i feel so gad for merrick garland.t's hard to imagine it getting sadder. >> supreme court nominee merrick garland is returning home to his high school alma mater in niles to deliver this year's commencement address. >> trevor: oh, no... (laughter) because you know when the high school booked him, they thought they were getting a supreme court justice. not some lame chief justice of the second highest courts of the land. what is he going to say? and remember... always wear sunscreen. because you're going to be standing outside the supreme court looking in for a long, long time! (laughter) we'll be right back! (cheers and applause) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ give extra. get extra. and intellectual propertylines about bubeing stolen.g hacked that is cyber-crime. and it affects each and every one of us. microsoft created the digital crimes unit to fight cyber-crime. we use the microsoft cloud to visualize information so we can track down the criminals. when it comes to the cloud, trust and security are paramount. we're building what we learn

i feel so gad for merrick garland.t's hard to imagine it getting sadder. >> supreme court nominee merrick garland is returning home to his high school alma mater in niles to deliver this year's commencement address. >> trevor: oh, no... (laughter) because you know when the high school booked him, they thought they were getting a supreme court justice. not some lame chief justice of the second highest courts of the land. what is he going to say? and remember... always wear sunscreen. because you're going to be standing outside the supreme court looking in for a long, long time! (laughter) we'll be right back! (cheers and applause) ♪ at our house, we're always down for more... case in point: our handcrafted skydiving chamber. be hungry for more. just never be hungry. with premium pepperoni and 100% real cheese... ♪ ding! hot pockets! (cheers and applause) >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show"! you know, america is a country of immigrants who seem to delight in hating newer immigrants. lately, the muslim kind. but y

i feel so gad for merrick garland.hard to imagine it getting sadder. >> supreme court nominee merrick garland is returning home to his high school alma mater in niles to deliver this year's commencement address. >> trevor: oh, no... (laughter) because you know when the high school booked him, they thought they were getting a supreme court justice. not some lame chief justice of the second highest courts of the land. what is he going to say? and remember... always wear sunscreen. because you're going to be standing outside the supreme court looking in for a long, long time! (laughter) we'll be right back! (cheers and applause) ♪ (rebecca)my name is rebecca. i've struggled with depression for years. i thought i needed cigarettes to cope. but then i started losing my teeth. that was a "wake up call." i was able to quit smoking, and then i started running. now i feel a lot better about where i'm going. my tip is, when life gives you a "wake up call" - answer it. (announcer)you can quit. for free help, visit cdc.gov/tips. i

full and transparent counting of merrick garland qualifications. after hearing of course he should move his nomination for a vote on the senate floor. every day that passes by lost dy confirmation it's another lost a in the judiciary and american justice. to give the people a voice but their actions are doing just the opposite. republicans are the nine v. american people the justice they deserve to take for example the case as they referred back to the lower courts. t the litigants have waited years to get it for the supreme court. now in effect they have to start over. republicans are denying the. american people but just a statc deserve, the justice that we thought was guaranteed by the constitution so instead of gridlock and art didn't hire judicial system we should giveve the court the ninth justice that desperately needs. the focus has been on theri supreme court and it should be but republicans are doing the same thing with trial court judges. the judiciary has many many districts that are declared a judicial emergency. they don't have enough

merrick is daum under pressure. you never really know what's going on in his head and he's always 25 steps ahead of everybody else and there were some decisions made early on in that investigation that but for merrick we could have made a mistake. we could have made lots of mace -- mistakes because at the time everybody just wanted to throw the evidence at us, without making sure that our papers were documented and we had done exactly what needed to be done in following the rule be law. but i'm going to allow the rest of my colleagues here to speak about merrick and i'll be more than happy to answer any questions about judge garland and his qualifications. senator leahy: thank you. and judge lewis, we've heard that we can't move forward because it's an election year. you were nom inayed to the third sict september 1992, so it was an election yeah, also a presidential election year. you were nominated by a republican president, the senate democrats were in the majority and we got you through in confirmation in octobe

