judge neal gorsuch begins the second day as his supreme court conformation hearing. he will take questions with questioning expected to last through wednesday. on thursday, the committee hears from outside witnesses. watch our live coverage starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3ism -- c-span3. you can see it on c-span.org and the c-span app. president trump is headed to the house tomorrow to speak about his health care bill. watch live coverage of the debate and vote on c-span starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern. coming up tuesday morning, texas republican congressman jody arington will discuss the future of health care, russian interference in the election and trump's 2017 budget. and robin kelly weighs in on health care, the budget and the congressional black caucus meeting at the white house. be sure to watch c-span washington journal live at 7:00 eastern. >> now the opening statement for supreme court nominee judge neal gorsuch before the senate judiciary committee. he is sworn in by senator grassley who chairs the committee. >> before you sit, would you raise your r

. >>> on monday the senate conformation hearing begins for neal gorsuch. expected to last three days. day one for opening statements, day two for questioning the nominee and on day three, senators will hear testimony from outside experts. it all starts monday at 11:00 a.m. eastern. follow our live coverage on c-span 2. you'll also find it online and streaming on the c-span radio app. in the house, fbi director james comey will brief members oe

difficult haul. >>> the number of senate democrats declaring opposition to supreme court nominee neal gorsuch is growing. mitch mcconnell has set a date for the floor vote on the floor nomination predicting that gorsuch will be confirmed next friday. the judiciary committee is set to vote on monday and mcconnell says he wants the full senate to vote before lawmakers head off for a two week spring baby. >> mcconnell and chuck schumer squaring off over the republican threat to invoke the nuclear option. that would change the rules on filibusters on high court nominees to be voted on by 51 instead of 60. >> we'll get judge gorsuch confirmed. it's an opportunity for democrats to vote on cloture. it's up to them how the process to confirm judge gorsuch goes forward. >> it's going to be a real uphill climb for him to get those 60 votes. it's such an important position. it should have bipartisan buy in. if a judge can't meet, if a nominee can't meet the 60 vote standard you don't change the rules. >> as of now 27 senators plan to filibuster the gorsuch nomination. three democrats haven't said whethe

>> a reminder that neal gorsuch begins the second day at 9:30 tomorrow. we will hear from outside witnesses tomorrow. our watch live coverage on c-span 3 and you can see it on c-span.org and listen on the c-span radio app. the communicators is next. the acting head of the federal trade commission. and then more from today's supreme court hearing conformation neal gorsuch. we will start with his opening statement and bring you the entire hearing. >> host: maureen ohlhausen acting chair of the federal trade communication and our guest on the communicator. what is the current status of the federal trade commission? how many people are on it? what actions can you take at this point? >> the current status of the commission is we are open for business, working and doing the public work very well, i think. there are two current members. i am a republican and i have my colleague who is a democrat. the thing to remember about the fcc is we are generally a bipartisan, enforcement agency. your rules allow us to have a qualm as commissioner so that is not affecting o

and neal gorsuch's confirmation hearing will start on monday, c-span3 will kick off what's expected to be three or four days of hearings with judge gorsuch testifying on tuesday. live coverage starting monday at 11:00 a.m. eastern. now two segments from today's "washington journal." as the house democrat and republican look at the republican health care law replacement and recent c.b.o. scoring. washington journal con. host: joining us from texas, congressman gene green, democrat of that state who sits on the energy and commerce committee. he is the top democrat on the health subcommittee. thank you for being here. guest: glad to be here. host:

that they really circled the wagons about. >> we now have a date, friday is when we're told that neal gorsuch will get confirmed next week. at least -- >> one way or another. >> i want you to listen to senators back and forth on the gorsuch nomination. >>> we're going to get judge gorsuch confirmed. it will be an opportunity for the democrats to invoke cloture. we'll see where that ends. it will be up to them how the process to confirm judge gorsuch goes forward. >> it's going to be a real uphill climb for him to get those 60 votes. it's such an important position it should have bipartisan buy in. if a judge can't meet a nominee can't meet the 60 vote standard you don't change the rules. >> i can remember in the sotomayor hearings, lindsey graham said it was the president's prerogative when you win the house you get to put the person you want in the supreme court if there's a vacancy. nine republicans voted for her. over this proceeding, merritt garland's name is hanging. >> reporter: that's right. this is another one where democrats they are really going to want to hold the line and send a m

