what happened to merrick garland was unprecedented. no hearing, no vote in the committee, no vote on the senate floor. that has never happened in american history before. to any supreme court nominee. this is a stolen seat. and now republicans want to take advantage of their obstructionism and simply put a name out and expect that the country will come together and confirm the nominee. i would say democrats will not , immediately block any candidate, but, so far a number of senators will take a very close look at whomever is put forward by donald trump. and i would say looking at the , list of 21 that he has provided, we have great reason to be afraid and scared. one nominee, bill pryor, said abortion is the worst abomination in constitutional history. host: let me stop you there. this is what donald trump said on 60 minutes. the issue of roe versus wade. mr. trump: here is what is going to happen. i am pro-life. the judges will be pro-life. they will be -- >> what about overturning the law? mr. trump: they will be, in terms of the who

the senate still has not voted on president obama's latest nominee, merrick garland.ate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he does not want to take up any nominees in the presidential election year. are you concerned about the precedent this sets? when a nominee comes up for a vote, what is your standard on whether or not a nominee is confirmed? ms. long: what the constitution says is that the president shall nominate, and then with the advice and consent of the senate shall appoint. those are the two steps. the president has done his duty. he has nominated. it takes the advice and consent of the senate for a person to ascend to the supreme court. there are no further restrictions or directions on how the senate does that. in the case of merrick garland, i personally think the senate has done it efficiently. they knew they were not going to approve him, so they said why go through this charade of holding hearings? it is a waste of time and a waste of money. it just doesn't make any sense, since they're not going to approve him. that is a perfectly constitutional and

, merrick garland deserves a vote, all of those things. well aware of that. would you blame democrats if chuck schumer said, you know what, we're just going to make this impossible for you to get this. we're going to put every barrier we can to make sure this is as difficult as possible to confirm this justice. would you blame him? >> no. i think a number of us, a number of republicans were approached by the news media on reports that people would demand that we not confirm any hillary clinton nominee or not allow them to be considered if we were to retain the majority, and a number of us said no, that's not reasonable. that's not what we were sent to the senate to do. and i would expect that most democrats feel the same way. you may have a few who want to block forever, but you can't do that. you shouldn't do that in the senate. so i would expect them to be reasonable. >> but -- and senator casey said he wouldn't do that. he said it would be hypocritical, we demand a hearing and a vote, so he wouldn't do that. >> right. >> he is also stil

do you think they are likely to try to confirm merrick garland? >> i think they will.udge merrick garland is the most conservative nominee to the supreme court by a democratic president. >> and he's in his 60s. >> and they would normally in ordinary times embrace him as being partially one of theirs. i read every opinion he authored in which the government was a party. and some of the most conservative members of the senate who happened to be lawyers would have signed on to those opinions had they been in the courtroom. >> i've been saying for months that the republicans should be so lucky to get a merrick garland in the supreme court. but there's a question -- merrick garland is no antonin scalia. >> correct. >> and the first opinion merrick garland sides with the libs, people go nuts on the republicans and vote them out of the office. what if the republicans maintain control. >> and mrs. clinton is elected. >> and they say nobody is getting a vote. >> they would do a tremendous disservice to their own control of the senate. in 2018 the republicans will have to defend

he has suggested i have supported merrick garland.e haven't had an opportunity to weigh in on merrick garland. i want to make sure people understand. what i supported was a process -- you can absolutely have it both ways. i sat down with mr. garland. mr. metcalfe: merrick garland is not a radical at all. he is considered very middle-of-the-road by most court observers i have listened to. i think it is wrong to try to delay the hearing all the way through to the next presidency. if elected i can tell you i will vote my conscience. i will not bow and lockstep with the conscious which goes the wrong direction. , on this?ck your take ms. stock: it's a terrible situation. it's the longest vacancy in history. it is a result of partisan obstructionism, plain and simple. she said you had to hold a hearing and give a vote up or down. there is no tradition of leaving it vacant in an election year. senator murkowski's colleagues said they will hold up the a -- hold up the vacancy for four years. if hillary clinton gets elected. this is partisans