declaring a mission for the hearing was chief judge merrick garland. it's been two months since he was nominated to fill the vacancy in the supreme court. in fact, blocking the way it has is totally unprecedented. he would have already had a public hearing if he hadn't been blocked. we'd be poised to report him out of the committee. what bothers me is because he does not have a hearing and they're not allowing him to have a hearing, his record is being smeared by outside groups. some of these pacs and others. senate republicans are denying a distinguished public hearing and a fair opportunity. i can't convene a confirmation hearing, we're in the minority. but just because republicans refuse to do their judge on judge garland's nomination, doesn't mean that we democrats would stop doing ours. we take our constitutional duties seriously. and if there's any doubt about the need to have a fully functioning supreme court, decisions handed down this week are the latest evidence of harm stemming from it. the supreme court has repeatedly failed to have a decis

merrick and i have known one another. we were at the d.o.j. in 1993 to 1997. but i think probably the time we really bonded were the days of the oklahoma city bombing. he and i were out there, we were probably the first people out there br -- from the department of justice, excluding the team from the western district of oklahoma, the oklahoma city prosecutors. i got an opportunity at that time to see merrick firsthand utmost h ut mote -- chaos and tragedy, and the entire time just focusing on what needed

merrick is calm under pressure. you never really know what's going on in his head and he is always 25 steps ahead of everybody else. .. >> thank you and judge lewis, we have heard that we can't move forward because it's election year. you were nominated to the third circuit, september 1992 which two which was an election year. it was a presidential election year. you are nominated by a republican president for the senate -- where the senate republicans were the majority. am i correct on those dates? >> you are correct. >> so it would be safe to say that if the democrats had to nominate you and there was a election year exception, you would not have been confirmed. >> i think it is fair to say that. i think it's also fair to say that especially when it comes to nominations for the united states supreme court, i have never been aware of and election-year exception until this happens. yes, i was nominated by president george hw w bush for vacancy on the third circuit court of appeals on september 18, 1992. this of cour

merrick garland's qualifications and his civil rights question. >> i don't think there's any questionland is among the most qualified nominees any president has ever put forward to the supreme court. he's the chief judge of the second most powerful federal court in the country, the d.c. circuit court of appeals. he's been heavily lauded by both conservatives and progressives. ken starr, for example, has endorsed him as has a professor at georgetown law school known for his conservative points of view along with john paul stevens, the retired member of the supreme court, and also now ex-solicitors general of the united states. those are the lawyers who represent the united states when we go before the supreme court, and both democrats and republicans have lauded merrick garland. i don't think there's any question that he is eminently qualified. the issue was never garland. it was always about the president who nominated him. in this instance, president obama is being villified for having put forth a candidate who was open fully embraced by members of the senate republican majority. sen

it will not be merrick harland. -- merrick garland. the republicans will be controlling all the branches. that could happen, too, in this election. that's what makes this election so interesting. maybe one other fact and i will give you the new york angle. your watergate and vietnam, lost a lot of confidence in the other branches of government. they lied to you. you think the court is the savior. they were not part of the problem. they were part of the solution. i think they lost to some of that -- bush versus gore -- they lost some of that credibility. here is what is unique about today's supreme court. there have been moments in american history when he left hated the court your that would be the 1930's. the old court. there are moments in american history when the right hated the court -- impeach earl warren, 1960. we are living in a moment when the supreme court is being simultaneously attacked a two portably by the left and right. they are teed off, for my friends on c-span. that's a new phenomena. have made thetnam court -- less,

if there were ever a consensus nominee, merrick garland is that. the head of the judiciary committee at the time, the senior senator from utah, said he is a consensus nomination, why doesn't the president do that? when the president does that, he suddenly is not interested, he meaning the senior senator from utah. so for 70 days, senate republicans have refused to do anything to move along merrick garland's nomination. they will not look at garland's questionnaire, study his record. they will not give him a hearing. and they are colonel not going to give him a vote. they're actual committed to blocking a vote on this good man. so that's 10 full weeks of republicans running away from their constitutional duty to provide their advice and consent to president obama's supreme court nomination, but given senate republicans' light work schedule, perhaps it is no surprise that they have not found time to schedule a hearing and a vote for merrick garland. they're never here. news outlets are already reporting how little time the republican senate will spen

