you have the nominations we talked about of neil gorsuch, which is a great conservative pick. but then you're still gonna have, he got out of the trans-pacific partnership, so you're gonna have some populist trade stuff. i think it's gonna be a blend that conservatives can live with and actually, if you look at some of, he's been using this thing called the crc, congressional review act, cra, congressional review act, where you can repeal obama-era regulations that weren't congressionally-approved, that were agencies just sort of unilaterally passed them. some good things are happening if you're a conservative. - i'm having a hard time, candidly, i'm having a hard time understanding what conservatives don't like about this guy because everything that's happened in the first 100 days is everything, not everything, many things, that conservatives had said for eight years, oh boy, oh boy, if only we get control of this operation, we're gonna do xyz or undo xyz. - yeah, and you could argue if a mainstream conservative like a marco rubio had gotten in, or john kasich. - what would

and confirmed justice neil gorsuch to the supremee court, they are all part of the first six months of this administration. as we speak, congress is working to repeal and replace obamacare before the year is out. we'll be on to passing the largest tax cut in american history.r it is a time of great focus here at the white house. great promise for the country. it's all going to the leadership and tenacity of president donald trump. >> tucker: given that there is so much else going on, why would the president again tweet an attack his attorney general? why not call attorney general jeff sessions, bring him into the office,at why in public? >> vice president pence: look, i think the president has been very candid. he was disappointed with the attorney general's decision to recuse himself and to not know about his intention to do so before he was confirmed as the attorney general of the united states. i have to tell you, tucker, you've been around washington for a long time. the washington way is to talk behind people's backs. but that's not president donald trump's onapproach. one of the

i doubt that neil gorsuch would have been a supporter of the idea of burning the american flag being a protected free speech. the president has a list of 19 more people who he wants in a supreme court or a federal appeals court and they are just as conservative, to a person, as neil gorsuch. one of the reason the religious right voted 81% for donald trump in spite of his, shall we say, indiscreet comments about all kinds of people is that they knew he would get appointments to the united states supreme court. the only good thing that happened on the monday that this case was decided, that they decided to take two other cases involving religion is that justice kennedy did not announce his retirement. if he had retired, there would have been a battle royale over the summer about his replacement and his replacement nomination, at least, would be likely to come from that list that donald ,rump put out about last summer all vetted by the heritage foundation, all vetted by the most conservative judicial operations in washington. host: we want to get to the other cases involving religion. f

the one thing you both agreed on is neil gorsuch as an achievement. i'll start with you.me what worked out in his favor here. >> like for any president getting to slot a supreme court justice is huge. obviously mitch mcconnell went to some great sort of manipulate the senate rules to get him over the finish line so he owes a lot of that to mcconnell but it was something that was able to happen. >> what do you think he brings to the table. >> for conservatives who maybe didn't love a trump candidacy i think the fact they were able to put. >> they put in it campaign ads already the first hundred days the spot that came out they talked about getting neil gorsuch in. >> tell me what are some of the other achievements. some go in line with -- we were talking about judges here the continuing confirmation of federal judges is something you thought. >> yeah, it's sort of was not as much attention on his justices but i think on mostly getting his cabinet filled out. i know sometimes that can take a little bit of while and it did for him and certainly finding people but i would cer

all we've really done this year is confirm neil gorsuch to the supreme court. our health care insurance system is a mess. we all know it. those who support obamacare and those who oppose it. something has to be done. we republicans have looked for a way to end it and replace it with something else without paying a terrible political price. we haven't found it yet. i'm not sure we will. all we've managed to do is make more popular a policy that wasn't very popular when we started trying to get rid of it. i voted for the motion to proceed to allow debate to continue and amendments to be offered. i will not vote for this bill as it is today. it is a shell of a bill right now. we all know that. if this process ends in failure, which seems likely, then let's return to regular order. let the health education, labor and pensions committee under chairman alexander and ranking member murray hold hearings, try to write a bill out of committee with contributions from both sides. [ applause ] >> something that my dear friends on the other side of the aisle didn't allow to

