the view on roe v. wade is clear what any of us be surprised as the attorney general he would support overturning roe v. wade should the opportunity to do so presented itself. i seriously questioned whether the president, his cabinet and advisors would protect a woman's right to choose. over the past two months i've heard from thousands of my constituency and a number of prominent civil rights organizations including a number that testified at the confirmation hearing. i will vote against the nomination as the attorney general because i am deeply concerned about how he would use the prosecutorial discretion and i would be concerned about his independence from the president. turning to the topic of the executive order establishing basically a muslim ban, we have heard senator sessions fingerprints are on this executive order stoking fear of minorities and immigrants is an unfortunate but undeniable part of the nation's history and this has been used to justify several things from the trail of tears to the tre

she revealed her name in the '80s which also said she lied when she said her pregnancy which set roe v wade into motion was rape. >> sad to hear of her passing. from a policy standpoint the republicans have been clear they want to overturn roe v wade. i think we are in a dangerous spot when it comes to a woman's right to choose. the defunding of planned parenthood is very high on their agenda. and we will fight that. overturning roe v wade is high on their agenda and we have to make sure that doesn't happen. >> mccorpsvy later become an anti-abortion activist. >>> another storm is churning our way. in fact we are in for a one-two punch. drew tuma is rock the tracking the storm. we have had enough. >> live doppler 7 is showing you a quiet picture. t two storms in the next 48 hours. it's this one coming on monday that has the highest concern. let's get you into the storm impact scale on monday. this is going to be a 3. this is going to be a strong system coming on monday. we expect widespread moderate to heavy rain at times, strong winds, especially monday night, and very high flood concerns.

but all the cases since roe v. wade that have established conclusively and in my view irrevocably there is a right of privacy, a right to reproductive rights. that kind of respect for precedent is in the mainstream. and coming the court with a determination or an intention to overturn roe v. wade is part of an agenda. >> do you have any evidence it is judicial record he has ignored precedent? >> there is no evidence that he has ignored precedent but he's been on the dissenting side of many cases where if he were in the majority it would overturn precedent. that's one of my concerns. he's been in dissent on cases where agency rules protecting health and safety were upheld but he was in effect against it. >> you've haefrd about hheard as academic credentials. this is a nominee that's also been confirmed unanimously by the united states senate for the federal bench. a voice vote. no one voted against him. impressive record right there. >> a unanimous coffer mission-- confirmation in lower court doesn't mean he should be --

for a woman who was cited in roe v wade, you could not have come further, could you?l decision, which used your name in the case to come up with the supreme court decision, legalising abortion. you have turned full circle, haven't you? have turned full circle, haven't you ? completely? have turned full circle, haven't you? completely? yes i have, completely. and i am very proud of that. i am completely. and i am very proud of that. iam proud completely. and i am very proud of that. i am proud to know that i do not have to go into another abortion clinic and watch women come out of abortion procedures crying and wanting to call their mothers. i don't have to look at dismembered bodies of children who have been ripped out of their mothers' wounds. i don't have those nightmares and more. i refuse to have those nightmares. but for a quarter of a century, you believed abortion to be... fora century, you believed abortion to be... for a quarter of a century i was misled. to be ok. i was told... how would you misled?” was misled. to be ok. i was told... how would you misled?

are you confident he would vote to overturn roe v. wade on the court? >> as someone who cherishes the sanctity of life. i was honored be part of the process. >> you spoke with the judge, right? >> i did. the president asked me to be part of a small group that interviewed all the finalists for the decision. what the president directed us to look for is someone who would be faithful to the constitution. who would simply apply the law as written. who would have the character, the temperament, and the courage that the american people want to see. >> did you ask him directly about roe v. wade? >> i did not. what the president charged us to do was to find someone who had the background, the experience, the unimpeachable credentials, the character. but also just to be faithful to the constitution as written. we're in this hallowed hall where the congress met in 1790. right next door to the hall where the constitution was written. that and the framework of this government have created the greatest quality of life in the history of mankind. i'm confident in judg

