. >> president trump's supreme court nominee neal gorsuch made the rounds on capitol hill today visiting with south carolina senator lindsay graham. brena williams shared the moment on twitter. the senator spoke to reporters after their meeting. >> the list of 21 was vetted before the election. it is very unusual, i think, for the person running giving you a live of who they would pick for the supreme court and you can look at it and think about it. 1-5 people said the supreme court mattered when it came to the election. i am vote for him. the vice president came into my office and gave me the list of 21 and said we would like to have you look at the list. i picked three people and he was one of the three. i will not not vote for someone i recommended. no doubt he is qualified. i voted for the candidates in obama and thought they were well qualified. they were not someone i would chose but it was a great pick by a democratic president. and i think this man is a great pick for a republican president. the thing i like most is he seems to be devoted. >> we will go down that road, scalia bei

this wednesday morning, president trump announcing his nominee for supreme court justice, judge neal gorsuch. a decision that could affect the country long after his presidency. the opposition from democrats almost immediate. we're live in washington. >>> more fallout now from the immigration ban. the number of states suing the trump administration is growing, plus, there's some confusion over the executive order as the administration insists it's not a ban despite calling it that a number of times. >>> a charge phone and a scary story. a woman says her iphone caught fire as she was asleep. what apple is now saying about the claim. >>> and how your morning coffee could be sabotaging your diet. >> oh. >>> i want to encourage some earmuffs for that last one about the coffee. >> a lot of people are listening to that with their cup of coffee and going, wait, what, as their waist grows larger. we'll get to that in a little bit as we say good morning to you on this first day of february and perhaps the dawn of a new era for the supreme court. >> that's right. in a prime time announcement president

you just heard president trump nominate neal gorsuch and you said he is an opponent of women's rights. what do you mean? >> let me say how happy i am to be here. i thought we would talk about how to go into the future. president trump found out about the town hall meeting and thought he would upstage us. >> this did just happen. >> i know. i want to say that elections have ramifications. here is a living breathing example of it. the president and his first appointment to the court and hopefully his only appointment appointed someone who came down on the side of corporate america with class action suits and securities fraud and came down against employers and employees's rights. clean air, clean water, food safety, safety in medicine if you care about that. he is not your guy. gabby giffords group, the group for responsible solutions relating to gun safety said he comes down on the side of felons over gun safety.

wife louise to please step forward. >> reporter: tuesday night during prime time, pre court judge neal gorsuch as his pick for the supreme court. a judge he told the crowd that should be a shoo-in for confirmation. >> judge gorsuch has outstanding legal skills, a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline and has earned bipartisan support. when he was nominated to the 10th circuit court of appeals he was confirmed by the senate unanimously, also, it's unanimous. can you believe that? nowadays with what's going on. does that happen anymore? does it happen? >> reporter: 49-year-old gorsuch the highest court nominee in more than two decades made a humble debut. >> you've entrusted me with a most solemn assignment standing here in a house of history and acutely aware of my own imperfections i pledge that if i am confirmed i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitution and laws of this great country. >> reporter: repli but democrats warned of a tough fight ahead. overnight, senate minority leader chuck schumer expressed very serious doubt about gorsuch's nomination saying in

. >> president trump's supreme court nominee neal gorsuch made the rounds on capitol hill today visiting with south carolina senator lindsay graham. brena williams shared the moment on twitter. the senator spoke to reporters after their meeting. >> the list of 21 was vetted before the election. [inaudible conversations] o move would pay for the supreme court. in then they came to theire vote. i will vote for him might not trying to play a game instead do like yours thought. i will not perjure somebody.y. but to my democratic colleagues i voted for were the picks under the above midterm and the would not have chosen but it was a great pick by a democratic president and now pick negative say republican president seems to be devoted. >> we will go down that road, scalia being replaced by a solid conservative background. i think there are enough democrats in the body to build under pressure and realize that is not the route we could take. i would say he is not qualified and it is just a disservice and you are minded -- blinded by this. [inaudible investigation] >> long standing relationship.

