that is also the subject of the democratic response from patty murray. president trump: one of the most important decisions a president will ever make is the decision to nominate a justice to the supreme court. last week, justice anthony kennedy announced his decision to take senior status. i was greatly honored when justice kennedy came to the white house to meet with me. america is truly grateful for justice kennedy's lifetime of distinguished service. he has given me a great

here's democratic senator patty murray. >> there's no question he's hoping to put a justice on the bench that will deny women healthcare rights and patient's access to affordable healthcare. we need to do everything we can to prevent that from happening. >> not clear they have anything they can do. we'll talk to senator cornyn about that in just a moment. judge barrett just got on the circuit court and it was a tough battle for her. the other judges, kavanaugh, kethledge and hardiman, they've been on the ben a decade, a longer record to dig through. >> dana: why are democrats worried? >> you know how this goes. the heritage foundation, there's always a worry because there's a number of justices appointed by republican presidents that analysts say drifted to the left. justice stephens and suter and ken did it. the ones that should really be wor wor worried are the red state democrats. >> the red state democrats have a hard decision. i hope every republican will rally behind these picks. they're all outstanding. >> you have to worry about the gop votes. there's senators like collins and mu

will turn over for key senators for confirmation, joining a democratic strategist and advisor to patty murray and fox contributors katie pav like and mark theseon. welcome. >> hi, shannon. >> shannon: i'll start with you, we have heard from your former boss over the weekend there was opposition or whoever was going to be the judge worried about rolling back row v wade and civil rights and other things. is that an over reaction? >> no, it is not. if anything it is a reflex of the real stakes at issue. this isn't a political game. real people, their lives are at stake for how this court rules. i thinke you saw that in senatr mansions statements earlier today when he said his chief priority is to the people of westto virginia. it is one of the reasons he will be focused on judge kavanaugh views whether people with reexisting health conditions can behe discriminated against, on e basis of those conditions. the judgements more views broadly on healthcare and the judicial philosophy in how he would look at obama care. we talk about it as a fun game. for people out in america, who are relying on oba

democrat senator patty murray gave democrats advice on how to block the nominee.t to talk with you about what we can all do to make it clear just how unacceptable an extreme ideological supreme court nominee would be in push senate republicans to join democrats in rejecting this kind of selection from president trump. he's hoping to put a justice on the bench who would deny women health care rights and patients access to affordable care. we need to do everything we can to prevent that from happening. liz: this is chief justice john roberts has made it clear he is against hurting the supreme court's credibility by overturning supreme court decisions unsettled law. it's changing election cycles hurting the credibility of the court. let's pick it up with former bush 43 deputy chief of staff karl rove heard it's great to see you. your take on the supreme court fight? >> it's predictable. the democrats don't even know who it is yet but they have decided they are right-wing lunatic unworthy of service on the high court and that's a sad moment for the democratic party an

. >> senator patty murray the assistant democratic leader at an abortion rights event encouraged the up. >> have them make their voices heard to their senator wherever they live. that's what our strategy is. >> republican senator graham says democrats are in a jam. >> i know what you're trying to do. your base is all over you. they're threatening your very existence. i know that you can't vote yes because of the politics of the moment. >> but there are also ten senate democrats up for reelection in november in states president trump won, so voting against his supreme court nominee could put them in jeopardy with their constituents. >> mitch mcconnell is not pressuring me. chuck is not pressuring me. no one is pressuring me really >> digital ads are already running against six red state democrats pressuring them to back judge kavanaugh. >> will senator heitkamp stand with us or them >> if some of those red state democrats lose, that also moves democratic leader schumer further away from becoming majority leader with democrats launching a new attack against kavanaugh each day to see wh

joining us, dave brown, former senior advisor to patty murray. fox news contributor katie pavlich and marc thiessen. welcome. great to have you with us. dave, i'll start with you. we heard from your former boss over the weekend there was an opposition to this particular -- whoever was going to be the judge, worried about rolling back roby weight and civil rights and all kinds of other things. is that an overreaction? >> no, it's not. if anything, it's a reflection of the real stakes. this isn't a political game. real people, their lives are at stake for how this court rules and i think you saw that in senator manchin's statements when he said his chief parity is to the people of west virginia. it's one of the reasons he's going to be focused on judge kavanaugh's views on whether or not people with pre-existing health conditions can be discriminated against on the basis of those conditions and the judges views more broadly on health care and his judicial philosophy in terms of how he would look at obamacare. we talk about of a mccarran's had the b

