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mitch mcconnell has every right to do what he wants to do. if you cannot get a simple majority, and up-and-down vote like that democrats have always well now they want and up-and-down vote and the democrats do not want to go along with it. they want to go back to the 60 when everyone told them not to do what they were going to do. i have been watching this for the last 15 years on c-span which is a great program. some days, i get so hot i cannot even take my blood pressure. unfortunately, this is the way the government is working now. i hate to see it. choicere is no other get the republicans have to this agenda through that the american people voted for in november. host: thank you for calling in. paul? guest: one of the things that happened in the fall of 2013 was that the democrats had almost been in the majority for too long. partisan.ay that as a i mean that in the way that they behaved. also, republicans had been in the minority for too long. it was almost a street years at that point. what happened was that republicans began to behave

. >> mitch mcconnell the leader is prepared to go nuclear sneer >> oh, yeah. we're not going to have a tradition of the senate where they get the judges and president trump can't get his. >> reporter: so that's one side of this. the other side, what's driving democrats? that's all about politics, and it's all about this liberal democratic base that is just so fired up and angry at donald trump. you're seeing it kind of across the board. and democrats like chris kuhns, they're opening up their hometown newspaper and seeing full-page ads saying vote no on gorsuch. so the democratic groups are activated. anybody, any democrat that's worried about a primary is going to be likely to come down on the side of this filibuster, of doing this. the only democrats you've seen who have said you know what? i'm not going to support the filibuster, i'm going to vote to break the filibuster, are democrats who are in incredible jeopardy in deep red states coming up in 2018. joe mansion in west virginia, heidi heitkamp, joe donally, the three democrats most likely to lose their

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than, there would be nothing stopping a future republican majority or future majority leader mitch mcconnell from doing this. there is nothing that mcconnell is doing now that he could not have done if democrats had not set the precedent. the fact, th that the democrats did do it makes it in easier argument for mcconnell. they changed the precedent. and i think greg is right, it does make it easier for future presidents to nominate -- at least of every senate as well controlled by the party -- to nominate more ideologically -extreme judges to the supreme court, knowing that they do not need 60 votes to confirm it. let me come back to you and ask you the final question. the filibuster is dead now. is it more of an optical thing anyway? greg: it was. this is something republicans said that they did not want to do. this was a real change, mitch mcconnell is somebody who likes hassenate's traditions and always seemed very reluctant to exercise this option, but the option was always there, and you are right -- donald trump certainly knew from the get-go that if he keep his party together, he had

all signs say mitch mcconnell has enough votes. senator coons is here coming down the hallway -- senator -- senator coons, you are the person who really made this headline -- so, katy, apparently the senator not wanting to add too much more to his comments here, simply going through that door. but he, of course, will be the person in the headlines today as the person who tipped the balance here and set the stage for this nuclear option. >> eagle-eyed and quick on her toes, kasie hunt. >>> let's play some of the sounds from democrats saying they're going to try to block kne neil gorsuch. i know senator coons didn't answer any of kacie's questions, but listen to this. >> unfortunately, based on gorsuch's record in the department of justice, his tenure on the bench, his appearance before the senate and his written questions for the record, i cannot support this nomination. >> my conscience will not allow me to ratify the majority leaders' actions. not last year, not this year. i will not, i cannot support this nomination. >> senators

. >>> mitch mcconnell vowing to get gorsuch confirmed even if it means changing the rules of 51 votes needed. >>> neil gorsuch will be confirmed this week, it depend on how many are willing to kill a supreme court nominee, never happened before in history? >> if republicans are able to get judge gorsuch confirmed by friday we would be able to participate in the final terms of this year's -- >> today is a big day for neil gorsuch. the committee will vote on his nomination. he's expected to advance on party lines but also a glimpse of democrats so far on the fence will vote when he reaches the senate. it all comes down to the math. it takes 60 votes to confirm him and more than 30 democrats ledly chuck schumer say they plan to filibuster the nomination. >>> instead of changing the rules which is up to mitch mcconnell and the republican party why doesn't president trump democrats and republicans in the senate sit down and try to come up with a mainstream nominee. >>> they're furious that merrick gar land never got a vote but say gorsuch is well qualified. if the democrats vote to filibus

