. >>> over the nomination of neal gorsuch, the stage is set for a bitter battle now that democrats have enough votes to block the judge's confirmation. we're live in washington. >>> then to a deadly explosion caught on camera. a boiler rocketed out of the building shooting through the roof and landing on another building. so, how did it happen? >>> overnight, a late run lifts north carolina to another ncaa men's title. the big plays, the celebrations into the morning. >>> good tuesday morning to you. we start off with that breaking news and the deadly attack on the russian subway. >> the bomber has been identify the as a man from a former soviet republic. 11 people were killed in that attack. dozens overs injured. the attack occurred as the train passed between two downtown st. petersburg subway stations. no group claiming responsibility as yet but get this, two hours after the blast authorities found and deactivated another bomb at a nearby station. >> police say they don't know if this was a suicide attack or if the bomber escaped but overnight that bomber, suspected bomber was identi

democrats set it stage to block neal gorsuch setting stage for nuclear option. making it all but certain republicans will change the rules of the u.s. senate to ensure his conformation later this week. the post writes democratic opposition to gorsuch has been building and four more senators announced monday they would vote against him giving democrats the 41 senators to block a procedural vote and com pel president trump and republicans to either withdraw gorsuch's nomination or changing the senate's rule to require the 60-vote requirement. here is a look at the committee vote to move the nomination to the senate floor passing 11-9. >> thanks, everybody for being courteous to everybody else and hearing everybody else out. we are ready to vote on neal gorsuch to be the associate judge of the supreme court. i would ask the clerk to call the role. [inaudible conversations] >> ms. klobuchar? >> no. >> mr. franken? >> no. >> mr. thune? >> no. >> [inaudible conversations] >> according to the vote, the majority having supported the nomination. the nomination will be rep

the development comes as republicans prepare to go nuclear to confirm neal gorsuch as the next supreme court justice. vice president mike pence met privately with members of the house freedom caucus monday night trying to get the group on board with a new plan to overhaul obamacare. >> there's no deal in principle, there's a solid idea. >> reporter: president trump partly blamed the conservative lawmakers for the failure of the original bill last month. yesterday vice president pence made them a new offer that would allow states to opt-out of some of the obamacare insurance mandates like essential health benefits but preserve some of the more popular features of the affordable care act. >> we're hopeful we'll get the legislative text within the next 24 hours. >> reporter: the president's push for revised health care came as supreme court nominee neal gorsuch learned a critical step in the senate judiciary committee. lawmakers voted along party lines to send his nomination to the full senate for a full vote. >> i cannot support this nomination. >> reporter: the victory was short-lived a

the showdown over supreme court nomination neal gorsuch. ocrats have 14 votes they need to filibuster or block a full vote on the gorsuch nomination. senator mcconnell has now skaed vote for thursday to test that filibuster. if democrats hold the line mcconnell plans to delayer filibuster of supreme court's nominees can be stopped with 51 votes instead of 60. >> the majority of the senate support to make that happen. mike pence standing by to break a tie if not all 52 senate republicans support the nuclear option. mcconnell says he's confident he has enough support make the change. a full senate vote is expected friday. >>> still going at this hour, democratic senator jeff merkley of oregon who started talking at 4:00 p.m. it is 4:49 a.m. eastern time doing all they can to make one last stand to try and stop the nomination of neal gorsuch, the confirmation, rather, to the highest court in the land. what an intriguing fight. another fight over health care is back on the front burner. vice president pence meeting again later today with members

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. >> the historic showdown is looming over supreme court nomination of neal gorsuch. >> never a partisanibuster of a supreme court nominee and we'll not start this week. >> president trump calling vladimir putin to offer his condolences in the wake of a deadly subway bombing. >>> they identified the likely suspect. the suspected chemical weapons attack in syria, at least 58 people are reported to have been killed. >>> search for survivors in colombia is growing more desperate following a deadly mudslide. >> time is clearly running out. >> severe weather is battering the southern u.s. the damage is extensive with washed out roads and downed power lines. >>> heart stopping rescue. >> a supervisor jumped to the rescue after someone fell on the subway tracks. >> all that. >> the recovered tom brady jersey was stolen again. >> sort of. >> by gronkowski. as he was tackled to the ground. >> then they made love. >> and all that matters. >> north carolina beat gonzaga to win the whole thing which means march madness is officially over and cbs now returns to your regularly scheduled trump madness,

