attending countless memorial to justice scalia. at george mason's law school bears his name. >> it's bittersweet because the occasion of all of those things is his death. it's been tough going through it but it's been a great blessing. >> in the outset of his book father scalia makes mention of another book, one that his dad carried women him for more than half a century. >> it's the prayer book if you will that he had, he got in 1960, the year my parents were married. it's a wonderful connection with him, with the family, with his faith. >> so much we never knew. still ahead, how a group of veterans is changing minds about mental health by taking a very ... but did you know your eyes, your brain, and your joints really love them too? introducing megared advanced 4in1... just one softgel delivers mega support. >>> this week vice president mike pence welcomed a group of honor flight veterans to the white house. the event commemorated national military appreciation month. vice p

to his nine children, justice scalia was just dad.ons, father paul scalia sat down with david culver to re-veal the inspiration for his new book. >> this is father scalia's first book, and it's about his catholic faith. a catholic priest, i him my whole life. we never talked about his dad's high profile job. recently he opened up about how his dad's passing and his mother's strength shaped his writing. >> what are some of the memories that still stand out to you? >> probably the dinner table. and i don't know if that's the same for all my siblings. my mom and dad put a priority on having a family dinner. >> reporter: the 6 of 9 scalia kids, father paul scalia was a junior at langley high school when his dad was appointed to the u.s. supreme court. >> it didn't matter what was going on, on the court and things like that, when he came home, he was there and we went through those regular things that fathers and sons go through. and i remember one summer my brothers and i helped him to put in a front walkway in front of the house. and not

last term error are for more that were hung juries after scalia died. these 5-4 decisions, that's not a gigantic number. when you think those would have fallen on ideological terms. a lot of them don't fall along those ideological lines. there were 195-4 cases in six of those were totally split so you wouldn't have necessarily predicted. the previous term there were 10 and six of them were drawn on ideological lines in four -- some of these cases don't come down to what we might think of as ideological split. there is going to be hard to predict but of course the few that are we will maybe see them voting in those cases along the lines of where we did the with justice scalia. the impact in terms of the current issues are likely to be the most impacted the one issue we see is a contrast between gorsuch and scalia is administrator deference to those are some cases that have come up before the court and you've seen that port chipping away at in the past few terms. chevron deference called out and criticize and has gotten a lot of criticism particularly fro

you will not have a justice scalia or ginsburg confirmed unanimously. there doesn't seem to be rules in the road other than the constitution. the constitution seems to say, the president can nominate, but forward.senate to move what we have seen, as kerry was saying, from democratic leaders, , totor biden to schumer president obama's former white house, she would've done the same thing -- this kind of tactic is now fair game. of essentially, using your authority in the senate to block nominations that you think are outside the pale, and that is fair game. the most prominent leaders in thenemocratic party, senator obama, senator clinton, senator biden, schumer, read, although reid, all voted to filibuster the he was elected. so in the context, besides seem to be resorting and invoking their constitutional authority to block appointments. it seems like i'm not terribly surprising thing, not terribly unreasonable for the party that happens to have control of the senate when it does to us or that authority. -- a search that authority. maybe we could make a

[laughter] so that sets up justice scalia. then i add to him.i tell him that he's seeking bright line solutions to problems that don't have easy answers.s. but the great thing about our constitution is that like our society, it can evolve. so that sets it up. is plot is roughly based on mozart's magic flute -- [laughter] and justice scalia has to go through a certain number of trials -- [laughter] and he has been locked up in a dark room being punished for excessive dissenting. [laughter] and then i enter through a glass ceiling --m e [laughter] [cheers and applause] i enter to help him get through these trials. and commander -- [inaudible] asks me how can you come to his assistance? he is your enemy. and i say, no, he's not my enemy, he's my friend. and that's really the theme of the opera, how two people who think differently about some very important things can, nonetheless, genuinely like each other, enjoy each other's company. one of the things that justice scalia would do every now and then, he'd read one of my opinions whether he agreed w

