mitch mcconnell had a problem last spring.w divide in the senate, there was almost no way that they could get neil gorsuch on the supreme court. he changed the senate precedent. you talk about rules. the senate operates on two things. a book of rules, that is thin a few pages and a book of precedent about that wide. he was able to establish a new precedent in the senate based on what democrats did a few years ago with if nuclear option. that's how they got neil gorsuch through. >> shepard: thanks very much, chad. >> any time. >> shepard: chad pergram on the hill. the other news of the day. president trump has slammed our nato allies again just before he meets with them at a summit. the president says other countries need to spend more on defense and that it's not fair how much the united states is paying and they're not. a few days after the nato summit in brussels, the president is set to meet with nato's main adversary, vladimir putin against whom in theory nato is paying for security. a german official telling local media t

and mitch mcconnell saying that the confirmation process will take place "in the next few weeks."huck grassley earlier said it will not take place before recess. the goal is to have the nominee confirmed and in place by october 1, when the next supreme court calendar opens. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. mark: someone to come i'm mark barton. -- from london, i'm mark barton. the erdogan affect, after swearing-in for his second term, the turkish president shaking the markets by shaking up his cabinet and naming his son-in-law to oversee economic policy, sending the lira to its lowest level in a couple years. it has rebounded, but the currency clouds remain. here to discuss is our columnist. >> it is very expensive to shore it, it will cost you a fortune to do so. the emerging markets, you have two elements, they just rates point, and if you are going to short the currency or go along with it, it works brilliantly, but you have risk. you have to be able to have timing perfect. and i thought the timing might be good to have gone along with the lira befo

knowing mitch mcconnell and how he operates, for him this is a pretty strong stance. i can't tell you how many times i have heard from mcconnell and other republicans that it's the president's job to dictate foreign policy, a president's job particularly when they have their own in the white house to dictate foreign policy. obviously the united states congress has a role constitutionally in a lot of ways, and he wanted to make that extremely clear. i mean, the way i just read that, and it was, again, underlining pretty darn strong for mitch mcconnell that he spoke directly to vladimir putin from the united states congress. >> said you better not do it again. >> reporter: not just saying you better not do it again. effectively saying he, the president might not want to admit that you meddled in our elections, interfeared in our elections, but we got your number and we know you did and america is more than just one commander in chief. that's not how we work here. there's more than one branch. >> so who is, jeffrey, jeffrey, to you, who is putin and also our allies, who a

mitch mcconnell does want that choice seated for when the supreme court opens in october. democrats and republican groups pouring millions of dollars into this fight. you're on the left towards conservatives could lead it up to the state to do things like make abortion less accessible and roll back the administrative state by making federal agencies less powerful. let's get to add lawrence live at the white house with the latest. >> liz he started with 25 names and according to "fox news" the president has made his selection although we won't know for another four hours or so. widely viewed that therefore names at the top of the list. judge brett kavanaugh was the u.s. circuit court of appeals a former clerk for anthony kennedy and donned the staff or was staff secretary for george w. bush's white house. judge raymond kethledge former clerk for anthony justice also justice anthony kennedy also a court of appeals sixth circuit court. judge thomas hardeman also a friend of president trump's sister. president trump says he was very close to selecting him the last time around.

we reported not only that tid bit but mitch mcconnell and donald trup p were on the phone before thedy retirement talking about the prospect of a kennedy retirement and immediately after. don mcgahn started to make phone calls and brought up see key senators to the white house on thursday evening. you'll see a lot of attention paid on swing senators and a lot of coordination with leadership. coordination with the deep pocketed outside groups that can provide the air cover for red state democrats to support whomever trump picks up. it will be quite the battle. >> in an odd way, working off his existing list, right? the names have been out there. that allows the white house if there are things that anybody wants to whisper about anybody's past or anybody's record, it's been out there as opposed to naming a pick and having to deal with that on the fly. >> the president -- one of the main reasons why the republicans who didn't like him during the 2016 election that they voted for him because he had this list of judges that a lot of republicans said they could support. i do think it's int