ban-- are coming under fire from a surprising critic-- the president's supreme court nominee, neal gorsuch. gorsuch called president trump's tweets about the federal judge that blocked his travel ban... quote... "demoralizing and disheartening." in a meeting ... gorsuch told senate minority leader charles schumer that an attack on his fellow judges is an attack on them all. a family is recovering this morning after they are rescued from a serious house fire in southeast d-c. firefighters rescued a 95-year-old woman from a second-floor bedroom in her home on xenia street. paramedics rushed her to the hospital in serious condition. the woman's son said he was in the basement when the fire started. firefi they got the woman out of the home just in time. investigators are blaming an unattended frying pan for starting the fire. coming up-- treacherous roads in the northeast causing serious problems for drivers. and this was just the beginning. we'll show you what we mean.. coming up. plus, a winter weather advisory in effect-- just hours after summer-like temperatures. and a serious winter stor

. >> if he is confirmed, judge neal gorsuch would become the first supreme court justice to have clerked for a sitting justice and would make the total number of harvard law grads five. the senate will return tomorrow at 6:30 a.m. eastern to vote on a measure to advance president trump's secretary nominee betsy devos and repeal an investment on oil, gas and mineral extraction. today they repealed the obama rule regulating the disposal of waste from coal mining. >> senator from west virginia? >> i rise to speak about the extreme buffer rule. the state of west virginia is a heavy lifting state. we mine the cold that makes the steel that built the guns and factories that defended us and gave us the great country we have. we have done everything and no one in west virginia wants dirty air, no one in oklahoma or any extraction state. the way this comes down to is strict strictly. please contact work the with local authorities, the states that are involved, they did nothing. they would not reach out to us whatsoever. this was one of many president obama's administration regulations that crippl

with immigration and refugees and he announced judge neal gorsuch.y with the pick he won over any of those who criticized him. glen beck and syndicated radio host. >> glen, you had a fair share of criticism of kennedy, trump, and president trump. does it make you rethink your assessment of the president he would turn out to be. >> yeah, in some ways yes and some ways no. this is a great surprise for a constitutional conservative. that was skeptical of what president trump might do. i apologized to everyone who listened to me and i said during the primary, if you are hanging your hat on this, i don't think it's a done deal. i department think he would, but he did. for all of those evangelicals that put everything aside, this is a big move for donald trump for them. >> what about what else you have seen? i assume they are concerns you continue to have. >> yeah. several. let's take the muslim ban. i saw president trump as he was signing it talking about a ban, i thought oh, my gosh. this was one of the things i thought was horrible and how is this happe

. >> there were ground rules just as she was not going to talk about neal gorsuch, for instance, but she fuel-injected her opinions where she could. she never mentioned president trump her his executive orders that are about to appear before the supreme court. during the q&a, it was clear she is no fan of the current state of politics. >> some things i would like to say is one of the electoral college. >> she is the second woman to serve on the court appointed by president clinton in 1993. one of her biggest supporters is republican senator oren hatch. >> i think today he wouldn't touch me with a 10-foot poll. we have -- we are still friends, but if it came to a vote on me, i don't think he would be the supporter that he was. >> ginsburg said she wishes she had a magic wand to bring respect back to washington. she is the oldest supreme court justice at 83. they encouraged her to eat more kale and hope she will outlast a trump presidency. >> i was wondering who do you want to eat more kale in washington? >> justice kennedy. >> another moment of levity representative of her sense of hu