. >> the senate judiciary committee begins conformation hearings for supreme court nominee neal gorsuch on monday at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. you can watch the hearing live on c-span2 or why replay the hearing in prime time. it will be available online at c-span.org and through the c-span radio app. mississippi state flag includes a confederate battle emblem and carlos moore filled a case arguing the flag is unconstitutional because it is racist and discriminatory. that case has reached the fifth circuit court of appeals. here is oral argument in the case of moore versus governor bryant. >> i would like to start talking with briggs versus mississippi. it dealt with the same flag issue. like this case, the plaintiff alleged the mississippi flag constituted speech and expressed preference for one grup of citizens. briggs was a muslim objecting on the flag with the basis he believes it endorses christianity. the confederate flag battle flag portion constituted a christian symbol and he objected. the district court and this court proceeded to decide the case on the merits without any expres

as it is, i know he is smiling. >> reporter: strong emotion there, mostly smooth sailing for neal gorsuchbut there's no question that he will get grilled today and democratic activists some of them are now calling for this nomination hearing to be halted until the fbi and congress get to the bottom of what happened if anything between russia and the trump campaign. robin. >> all right, terry, thank you. michael. >> we'll turn now to a massive eight-alarm fire tearing through an apartment building in kansas and damaging more than a dozen homes. those flames fueled by the dry conditions and alex perez is on the scene. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, michael. firefighters have been working through the night at one point officials here saying the scene looked like a war zone. now, take a look at some of the dramatic images overnight here. the blaze first igniting yesterday afternoon at this massive 579 complex still under construction outside of kansas city. those flames quickly spreading nearby. at least 17 other homes catching fire and damage. firefighters from across the are

but with the nomination of neal gorsuch. the president hit a ten strike among republicans. we got to vote for him because the supreme court's at stake and what he's delivered is a nominee who has not only drawn unanimous praise from the right but grudging praise from the liberals, he is not an antonin scalia, a are candidate who snowmentsnow -- foements, aboutt couple of weeks. >> sreenivasan: there's a lot of pressure on republican senators to stop add all costs considering merrick garland at any time get a slake. >> this has the chuck schumer, he has enough to filibuster. the problem is if he tries a filibuster, senate majority leeward mcconnell could say, we are going to abolish the filibuster, which is probably what chuck schumer would have done if he had a majority and president clinton. then, as you say you have tremendous pressure from the left of the democratic party who want resistance at all costs who may even threaten primary challenges against incumbent democrats running in wedge states in 2018. this is a tight rope chuck schumer is going to have to walk, it is

. >>> the senate judiciary committee's vote on supreme court nominee neal gorsuch has been pushed back a democrats requested the postponemen. republicans need support from eight democrats. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell appears ready to change the rules and confirm him with a simple majority. >>> in florida, two miami-dade police officers are recovering after being shot last night. the officers were in plain-clothes working undercover conducting an investigation near an apartment complex. police say it's unclear why they were shot or if the shooters knew their targets were police officers. >> feels like this, to have the audacity to ambush a vehicle unprovoked and open fire like that on individuals in these communities that are causing havoc, terrorizing these communities day in, day out. these officers were out here to path stop to that. >> a price union spokesman said six men walked towards the officer's unmarked car and opened fire. one officer returned fire. >>> a powerful cyclone is knocking down trees and kck northeastern australia. debbie roared ashore with rain and gust

in our other lead story, president trump's supreme court nominee judge neal gorsuch faces the senatettee on the first day of confirmation hearings. >> 97% of those 2,700 cases i've decided were decided unanimously. and that i've been in th