we are ready to vote on neal gorsuch to be the associate judge of the supreme court. i would ask the clerk to call the role. [inaudible conversations]

they won't have cater to the other party. >> reporter: it's a safe bet that neal gorsuch will be confirmed tomorrow in time to take his seat and hear the final 13 cases of the term. pete williams, nbc news at the supreme cou court. >>> lots of severe weather tonight in the eastern part of the country with millions facing the possibility of dangerous storms and a week that has already seen wide-spread destruction from devastating tornados. we get the latest from nbc's jacob rascon. >> reporter: tonight, strong winds, heavy rain and possible tornados reeking havoc across several states. significant damage reported in parts of virginia, brutal winds tossing large trees into homes, knocking out power to thousands. >> she was screaming, i could not console her so we huddled in the living room. >> reporter: portions of the d.c. metro under a tornado warning as the storm pushed through ripping the roof off this high school building. in florida, at least a dozen homes destroyed by a possible tornado and this massive house fire sparked by lightning and the midwest hit with gusts so powerful they sh

they're using an override to get neal gorsuch confirmed as supreme court judge today. >>> plus, back in the spotlight hillary clinton gives her first interview since losing the election. what she's saying about the current administration. >>> an 8-year-old girl found living with monkeys. eating and walking like art loves megared omega-3s... but did you know your eyes, your brain, and your joints really love them too? introducing megared advanced 4in1... just one softgel delivers the omega-3 power of two regular fish oil pills... so give your body mega support with megared advanced 4in1. makewith instant moisture utes from k-y ultragel. >>> breaking overnight last month's terror attack in london has claimed another victim. you'll recall the 31-year-old woman fromia who fell off the westminster bridge into the river has passed away. life support pulled off. she and her boyfriend had been visiting london. four other people were killed including an americave his vehi pedestrians on that famed bridge. >>> well, president trump's pick for the supreme court is set to be confirmed today rewr

>>ninan: i want to turn now to the supreme court, angus king considered the swing vote on neal gorsuch's nomination, what are you watching for as we get closer to a vote this week? >> i think what we're watching for is basically whether the republicans can get enough senate democrats to avoid having to invoke the nuclear option, changing the senate rules to make it that neal gorsuch would be confirmed with the 60 votes, in craft to the filibuster. this would be a particularly difficulty one, given what the republican leader or what senator kornun said, they said it would hurt the institution so it would be a big deal. and so it looks like that's where we're headed and it's another sign of in a partisan age where we thought we had gotten partisan in every way. >>ninan: john dickerson, thank you. >> thanks reena. police in chicago are looking for a fifteen-year-old -- in connection with a sexual assault streamed live last month on facebook. a fourteen-year-old was arrested this weekend and charged with multiple crimes. police say at least forty people watched the attack. no one reported it

avoid having to invoke the so-called nuclear option, changing the senate rules to make it that neal gorsuch would be confirmed with the 60 votes, in the case of the filibuster. this would be a particularly difficult one, given what the republican leader or what senator cornyn said, they said it would hurt the institution so it would be a big deal. and so it looks like that's where we're headed and it's another sign of in a partisan age where we thought we had gotten partisan in every possible way. this will be a new way, and we can't go back once we do it. >> ninan: john dickerson, thank you. >> thanks reena. >> ninan: police in chicago are looking for a fifteen-year-old - - in connection with a sexual assault streamed live last month on facebook. a fourteen-year-old was arrested this weekend and charged with multiple crimes. police say at least forty people watched the attack. no one reported it. at least four adults and six children are home from the hospital after being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning at a pool in southwest michigan. it happened at a quality inn in the city of nile

i can tell you is that neal gorsuch will be confirmed this week. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is threatening to do whatever it takes to break a filibuster by democrats. but it's not yet clear if he'll need to. three democrats have announced they will vote for gorsuch. the white house needs five more defectors to avoid the so-called nuclear option. but there are real nukes at stake in the growing tensions with north korea. that issue, a critical agenda item in the upcoming visit of china's president xi jinping. the meeting already potentially contentious after some of the president's campaign rhetoric. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country, and that's what they're doing. >> reporter: and now in an interview with "the financial times," president trump said china will either decide to help us with north korea or they won't implying that the u.s. may have to act alone but north korea is doing its own saber rattling. one north korean official threatening, if you bring out a thrive to attack us, we will take out a sword. while over a round of golf w