. >>> espero que les guste mi nÓmbrame de neal gorsuch.utaciÓn de ser un claro y lucido escritor seria el nominado mÁs joven nominado al alto tribunal de la naciÓn. >>> Él dijo que si es aprobado por el senado, harÁ todo lo que estÁ en su poder para servir a la constituciÓn las leyes de este paÍs conoce muy bien el ambiente de washington, es hijo de una ex funcionario de la agencia de protecciÓn del medio ambiente y se educÓ en las universidades de harvard y columbia. es conservador sin pus pinos controverciales, por lo menos por escrito. lo que podrÍa ahorrarle una pelea en el congreso. es conocido por su defensa de las libertades religiosas. estÁ en contra de la eutanasia y el suicidio asistido. y nunca ha escrito una opiniÓn sobre el aborto. como fallarÍa sobre este tema. como el designado de trump. llenarÁ la vacante de anthony scalia que falleciÓ en febrero del aÑo pasado. no se espera que la corte cambie radicalmente de tendencia. >>> mientras el presidente donald trump, anunciaba su nominado para completar los 9 jueces del mÁs alto

. >> there were ground rules just as she was not going to talk about neal gorsuch, for instance, butl-injected her opinions where she could. she never mentioned president trump her his executive orders that are about to appear before the supreme court. during the q&a, it was clear she is no fan of the current state of politics. >> some things i would like to say is one of the electoral college. >> she is the second woman to serve on the court appointed by president clinton in 1993. one of her biggest supporters is republican senator oren hatch. >> i think today he wouldn't touch me with a 10-foot poll. we have -- we are still friends, but if it came to a vote on me, i don't think he would be the supporter that he was. >> ginsburg said she wishes she had a magic wand to bring respect back to washington. she is the oldest supreme court justice at 83. they encouraged her to eat more kale and hope she will outlast a trump presidency. >> i was wondering who do you want to eat more kale in washington? >> justice kennedy. >> another moment of levity representative of her sense of humor that

america this morning, president trump announcing his nominee for supreme court justice, judge neal gorsuch affect the country long after his presidency. the opposition from democrats almost immediate. we're live in washington. >>> more fallout now from the immigration ban. the number of states suing the trump administration is growing, plus, there's some confusion over the executive order as the administration insists it's not a ban despite calling it that a number of times. >>> a woman says her iphone caught fire as she was asleep. what apple is now saying about the claim. >>> and how your morning coffee could be sabotaging your diet. >> oh.

. >> the remarks by judge neal gorsuch were confirmed by the judge's spokesman and several lawmakers but the president said the comments were misrepresented and sean spicer doubled down on that claim. >> are you saying that demoralize and disheartening was not specifically about the preside president's comments? >> the judge made it clear -- >> three senators have come out and said they corroborate the statement and so does -- >> senator ayotte made it clear he was commenting in general about attacks on the judiciary. that was it. plain and simple. >> well, senator richard blumenthal said gorsuch told him it was okay to repeat what he said. blumenthal is now calling on gorsuch to go public with his criticism of the president. >>> and top white house kellyanne conway says she is still in the president's good grays despite an ethics investigation. >> it started after she spoke about ivanka's fashion line on television. >> it is a wonderful line of i own some of it. i'm just going to give a commercial. go buy it. you can find it online. >> that's a possible violation of ethics rules. th

. >>> to the latest on president trump at odds with his supreme court nominee, judge neal gorsuch who is calling the president's harsh words about the court, quote, demoralizing and disheartening. let's go to our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega for much more on all this. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. the ruling on this executive order could come at any time. the president watched that hearing and clearly not happy with what he saw. when it came to his reaction his supreme court nominee not happy. the president is tweeting saying the judge's comments about him are being misrepresentative. judge neal gorsuch meeting with senators on capitol hill. >> good morning. >> reporter: included in his message strong words about the very man who nominated him to the supreme court. his spokesman tells abc news that during a private meeting with one senator, gorsuch described president trump's recent criticism of judges as, quote, demoralizing and disheartening. that senator speaking out too. >> he certainly expressed to me that he is disheartened by t