do you think there will likely be challenges to roe v. wade in the coming months? >> i don't think there will be a challenge to the decision roe v. wade which provides women with a right to an abortion. i think we will see lots of legislation chipping away at access to abortion without directly confronting the right. like whole women's health, the case from last term. i think we'll see more of that. so regulations that are aimed at sort of narrowing and narrowing the opportunities to exercise the right. but i think roe is a 43-year-old decision. i don't think that's going away. whether you can actually exercise it is a different question. >> on that we will have to end this segment. dean melissa murray and scott shafer our senior editor for politics and government, thank you both. >> thank you. >>> turning to education. this week the confirmation of bessie devos as president trump's education secretary raises questions about what lies ahead for california's public school system and its roughly 6 million students. and here in the bay area, san francisco led the natio

supreme court, but roe v. wade will likely be the lightning rod. considering the makeup for the court is about the same as it was with scalia, will gorsuch be the lightning rod to overturn roe v. wade? >> i don't know that gorsuch is what anyone would describe as a lightning rod in any way. i think what we can expect from him is that he will follow the textualist or the originalist approach to deciding cases. i think that's fair. i have no doubt that the senate is going to thoroughly question him about his approach to deciding cases. i don't think anyone would really describe him as a lightning rod. >> i just want to throw this out, too, and i'll post this question to you, steve. you can't really predict what a judge will do either. for example, john roberts who used to be a conservative darling, he saved obamacare twice. conservativives didn't expect him to do that. who knows how judges will react until they're on the bench and sit down with fellow justices and hash things out. >> that's certainly right, carol. i think the two john roberts obamacar

senator sessions' view on roe v. wade is clear. would anyone be surprised if as attorney general he would support overturning roe v. wade given that opportunity? in addition and one -- in one of his first actions, the president reinstated a ban on foreign aid to health providers abroad who discuss abortion. this ban would compromise the health care of millions of women in places where the need is greatest. taking the president's lead, i seriously question whether his cabinet nominees, including the attorney general nominee will protect a woman's right to choose. i want to turn again to the topic of president trump's executive order basically banning muslim immigration because our next attorney general will likely weigh in on this as well as other immigration cases. in fact, the justice department is already in federal courts right now defending president trump's muslim ban. so while there's an argument being made that this is really not a muslim ban, i say you can call a duck a chicken but if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck

the one thing that's really key here is trump campaigned on the promise of trying to reverse roe v. wade, which essentially made abortion rights nationwide legal. but in this case by just simply filling the shoes of a conservative equal you haven't really tipped the scale in favor of trying to reverse roe v. wade. remember, you've still got justice kennedy, who although he usually goes conservative, has been a swing vote in many key areas including gay marriage as well as abortion rights. i don't think that gorsuch, although he is particularly conservative and is pro life according to his viewpoints, is going to be able to really herald the effort to reverse roe v. wade. >> jeffrey, i want to go to you and get the political side of this because nancy pelosi calls president trump's supreme court pick a very hostile appointment and outside the mainstream. her words there. what do you say to that? and what do republicans plan to do to ensure gorsuch gets confirmed if the democrats perhaps mount a filibuster, which is how it's looking? >> yeah, well, first of all i should say just for backgr

roe v. wade is bad luck. can you disagree with roe v. wade? absolutely you can. at least i hope so.ause millions of americans do. but it is the law of the land and there is a process to changes that will come from the courts. this is the one that gets me the most i guess. i expect criticism to come on both sides of the aisle. i voted against senator leahy's proposal even though i'm very supportive of the concept because i didn't agree with this construct. so i guess maybe it can't be attorney general either. john lewis -- anybody deserves to be called a modern hero, it is john lewis. he literally risked his life to stand up against oppression at a time a lot of people were not. that is something he should be proud of and we should all read here. but he came before the committee and made a pretty damning indictment of senator sessions. so here's what i ask my colleagues to do. look underneath some of these criticisms and see what you find. this is the same man who basically accused sarah palin and john mccain of having republican rally reminded him of george wallace's time. senator m