. >>> supreme court nominee neal gorsuch returns to capitol hill today for round three of his confirmation hearings. during more than 11 hours of testimony on tuesday, gorsuch pledged to be fair and independent and said he won't hesitate to disagree with president trump. senator patrick leahy questioned him about the president's travel ban but was careful not to give his opinion about it. >> i will apply the law. i will apply the law faithfully and fearlessly and without regard to persons. >> how about with regard to religion. >> anyone, any law is going to get a fair and square deal with me. >> gorsuch also called attacks on federal judges disheartening and demoralizing after president trump called the judge who rejected his first travel ban a so-called judge. >>> and we've learned the emergency order banning large electronic devices from overseas flights what apparently promised about i a security threat. u.s. intelligence sources say they discovered that isis was working to smuggle explosive laden electronics on to u.s. bound flights and restriction banzs all devices bigger than a cell

. >>> and today's the second day of confirmation hearings for neal gorsuch. the judge addressed democrats concerned about his independence from politics, white house chief of staff reince priebus described gorsuch as the type of judge that has the vision of donald trump. gorsuch insisted the bench is no place for politics. >> these days we sometimes hear judges cynic politicians in robes. seeking to enforce their own politics rather than striving to apply the law impartially. if i thought that were true i'd hang up the robe. >> senate democrats clashed with other members saying they'll try to block his nomination for coming to a final vote. they blocked president obama's nominee from getting a vote. they're set to last through thursday. >>> oil expected to start flowing through the dakota access pipeline this week according to the company building the pipeline. in a court filing last night energy transfer partners said physical attacks along the pipeline will not stop operations. the company didn't elaborate on those attacks but two native american tribes and

. >>> confirmation hearings for neal gorsuch getting under way and terry moran who covered supreme courtrmation hearings for more than two decades is there and there's been a seven-week buildup to these hearings. what can we expect? >> reporter: good morning. i will tell you what you can expect in a hyper partisan washington, high intensity and hard fought but in some ways the most shocking thing about it is how normal it's going to be. this is probably the smoothest operation the trump presidency has launched, his nomination. he's an establish many conservative, he has come through harvard and oxford and the bush administration and while democrats are going to press him very hard on flash point issues like president trump's attacks on the judiciary and on the immigration ban, what will really happen in there i think is a very typical supreme court hearing especially given that the chairman of the committee senator grassley and the ranking democrats senator feinstein two of the most senior senators are old school and keep a lid on things in there. >> terry, the supreme court has been dow

tell them to confirm neal gorsuch. we have postcards and petitions back there about gorsuch to the right as you look at the cameras back there. to the right. if you want to pick any of those up to deliver. and if you will, if you're able to, i know it's very cold, but if you're able to text full epeal to 388873. 388873, i'll make sure freedom works gets your names and numbers. you'll get a reply and enter your email address. i'll make sure they know who is out here today. we appreciate everything you're doing. we're going to make sure that congress keeps their promises. thank you so much for making your voices heard for the last eight years. i'm so proud of you and so thankful for you. congress, congress, keep your promises! keep your promises! keep your promises! keep your promises! thank you so much. >> jenny beth martin. cruz is on his way. again we broadcasting live on sirius xm slight radio. patriot chann, channel 125. one small thing i thought would be a good idea before we bring up ted cruz. he's on the way. you

and neal gorsuch's confirmation hearing will start on monday, c-span3 will kick off what's expected to be three or four days of hearings with judge gorsuch testifying on tuesday. live coverage starting monday at 11:00 a.m. eastern. now two segments from today's "washington journal." as the house democrat and republican look at the republican health care law replacement and recent c.b.o. scoring. washington journal con. host: joining us from texas, congressman gene green, democrat of that state who sits on the energy and commerce committee. he is the top democrat on the health subcommittee. thank you for being here. guest: glad to be here. host: let me begin with the congressional budget office and the report issued earlier this week on the republican plan to replace the affordable care act. do you believe the numbers? guest: i believe the congressional budget office. that is a very bipartisan office, nonpartisan. republican ore democrat, we have to live with their estimates. -- 24ou say you will lose million people are going to lose health care, i think that is serious. i wish we had i