revealed his choice for the supreme court was federal judge and dad from a walmart photo frame neal gorsuchught both of his top two candidates to the white house. yeah, trump said one of you will be the nominee, the other will go home crying in the back of a limo. >> trump held a press conference to honor african-american luminaries like the two black people he knows, ben carson and omarosa. >> it was a palpable thing. >> frederick doug glass is an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, i notice. >> done an amazing job. well, he did do an amazing job until he died in 1895. >> of course, trump took a moment to reflect on the legacy of dr. martin luther king. >> read all about dr. martin luther king a week ago when somebody said i took the statue out of my office and turned out that that was fake news. >> yes, it was fake news. trump didn't take the statue from his office. it tried to escape. >> only two weeks in, folks. that's what's making news in america. >> stay with us for "good morning america." >> good morning everyone, it is 4:30 a.m. on t

drama with the country's judicial branch including president trump's supreme court pick, judge neal gorsuch. he describes the president's recent criticism of judges as, quote, demoralizing and disheartening like tweeting that the federal judge who put a temporary hold on his immigration ban is a so-called judge and saying he's to blame if anything happens. wednesday morning trump seemed to criticize the three federal judges currently deliberating the appeal of that ruling. >> i don't ever want to call a court biased, so i won't call it biased, and we haven't had a decision yet, but courts seem to be so political. >> reporter: the judges from the ninth circuit court of appeals have not yet reached a decision on whether to reinstate the travel ban. that court will continue to deliberate, and a decision is expected this week. kendis and diane. >> and it could come as soon as today, in fact. maggie rulli there in washington for us, thank you. >>> the president has made a sharp turn from his predecessors when it comes to talking about the threat of terrorism. >> in comments that he made, he seem

. >> reporter: focusing on his early achievements like the nomination of judge neal gorsuch to the supreme court and a series of executive orders aimed at delivering on his campaign promises. >> the government should not stand in your way in delivering needed reforms and services and it won't. >> reporter: also expected, a call to build up infrastructure spending $1 trillion. >> we have potholes all over our highways and our roads. >> reporter: increased defense spending. >> we have to start winning wars again. >> reporter: and repeal and replace the affordable care act. >> it's an unbelievably complex subject. nobody knew that health care could be so complicated. >> reporter: but house democratic leader nancy pelosi says he doesn't have the votes to replace it and hasn't done anything worth celebrating after more than a month in office. >> he has nothing toho but fear in every way to people sick, fear to people who are immigrants, fear to people who are concerned about the greed on wall street. >> reporter: the democrats will have their chance to fight back. former kentucky governor steve

host: with the nomination, neal gorsuch, and that in the minds of democrats to have to consider him and somebody else, what does that mean in terms of the politics that we'll face in the coming months? because of the way the base on the left is angry over the election and so forth. i think there is a real chance this is going to be a fight. and possibly a filibuster. host: turn to the "wall street journal." >> looking ahead at the next nation. if this is the ask lee kwla eat, if the next vacancy is is one of the more liberal members, that has the prospect of changing the direction of the court. no matter who is vacating them. don't think you're going to see a whole lot of difference between the kind of person he nominated this time. and the kind of person who is going to be nominated next time. think i it will be someone committed to, as he puts it, interpreting the constitution the way the framers meant it to e. >> he said other things about the judiciary as well where he talked about a judge who ruled against him. he talked about a judge in disparaging ferms when he had a case a coupl

the biggest thing trump has done since coming into office that's been successful is nominating neal gorsuchpreme court nominee. that's going to make the biggest difference to the people that support him and to some republicans that are on the fence. that's going to give him a lot of credibility. >> matt, you know, they're not correcting something that was a significant problem with the ban. i'm not talking about legalities. extreme vetting. they're not going to put procedures in place at this point. why are they not checking those boxes. most of this so-called travel ban are actually a pause, three or four months. presumably the immigration would begin again for most of these countries except for syria, how do you make sure that people who come here six months from now are legitimately refugees and not potential terrorists? that has to be a top priority. >> what about moving off of that and on to repealing our place on obamacare. this is something you ran on. this is something republicans can be talking about for several years. and saying he hopes to have a draft for replacement sometime ne