they will symbolize -- it will be symbolized to the american people that mitch mcconnell will do anything, anything even hurting the senate to get his way on the court. they first philly bustered a record number of lower court nominees in 2012. he didn't want them on the d.c. court of appeals. in an unprecedented way blocked judge gorsuch and now judge garland and now they are invoking the nuclear option. it will be on their shoulders. >> do you agree with senator blumenthal that the fallout will be dangerously and perhaps radioactive for the senate and will hurt trump's agenda going forward. >> he has not really looked in bipartisan in anything he has done thus far and this is certainly the most glaring example. i have never -- democrats didn't ever, no derm president i know just consulted left wing groups and said who do you want, i'll pick you. in fact, president clinton called up orenhatch. president obama called up a number of republicans before he picked mar rit garland, so this is dangerous and if they keep doing this their presidency's going to continue to be a failure. judge gors

mitch mcconnell says that he does not want to do it.ry reid change the rules of the senate to allow the nuclear option for lower level federal judges and federal appointees. it has never been used for a supreme court justice. it appears that it could happen this week. because there are enough democrats to announce their opposition to judge gorsuch, he will not get the 60 votes needed for confirmation. we will continue to keep an eye on it and be right back. >> jon: i just called my home state bob bennett, it is michael bennett. >> jenna: you cleared it up. we will see you back here in an hour, "outnumbered" starts now. >> we will begin with a fox news alert, the very neatest on what is happening now, the antiterrorism committee set up in russia to deal with the violence has spread across that city. a metro line station set ablaze today with at least one explosion. there were reports of people dead, at least ten people. here is what is new. authorities are saying that they have found a bomb at a second location. they have deactivated tha

mitch mcconnell says we try to change the subject, i beg to differ. he does not want to address the filibusters. he doesn't want to address the rules change, but three quarters of his speech is dedicated to obamacare. we are not changing the subject today, he is. he doesn't want to discuss the the republicans have used to tie this place into one big knot. is for action and one who is opposed, the senate rules give the opposition a head start. and republicans have abused that advantage for years now, by judges, confirm preventing executive agencies from having the leaders they deserve. it's a new world. people demand action. the old rules need to be modified. that's what we have done today. we have modified them in ways that can make things work. who in america doesn't think that a president, democrat or republican, deserves his or her pick for who should run the agencies. nobody. of there is a long list cabinet and subcabinet level positions. not just the most recent. it hadn't come to this, but the american people deserve a functioning government, no

and to mitch mcconnell said it was a sad day in the history of the senate. and it's only three and a half years later, and now mcconnell is already triggering this for a supreme court nomination. so what's, you know, is it another three and half years or do these things get cut in half? visibility on another 18 months? >> host: john is in st. louis missouri line for republicans.s. good morning. >> caller: good morning to you guys. i did vote today. our election is going on.electi but also -- >> host: what election is that next, we had election for mayor in different proclamations and stuff like that here in missouri. >> host: happy election day to you. >> caller: i just wanted to make a comment about this nominee for the u.s. supreme court. .. k in 2013 when the and everybody on told them not to do what they are about to do, but harry reid figured they would hold the presidency for the next eight years. and so, he really did not care. now, he is out of the senate. mitch mcconnell has every right to do what he wants to do. if you cannot get a simple majority a

mitch mcconnell broke 230 years of precedent and didn't call him up for a vote. it wasn't in the middle of an election campaign, it was march. second, then, now we -- looks like we have the 60 -- the votes to prevent gorsuch from getting on. now, that doesn't mean you have to change the rules. each side didn't get their nominee. let's sit down and come together. our republican frids are acting like you know they're a cat on the top of a tree. and they have to jump off with all of the damage that entails. come back off the tree, sit down and work with us and we'll produce a mainstream nominee. it will be -- one more point. >> hang on here. >> it will be a republican nominee, but remember, democrats voted for roberts and alito and he got both of them -- both got to 60 votes. >> but there are two democrats for neil gorsuch so there already is a bipartisan na jort that support him. two is two. it's more than zero. for what it's worth. >> yes. >> but why should senator mcconnell work with you guys on this when you changed the rules first? when you decided to do this?