will he vote to overturn roe v. wade? does he believe there's a right to privacy in the constitution? >> he avoided explicit or direct answers to those questions as well, a important as his answers on the independence of the american judiciary and his coming to the defense, equally so are his commitment to privacy rights, which he did not explicitly state, his commitment to roe v. wade, which is well established, long accepted precedent. he says he has a respect for precedent but is unwilling to commit to adhering to roe v. wade. that's important to me as well as border and consumer protection. >> did he say he wants to be like any particular justice? is there someone he would like to model himself after? >> i will let him talk about the details of who his heroes are on the court or in life, but i think what's important for the american people to know is that he will be open minded and fair. we're going to be open minded and fair with him. i have yet to reach a conclusion, i'll wait for the judiciary committee here hearin

so i'm left with serious concerns about his nomination. >> he wouldn't -- roe v. wade being decisive, on the lower court, that's his job. on the supreme court you can always come to new interpretations. you're telling us your view is he left you the impression that he is pro-life or he might reverse roe? is that what you gathered from your meeting? >> well, he left it unanswered in specific terms. the doctrine is judges should not comment on issues or cases that may come before the court. but you're absolutely right. this idea of what you call stari decisis. it refers not only to the supreme court but lower courts. his failure to say explicitly, directly he would adhere to roe directly he would adhere to roe v. wade is very troubling to me, along with concerns about privacy rights generally, his opinions that elevate corporate interests and worker safety, consumer protection. these kinds of issues i'm going to press when he comes before our committee, the judiciary committee for a hearing. and i will wait to make up my mind until then. but i remain with serious but i r

his failure to say explicitly, directly he would adhere to roe v. wade is very troubling to me, along with concerns about privacy rights generally, his opinions that elevate corporate interests and worker safety, consumer protection. these kinds of issues i'm going to press when he comes before our committee, the judiciary committee for a hearing. and i will wait to make up my mind until then. but i remain with serious concerns now. >> it's very interesting, and it's especially interesting to hear your relaying what president trump's nominee here is saying about him. i can also add for our viewers nbc news confirmed with a judge gorsuch spokesperson who basically confirmed the accuracy of the quote you gave. but interesting only to hear it secondhand. maybe we'll learn a lot more as the hearings approach. i hope you'll come back on msnbc again. >> great. thank you very much, are rich. >> thank you. >>> now coming up, how many sitting senators said things on the floor about other senators that are pretty much obviously worse than what senator warren quote

had lasted for decades and decades, and attempting to roll back the established law of the land, roe v. wade. mr. gorsuch, judge gorsuch has shown disdain for the use of the courtroom to vindicate fundamental rights, a viewpoint that should be anathema to anyone in the legal system but is particularly inappropriate for somebody who seeks a seat on the highest court in the land. because of this, women are duly worried about the preservation of their rights and equality, as is the lgbt community. with an administration that has already challenged fundamental american rights and will do so again, the courtroom must be a place where those rights can be vindicated. as senators, we are endowed with an awesome power to judge whether this man, judge gorsuch, has the right to a title that is higher than all the others in our judicial system, the title of justice. therefore, we must be absolutely certain that this person is a strong, mainstream candidate who has respect for rule of law in the application of basic constitutional rights to all americans, a deference to precedent, a nonideological approa

had lasted for decades and decades, and attempting to roll back the established law of the land, roe v. wade. mr. gorsuch, judge gorsuch has shown disdain for the use of the courtroom to vindicate fundamental rights, a viewpoint that should be anathema to anyone in the legal system but is particularly inappropriate for somebody who seeks a seat on the highest court in the land. because of this, women are duly worried about the preservation of their rights and equality, as is the lgbt community. with an administration that has already challenged fundamental american rights and will do so again, the courtroom must be a place where those rights can be vindicated. as senators, we are endowed with an awesome power to judge whether this man, judge gorsuch, has the right to a title that is higher than all the others in our judicial system, the title of justice. therefore, we must be absolutely certain that this person is a strong, mainstream candidate who has respect for rule of law in the application of basic constitutional rights to all americans, a deference to precedent, a nonideological approa