but also remember merrick garland, who learned his law in this city. he is the guy on the hot seat right now. it's very much a new york story. and what is going to decide? what is going to decide elections? who fills that slot on the supreme court? who becomes president of the united states? whether it is donald j. trump or hillary clinton. it is very much a new york story. the ballot, and when you have judges -- the supreme court is very much on the ballot, and when you have judges, richard nixon or george w. bush -- judges that can tell us who can vote and who cannot with id laws, the court is influencing with elections who is going to win and who is not. these things interact. it is a very interesting interaction between the presidency and the court. that is my first thinking. my others are shorter. now here is another -- this is a long-term trend. the rise of judicial power. so, i'm going to say a little bit more about this. john j quits the court. it's a hassle. he is offered the position a few years later. the reason john marshall becomes justice

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republicans should do their job and give merrick garland a hearing and a vote. mr. president, my friend from south dakota is here. i would ask the chair prior to his being recognized to tell us what the schedule is for today. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour with senators permitted to speak therein and with the majority controlling the first half and the democrats controlling the second half. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i'd like to take just a moment today to discuss congress' efforts to combat the zika virus. combating zika is a public health priority. it's important that this not be turned into a political issue. the administration and congress need to work together to combat the virus by funding necessary programs like mosquito eradication efforts before the threat escalates further. congress has already acted to provide inc

he says merrick garland has -- the simple truth about merrick garland is firearms have come before him at least four times and he votes against them each time. host: and in 2012, he voted to allow prosecution for fireman -- firearm offenses that they knew the gun was automatic. we're talking about the vacancy on the supreme court and who you would trust the most. josh this williamsburg, virginia, a republican. josh, good morning. josh, you with us? caller: hi, good morning. yeah, sorry about that. good morning. i would trust any republican to make a good supreme court nomination. as you've suggested, the stakes are incredibly high. we've had 5-4 decisions. you mentioned heller. we have had 5-4 decisions in that, with that issue as well. t i don't think if any -- if hillary clinton appoints someone, i don't think the senate has another option, as long as the senate is under republican control, i don't think they really have a legitimate option other than testing the limits of the -- of their consent power under the constitution. i really don't. because the stakes are incredibly high wit

the american people deserve a full and transparent accounting of merrick garland's record and qualifications. after a hearing, of course we should move his nomination for a vote here on the senate floor. every day that passes without confirmation a of a ninth justice to the supreme court is another lost day for the federal judiciary and american justice. republicans claim their obstruction of president obama's supreme court nominee is to give the people a voice. but their actions are doing just the opposite. republicans are denying the american people the justice they deserve. take, for example, the cases they referred back to lower courts. they have already done it. and the litigants have waited years to get before the supreme court. now in effect they have to start over. republicans are denying the american people the justice they deserve, the justice that we thought was guaranteed by the constitution. so instead of silencing the supreme court and gridlocking our entire judicial system, republicans should give the court the ninth justice it desperately needs. now, focus has been on the sup

. >>> merrick is calm under pressure, never really know what's going on in his head, and he's always 25 steps ahead of everybody else. >> the testimony yo mayu >>> the summer travel season hasn't even kicked into high gear yet and already air passenger frustrations are sky-high. we've been telling you about delays of three hours or more in those security lines. some people missing their flights. others having to sleep in airports. tonight, the head of the transportation security administration says fixing the problem is a top priority, but it won't be easy. nbc's jay gray reports. >> reporter: security lines and travelers' frustrations. >> i think it's ridiculous. it's unnecessary. >> reporter: are being stretched to their limits right now at airports across the country. >> this is just -- somebody needs to get their act together. >> reporter: a balancing act that is increasingly difficult, according to the administrator of the transportation security administration. >> we're still in a tough threat environment, maybe a tougher a same time we have to understand how to manage the syst

ari brought up a point of merrick garland. this hangs in the balance and much discussion over the fact of meeting with president obama's pick to fill that vacancy on the supreme court. bring us up to speed. remind viewers, where does that stand now? >> dead in the water is the simple answer. i agree with everything ari said here. this list is intended to say, no one on here is really scary, so don't worry. i'd be curious to know whether before making these names public the campaign asked them if it's okay to make their names public. let's assume that donald trump gets elected president, they're not all going to get on the supreme court and not all going to be chosen to be his nominee. do these people want it known they were considered but not selected. having said that, there are three appeals court judges on here put on the appeals court bench by president george w. bush, bill pryor of alabama, diane psych in milwaukee, wisconsin and steve colloton in illinois. it is somewhat a presidential list, mainstream conservative perha

