that's obviously what the republicans did with merrick garland.tely outraged by it but republicans did it. should democrats do it now? >> absolutely. >> do you think they can? >> that's what everyone has come out of the gate saying and that's really right. we're four months away from a very, very important election that controls the future of the united states senate. and they should do the same thing -- this is what mitch mcconnell wanted before, and they should hold him to his word, do the same thing now. wait until after the election. let the american people speak. american voters know what's at stake in the supreme court. it's not simply women's right. it's lgbtq rights. so many decisions where justice kennedy has been the deciding vote. i think it's really than that that we do that. we're not going to wait. folks at planned parenthood and women aren't going to wait. we're going to be mobilizing all across the country to make sure our senator nose you cannot support a justice of the supreme court that is going to overturn roe versus wade. >> d

so it was a surprise that wh whenmakwhen merrick garland never had the opportunity. now given that we have a congress that's likely to confirm just about anybody that is nominated it, carefully, that is, that we can be certain that the balance of the court is going to change. keep in mind that justice kennedy was appointed by a republican. so the fact that he was considered the swing vote is interesting because it shows that he wasn't in lockstep with everything the republican party wanted. the thing that the president is probably the most fearful of, ironically, now is loyalty. there's a verb that's thrown around disparagingly. you don't want to get suitored. that was the pejorative term given to a judge that you nominate and then goes in a direction -- >> based on the appointment of david souter. so that is something that republicans -- that's why they do so much research on these judges. they pore offer their transcripts and writings and every law review note they've ever written to get an idea of where he or she will ultimately go. >> it was david souter. recomme

. >> mitch mcconnell said no to barack obama's pick merrick garland. i'm not going to have hearings. and he won because now you've got neil gorsuch. with you going to play "hardball" this time and not going to rush this through before election day. >> based on every conversation i've had, everybody is prepared to play "hardball." >> can can you push this off till after the elections so we can take the matter to the people. >> we have to fight. listen, unlike merrick garland where there were eight months left in that term, there is four months. we're four months away from an election. one-third of the united states senate practically is up for election. the decision that we make is going to have generational impact. and the american people should be able to weigh in on who will be this in this position on the united states supreme court. let's remember, chris, this is not like gorsuch where gorsuch was about one conservative replacing another conservative. we fought on that one. i voted against him but he's there. he replaced scalia. this is about a swi

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked merrick garland's nomination because pres.ma was leaving office and now democrats are demanding the same set of rules because midterm elections are around the corner. a lot of conservative reaction to this pointing out the differences, dana loesch says they know better than this but are counting on you not knowing, number one, it is the biden, not a presidential election cycle. in august 2010, lena kagan was nominated during the midterm year. another twitter user, no, that is for presidential elections. he will start making the selection immediately. >> a lot of things in mind last night at this rally, over 71 minutes. >> he was on fire as he normally is when he gives these rallies and gave one of his democratic arrivals, a new nickname, take a listen. >> one of my biggest critics, a slovenly man named joe crowley got his [bleep] text, he was going to take nancy pelosi's place. >> a lot of reaction to this moment. i love the word slovenly, what a great word. to says this congressman was part of the swamp. not happy with his op

the words merrick garland all over twitter from democrats.re is still so muc bitterness from that. so you have to -- and as -- if democrats are able to take over the senate, you can see the tit for tat already bubbling to the top should there be another vacancy. there are a lot of ifs here, but the tit for tat is definitely boiling to the surface. >> let me add to the ifs. if you look in the mirror, when hillary clinton tried to make an issue of merrick garland, tried to make an issue of making that supreme court pick. who do you want to make it, him or me? republicans win way more often than they lose when these are the issues. democrats saying this year it will be different. is that true? >> to your point, in 2016 the exit poll showed clinton voters, 48% of them said this is a big issue incourt. 56% for trump voters. they're being blown out of the water for republican voters who are voting on this issue because of the life issue and any number of things. but i think what's different about this moment is that mitch mcconnell really changed t

