thomas, sam alito when a u.s.ator says and something as stupid as that gor. when a u.s. senator that's why people are treating something as stupid as that alan dershowitz the way they are. that why peo it's an embarrassment.reating alan dershowitz the way they are. it's an the intellectual dishonest of . these people is staggering. they are frightened of other it ideas.ual dishonest of these people is staggering. they are >> sean: let's talk about this ideas. >> sean: let's talk about book in the context of where we are with the mueller t cont investigation. of where we are with the mueller because you have called this invest what it is from the beginning.n. because you it's very dangerous when we all what it is from criminalize political difference. your words and not mine?beginni. it's very >> right. dan i agree.gerous when we criminalize political difference. your words and not mueller will end up not having ? >> right. i accomplished very much. agree. mueller will you can't indict a sitting president. end u no

is not coming to an end just as it did not after the successful appointment of clarence thomas, sam alitor justice gorsuch and now i will take about two breaking stories that will blow your mind. former fbi lawyer will appear before closed-door congressional hearing and her boyfriend the disgraced fbi hating peter strauch you can see that in the oversight committee right here on fox thursday will be public and explosive with a high rate -- ranking agent to clear clinton of all charges well openingli the subsequent witchhun witchhunt. so now this thursday strauch will be instructed to answer for his bias and what role political prejudice played in 2016 and beyond. this show is hitting the road without breaking developmentshe and then helsinki and the important negotiations but first the chief counsel and the counsel to the president and one great attorney but first of all and want to read you something very quick the president and appointee took his time this is by judge kavanaugh and he actually said this with judicial philosophy what did justice kolea stand for?o the judge's job is to in

members of which included john roberts, scalia, clarence thomas, sam alito and gorsuch. when a u.s.enator says something as stupid as that that's why people are treating alan dershowitz the way they are. it's an embarrassment. the intellectual dishonest of these people is staggering. they are frightened of other ideas. >> sean: let's talk about this book in the context of where we are with the mueller investigation. because you have called this what it is from the beginning. it's very dangerous when we criminalize political difference. your words and not mine? >> right. i agree. mueller will end up not having accomplished very much. you can't indict a sitting president. kavanaugh agrees with. that you can't impeach a president unless he committed a crime. collusion is not a crime. the president can obstruct justice by exercising his authority under article 2. in the end this will just be a report. some people will be indict as d asked -- indicted and their families will be ruined. >> [overlapping talking]. >> and poor black people should not be in jail if they can't come up with bai

kethledge looks pretty moderate, he's not john roberts, he's much closer to clarence thomas and sam alito there is a tendency for the supreme court to do whatever they want. >> what do democrats do? >> fight and know that you'll probably lose, but it's worth fighting to keep the base fired up. >> ladies, wonderful to see you, thanks for coming in today. stay tuned for tonight's announcement of president trump's nominee. it's a candidate that's going to change a generation. we'll have commentary following the announcement right here on msnbc. >>> up next, nato, kim jong-un, the president and putin. it's complicated. we came here for the friends. and we got to know the friends of our friends. then our old friends from middle school, our mom, our ex and our boss joined forces to wish us happy birthday. then we discovered our uncle use to play in a band. and realized he was young once too. and we found others just like us. and just like that we felt a little less alone. but then something happened. we had to deal with spam, clickbait, fake news, and data misuse. that's going to change. from n

josh, when bush 43 was president you led team at rnc to help get john roberts and sam alito, given thatbuster is no longer in existence, is there any way that trump's nominee will fail to get confirmed by the senate? >> well, i think the question itself, chris, gives us indication of how far we have come, how do we kill a nominee when we don't know who the nominee is yet. i mean, i think president trump could probably nominate lady justice herself and democrats would say that she's in there to try to overthrow roe v. wade. the filibuster is gone but razer-thin majority. one seat difference. they have a tactic to attack, senator susan collins and lisa murkowski but what they are ignoring red states, joe manchin, donnelley. and heitkemp. all of the red states that president trump carried and probably have a population that identifies much more with his view of what should -- what the court should look like and so democrats are in a rough spot here. chris: democrats, one to have other arguments is confirmation should be put until after midterm election in november noting what mitch mcconne

to an end, just as it did not come to an end after the successful appointment of clarence thomas, sam alito, or neil gorsuch. we will have much more analysis coming up in the show. but now let's turn to the deep state. two stories that will blow your mind. trump hating lawyer lisa page has officially been subpoenaed and will appear before a closed-door congressional hearing this wednesday. and by the way, after the day is a legal hedging, lisa page's one-time boyfriend, disgraced fbi agent peter strzok will testify. he will get to see it before the house judiciary and oversight committees live on fox on thursday. it will be public and it will be explosive. he is a high ranking agent at the center of this effort to clear hillary clinton of all e charges, all while opening up a subsequent witch hunt into donald trump and so-called trump-russia collusion. so he will be forced to answer for his extreme bias and more importantly for us to answer questions about the cultural of the fbi and what role political prejudice played in the fbi decisions in 2016 and beyond. one other note, the show is hi