and i think at some point mitch mcconnell is going to keep his word. said gorsuch will be approved by the end of the week. the way he's going to do that is by executing the nuclear option, which would mean he would only need a majority vote. and, you know, i don't think there's any way around that. and, you know, my question is, once you unleash it now and you say, okay, we don't need -- you can't filibuster a supreme court nominee, all you would need is a majority, how long does it take for that slippery slope to go down to legislation, say you only need a majority, and then the senate turns into the house of representatives, which no one would say was a role model for the way to get things done. >> because harry reid triggered the nuclear option in 2013 about lower federal judges, their confirmation. the democrats supported it then. now the republicans are threatening to do something further. gloria is afraid it could continue for all sorts of legislation that would change the nature of the u.s. senate and make it more like the house of representativ

as i said, nobody is forcing mitch mcconnell to go down this path. really cared about a supreme court, lifetime appointment, making decisions that impact our lives for decades, that that person, all those nominees, should get at least 60 votes to go forward. i don't think that's being unreasonable. >> do you think you can flip that argument if you're, for example, mitch mcconnell and say, hey, democrats are the ones who could not filibuster, right, and sort of make the opposite argument from that perspective. >> well, that's why we are where we are. but in my view, a justice nominee who is supported by the most right-wing groups who have put him on their list and, in fact, one of the reasons that this whole nomination, i think, is being fast-tracked, faster than any other supreme court nominee, with not giving people in america a chance to really weigh in, is because there is a very important case having to do with separation of church and state that these conservative groups would want judge gorsuch's vote on. and so we're going to do everything we

this didn't start with harry reid or mitch mcconnell or now chuck schumer.en going on for the last 20 or 30 years as gene pointed out. >> actually, the impeach earl warner started in the '50s. >> but we're a more polarized world. the other point is that the president was elected exactly for a lot of people to break this up. he was uniquely situated to pull coalitions together or people who wouldn't normally get together. and yet, he was going to be able to fix this and instead he's come in and been just as polarizing. and just as -- you know -- >> just wait until the replacement is when president trump is replacing a liberal member of the supreme court which is likely next. you think it's bloody now. >> okay. we use that -- now. bloody now it's only going to get worse. when we come back, it's only going to get a little bit better. end game segment. we'll talk about the infighting in the republican party. be right back. >>> coming up -- "meet the press" end game and postgame. listerine® kills 99% of bad breath germs. this is 100% useful for a 100% fresh mouth

if mitch mcconnell goes ahead and triggers the nuclear option, he would essentially need a ruling from the chair, most likely mike pence. he would will that you only need a simple majority to invoke closure on the nominee and move him to a final up or down vote. that really would have to be sustained by a simple majority on the floor. republicans say they are unified on the issue and mitch mcconnell likely has the votes, but chuck schumer, the democratic leader, is skeptical and think they could be -- think there could be defection. >> thank you so much, alex. >> thank you. somence that interview, democratic senators have stated their position. claire mccaskill has announced she will vote against neil gorsuch. while joe donnelly says he plans to support the nomination. follow live senate debate all week on c-span 2 and www.c-span.org. you can also listen through the free c-span radio app. >> all month we are featuring our student cam winners the videocam competition. this year students told us the most urgent issue for the new president and congress. our second prize high school winner

to express gratitude to mitch mcconnell for all that he did. give myalso like to thanks to chairman grassley. where is grassley? thank you. profound thank you to ouise and all of the gorsuch family. firsthand what a total inspiration you are to your husband and your entire family. thank you very much. [applause] president trump: we're here to celebrate history, the taking of the judicial oath by the newest member of the united states supreme court, neil gorsuch. justice gorsuch, i just want to congratulate you and your entire family. it is something so special. in fact, i have always heard that the most important thing that a president of the united states does is appoint people, hopefully great people like this appointment. to the united states supreme court, and i can say this is a great honor. [applause] president trump: and i got it done in the first 100 days. that is even nice. [laughter] president trump: you think that is easy? this ceremony has special meaning, as justice gorsuch is filling the seats of one of the greatest supreme court