mitch mcconnell says take the long view. america is 242 years old today.e okay. >> whether you're freaked out on the left or freaked out on the right, don't worry. nobody can break this country. >> can we at least all agree on that or no? >> -- the panic that we live in day-to-day. >> but i think a lot of people are worried that maybe no one can break it but they can certainly damage it. that's really the concern. >> but like a lot of republicans felt that way when obama was president. the reality is this is still a country where both sides are allowed to be freaked out. both sides are allowed to be out there explaining who is freaking them out and why. you have a lot of free will and a lot right ofs, and that has not changed based on who the president is. >> the definition of somebody who never seems to be freaked out is mitch mcconnell. i don't know what i would do if i saw a freak-out by -- >> calmer than most. >> that was his freaked out look. his counterpart, again, this is not just chuck schumer. we live in a 365-day political cycle, 24/7, trying to

see as the priorities of mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan in the coming weeks? keep things running as smoothly and to drama free as possible. there is not a large legislative ahead.in the weeks to makel and ryan want progress on the annual appropriations bill. the house announced that they will take up another appropriations bill the week of july 16. are the past one that combines are three of the least controversial bills, and they are you past one that can -- combined two bills. on all ofoving ahead the appropriations bills, so keeping that regular process going to for as long as possible knowing that after labor day, there will be some shutdown, showdown drama for sure. that is one priority for mitch mcconnell. the other priority is moving along on nominations. more judges that they want to move along and the big news of the summer will be president trump's announcement of his choice to succeed anthony kennedy on the courts and that will become number one on the hit parade. >> go back to appropriations for had the, your podcast package -- you see the process

this time, mitch mcconnell. it happened to him before outside a restaurant.publican can seem to get any peace. what is happening to the political process now? the latest after this. >> abolish ice. >> neil: scary encounter for mitch mcconnell. second time in as many weeks where he's been accosted by protesters, in this case those in favor of abolishing ice. one said that we know where you live. rnc chair woman ronna mcdaniel. it keeps happening is. there any official republican response to this? >> we're asking for democrat leaders to denounce this again and again. we're continuing to see these groups form around republican members of congress or cabinet members at their homes, restaurants, this is not the new norm. i don't these group will listen to me but i am going to say to democrat leaders, you need to be vocal and do it over and over again, denounce these crowds or these mobs who are confronting republicans in their homes and in their restaurants when they're having private time with their families, this is not okay. it's going to take schumer, pelosi a

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we mentioned mitch mcconnell. history will remember, mcconnell for killing the merrick garland, a big moment in american history. and now i think the person that matters most for donald trump besides the call over the weekend with mitch mcconnell with his kind of two top candidates, is marianne trump barry, a retired federal judge and served with thomas hardiman in the u.s. court of appeals in the third circuit. she's been just cheer leading for hardiman, last round and when trump had a pick and he became number two. and very well now be on the top of the list. >> jeffrey, when it comes to roe versus wade, you'll remember in the cbs interview trump did in 2016, he said quote, judges will be pro-life. and you look at what senator susan collins of maine said about her lines that need to be drawn when it comes to voting for the president's nominee. it all comes down to the lat interm stare decisis. the way that she's saying it is a long lines of precedent set by the court. why does that matter this time around? >> you

that is one priority for mitch mcconnell. the other priority is moving along on nominations. they have got a v.a. secretary nominee they want to move along. there are more judges they want to move along. and of course the big news of the summer will be president trump's announcement of his choice to succeed anthony kennedy on the supreme court and that will become number one with a bullet on the hit parade for the remainder of the summer. >> let me ask you about the process, go back to appropriations for a second. before the break you were your podcast about the package that passed the house and senate. do you see the process this year of spending bills any better than prior years? any semblance of regular order? david: there is some semblance of regular order. particularly in the senate, when the senate passed that so-called minibus. it was, i don't have the report card in front of me, but i think it was the first time they passed a standalone appropriations bill in several years. so they are trying to show the public and lobbyists they can do the routine business of governi

one of his first meetings was with mitch mcconnell and vice presidents, mike pence.