>> senate democratic leader charles schumer is promising a showdown over supreme court nominee neal gorsuch. republicans would need 60 votes rather than 51 for confirmation. republicans insist confirmation is a done deal no matter what even if it means changing senate procedural rules. >>> devin nunes is apologizing for how he handled intelligence data involving the trump transition team and went public briefing the president and media before sharing that information with committee members. but democrats are still upset saying his actions threaten the committee's credibility. >>> overseas a former russian lawmaker and critic of vladimir putin has been shot and killed in the streets of ukraine. he was once a communist member of the russian parliament and he fled to ukraine after fearing for his life. police say he was gunned down outside a hotel in kiev in broad daylight. ukraine's president is calling the deadly shooting a russian state terrorist act. >>> israeli police have arrested a 19-year-old in connection with a series of bomb threats against jewish community centers and schools in th

in washington today, the first of four days of confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee neal gorsuch. >> the senate judiciary hearing will hear from the judge himself. the conservative hopes to replace justice antonin scalia who died 1 months ago. >>> president trumpcriticized kim jong-un after the country tested a new rocket engine. it mashes a significant advancement in the north's capability. the test came during secretary of state rex tillerson's visit to the region and president trump says he and his advisers met this weekend to discuss any threats. >> the meetings with north korea, he's acting very, very badly. i will tell you he is acting very badly. >> reporter: and north korea is saying this is for their space program, even china, north korea's ally appears to be losing patience with kim jong-un. secretary tillerson saying preemptive military action against north korea may be necessary. >>> well, back to the capitol and new questions this morning about security threats at the white house after three breaches in eight days. new details surfaced about the most recent incident.

senate conformation hearings for supreme court nominee neal gorsuch begin on monday. here is the newest member of the court, elena kagan, talking about her conformaon process. >> well, let's talk about the conformation process. you sa t

justice who will uphold and defend the constitution of the united states. [ cheers ] >> judge neal gorsuch'sn the senate and i urge members of both parties to swiftly approve his nomination. he is an outstanding man from an outstanding family with an unbelievably wonderful wife. they should approve. there is another promise that is deeply important to me, and i know it is deeply important to you. we are going to put our coal miners back to work. [ cheers ] >> they have not been treated well but they will be treated well now. clean call. clean call. i have already eliminated a devastating anti coal regulation, and that is just the beginning. you saw that, got a lot of thank yous from a lot of great people that work hard and want to keep working. a lot of people will be put back to work and a lot of coal miners are going back to work. as we speak, we are preparing new executive actions to save our coal industry and to save our wonderful coal miners from continuing to be put out of work. the miners are coming back. our new epa administration, scott pruit, a kentucky native will turn the epa env

pocan joining us to >> quick reminder this coming monday is the start of confirmation hearings for neal gorsuch, president trump's nominee for the supreme court. c-span2 will have live coverage of the hearings which are expected to last three or four days with judge gorsuch testifying on tuesday. it begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern t will include your comments and prime time reair. you can also listen to the hearings on our free c-span radio app. a live picture here of the house budget committee as members consider the republican's health care law replacement. this started at about 10:00 this morning. we expect it to last all day. c-span2 has live coverage. speaker ryan said last night the current bill wouldn't likely not pass the u.s. house. mr. johnson, i wonder why in the world my colles on the other side of the aisle didn't have the courage or wisdom to ask this question off the -- >> you can continue to watch the hearing on c-span2 and prime time tonight on the c-span networks. live now to the u.s. house. members about to gavel n the speaker: the house will be n order. the speaker pro tempore:

democrats grilling judge neal gorsuch for ten hours on tuesday in a high stakes hearing.bc's terry moran is at the supreme court and joins us now with the latest. good morning, terry. >> reporter: day two they'll keep him on the griddle trying to portray him as too friendly tocorporations, too tangled up in politics and beholden to president trump but gorsuch very calmly and firmly says i'm my own man. after a second day of testimony, nc neal gorsuch standing firm. >> i can't guarantee you more than i'm a fair judge but i can promise you absolutely nothing less. >> reporter: senators wasting no time hitting him on president trump again. >> is the president's national security determinations, are those reviewable by the court? >> senator, no man is above the law. >> reporter: and again. >> did he ever ask you to overru row v quaid? >> no. >> what would you have done if van gundy asked? >> i would have walked out the door. >> how would you feel if he c l called you a so-called judge. >> when anyone criticizes the honesty and motives after a federal judge, well, i find that