. >>> supreme court nominee merrick garland returned to his alma mater, and strtragedy at s.ose are stories on the "morning newsstand." the "washington post" reports the death of more than 700 migrants during the last three days on the mediterranean. they drowned while trying to reach europe from libya. officials say the exact number of dead will never be known. >>> the "wall street journal" reports murder and terrorism charges against the u.s. the case was filed by the family of a pakistani taxi driver killed in a drone strike this month. he was driving taliban leader mullah akhtaar mansour. >>> "the new york times" reporting a supreme court nominee's advice to graduates. merrick garland gave the commencement speech yesterday at his old high school north of chicago. >> turn the camera around so you can take picture -- turn the focus outward to helping others. >> garland is president obama's pick to succeed the late antonin scalia. republican leaders insist the next president should choose a nominee. >>> still ahead, no fuel, no problem. a surprise turn in the indy 500 as roo

and put aside all the phony excuses and give merrick garland the consideration he deserves. study judge garland's questionnaire. it is here. analyze his rompletd it's a here. give him a hearing, send his nomination to the senate floor now. just as the republican leader put it, we have elections in this country on time, and that's not an excuse not to do our work. so absolutely he's right. i would ask them -- the republicans -- to do their job. i would sumly add on this -- i would simply add on the zika matter, madam president, the following: the news from the house -- and i talked about the chair of the appropriations committee over there -- and other word we have heard from the house, virtually guarantees that the house republicans will fight until the end. the way things are going around here, the aappropriations bills aren't going to be finished until right before the end of this fiscal year, late in september. the crisis will long having arrived, and we'll be talking about cases that actuallyies in the continental united states -- that actually exist in the continental u

senate democrats on wednesday held a so-called nonhearing for president obama's supreme court pick, merricknd. it had all the makings of a real confirmation hearing. the only things missing were the committee's republican members and garland himself. >> seth: i actually think the republicans in congress might act like dicks just to see what lame [ bleep ] democrats will pull to get back at them. [ light laughter ] oh, look at this. our friends from across the aisle are holding mock hearings. oh, no. [ light laughter ] i guess we better change our ways. [ laughter ] but isn't it just the supreme court where republicans have sought to bring the gears of government grinding to a halt. even basic measures that should be completely noncontroversial have been jammed up by republicans, as we saw yet again on thursday. >> a measure to help protect lgbt people from discrimination failed by just one vote in the house of representatives. causing a chaotic scene in the chamber. >> the vote was scheduled for two minutes and it looked like it was going to pass, but then the clock did not stop. it was hel

don't think from a conservative point of view, i don't think you could have a worse nominee than merrick garland. >> there's nothing about him that's moderate. barack obama calling somebody a moderate doesn't make them a moderate. people still call ginsburg and breyer moderates. they're not. >> i'm sorry. >> donald trump has this list. what has he done and said so far in this campaign that leads you to believe he'll keep his word? >> he's put out a list of outstanding potential nominees for the supreme court. >> do you think he'll stick to it? >> i do. absolutely. >> and mika is saying, based on -- >> what do you know about him and -- >> i don't think there's any question. i've talked to him about this issue. i don't think there's any question that he'd nominate somebody on the list or somebody similar to the list. >> should paul ryan endorse donald trump? >> jewell to ask ryan about that. my view is trump has earned the nomination because he got the most votes. we need to be respectful of the electoral process that has produced this nominee. >> does trump help, let's say, in new hampshi

the american people also understand merrick garland is well-qualified, rock solid. every week we see nor praise for him. last week nine former solicit generals sent a public letter praising him. the list includes prominent republicans and democrats: ken "star," drew days, ted olson and paul clement. we know the solicitor general serves as the chief advocate before the u.s. supreme court. these men know the supreme court as well as anyone and they know a good judge when they see one. here's what they said about judge garland. "as a group we have argued hundreds of cases before the u.s. supreme court and the federal court of appeals. each of us have served as the u.s. government's top representative before the supreme court and while we've served in different administrations, we unified in our belief that judge garland is superbly qualified to serve on the supreme court if he were confirmed. we are confident that judge garland would bring his brilliance, work ethic, and broad experience to the cases that come before him. close quote. very high praise, isn't it? presid

