the republican chair committee says it would not hold hearings on any nominee put forward by president obama nor would they vote on any choice of his. 66% of the americans polled disagree with that republican move. >>> president obama is headed to milwaukee to highlight some of the affordable care act it has dropped to about 28.8 million this year. and critic argue the law mandates have increased coverage costs. the president 's visit could insides with the 6th the bill. >>> ohio's primary is less than two weeks away. ohio secretary of state is hosting a twitter town hall to answer voters questions. use the hash tag ask sos. he said he would begin to respond this afternoon. >>> still ahead sports authority is filing for bankruptcy protection, what it means for employees as well as shoppers. details coming up. >>> and snow making returns to northeast ohio, i'll tell you how much and how the 60s are come back too. big changes in (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, seem to be dealing americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong

just before the debate started, republican national committee chair right -- reince priebus pledged that whoever the nominee is, the party will support them. 100%. so providing a united front for the republicans. >> jessica, thank you. >>> elderly donald trump supporters accused of assaulting a protester at one of the candidate's rallies. here is video showing the 78- year-old suspect punching the protester in the face at an event last night. police have been escorting that demonstrator out of the rally and they wound up tackling him after the punch. trump rallies begin with an announcement that everyone is to remain peaceful. >>> back around here, talks will resume tomorrow morning in an attempt to avoid a new jersey transit strike. both sides met for three hours in newark today, without reaching a deal. more than 4000 rail workers authorized a strike for 12:01 sunday. contract remain at issue. unions have been working without a contract for nearly five years. >>> a taxi goes on a collision course along a busy east side street hitting two people in its path. the out-of-control cab slamm

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joining me from washington dc, republican national committee chair rice [ indiscernible- name ] with a real-time checkup on a parties many they are money watch the debate that took place on thursday night, where their moments where you cringed a little where you have candidates enter from one or talking about the size of their endowment and things along that line? doesn't make you cringe just a little? >> sure of course. i cringe about a lot of things, but it doesn't mean -- what i say to you is that cringing and wanting different rhetoric and hoping that everyone just hold hands and gets along is one thing. but then believing that that means that you can't be successful in november is a different discussion. so, sure i want people to get along. i want people to build each other up. i don't want people to violate reagan's 11th commandment. but, we're in the heat of it all. march is it. march is 65 percent of all of >>also, dan gilbert whose -- said the same people that want donald trump out are the same people that are going to put in their . >> they would cbs4 news for continuing co

. >>> let's get more on this now from the chair of the republican national committee, reince priebus.

. >> the republican chair of the house oversight committee, ally ga cummings on the other hand praised for inviting the governor, and he is coming. he is going to be here on thursday. mr. couplings praised the chair for that. that is very unusual. but he went on to say you can blame the epa all you like, but really responsibility for water comes at the state level. >> john terrett live for us in washington. we know you'll continue to follow the details. thanks, john. >>> earlier we spoke with a flint resident and water activist. she says she hopes to learn more about what city leaders did to stop the crisis in its early stages. >> we need the emergency management law brought out to light so other states can see just how often it actually is, and the horrors that can come from a complete stripping of democracy. i blame the emergency managers, but that comes with the government. they answer only to him. so you know they reported to him. we all know that they did. we blame the michigan department of environmental quality, because this was their one job. they didn't do what they were suppo

i spoke by phone with the republican chair of the house appropriations committee who tells me that budget would give the philadelphia schools an extra $4 t4$42 million. >> the fastest way to get this money to all of the school districts to finish out this fiscal year would be to pass this budget. >> the impasse drags on as the district prepares to hire hundreds of teachers to fill vacant positions. in recent years the district had layuf as, then brought some staff back. now it's looking for new hires. >> are there nerves about actually making those hires now? >> none whatsoever. and as a matter of fact we were anticipating about 400 vacancies, we ended up hiring 1,000 people. and we needed every one of them. >> reporter: i reached out to the governor's office, told them about the superintendent's estimate that they won't make it through the school year. a spokesman got back to me with basically the same information as was in the press release earlier this week saying that the governor has been fighting for historic investment in education and encouraging republican leaders to negotiate fo