host: senator mitch mcconnell yesterday on the senate floor. politico has a story of the efforts senator mcconnell is making reference to for and against gorsuch. the headline and story available at politico.com. the ads now on the air in advance of tomorrow's vote in the senate. >> i put that if i confirmed, i a faithful my power servant of the constitution of this country. >> neil gorsuch is dedicated to the constitution, and he understands the great power given to the american people. completely qualified with bipartisan support. neil gorsuch is just who we need on the supreme court. >> we can't just sit back and let it happen. dollar terms nominee for the supreme court neil gorsuch doesn't respect the constitution, when powerful interests ahead of the -- putting powerful interests ahead of the american people. we are fighting back. we the people. >> the people still believe that the constitution -- >> was meant for all of us. >> not just the powerful. >> reject neil gorsuch for supreme court. host: some of the ads now on the air in advance o

. >> harris: mitch mcconnell says it is the democrats extreme politics and unwillingness to compromise that has brought all of us to watch the current impasse. >> the opposition to this particular nominee is more about the party he represents that about the nominee himself. as a part of a much larger story, another extreme escalation in a never-ending drive to politicize the courts and the confirmation process. >> harris: mike emanuel is live for us from capitol hill. >> good afternoon and history is unfolding in front of our very eyes. mitch mcconnell is taking the steps to go forward with the nuclear option to remove filibusters, partisan filibusters of supreme court nominees by taking place on the senate floor right now. senators voted twice in the past hour to see if they could get past the democratic filibuster. at the votes were 55-45 so the filibuster held up. unusual votes in the senate with lawmakers doing it from their desk rather than milling around on the senate floor. chuck grassley sounded noticeably irritated. >> it you've got press forward, don't you, even though you kn

the president has mitch mcconnell to thank on two fronts. first of all, for getting the laws changed that allow judge neil gorsuch to be confirmed and also to have that seat held for more than 400 days during the remaining part of barack obama's term. and i thought it was interesting the way president trump used the moment to talk about this beautiful spring day, this new beginning in america. a lot of political themes that don't, you don't often see at this time. but i think to get to your question there, kate, about what justice gorsuch must be thinking. you know, what a wonderful event. he's -- he will be seated in just a couple days to decide the law of the land. it's for life. he can say or do whatever he wants. it's unlikely that anybody would touch him and he'll have such aan important role in deciding, as i said, the law for all of us. >> and, nia, as joan points out the president in his opening remarks who is hitting a very optimistic tone talking about spring is the perfect kct backd we're in the process of rebuilding and renewing

my understanding is mitch mcconnell was pretty skeptical of this intelligence and also dismissive oft. the other problem for the cia was that they don't want to get involved in domestic intelligence. that what's the fbi's bailiwick. >> malcolm, put this together with your other analysis. >> what i make of it is that john brennan by august 25th had developed a lot of tension thin that we still don't know about. by the time he took this information to the gang of eight, that means he had personally high confidence in the collection he had seen, which means it had been analyzed. he had seen raw traffic. if he used the phrase that trump associated might have been involved, then that means that he has a probability of somewhere about 75%. but he took that to the gang of eight and tried to convince people with technically hair on fire that the united states was under attack. and we were saying that on this channel, you know, between july 25th and august 25th almost every day. but for the director of the central intelligence to finally say that and bring it to the top decision makers in con

>>> today senate majority leader mitch mcconnell had this to say about president trump. some things he said simple tartan way things ought to be. he's learning the job. he was very critical of nato during the campaign, even suggested nato was obsolete. they said other day that that's