roe v. wade made it all the way to the u.s.ch issued its decision on january 22, 1973. >> landmark ruling the supreme court today legalized abortionz. >> by then norma has already given birth and put her daughter up for adoption. but the law gave millions of women the right to choose. as for mccorvey she later underwent a religious conversion and would ultimately regret her earlier position. >> i'm on what i call the right side of the movement now because i'm fighting for life instead of death. >> you think roe v. wade will be overturned? >> yes. i hope so. >> pauley: the law has been a flash point ever since and is sure to be front and center next month when confirmation hearings begin for president trump's supreme court nominee, neil gorsuch. norma mccorvey forever immortalized as jane roe was 69 years old. ahead, from puzzles to ping-pong. >> pauley: wednesday marks a 75th anniversary of the "new york times" crossword puzzle. a puzzle we might point out that's featured all three anchors of "sunday morning," myself included a

brown versus topeka, gideon versus wainwright florida, roe v. wade when you agree with it or not is texas, lawrence versus texas, "new york times" sullivan was an effort by alabama to shut down free speech. randa v. arizona. griswold versus connecticut. most of the cases ordinary people think of as bill of rights cases are not bill of rights cases because the amendment is only about comedy original federal government. so, what kind of cases are gideon versus wainwright and lawrence versus texas if they are not bill of rights cases you know enough to know the answer now. no state or localities shall make or enforce any. that is the second founding. a second bill of rights to the one that is more intuitive for most americans today because the states us behave because madison lost when he tried to get the original amendment passed no state shall violate. but the senator didn't go alonge along so he lost that fight. but he wins in the end thanks to the 14th amendment and it is apt that we give him the credit for the final 14th amendment but it's also a l

unimaginable that we would have an attorney general of the united states holding such a view of roe v. wade and the rights of women to control their own reproductive health. roe v. wade is the law of the land, and it should remain that way forever. mr. president, i would also like to address the actions last night by the senate majority leader to silence the remarks of my colleague from massachusetts, senator elizabeth warren. coretta scott king was attending the new england conservatory of music in boston when she met a divinity doctoral student at boston university in 1952 in boston. and one year later coretta scott married dr. martin luther king jr. as they took their degrees from boston now to begin a cause found in the south that became a national and international movement. the two shared their life and cause that would change the world. the voices and legacy of coretta scott king and dr. martin luther king jr. are as much a part of massachusetts history as the american revolution, john adams and president john kennedy. what senator warren was doing last night was standing up for equa

from a policy standpoint, the republicans have been clear they want to overturn roe v. wade and we must make sure that doesn't happen. >> gave birth to a daughter and put her up for adoption in the proceedings and later became antiabortion activist. >>> man shot and killed by police, sky 7 over the home just before jesse enjaian exchaned sapphire with police. neighbors say he did this before, frustrated that officers didn't take hiem into custody or take weapons away. >> shouldn't have gotten to that point. we called police on multiple occasions. situation like that, makes you nervous, what else is there for us to do? >> police are trying to figure out how many times they were called out to the neighborhood. >>> a swedish heavy metal band was told they can't perform in oakland tonight. why police decided to cancel the concert last minute. >>> one of the mason's biggest landlords going after san francisco-based b & b. >>> one. >>> san francisco's air bnb hit by a new lawsuit filed by one of the nation's largest landlords, accusing the company of helping tenants break the rule

he said roe v. wade violated the constitution. mr. president, that statement essentially invites states to enact more and more restrictions on women's fundamental access to health care. it is a signal to those states that if they enact restrictions and are challenged in court, then the justice department may in fact support them and try to overturn roe v. wade. in fact, i asked him about that, and he did not rule out the justice department pushing to overturn roe. he left the door open by saying -- and i quote -- "such decisions would depend upon the unique circumstances of the case or cases as they arise. i will not prejudge the issues. that's the response to my question for the record 6-a. he even refused to rule out punishment for women who have abortions, a position president trump took during the campaign. that's a response to senator blumenthal's question for the record 11-a. so what does it mean for him as attorney general of the united states? it means he very well may seek to overturn roe v. wade. it means the justice departm

you n show the rest of the country just like new york and california did with roe v. wadethree years before roe v. wade these two states made abortion legal and made it the new normal and got the rest of the country used to it. that's what you can do in massachusetts and the other blue states. >> i want to ask you a final question about the dnc race. i know you support keith ellison. >> yes. >> the vote will happen soon, seems contested between tom perez and keith ellison. what are the stakes here to you? >> they're huge, absolutely huge. the democratic party and god love tom perez and all the old guard, unfortunately it's the old guard that will be doing a lot of voting on saturday for the dnc chair, we need keith ellison, grew up, in the midwest, detroit, we lost wisconsin, michigan, ohio, pennsylvania and barely ekeed out minnesota. keith ellison turned it from a red state to a blue state. he needs to be the dnc chair. if the chair is going the same old way, losing twice in the last 16 years when we won the popular vote that the republicans got -- i'm done with that. ev