if he hedges on it, if he says no, you have another walking contradiction, just like mitch mcconnell did with obama. he has said that a president should not be put under any type of investigation unless, of course, you're president clinton. >> unless lisa murkowski and susan collins go south on this vote, he wins. >> but the country loses. >> i'm not arguing that point. there's no way for the democrats to block that if lisa murkowski and susan collins stay with the majority. >> i'm holding out hope for anything procedural. >> what would that be? >> i don't know yet. i've been on the phone to try to help figure it out. there may not be anything. we have a duty -- that's one play we can make, if there's anything procedural to hold this up in the way mitch mcconnell said it's an election year. we shouldn't be doing this. this is an election year. we shouldn't be doing it. >> does this put red state democrats in a quagmire that if they vote against him, they lose centrists and if they back it, they lose the left? >> that's the dilemma they face. to take up the gentleman's point, some say

the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell warning russia very clearly, stood there yesterday and said, don't do this again. let's listen to that sound bite. >> there's a possibility that we may well take up legislation related to this. in the meantime, i think the russians need to know that there are a lot of us who fully understand what happened in 2016 and it really better not happen again in 2018. >> zach, does the gop actually do something about it? where do they go from here? >> first, that was a pretty remarkable moment because that is about as stern and forceful as you will see mitch mcconnell get? and he is breaking saying -- giving a warning directly to vladimir putin. i think that's his style. i think there's something different in this russia story compared to other elements where republicans might grouse or gripe and then fall in line behind him. they forced sanctions upon him. i don't know if that's going to happen again. they've already done it. mcconnell says if it happens again, we'll do something. he's essentially giving putin time to change his ways. i don't think an

they're heading in for that first meeting with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. we're told there will be a photo spray at the top of it. we'll bring that to you as soon as it happens. see what they will say -- mitch mcconnell always tightlipped when it comes to these types of things regardless. let's see what he has to offer today. we'll be following them as they walk through capitol hill. >>> kavanaugh's judicial record, though, is under the microscope as it is for any supreme court nominee. three areas of focus -- manu was hitting on them really. his rulings on obamacare, writings on roe v. wade, and view on a president under investigation. something definitely not lost on democrats. here is what senate democratic leader chuck schumer had to say about this this morning. >> judge kavanaugh is way at the extremes. he believes a president shouldn't be investigated. he gone so far as to say the president who believes the law is constitutional doesn't have to follow it. with the mueller situation, with the overreach of presidential power, we shouldn't put him on the

trish: we just heard moments ago from mitch mcconnell, senator mcconnell, majority leader mcconnell,bout the possibility of a shutdown. let's go to that tape right now. >> and we're trying to go through a normal appropriations process that prevents a big event at the end of the fiscal year which has become all too common around here. we've funded in the senate the president's initial request. we're going to continue to discuss it with him and hope in the process here we can achieve what he would like to achieve on the wall and also get these appropriation bills signed into law, which would be quite different from what's happened in the pass. >> what are the ramifications -- trish: senator mcconnell saying that, they will talk to the president. they will try to work with him to bet funding he has asked for for that wall. he wants to see the appropriations bill signed into the wall. perhaps a little bit of progress there as we just her from senator mcconnell. we'll continue talking about policy here, specifically some tax policy because the trump administration because they are actuall

mitch mcconnell's approach was such a brick wall. and it was different even then who was more inclined to get something done. presidenthing the could do was executive action and then they say you are not an executive. most relevant for today was merrick garland. eight months before the end of his term, obama nominated someone and didn't get a hearing on him. that is without precedent. host: you wrote that the refusal was staggeringly un-partisan and unpatriotic. the republican party spent eight years disbanding norms and -- what else do you mitch mcconnell, he was worn down by republican obstructionist. september 2016, we went to congress and said, here is the evidence and here's what we know about russians interfering with the election. and we would like this to be a bipartisan expression of concern about a foreign adversary meddling. mcconnell refused to sign off so ultimately there was no bipartisan statement. obama -- i was shocked and others were shocked that mitch mcconnell looked at statement,olitical admit it waso happening.