. >> joining me right now is senate majority leader, republican mitch mcconnell of kentucky. we have a lot to get to. supreme court and health care. i want to start with russia. welcome back to "meet the press." >> good morning, chuck. >> the president has used the following phrases to describe the russia investigation. fake news. nonsense. phony. total scam. do you believe any of those phrases apply to the russia investigation? >> yeah, let me just say in the midst of all of this and listening to your introductory piece this morning two things you can depend on. the senate intelligence committee under chairman burr and ranking member mark warner are going to have an investigation. they're in the middle of it. they'll handle it on a bipartisan basis. they'll go wherever the facts lead us. and i hope at the end we'll have a bipartisan report. the other thing we know is happening is the fbi's looking into these allegations in a rather unusual announcement they have indicated that they are. so in the middle of the other things that are swirling around, there are two things you c

mitch mcconnell is at 27% but he's up from 20%. republicans are driving that increase if you want to call it that. republicans happy. mitch mcconnell got the president supreme court nominee confirmed. what else is happening? another stunning number if toyo want to take a look. the american people back in january 50% thought president trump would get the repeal and replace vote through the congress for obamacare. now i guess you've been paying attention. only 20% of americans believe that the congress and president trump will repeal and replace obamacare. that confidence is slipping. remember the president wanted that repeal and replace vote this week. he's want going to get it. still he says while 100 days is a false standard, he's doing great. >> we're moving awfully well. getting a lot of things done. we are -- i don't think there's ever been anything like this. it's a false standard, 100 days, but i have to tell you i don't think anybody has done what we've been able to do in 100 days so we're very happy. >> that's the president

the republican, mitch mcconnel said gorsuch will be a justice no matter what democrats do this week. >> look, what i'm telling you is judge gorsuch is going to be confirmed. the way in which that occurs is in the hands of the democratic minority. during the course of the week we'll see how this will end but it will end with his confirmation. >> shannon: a ton of news to get to today. we'll begin with chief white house correspondent john roberts. >> how is this monday different than any other, shannon? >> shannon: it's been this way. >> the egyptian prime minister will be here for meetings and thursday and friday this week the chinese president xi jingping will meet him at mar-a-lago. they asked for that setting in particular and one thorny issue is north korea. the president will likely ask xi jingping to wield his influence on them and dismantle their nuclear program. in an interview with the financial times he said china will either decide to help us or won't and if they do it will be good for china and if they don't it won't be good for anyone and adding quote, if china won't solv

>> mitch mcconnell has done a great job of acting like the bowl in the china shop but acting like everything is broken once he got there. it would be a straight line vote with mcconnell leading the way. the notion democrats will force them to do it is ridiculous. this is up to the republicans. if they don't like, if they didn't get 60 votes on gorsuch, change the nominee, don't change the rules. >> what do you make of that argument, a slaimilar one chuck schumer made over the weekend? >> it won't be a straight party vote because we know several of them will move with republicans to move the ball forward. so the notion it is a partly line vote, it's a real problem. we shouldn't be going down this road and should be taking a highly qualified nominee and giving an up or down vote. >> grab bag here, should they face repercussions from the other democrats, do you think? or are that in a political fight? >> i think they have made the calculation their issue the general election much more than the primary. and this is part of their brand and personality. their decision is completely in line with wh

it means that mitch mcconnell will have to go nuclear this week. he will have to change the rules if he wants neil gorsuch confirmed. >> jenna: he would have to change a precedent in the senate to allow this to take place. if that precedent is changed, and republicans are able to vote for gorsuch to go to the supreme court, what are the ripple effects of that? >> lawmakers are concerned that if this happens for the supreme court nominee, they will be growing pressure on mcconnell to get rid of the filibuster, get rid of the 60 vote threshold for legislation. that was something mcconnell was asked about over the weekend paired he said rest assured, wrote not going to change the rules on the legislative filibuster, but when we sat down with him earlier, we asked point-blank about the filibuster and he said we have no current plans to change the rules, a few months later, he is changing the president for all intents and purposes, this is a rule. the practice in the senate has been the supreme court nominee needs 60 votes, that will no longer be the ca

sensible solution but not politically possible. >> rose: how much cooperation is there between mitch mcconnellck schumer. >> it's better than it was between mcconnell and reid and we've only, of course, had three months. i think the message here today if it really comes to crunch time-- we're going to hear a whole lot the next couple of weeks about bipartisan bills, bipartisan cooperation. they will get some. they won't shut down the government. but when it comes to a real crunch, i think there's now precedent that has been set. harry reid started it four years ago with appellate court judges. mitch mcconnell continued it when he sat on merrick garland for 10 months so there are no limits on what they can change now. >> rose: as the other big stories played out this week behind the scenes at the white house, a power struggle among the president's advisers appeared to be coming to a head. with me now is mike allen. he is the cofounder of the news site axeias, and we're pleased to have him here. what's interesting to me is big week for president trump-- syria, china, questions about what's gog i