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garland would have been given consideration. >> i think the merrick garland chapter is a sad one. and it was a very moderate choice. and something happened to the judiciary now that is unfortunate. i'm seeing this on the judiciary committee about the moderate judges being chosen now, we're seeing more extreme folks going along, i'm worried about that. >> all right. we're going to continue to get more reaction from capitol hill. but, manu, very, very, very strong reaction from senator cory booker. you're getting reaction from others up on capitol hill as well. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. we are talking to republicans and democrats about this. they're still absorbing the details about this. a lot of them heading into committee hearings as news was breaking. but you're hearing a breakdown along party lines, republicans in large part so far very supportive of this decision, including senator john cornyn, who just moments ago told me this is not a muslim ban, much different than what cory booker said, this is what senator cornyn said earlier. >> are you concerned about the message

which illustrate how successful it was that mitch mcconnell would stop barack obama from appointing merrickarland and saved that from donald trump. many believe the stole that from donald trump. barack obama almost had a year left in his presidency when antonin scalia died. that seat was held open. this seat went to neil gorsuch and just in the past three days we have had three 5 to 4 decisions where the conservatives won where they almost certainly would not have won if merrick garland had been on the court. just an enormously consequential difference in the supreme court because of mitch mcconnell's decision to keep that seat open during 2016. >> again, no one can know how merrick garland would have ruled, but i can tell you this is why mitch mcconnell tweeted out that photo yesterday, mitch mcconnell shaking gorsuch's hand and how consequential it would be. >> see, i'm glad you were here. >> wait a second. >> yeah? >> we still have to wait until thend of today' session, anthony kennedy could retire, and clarence thomas could retire and it's remotely likely, but it's not required, but the

time and time again, leader mcconnell justified his unjustifiable blockade of merrick garland by claiming the american people should have a voice in deciding the next supreme court justice. that was in february of an election year. it's now almost july. if the senate's constitutional duty to advise and consent is just as important as the president's right to nominate, which the constitution says it is, why should a midterm election be any less important than a presidential election? leader mcconnell is simply engaging in hypocrisy. whomever the president picks, it is all too likely they're going to overturn health care protections and roe v. wade. we don't need to guess. president trump has said time and time again he would appoint judges that would do those two things -- overturn roe v. wade, overturn health care protections. on november 11, 2016, then president-elect trump said, quote, i am pro-life. good judges will be pro-life. in a debate against secretary clinton, then-candidate trump said, because i am pro-life and i will be appointing pro-life judges, i think that we will go back

. > merrick garland delay is what he's most proud of. >> he wasn't a lefty. merrick garland was a praised attorney. >> there idea they let mitch mcconnell roll over the democrats i would put on the feet of the democrats. >> what were they going to do? he was running the thing. >> you have to play tough though. you do. you have to be able to -- i worked on the hill. >> mitch, i'm with you. sometimes you got to the say you break the rules, we push. >> there are consequences. >> the jonathan swan, susan, maria teresa coming up, robert mueller is zeroing in on collusion, not just obstruction. collusion with the russians is going to get acted on by the end of the year. he is preparing to accelerate his probe and settle once and for all whether the trump campaign colluded with the russians to win the election looking to produce indictment on that front. look out roger stone this fall. plus george f will called out to vote out trump's poodles, republicans in this year's election. come november, think george f will. vote i guess democrat. do republicans agree with hi

they use pure political power to block merrick garland despite the fact there was no actual precedent for that and will use all the political power they can martial to try to overturn rowe. what power do the democrats have to stop it. >> the power of the people. there is an election coming up. i believe strongly we've got to hold them to the mcconnell rule and that is the rule that you don't have a vote on a supreme court justice during an election year. that is number one. the second power that we have is that some of our republican colleagues very few, susan collins, lisa murkowski, john mccain's vote on that health care bill, when they see a nominee, there have been times where they have either quietly said we don't want this person or they voted against them. it is our job and you've seen a number of nominees in the judiciary committee that he have fallen apart that have been taken off the agenda. so i guess i could just say this is impossible but i'm not going to do that, chris. it is too important. i just think when you look at the political power of the people out there in the

i have a very high opinion of merrick.k the democrats are going to be able to stop or slow this process if the majority does not want it to, and i do not think the majority will. i believe it will be an expeditious evaluation of whoever donald trump picks, and he will choose some buddy his list of judges that we all know about. -- somebody off his list of judges that we all know about. julia: georgetown law professor randy barnett. joining us now also is republican senator ron johnson from wisconsin. senator, great to have you with us. do you want to make a comment on the decision here today, the resignation of justice anthony kennedy? >> i agree with leader mcconnell. i want to thank justice kennedy for his service and wish him and his family while in his retirement, and i also agree with mcconnell, we will expeditiously move through our nomination process and i look forward to nominating and confirming a judge to the supreme court. by judge, we need an individual that will actually apply the law, not alter it. definition