withdemocratic national committee chairwoman debby wasserman schultz and later with the republican national committee chair. >>> all morning we've been monitoring breaking news out of pennsylvania, a mass shooting outside a home in pittsburgh. it all started with a back yard party, and we just got a fresh update from nbc at the scene right now. take a look. >> police say eight people were shot during a barbecueoments before 11:00 outside of pittsburgh. five of those people dead, three wounded and being treated at city hospitals. as for leads, there are @ew. police say there are believed to be two gunmen who fired from different angles while these people were in this back yard. police say they tried to flee back into the house, most of them dying on the porch in the i'm joe holden, reporting in wilkinsburg for nbc news. >>> stilllahead this morning, more flights coming in and out of ft. lauderdale. we'll tell you which airline is expanding and where you'll be able to go more easily. >>> this morni one homestead student is accused of sexual battery and making threats. this morning miami-dade police what you

republican party. >> this ate gop committee gave a vote of no-confidence to the chair, hasan rnett. the republican party committee said it made the decision to protect the group's integrity. the statement outline what they described as eight violations of party rules including creation of a disrespectful environment. they also accused him changing prices without regard to the financial regard of e party. the executive committee says this venture will be in place until they decide whether to remove him from office. >>> north carolina transportation officials e traveling to north carolina to project. they are holding a meeting to update the virginia north comebacks. that is the group working to develop a high-speed rail corridor to connect washington with charlotte. today's meeting is in richmond. >>> a court-martial begins at fort bragg in the case of a soldier accused of killing a woman in nama. officer omar valez was assigned fort agg. he was conducting training in panama when he killed a woman. at the time, the local media said the two were romantically involved. >>> a fort bragg s

the c cir of the committee, the republican chair, said well, i uess there is nothing here. and then made a comment about secretary clinn's poll numbers. i think that will go the way of benghazi and perhaps hopeful fantasy in some camps of the republican party. >> jessica, we have about a minute left, but i need to ask about the possibility of a contested cooention because many people are discussing what could happen in that case. >> i think people are trying to delegates there, how can we barter? but at the end of t day, we need to do what is best for the party, best moving forward. if that is a contested convention, we need to have that process play oul. it is why we have the rules that we do in the republican convention you have to reach a certain amount of delegates. it is going to be very interesting and i really hope that in this process as a group, as a coalition of people, as conservatives, that we can make theheight choice and put forth the most viable candidates to beat hillary clinton. donald trump? >> i think it is a very big possibility that there will be donald

republicans -- including senator grassley -- who chairs the committee that considers court appointments -- want that decision to be up to the next president. the senate majority and minority leaders will also be at today's meeting. we've been told they'll also talk about the drug problem in this country. senator grassley's office says more than 47- thousand americans died from overdoses in 2014 -- an all-time high. his office says that's more deaths than from car crashes or gun violence. new this morning... new records say a university of iowa public safety director did not cooperate with other officers. they say david visin refused to pull over -- driving with his stepson in june. officers were looking for his stepson after his truck was involved in a hit and run crash. instead of stopping, he allegely dropped his stepson off at a gas station. he says he didn't know anything testimony continues this morning in the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife. alex fazzino is on trial. his wife --emily -- was found dead in their home in boone four years ago. the defense --which claims h

. >> republican national committee chair reince priebus joins us, good evening, sir. >> hi, greta. >> how would you describe that meeting with donald trump today? >> i don't think that was far off. first of tall wasn't a surprise meeting. i night ruin the fun. >> when was it scheduled. >> days ago. >> that sounds like a little bit of a surprise. >> i hate to ruin the fun. when a can dot says i'm going to come in town have meetings want to stop by and say hello? no problem. let's check with the schedule it worked out. the team came over and we ha good meeting and we talked a little bit about the process and convention. we did talk about unity and working together and making sure that when we go to cleveland and come out of cleveland that we're working in the same direction. and part of that is just talking more and making sure that we have got open channels of communication. pretty normal stuff, actually. >> you have got three candidates who in the past couple days seem to say, some overtly that he will back out of the pledge to support the candidate in the event someone is named -- wi