i have a great deal of respect for merrick garland. i have never said a bad word about him, i am not going to, except he is a judicial liberal. that is a sufficient ground for senate republicans to say, no, not on our watch. just, again, as former white house counsel, kathy rumler acknowledged she would have encouraged senate democrats to do the exact same thing if the situation were reversed. i don't think that is treating the court as a political institution. it is taking the constitution seriously and taking very seriously the duty of senators. what could our highest duty be but to confirm to that office only people who they think will construe the constitution properly. so, look, what's happened this past year was baked into the process over the past few decades. after all, it was way back in 1992 that then senate judiciary committee, joe biden, threatened to take exactly the same course of action if a vacancy arose in that election year. the only reason this hasn't happened up until now, is all the vacancies since then have, first

he got his nice photo op in march when he met merrick garland. but he and appointed a state's leadership i will not vote for you senator mcconnell if you don't have the hearing and have the vote. >> he did send a letter to his colleagues to say please meet with merrick garland. after he did that he got on talk radio told a conservative talk radio station that he knew that the hearing about would never happen. he was encouraging these meetings to happen. what he should have done was to gather his colleagues to send a letter to his leadership to chuck grassley mitch mcconnell and say we will not vote for you until you have these hearings. he didn't do that. it's about smoke and mirrors. i think the system is broken but we need to have the hearings. i hope is why the democrats take control of the senate. at the very least these nominees, regardless whether it's president trump or clinton will get a hearing the american people see if these nominees are qualified to do the job. >> you say the system is broken, how do you fix it? >> if democrats have c

we have gone through this period where judge merrick garland, for now all purposes, done as a nomineei said months ago when someone asked me about garland, i said it's a very in washington when everyone is saying nice things about you. you only see that at eulogies and when your nomination is dead. soledad: candidate trump talked about mass deportation. do you see that happening? jonathan: i think he's going to increase deportations. he has the power to do it. soledad: but deportation -- he framed it as deportation teams that go in. i mean, a little different than we think of deportation today. a muslim registry, which some have likened to internment camps. jonathan: on immigration, he can do exactly what he said. this is a bill for democrats. they embraced the unilateral presidential actions of the obama administration. i was one of the critics at that time saying you are making a huge mistake by embracing this concept of an uber presidency. two years ago i wrote a column saying, "your next president might be a president trump, and then what are you going to do when you have embraced

anyone in the panel want to tackle that question about merrick garland in the lame-duck? >> not going to happen. not going to happen. they got roughly three weeks, right? they've got to fund the government. there are a couple of other bills that senators are much more attached you related to health, health measures. i don't know that three weeks be enough to keep the government open so the idea that they could also hold senate judiciary committee hearings and also set up a vote and somehow overcome the objections of senators who were virtually sure to try to block this nomination, i would be stunned. if not impossible but i haven't heard anything notably from mitch mcconnell's team that lets me think that merrick garland gets a vote in the lame-duck. >> i agree with that. >> there's also the absolute fact that it's the republicans have almost said the next president should have the ticket and on that note i just want to thank the panelists further time and insights. we've had a very good discussion this morning and i hope that you find it valuable as you listen to your ne

is that lame duck period going to be a period where, if clinton wins, you figure merrick garland is the safest pick and you should go with it or is everyone so entrenched active that it's just not going to happen? but she has not committed in any way to renominating him if this year comes and goes. cat: do you see anybody in the current obama cabinet who is likely to be held over or who could be held over in a democratic presidency? >> for example, i cover the education department and john king has only been the secretary since the beginning of this ear. there are some stakeholders in education who would like to see him stay on. so that's one possibility. >> i've wondered about jack lew remaining far time as secretary of treasure. a, hillary clinton loves him. she objected when barack obama brought him -- she had taken him to the state department and when obama grabbed him to be o.m.d. director, she objected. i mean, she objected knowing she was going to lose but she objected. on the other hand, jack lew desperately wants to get back to private life and reunite with his wife in new york