i said do you feel vindicated in the fact that you blocked merrick garland from sitting on the court, muscle neil gorsuch on and then could have been a 5-4 decision and could have been 5-4 the other direction. he said i'm glad we have a court tilting to the right. this will take the court another direction. democrats have always failed to energize their base when it comes to justices. this is something that the right and the republicans have done for decades now. something that we heard about in the 2016 election. i asked chuck schumer and other reporters about whether or not this could be an issue and could they energize their base on the issue of judges. chuck schumer didn't have a good answer. so we could see that issue tee up if democrats elect to make that a topic going into the mid-terms. >> dana: thanks, chad. let's bring in chris wallace from "fox news sunday." you been in washington for many of these nominations. it's fascinating. the supreme court is one of the institutions that is trusted and severed in america. this will be an amazing summer for all sorts of reasons, espec

precedent in 2016 with his strategy of blocking former president barack obama's supreme court pick merrick garland. on tuesday of this week, chuck schumer said refusing to allow the american people to weigh in as mcconnell argued in 2016 would be the height of hypocrisy. some of his colleagues echoed that call today. >> we realize the fact that obama's final year was taken away from him to make an appointment. so that was a new standard. it was a low standard if you will. but it was a standard. and i for one and i think others haven't forgotten that. and you know, as you sow, so you reap. >> remember what senator mcconnell told us when there was a vacancy under president obama? too close to the election. let's let the people decide. we're four months away. is senator mcconnell prepared to keep this office vacant till after the election? i hope so. >> we'll do everything we can to make the case it should be after the election because that's exactly what they did with the merrick garland nominee. >> the number two senate republican john cornyn was asked if his party would follow its own exam

want to hold mcconnell to the same standard he applied in 2016 when he refused to bring obama's pick merrick garland to the floor. >> our republican colleagues in the senate should follow the they set in 2016 not to consider a supreme court justice in an election year. >> reporter: the impact of justice kennedy's role cannot be overstated voting just this week, the majority 5-4 on the travel ban and public-sector unions, leave behind a legacy as a champion on abortion and gay rights. and your summer plans a very heated and contentious confirmation battle. rob: we will dive deeper into it in 10 minutes. thank you so much. you heard donald trump letting loose in north dakota during the energetic rally. the president hitting a number of issues from repeated calls for harassment on republicans to tighter border security. >> democrats want open borders and crime crime crime happens automatically with open borders, the democrats want to let the country be overrun. just take a look at what is going on. everybody comes in including the file gang ms 13. maxine, she is a beauty, she practically was te

merrick garland was his name nominated after justice scalia died.led to a new president and a new nominee. neal go-- neil gorsuch. joining me now, mike shields and bakari sellers. complaints that democrats in congress are nothing but obstructionist. >> well, president obama was fond of saying elections have consequences when he would do things that republicans didn't like. what is interesting about that is he ignored that elections had consequences if the midterm. because the 2014 midterm elected majority to the senate and they blocked him. put on the ballot for the 2016 election. and the democrats lost. it was on the ballot. and the american people support what the supreme court did today by about 60%. a muslim ban is not what this is, and they wouldn't support that. polling shows we have a tradition of religious liberty. they do support not allowing people come into the country when we can't verify country of origin. know whether or not they are good or bad actors. and the american people support that. it is a popular position. and the supreme cou

they say remember the pick of merrick garland? that wasn't taken up in 2016 because it was an election year. >> millions of people are months away from determining to confirm or reject the president's n nominee and their voices deserve to be heard now as leader mcconnell thought then. anything but that would be the absolute height of hypocrasy. >> reporter: when kennedy retires july 31st, the court will lose its moderate voice. the swing vote as kennedy is known. while he has sided with conservatives with gun control and voting rights and campaign spending, justice kennedy voted with the liberal side on abortion rights and affirmative action and the death penalty. most notably, kennedy wrote the opinion that cleared the way for same-sex marriage in 2015. now if president trump, if he nominates someone who is confirmed, it will solidify a 5-4 vote in favor of conservatives on the court. the question now what does that mean for abortion rights and could roe v. wade be overturned? dave and christine. >>> and the president has prais p