republicans and democrats debating judge neal gorsuch late into the night ahead of a vote later todayaround 11:00 a.m. eastern. if gorsuch does not get enough votes republicans are expected to use that so-called and so talked about nuclear option to confirm him. >> okay and we'll begin though with more fallout on bill o'reilly and fox news. more than 50 companies have now pulled ads from the "the o'reilly factor" after those sexual harassment claims against the anchor but scored support from his old friend, president trump. abc's linsey davis here with the latest. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: industry sources believe prior to the latest allegations, the "the o'reilly factor" had more than 100 advertisers. as of this morning, they have now lost more than 50 and stock in the network's parent company is down 3%. but ratings for o'reilly's show are up 20% since last week. and this morning one longtime viewer is publicly defending him, the president himself. >> caution, you are about to the enter the no-spin zone. >> reporter: this morning as the sexual harassment scandal surround bi

well, in just a few hours the supreme court is expected to have a new addition, judge neal gorsuch confirmede gorsuch. his confirmation shaking up the nation's highest court and changing the way congress operates. a bitter senate battle over president trump's supreme court pick culminating in a move so drastic it's called the nuclear option. >> the ayea 48, the nays are 52. >> reporter: after democrats blocked a vote on neal gorsuch senate republicans going nuclear changing the number of votes needed to confirm a supreme court nominee from 60 to 51. just a simple majority. >> our democratic colleagues have done something today that is unprecedented in the history of the senate. unfortunately, it has brought us to this point. >> reporter: but democrats say they didn't start this war. many are still fuming after republicans refused to even consider president obama's nominee merrick garland to fill the vacancy. >> they were the ones that wouldn't give judge garland a hearing for a year, not us. >> reporter: but the leader prevailed with a thumbs up from the floor. his democrat counterparts hung

democrats trying to block judge neal gorsuch. will the gop go nuclear and change the rules? >>> and big questions this morning about jared kushner's trip to iraq. what the white house is now saying about his huge role overseas and at home. >>> breaking right now, the suspect identified in that deadly terror attack. rocking russia's second biggest city. a suicide bomber killing at least 14, injuring dozens. this hole blown through the side of a train car. now the city on edge this morning. >>> is she okay? >> spring break alert. a 17-year-old attacked by a shark in waist deep water off the coast of florida in she's got the complete bite imprint of a big shark on her thigh. >> the teen is now recovering with more than 120 stitches. what did she do to escape the shark's jaws? ♪ >>> and sweet redemption. >> this year the confetti is going to fall for north carolina. >> the north carolina tar heels, the new national champions beating gonzaga for their sixth title after a bitter battle on the court. why fans were calling foul on the refs. the huge block with seconds left that help

neal gorsuch to supreme court. rod rosenstein deputy attorney general, rachel brand to be associate attorney general. i want to explain how we have going to proceed in addition to the supreme court nominee we need to report out the nominees for deputy attorney general, associate attorney general. we all understand it is important for the department of justice to have senior leadership in place. my intention is to have everyone speak on the judge and then vote on his nomination then we will turn to rosenstein and brand. i will have a statement on both of them that i am going to put in the record so we can keep things moving regarding the judge for the most part everyone has already indicated one way or another how they intend to vote so there isn't a whole lot of mystery about how this is going to go at our committee meeting today. but regardless everyone should have an opportunity to explain their vote so everybody can keek speak as long as they want to. but my hope is that members can try to keep their remarks wit

. >> the newest member of the united states supreme court neal gorsuch. >> hello, everyone. i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm john berman. welcome in to cnn's live coverage of two major prime-time events tonight. the first, donald trump's rally in pennsylvania and there's a 100% cnce you will hear about that victory. the president takes the stage in harris berg in just minutes. we will bring that to you live as it begins. >> in true trump fashion, the rally is going up directly against the biggest night on washington's social calendar, the white house correspondents dinner. donald trump is the first time a president hasn't attended since ronald reagan. >> we are live on the red carpet. we'll bring you highlights throughout the evening. first, we're going live to harris berg pennsylvania. jeff zeleny is there. that is where we'll hear from the president shortly. jeff? >> reporter: good evening john and poppy. it is a different kind of red as in red carpet here. it is red as in republican red. everyone in this arena remembers now donald trump turned pennsylvania red last year. penn