so far the republican national chair committee has done so as well. >>> on the democratic side of thingsclinton and bernie sanders are looking ahead to their party's primary in michigan on tuesday and they're focused on workers at an auto parts manufacturing plant in detroit on friday. clinton vowed to boost jobs and eliminate tax benefits for u.s. companies that move jobs overseas. >>> sanders was also in michigan ahead of tuesday's vote and criticized hillary clinton's past support of trade agreements, saying they have hurt american workers. >>> clinton is not just looking ahead to tuesday. she's also looking ahead to the national election. as brianna keilar reports, clinton is taking on donald trump in her pitch to voters now. >> reporter: hillary clinton is wanling a two-front battle here in michigan. one, bernie sanders, her democratic rival as they both make a play for union voters and then also against donald trump who clinton clearly thinks is going to be the republican nominee. >> when i hear people running for president who spend all their time bad mouthing america, it really u

republican national committee general council ben ginsburg joined us to explain what a contested convention is and to discuss republican convention rules. >> former general council to the republican national committee. with party chair now looking at the very real possibility of an open or contested convention, explain what this all means. first, what is a contested convention? >> it's when none of the candidates arrive at the start of the convention with a majority of delegates. by definition they have to contest to reach a majority. >> if there is a can dade with the majority of delegates but not a majority overall, what does that mean? number.'s a magic so you have to get more than that number of delegates. you only have a plurality, the way the rules are currently written, is there will be balloting when the delegates get there and to see if in that -- a candidate can win over enough of the unbound delegates to get over a majority. >> a lot of attention on the republican national committee rules committee, so here's the question. what is the committee and how much authority does it have over the convention structure in 2016? >> there will be two rules committees in fact. one is the republican national committee

reporter: in other news about donald trump, he tweeted out that he had met with the chair of the republican national committee and he did this just two days after reneging on his pledge that he made several months ago that he would support the republican nominee, no matter who the person is. however, he said just a couple of days ago he felt he was being treated unfairly by the rnc. after he met with the chair, he did say he had a very nice meeting and he was looking forward to bringing the party together and that it would happen. we'll have to wait and see. that's the latest from here. back to you. steve: thanks, linda. the other republican presidential hopefuls condemned the comment. john kasich questioned his presidential qualifications. >> donald trump is clearly not prepared to be president of the steve: he criticized what he called trump's casual comments on the use of nuclear weapons overseas saying it is not a way a potential president should speak. he defended using a fork while eating his pizza saying his wife told him she was glad he learned to use a utensil. >> ted cruz spoke about wanting to be a

these are people that a republican president presented to the democratic chair of the judiciary committee saying give me your impression of these people. he went on yes, yes, yes, no. he had ten names. and that's the same thing that happened yesterday in the white house. president obama said do you have any names for me? give them to me. i'll be happy to take a look at them. so, mr. president, there is no biden rule unless the biden rule is we'll continue doing what we've always done here in the senate. and what is that? we approve, in any presidential election year. we've never not -- double negative. in a presidential election year we always take care of a nominee. welch -- we've never not in the history of this country not done that until now. the other thing, mr. president, is we keep talking about a lot of political things, but we have an obligation based on the constitution of the united states to do something about these nominations we get from the president. we have a constitutional duty to do our jobs, and that duty is to give advice and consent to the president when he sends a n

republicans -- including senator grassley -- who chairs the committee that considers court appointments -- want that decision to be up to the next president. the senate majority and minority leaders will also be at talk about the drug problem in this country. senator grassley's office says more than 47- thousand americans died from overdoses in 2014 -- an all-time high. his office says that's more deaths than from car crashes or gun violence. new this morning... new records say a university of iowa public safety director did not cooperate with other officers. they say david visin refused to pull over -- driving with his stepson in june. officers were looking for his stepson after his truck was involved in a hit and run crash. instead of stopping, he allegely station. he says he didn't know anything about the crash at the time... and didn't stop because he's testimony continues this morning in the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife. alex fazzino is on trial. his wife --emily -- was found dead in their home in boone four years ago. the defense --which claims her death was an acc