you'll recall what happened in 2016 when mcconnell stonewalled merrick garland from eveng gett hearings. you'll remember what happened in 16, the american people should have a voice in the selection of their next supre court justice. it's unclear, with a minority, what, if any, ability democrats have to prevent a vote. much moreg comin up at 5am0. pete willi will give us his take. >>> turning now to our forecast. storm team 4 watching the radar and potential for heavy rains in the next couple ofours. doug is in the storm center tracking the waves and heat waves that will follow this. >> heat waves will be the bigger story. we will see scattering of thunderstorms. we have some innd hardee shenandoah county john mcguinness it's not that strong, not a lot of lightning associated with it. some showers towards frederick county and maryland. light showers and a little stronger in this area and strongestk b towards west virginia, and this whole area will continue to move through. yes, a chance for storm tonight. not everyone will see them. showers and storms moving keep the umbrella just in ca

with me are the political commentator, jane merrick, and the editor of politicshome, kevin schofield. at some of those from pages now. the ft leads on the government's brexit ‘backstop' customs plan. it says theresa may is on course for a show down with david davis over her proposals for a temporary customs arrangement, for the irish border. the telegraph reports that the brexit secretary considered resigning, after the prime minister dismissed his concerns that the arrangement for the irish border would become indefinite. the times says ministers were kept in the dark by theresa may over the key brexit proposal. while the guardian claims the prime minister is to give the nhs a significant funding increase, to coincide with its 70th birthday injuly. while the metro carries an image of firefighters tackling a blaze at a luxury hotel in central london. 120 firefighters were deployed at the mandarin oriental hotel in knightsbridge, a week after it had undergone a £185 million refurbishment. and students demand more lectures says the i, with details of this year's national student survey

the same principle guy was articulating applies when merrick garland was a. >> the last time, before the election he was appointed to the supreme court so that was happening in that way. there are other midterm elections and a presidential election but i think what we achieve here goes back to what you said, they will not talk about abortion, i can't talk about this but i think they are going to be pressed a lot on the whole concept and exactly what is it that will be determined? over 40 year precedent that says this is the relationship between you and public employees. you have someone coming into the court saying i'm going to overturn this i think democrats will raise hell. >> that will be a real interesting summer. talk about a lot. >> i think we should have -- let's not nominate. >> i will call the white house and raise the flag. what fun we will have. have a great weekend. >> you too. we will have more on embattled fbi agent peter stzrok, catherine herridge has the inside scoop tonight. >> reporter: he is calling on congress to transfer his deposition defending his handling of t

know when these meetings happen there's always a good atmosphere you know some people talk about merrick wrong or m.n.a. and maybe even as a kind of idea that these two leaders are totally in tandem i think right now merkel facing pressure from within their own party in berlin could really use even more support from the french leader the french leader of his own party's got a huge program of reforms that he'd like to put through across europe it's not just about monetary union strengthening the you're also about defense cooperation they were talking about today where the two leaders have got some announcements so there's a lot of things that my crew would like to do and he needs medical for that if she wore balls then his plans may also fall so many young and mr burke bob are available in brussels talking about. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world it's a these new far right interior minister matter of salvation he says he will not back down from a controversial proposal to conduct a census of his country's roma community the proposal has been s

with me are rob merrick, deputy political editor at the independent and ruth lea, economic adviser aty of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the guardian reports that theresa may's £20 billion cash boost for the nhs has been overshadowed by scepticism from experts and tory backbenchers. the financial times also says mps from her own party questioned the idea of a so—called brexit dividend to support the health service. the times claims ministers were unable to agree on where all the money would come from, before the prime minister made the announcement. the metro also questions where the cash will come from to fund what's been described as a ‘70th birthday present‘ for the nhs. the i leads with the same story and raises the issue of how it'll fix the problem of social care. meanwhile, the daily telegraph says hidden taxes will help pay for the increase in nhs spending. the front page of the daily express claims people should eat their way back to health rather than take prescription drugs to beat heart disease, that's according to experts. and the sun is looking forward to england