he got neal gorsuch and that is a key seat and could have changed forever. i think he had a great hundred days there. he has passed and signed 13 congressional review act laws. congressional review repeals a legislation within the last 60 legislative days and bars the door to the agency coming in. i think he has the column for the post begins see change. the foreign policy of president trump could not be more different than the foreign policy of president obama. the eight words i sum up with leading from behind, red line, jv, aleap -- aleppo and syria. i think trump has a remarkable and successful start with a lot of forced errors including calling a federal judge a so-called federal judge and branding the media as enemies of the state. there are mistakes but he has had a very successful hundred days. he needs to work more on the hill. the coalition. interestingly enough and it might be a nice segue over to corey he is getting along fine with the black caucus because they want the infrastructure bill. >> yeah, i think what we are seeing in some ways is a pre

will neal gorsuch make it to the supreme court? >> judge gorsuch is going to be confirmed. >> reporter: why is republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell so confident? even as senate democrats look close to coming up with enough votes to filibuster the nomination, mcconnell has the so-called nuclear option at his disposal. the power to change the way the senate operates to require a simple majority to confirm supreme court nominees. and democratic senate leader chuck schumer see says that coming. >> look, when a nominee doesn't get 60 votes, he shouldn't change the rules but change the nominee. >> reporter: for both sides, there is risk. a rules change means president trump will have an easier time if the court has another opening. on the other hand, when the day comes republicans lose the senate major, democrats will have more point of view every. much of this has to do with garland business president obama's pick for the court last year that republicans refused to consider y. this is payback because, you know, chuck schumer

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republicans vowing to change senate resumes and go nuclear to ensure the passage of neal gorsuch.cide is a big issue. dr. sanjay gupta is out front. >> you make the statement that there is no justification for having anything to do with the end of someone's life, encouraging the end of life. >> i've been there with my dad. ok. and others. and at some point you want to be left alone. enough with the poking and the prodding. i want to go home and die in my own bed in the arms of my family. >> reporter: it's not an easy issue for anyone. would you ever consider ending your life with a doctor's assistance? five states and d.c. have legalized it but supreme court nominee neal gorsuch is against it according to his 2006 book, the future of assisted suicide and euthanasia. he makes the case that "all human beings are intrinsically valuable and the intentional taking of a human life by private persons is always wrong." >> i open up the day and start my medicines. >> matt fairchild couldn't disagree more. he's not just thinking about this issue. he's lichlg it. in matt's case, metastatic m

. >>> all eyes are on the supreme court today as neal gorsuch takes his place on the high court replacing the late scalia. justice gorsuch asked his first questions from the bench in a federal worker's employment discrimination claim. later in the week justice gorsuch will hear his first major case one involving separation of church and state in missouri. >>> the death toll in alepp o continues to climb after the bombing of a bus convoy carrying evacuees on saturday. at least 126 people were killed more than 60 of them children. further evacuations have been postponed. pope francis condemned the attack as vial in his easter sunday homily. >>> cheers erupted in a district court after a washington area woman cleared of child abuse and human trafficking charges. a george mason university grad and her husband and six others were arrested in 2014 on charges of kidnapping and human trafficking. she and her husband have founded a non profit to care for street children in cairo. it's not certain the government will allow the couple to resume their work. >>> melissa and i are in blues and skies ar

. >>> justice neal gorsuch is the newest member of the u.s. supreme court. he was sworn in in a rose garden ceremony 14 months after the seat was left vacant by antonin scalia. it restores a narrow majority. >> backing company employees after a video of a passenger being pulled off a flight. the letters to employees, oscar munoz said i deeply regret this situation arose, i stand behind all of you and want to commend you for going above and beyond by ensuring we fly right. >> look at what you did to him! oh, my god! >> it happened sunday at o'hare international airport. united tried to bump the man from the oversold flight it make way for four united employees. forced more than 3700 people off oversold flights. >> the fbi is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest for a man who fatally shot a judge outside his chicago home. raymond miles, 66-year-olds was gunned down yesterday. a woman with him was hit and is in serious condition. it's not known if the judge's murder was connected to his work. >>> in south carolina, nine life sentences