republicans -- including senator grassley -- who chairs the committee that considers court decision to be up to the next president. the senate majority and minority leaders will also be at talk about the drug problem in this country. senator grassley's office says more than 47- thousand americans died from overdoses in 2014 -- an all-time high. his office says that's more deaths than from car crashes or gun violence. the family of late supreme court justice scalia will hold a memorial in his honor today. it will be at the mayflower hotel in washington d-c. scalia died on february 13-th in texas. multiple supreme court justices are expected to give remarks at the service. after ten years of silence...justice clarence thomas asks questions during supreme court oral arguments. he asked ten questions to a justice department attorney... who was defending a law dealing with domestic violence cases. in years past, thomas has offered several reasons for not asking questions from the bench....noting, for example, lawyers usually only have 30 minutes to present their cases. two men remain missin

assaulted and murdered and now got the attention of senator chuck grassley the republican from iowa chairs the senate judiciary committeehe's demanding answers from investigators. >> we're prepared to be respond to senator grassley's letter that he sent. however, that doesn't change the fact of the thorough investigation that was done over the years and again these are hard things for families to come to grips with and that is totally understandable. >> senator grassley has given the police officer and fbi until march 18 toth respond to his questions about the case. we'll keep you posted on any new developments. >>> a study that links your risk of lung cancer with certain foods on your plate. researchers at the university of ate carbs with a high glycemic index have 49% higher risk of being diagnosed with lung cancer. those foods include white bread, rice and potatoes. and popcorn. smokers who ate the carbs had a 31% increased risk. more research is necessary to cause what might be behind that link. >>> this year the nation marks the 225th anniversary of the bill of rights. the name given to the first ten amendments to

. >>> let's get more on this now from the chair of the republican national committee, reince priebus. mr. priebus, thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning. >> you heard that interview with mr. trump. has he does enough to contain the violence at his rallies? >> well, look, i mean, i think he's -- trying to make the point that, we want to talk about both need to condemn violence. and violence is never the answer. and i think as far as everyone getting involved in the crowds, leave it to the professionals. the sheriff there was in the crowd. and secret service is there. that's their job to do it. i think that is the best place to leave it. violence is never the answer. condoning violence is never the answer. it's not what we're about. and, i think everyone agrees with that. >> everyone agrees with that. but what have you told -- i know you speak with the trump campaign and mr. trump himself, what have you told him about this? this is not the first time this happened. we're seeing it again and again and again. >> we have talked about it a little bit. obviously, they agree

host: we are talking about the chair of the republican national committee. this is a report that you issued three years ago, the so-called autopsy. fewer debates and earlier convention. so far, is it working out the way you expected? caller: yes, it is working out, but no one expected 17 candidates, right? the compressed calendar is actually not correct. you may recall back at the tampa convention, the rules committee at the convention actually eliminated all proportional states. so when we took over at the r.n.c. there was no proportionality. we added two weeks of proportionality. so that's wrong. we didn't compress the calendar. we made the calendar slower by two weeks. we make sure we have an earlier convention so we didn't end up with a nominee that was broke and couldn't raise general election money until the nomination was had on the floor. i'm not sure where you're getting that from but we did not compress the calendar. host: in 2012, the primary started in january and we began iowa and new hampshire in february. caller: that wasn't a rules change. th

where we were trying to change people's minds ... " grassley is the chair of the senate judiciary committee. he and other republicans ve said they will not hold hearings s any nominee while president obama is in office. they want the american people to have a say in the next supreme court justice. but democrats argue the people had that say when they elected barack obama, and it's the senate's constitutiona l responsibility to consider a nominee to replace the late justice antonin scalia. the iowa city council still hasn't decided whether to move forward with a controversial piece of artwork. right now, the council is discussing a plan to contribute 50-thousand dollars ... to help spur fundraising efforts for "the lens." the 30-feet tall sculpture would go up in black hawk mini park, at the kcrg-tv9's mark carlson is live iiiowa city. mark, what's the latest from the meeting? the council is in the midst of a long meeting. they're just getting to this issue. dozens of people packed the council chambers to provide feedback k this issue. the council of course has to decide whether or not to approve the 50 thousand doll