then you have jeff blake who has actually said we should just confirm merrick garland in the lame duckuse clinton will probably appoint a more liberal just. where do they want to go after this election and how do they want to resolve what we call trumpism if in fact hillary clinton wins and this is how they created trumpism by putting up promises they were never going to be able to keep. if you say we won't fulfill a supreme court vacancy for four years that's not a tenable position and that's what will cause the grassroots uprising that caused people to select donald trump. >> what do you think of that theory? >> obstructionism is almost inevitable. this is the new dividing line in the republican civil war. this is the litmus test for anybody in 2020. i try to imagine how american politics would be different if republicans would say we won't overturn row versus wade and democrats would say we won't overturn heller. but there's a reason why republicans are rallying around one of the most repellent human beings in the united states. one of the arguments i hear over and over again, we ha

the senate still has not voted on president obama's latest nominee, merrick garland.ate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he does not want to take up any nominees in the presidential election year. are you concerned about the precedent this sets? what is your standard honor what -- on whether or not a nominee is confirmed? ms. long: it does not concern me because what the constitution says is that the president shall nominate, and then with the advice and consent of the senate shall appoint. those are the two steps. the president has done his duty. he has nominated. it takes the advice and consent of the senate for a person to ascend to the supreme court. there are no further restrictions or directions on how the senate does that. in the case of merrick garland, i personally think the senate has done it efficiently. they knew they were not going to approve him, so they said why go through this charade of holding hearings. it is a waste of time and a waste of money. it just doesn't make any sense, since they're not going to approve him. that is a perfectly constitut

judgeent obama nominated merrick garland to the u.s. supreme court.te, there's been no senate hearings about the nomination. many republicans are saying that they want to wait until the new president to make the nomination. now the same republicans are saying that it hillary clinton is elected president, they will not accept any of her nominations. senator kirk: i was the first republican to meet with justice merrick garland, and after meeting with him i encourage other republican senators to meet with him. we had a dozen senators follow my lead. have i seen my opponent, rated as one of the most ineffective members of congress, lead people against their own party like that -- moderator: where are we right now with republicans saying that we should keep the supreme court with just 8 justices? unreasonable is for ted cruz to say we will not confirm anybody for the next term. the reason why i was the first republican to meet with mayor merrick garland, i said to my colleagues, "unless you meet with the guy, how can you consent?"y advice or thisagree with

we haven't had an opportunity to weigh in on merrick garland. nt to make sure people understand. i sit down with mr. garland. mr. metcalfe: merrick garland is not a radical at all. he is considered very middle-of-the-road by most court observers i have listened to. i think it is wrong to try to delay the hearing all the way through to the next presidency. if elected i can tell you i will vote my conscience. i will not bow and lockstep with the conscious which goes the wrong direction. >> you are stock on this? ms. stock: it's a terrible situation. it's the longest vacancy in history. it is a result of partisan obstructionism, . simple. she said you had to hold a hearing and give a vote up or down. there is no tradition of leaving it vacant in an election year. senator murkowski's colleagues said they will hold up the a vacancy for four years. this is partisanship that is hurting alaska. we can't get decisions. we are going to have a tie on the supreme court which means no decisions. it is a copout to blame this on the judiciary committee. if you

nominee judgea merrick garland to the u.s. supreme court should to date -- u.s. supreme court.een no senate meetings about that appointment. many are saying that they want to wait until the new president. now, the same republicans are saying that it hillary clinton is elected president, they will not accept any nomination. senator kirk: i was the first justicean to meet with merrick garland, and after meeting with him i encourage other republican senators to meet with him. to lead people against their own party like that -- moderator: where are we right republicans saying that we should keep the supreme court as just eight justices. senator kirk: it is not right for the senate to hold off on for years. the reason why i was the first republican to meet with mayor garland is because i said to my colleagues, "unless you meet with the guy, how can you provide any dissent?" i do not think it is reasonable. you cannot hold up the system for years and years. it is not reasonable. it is not what the constitution says. if the democrats win the presidency, they have their right to bring