. >> senator patty murray the assistant democratic leader at an abortion rights event encouraged theke their voices heard to their senator wherever they live. that's what our strategy is. >> republican senator graham says democrats are in a jam. >> i know what you're trying to do. your base is all over you. they're threatening your very existence. i know that you can't vote yes because of the politics of the moment. >> but there are also ten senate democrats up for reelection in november in states president trump won, so voting against his supreme court nominee could put them in jeopardy with their constituents. >> mitch mcconnell is not pressuring me. chuck is not pressuring me. no one is pressuring me really >> digital ads are already running against six red state democrats pressuring them to back judge kavanaugh. >> will senator heitkamp stand with us or them >> if some of those red state democrats lose, that also moves democratic leader schumer further away from becoming majority leader with democrats launching a new attack against kavanaugh each day to see what sticks current ma

listen to what senator patty murray said about the president's potential choices. >> he's hoping to put a justice on the bench that would deny women healthcare rights and patient's access to affordable care. we need to do everything we can to prevent that from happening. >> only 50 votes out there because senator mccain is aling in arizona. the president does believe he could get two or three democratic votes. joe manchin of west virginia, heidi heitkamp of north dakota in tough re-election battles in red states. senator lindsey graham suggesting those three democrats wouldn't dare vote about the president's nominee. listen here. >> there's nobody that. trump could nominate from a conservative vent that will get many democratic votes. but this is a nightmare for red state democrats to oppose a highly qualify no need. i hope every republican will rally behind these picks because they're all outstanding. >> shepard: and as it turns out, we may be getting a preview of the battle. chuck schumer speaking on the senate floor right now speaking about the federalist society who put the list tog

listen to what patty murray said about the nomination battle?r just how unacceptable and extreme ideological supreme court nominee would be. and push senate republicans to join democrats in rejecting this kind of selection from president trump. he is hoping to put a justice on the bench who would deny women healthcare rights and patients access to affordable care. we need to do everything we can to prevent that from happening. >> there is only 50 votes in the senate. senator john mccain is not there to vote. the president will need some democrats. they believe that joe manchin of west virginia. joe donnelly of indiana, heidi heitkamp of north dakota will have to vote because they are up for reelection in red states. states that donald trump won handily back in 2016. listen to what lindsey graham said for the potential of democratic votes. >> there is nobody that president trump could nominate from a conservative bent that will get many democratic votes. this is a nightmare for red state democrats to oppose a highly qualified nominee. they'll hav

health, education, labor, and pensions committee, chairman alexander, as well as ranking member patty murray. we're grateful for their direct help in getting this legislation through the senate and with that i will yield the floor to my colleague from wyoming. mr. enzi: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: i want to begin by thanking my friend from pennsylvania, senator casey, for his commitment both to the students who will benefit from this reauthorization of the carl d. perkins career and technical education act and to the bipartisanship that helped us to reach this point. i also want to thank chairman alexander and ranking member murray for prioritizing the effort to reauthorize perkins c.t.e. their recognition of the importance of this work was key to getting past an impasse that only a few months ago looked unlikely to break. senator casey and i have had a lot of hours working together to come up with a bill that would make a difference to people who want to work with their hands, to people who want to work with computers. i have a favorite book t

beth stein, currently served as general counsel for ranking member of patty murray on the health education committee. and reese wilson, who was a special assistant to the president, and a senior member of the legislative team on the house committee government reform and oversight. thank you for joining me. i want to start abroad for all of you, you have been steeped in this for a long time. give me your perspective on the evolution of this committee, the inspector general in their commission, since enactment of the inspector general act of 1978. >> i got involved with the ig community in 1986 when a board of directors looked at me with the dfe suddenly had to have ig's. my board of directors looked at me and said go make one. i said what, making ig office, just find out what it is and go do it. i said okay, and i found myself at the aci a meeting. i walked into a large room and there were 50 people there, they stopped talking since that time, i have been very involved with the ig community, also doing oversight for the ig community while it was on capitol hill for 60 years. over those last