this from earlier with mike pence and mitch mcconnell. >>

mitch mcconnell has a rough path ahead. he has to try to keep conservatives, like rand paul, in line. he expressed concerns about judge kavanaugh. he is a trump ally. the white house hopes he'll vote the judge for the court. mcconnell has a deal with moderate republicans, susan collins and lisa murkowski. >> you're right about don mcgahn, the white house counsel who led the process, along with leonard leo from the federalist society. they wanted kavanaugh. they were urging the president to pick up, but not pushing him too hard. they knew it'd backfire. >> that's right. the president is someone who can be wanting to make his own decision. you had mcgahn telling him since kavanaugh had extensive writings, he can be on for generations, versus someone who doesn't have a lot of experience. the president heard them out. mcgahn and mcconnell kept emphasizing, any one on the short list could be confirmed. both of them would support the short list. >> senator mcconnell has just begun making remarks. we'll dip in if he starts to talk

mitch mcconnell smug victory lap turned into a meme. how many have seen that meme in tweets?ow many of you have seen it on t-shirts? how many of you have the t-shirt? how many of you have seen the tattoo? i think that the whole idea of persistence is an apt description not only of that moment but of elizabeth warren's career and life. motherhood completed a challenge for her to finish law school, but nevertheless she persisted. purelyts this batak successful academic career, including 20 years of teaching at harvard law school and becoming a nationally renowned scholar. when war and fought to establish the consumer financial protection bureau, there were tons of vested interests on wall street and financial institutions that pushed back. nevertheless she persisted and she won. she got the bureau founded. in 2012, senator warren ran for senate against a popular incumbent and a state that had never elected a woman as senator. nevertheless she persisted and she won. and today she is persisting and being a bright spot in a congress that has become a black hole for civil liberties

mitch mcconnell voted for that direct disagreement with the president. every republican voted for that except the two republicans who sometimes call themselves libertarians, rand paul and mike lee. and every democrat voted for that. the language that 97 senators voted for today went on to endorse "long-term strategy using all elements of united states national power to deter and if necessary defeat russian aggression." the russian aggression that donald trump pretends doesn't exist. and that language made a demand of the president in dealing with russia. the language attached to the bill now says that it calls on the administration to urgently prioritize the completion of a comprehensive whole of government strategy to couldn'ter malign activities of russia that seek tound mine faith in democratic institutions in the united states and around the world and to submit that strategy to congress without delay." 97 senators voted for that rebuke of the trump administration and its relations with russia. a display of bipartisanship unlike anything we have seen

the fact that mitch mcconnell totally opposed merrick garland, stopped anyone from actually having ang of his nomination, would not let -- he really discouraged people from even meeting >> makes it more real to people that this is all a game. >> steve, do you see any hypocracy in that. >> i'm no fan of mitch mcconnell. here is why there is a key difference, you had an outgoing president who was term limited, who had nominated a supreme court nominee. that is a very different scenario than right now, whereas donald trump, even if the democrats hold up the nomination, he's still going to make the next nomination after the elections. if we were to say that we can't have judges confirmed in any election years, that means we can only confirm judges in odd-numbered years? that seems odd to me. at the end of a presidential term, it's a different precedent than we have now. >> this was a manufactured precedent by mitch mcconnell. the reality is, i hate to say that mitch mcconnell broke the rules with the way they traded garland, and i think the fact that -- >> justin -- got to get to the bre

neil: you are seeing mitch mcconnell talking to chuck grass are you and the very much.sidents -- this president did with neil gorsuch. >> this president is a showman. usually the name is put out in a press release. neil: that would be too easy. >> we are going to hear a speech about originalism. it's the idea that the constitution today should be interpreted as it was understood as it was written in 1789. neil: they were in wigs with white powder. >> they wrote it in secret. neil: we'll have more waiting for the president of the united states. ♪ ooh, heaven is a place on earth ♪ uhp. i didn't believe it. again. ♪ ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? ♪ i want to believe it. [ claps hands ] ♪ ooh i'm not hearing the confidence. okay, hold the name your price tool. power of options based on your budget! and! ♪ we'll make heaven a place on earth ♪ yeah! oh, my angels! ♪ ooh, heaven is a place on earth ♪ [ sobs quietly ] ♪ ooh, heaven is a place on earth ♪ you could start your search at the all-new carfax.com that might help. show me the carfax? now the car you want and