in that period the confirmation for judge neal gorsuch with drawn from the trance pacific partnership trade agreement and green line for the keystone pipeline. >> he is fulfilling it at break neck speed. >> but he failed on tax reform and obamacare americans are disapproving of the president's performance to date according to polls. the 100 day mark isn't arbitrary and becomes much tougher for legislation through congress after that period and the president's top priorities facing a tough fight on capitol hill. >> the wall is immoral, expensive, unwise. >> democrats will not support funding for a wall along the mexican border but the white house is insisting it be a part of a spending package that has to be passed by the end of the week to avoid a shut down. if they cannot pass the government will shut down on saturday a 100 for the trump presidency. craig boswell cbs news the white house. >> president trump is planning to hold a rally on day 100 in the battle ground state of pennsylvania. here's a live look at barack obama making his first public remarks in his post chicago. let's li

neal gorsuch reported to work monday. >>> they blasted it as a failure. >> rex tillerson accused iran of supporting terrorism and destabilizing the middle east. this as tensions escalate with north korea. >> abc's janai norman is following these from d.c. good morning, janai. >> reporter: it has been a busy few weeks for the trump administration when it comes to foreign policy. from the u.s. strike in syria to bombing afghanistan, escalating tensions with north korea and now iran. >> iran is the world's leading state sponsor of >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson announced the administration is reviewing the obama era nuclear deal. >> an unchecked iran has the potential to travel the same path as north korea. and take the world along with it. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, trump the candidate promising to renegotiate it. >> they're doing the iran deal. it was so bad, so pathetic i looked at it, i looked at the way they negotiated. i said, these people don't know what they're doing. >> reporter: the trump administration also now trying to clarify possibly misleading stat

jeff merkley in the 12th hour protesting judge neal gorsuch. s called the nuclear option to confirm judge gorsuch with a majority vote and the american woman injured in the london terror attack is meeting with the royal family. melissa cochran lost her husband during the attack on the westminster bridge. princes william and harry and duchess kate meeting privately with the families. >>> to that ad sparking a lot of outrage out there. critics are calling it tone deaf and linsey davis is here with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michael. 21-year-old kepdz is the first mod toll get a big pepsi ad since cindy crawford in 1992 but that's being overshadowed where many are calling it tasteless saying it takes advantage of serious issues and movements to sell soda. this morning, a new pepsi ad is falling flat getting a major backlash on social media. at the center of the controversial soft drink commercial, model and kardashian sister kepdz seen participating in a high-end photo shoot as the streets flood with political protesters. some a

. >>> history is unfolding on capitol hill after weeks of fighting after supreme court nominee neal gorsuch. for the first time ever democrats are set to block a high court nominee with a filibuster. republicans are ready to fire back with a so-called nuclear option changing the rules to confirm gorsuch with a simple majority vote but even some republicans are warning of repercussions. >> what we are poised to do at the end of this week will have tremendous consequences and i fear that someday we will regret what we're about to do. in fact, i'm confident we will. >> today's rule change will pave the way for the senate to confirm gorsuch mostly along party lines. >>> and homeland security secretary john kelly is shedding some new light on what president trump's border wall might look like. kelly told a senate committee that it is unlikely that the wall separating the u.s. from mexico will stretch from sea to shining sea but he said he is committed to constructing a physical barrier wherever it is recommended. >>> let's turn our focus to the weather. another story we're keeping an eye on this

. >>> mitch mcconnell has filed a motion to end debate on supreme court nominee neal gorsuch and clear the way for a final vote. democrats are expected to filibuster gorsuch tomorrow. though hope to confirm him with a simple majority. jeff merkley has been talking all night staging his own protest over the republicans' decision to block president obama's nominee from last year. >>> susan rice is denying allegations that she used secret intelligence reports to spy on president trump's associates before he took office. rice acknowledged that she asked for the names of americans who were referenced in the report. she made it clear the policy known as unmasking was a key part of her job and it's not illegal or uncommon. a month after president trump accused president obama of wiretapping him rice insisted the new administration was not targeted. >> this is not anything political has been alleged. the allegation is that somehow the obama administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes. that's absolutely false. >> well, rice also denied that she leaked any names. democr