after what they did to merrick garland, a bipartisan nominee, who senator hatch, conservative, republican, former head of judiciary, said would be a very good nominee. let's try to get a mainstream nominee. but let's not jump to conclusions. what the republicans did, past is sometimes prologue. >> let's go back to the history you mentioned. back in 2013, it was the democrats who changed the rules and said that the filibuster was gone for lower court judicial nominees, that it no longer had to be a super majority. a simple majority of 51. here's how you defended it at the time. >> it's a new world. people demand action. the old rules need to be modified. that's what we have done today. >> last month when it looked like hillary clinton was going to win, you refused to close the door on extending the nuclear option to filibusters of supreme court nominees and the vice presidential nominee, tim kaine, openly threatened to go nuclear to get her nominees through the court. if it's fair for you, why isn't it fair for the republicans? >> what i said at the time was i hope we won't get to it. i sa

he had a photo opportunity with merrick garland.etter to his colleagues to say please meet with merrick garland but right after that he got on talk radio and told a conservative station he knew the hearing" would never happen. he was encouraging these meetings. what he should have done was to gather colleagues to send a letter to leadership. say, we will not vote for you until you have these hearings. he would not do that. it is smoke and mirrors. broken.em is i hope the democrats take control the senate because then at the very least the nominees, regardless whether it is president obama, trump, or clinton, can make sure they do their jobs. >> how do you fix it? if democratsh: have control of the senate will make sure the hearings happen. the american people would then see how qualified these people are. what is happening right now is obstruction is some on the part of republicans. kirk: i disagree with the republican leadership and i told senator mcconnell that a hearing would be in the interest of the country. nationalbe on telev

we haven't had an opportunity to weigh in on merrick garland. want to make sure people understand. i sit down with mr. garland. merrick garland is not a radical at all. he is considered very middle-of-the-road by most court observers i have listened to. to try to is wrong delay the hearing all the way through to the next presidency. you i willi can tell vote my conscience. i will not bow and lockstep with the conscious which goes the wrong direction. >> you are stock on this? ms. stock: it's a terrible situation. it's the longest vacancy in history. it is a result of partisan .bstructionism, p ra simple. she said you had to hold a hearing and give a vote up or down. there is no tradition of leaving it vacant in an election year. senator murkowski's colleagues said they will hold up the book for four years. this is partisanship that is hurting alaska. we can't get decisions. we are going to have a tie on the supreme court which means no decisions. it is a copout to blame this on the judiciary committee. if you are a leader you take a principled po

and the supreme court -- trump vowing a more conservative pick than merrick garland, president obama's is what it is all about. the democrats are also focused on their own future -- and party standouts who may help lead the way: elizabeth warren who proved to be one of the most effective trump attack-dogs: "he thinks that because he has a mouthful of tic tacs that he can force himself on any woman within groping distance."and cory booker -- whose name was floated as a possibl and a rising star in the party: "patriotism is love of country. but you can't love your country without loving your countrymen and your countrywomen." one thing thats not going away anytime soon are hillary clinton's congressional investigations. the house oversight chairman announced he will keep looking into her she was secretary of state. three names with wisconsin ties are in the mix for a trump cabinet post.governor scott walker, sheriff david clarke, and republican national chairman reince pribus might all be on that list.during an interview today on radio 6-20 w-t-m-j, governor scott walker said despite hin