. >> the president's supreme court nominee neal gorsuch. >> he is a constitutionist. >> on friday james mattis met with his german counter park and talked about the migrant crisis. >>> still to come here. a feel of dreams in need of repair. how the 49ers saved a soccer season before it began. >> just one of the casualties of the storm. 400 year old tree crashed to the ground. coming up, see the damage that is feeling work schedules for clean-up crews. >>> bruce richards parents heard it and the kids felt it. >> the kids were like what are we going to do? how are we going to play? the ruts were awful. >> devastated by determined to make good the school turned to the community for help. the 49ers grounds keepers were front and center last monday pitching in. the 9er bunch rolled the feel and reseeded the turf and entered what was a lost cause to a new season of hope. >> you look at it now and it looks like wow. was it really that bad? but they have corrected so much already. >> they really evaluated the situation and gave us what we thought would be a step by stuff instructions on how to

president trump nominates neal gorsuch for the supreme court, a prime time announcement for his firstick. >> i'm keeping another promise for the american people. >> calling him a solid conservative. >> i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitution and laws of this great country. >> he could shape the court for decades. now democrats push back threatening to block the choice as they freeze the cabinet's approval process boycotting votes. the battle brewing on capitol hill. >>> storm warning. snow and ice spark hundreds of accidents in the northeast. these massive pileups shutting down highways. now the system bringing snow to new england as a new storm hits the west. watch as warnings for flash flooding from california to south dakota. >>> sideline showdown. former cheerleaders suing the

democrats to cooperate with republicans was to approve his nominee to replace anton anyoin scalia, ju neal gorsuch. this was very much something he was looking forward to doing. he said early on he wanted to get around the media filter to talk directly to the people and it was clear that this crowd really ate it up. these are people who had been standing in line for hours, very, very interesting and campaignlike event here. >> cnn's athena jones reporting there for us. >> the first lady of the united states, melania trump, has not often been seen publicly since her husband became president. on saturday, she stepped up to the presidential podium in a knee-high red dress, greeted with a rousing applause. >> the first lady led the crowd in prayer and spoke about what she and her husband hope to accomplish during his presidency. >> it gives me honor and great pleasure to stand here before you as the first lady of the united states. the america we envision is one that works for all americans and where all americans can work and succeed, a nation committed to a greater civility and unity between people

supreme court, judge neal gorsuch who is from my list of 20 and who will be a true defender of our laws and constitution. highly respected. should get the votes from the democrats. you may not see that, but he will get there one way or the other. he should get there the old fashioned way. he should get the votes. this last month represented an unprecedented degree of action on behalf of the great citizens of our country. again, i say it, there has never been a presidency that has done so much in such a short period of time. we haven't even started the big work. that starts early next week. very big things will be announced next week. we are just getting started. we will be giving a speech in melbourne, florida at 5:00 p.m. hope to see you there. with that, i just say god bless america and let's take some questions. >> when we come back, what president trump said about michael flynn and why he fired him as national security adviser. . now with taxes and fees included. get 4 lines of unlimited lte data for 40 bucks each. all unlimited. all in! switch to t-mobile today. america's small bus

president trump nominates neal gorsuch for the supreme court, a prime time announcement for his firstican people. >> calling him a solid conservative. >> i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitution and laws of this great country. >> he could shape the court for decades. now democrats push back threatening to block the choice as they freeze the cabinet's approval process boycotting votes. the battle brewing on capitol hill. >>> storm warning. snow and ice spark hundreds of accidents in the northeast. these massive pileups shutting down highways. now the system bringing snow to new england as a new storm hits the west. watch as warnings for flash flooding from california to south dakota. >>> sideline showdown. former cheerleaders suing the nfl, just four