mitch mcconnell has been nudging the president in the direction of just two of those candidates. senator mcconnell reportedly told the president that kethledge and hardiman present the fewest obstacles to being confirmed. the times has since reported that the president is expressing fresh interest in hardiman as the process enters its final hours. and here's what trump had to say on his way back from new jersey just this afternoon. >> i'm very close to making a decision. i've not made it official yet obviously. i've not made it final, but we're very close to making a decision. >>> let's say it's the four people. they're excellent, everyone. you can't go wrong. i'm getting very close to making a final decision. i'll probably be decided tonight or tomorrow sometime by 12:00 and we're going to all be meeting at 9:00, and we have a great country, folks. we have a great country. >> a great country. i'd like to welcome in my panel. chief washington reporter boston herald kimberly at kinz. former press secretary for mike pence, mark lauder and deputy editorial page editor and columnist

we saw what mitch mcconnell did to merrick garland, invoked the mitch mcconnell rule, hold during presidential year. >> presidential election year. >> the sound was election year, now they are changing the rules to make it presidential election rule. that is cool, mr. mcconnell like to change the rules for his benefit. >> the whole reason you are in this position, because of harry reid. >> call it what you want, it is the mitch mcconnell rule and we're sticking to it. >> we're not. >> vote the same mitch mcconnell rule. with help of murkowski and collins, democrats will hold together. not that we're against having somebody conservative. justice similar to kennedy, you will get 60 votes and won't have a problem. if you put up somebody far to the right like neil gorsuch, you will have problems with democrats and some republicans. >> i think president trump made it clear, he says "neil gorsuch was a home run and i want another justice just like him, that is a problem for liberals and the two women -- >> do you want to wrestle? >> my source told me it will be a good pick, a right pick. >> brillian

like mitch mcconnell.ican party as we've seen may out for a while -- pete: he's got 90% republican approval, 88% approval. this is donald trump's party. agenda item number one was build the wall. that's why he still -- you've got to give the president a lot of credit. vote r. he still knows that without republicans, nothing happens. and you want guys like mitch mcconnell to understand that. the games of washington, of the establishment past, folks are done with that. if the president ran on something and overwhelmingingly his supporters want that, it's time to advance that. they want a wall, they want border security. it'll be very -- the shutdown is going to be something to watch because you've got that and, as you said, the supreme court puck coming up. the establishment folks you just wonder, have they still internalized it yet? if you support this president, going to the polls is going to be a necessary. abby: i was just going to say the timing's very interesting because who knows how things play out,

mitch mcconnell has made his bed. i don't think there's going to be this moment where mitch mcconnell all the sudden becomes a different person. >> that goes to whether people are not only standing by but potentially, allegedly becoming the kind of interference that subverses democracy, the type as charged in the mueller indictment, an international election-related conspiracy. ambassador, as someone who served, i'll play for you some of the reaction to something that was the big story earlier today, before, again as we're reporting tonight, before donald trump just made a new offer to vladimir putin to come to the white house. before that there was the white house basically leaving up in the air that maybe they would let the kremlin depose people like yourself who've been ambassadors before to russia, take a listen to some of the response to that insanity. >> that the administration to even entertain this shows to me how naive they are. >> the president would work with vladimir putin to put in danger our ambassador s

mitch mcconnell said the very dismissive words, she was warned and given an explanation.evertheless, she persisted. ok. senator warren did persist and king'sd coretta scott letter to millions of people on facebook live. mitch mcconnell's smug victory lap turned into a meme. how many have seen that meme in tweets? [applause] how many of you have seen it on t-shirts? how many of you have the t-shirt? how many of you have seen the tattoo? [laughter] i think that the whole idea of persistence is an apt description not only of that moment but of elizabeth warren's career and life. early marriage and motherhood made a challenge for her to complete college and law school, but nevertheless she persisted. she launched a spectacularly successful academic career, including 20 years of teaching at harvard law school and becoming a nationally renowned bankruptcy law scholar. when warren fought to establish the consumer financial protection bureau, there were a lot of vested interests on wall street and financial institutions that pushed back. nevertheless she persisted and she won. sh

of you know, mitch mcconnell and his republican colleagues did stop senator warren from reading kareno to rep. scott: kings warnings about jeff sessions in the senate. she was warned and given an