he has suggested somehow or another i supported merrick garland. we haven't had an opportunity to weigh in. i want to make sure people understand what i supported was a process. >> you can absolutely have it both ways. i sat down with mr. garland. >> your take on the situation? >> merrick garland is not radical at all. he's like all those court observers have listened to in any indication. i think it is wrong to try to delay the hearing all the way through the next presidency. if elected, i can tell you that i will vote my conscience. i will not vote in lockstep. it sometimes goes the wrong direction. >> your take on the situation. >> is the longest vacancy on the supreme court in history. it is a result of partisan obstructionism. the ball. senator murkowski knows this because she said previously it was a matter of good governance you had to hold a hearing to give a vote up or down on a nominee. there is no tradition and of course senator murkowski's colleagues have now said they will hold that the vacancy for four years now if hillary clinton gets

vonnie: the nominee situation, not just merrick garland who is waiting, he may not be the next supremeourt justice and other potential supreme court justices and positions like the head of the sec. -- fcc. >> if hillary clinton is elected and the senate flips to democrat, you may see more republican say we will take merrick garland because clinton might propose a more liberal justice in the future and we will take the one we know and have been studying over the last few months who is better than maybe someone else. vonnie: you will be manning the electoral map tonight, everybody tune in for that because he wore a tie. that is our coverage starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern with a two hour with all due respect posted by mark halperin and john heilemann and from 7:00 to bloomberg election special, hosted by washington news bureau chief megan marciano's. cameos all my long. -- all night long. mark: coming up, we speak with the german deputy finance minister, jens spahn, we will ask him up from the u.s. election, brexit risk, georgia back woes. -- deutsche bank woes. ♪ this is donald trump live

. >> maybe the best job for both of them is to put merrick garland in there and move on. i don't think there is anybody right or left of him. thank you. in a press conference today speaker of the house paul ryan promised to work with the president-elect in the new government. let's watch that. >> i think what donald trump just pulled off is an enormous political feat. it's an enormous feat in that he heard those voices that were out there that other people weren't hearing, and he just earned a mandate. and we just now have that unified republican government. i'm really proud of the fact that for the first time since 1984, wisconsin's ten electoral votes went to republicans. this is an enormous feat. frankly, you saw the market bull. we didn't think it could happen. donald trump turned it on its head. donald trump delivered the ten electoral votes and by the way he helped elect a strong majority in the senate and a strong majority in the house. >> you're watching the adaptability and the agility of a speedy short stop. he quickly adapted to the hop of the ball. thank you,

with hillary clinton as the president elect, merrick garland looks pretty moderate. think merrick garland, i never thought i would say this , but i think he has a better shot of getting confirmed in that scenario. tpp i don't think -- david: had he think the press and media will cover the next election differently than they covered this one? do you think they learned anything they can improve upon or do you think they did a great job and do not need to make changes? [laughter] gloria: i will let you take that. chris: i think we will make mistakes, but make different ones. i think the media cannot do a worse job than this year. i really believe that. [applause] charlie: i think early on basically cable news handed over their airwaves the donald trump and then begrudgingly added bernie sanders and hillary, so they gave him a free ride for a long time and maybe were not as aggressive in hoping to feed to the fire during the primaries and debates as they should have. in the last month or so it is dike watching a badly referee basketball game where we see makeup calls and

there is growing support for the possibility of moving forward in president obama's nominee judge merrick garlandpresident-elect quit and was elected. lorinda nicoll, back to you. nicole: coming up in sports, curry versus curry. the nba warrior stars seth curry versus his brother playing the dallas maverick spirit all the highlights for you. why is the presidential prediction or in a theater not? >> america, take a good literature beloved candidate and i think that reptiles. nicole: not that one. another prediction will tell you about. u.s. stock market futures after yesterday's surprise gain. dow futures up 156. s&p futures gaining 17. you are watching "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. ♪ [accountant] my job is to manage and grow businesses. and i've never seen a rocket ship take off like this. [owner] i'm lindsey. i'm the founder of ezpz. my accountant... ...he's almost like my dad in this weird way. yeah, i'm proud of you. you actually did some of the things i asked you to do the other day (laughs). [owner] ha, ha, ha. [accountant] i've been able to say, okay... ..