. >> neil gorsuch comes from the 10th circuit court, which is based in denver and karla. what was his reputation on that court? especially around cases that involved religious beliefs? >> i think it's his whole issue of religious freedom this is where conservatives i think are celebrating the neil gorsuch being on the court. when you saw the trinity case decided recently, in which a religious school basically given access to public funding. i don't know what we can glean from where this is going to go. but gorsuch's presence on the court certainly is the game-changer. >> and this is a case that had languished for a while, presumably because there were a 4-4 deadlock. perhaps now they think the four conservatives think with gorsuch added they'll now have a fifth vote to side with the cake-maker. but who knows what anthony kennedy is going to do. >> the cases very similar to this hobby lobby case, which is three years ago now. >> birth control. >> and a religious objection to having to do a health insurance plan that had birth control included in that one, justice kennedy v

and all we have really done this year is confirm neil gorsuch to the supreme court. our health care insurance system is a mess. we all know it. those who support obamacare and those who oppose it. something has to be done. we republicans have looked for a way to end it and replace it with something else without paying a terrible political price. we haven't found it yet. and i'm not sure we will. all we have managed to do is make more popular a policy that wasn't very popular when we started trying to get rid of it. i voted for the motion to proceeds to allow debate to continue and amendments to be offered. i will not vote for this bill as it is today. it's a shell of a bill ligright now, we all know that, i have changes urged by my state's governor that will need to be made before i support any bill. i know the bill has to change substantially before you will support it. we tried to do this by coming up with a proposal behind closed doors in consultation with the administration and then springing it on skeptical members, trying to convince them that it's better than

all we've really done this year is confirm neil gorsuch to the supreme court. our health care insurance system is a mess. we all know it. those who support obamacare and those who oppose it. something has to be done. we republicans have locked for a way to end -- have looked for a way to end it and replace it with something else without paying a terrible political price. we haven't found it yet and i'm not sure we will. all we've managed to do is make more popular a policy that wasn't very popular when we started trying to get rid of it. i voted for the motion to proceed to allow debate to continue and amendments to be offered. i will not vote for this bill as it is today. it's a shell of a bill right now. we all know that. i have changes urged by my state governor that will have to be included for my support of final passage of any bill. i know many of you will have to see the bill change ?anl for you to -- substantially for you to support it. we try to do this by coming up with a proposal behind closed doors in consultation with the administration, then sprin

we are getting nothing done.r all we have really done this year is confirm neil gorsuch to the supreme court. w our health care insurance system is a mess. we all know it. those who support obamacare and those who oppose it, something has to be done. we republicans have looked for d way to replace it with something else without paying a terrible political price. we haven't found it yet and i'm not sure we will. all we have managed to do is make more popular policy that wasn't very popular when we started trying to get rid of it. i voted for the most to allow debate to continue and i will t. not vote for the bill as it is today. seychelle of the bill right nowe i have changes urged by my state's governor that will have to be included to earn myss see bill. many of you will have to see the bill change substantially before you support it.o we have tried to do this by coming up with a proposal behind closed doors in consultation with the administration and springing it on skeptical members trying to convince them that it's better than nothing, that it's better than nothing is asking us to

those voters will not be sassy -- satisfied with, look at neil gorsuch. ♪ ♪ charlie: let me bring upssue in terms of foreign policy of russian sanctions, and trump's relationship with the republicans in congress after six months. >> it is a fascinating question. you see republicans in congress have a traditional republican view of vladimir putin, of russia, a hawkish take, a view that he is perhaps a human rights abuser, he is murdering journalists, he's trying to disrupt u.s. elections, and yet inside the white house and parts of the administration people who want to reimagine u.s. and russia relations. this is a real standoff between the gop and republican president . the president shows no signs of acknowledging or going along with the congressional impose when it comes to russia. charlie: but with the health care debate, did the president lose whatever confidence he might have had in the republicans in congress? >> i was talking to congressman over the weekend. if they really feel like they've made so many mistakes in how they sold this piece of legislation, instead of talking ab