. >> current and former colleagues are present upon the supreme court nominee merrick garland run capitol hill talking about his legal qualifications next on c-span2.

house, but he will win the white house and hold the senate and pick somebody they like more than merrickland. hold that thought. >>> president obama traveled to flint, michigan today to see firsthand what it looks like when a state government poisons an entire american city, but as big a deal as the president's visit was it was not actually the most amazing thing that happened in flint today. we've got some tape from flint today that you have not heard or seen anywhere else. it is officially jaw dropping and we've got that here next. stay with us. >>> a thousand people were there it in a high school gym, waiting for a visit from the president of the united states. he went to see first hand what flint has been going through. what the people of flint has been going through every day now, continues to be hard to wrap their head around. there is nothing like it, nothing to compare it to. the whole city's water was poisoned. a whole city's people were poisoned by lead, and the state government wouldn't listen to them hollering about it for a solid year and a half. while they waited, they did

at 2016n's look at commencement speeches concludes now with supreme court nominee judge merrick garland. he was the speaker at niles west high school in illinois. a place where he graduated as a legit taurean of his class. -- as valedictorian of his class. many things have changed since the first graduation speech i gave you are. on this very spot in 1970. er -- the electric typewriter was cutting edge technology. and paul mccartney was about the same age taylor swift is today. there are still some things that never go out of style. paul mccartney is one of them. i hear you had tie die davis. -- i heard you had tie die day this year, in 1970, every day was tie-dyed day. in 2016 the team brought home the illinois state championship. congratulations. and on may 29 of both years the cubs were in first place in their division. [applause] here's hoping 2016 works out better than 1970 did. most important it's every much as big a thrill and an honor to speak at your graduation. the foirs of the kind basis of person i am today. i owe this place a lot. of course, i didn't know it at the time. th

you mentioned the situation regarding judge merrick garland and he should be heard, hasn't he basicallyached himself from having the ability to treat the judiciary correctly when he accused himself of holding richard accountable for the rape of a 16-year-old as a victim when he was a prosecuting attorney, when he made the decision and not hold the judge accountable and we as americans are going to be paying his salary now with his retirement and this seems to be a pattern in practice with the judges not holding each other accountable when they are self-policing. >> well, look, i know merrick, i think very highly of him. i am -- i've heard about the case that you're talking about. i don't know specifically why he he rescued himself. and i do think that the reason why the republicans should not go forward with the nominations has nothing whatsoever has to do with the own personal merit or integrity. i can imagine that he would be a fine supreme court justice if i agreed with his vision of the constitution and i would just let it go at that. >> i will say one thing, one of the concerns he

new poll shows americans suppore a hearing and vote on merrick garland's nomination.n with a about several issues including this one: judge merrick garland , president obama pick to fill supreme court vacancy. the announcement was march 16th, nearly two months ago.ths since then, he republican control senate has taken no action to pursue confirmation hearings. vice president biden once the chairman of the judiciary commite aren't doing their job. >> you don't have to vote forot him, you have a responsibilityes to have a vote u. republicans say they don't have to siteting what they call the biden rule. biden's own words from 1992 when he was chairman of the senator judiciary committee and bush was president. >> it is my duty that if a i supreme court justice resigns tomorrow or win the next self weeks, or resigns at the end of the summer, president bush would consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors in not, in not name a nominee until after thefter november election is completed. >> why should republicans in this case act or feel any differentl

he was hosting a dinner with some people, and merrick garland was my dinner made. he sat right next to me. we had a wonderful conversation, got to know him then. and, of course, in later years i obviously followed his work on the court come into at your question directly, was especially impressed with the number of unanimous decisions that the author to which as you pointed out is an indication of a consensus builder. and consensusbuilding was at the very core of the meeting, the importance of brown v. board of education, a unanimous decision. chief justice demanded that it be unanimous and did everything possible to ensure that that would happen because he knew the import of that case and what would mean for the country. why is that also very significant to why we are here today? on monday, the supreme court issued the stupid opinion which we talked about -- forgive you for calling that a compromise decision. that's how i do it. just imagine for a moment if during this period of a 4-4 split on the court, brown v. board of education have come up. .. >> i can't help