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as in roe v. wade, the 1973 supreme court decision that legalized abortion throughout america. >> once the supreme court decision was done in '73, i thought okay, we're all safe and legal now, we can have control over our own bodies. >> her quest began not as a movement for women's right but an unmarried 22-year-old looking to end her third pregnancy in texas where the procedure was illegal unless the woman's life was in danger. despite her ultimate victory in the case, she had her baby. the legal process pushed well beyond nine months. the ruling propelled mccorvey out of the shadows of her pseudonym and a spotlight of a divisive social issue. she became the face of pro abortion rights but she announced she was a born again christian and in an about face became an anti-abortion advocate, appearing in ads. >> i realized that my case legalized abortion on demand was the biggest mistake of my life. >> the national director of priests for life was a long-time friend. >> she never embraced the abortion rig

and detecting to roll back the established law of the land, roe v wade. such -- judge gorsuch has shown disdain for these of the courtroom to vindicate fundamental right. it is particularly inappropriate for someone who seeks a seat on the highest court of the land. because of this, women are duly worried about the preservation of their rights and equality, as is the lgbt community. within an administration that is already challenging fundamental american right do so again, but for those be in place rights and be vindicated. as senators, we are endowed with an awesome power, to judge whether this man, judge gorsuch, has a right to a title that is higher than all others in our judicial shoes -- system. the title of justice. we must be absolutely certain that this person is a strong, mainstream candidate, who has respectful rule of law and basic constitutional action. approach to the -- t, ,oes -- judge gorsuch throughout his career, has continually cited with corporations over working people. and most troubling, yielded to an ideological reports to jurispr

roe v. wade is a landmark decision that protects women and their access to abortion. it guarantees a fundamental right for women. it affirms that a woman has the right to decide whether to continue or terminate a pregnancy without government interference. septions' record -- sessions' record leaves questions on whether he will enforce the law in this area. during his time in the senate, sessions has been dedicated to opposing a woman's constitutional right to safe and legal abortion. he voted to grant legal status to an embryo. he has repeatedly voted to deny women in the military the right to use their own private funds for abortion care at military hospitals. he has said that he would like to see a woman's constitutional right to make her own health care decisions overturned. this is unacceptable for a nominee to lead the department of justice whose role would be to uphold the very law that he seeks to overturn. we also know that a woman's right to make her own health decisions isn't just a matter of freedom, a matter of health. it's also a matter of economics, fina

it led to roe v. wade. and the 1973 supreme court ruling that legalized abortion. r in life she became a pro- life activist and challenged the roe vs. wade ruling herself in 2005. she died today of heart failure at an assisted living facility in texas. she was 69. >>> an egyptian man accused of inspiring the 1993 world trade center bombing has died in prison. roxana saberi reports on the blind sheik. >> reporter: omar abdel rahman was serving a life sentence for conspiring to blow up new york city landmarks. he died in prison on saturday morning. the egyptian man died from natural causes after a long health battle with diabetes and coronary artery disease. blind since infancy from diabetes, he became known as the blind sheik and was the leader to some who followed islam. [ screaming ] >> reporter: in egypt he was accused of inspiring violent uprisings. in 1990 he fled to the u.s. where he continued preaching his message. after a truck bomb went off at the world trade center in 1993, killing 6 people, he was arrested and accused of inspiring the attack. he denied the