. >>> neil gorsuch will be in the bay area for the program on civics education. and he'll speak to new citizens. he was nominated to the high court earlier this year by president trump. >>> dozens gathered in san francisco to honor the assistant professor who died in a plane crash last week. william goldman taught international studies. he was the grandson to two prominent philanthropists. many of the family and friends embraced before going inside for the memorial service. he was piloting a small plane when it went down on thursday in sonoma county. his 6-year-old daughter, 8-year- old son and their nanny were also on board and survived the crash. >>> flames broke out in the eastern foothills just before dawn yesterday. the fire started in a car and moved to a grassy area, burning about 3 acres close to homes. the san jose fire department does not consider the fire suspicious. >>> with more than 50 large wildfires, the new firefighting tool is sitting idle in an airport hanger in california. why the u.s. forest service refuses to let it fly. >> the very largest

. >> i neil gorsuch do solemnly swear. >> president trump's nomination of neil gorsuch is regularly touted by the administration is one of its greatest achievements to date, it's the scores of lower court federal judges he's choosing that could not only have an impact on key legal disputes now but could have -- could cement his long-term legacy. >> the trend is to look to young judges on the lower courts to fill supreme court seats when they open up. then that gives you several decades of influence on the highest court. >> of 890 seats on the federal bench, 136 are vacant with 15 nominations pending. during his eight years in the white house, president obama reshaped more than one key federal court and with the help of perry reed, change the rules for confirming federal judges to the lower court forever. the trump administration plans to use that to the president's advantage. >> what he needs to do is replicate the success of justice gorsuch on a massive scale throughout the courts of appeals and district court spirit >> conservatives point to a judge who was recently elevated to a seat on

the supreme court associate justice neil gorsuch is going to fill in. one panel will focus on voter fraud and suppression in interference in u.s. elections. another will focus on fake news. the candidate canceled his appearance after his wife fractured her hip. >>> let's get to some business and tech news now on your monday. a dire warning from elon musk this weekend to politicians. >> let's check in with landon dowdy. i hope you had a great weekend, landon. >> reporter: hi there. good morning to you both. i sure did. i hope you did as well. let's start the week off on a high note. a higher open on wall street as earnings season gets under way. n netflix out after the closing bell today. goldman sachs and ge among companies reporting later this week. u.s. markets finishing higher with the dow and nasdaq clo closinging at record highs and that was technology stocks and consumer staples rising to 21,637. the nasdaq up 38 to 312. elon musk delivering a dire warning to politicians over the weekend. the tounder of tesla and spacex saying that artificial inte

we saw how chuck schumer, the democrats, basically put up the goal line stand against neil gorsuch, bade was a blue chip nominee, should not have been a big fight about that. that ended up killing the filibuster for judicial nominees going forward. so i think normally the senate, a lot of it runs on unanimous consent. >> right. >> and that's how they waive all these complicated rules that basically prevent anything from happening. if the democrats are saying no, we're going to insist on the rules that prevent anything from happening, i think republicans will naturally look at what other rules ought to be rewritten. >> let's assume healthcare passes this month, joe, in the senate, and and they move on -- and they move on and house and senate pass it, can they pass tax reform before the end of the year? >> tax reform i think in a lot of ways will be harder than healthcare reform. the thing that will help is the sense of urgency. this has been so difficult on healthcare. i think this is a congress that knows that they and the trump administration are going to be judged on economic results,

we saw how chuck schumer, the democrats, basically put up the goal line stand against neil gorsuch, bade was a blue chip nominee, should not have been a big fight about that. that ended up killing the filibuster for judicial nominees going forward. so i think normally the senate, a lot of it runs on unanimous consent. >> right. >> and that's how they waive all these complicated rules that basically prevent anything from happening. if the democrats are saying no, we're going to insist on the rules that prevent anything from happening, i think republicans will naturally look at what other rules ought to be rewritten. >> let's assume healthcare passes this month, joe, in the senate, and and they move on -- and they move on and house and senate pass it, can they pass tax reform before the end of the year? >> tax reform i think in a lot of ways will be harder than healthcare reform. the thing that will help is the sense of urgency. this has been so difficult on healthcare. i think this is a congress that knows that they and the trump administration are going to be judged on economic results,