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house and hillary clinton nor bernie sanders would surely nominate a more liberal justice and so merrickbest they can get. so they're already predicting that november is settled and have written off the prospects of a trump presidency. having said that, i think by and large what we saw this week was an extraordinary reckoning and of this -- he actually now is the presumptive nominee when kasich and cruz dropped out. i think more quickly than anyone had anticipated. >> let's remember on tuesday, we were not expecting these speeches from kasich or cruz. >> that's right. and you just felt it within the political establishment of oh, my goodness, this is actually real. this is actually happening and you're right. i don't know if you would say it was an overcorrection, but certainly the fact that the entire storyline that this was going to be fought right up to cleveland and that cleveland itself would be a fight and so the prospect of donald trump as the republican nominee was by no means fixed and then all of a sudden everyone wakes up wednesday morning and there we are. >> once again, repo

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and they vowed to block merrick garland to allow the next president to submit his or her choice. trump also focused on foreign policy. meeting with former secretary of state henry kissinger in new york. and in an interview, he said he would be open to meeting with north korean dictator, kim jong- un. they set the stage for season. >> hillary clinton claimed victory in the commonwealths and appealed for party unity. bernie sanders is campaigning in california. ahead of that primary. he has his own unity message for the democratic party. >> welcome into the party. people that are prepared to fight for real economic and social change. >> it comes days after this chaos in nevada. when sanders supporters say the party changed the rules to shut them out. clinton is now just 90 delegates away from clinching the nomination. craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >>> sanders needs to win 91% of all remaining delegates. both pledged and unannounced super delegates to win that tem crattic nomination. >>> there's evidence, foreign hackers are snooping on the candidates. and they say it's

host: sent you mentioned merrick garland, what stands out to you about him?de seems to be middle-of-the-road. he is not biased either way. he doesn't seem to be liberal and he doesn't seem to be conservative. he just -- both parties seem to care for him. both hearty say good things about him. i don't know a lot about him personally, but just what i have seen on c-span. host: if you go to president obama did an interview with buzz feed, the website, with their legal reporter that took place yesterday, one of the topics was about the president's choice, merrick garland, and talked to the reporter about process or his nomination process and the response from the senate. here's a little of that conversation. vacant seat became during an election year and mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader, got nervous because he figured that some of his constituents, republicans and folks on the right, would be furious about me, the president of the united states, filling any supreme court seat and certainly not justice scalia's seat. in knee-jerk fashion, he said, we'

that is fundamentally wrong under the constitution and fundamentally unfair to merrick garland. merrick garland was born in illinois, so maybe i'm partial to him a little bit, but he has quite a record. he has been touted as one of the best nominees in terms of qualifications. he is now the chief justice of the u.s. district court, right below the supreme court. that's a big job. he's the man for it. according to people from both political parties. the solicitors general of the united states of america just sent a letter to the congress, to the senate. nine of them signed, democrats and republican. men who have argued before the supreme court representing the united states of america. attorneys who were familiar with that court, the gravity of the decisions that they face, the requirements to serve on the court. unanimously democrats and republicans said to the senate merrick garland is the right man to serve on the supreme court. we come today with sadness and even more with a sense of injustice that the republicans would allow this political gambit to continue. to think that t

you could at that point appoint somebody like judge merrick garland was older. the only reason he is nominated right now is because we can had obama a real shot at getting him confirmed. he has placed on this list. but you could appoint somebody who is older and allow him the full service of a more mature individual on the bench. right now you have to go for young people that can serve for a generation or two so that you can make your mark as a president that way. he will better reflect the current citizenry. you have justices on the court dealing with the issue of cell phones. can the fbi or the police search the contents of their cell phone? the court unanimously said no. when you listen to the oral argument, a lot of the justices don't have much of a clue about modern technology he and the use of cell phones and all the apps and things things that are on their. there was a case a couple of terms ago concerning a case dealing with patent law with little in tendency were able to circumvent cable systems. it was clear that scalia, for example, had almost no sens