. >>> republicans are going all in on neal gorsuch. a vote expected

neal gorsuch will be the next supreme court justice and there's nothing wrong with him so far as we have what he represens. to ask some untraditional questions of this judge. to ask him about the ninth amendment but are there rights that are reserved for people. are you going to do what scalia would tell people he is doing. the constitution is dead, dead, dead. and they could ask him about the ninth amendment and they could say the 8th amendment the hearings at the end of the reagan administration was the last time that we had true fireworks and learned more about the nominees. in many ways democrats know today all they're going to know about whether or not they feel comfortable supporting judge gorsuch. john roberts said i'm the umpire and i call balls and strikes and then overturned it. >> he also said the court ruled on that and that was controversial but a lot comes down to how the questions are ask asked. >> another provocation from northbound. what are you going to do the next time they do something? why south korea's defense ministry is calling this one particularly meaningful. wh

hearing and the failure to advance the health care legislation and a tough week for a nomination of neal gorsuch to be the supreme court nominee. the goff such nomination will move forward and that will be trump's best chance for a victory. after that he needs to go ahead and stop stoking the fights in the republican party. his tweet this morning attacking the club for growth and the freedom caucus is only adding salt to a fresh wound. if the president wants to start off on the right foot, he needs to stop the bleeding and bring his caucus together and at least present the united front even if one doesn't exist. >> you mentioned the tweet and we will look at it. donald trump needs to nurture two important relationships going forward. with the house speaker paul ryan and the ultra conservatives, the freedom caucus. he tweeted about them on sunday morning. democrats are smiling in d.c. that the freedom caulk you us have saved planned parenthood and obamacare. >> donald trump's chief of staff said mr. trump was surprised by the disloyalties. how does he mend that relationship? >> we have seen a str

. >>> supreme court nominee neal gorsuch wrapped up today. the federal appeals court judge talked about key legal and political issues. diane feinstein pressed him whether it would influence him to restrict abortion. >> no one is looking to return us to horse and buggy days. we're trying to interpret the law faithfully taking principles that are enduring. >> the hearing ended as supreme court voted to over rule a lower court ruling influenced by gorsuch. in that case gorsuch ruled against an autistic student seekinged a vision ed additiona >>> forget your password, not a question, a statement. >> michael finney explains how far away we are from a password free future. >> they say they have done the impossible and creating jobs in oakland. i'm jonathan bloom with a mouth >>> tastes like chicken. >> it created the first clean chicken and duck meat. they page make it from animal c and makes it better for the environment. they hope to get these on sale in the next tofour years. >> there is one animal alternative you can eat today, if you can find

after a second day of testimony, supreme court nominee neal gorsuch standing firm. that he's the man for the job. >> i'm a fair judge. i can't guarantee you more than that but i can promise you absolutely nothing less. >> reporter: senators wasting no time hitting him on president trump again. >> is the president's national security determinations, are those reviewable by the court? >> senator, no man is above the law. >> reporter: and again. >> did he ever ask you to overrule roe v. wade? >> no. >> what would you have done if he asked? >> i would have walked out the door. >> how would you feel if he called you a so-called judge. >> when anyone criticizes the honesty, integrity, motives of a federal judge, well, i find that disheartening. i find that demoralizing. >> anyone including the president of the united states. >> anyone is anyone. >> reporter: but just hours later the president weighing in at a washington, d.c. dinner for gop lawmakers. >> somebody said i should not criticize judges. okay. i'll criticize judges. >> reporter: that is a first when a nominee i

another high-stakes hearing under way on capitol hill for president trump's supreme court nominee neal gorsuch who is bracing for tough questioning this morning. abc's terry moran covers the supreme court and is there right now. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the hearings are just getting under way and so far it's been smooth sailing for judge gorsuch. in fact, his nominee is one of the few bright spots in dark times for president trump. today back there democrats are vowing they will give judge gorsuch a good grilling on everything from president trump's travel ban to what they say is this judge's pro corporate bias. judge gorsuch was both personal and powerful. also paying tribute to his wife. >> i could not even attempt to do this without louise. i love you so much. >> but the pleasantries may be over. today he'll answer questions from democrats still fuming at gop obstruction of president obama's nominee. >> the block of chief judge merrick was never grounded in principle or precedent. >> reporter: and then there are trump's conservative campaign promises. >> presid

it overrules a ruling decided in part by supreme court nominee neal gorsuch.here is the oral argument from january. it is an