who is his ribaldffor sense of humor, was recently reported as having had a conversation with neil gorsuch in which gorsuch said, i would really hope to serve for 20-25 years on the supreme court if i'm confirmed and mitch mcconnell scoffed and said, "no, think strom thurmond." so, who knows? in any event, this is obviously, you know, this is obviously part of the calculus now for the u.s. supreme court. the second reason why the appointment of justices is more consequential than ever is that the science of predicting judicial opinions and judicial philosophies has grown better than it ever was in the past. both abraham lincoln and franklin delano roosevelt tried to pack the u.s. supreme court. in lincoln's case, he was trying to pack the court to uphold his controversial executive orders during the civil war and roosevelt, of course, was trying to pack the court to uphold the new deal. dut both of them faile ultimately because they appointed justices who were very independent and ve -- and different directions. richard nixon the same thing. but it has been a long time since a president ha

neil gorsuch has made his mark on the supreme court immediately. it will be a mark that last decades. during his confirmation process, we heard a lot about what a nice guy he is, about how he is very confident and he is an excellent legal scholar. they are true. we would hope it would be the minimum qualifications for anybody on the supreme court. tot we failed in detail discuss, largely in the media, i think we did a good job here at largelybut what we failed to discuss was the substance of his writings in his career. when we look to the substance of his career, we see some very conservative things. first and foremost, we see he worked on torture in detention policy during his time at the department of justice -- which will be coming recently regular -- increasingly regular with the travel ban, the muslim band. we have also seen in right conservatively on the 10th circuit court of appeals of the hobby lobby case that would have effectively given organizations a blank check to make religious moral objections.n we will see that passed. the case in c

this weekend is a sixth month anniversary of donald trump's inauguration marked by appointment of neil gorsuch to the supreme court and many frustrations. at the top of the list the president's growing concern over the russia probes. shannon pettypiece joinings me, covers the white house for "bloomberg news." and in washington dan balz, chief correspondent for "the washington post." welcome to both of you. shannon, let me start in studio big news of the station sean spicer is out as communications director. >> and anthony scar moochie, finance year and italian and long backer of trump is in as communications director. there's not a sense he will be doing much communications messaging, strategy. he will most be doing tv appearances, possibly the podium and be a public face for trump in the white house but not necessarily anyone who understands washington, understands congress, understands messaging. >> glor: it's interesting, there are similarities between the president and anthony scarmucci, the native new yorker, the fighter, anthony's more finance, the president real estate, but there are si

. >> reporter: sitting on that court was associate justice neil gorsuch appointed by president trump and confirmed by the republican senate. >> the great accomplishment so far, substantively, has been the nomination and confirmation of justice gorsuch. >> reporter: but otherwise, despite plowing through routine business -- >> we've passed and signed 38 pieces of legislation, which nobody likes to talk about. >> reporter: the major pillars of the republican agenda are gridlocked. there's no talk of a major infrastructure bill. overhauling the tax codes has been delayed, and senate republicans were forced to delay a vote to repeal and replace obamacare. >> is your effort to repeal obamacare dead? >> no, no, we're continuing to talk about it. it's a very complicated subject. >> reporter: doubts are growing about the bill back home as the president finishes a trip overseas, backslapping with russian president vladimir putin before a two-hour meeting yesterday. again rattling america's long-standing allies, shaken already by his decision to pull out of the paris climate accords and reluct

two of his biggest nominees here, fbi director and others would point out supreme court justice neil gorsuchup here and once the been gone over, these appear to be strong candidates and in gorsuch's position, that led to his confirmation, although it was in politics. this is a different deal. there's a lot of irons in the fire right now, the fbi can got go rutterless and wray did well in both their eyes, be it al for that reason ken, patrick leahy, seemed to be responsive and pleased >> what's next here? more hearings? >> reporter: well, they will put this to a vote. it is not expected that there's going to be any, you know, big democrat opposition to think maybe christopher wray was not the man the democrats would have chosen. but he's the man they have before them right now. and the way this hearing went today, shawn, it appears from all indications right now, the senate judiciary committee will approve this nomination that sends it on to the full senate and there's right now that christopher wray will be the next fbi director. >> tom fitzgerald live on the hill. pthank you, fitz >> we wan

and those voters are not going to be satisfied saying hey, look at neil gorsuch. >> let may bring up the issue in terms of foreign policy of russian sanctions and trump's relationship after six months, the president's relationship with the republicans in congress after six months. >> it is a fascinating question because you see republicans in congress have a traditional republican view of vladimir putin, of russia, a hawkish take. a view that he is perhaps a human-rights abuser. is he murdering journalists, he is trying to disrupt u.s. elections and yet you have inside of the white house and parts of this administration, people who want to reimagine u.s. russian relations. and there is a real standoff between the gop and the republican president. because the president shows no signs of acknowledging or really going along with the congressional impulse when it comes to russia. >> but did the president in the sense with the 45e89 care debate and what happened there, did he lose whatever confidence he might have had in the republicans and congress, especially the house. >> republicans,