neal gorsuch is a 30-year win, maybe a 40-year win.huge free exercise case next week before the court. there will be many more 5-4 decisions in which justice gorsuch is on the side of the oriblginallists. i think it's impossible to overstate how big that win is. it's the first time a supreme court justice wasonfirmed in the first 100 days. on the other hand, the loss of the obamacare repeal is devastating to the idea that the republicans could accomplish something if they had all three branches of government. they haven't, and that's a major drawback. there are also 20 circuit court judges that are vacant, for which only one nominee has been put forward. that's a down side. on the up side, there are 13 congressional statutes-- not executive orders -- statutes which have long-lasting deep implications for the roll back of the federal administrative state. it's a 50-50, good time/bad time situation from my perspective. >> hugh, i think, is grading on a little bit of a curve here. i'll give him props for that. this is a president right no

. >> a murder posted to facebook neal gorsuch will hear ahunt. pivotal caits in his first week. >> president trump is going after the democrat trying to stage a major upset in the former congressional race. >> former president h.w. bush is recovering at a texas hospital from a minor case of pneumonia. >> there are major changes coming to the program lineup here at fox news. >> rob gronkowski popped his head in. >> that was cool. >> hang on tight, fellow other earthlings, a huge asteroid is going to pass by the earth. >> a sky diving easter bunny. >> a panda bear got a serious case of the itch. >> the 121st boston marathon. >> katrhine switzer crossed the winning line 50 years after the first year women ran. >> the only thing certain in life with death and taxes. >> it's the day that all americans but one release their tax records. it's a big deal ♪ yeah, the tax man >> rose: tensions with north korea continue to rise this week, and so does the rhetoric. vice president pence was in south korea where he promised an overwhelminoverwhelming and effe

. >>> over the nomination of neal gorsuch, the stage is set for a bitter battle now that democrats have confirmation. we're live in washington. >>> then to a deadly explosion caught on camera. a boiler rocketed out of the building shooting through the roof and landing on another building. so, how did it happen? >>> overnight, a late run lifts north carolina to another ncaa men's title. the big plays, the celebrations into the morning.

neal gorsuch was approved mostly along party lines. changed snets rules to break a democratic filibuster. let's go to phil mattingly. what impact could this have on the future to have u.s. senate? >> as one senior gop aide put it best, they need some time to cool off after what was a turbulent and anger-filled week. one of the big questions is how quickly they can come back together? they have to agree and pass a spending bill just to keep the government open. the biggest question becomes when will republicans have a piece of legislation? senator majority leader has made clear that's not an option. suzann collins gathered 60 signatures from her colleagues to make clear that isn't on the table. they're worried about that slippery slope. >> is there any sense that there will be legislation authorizing the use of military force in syria? >> there's no question there's a lot of talk. there's kind of an acceptance that it is congress's responsibility if there is an expansion in syria. you know president obama tried to get military force to

. >> and now it's interesting that you say but obviously, he's had some big wins with neal gorsuch, with syria. you see that confidence reflected in the way he's acting. tom, you just heard our report there on steve bannon. bannon in a sense was like icarus. he rose so quickly that he now falls so quickly. can you talk about his role as favored advisory? >> this president, what everybody has to get used to, this president has a very different management style. there's only one president and only one point of view and i promise you he does not get manipulated. he surrounds himself with bright people. steve is one of them. he has a flophilosophy that has place. as does jared and deanna powell as does hrchlt r. mcmaster. so what happens is he curates different points of view and encourages confusion amongst them. what happens is a misunderstanding sometimes on the outside that of course you're going to have fights inside of the sandbox that are on purpose and the president then curates a point of view to determine what he wants to do and he adapts. i think you see the president going from c

they've just gotten neal gorsuch on the court and they understand these things are going to the highest level. >> i have to ask you because i've been watching the network on the administration's 100-day agenda. how does this fit into that right now? >> i don't think it's in the win category. i think it goes along with the travel ban, which is to be determined and i think they're coming up against the harsh reality that when you really try and turn a battle ship around very quickly and you've campaigned on something and you promise something whether it's repealing obamacare or a travel ban, the courts are a separate branch of government. sep art but equal and they are coming up against this time and time again. in the case of health care, they're coming up against their own republicans. the first 100 days has been a reality check for people in the white house. and their large successes have come on their executive actions but as you see tonight, sometimes those are going to get challenged in the court. >> is this the problem with governing by executive action is they don't necessarily al