in 2016 he blocked the nomination of president obama's supreme court pick, merrick garland. that paved the way for president trump to nominate neil gore such who voted to uphold the travel ban, leaving democrats to wonder what if. >> this is a moral moment in our country. what the supreme court decided today is not just wrong, it is dangerous. it makes us less safe. and it undermines the values of our country. >> sends a very ugly signal to people who -- who look at our country as a beacon of freedom and a beacon of inclusion. >> steve bannon, a strong advocate for the travel ban when he was white house chief strategist, tells axios the decision is a big deal for the president's psyche, bolstering his certainty that his instincts are right and the haters are wrong. the travel ban restricts entry from seven countries including north korea, but there is said to be little concern in the administration that the decision could hurt efforts to engage pyongyang in denuclearization talks. >>> trump threatening harley-davidson as it moves production overseas. tariffs will make the bi

they cite republicans holding ue presid barack obama's nomination of judge merrick rland in 2016. >> not to -- a supreme court justice in an election year. >> the nomination of the president is to be considered fairly and not subjected to personal attacks. >> now, justice kennedy was appointed to the high court in 1988 by president the supreme court was a talking point for president trump during a campaign rally in north dakota last night. the president was in fargo stumping forn republi senate candidate kevin cramer. now, between digs at democrats, the president thank justice kennedy for his service and the timing of his >> i'm very honored that he chose to do it during my term in office because he felt confident in me to make the right choice and carrying on his great legacy. that's why hed id. >> senate republicans say they plan to vo on justice kennedy's replacementh fall. >st week waters told upporters to call out trump cabinet members if they see them in public. her comments came after several incidents, including white house ress secretary sarah huckabee sanders being asked to

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because he was able all under the obama era to keep merrick garland, they never even heard from him that entire time. >> antonin scalia died february 13th, 2016, with a more than 11 months to go in barack obama's presidency. mitch mcconnell, within hours, i was sitting at this table, we were -- it was a saturday, poppy harlow was in here and, you know, most people were sort of paying tribute and mitch mcconnell said, there will be no vote on a successor. >> and he kept his word. >> he kept his word. now that's unprecedented in american history to keep a seat that -- to keep a seat vacant for that long, but the consequences of the merrick garland not being on the court and neil gorsuch and you said there was another case today involving abortion also 5-4, the same vote, a series of 5-4 votes -- >> people voted for trump knowing that, you know, there would be this -- >> elections have huge consequences and i think this would have been a different decision if there was a different court, and so we don't know that for sure, but there's no question i think, you know, there's a fair argument t

so what the democrats are saying now is mitch mcconnell, the standard that you set for merrick garland ought to be the standard that you have thousano because we're closer to an election and they with say -- i know what ulg syou will say, th is not a presidential election, but this is the -- >> no. >> but this is the argument they are making. and they are trying to hold mcconnell up here. and i think that there is a school of thought that like let's just get it over with and move on. but there are lots of democrats who are saying not so fast. do they have any leverage? i don't think so. >> that is the question. >> they gave it away. >> they gave it away. >> they didn't give it away. i think that is a fake you news issue, democrats gave it away. that the democrats had the filibuster and they threw it away on neil gorsuch. the republicans were going to get rid of the filibuster whenever the democrats invoked it, whether this nomination or the next one. so the idea that the democrats in the senate sort of made this terrible mistake by forcing the republicans to get rid of the filibuster,

you refused to even meet with merrick garland. look at that sweet man.s like refusing to pet a lden retriever. [ laughter ] "no thank you. i prefer a rattlesnake. [ light laughter ] i like to pet a good old rattlesnake. [ laughter ] come here now. nice snake." laughter ] inre's the lesson. the gop isn't operon arguments or principles. they don't care about being s called hypocri liars. hypocrisy isn't their weakness, it's their platform. we saw that yeagain during a congressional hearing on the russia investigation today. remeer, republicans spent millions of dollars over four years investigating benghazi and came up with nothing. and yet today, they basically yelled at deputy attorney general rod rosenstein to end the russia investigation. here's retiring gocongressman trey gowdy freaking out at rosenstein today. >> we are two years into this investigation. we're a year and a half into the presidency. we are over a year in the special counsel. there is a presumption of guilt. there is a desire by democrat senators to fundraise off of your investition. m

justice antonin scalia died suddenly, it was mcconnell who blocked a vote on barack obama nominee merrick garland until after the presidential election. >> he never had the opportunity for a hearing, let alone a vote. so the senate republicans successfully kept that seat vacant. and it was a gamble that paid off. >> reporter: and then he orchestrated a change in senate rules, the so-called nuclear option, to get president trump's pick, neil gorsuch, confirmed with a simple majority vote after democrats triggered that move. >> the democrats shot themselves in the foot. they were the people who argued for eliminating the filibuster on justices. and they got their way. and the bottom line is that all that a nominee will need is 50 votes. plus the vice president. and that nominee will win. >> reporter: those 50 votes could come a number of ways, with 51 republicans in the senate. all eyes are on the conservatives who have voted against the party line sometimes. and those democrats who defied their party too when they voted for gorsuch. >> we will begin our search for a new justice of the unit