>> reporter: david, republicans are quick to tout the appointment of supreme court jus its, neil gorsuch. they have also rolled back numerous obama regulations, but with health care still out of reach, this congress has yet to pass a legislative victory. >> mary, thank you. >>> we turn next to other news tonight and to newly released video of an escape. recorded by the inmates themselves accuse of murder and attempted murder. the three men escaping a maximum security wing, and kayna whitworth is with us tonight. >> reporter: their video starts inside the maximum security wing inside the jail. set to the song "under pressure." it's filmed by three inmates using a contraband cell phone, and this first hand view of to their escape last year now surfacing through an attorney connected to the case. the alleged mastermind even narrates. >> as far as setup goes, well, we had a duffel bag and a back bag full of stuff. >> he sawed off a bed leg, and then lifts a metal screen to get out, and then gives a thumbs up to the camera. set to the theme o of "mission: impossible." you can see their journe

it's been a bumpy first months for president trump, his biggest win of all, the nomination of neil gorsuch is a big win. the lord willing, justice gorsuch will be there for three decades or more, protecting religious liberty and free speech and working to curb the power of unelected bureaucracy. you'll get tired of hearing me remind you of this, but it's the bottom line for many trump voters, and if it keeps up and indeed speeds up nominations to the federal circuit court, as good as justice gorsuch is, many conservatives will stand firmly by the president's side. second, the president and his team should layoff robert mueller, he's a fine public servant. he isn't biased or on a witch hunt. he's just doing his job. if there's no there there, and thus far there is no evidence of collusion between the president and his campaign and the russian attack on our election, then the president will be exonerated by an individual no one on the left can attack. finally, it's my view the president needs to do more one-on-one or one on two or three interviews on the record and not just with "the new yor

not even close, but john mccain in that floor speech said we've done nothing other than nominate neil gorsucho i don't know if that was intended by the president or not. >> two senators kaugts on a hot mike. >> this is crazy. i don't say that lightly. >> no. >> now she and republican congressman are apologizing to each other. the details next. the post offi. they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. >>> the senate finally moving on health care legislation but president trump is ready to move on tax reform. the president says his plan should focus on the middle class even if it means taxing the wealthy more. the people i care for most are the middle income people that have gotten screwed and if there's upward revisions it's going to be on the high income people. he's vague about how he will ease the

. >>> supreme court justice neil gorsuch will be in san francisco this afternoon. he'll be attending the 2017 9th circuit. he'll speak to new citizens at a naturalization ceremony. he will be nominated -- or was nominated by president trump. >>> anne makovec joins us with a preview of the cap and trade program. >> the new bill would extend it to 2030. the state senate voting to extend the initiative. here's how the program works. it's a little bit complicated. big polluters get a cap or a limit on the amount of green house gases they can emit. if they want to go over, they have to buy credit at an auction. that price is often passed along to the consumers at the gas pump. the state legislative analyst predicted that in 2021 it could increase the price of gas by 15 cents a gallon. the program also requires air quality monitoring and improvement in the most polluted neighborhoods. the politics of cap and trade can be a little dicey. californiaens support aggressive climate action but are wary of the increased cost. >> this is no that simple. if we ask people to give

the vacant seat left by scalia filled by president trump's nominee neil gorsuch. the group telling the daily caller they approach police protections federal and state levels. the law makes attacking officers a hate crime but aclu claim police are the most protected class and don't need to increase their legal protection. this all comes as some states look to introduce mandatory minimum sentences for crimes against cops. heather: lots of people took a long one spending time with friends and family. todd: beaches and parks. adam is here in the weather center. >> for the most part, things are looking good. there's a couple troubled spots out there being fueled by warm air in the middle of the country. 80's, mid-70's very early in july 3rd morning, most of the activity firing up really in the heart of the country taking area of kansas that's going to eventually fall down in portions of oklahoma. we are seeing thunderstorms early this morning, by the afternoon bumping up to severe level. another line of thunderstorms through arkansas, little rock area, this is going to