neil: you are seeing mitch mcconnell talking to chuck grass are you and the very much. presidents -- this president did with neil gorsuch. >> this president is a showman. usually the name is put out in a press release. neil: that would be too easy. >> we are going to hear a speech about originalism. it's the idea that the constitution today should be interpreted as it was understood as it was written in 1789. neil: they were in wigs with white powder. >> they wrote it in secret. neil: we'll have more waiting for the president of the united states. the employee of the year, anna. [music playing] (vo) progress is in the pursuit. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during summer of audi sales event. but it's tough to gete enough of their nutrients. new one a day with nature's medley is the only complete multivitamin with antioxidants from one total serving of fruits and veggies try new one a day with nature's medley. a hotel can make or break a trip. and at expedia, we don't think you should be rushed into booking one. that's why we created ex

of course, this is what mitch mcconnell does. he gets his caucus together, and so long as senators murkowski and collins remain there, they will be able to confirm. and the red state democrats up for election this year, many of whom voted for gorsuch. some who could be pushed to vote yes, too. the margins are thin. and the numbers are there. absent something going really wrong, i think mcconnell is feeling pretty good continue.

because in 2016 mitch mcconnell stole obama's supreme court pick.can hate the fact that mitch mcconnell did it, but the way he did it was superslick. did he that shit mission impossible style, he was in there stole the peck and was out. ba ba ba ba. ♪ that is the thing we sometimes forget about the republican party. although donald trump may be a clubk pinkerie in every situation, mitch mccon sell the brain. i knee it is sad to think about and there news is very painful for a lot of people. it feels like for the next 30er yoos america is going to change in a horrible drek in some ways it feels like all hope is dead. and nothing can bring it back. but my friend poncho over here is still going to try. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) ugggh... hi bixby, do i have any eggs? yes, they expire in 7 days. hi bixby. hi bixby. hi bixby. start dinnertime mode now! ♪ i do. check out the new united explorer card. saving on this! saving on this! saving in here. rewarded! learn more at theexplorercard.com ♪listen up and i'll tell a s

the "new york times" reporting that mitch mcconnell is backing either two candidates, raymond kethledge or thomas hardeman, suggesting they would have an easier path to confirmation. help us understand the divide in the republican party when it comes to the short list. >> it's the key question, david. you've got to make sure that senators colin and murkowski do not lead. you can't take points off the board. and they will be very hard pressed to vote against either judge kethledge or judge hardeman, i believe. on the other hand, how do you get heidi heitkamp, joe manchin and john tess extra under the most pressure, claire mccaskill? i think it is easiest to lose one of the two republicans with judge barrett, because she's so

>> mitch mcconnell blocked george after judge after judge on the courts.then, leader reid had no choice. law, we saidd the supreme court should be different. then mitch mcconnell change that. and then to boot, he wouldn't let merrick garland have a hearing. mitch mcconnell has had as his goal to create a hard right supreme court and nothing has stopped him. if we weren't around we would not be in this position. >> sen. schumer: you talked a care,out roe and health but how much of the debate will you focus on the nominees executive powers? >> a lot. new with any of the 25 nominee is that health care and women's health and right to choose would be important. the kavanagh brings a new prominence to the issue of executive power, because he is almost certainly the most hard 25, he isll of the almost certainly the one who would most yield to presidential power. to say that if a president deems along constitutional unconstitutional, he doesn't have to obey it, that's dangerous at any time, but it's particularly dangerous when donald trump is president and we are

hold on one second, because mitch mcconnell is making statements on this. hold on one second. >> and the evidence that they tried to impact the 2016 election. so make no mistake about it. i would say to our friends in europe, we understand the russian threat and i think that is the widespread view here in the united states senate among members of both parties. >> one of the 24 circuit court judges that we will confirm is andy oldham who is going to be the 23rd judge from texas -- >> that is the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying that russia is not our friend and he did not mention the president from what we heard right there, and ashley, again, back to you, and you were talking about what might be expected and expected is too generous a term. >> yes. his aides were trying to push him in a direction to the roughly hundreds of briefings materials that we understand that he was given, and the president is also, and he is not known to be a reader, but he does take briefings and information other ways and including sort of the oral briefings, and so h