they're disappointed about merrick garland and they're trying to make the case this is also an election year that will very hard for them to convince people that it's the same. but how do you see that playing out? >> i think certainly we are in a very hotly divided political moment. this makes clear absolutely that elections matter, that every vote matters. you know, what is important here is there used to be no litmus test. president trump ran on a litmus test including the litmus test of roe v. wade when he campaigned and he's following through on that that's something that democratic and republican senators, the constitutional right for a woman to choose. >> dana: thanks for being with us. i appreciate it. my next guest participated in the confirmation process for kennedy and every other sitting member of the court. it's orrin hatch. he served on the judiciary committee which will hold confirmation hearings. sir, we're not going to let you get out of washington d.c. with an easy stroll to retirement. you have to sprint to the finish. there's another nomination that has to get confirm

of course democrats will be upset because merrick garland was even denied a vote in the united states senate. but yes, this is a, you know, this is a direct result of mitch mcconnell making sure that neil gorsuch got through. >> you were nodding. quickly, that was a big you agree a huge mcconnell win as well. >> it is. i think on his re-election campaign twitter feed there's a photo with him reaching out to shake gorsuch's hands. >> to show that. >> it's a win. >> i think it was a win for the court as an institution and the presidency as an institution. and just harkening back to what gloria said about the roberts focusing on the presidency itself as opposed to the individual holding the job. the truth of the matter is, the president is one who controls our borders and controls national security issues. if you don't like the current president or the current president says crazy things, we still have to protect this nation from security threats and i think what roberts was saying in the end, notwithstanding the things that he said that were improper, what is articulated in the current

take for example the merrick garland precedent.mocrats gain the senate in 2018, i would say they may not confirm any of trump's judges for the next couple of years. certainly not -- maybe not even circuit court nominees, maybe confine themselves to district court nominees. i think each cycle, there is a cycle of escalation here and there's no end in sight. >> dahlia, that's an having point there, that each escalation brings it to a new level, the most extreme level we've seen yet. what does the future hold on this? if democrats can get a modicum of power back, say picking up the senate this november, for instance, is it likely to go in the direction david's talking about where they kick it up to a new level in response? >> i'm hearing a lot of democrats saying not only do we not confirm trump judges, we're going to go further. we're going to pack the court. we're going to add a whole bunches of seats when the next president comes along and we're going to have 2,000 judges on the supreme court. so, yeah. i think it is a one-way ratc

it's only fair because the same thing happened with president obama announcing he was nominating merrickland, nd that was held off. they want to put this off, but l it lookse the republican leadershipbe wiloing this in the fall. >> thank you so much. >>> the courtio dealt a s blow to public -- to public unions. 5-4 decision ruled state government workers who chose not to join a union cannot be ompelled to pay a share of union dues. now, there are 23 states where s public uni bargain for both members and non-members. the study found that a ruling like this could result in public unions losing more than 700,000 members. meanwhile, in congress another immigration s reform failed, and it wasn't even close. every democrat in the house voted against a compromise bill yesterday. republicans were split. now lawmakers may try to pass a stand-alone bill addressing only the family separation issue before their july 4th recess. earned the e pentagon has been asked to find space on military installations to house up to 12,000 undocumented immigrants. the defense department says about 2,000 of those p

you'll remember when president obama had put up merrick garland's name for nomination, mcconnell endedcessfully block that process, and schumer says mcconnell should look back to what he did just a few years ago. >> time and time again leader mcconnell justified his unjustifiable blockade of merrick garland by claiming the american people should have a voice in deciding the next supreme court justice. that was in february of an election year. it's now almost july. >> reporter: not exactly apples to apples there, neil, because that was an election year of a presidential election. the upcoming election is a midterm election. mcconnell has said, though, that this will happen in the fall, there will be a vote before the november elections, and he is slamming schumer for prejudging a judge that has yet to be named. >> the ink wasn't even dry on justice kennedy's resignation letter before my friend, the democratic leader, seemed to echo that right here on the floor that none of the exceptional legal minds on this list would be tolerable to him. >> reporter: but you're right, neil, we kind of