it is interesting, merrick garland actually has been put forth by president obama to fill that seat.ublicans have said, look, we call stalemate on this because we think we should wait until the next person is elected president. but i want to go back to some of the other names on the list. you mentioned thomas lee of utah. his brother, wasn't mike lee also throughout of, the senator, as somebody that might be named? >> yeah. his name has come up quite a bit. he's somebody who clerked at the high court for justice alito. he is a very well respected intellectually deep and very much conservative. hs name has come up a number of times for this supreme court. he has a rich legacy, he and his family in the judicial branch. again now his brother is sitting on the supreme court in utah is now on short list for donald trump. so not surprising there but what's interesting is that so many of these federal judges often have clerkships at very high levels and many of them with the supreme court. and there are several who have, as i mentioned earlier, clerked for people like justice thomas, justic

margin. >> could she put merrick garland up? >> we will not entertain the prechls that the republican will hold rank here. i think republicans have actually walked into a dead end trap with this strategy that they've followed because essentially what it means is at the same time so many of them are trying to distance themselves from donald trump, now they're effectively running interference and saying the option should be held open for him to pick this next nominee. so i think that they're going to find that this is an untenable situation and that before hillary clinton is sworn in, they're going have to capitulate and give this man a vote. >> look. we said at the start he's saying something totally different but in fairness if you look back to when she ran for senate in new york she talked about the national gun registry, talking about raising the age of gun ownership from 18 to 21. then when she ran, she was asked do you still believe that. this is what she said back then. >> but do you still favor licensing and registration o

identified as arthur derosa, 28, of tauton, exited his vehicle, and gained access to a home at 270 merrick street. once inside, he stabbed two women. >> reporter: one of the victims, age 80, died. a short time later, the suspect crashed a car into a store at a nearby shopping mall. >> we dove right in and after that, that's when my mom was like hurry up and we dodged the other way. it happened the fastest thing. so i'm like pop out and go. >> reporter: once inside the mall, he assaulted several people, one died. i was shopping. i didn't know what was going on, so everybody started running, including the macy's employee. so we started running. >> reporter: an off duty deputy sheriff shot the assailant, who was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. >> it appears but for the actions of the deputy sheriff that may have well have been other victims. >> reporter: police don't believe terrorism was the motive. the actual motive is under investigation. >>> to the president's race, bernie sanders captured the west virginia primary, taking 16 delegates to hillary clinton's 11. sanders win forces

. >> when it comes to where this stands, there is merrick garland considered by president obama in meetings taking place on capitol hill, meeting with republican opposition, this list from donald trump is the cart before the horse. he's got to not only become the official nominee but then win the white house. >> it is a cart before the horse. a lot of people had fun at ted cruz's expense when he named a running mate at what was losing the nomination. this is certainly the nominee's talk about the type of person they like or mention specific names. president bush, when he was running as a candidate in 2000 did it by referencing current members of the court, wanted someone in the mold of scalia or thomas, considered conservative justices and we're talking about scalia's replacement after his passing and the cart before the horse to show what he's looking at. i want to say this fairly a manner of reporting not judgment. it reflects the fact that conservatives view this as a weakness of donald trump, they don't know exactly what he would do and these are lifetime appointments very important. co

after justice antonin scalia's death, and republicans are vowing to block president obama's nominee, merrick garland, to support his or her choice. trump focused on foreign policy, meeting with former secretary of state henry kissinger in new york. in an interview with reuters, he said he would be open to meeting with north korean dictator kim jong-un. for democrats, primaries set the final stage. hillary clinton claimed victory in the commonwealth and appeared for party unity. bernie sanders is campaigning in california, ahead of the june 7 primary. he has his own unity message for the democratic party. >> welcome into the party people who are prepared to fight for real economic and social change. >> reporter: it comes days after this chaos in nevada when sanders supporters say the state party changed the rules to shut them out in favor of clinton supporters. clinton is now just 90 delegates away from clinching the nomination. craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >>> vice president joe biden says he is not worried about a rift in the party. biden wants bernie sanders to be more aggress