new senate comes in but while president obama is still president she has no problem with the merrick garlandntment. it could happen then. she is free to renominate. she has kind of talked around that issue. , is he ofick garland concern because of his stance or because of his nomination by the president? guest: more the latter. very little evidence. the overwhelming evidence is he is a highly capable, very moderate democratic appointee. if he comes on the court, he will link to the left of antique -- anthony kennedy. him and stephen breyer will become the swing. that moves the court to the left. republicans are not crazy to think it is something they are happy about. host: from a new york, independent line. jerry is next. caller: i have three perspectives. how did all of the federal to the same opinion regarding homosexual marriage at the same time if the they were not politically minded? the second to think is, i think of the court is better having eight people. they will have to struggle with the same kind of issues the rest of the government's. in some ways, having eight is a lot better.

patty judge wanted to make the merrick garland nominee an issue in this election. >> you can find a lot of people who're campaign finance reform in the way that the senator who doesn't call a senate committee. so they're looking at what's his record, how has he behaved up to now. and deciding they're happy with the job he's doing. we're watching the legislative races. but you two are really, really interested in those aren't you. >> the closer ones in the lynn county. those even our supervisor races. the iowa senate race is particularly interesting to see if democrats will still hold the iowa senate after the election is over. >> we'll be right back with more with election coverage on tv 9. let's now go to samantha myers, who talked with challenger christopher peters. samantha, joining us tonight to provide university of iowa political science professor cary covington. linn county g-o-p chair cindy golding. and linn county democrats chair bret darien: why have the latest smartphone if you can't use it wherever you go? switch to u.s. cellular for our best plan yet: 7 gigs of data per lin

judiciary committee has weathered the storm after refusing to hold confirmation hearings for judge merrick garland's nomination to the supreme court. it was a move that angered six term senator. political expert eli yokley says grassley has built up enough stay power in his state--- turning out consistently decisive wins during his tenure. 5307 people know him pretty well in iowa and they like him. hes been there a long time. hes made it a point to be there now 83--- grassley will be pushing 90 by the time his this next term is finished--- leaving many are wondering when the senator will call it quits. yokley says the democraphics in iowa have been changing as they have across the country--- so when grassley does retire-his seat may be up for grabs. reportin 9 news. stay with your 24 hour news tonight's weather ends very quietly with a clear sky and a cool night. overnight lows into the lower to middle 30s bringing a frosty start to our wednesday. sunshine then takes over for the rest of the weekend after brief cool down the mercury responds nicely as a ridge of high pressure have a good night! toni

trump also eager to fill that seat on the supreme court, replacing obama's long-stalled nominee, merrick garland, with a conservative justice. >> there are 4,000 political appointees that have to be named. 1,000 of those have to get senate confirmation. there's an enormous amount of work to be done. elizabeth: a lot of work ahead, and a new jersey governor chris christie is now in charge of trump's transit vision team -- transition team, and there is gingrich secretary of state. elizabeth hur, abc news, washington. adam: right now alive bank look at manchester this noon. the sun is shining but some cold air is making its way into the granite state. let's send it right over to meteorologist kevin skarupa for a check of the weekend forecast. kevin: pleasant afternoon with a fairly light breeze and a good deal of sunshine. temperatures in the 20's to low 30's. ahead of the next front of arrives overnight tonight, first in the north country with a few showers, and then a northwesterly breeze tomorrow, and then gusts at 10-20 miles an hour. colder air as we start the weekend. we edge up by a couple m