with, i'm trying to square those threats from collins with the fact she voted for neil gorsuch, sam alito and roberts. would she break with the history of voting for those conservative nominees here? >> she's said repeatedly this is an important issue to her. we also could see pushback from other republicans including senator rand paul but for different reasons. for example, he's shown a reluctance to support brett cavanaugh who is a bush-era -- he worked in the bush administration. he's a yale graduate, very well known in the conservative community. conservatives like him. he has been questioned by conservatives about his votes for -- his record on health care, on abortion and some say he hasn't gone far enough in those decisions. that's a place where we can see if the president did put forward someone like brett kavanaugh we could see conservative republicans like rand paul say he's not gone far enough in his dissent on the court. this is a fine line whether or not the president chooses a woman for this. of course that's another question. he has said that could soften some republican wo

when bush 43 was president you led the team at the rnc to help get john roberts and sam alito confirmede court. given as we have explored, the fact that the filibuster is no longer in existence, is there any way that trumps nominees will fail to get confirmed by the senate? >> i think the question itself gives us a pretty good indication of how far we have come in this battle. how do we kill a nominees when we don't even know who the nominee is yet? i think president trump could probably nominate lady justice herself and i think democrats would say that she's in there to try to overturn roe v. wade. the bottom line is the filibuster is gone, but there's a very razor-thin majority here. if we are dealing with a one seat difference. they obviously have a tactic here to attack senator susan collins and lisa murkowski but what they are ignoring his red state democrats with joe manchin. donnelly and indiana, heidi heitkamp. >> chris: all three of them voted for neil gorsuch. >> you have jon tester in montana and you've got claire mccaskill and missouri. all of these red states that president

i'm looking at i senator that's voted for sam alito. she voted for john roberts. and she voted for neil gorsuch. so if that's the standard of who she's willing to find acceptable, are any of these names we're talking about now going to plausibly be unacceptable to her? >> probably not. because if it's party line votes she doesn't want her legacy to be that of something she cares about the woman who led to the overturn of roe v. wade. that being said, however, i don't think it's going to fall strictly on party lines. think we'll see a couple of democrats probably go over like joe manchin or o'donnell -- or donnelley. excuse me. sorry about that. and maybe even jones from alabama. >> sure. those are the democrats from the democratic standpoint -- >> that will end up giving her cov cover. just to follow up on what robert said i think it's completely o'possible to see a wild card that we never saw coming. trump has really been out there kind of running his own shop lately and the idea he would look for someone who would be a loyalist to him knowing that mueller's comi

judge sam alito, age 40, all younger than you are.but it seems to me that we couldactually take some solace from your age based upon the experience in this committee, mr. chairman. we have to look nofurther than the distinguished ranking member of the committee and the senior senator from massachusetts and the second-ranking member of this committee to note that in all three cases of senator biden, senator kennedy, and senator leahy, 02:00:36 -- senator leahy, elected at the age of 30, 30, and 34. and lookwhat great things each of them accomplished from those early beginnings. >> may i interrupt? each of them has almost a lifetime appointment. [laughter] >> we did not have any say in that. my republican state did. and it certainly makes the point that at the constitutional age, that is, the age at which the constitution says one must be qualified, we have elected to the u.s. senate and confirmed to the courts of appeals and even the u.s. supreme court some incredibly qualified individuals who have acquitted themselves very well, and i

judge sam alito, age 40, all younger than you are. but it seems to me that we couldactually take some solace from your age based upon the experience in this committee, mr. chairman. we have to look nofurther than the distinguished ranking member of the committee and the senior senator from massachusetts and the second-ranking member of this committee to note that in all three cases of senator biden, senator kennedy, and senator leahy, 02:00:36 -- senator leahy, elected at the age of 30, 30, and 34. and lookwhat great things each of them accomplished from those early beginnings. >> may i interrupt? each of them has almost a lifetime appointment. [laughter] >> we did not have any say in that. my republican state did. and it certainly makes the point that at the constitutional age, that is, the age at which the constitution says one must be qualified, we have elected to the u.s. senate and confirmed to the courts of appeals and even the u.s. supreme court some incredibly qualified individuals who have acquitted themselves very well, and

said that about just - said that about justice kennedy, clarence thomas, chief justice roberts and sam alitonated to the high court, when they were pick. it doesn't really ring true, despite the fact they're a louder crowd on the left no nowadays because they've got social media. maria: that was the first question i asked the president on friday, are you going to ask the nominees beforehand what their views are on roe v wade and he said absolutely not. congressman. >> abortion is a very important issue. that along with same sex marriage is probably the two social policy issues that are most in jeopardy with the outcome of this pick. so the democrats are focusing on those and on both of those issues, public opinion is with the democrats. so in addition to them being where they believe they need to be politically, they have public opinion on their side and i think strategically they feel like that's the strongest point that they have to disrupt this nomination process. but it's going to come down to -- maria: dagen saying that's the point. he gets that. they're trying to make it all about roe