charlie: lock at neil gorsuch. they are still working on the back channels, back channel work on taxes as you, but still it hasn't happened and what we are talking about now is -- neil: we are waiting on jared kushner. >> on the russian stuff, some of it was firing comey when he did, he should have fired him day one. he didn't fire him at first, my guess is donald trump liked to fact that comey helped him win the election, why going after hillary as he did and then he fires him when it looks like he's turning on him. neil: yeah. >> that's the interesting thing. the thing with donald trump, jr. is interesting, i know donald trump, jr., i really like him, i think -- saying he's a good kid is not something -- the president said it, new yorkers use when you're older than the person. he is. neil: smart guy. >> he did maybe something not appropriate here and here is what it shows you when you mix in something not appropriate here, you could find yourself in deep legal trouble. as i reported yesterday, first report, he hir

slattery: let's turn to neil gorsuch. you wrote the addition of this justice might have shifted the balance of power away from the soft institutional toryism of chief justice thomas's originalism. can you elaborate on this? >> sure. the chief justice values prudence. he sees a pretty minimal role for him and his court and his court in public life. he is willing to accept new developments. he has these burkeian characteristics. justice gorsuch does not seem to be of that persuasion, and that could affect the scope of conservative majorities in a number of ways. in the first place, in cases where the court fractures 5-4, i think gorsuch could impair the chief's ability to command a majority, if we assume justices thomas, alito, and gorsuch are taking a more maximalist position, where the chief and justice kennedy would prefer to be circumspect. the chief will have the challenge of finding some way to a comment more strident colleagues, and that will affect both the substance of opinions and the opinion assignments itself. t

john trump, do solemnly swear -- reporter: april 7, the republican-controlled senate confirmed neil gorsuchnce -- on the supreme court. since the decision, he has delivered on president trump's promise on maintaining a conservative supreme court, potentially for a generation. >> and i got it done in the first 100 days. that's nice. nominees of conservative presidents have helped the court, leading to controversial decisions. the supreme court carries the power to shift the nation's political direction. with their supreme court upon it, residents can influence the nation long after the terms and. that is why in recent years, presidents have sought the justices whose convictions aren't likely to shift. >> i will never forget that to whom much is given, much will be expected. reporter:. the argument. for once major -- here is the argument. the number of important decisions that rest on a 5-4 split have been rising. chief justice john roberts has claimed this could undermine the court's legitimacy as an institution to transcend politics. that there is the diversity issue. the slow turnover of t

the confirmation of neil gorsuch in a very conservative supreme court justice. bunch of consecutive actions to combat climate change. but you are right. list,ou put together the the legislative failures which stands in contrast to every other recent presidents that did .ake progress early on even bill clinton got the really important budget deal that raised taxes and helped lead to the bond market rally. and look at the approval ratings late in hiseform first term. you look at president trump's lack of legislative a couple insurance. legislative accomplishments. rate at which members of his own party are willing to buck him. i do not think that we have seen a first six months of presidency in our lifetimes that has been less than is full -- less successful. republicans have to ask themselves, not just the trump white house, but republicans -- are we really capable of governing? some republicans tell you we are better off as an opposition party and we have to change that. but that is on the congress and not the white house. this becomes very crucial for the white

neil gorsuch on the supreme court was a great thing. some regulatory reforms have been great.e've got tax reform to go through. that's going to be a big lift. i don't think it's as difficult as health care reform but it's going to be difficult. it's going to require a disciplined administration and congress to get it done. i hope so. >> bret: this is the office of management and budget, mick mulvaney over the weekend. >> i think what you are seeing is the president reflecting the mood of the people. the white house can't move on. in the people's view, they should move on in the senate. they should find a way to solve the problem. >> bret: talking about health care, don't do anything else until you get health care fixed. >> i think we have about reached the limits of what we can do with one party. i think were going to have to involve the other party. we tried. i voted for it. i would've liked to have kept health care alive. in arizona, 200,000 people will wake up without health insurance. they will have paid the fine but they can't afford the insurance. a bigger number are pay