they are going to want a measure of revenge for the merrick garland thing.ot sure what form that would take. getting the trump nominee could take a while, democrats in no hurry. >> is there a probability, and like president bush in 2002, and in 2018, this vacancy is already there. it has been stewing for a while and the next election is not for two years from now and they can do this. >> someone on the back wall over here, this will be the last question because we are running short on time. >> given the democrats were so apocalyptic about president trump do you think they will work with the republicans in congress, the judiciary committee and the committee's passing legislation, cost-benefit, everything, democrats might work with republicans in congress to pass these things because they are so worried about that? and are we sure president trump would sign a bill to rein in authorities of independent agencies? >> i don't know. but i think he would sign it if congress put together a serious meaningful thing particularly a democratic buy in for republican leade

right now--- there is one person waiting for the green light- judge merrick garland. president obama nominated him shortly after justice antonin scalia died suddenly in februrary. the senate still has not moved towards his confirmation. if he's not confirmed--- the next president will have to appoint the next justice. and--- for a position that is supposed to avoid party lines --- the distinction couldn't be ce would reflect liberal values. amy howe her primary critera would be looking someone who is more sympathetic to campaign finance side and someone who would be very supportive of reproductive rightsand trump is promising to nominate a conservative justice like scalia. amy howe he has pledged to appoint pro life jsutices. i think he would also appoint a justice who felt very strongly about the second amendment right to bear armsbut the bench- will largely depend on the layout of the senate. in fact-if clinton wins--- republican senator ted cruz vowed to keep the seat open. cut the rest of sentence he noted the constitution does not require nine justices to sit on

judging merrick garland is still in limbo. it looks unlikely now he will earn a seat on the bench. the pres. has said he instructed his staff to prepare the way for donald trump. >> the peaceful transition is power is one of the hallmarks of difference a day makes. the markets responded well today with the dow closing up more than 250 points. trump will be the only president in history to win the white house while losing the popular vote. >>> students also staged a walkout in protest of donald trump winning the white house. we sent a reporter to talk with some of the youngest voters about the election. their responses are all over the board. >> reporter: it is the evening after the election and now that the results are in we wanted to let students here share their reaction. >> the resilience. >> shock. >> reporter: from positive to negative and some who just aren't sure. mix them together. >> reporter: donald trump will now have four years till the end of his first term. time to prove his haters wrong or live up to her supporters high expectations. back to you. >>> two big stories

will the president withdraw merrick garland's nomination to the supreme court?well, listen, the president believes strongly that chief judge garland is the best person in america to fill a vacant seat on the supreme court, that's why the president nominated him. presumably there are some republicans who agree. they agree for a variety of reasons, they agree in part because chief judge garland is the most experienced supreme court nominee in american history. he spent 19 years on the federal judiciary and no one can call into question his qualifications, certainly the non-partisan american bar association didn't call into question his qualifications, they rated him unanimously well qualified for the job. you had republicans who in the past who described chief judge garland as a consensus nominee, as somebody who is going to set aside his own political leanings and focus on a judge's responsibility to interpret the law. merrick garland led the investigation into the bombing in oklahoma city and played a key role in bringing to justice those who killed more than 10

this is where michael pointed checked the box for political pictures and had a meeting with merrick garland, but never said hold the hearing i won't vote for you, senate majority leader. he said he sent a letter to his colleagues and demand a hearing, but at no point did he organize his colleagues to send a letter to chuck grassley and say have a hearing. >> thank you congressman. >> 60 seconds is up here 90 seconds. >> i would say i was the first republican senator to meet with merrick garland. i met with him and urge my colleagues to meet with them and i led that republican conference after i had my meaning. 12 republican senators also met with him and i have said that it would be a good thing for the country to have the current nominee asking questions as a great way to explore and the outlines of the constitution. i was in that unlike my opponent who has been rated as one of the most ineffective congresswomen in the house that when i lead this effort i actually had 12 of my republican colleagues meet with merrick garland. he was a interesting man. this man, outstanding legal scholar fro