. >> sandra: judge neal gorsuch's confirmation hearing is back underway after a brief recess. >> i wasmong a great many. in terms of when it was struck down, hand and held that the detainment treaty act didn't apply retroactively, it only applied prospectively. at several years later, i want to say it was 2008 may be, court came back around. >> what i'm driving at is the mccain section, relative to cruel and inhuman degrading treatment. i assume or i hope you had a chance to glance at the emails senator feinstein gave you. you said in your email, you wanted a signing statement to the effect that mccain is best read as interrogating policies. what interrogation policies to do think that mccain amendment was essentially codifying? >> senator, i haven't had a chance to look over that, i'm sorry, i've scarfed down a sandwich over break. i'll be happy to read it, but i'm not sure what i can answer you here sitting off the top of my head. it was 12 years ago and i'm doing the best i can with my recollection. >> i'm trying to get the leap from your memory and this email, i understand there we

. >>> supreme court nominee neal gorsuch wrapped up today. the federal appeals court judge talked about key legal and political issues. diane feinstein pressed him whether it would influence him to restrict abortion. >> no one is looking to return us to horse and buggy days. we're trying to interpret the law faithfully taking principles that are enduring. >> the hearing ended as supreme court voted to over rule a lower court ruling influenced by gorsuch. in that case gorsuch ruled against an autistic student seekinged a vision ed additiona >>> forget your password, not a question, a statement. >> michael finney explains how far away we are from a password free future. >> they say they have done the impossible and creating jobs in oakland. i'm jonathan bloom with a mouth tomorrow's the day besides video games. every day is a gift. especially for people with heart failure. but today there's entresto... a breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart fail

. >> to fill his seat we have chosen neal gorsuch. he has deep devotion to the law.s confirmed unanimously by the court of appeals, and i am asking the senate to swiftly approve his nomination. >> the democrats don't like it. republicans are thrilled by the idea. there were some areas in which there was agreement among the parties. everyone seemed to move to the positive zone substantially. one is when he talked about the idea of new bridges and highways and roads, more infrastructure. >> the time has come for a new program of national rebuilding. >> now, whether they like the new facilities or like the jobs they represent, we don't know. but we know that brought everyone together up near the top, and if the white house wants to look for areas of possible bipartisan cooperation, all they'd have to do is go through here and count the places where the lines went up and joined together in the positive zone, and i'll tell you, it wouldn't take long because there weren't many of them. >> all right. thank you so much. i appreciate that. when we come back, president trump b

. >>> monday morning supreme court nominee neal gorsuch takes the next step in the confirmatioeir process>> president trump's claims of wiretapping during the election will be another focus on capitol hill. james comey and mike rogers will be in front of the house intelligence committee to answer questions about the president's statements. >>> now back to "lockup." >>> the fairfax county adult detention center is managed by a team of sheriff's deputies. stacey kinkaid is part of that team for 26 years. now as the first woman ever elected sheriff of fairfax county, running the jail is her primary responsibility. as for the inmates she says her approach is firm but fair. >> this is jail, that's just how it is. our major concern is safety and security. we have rules and regulations. the inmates know those. this is our house. wile you're a guest, you have to obey the rules. >> when inmates violate the rules, the penalties are stiff. they can be assigned to disciplinary segregation and allowed out only three times a week for a shower. they're not allowed possessions except for a religious book

it overrules a ruling decided in part by supreme court nominee neal gorsuch. here is the oral argument from january. it is an hour. >> rather, what the act requires is for the school to provide instruction and related services to the child that are reasonable and calculated to provide substantially equal education opportunities. the school district's primary response to our argument is the standard does not appear anywhere in the operative test of the ieda. >> also, didn't appear anywhere in the original petition did it? i am looking at standard briefing 8. you had a significant different one in the opening brief. >> we don't intend it to be different but intend to give more detail as to how the standard works. >> you are asking us to adopt case law opportunity and that appears some case. it appears in the concurring potential and the court itself did not adopt that formation. did not adopt substantial. so are you asking us to adopt a standard that the majority already had before it and didn't adopt? >> justice ginsburg, yes, but that was 1982. congress has am