beth stein releases as general counsel for ranking member patty murray on ascent health, education, labor and pensions committee. and denise wilson was a special assistant to the president in office alleges that affairs and a senior member legislative team on the house committee for government reform and oversight. so thank you all for joining me and for your contributions to this report. i want to start with a broad overarching question for all of you. you've been steeped in his for a long time. give me your perspective on the evolution of this community, the inspectors general and their mission since enactment of the inspector general act of 1978. starting with you, emilia. >> show. i got involved with the ig community in 1986 when the board of directors looked at me when they had to have ig's in my board of directors looked to mexico make one. and i said what? vacant ig office, just let it what it is and go do it. i said okay, and i found myself at the pc ie meeting for the first of and i walked into a large room and they were like 50 people there and they stop talking. i walked in. si

this bipartisan compromise led by senator lamar alexander, republican from tennessee, and senator patty murray, democrat from the state of washington. with 12 republicans and 12 democrats, and i'm proud to say i'm one of them, this bill includes important steps that will help reduce health care costs for west virginia families. and this agreement shows what is possible when we put people before politics. shame on us for not voting on that. this is impacting real people. last week i asked west virginians to share their stories with me and my office has been flooded with stories. i'm -- i want to share just a few of those stories with you today. this is whitney from morgantown, west virginia. dear senator manchin, please protect our preexisting conditions. in august of 2016, my then 15-year-old child suffered a stroke as the result of a brain a.b.m. he had to have emergency brain surgery which left him in a medically-induced coma for several months. he wasn't able to walk and talk when he woke up. he had to have continuous medical care, including expensive m.r.i.'s and an crow grams. this doesn'

that would -- it's called protecting american votes and elections after 2018, co sponsored by patty murraye of that. >> well, either voting on paper or voting on a touch screen that automatically prints a paper that you then take and put in the ballot box, so you can actually confirm what you did. >> right. and is that a matter of then having to trust the agency that takes the paper and then conforms it to what's electronic? because if there is corruption in the system, couldn't they just throw the paper out? >> oh, absolutely. and the situation is -- and that's where you come also to audits. is that the ballot boxes have to be sealed. >> yeah. >> really sealed. as well as the data card or the paper has to go through a secure location where it's counted, and you have to look at it almost as chain of evidence in a criminal trial. has it been recorded properly, has it been reviewed, has it been audited. these are also areas where you could have problems. and remember, in this country, you can't just say we have one system. or states have systems. but we have counties and municipalities that

here is a look at senators patty murray, ranking member of the health committee and john thune, we'll show you these until the senate starts at 10 a.m. eastern this morning. >> mr. president, i come to the floor today to discuss my strong opposition to the nomination judge cavanaugh for a lifetime appointment on the united states supreme court. mr. president, there are few issues i take more seriously as a senator than my duty to consider and vote on supreme court nominees. it was watching the clarence thomas hearings and seeing how

that is also the subject of the democratic response from patty murray. president trump: one of the most important decisions a president will ever make is the decision to nominate a justice to the supreme court. last week, justice anthony kennedy announced his decision to take senior status. i was greatly honored when justice kennedy came to the white house to meet with me. america is truly grateful for justice kennedy's lifetime of distinguished service. he has given me a great responsibility to choose a worthy successor. last year, i was proud to appoint justice kennedy's former law clerk, neil gorsuch, to the supreme court. over the last year, justice gorsuch has embodied the most sacred principles of the court, making impartial decisions based upon the constitution. justice kennedy's replacement, my greatest responsibility is to select a justice who will faithfully interpret the constitution as written. judges are not supposed to rewrite the law, reinvent the constitution or substitute their own opinions for the will of the people expressed through th

here is a look at senators patty murray, ranking member of the health committee and john thune, we'll show you these until the senate starts at 10 a.m. eastern this morning. >> mr. president, i come to the floor today to discuss my strong opposition to the nomination judge cavanaugh for a lifetime appointment on the united states supreme court. mr. president, there are few issues i take more seriously as a senator than my duty to consider and vote on supreme court nominees. it was watching the clarence thomas hearings and seeing how my voice and the voices of people like me all across the country were not being heard that got me to run for the senate in the first place. and i believe it is one of the most important jobs we have on behalf of our constituents. mr. president, my time in the senate, i've had the opportunity to consider nominees from democrats and from republicans and for each one of these nominees i made by evaluation and based my decision on their experience and record and my understanding whether they would uphold the constitution and protect our rights and freedoms. i