. >> sean: do all of you believeee that roe v. wade is bad law, to all of you believe that as i do? >> they made it up. this was a decision that should have been left to the states. they took it over by having a supreme court to dictate this. at the end of the day, and 8-10 weeks, we are going to be calling him justice gorsuch. >> no question. >> sean: laura, last word. do you think you will get through? >> i believe they will have to use the nuclear option and he will get confirmed and they are going to have another nomination probably in the next 3-4 months. >> sean: really?y? >> really? what you know? >> sean: you are drinking margaritas alone, what won't you tell us? i think in june, there will probably be a retirement.th thank you all for being with us. we've got to keep going. a lot of news here tonight. coming up next on this busy news night. >> i've selected an individual whose qualities define what we are looking for. >> sean: earlier tonight, president trump announced he is nominating judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court. we are joined next, bill bennett is here with re

soledad: how likely do you think in the fact that roe v wade could be overturned? amy: it depends on what happens in the next couple of years. this nominee, gorsuch, will be confirmed to replace justice scalia who was staunchly opposed , to abortion. if judge gorsuch is expected to be also opposed to abortion, that would leave the balance in place. then you are looking at the next potential vacancy on the court, and the three oldest justices on the court are justice ruth bader ginsburg, who will turn 84 , justice anthony kennedy, who is 80, and justice breyer, who is in his late 70's. soledad: you know democrats are like praying for the good health. amy: exactly, exactly. so the question is if any of those justices were to retire and president trump were to have the opp to replace one of them, then we would be talking about the possibility of roe versus wade being overturned. soledad: we will see how that plays out. thank you for joining us. >> next on "matter of fact" -- cindy mccain takes on america's hidden shame -- the sex trafficking of children. cindy: this i

. >> tucker: so you think it is wrong to try to overturn roe v. wade but it's okay to overturn citizens united. >> if you go through the constitution -- >> tucker: if you go through the constitutional process. that would be okay, right? [laughs] i am trying, i'm trying so hard. last question. the so-called nuclear option on the filibuster and i think most people agree -- it is there for a reason, try to convince just more than your party get on a decision. before anyone has been dominated, democrats say we are against us and we are going to fight this no matter what. what they are saying is basically we dare you to get rid of the filibuster. to really want to go there? is it worth it? >> i am not going to speak for the senators, i think he deserves a hearing. if he does not get two-thirds, the democrats are probably wron wrong. >> tucker: you know what is going to happen. when people behave and an unreasonable way, you said republicans were unfair with merrick garland, but continuing to be unreasonable and saying we think your nominee is an extremist o

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and detecting to roll back the established law of the land, roe v wade. such -- judge gorsuch has shown disdain for these of the courtroom to vindicate fundamental right. it is particularly inappropriate for someone who seeks a seat on the highest court of the land. because of this, women are duly worried about the preservation of their rights and equality, as is the lgbt community. within an administration that is already challenging fundamental american right do so again, but for those be in place rights and be vindicated. as senators, we are endowed with an awesome power, to judge whether this man, judge gorsuch, has a right to a title that is higher than all others in our judicial shoes -- system. the title of justice. we must be absolutely certain that this person is a strong, mainstream candidate, who has respectful rule of law and basic constitutional action. approach to the -- t, ,oes -- judge gorsuch throughout his career, has continually cited with corporations over working people. and most troubling, yielded to an ideological reports to jurispr

roe v wade, marbury versus madison. we don't know, but the opening arguments will be march 28. jay korff, abc 7 news. avin's story is one of several abc 7 is working on in the special reports in connection with the docudrama "when we rise," telling the story of the modern gay rights movement. the second part of the program airs wednesday. steve: the temperatures right now are in the 40's, lower 50's, eventually c low 40's by the morning. scanning the skies, satellite and radar, not a lot going on right now. look slick a few scattered showers here and there, not amounting to much more through tonight. mostly cloudy skies, the wind out of the south at five to 10, nighttime lows upper 30's, little 40's. then a chilly start early tuesday morning, but not super cold. fairfax 42,olumbia, upper marlboro, college park 41 to 44 degrees. tomorrow morning looks good. may need the sunglasses early on, but not for very long. clouds midmorning through the afternoon, a better chance of showers tomorrow evening, especially north and west of town. fast forward, wednesday, weather alert day, ver