. >>> and ten years later, neal gorsuch -- anna nicole's daughter dannielynn and what she left behind for her. >>> good morning, america. happy friday. we are digging out this morning here in the northeast. not so bad in new york. massachusetts, a foot of snow. >> it wasn't as bad here. we got a lot of snow out there. there's so many trying to dig out. take a look at this photo of martha stewart behind the wheel of a pickup truck. i decided to plow and now i am stuck, darn. but there is hope. only 38 days until spring. >> only? >> only 38 days. >> keep hope alive. >> well, there's still more snow coming. much more on that in a moment. >>> first right to that travel ban decision. a federal court deciding unanimously to keep president trump's executive order on hold for now. our chief white house correspondent jon karl is here with those details for us, good morning, jon. >> good morning. no doubt this is a big setback for the white house but the president is vowing to fight on and confident that he will ultimately prevail. just minutes after the court shot him down, president trump was

judge neal gorsuch.mocrats promising to filibuster his nomination he told republicans to do whatever it takes to get him confirmed. take a look. >> if we end up with that, i would say if you can, do it. because that would be an absolute shame if a man of this quality was caught up in the web so i would say it's up to mitch but i would say go for it. >> mary bruce on capitol hill, jon karl at the white house. mary, let me begin with you talking about mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader. this nuclear option would basically change the senate rules so he could get confirmed with just republican votes, 51 votes. >> reporter: george, the pressure this morning on mitch mcconnell is huge. the president with those two words, go nuclear, telling him to do whatever he has to do, even change those rules if necessary to prevent democrats from blocking his nominee. now, mcconnell has not revealed his next move but he's known as a stickler for those rules, not inclined to change them but democrats may leave h

neal katyel has come out in support of judge gorsuch. he wrote this, judge gorsuch would help to restore confidence in the rule of law. his years on the bench reveal a commitment to judicial independence. a record that should give the american people confidence that he will not compromise principle to favor the president who appointed him. your response? >> we have a solemn obligation here, george, to look at this judge's record. to look at how his decisions have differed from precedent in the past. i have concerns, of course. a care a lot about campaign finance. he concurred in a decision, put out his own opinion that went farther than the other judges in terms of what it could do to campaign finance laws. that being said, i'm a member of the judiciary committee. it's important that we hear him out. listen to his views. it's equally important that we keep in place the senate rules that say that the supreme court is different than the other judges. which have a 51-vote margin in the senate. this has a 60-vote threshold. and we have put t

gorsuch a brilliant, terrific guy who would do the court's work with distinction. this is laurence tribe, the president's constitutional law professor, one of the best-known liberal professors in the country. neal katyall, president obama's top supreme court lawyer, lauded judge gorsuch as one of the top and most brilliant journals to serve our nation over the last century. mr. president, over the last century. that's president obama's supreme court lawyer. the left-leaning ""denver post"" highlighted judge gorsuch's representation as a -- reputation as a brilliant legal mind who applies the law fairly and consistently. i'm happy to report eve even been ashowered by -- report we've been assured by rachel maddow, that gorsuch is a relatively mainstream choice. it turns out in the year since judge gorsuch unopposed senate kweurplgts he's shown himself -- confirmation, he's shown himself the kind of judge he hoped to be, one who demonstrates fairness and impartiality. then senator salazar lauded him for in 2006 which salazar called a canadastone for being a -- a keystone for being a judge. that was in 2006. that was neil gorsuch's representation -- reputation back then and it is his richly deserve

certainly is no conservative says judge gorsuch will be, quote, hard to oppose on the merits, end of quote. even president obama's acting solicitor general neal katyal said judge gorsuch, quote, would help to restore confidence in the rule of law, end of quote. now, the course goes on, mr. president. apparently because the nominee is so obviously mainstream, the benchmark for my colleague's concerns keeps changing, moving the goal post. the minority leader has conveniently developed a new test. now he says that the benchmark is independence. quote, the bar for the supreme court nominee to prove that they can be independent has never, never been higher, end of quote. well, fortunately for the minority leader, the nominee passes that bar with flying colors, just like he passed the mainstream test with flying colors. the nominee's record makes clear that he's an independent and fair minded judge who's deeply committed to the separation of powers. here's just one example from his many opinions on that point. just last year, judge gorsuch had to decide a case about authority of the board of immigration appeal, b.i.a. for short, which answers to th