. >> reporter: a handful of republican senators up for re-election this fall have committee chair chuck grassley. >> if i can meet with a dictator in uganda, i can certainly meet with a decent person in america. >> reporter: the white house says it will set up with meetings when lawmakers return from their easter recess in two weeks. garland has spoken with senate majority leader mcconnell over the phone. this morning, some republicans are toying with the idea of confirming garland in the lame duck session, something the white house has dismissed. >> don champion here in new york, thanks a lot, don. >>> new york city police and the secret service are investigating home of eric trump, one of donald trump's sons. police responded to a call about the letter at eric trump's new york city apartment last night. a source tells cbs news the letter contained a white powder but that it did not appear to be hazardous. a source close to the investigation says the lerp threat letter threatened harm to donald trump's family if he didn't get out of the race. >>> conservative leaders and donors held me

we expect to hear from republican national committee chair reince priebus. he will be followed by jenny beth martin and then later on, republican candidates john kasich and ted cruz. you will also hear from ben carson this afternoon. he's expected to talk about his political future. this is all fresh off of the detroit republican debate last night. donald trump will be speaking early tomorrow morning. we will have that at 10:00 saturday followed by "washington journal." you will also hear from marco rubio do it all gets underway this morning on this friday morning. we did cover the event yesterday. you can find all of that coverage online anytime at www.c-span.org. gentlemen, the nra um.ies leadership for >> good morning, conservatives. without further ado, i would like to welcome reince priebus, the chairman of the national republican party, and his special guest star, sean hannity. >> how right you all doing? i gave out 1000 football last night. welcome to you, reince priebus. so good to see you all. there is the liberal media. where are you from? times." y

from the republican leader to his committee chairs and the rank-and-file, we continue to hear the senate is working again. this is just a figment of republicans' imagination. it's not working again. it appears the republican senate isn't interested in doing its job. there is no longer seems to be a voice of reason coming from the republican side. isn't there a single republican who will stand against republican leader's nomination blockade? is there a single republican willing for an end to this historic obstruction? providing advise and consent to the president's nominees is constitutional duty. i say do their job. i would like the record to show that i am moving to a different place in the record, mr. president. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: what i am going to say now. mr. president, i have an article here from cnn. it's quite illuminating. let's see what i did with it. mr. president, when i was a boy growing up in the little town i was born in, searchlight, we didn't have people of color, no one ever. so when i went away to high school, we did have people of colo

vote to the high court and the vice president back in 1992 when he chaired the senate judiciary committee laid out the current republican position. >> the committee should consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the political campaign season is over. >> reporter: it's a risk for republicans to go down that path and it's a risk for garland too. >> this is going to be his last chance to get on the court. he could twist in the wind for months and come out of this really with a beating. >> reporter: he has a packed schedule today. he will be on capitol hill meeting with democratic senators. is he likely to meet with with some republicans but that doesn't mean he will get a confirmation hearing. in washington. fox news. >>> a proposal in san jose that would give the homeless a place to live is causing controversy. the city wants to turn a plot of empty land into temporary homes for the homeless. each home would have six to eight bedrooms, a kitchen, bathroom and on site staff. the plan would get as many as 170 homeless off the streets. some neighbors are worried would bring down property v