protesters harassing senate majority leader mitch mcconnell again. watch this one. >> we know where you live, mitch >> abolish i.c.e. >> abolish i.c.e. trish: we know where you live? you heard that protester, taunting the senator. wow, former economic advisor to president ronald reagan, art laffer, says he is not surprised by any of this. he actually saw something rather similar when he worked for president reagan. my goodness, his story straight ahead. go to adam shapiro, the white house with the very latest on the supreme court pick. we're down to four, adam. which one it is. reporter: the president does. he confirmed yesterday there were four people in the front running of all of this. not only is this important decision, the president tweeted about all of this is, how rare it is for a president to get this opportunity but the president's also a master at building excitement. this is exciting moment as we lead up to the official announcement tonight at 9:00. here is what the president says about the caliber of the person he is going to choose. >> v

the end of his term and doesn't get a hearing on it, which is without precedent in history. >> mitch mcconnell's refusal was staggering staggeringly partisan. the sad truth and the context of the republican party, which has spent eight years disbanding norms and circle the wagons around a demigog. what do you expect of mcconnell, he said he won't even give us a hearing on merrick garland. he was, after eight years, worn down by republican obstructionism. >> we went to congress and said here is the evidence. here is what we know about the russians intervening in our election. rather than us make a statement we would like this to be a bipartisan expression of concern. mcconnell refused to sign on so there was no strong bipartisan statement about this. it's almost sad. i was shocked given this evidence mcconnell was look at this as a political calculation. i don't twoont look like i'm validating the reality that the russians are doing this. obama was so worn down on obstructionist, he said the guy won't even give me a hearing on merrick garland, why do you think he would do this? >> 202778801. the

then mitch mcconnell changed that. and then to boot he wouldn't let merrick fwarland have a hearing. -- garrland have a hearing. mitch mcconnell has had as his goal to create a hard right supreme court, and nothing has stopped him. if he weren't around we would not be in this position. >> senator schumer, you talked about roe and health care but how much of this debate will you oe tchoins nominee's executive powers decisions? senator schumer: we knew with any of the 25 nominees that health care and women's health, right to choose, would be important. but kavanagh brings a new prominence to the issue of executive power because he is almost certainly the most hard right of all of the 25. he is almost certainly the one who would most yield to presidential power. to say that if a president deems a law unconstitutional , he doesn't have to obey it, that's dangerous at any time but it's particularly dangerous when donald trump is president and we are going to make this a major and important issue. >> how concerned is he that

republican officials briefed on these conversations telling "the new york times" that senator mitch mcconnelle president, judges raymond kethledge and thomas hardiman presented the fewest obstacles to being confirmed. now, according to the times, mcconnell said judge brent catt kavanaugh would pose dich difficulties for his nomination and also had reservations for amy coney barrett. joining me now, kate martell, and john nichols, national correspondent for "the nation." a great sunday to both of you. ladies first here. kate, with you, is the presid t president's legal team officially closing the door on any potential sit-down between the president and the special counsel? we'll get back to the supreme court in a second, but i want to get to this with you. >> yes, alex. i think that it is safe to say that rudy giuliani is starting to shut the door for a potential sit-down. i think the president's strategy right now has been to be combative about this russia investigation for months, but behind the scenes, his lawyers have been pro-kind of doing their homework and figuring out if that's the rig

let's not try to belittle what mitch mcconnell did with garland. >> they're saying, look, mitch mcconnell said that would come back and bite you if you're going to have this. now they're saying that mitch mcconnell actually was the one that donald trump should give some credit to for actually getting gorsuch. >> zerlina, to that point, do you think the democrats -- i think as i understood it from their policy luncheon they had amongst themselves came out and said we're not going to fight this and delay it to the midterms. is that a good strategy to fight and accept this is going to happen from a procedural point of view order should they do everything to do what mitch mcconnell did and said nothing before the midterms? >> mitch mcconnell stole a supreme court seat, let's be clear on that. garland was silti inth sitting there over a year for a hearing on whether he should be put on the supreme court. he stole that seat from the democrats and from president obama. but i think that democrats need to listen to their brace in this particular moment. this -- everything is on the line. everythin