we just had senator mitch mcconnell on.id neil gorsuch will be confirmed to the supreme court friday. how far does that go to uniting the republican party and how long does that feeling last? >> gulch's nomination has been one the few effective things that president trump has done to unite all the factions of the republican party together. the big number that the administration, what president trump should be watching the percentage of republicans that approve of his job 3e678 man's. 80% is something a mendosa line. you need to be above 80% to really have the party united to really be able to offer political threats that show you still have some political clout. in the latest round of national polling, trump's number among republicans has dropped dangerously close. dropped under 80%. if you have the big national polls theavment something that he needs to worry about. that's why you are seeing freedom caucus conservatives feeling openly hostile towards the administration. they don't feel his words -- they don't feel lining i

republican leader mitch mcconnell has said a procedural vote for tomorrow. >> you know, we're moving forward with the gorsuch nomination for the supreme court should be wrapped up sometime friday. it appears as if cloture will not be invoked, but we will find ou o thursday. but either way, we will be moving towards confirming judge gorsuch on friday. lauren: republicans expected to fall short of debate. mcconnell is prepared to use the nuclear option to get neil gorsuch approved. lauren: mike pence but met with administration officials to bring the house republican help you build back to life. republicans have been meeting with those who opposed the original bill that was the john on the way out of the meeting. the vice president said good job, good progress. and they start to shake hands at a young boy there. there is no indication whether they indication whether there'll be a house vote on health before friday. that's when lawmakers return to district for two weeks. lauren: president trump and feeling his infrastructure plan during the meetings that dozens of ceos. >> president tru

n >> this is a legacy for mitch mcconnell. the way he managed to keep everyone together even though there were rumblings of some h sort of deal. i think getting rid of the filibuster. there is a lot of hooting and hollering how this is a big change. but in the end you will see this will bring the judicious confirmation process back to wait used to be. it will take it out of this extreme partisan wrangling we have seen the past year. paul: you mentioned something about a deal. behind the scenes there were some republicans negotiating with democrats. chuck schumer said we can't have a filibuster here sow let's cut a deal -- so let's cut a deal that would have given chuck schumer and democrats soment leverage over future appointments. >> that's right. we'll get judge gorsuch through in exchange for an agreement nog to filibuster the next one. president trump has to be look at this one now. this is a great judge. he will be great on the court for many years. on a political level, this is something good administration has gotten do

republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell predicted the nomination will pass. >> what i'm telling you is that judge gorsuch is going to be confirmed. the way in which that occurs is in the hands of the democratic minority, and i think during the course of the week we will find out exactly how this will end, but it will end with his confirmation. >> sreenivasan: unless republicans can get 60 votes, democrats are threatening to filibuster the confirmation; in part as payback for the senate's refusal to hold hearings on judge merrick garland last year. he was president obama's pick to replace scalia. >> it looks like gorsuch will not reach the 60-vote margin so instead of changing the rules, which is up to mitch mcconnell and the republican majority, why doesn't president trump, democrats and republicans in the senate, sit down and try to come up with a mainstream nominee? >> sreenivasan: in an interview only days before his first meeting with chinese president xi jinping, president trump warned today the u.s. is prepared to act without china against north korea's nuclear weapons pro

let's hear from the minority leader chuck chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell over this one-week extensiono keep the government running. >> colleagues, it's my understanding that the four corners who are working on the appropriations are very, very close to agreement. we still need a few days to process the larger bill. the house has posted a one-week c.r. to keep the government open. we're prepared to clear that on this side of the aisle, to clear the one-week c.r. therefore i ask unanimous consent that the text of a joint resolution which is at the desk, that is a one-week contingent resolution be printed in the record. further if the senate receives a joint resolution from the house, the text at which is identical to the text of the joipt resolution in the record, the joint resolution to be considered to read three times in the past and the motion be considered to have been considered to be made and laid upon the table and if the language is not identical, then his order be vitiated. >> the democratic leader. >> colleagues, i'm objecting because we still have to resolve the issue of poi