down today with key senate republican leaders including nate majority leader mitch mcconnell and iowa senor chuck grassley. grasslsl is the chair of the senate judiciary committee and holds a powerful role in deciding who will replace the late supremecourt justice antonin scalia, who died last month.so far, grassley and other republicans have vowed to block any nominee, saying the next president should choose.obama is expected to try to take time tw try to negotiate with the senators. apple receivededa big win in its fight against the f-b-i. f-b-i.a federal judge has ruled that investigators *cannot force the company to unlock an phone owned by a york.that comes after another judge ruled it must comply with the feds, to unlock the i-phone that was used by san bernardino attacker syed farook.apple says creating that software would invade the prpracy of applelecustumers. attorney's in new york are investigating cases involving 175 apple products, with encryptions similar to syed farook's i-phone. right now, the man who could be the next leader of the university of iowa police department is accused of interfering with a criminal investigation. investigation.the ca

three years ago in the senate with a effusive support from, in particular, the republican senator who's the chair of the committee that's supposed to take up supreme court nominations, iowa senator chuck grassley. whether or not jane kelly is ultimately president obama's nominee for the high court, her name being floated is designed to put chuck grassley on the spot about his decision he's not going to hold hearings or take meetings with any nominee no matter who that nominee is. thinking is it will become particularly hard for senator grassley to defend that stance about holding this vacancy open on the supreme court no matter who the nominee is. the thinking is that will become particularly hard for him to defend if the nominee is someone he praises as qualified to be a federal judge. i bring this up not only because it's news, and it's an interesting story about what might happen on the supreme court, i also bring it up to show, to prove to you that there are some aspects of what's going on in the news right now that are kind of normal. where even on very important matters political figures are taking interest

republicans in the senate supreme court nominee will be considered this year. senator grassley is the chair of that committee... he met with the president today along other senate leaders.. after about 40-minutes, that meeting was over... and republicans don't seem to be budging. democratic senate leader harry reid says the senate needs to do its job... sen. harry reid/ nevada "we have that nasty little constitution that says they are obligated to hold hearings, they're obligated to vote that's what it says and more importantly when they swore their oath each time they become a senator again or the first time they swear to uphold the constitution, they're not doing that, they are walking away from that." no word when president obama will announce a potential nominee. this situation is unprecedented. there hasn't been a justice die in a president's final year in office. let's bring in senator grassley. senator grassley....was today's

at the time, he drew praise from the likes of republican orrin hatch, then chair of the senate judiciary committee he belongs on the court. and i believe he is not only a fine nominee, but is as good as republicans can expect from this administration. in fact, i would place him at the top of the list. >> ifill: that was then. this is now. now, garland is being nominated to replace conservative justice antonin scalia, who died last month. republicans fear that confirming him to the high court would create a liberal majority. so, within minutes of the president's announcement, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell went to the senate floor to double down on his pledge to deny the president as much as a hearing on his nominee. >> the decision the senate announced weeks ago remains about a principle and not a person-- about a principle, not a person. it seems clear that president obama made this nomination, not not with the intent of seeing the nominee confirmed, but in order to politicize it for purposes of the election. >> ifill: on the presidential campaign trail, republicans ted cruz and john kasi

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committee voted dozens of time to deny any conformation vote to republican judicial nominees. in 2005 harry reid said the constitution does not require the senate to vote on a president's nominee. when he chaired the committee under a republican president, senator leahy denied a hearing to dozens of nominees who were never confirmed. senator charles shumer stopped this. democrats proposed filibusters under president clinton, supported them under president bush and abolished them under president obama. democrats had their reasons for these statements and actions and i am sure each time they believed their positions in these matters was legitimate. those statements and actions are not compatible with the position that the congress requires prompt hearings and floor votes for all nominees. if what democrats say today is true, vice president biden in 1992 advocated violating the constitution. the minority leader was flat wrong if that is the case. democrats liberal allies equally confused. we received a letter claiming the constitution requires quote timely hearings and votes unquote. some of these same groups publically and forcefully advocated denying floor votes to republicans. we received lett

