between now and three years ago because in 2016 the white house was controlled by democrat and the senate by republicans. and this time both are contr controlled by the gop. >>> the supreme court still ruling on two key parts of an indiana abortion law. leaving in place a block that keeps the sdat from prohibiting abortions solely on a race, sex and disability. and required that part of the to bury or burn fetal remains will go forward. a number of states pushed antiabortion measures with the goal o

mcconnell has prevented that. you are right, he has shut us down in regards to the responsibilities of the congressional branches of government. but initially, the investigation was the house of representatives. host: the you think robert mueller at some point will testify on capitol hill? guest: i certainly hope he will testify on capitol hill. i think it's absolutely essential that he have a chance to express himself directly to the congress so that he can tell you what he meant by his words rather than having the spin we have gotten from parties of interest. it's very, very important that he testify before congress. host: now that the mueller -- since you are in baltimore, i would be remiss if i did not ask, what ultimately was your view of the way that the former deputy attorney general, your former ,.s. attorney in baltimore handled the oversight of the investigation? thinkod -- i think rod rosenstein is a true professional. the role that he played at the u.s. attorney, he was an incredibly strong u.s. attorn

mcconnell has prevented that. you are right, he has shut us down in regards to the responsibilities of the congressional branches of government. but initially, the investigation was the house of representatives. host: the you think robert mueller at some point will testify on capitol hill? guest: i certainly hope he will testify on capitol hill. i think it's absolutely essential that he have a chance to express himself directly to the congress so that he can tell you what he meant by his words rather than having the spin we have gotten from parties of interest. it's very, very important that he testify before congress. host: now that the mueller -- since you are in baltimore, i would be remiss if i did not ask, what ultimately was your view of the way that the former deputy attorney general, your former ,.s. attorney in baltimore handled the oversight of the investigation? thinkod -- i think rod rosenstein is a true professional. the role that he played at the u.s. attorney, he was an incredibly strong u.s. attorn

let's begin with mitch mcconnell.e majority leader and guy who had his face ripped off by a chimp but then got an experimental face transplant that mostly worked. (laughter) you may remember back in 2016 mcconnell blocked president obama from appointing merrick garland to the supreme court because, a president shouldn't get to fill a supreme court seat in an election year. but now that donald trump is president mcconnell says players gota play. >> senate majority leader mitch mccon sell raising some eyebrows this morning for comments he made during a luncheon in kentucky. yesterday mcconnell was asked what would happen if a supreme court seat opened up in the leadup to the 2020 presidential election. >> if a supreme court justice died next year what would you do. >> i would fill it. >> you know, say what you want about mitch mcconnell, but he is truly the perfect movie villain. right? no, he is. and not just because he looks like if jaba the hutt got a gas particular bypass, no, no, it is because like look at how he d

and mitch mcconnell.tegist and former white house deputy assistant under president clinton, matt fennig. matt, bianco is trump's 38th confirmed circumstance court judge. that means one in sever six seat on the sishlcircuit court is fi by a trump nominee. if you compare that to the past two administrations, this is a clear success for his supporters. how do democrats handle this on the trail? >> it shows how important this election is. in addition to replacing democrats, regardless, the worst president in american history, the future of the courts for decades, for my kids' life times, is being determined now. one of the supreme court vacancies trump was able to fill is filled because mitch mcconnell pulled all of the shenanigans he did after the death of justice scalia. legally but in a unpress departmentsed way like you were just saying about what he's doing now. so what we are seeing is continued erosion of norms in congress that has been driven by the erosion of norms in the white house. and it's really

so by the end of the day, we will see if mcconnell is good in his prediction of that. here's what he had to say about what happened in the meeting. >> i was encouraged by the beginning of the meeting today and we are going to resume at 4:15. i'm hopeful and optimistic the secretary of the treasury speaks for the president in these discussions and that we will hopefully soon reach an agreement. reporter: so part of that is he says is the best option is to negotiate with house democrats because the other two options are sequestration or arguing over the length of a c.r. with democrats. he says this is really the best option that they have. chuck schumer saying after mcconnell that he thinks there are still some details to be worked out. he says they need to work out spending, particularly domestic spending. that is probably what's going to be discussed at 4:00 p.m. he also says that this will include raising the debt limit in this same package. a lot of details still being worked out, but it does seem like while those details are up in the air, they are confident they wi