that leaves mitch mcconnell, as we all say it, "the nuclear option."sitively to change senate precedent, end debate, stop the filibuster. something that ted cruz says, not a great idea. lindsey graham, rather. >> if the democrats persist in this foolish filibuster, the senate majority will have no choice but return to the standard that has prevailed for over two centuries in the senate, which is confirming supreme court justice by majority vote. reporter: actually ted cruz. "the nuclear option" is a procedure that would lower the threshold from 60 votes to end the filibuster to simple majority, 51. that is what democrats did in 2013 when they controlled the senate and changed precedent to end republican filibusters on executive branch nominees. the up-or-down vote on judge gorsuch that could come most likely late friday afternoon, friday night. liz? liz: okay. i do, i do have to just question you on this. senator michael bennet of colorado -- reporter: bingo, quote. liz: i oppose the filibuster on, when it comes to the committee and would strongly urge

in a moment we'll discuss the fallout with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell.first, let's bring in fox news correspondent kevin corke with the latest from the white house. kevin? >> reporter: chris, as is usually the case in washington scandals, it's the cover-up and not the crime that usually ensnares, and there are legitimate questions about that with respect to the ongoing controversy over what house intelligence committee chair devin nuÑes knew about possible surveillance of trump aides and how he came about getting that information. nuÑes, you may recall, claimed to have such compelling information, he needed to rush to the white house and tell the president himself. but he did that without sharing what he found with fellow members of the intelligence committee which is highly unusual. this as fox news has confirmed that nuÑes received key information from a pair of white house aides, calling into question not only his rich with the administration -- his wynn with the administration, but his ability to be impartial. concerns further complicated by his deci

that means there is no way for mitch mcconnell and the republicans in the senate to get to 60 votes to end debate on the nomination of neil gorsuch to be a member of the u.s. supreme court. therefore, there is going to be a parliamentary maneuvering. mitch mcconnell is going to be actually changing his vote and ultimately, what will happen is that neil gorsuch's will be confirmed, likely by a majority vote. that has never before happened with the supreme court justice in the u.s. senate. it is a big day. both parties have reasons to regret what's happening, but it's happening. >> julie: fox news alert, one of our top stories about devin nunes now saying he will temporarily step aside from the russian investigation. a california congressman says several left-wing activists filed actions against him. nunes says the charges are false, but we are now learning the house ethics committee is also investigating allegations nunes may have made unauthorized disclosures of classified information. let's bring in fox news anchor an attorney. first of all, your reaction to him stepping down. he does

senator mitch mcconnell republican from kentucky, thank you for coming on, sir. sharing yourviews, i appreciate it. well, as introduced by senator mcconnell his democratic colleague across the aisle, senator schumer of new york. >> good morning hi, mitch. >> let me say this. let me start this way. you expressed regret earl yessieryesier for the rule changes made on judges in 2013. why did you go along with it if you regret doing it? >> well let's look at the history. our republican colleagues had been holding back on just about all of so many lower court judges including very important d.c. circuit. i went to lamar alexander one of my dear friends in senate and it said if you keep holing back on scores and scores of judges my side will want to change the rules. go to mitch and tell us to have votes on a few of those many of whom had gotten bipartisan support and the answer was no and we changed the rules. but the one thing that stands out here, we did not change it for supreme court for one very important reason. and that is on the most important of decisions, 60

democrats vented their anger at mitch mcconnell. they were helpless to stop the so-called nuclear option and blasted mcconnell. >> so the senator from kentucky has made history. he comes to the floor and tells us history. he made history in the number of filibusters that he used on this floor. he made history and denying a presidential nominee the opportunity for a hearing and a vote, which had never, never happened before in the history of the united states. talk about partisanship. >> sources on both sides suggest theres plenty of blame to go around. we're in an era of partisanship. >> shepard: no doubt. mike emanuel on the hill. thanks. let's go to gregory mcgarian from st. louis. love it there. the background on this is it's all politics. the left is mad at the right, the right is mad at the left. practically speaking, what does this mean going forward? >> well, it has implications for the senate and for the supreme court. for the senate, as you said, this is sort of a stage in a process rather than maybe a single defining moment