this is an exchange between congressman jason chaffetz, a utah republican and chair of the oversight and reform committee head gina mccarthy. >> february is when you arrived and it wasn't until january of the next year you actually did something. that is the fundamental problem. don't look around like you're mystified. d that is what happened. up in february. you did not take action and you could have pulled that switch. >> we consistently took action from that point forward. >> there are a lot of people in this audience from flint. nobody believes you took action. mark edwards from virginia tech, bless his heart, just listen for a second. he had the opportunity, they said things like, we failed to get epa to take led to water risk there is leave. epas possible because the has effectively condoned cheating on the lead and copper rule monitoring since 20 -- 2006. he read your op-ed that was one of the most offensive things i can possibly imagine. and he says about you, "gina mccarthy effectively absolved epa of any wrongdoing or any role in creating the flint disaster." if you want to do the courageous th

spoke for the position of 52 of the 54 republicans that the people should have a voice in this through the next election. grassley chairs the judiciary committee. majority leader mitch mcconnell and democratic leader harry reid also took part in the meeting. we're nearing the end of one of the biggest days on the election calender... today is an enormously important day. super tuesday i believe is the twelve states choose candidates today - ten where both parties compete, plus the democrats in colorado and the republicans in alaska. the latest polls show donald trump and hillary clinton hold commanding leads. and it appears clinton is eager to take trump on... at some point you can't just say whatever pops into your head if you want to be the president of the united states of america. polls in alabama, georgia, vermont, and virginia close in a little less than an hour. alaska's caucuses should end around eleven. some people would rather work in the kitchen instead of the oval office. and the "iowa restaurant association" is looking for them. today, it held events at the iowa events center to match employers with potential employees. one of the

face-to-face the senate republican leaders vowing to block his nominee to the supreme court -- no matter who it i i iowa senator chuck grassley, whwh chairs the judiciary committee, is at today's white hse meeting, along with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, senate democrats harry reid and patrick leahy and vice president joe biden. republicans say they think the next president should fill the vacancy on the court. it's the first time the leleers have met since j jtice antonin scalia's unexpected death last month set off a clash over the supreme court. neither side has indicated it is expecting any shift in the standoff. shooting at an ohio high school went before a judge this momoing. authoritits say 14-year- old james hancock-- armed with a handgun-- opened fire inside the cafeteria at madison junior- senior high school in butler county. four students suffered non life- threatening injuries. hancock faces several charges including attempted murder... felonious assault and making terroristic threats. authorities say they have an idea of the motive for the shooting, but they are not yet releasing it. a guilty plea from jonathan neunaber in the murder of h

but at the center of it, a republican from southwest miami-dade, what chairs the senate judiciary committee. his actions killed the open carry and gun bills this session. the democrat from miami, one of the more vocal opponents of the governor's tax cut that was cut just about in half. welcome. both of you. >> mike: great to have you both. representative, you are part of the minority p pty up there. but all but one democrat voted for the budget that the senator and the republicans proposal. this was just, you know, a moment up until last year where you guys couldn't agree on anything. what was different? >> guest: there were two things that brought the legislature across party lines and the senate and the house. one, the governor has been so extreme in terms of his@ governoring style that it's forced the chambers to work together. the district rulings have re-mapped the senate map and we're seeing the dynamics are related to that. i voted for the budget because of@ two things. as a vice chair, it was a great year for the dade delegation. >> guest: but we got a lot of things done in policy a

and, vice president joe biden back in 19-92 when he chaired the senate judiciary committee actually laid out the current republican position. biden says "..the senate judiciary committee should seriously consider confirmation nomination until the political over." but, it is a risk for republicans to go down that path -- and, it's a risk for garland, too. turley says "..this is going to be his last chance to get on the supreme court, but, he could twist in the wind for months and come out of this, really, with a beating." on cam tag now, judge garland has a pretty packed schedule today. he's going to be on capitol hill meeting with democratic senators. he's also likely to meet with some republicans before this is all set and done, but, that does not mean that he's going to get a confirmation hearing. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. frank vert mon off his st. patrick's day attire is trending online this morning... we'll show it to you coming up. plus... we're live inside molly malones with all the people celebrating st patrick's day... the morning x will be right back toyota billboard life as spokesbox is gre