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merrick garland's supporters in congress say it's further proof the court can't fully function with just eight justices. lester? >> pete williams, thank you. >>> tonight the coast guard has suspended its search for a mom of four who fell overboard on a trip to mexico. it shows the moment the 33-year-old plunged from an upper deck vanishing in the dancht -- in the dark. nbc's miguel almaguer has the latest. >> reporter: the carnival cruise ship, "liberty" returned to port in texas today amid an fbi investigation. just hours earlier, the coast guard suspending its search for samantha broeber, the missing mother of four who fell overboard in the gulf of mexico. >> we are conducting a full ship search. >> reporter: it happened at 2:00 a.m. friday morning say officials at carnival. surveillance video is now said to show the 33-year-old on the cruise with two girlfriends climbing on to this railing, on the ship's towering tenth deck before falling backwards into the water. >> they had the section roped off up there. and they were doing investigations up there. >> reporter: carnival notified th

president obama talked to buzzfeed and about merrick garland and how the republicans blocked the nominationinally they said they wouldn't meet with the guy and they heard from a lot of their constituents that said, well, you know, this isn't kindergarten. you don't just because you're not happy with what's happened you don't do your job. now you have seen already 15 republican senators meet with judge garland. those who have met with him i think have been favorably impressed. >> senate democrats are expected to stage a garland hearing tomorrow. >>> senator marco rubio unleashed a twitter storm last night, raging against a "washington post" piece that describes him as quote lost at sea. in one tweet, he knocked the sources, saying word of advice. people often claim to know more than really do because they enjoy the status of being perceived of in the know. and rubio stood by his decision to leave politics. he wrote, i have only said like 10,000 times i will be a private citizen in january. and he finished by hinting at trump's rise saying, as for future in politics, well, it's nearly impossi

lemonis: do we have merrick brand dog food with grain? lisa: we don't.le of lisa's self-righteousness getting in the way of them being a profitable business. they need to carry products that meet everybody's needs. if it falls within the brand promise, they need to carry what the customers want, not what they want, and i'm gonna push this thing all the way to the wall. going forward, any product that meets the bentley's food promise should be available. so, like, when somebody says, "i want grain-filled," as opposed to grain-free, you're gonna be a powerhouse. you got to carry everything. giovanni: i think we'll lose a lot of credibility with a lot of the customers on why they trust us. lemonis: let the customer decide what they want. giovanni: and then we have no niche. i'm sorry. lemonis: the niche is products that meet this food promise. giovanni: i'm not gonna agree with it. lemonis: so, then don't have a brand promise, 'cause it doesn't mean anything. -giovanni: i think it does. -lemonis: then, if it does, then if somebody complies with it, why can'

well, president obama says by refusing to vote on his nominee to the supreme court, merrick garland, republican senate leaders are setting a dangerous precedent. in an interview with buzzfeed news, mr. obama said inaction by republicans could cost them in the future. >> let's say the republican president in the future is trying to appoint somebody, democrats are going to do the same thing and it's going to be tit for tat and we'll have a situation in which we can't fill our supreme court, and that then means that laws are going to be different in different states and different jurisdictions and people are going to be confused about what the rules are. that's not how democracy is supposed to work. >> the president said garland was well qualified and deserves a vote. >>> the obama administration says it's pleased with a supreme court decision that sent a challenge to its requirement for access to birth control back to lower courts. in a unanimous ruling, the justices did not rule on the merits of the case. they want the lower courts to see if a compromise is possible. some nonprofit re

senator barbara mikulski is meeting with president obama's supreme court nominee, "chief judge merrickrday, garland submitted an extensive questionaire to the senate judiciary commitee...detailing his experience. garland will also be meeting with senators from massachusetts, delaware and montana today. it's xx and we're just getting started. police search for a predator-- after a teenage girl is attacked in her home. the latest on the suspect.. and how the teen fought him off. and capitals caput. washington's es the frantic, final minutes.. ahead. good morning washington. today: am fog/drizzle. mostly cloudy. scattered showers possible. highs: 65-70 winds: e 5 mph tonight: cloudy. a few showers or drizzle. lows: 56-60 winds: e 5 to calm thursday: mostly cloudy and warmer. stray shower possible. highs: 68-76 winds: se 5 mph developing right now--