schumer said r it's virtually impossible to on neal gorsuch before the upper chamber casts votes. i don't think they'll be able to come to any kind of agreement, striking a parties deal by next week to avoid a bitter showdown. impossible. harvey is calling in from louisville, kentucky, on the line. an what do you think about the president's message about the freedom caucus. it. r: i don't like i'm a conservative republican. but that's why we have our reps congress. he president -- you know, congress, they're pushing a deal people on t healthcare -- find out how good va, hcare is, go to the where you have government controlled healthcare. many choice,e that pills, the doctors are very limited. reason -- i didn't vote didn't ld trump and i vote -- proved he got garbage on both. thank you. host: okay. is calling from fort lauderdale, florida, on our republican line. hi, tom. caller: good morning. the freedom caucus has really got it wrong. i don't think their constituents dogmatic, a non-bending cooperation with the republican party. i think their constituents will and i touch with t

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reporter: the president to us several weeks ago if the democrats would filibuster neal gorsuch he would encourage the senate to use "the nuclear option." >> the senator schumer last hour came out with his position. after we get through tonight the president will have some kind of conversation with senator mcconnell and discuss senate strategy. we're not there yet. reporter: following up on jordan's question and follow-up on halley's question -- >> she had four. reporter: how did chairman nunes end up at white house. he said he invited himself here. that is uncommon way to end up here. can you take us through the ticktock what happened? >> no, i don't know how he got here. i assume in a car. i also don't track him. i don't keep his schedule either. reporter: do you know who he spoke with? >> no, i don't. he gave a press conference literally as we're starting i will go down to the white house after we brief the press. >> first time the white house was made aware of surveillance he brought to the president yesterday? >> i believe he shared information he shared with the president was newpo

in our other lead story, president trump's supreme court nominee judge neal gorsuch faces the senate judiciary committee on the first day of confirmation hearings. >> 97% of those 2,700 cases i've decided were decided unanimously. and that i've been in the majority 99% of the time. that's my record and that's how we do things in the west. >> woodruff: and, from the items in a market to celebrating work, how one art exhibit is defining the nature of home here in the u.s. for latino americans. >> i'm at once mexican and american. i'm in-between. that in-between space, that in- between place that i occupy is something that is constantly changing within myself. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> our tradition has been to take care of mother earth, because it's that that gives us water, gives us life. the land is here for everyone. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> su

. >> one part of trump's agenda that does appear to be on track is the nomination of neal gorsuch toourt. you're not hearing a lot from his meetings with senators and the white house likes it that way. there will still be a lot of grassroots pressure on democrats when he ends up in his nomination hearings, but the white house is confident this could be a straightforward conference. >> it's re-election time for donald trump in 10ten. he'll hold a re-election rally paid for and sponsors by his re-election committee. he's going to be selling health care. the question is why have a campaign rally as opposed to an official event. a couple reasons we're trying to figure out. answers are in short supply on this. one, they want to control the event, to try to limit protes r protesters and things. two, they want to use their list of supporters they have from the campaign to pack the auditorium tomorrow night in nashville. interesting that we have a president already campaigning. i recall him criticizing the last president for campaigning. >> that was then, this is now. >> an official event to

somehow the nomination of judge neal gorsuch to fill the supreme court vacancy has become forgotten inf the trump presidency. that ends this week as confirmation hearings get under way. democrats are under intense pressure from their base to somehow block gorsuch and will be looking for a stuck many but the judge has impressed senators during the private meetings, even democrats and his composure very tough to crack. watch his questioning on the issue of presidential authority. the judge's rules on the issue show gorsuch to be a critic of too much executive power and it could be one area where he finds some agreement with senate democrats who want a check on this president, but those democrats nonetheless face intense pressure to vote no. that's it again for "inside politics." thanks for sharing your sunday morning. hope you join us 599:00 a.m. cnn's special coverage of the fbi director's james comey appearance before the senate intelligence committee. up next, "state of the union" with jake tapper. if your sneezes are a force to be reckoned with... you may be muddling through allergie