so far we know cavanagh met one-on-one with mitch mcconnell. also senator chuck grassley. >> in the end, i think his record speaks for itself. most outstanding things that afford this is person a chance for confirmation in the united states senate, to be on the vacancy on the supreme court. reporter: senator chuck schumer says democrats will fight this nominee. they do believe according to senator chuck schumer that roe v. wade could be overturned with this. this meet-and-greet to figure out exactly where kavanaugh is on number of different issues will happen again and continue tomorrow. trish. trish: thank you, edward. we're taking a close look at judge brett kavanaugh, past opinions with former justice department officials tom dupree and gregory garr on his past opinions. before we get to that i want to get to today's intel. you have got to hear this. this is liberal media, minutes after the president announced his supreme court pick. watch it. >> would, your first concern be maybe he was picking him because the president thought he wouldn't

i'm glad you put that into your preface, but at that point mitch mcconnell, senator mcconnell had been the filibuster in ways never imagined this in the senate to stop any judicial nominees for moving forward on important courts. >> chris: both sides used it. what i'm just asking is this. looking back at it and looking at the fruit of it now, the fact that you cannot stop this nominee on your own, the democrats can't, do you have second thoughts about having changed the rules back in 2013? >> senator durbin: you are assuming again that harry reid did not recognize this possibility. he did it and he said it would take 60 votes for the supreme court. it was mitch mcconnell who changed that will, that rule on the supreme court. >> chris: senator, thank you. thanks for joining us, always good to talk with you and please come back. up next we will bring in our sunday group to discuss whether the senate should wait until after the midterm election to vote on president trump's nominee. plus, what would you like to ask the panel about how the president's pick could sway the balance of the supr

judge kavanaugh's on capitol hill today with the vice president pence and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell as he makes the rounds and some democrats launch their effort to block his confirmation. this is "outnumbered" and i'm melissa francis. here today is harris faulkner, town hall had a direct contributor, the birthday girl herself, katie pavlich. there you go, former deputy spokesperson for the state department and fox news analyst and host of benson, marie harf. in joining us today on the couch, fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. >> judge napolitano: did you pick me just for today knowing what was going to happen? >> melissa: obviously. welcome to the party. >> harris: you look 18, you look great. they do a lot to get two, president trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh on capitol hill today. vice president trump escorting the nominee this morning to meet with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell as the quest begins for the votes he needs to be confirmed. president trump wing and this morning before he departed for europe to attend the nato summit. the pr

at this point mitch mcconnell, senator mcconnell had been using the filibuster in ways never imaginedhe senate to stop any judicial nominees from going forward on importance d.c. court of appeals. chris: there's no original -- both sides used it. what i'm just asking is this, looking back at it and looking at the fruit of it now, the fact that you cannot stop this nominee on your own, the democrats can't, do you have second thoughts about having changed the rules back in 2013? >> well, you're assuming again, chris, that harry reid did not recognize this possibility, he did, he said it would take 60 votes for supreme court. it's mitch mcconnell that changed the fundament fundamental rule supreme court. chris: always good to talk with you and please come back. >> thanks, chris. chris: up next, we will bring sunday group to discuss whether the senate should wait till after midterm election to vote on president trump's nominee, plus, what would you like to ask the panel about how the president's pick would sway the balance of the supreme court, just go to facebook or twitter at fox news s

just last week, house speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell met with the president at the white house to talk about government funding before that september 30th deadline. >> leader mcconnell and i, like we always do, had a very productive meeting. >> reporter: both the house and senate are working to secure the $5 billion the president has asked for border security. however, it's unlikely senate democrats will back that request in time. >> we have gotten some wall funding already under way. that is being funded. but, i think it's not a question of if. it's a question of when. >> reporter: when president trump signed the $1.3 trillion spending bill last march to keep the government open, he told congress he wouldn't do that again. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he likely won't have to. >> under both parties for a long time, we haven't passed the 12 annual bills that fund the government. so we end up at the end of the fiscal year with a great big omnibus bill. this year, we had good bipartisan cooperation. >> reporter: this presidential threat to shut do

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