where i think we're going to see a big battle, wolf, when it comes over the issue of abortion and roe v. wade i was talking to somebody who is very connected to the pro life movement. and their eyes are glistening right now because they actually think they can get roe v. wade overturned, especially if they have a conservative bench. that is going to be an epic battle when that happens. >> it certainly would be. rebecca, the liberal wing, progressive wing of the democratic party, they basically want the senators to vote no on all these nominations that president trump puts forward. how much influence do they have? >> well, a little bit limited actually, wolf, in the senate because you have in the next election cycle ten democrats who are going to be running for reelection in states that donald trump won. and half of those states he won by double digits and it's going to be very difficult for a lot of these senators to win reelection so their colleagues recognize maybe not their constituents, but their colleagues recognize some of these senators are going to have to make some compromises in ord

. >> tucker: so you think it is wrong to try to overturn roe v. wades okay to overturn citizens united. >> if you go through the constitution -- >> tucker: if you go through the constitutional process. that would be okay, right? [laughs] i am trying, i'm trying so hard. last question. the so-called nuclear option on the filibuster and i think most people agree -- it is there for a reason, try to convince just more than your party get on a decision. before anyone has been dominated, democrats say we are against us and we are going to fight this no matter what. what they are saying is basically we dare you to get rid of the filibuster. to really want to go there? is it worth it? >> i am not going to speak for the senators, i think he deserves a hearing. if he does not get two-thirds, the democrats are probably wron wrong. >> tucker: you know what is going to happen. when people behave and an unreasonable way, you said republicans were unfair with merrick garland, but continuing to be unreasonable and saying we think your nominee is an extremist or hates

the majority of americans do not want roe v wade overturned. protectionental there will be changes in a more conservative direction. be confirmed?uch almost certainly. when the president's party controls the senate it is difficult to stop a nomination, though democrats say they will fight it. >> i have doubts that judge gorsuch is up to the job. the supreme court now rests in delicate balance. highly partisan battle that could go beyond this nominee. 2 of the current judges are in their 80's and could choose to retire at any time during trump 's presidency giving him another chance to tilt the court to the right. . for more on the nomination i spoke to our north american editor, jon sopel. question is how much of a fight the democrats are going to put up over the appointment. jon: it will be quite a fight. not everyone is going to say, good guy, impeccable credentials, let's march him through. overemocrats are seething the fact that barack obama -- remember justice scalia died last february. barack obama had the duty to appoint the next supreme

soledad: how likely do you think in the fact that roe v wade could be overturned? amy: it depends on what happens in the next couple of years. this nominee, gorsuch, will be confirmed to replace justice scalia who was staunchly opposed , to abortion. if judge gorsuch is expected to be also opposed to abortion, that would leave the balance in place. then you are looking at the next potential vacancy on the court, and the three oldest justices on the court are justice ruth bader ginsburg, who will turn 84 , justice anthony kennedy, who is 80, and justice breyer, who is in his late 70's. soledad: you know democrats are like praying for the good health. amy: exactly, exactly. so the question is if any of those justices were to retire and president trump were to have the opp to replace one of them, then we would be talking about the possibility of roe versus wade being overturned. soledad: we will see how that plays out. thank you for joining us. >> next on "matter of fact" -- cindy mccain takes on america's hidden shame -- the sex trafficking of children. cindy: this i

>> i'm hoping roe v. wade is reconsidered. >> reporter: gorsuch would be replacing scalia, a conservative. merrick garland didn't get a hearing on capitol hill. the politics still stinging for some. >> i think what the republicans did to block that was really undemocratic. >> reporter: democrats pushing back against gorsuch's approach to the constitution. >> he's not a man for these times. >> reporter: at the diner, she said the court was on top of her mind when she voted for donald trump but she liked the choice. >> i thought it would be somebody from philadelphia or pennsylvania, but trump is trump. and he can select whoever he wants. and now they may pass his name with flying colors. >> reporter: with a republican in the white house for the first time in eight years, some are thinking longer terms. regina voted for president trump. >> i think it would be great to kind of even the playing field on the supreme court. >> reporter: but she does expect a fight. i'm lauren mayk, nbc10 news. >>> the senate this af