. >> mitch mcconnell is vowing to get gorsuch confirms even if it means changing the rules. >> all i can tell you is neil gorsuch will be confirmed. how that happens depends on our democratic friends -- to kill a supreme court nominee never happened before in history. >>> if they are able to get him confirmed by friday he would be able to join the supreme court to participate in the final cases of this year's term. >>> joining us this morning, cnn politics reporter eugene scott before he heads off to the game tonight. good luck to the tar heels, but so much to get to with the president and the scotus, and in particular that meeting with president xi jinping with china. the fact that the president desperately needs and wants a win. how can he come out of that meeting with china saying or claiming some sort of victory? >> i think people who support him already frustrated with how china has responded or not responded with north korea, it's tough talk, already a win, but what we need to see is something to come from it. he hasn't really given details as far as what he would do to hold ch

so instead of changing the rules, which is up to mitch mcconnell and the republican majority, why doesn't president trump, democrats and republicans in the senate, sit down and try to come up with a mainstream nominee. robert: slow process continues. a lot to get to as we begin a big week in washington. kristin fisher live at the white house tonight. start with president trump's meeting with the chinese president, a lot of eyes on that. how optimistic is he he will be able to cut a deal with china to deal with north korea? >> reporter: rob, in the interview, president trump said that he is hopeful, but he also made it very clear that he believes that the u.s. can take on north korea all by itself without china. he told the financial times that, quote, if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. that is all i'm telling you. remember, north korea has already successfully test fired five ballistic missiles since president trump took office. first one happened when japan's prime minister shinzo abe was at mar-a-lago. there is a chance north korea could try something similar when pres

well up to mitch mcconnell's rise, he's threatening filibuster all the time.his button. and then democrats pushed back. who pushed first. this has been building for a long time what everyone is calling for right now to a large extent. >> it's not always been a good thing. filibuster was used to stop the recklessness of the '70s. i don't think it's always bringing people together. the case can be made that maybe the party that controls congress and voters can punish them by pushing them out of office, instead of what we have now which is in a constant gridlock. >> we're going to see where this one goes, how far it goes. >>> when we come back, the president just gave an interview with his favorite newspaper, "the new york times." at blue apron, we're building a better food system. where instead of paying for middlemen, we work directly with family farms to deliver higher quality ingredients for less than you pay at the store. get $30 off at blueapron.com/cook >>> welcome back. a little breaking news near the end of the program. the president of the united states

you should be sheering mitch mcconnell for doing this. this is another step. >> the fill buster antidemocratic procedural mechanism that is nowhere in the constitution. i think of sort of selective thing it's fine. just to be clear on the impeer cal skyrocketing which became de facto super majority one of the houses which is nowhere in the constitutional architecture and we all know how much you and everyone loves originalism. this is obama just in his first four years, that's just the first term, 307 fill buster, there's just nothing like it. so if it becomes a de facto, you know, super majority, i mean, yeah i think they should kill it. >> yeah, but senators are lazy. to be honest, the way that i think this should happen, i am not a fan of the nuclear option. i do not -- i'm not happy about the senate traditions being chipped away. i think this is a terrible thing. but i understand why it's happening. it's happening because harry reid exempted everything accept for the supreme court with his strangling the rules to change the rules. i g

they completely, unilaterally, mitch mcconnell just said we won't give judge garland the time of day.are you ready, if you block this, if mitch mcconnell does not use the nuclear option, are you ready to have this court sit vacant for years to come? >> well, there are some who have said they're willing to keep this seat vacant if hillary clinton would have gotten elected. let us hope cooler heads will prevail. that we gary the supreme court. has the court that will be making decisions for years to come. let us hope cooler heads minds are prevail. >> respectfully here, what i'm hearing from you is, very similar to what i hear from republicans which is, they did it first and they did that over here and what about garland or these judges we said yes to. a lot of finger pointing back and forth. one of your colleagues even said, two wrongs don't make a right when it comes to invoking the nuclear option. do you feel like it's time to move past this to get things done for the american people? especially at a time when the presidency is so chaotic and disruptive. >> i'm not taking the positio