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will act alone. >>> they're voting today on neal gorsuch.o get five more. if they don't get the votes needed this he could change senate rules to allow confirmation with a simple majority. >>> lawyers in the bill cosby trial are heading to court. his lawyers want to stop prosecutors from bringing up cosby's experience with quaaludes. he's acknowledged giving them to women in the 1970s but his lawyers say that is irrelevant because they were banned 20 years before he met the accuser. >>> finally, ah, what a costly error for a pro golfer and she only got caught because of a sharp eyed tv viewer. lexi thompson was in the lead until a viewer noticed she moved her ball an inch too far and e-mailed a fan website. they penalized her four strokes and went on to lose. thompson says the ball placement was not intentional. tiger woods tweeted his support for her saying viewers at home should not be officials wearing stripes. what do you guys think? you guys are golfer. >> tiger is right. >> i agree. it's enough trouble golfing with your friends and the

he got the neal gorsuch today. does this take the wind out of the russians? >> i hope it doesn't. fact of the matter is i don't think he did this as a diversion ear tactic but i hope the american republic doesn't decide,ee -- >> people are going to see this. >> mark, how does it not take the wind out. this is all about they're -- the russians -- he's going to be a patsy for the russians. >> look at the situation we have right now. you have the national security advisory had to step aside. the chairman of the intelligence committee had to step aside. tough the attorney general had to step aside. it shouldn't. the glare shoonltd be off it. they should try to fulfill the investigation and see where it goes. >> i'm not arguing they shouldn't fulfill the investigation. they of course should make sure that's done. the idea that there was some sna fair yus plan behind this, i think is very much ameliorated by what we saw in the last 24 hours. >> jen? >> yes, they're involving the same country. we're talking about a country that is still actively trying to, you know, hack the government,

. ♪ ♪ >> the senate has advanced the confirmation of judge neal gorsuch to the skrortd.e today was 55-44. a simple majority was needed for that vote. the democrats say 60 voelgts will be needed to confirm judge gorsuch unless republicans change snetd rules. majority leader mcconnell says he plans to hold the confirmation on friday. follow the senate live on c-span 2. >> sunday night on q-and-a -- >> and so here was a yellow pad where haldeman writes down in the midst of the october 1968, we're going to mungy wrench lyndon johnson's peace initiative. this is something that had always been rumored and bits and peaces had come out over the years but nixon denied it at the time to lyndon johnson, denied it to david frost, denied it to his biographers. >> john pharrell on president nixon's presidency. >> the way that the watergate burglars, their team was assembled was clumsy. they were cynical former fbi agents who were supervised by young men on nixon's staff who wanted to be the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door. >> sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-sp

saying earlier that he is confident that judge neal gorsuch will be confirmed on friday. ver gorsuch is under way and the chamber is take up procedural vote to advance gorsuch's confirmation. let's take i last look at the question of the day. do you believe susan rice when she said it was false that the obama administration used intel for political purposes. 88% of you said yes, you believe her and 12% said no. thank you for voting. that wraps things up for me. i'm katie turr. hi, kate snow. >> here are the top stories this hour. i leaked nothing to nobody. susan rice. short and to the point. the former vazor responding to reports that she unmasked trump associates for political purposes. andrea mitchell joins us with that interview. we are inching closer to the nuclear option. the senate could change forever. ivanka trump is not mailing in for first week as employee. she is talking about the way to get jobs ready for america. before we get to the headlines, i want to get to the exclusive interview to join us afterwards for reaction. >> this is a firestorm. it is involved

but i would say, certainly on executive orders, on the supreme court appointment of neal gorsuch, hes "a"s in terms of getting what he wanted based on some of the promises that he made during the campaign. >> woodruff: michael, how do you see him compared to others? >> i think i'd say a little differently because trump made such a point before the campaign saying, "elect me. this is a referendum on my 100-day action plan. i'll get all these things through congress with a republican congress," which he has had. and in retrospect, as you do say, this has been 100 days with almost nothing of great importance, despite the fact that he had promised health care reform and big tax reform, which he's getting to this week and a number of other things-- border wall. if you're looking at the 100 days largely as a legislative standard-- and that's usually what it is in history, trump is pretty low down on the list. >> woodruff: michael references where the 100-day standard comes from, but how often do presidents get a lot done early on? >> it fendz on the president, of course. if you look at som