but i think merrick garland is probably toast right now. >> we're in a crisis there. let's go back to something you said, michelle, about republicans, nor democrats, we don't know what donald trump believes and i've known -- interacted with donald trump for 30 years, nothing really sporadic sporadically, but we know what he says and we know the bombast that he represented. what do you expect to happen in the first 100 days? >> i think he will kind of do a continuation of his acceptance speech, where he comes out and he says i want to be the president for all americans, he's, you know, kind of moderating his harsh tone. this is a guy who will say anything on the campaign trail, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he'll start out like that. now, what happens, though, is when he starts clashing with either republicans or democrats in congress or anyone else who doesn't want to follow what his particular priorities are, then things will likely get super ugly again. but i think he starts out knowing he's got people watching him, and knowing that people are nervous, and

replacing president obama's nominee merrick garland with a conservative justice. >> there are 4,000 political employees that have to be named. there is an enormous amount of work to be done. >> and new jersey governor, chris christie, is now in charge of trump's transition team and speculation trump's cabinet could include rudy giuliani for attorney general and newt gingrich as secretary of state. >> meanwhile, dozens of journalists set up camp for this historic meeting. >> reporter: oh to be a fly on the wall inside of the white house today. we know a historic meeting is happening between president barack obama and president elect donald trump no doubt millions and millions of people didn't see this coming on the flip side millions of people did, because they voted for donald trump. so exciting times for those that did vote for trump. look behind me at the white house the press from around the world. in anticipation of this huge meeti meeting. the focus of course will be on the transition of power between president barack obama and donald trump. back in 2008 it was a seamless transition from

but they don't come with clean hands having delayed merrick garland for a whole year and further more i was the person a few years ago when leader reid changed the rules i said let's not do the supreme court, we should have 60 vote, which we still do, because we should get bipartisan support so i hope both president trump and leader mcconnell will recognize those facts. >> senator chuck schumer, i have to leave it there. >> thank you. >> democrat from new york, new senate democratic leader, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. >> i did that interview on friday. as the interview was airing donald trump tweeted the following about chuck "i have always had a good relationship with chuck schumer, he's far smarter than harry r. and has the ability to get things done. good news." so there you go, a trump/schumer relationship begins anew. >>> when he come back, my trip to macomb county, michigan, home of the reagan democrats who voted first for president obama voted first for president obama and then for d welcome to the world 2116, you can fly across town in minutes in les

obviously you were not pleased with how senate republicans handled the merrick garland nomination. i assume baring some miracle for your side it is not going to be brought up during the lame duck. how -- >> pray for that miracl comfortable filibustering any pick that a president trump makes? and if that happened, do you fear the nuclear response essentially by the republicans. >> well, first, i hope that president trump picks a mainstream candidate. a mainstream candidate is somebody you may not agree with on every issue, but basically believes in precedent and basically believes in following the -- >> what does that mean? can he nominate somebody in your is he too conservative for you? >> well, i'm not going to get into specific candidates, but we hope it would be mainstream. if it is mainstream, you have to remember the last four nominees, two from president bush, two from president obama got bipartisan support on the bench. if he doesn't nominate a mainstream candidate, we're going to go at him with everything we have or her. go at the candidate with this is so, so important. no

replacing obama's long-stalled nominee, merrick garland, with a conservative justice. >> there are 4,000 political appointees that have to be named. po fill. president obama welcoming him to the white house. then sitting down, he met with paul ryan on capitol hill. trump was also joined by wife melania, and vice-president elect mike pence . >> we had a fantastic productive meeting about getting to work, rolling up our sleeves, and going to work for the american people. donald trump had one of the most impressive victories we've ever seen, and we're now going to turn that victory into progress for the american people. reporter: trump and ryan have had a rocky relationship. last month, the speaker stopped campaigning for trump, after the access hollywood video leaked of trump making lewd comments about women. the president-elect is now assembling his cabinet. there's speculation that it attorney general and newt gingrich for secretary of state. anchor: anti-trump protests continue today. these are high school students in san francisco who walked out today to protest. more than 1,000 studen