is a favorite of trump's sister, judge merrick and trump barry,- marianne trump with only serves. reaction. "is a more conservative court ?ood for women mentioned gop hypocrisy every day." "there will be exceptionally strenuous vetting because of the stolen seat," referring to the merrick garland nomination by president obama. "it was inevitable and the truth is there is nothing democrats can do about it. conservatives will likely see two justices before 2020. elections have consequences." brian in illinois, line for democrats. you are up next. caller: good morning. thank you. yes, it is very hypocritical for republicans to launch this nomination three months out for a vote when they would not approve a justice nine months out. a more alarming thing is going through the comments on the are a lotage, there of conservatives and republicans trying to say to make america great again, calling for the death of the honorable justice ginsburg, hoping that trump will get another pic. they are looking ahead. i just think it is something that a lot of these older people, baby boomer generati

merrick garland who you'll hear more about from our senate democratic colleagues, this came up during a presidential election, a time during which joe biden said that nominees should not be confirmed in the runup to a presidential election. after president trump makes a selection, senators will have the opportunity to meet with the nominee, examine his or her qualifications, and debate them. we'll have a hearing in front of the senate judiciary committee. this will be the sixth supreme court justice nominee i will have had the privilege to serve on the senate judiciary committee for and question. and then this fall we will vote to confirm justice kennedy's successor. just kennedy placed a deadline on his time in office. he's retiring july 31. so any idea of delaying this and leaving the court shorthanded, particularly under these circumstances, really is beside the point. i know chairman grassley will as usual manage a fair, thorough, and efficient confirmation process. he always does. it's crucial that as this process begins to unfold, the president's nominee not be subjected to pers

interests in that country should we expect israel to be an advocate of russia's interest with that merrick and especially now that you have such a perfect relationship with the white house yes i think i think this is a very good i think this is a very good thing both for moscow and from for washington and for jerusalem. i believe that israel will do its best because here you know russia is our friend america is our friend i think we have a lot of interests against the against terrorism and against instability in the region so i'm sure that israel can do a lot in advocating in. sending messages and also trying also to influence the result in syria will be the best outcome you know that the united states now against the former position of the united states have said that they are not minding. staying in power now assad staying in power is a very important russian interest so we now support this russian interest and now america supports this russian interest so i'm sure we will be filled to respect this is not what i am i what i ask you about because for russia preserving syrian territorial i

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 nominee. thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you. >> jeanine: coming up, daniel hoffman and sebastian gorka on president trump's upcoming summit with russian president vladimir putin as this special edition of "hannity" continues. >> jeanine: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." the white house announced yesterday that president trump will hold a one-on-one summit with russian president vladimir putin on july 16, in helsinki, finland. on air force one today, the presi

harris although republicans had the power that barack obama and democrats never fought hard enough for merricknd and the left want to fight on this. the republicans have the votes. i think eventually president trump will get his nominee. but it is not going to be without a hell fire fight this fall from the left. because they are -- they are i mean this is about roe v. wade. this is about choice. this is about everything. and i just think there is going to be a bigger fight than expected. sean shan well, whether or not -- whether you are pro-choice or pro-life. it is widely regarded that roe v. wade is just really horribly reasoned legal decision. so, the question isn't really about whether you support roe v. wade or not. even people pro-choice recognize it was a poorly argued judicial decision. but the question really will be about your approach to the law. are you an originalist on questions of the constitution? raw textualist on twes of the law. you don't need to ask about roe v. wade because some regard it as a horribly reasoned. >> shannon: we all know these nominees when they get in fron

also for dog addition not base their strategy on promises and guarantee from their merrick and they should have a plan b. to stop or force a save haven for these provisions because jordan cannot take it anymore and it's very difficult situation absolutely insanity because of course we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that there are civilians who are pretty much pinned in they've got a close border with jordan and they've got an encroaching military attack coming their way what do they do what do these hundreds of thousands of civilians do. yeah exactly and that are you have more than eight hundred thousand civilian living there and if these military developments will lead to a new flood of refugees to to jordan jordan it's like lebanon in a very funny tidal situation not the only politically like in lebanon but economically i mean would it we're talking about an economic collapse of two regions or two countries that are bordering case u.v.-a and if this is to happen it will have really very damaging consequences on all that age and we have seen that about two million refugees a threat and