republican convention will take place. the trump campaign leased what they called the make america great congressional u.s. house leadership committee, chaired by two members of congress. duncan hunter and chris collins, both republicans who support trump. more of this is supposedly on the way. we'll stand by to hear what trump has to say. john king, thanks very much. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. in the meantime, the news continues next right here on cnn. >>> hello, great to have you along with us on this thursday. i'm pamela brown, in today for brooke baldwin. republicans hope to stop donald trump from becoming their party's nominee are facing a new sense of urgency after the front run ae runner's stunning assertion about abortion. now one of his gop rivals says that's far from the only reason trump is unfit to be president. john kasich just laid out his own top five. take a listen. >> we know about his comments on abortion, which have put women in a very difficult position and we know he has since moved to correct those, in one way or

his interview with republican national committee chair at cpac, fox news host, sean hannity questionedmination process. preparation for the general election, and the possibility of a brokered tension -- convention. this is 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, julie woods hill. [applause] julie: good morning, conservatives. without further into, i would like to welcome the chairman of andnational committee party his special guest star, sean hannity. [applause] ♪ >> howery all doing -- how are you doing? i gave out when thousands of balls last night. welcome to chairman of the rnc. >> thank you. click so good to see you all. there is the liberal media. the new york times, you have to leave. welcome, everybody. what did you think of the debate last night? this, at the end of this process -- if you are here at my speech yesterday, you know to stand, andple at the end of the process i say, if your guy does not win, we support the nominee? i think it is important if we want to save the country from another obama term, which would be hillary, that we have to unite. -- to turn to your m view a

committee hearings on this benghazi thing. why? the first six were all chaired by republicansp and up so then they said, well, we've got to have a special committee because the first guys didn't get the message, this isn't about what happened, this is about what we can make people think happened. >> it gives you the idea between the fbi investigation and the link gergs questions about benghazi, the clintons feel that. they're on defense. they want to get all of this behind them. bill clinton had not just one but four events in new york city today. hillary clinton is up in the latest poll here from quinnipiac in her adopted home state. >> right. >> by 12 points. not running away with it. bernie sanders has closed strong in a lot of these states. they're a little nervous. >> let's talk about the breaking news that's been happening. donald trump meeting behind closed doors right now with the republican national committee headquarters in washington, d.c. that's usually where you are as white house correspondent. what the heck is going on? >> everyone is trying to get to the bottom

republican side. not necessarily a majority. today, patrick laid, the democrat from lamont, former chair of the committee called for his college toote on garland by memorial day. an army of republican and democratic senators have been all over cable news the past 24 hours toeing the party line. with all the back-and-forth there has been since we last spoke about this, which side is winning this tug-of-war over girl is? -- over garland? john: democrats and the white house. right now the media is with the white house. i think rightly soar. your hearing some corners of conservative media saying, you're killing yourselves here. thing that kind of has done damage to the republican brand in the past by seemed to be mindlessly in trenton and. -- intaransigent. if you want to shoot them down, shoot them down. but make it look like you are at least willing to do your jobs. democrats, and politics, the side that is winning is where they are saying the same thing publicly and privately. democrats are saying we are going to win this. it is easy to find a strategist who say the mistake was to come out early. we are not winning this fight. the

republican side. patrick leahy, a democrat from vermont, former chair of the committee, calls for his colleagues to voten garland by memorial day. an army of senators have been all over cable news telling the party lines. at this moment, with all the back and forth, which side is winning this potus tug-of-war? john: democrats in the white house are winning. we were all saying that the senate should do its job that you are hearing that even from some conservative media saying, look, you guys, you are killing yourselves here. this has done damage to the republican brand in the past. take a beating with the guy, to not give the guy a hearing, if you want to shoot him down, shut him down, that make it look like you are willing to at least do your jobs. well, democrats, and politics, the side that is winning is when they are saying the same thing publicly and privately. democrats are saying we will witness. it is easy to find republican strategists who say the mistake was to come out early the way we thist we are not winning fight. the thing possibly we can hold the line. paid a priced not that some of them