society for a generation after republicans delay president obama's attempt at appointment of judge merrickarland to the supreme court democrats must decide whether they will begin to push back and how to frame the issue as part of this year's midterm congressional elections. thousands of workers at marriott international hotels are protesting against sexual harassment eroding wages and workplace safety risk workers at marriott's u.s. properties are represented by the union unite here which organized actions in major cities from honolulu to boston specific grievances include wages so low workers are compelled to work second jobs in addition to demands on wages and safety workers are also demanding that mariette agree to a policy that any guest who sexually harassed as an employee must be ejected from the property a mediately they also hope to convince management to equip workers with remote panic buttons persevere threats unite here has pushed a campaign to make consumers aware of the risks for otoh workers who must enter guest room often alone to do their jobs and incidentally a little fac

delay a confirmation vote for months, the way he held up ald eventually sunk president obama's pick, merrick garland. >> is senator mcconnell prepared to keep this office vacant until after the election? i hope so. >> reporter: but that hope was quickly dashed. >> the senate will vote to confirm justice kennedy's successor this fall. >> reporter: and because mcconnell moved to change the rules last year, supreme court nominees can now be confirmed by a simple majority. there are 51 republican senators. the president knows he doesn't need democratic votes. >> the president will need a fair-minded and open congress. >> reporter: republicans expect ese president to nominate a strong conservative along the lines of his first pick, neil gorsuch. >> if you look at that list we ryd last time, every one of them eae really, really good. >> reporter: leonard leo of the federalist society helped to haft that list. on "cbs this morning" he downplayed the threat to abortion rights. >> i don't think people should be worried about "roe v. wade" or any other particular case. >> reporter: but the vote could

delay a confirmation vote for months the way he held up and eventually sunk president obama's pick, merrickland. >> is he prepared to keep the office vacant until after the election? i hope so. >> that are hope was dashed. >> we will confirm the vote for kennedy's successor this fall. >> because he moved to change the rules, nominees can be confirmed a simple majority. there are 51 republican senators. >> the president knows he doesn't need democratic votes. >> the approximately will need a fair minded and open congress. >> republicans expect the president to nominate a strong conservative along the lines of his first peek, neal gorsuch. >> if you look at the list we had last time, every one is really, really good. >> leonard leo of the federalist society helped to draft that list. on cbs this morning, he downplayed the threat to abortion rights. >> i don't think they should be worried. >> for could hinge on two pro abortion rights republicans. lisa murcowski and maine's susan collins who said she wants a justice who views it as settled law. >> the prudent course is to wait and see whom the

back to the merrick garland point, we don't know exactly how he would have voted.usly, mitch mcconnell and the people who supported the move by mitch mcconnell to kill that nomination are happy this morning, because they got judge gorsuch and perhaps this decision out of it. >> it was a generational victory. gorsuch is a young man. i suspect he might be looking at 40 years or so. and mcconnell and really an unprecedented -- not a word we use much -- power play. a raw move pre-trump. let's be clear, decides that he's going to hold obama hostage, basically. and in many ways, overturn 230 years of presidential persistent in terms of supreme court appointments. in and it was shocking then and it proved shockingly effective. and the real question is going to be, ultimately, when the shoe is on the other foot, war that the democrats going to do? and you know, it wouldn't stun me to see -- i'm sure -- i don't know this, but i suspect people in the party are arguing, well, if i were a democratic strategist, i would say, well, you know what, trump didn't win the popular vot

. >> reporter: it was mcconnell who blocked a vote on barack obama's nominee merrick garland until after the 2016 presidential election. and then, he orchestrated a change in senate rules. the so-called nuclear option, to get president trump's pick, neil gorsuch, confirmed with a simple majority vote. the republican majority is even slimmer now, and tonight, the pressure on these three democrats is enormous. they defied their party and voted for gorsuch, and now, they are all up for re-election in states that trump won big. >> all right, so, let's get to jon karl, with us live tonight from the white house. and jon, as you just reported there, the president has a list of 25 possible nominees now. when is he expected to make this decision and i gather it will come pretty quickly? >> reporter: david, i expect this decision could come within the next few weeks, if not sooner. and this list is the reason why he can do it so quickly. his list of 25 conservatives that he says he will choose from. these are people who have already gone through a vetting process, in fact, he has already interview