it opens with justice scalia's rage and it goes this way. the justices are blind, how can they possibly spout this. the constitution says absolutely nothing about this. that sets up scalia and then i add, i tell him he seeking front-line solutions to problems that don't have easy answers, but the great thing about our constitution is that like our society, it can evolve. so that sets it up. it's roughly based on. [inaudible] he has had to go through many trials and was locked up in a dark room for excessive dissenting. [applause] i entered to help him get through these trials. they asked me how can you come to his assistance. he is your enemy. i said no he's not my enemy, he's my friend. that is really the theme of the opera where two people think differently about some very important things can nonetheless genuinely like each other, enjoy each other's company. one of the things that justice scalia would do, it would be one of my opinions, whether he would use it or not, he would call to correct my grammatical errors. never on paper but alwa

it's that base foundation that father scalia says has gotten his family through the pain of the past year. and while many have recently focused on his father's legacy and now his replacement on the court, justice neil gorsuch, father scalia doesn't dwell on that much. >> i have not been as affected by the public dimension of all of t but my memories of my father and my siblings is him as our father. yes, he was a very influential supreme court justice, but that's not what we focus on. >> he also shared with select committee something incredibly personal that used to belong to his dad, something his dad would carry daily. i'll let him explain that to you coming up on news4 at 6:00, when our full story will air. >> i shared it on my facebook page. fascinating stuff. >> fascinating family. >> for sure, and i'm looking forward to sharing this more personal side of thinks. -- things. >>> why this long walk to arlington means so much to the men and women who have been on their feet for weeks. >> this is news4, first at 4:00. >>> a group of veterans is raising awareness about mental health

it was a sad day for all of us when justice scalia passed, and it was not easy. he can never be replaced, never will be replaced. that being said, the president made clear that he felt the judicial branch was critical to our country, for our democracy and to our people insuring individual liberty. he campaigned on the courts very openly. now, most political consultants would say, ooh, stay away from that stuff. that's a little hot. not this president. he embraced it. he made it a central theme of his campaign. he put out a list of exceptionally qualified persons, potential judges, all of whom -- other than senator lao -- all of whom are are current judges, senator lee, and from that he picked our latest justice, neil gorsuch, who i am very crowd and and get humbled to have played a small role in that recommendation to the president. the president delivered on his promise, and i think he hit a home run there with justice gorsuch. [applause] the president's made his first circuit court nomination, parr, a district judge in kentucky for the sixth circuit. judge parr

-- clerked for justice kennedy and she clocked for justice scalia. she is now a partner in washington, d.c., and one of the most gifted attorneys i know. i rely on her judgment and love and support in all of our endeavors. behind me are our three daughters. they are easy to see because they affect matching dresses for the occasion. brittany just turned 10 years is, aiden is seven, cameron five. this afternoon, aiden will be performing in her school's spring play. this is a busy day for our family. as ame is my parents come mentioned my brother, matt. my father has run a small business in the bronx for nearly 40 years. my mother is a retired schoolteacher. they raised my brother and me on long island in a town they still live. my parents inspired us by their example and instilled in us their commitment to hard work, education, and service. everything else has followed from that. i'm also proud to have with me another devoted mother and grandmother, my mother-in-law, who has come down to the hearing. uncle, aer is susan's judge who appeared before this

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it was a a sad day for all of us when justice scalia passed. and it was not easy. he can never be replaced. never will be replaced. that being said, the president made clear that he felt that the judicial branch was critical to our country, to our democracy and our people in sharing individual liberty. he campaigned on the courts very openly. now most political consultants would say stay away from this stuff. not this president. he el braced it and made it a central theme of his campaign. he put out a list of qualified persons, potential judges, all of whom are current r judges and from that he picked our latest supreme court justice neil gorsuch, who i am very proud and get humbled to have to have plaa small role in that recommendation to the president. but the president delivered on his promise and i think he hit a home run there with justice gorsuch. [ applause ] >> the president has made his first circuit court nomination a district judge in kentucky for the sixth circuit. judge saturday par has had his confirm nation in front the committee, he did quite well.

noel went on to clerk for justice scalia on the united states supreme court. i can tell you in his service there, noel came to run the trust and respect of those legendary jurists who relied on him for his sound judgment, skill, and legal analysis. after his clerkship, noel came to work at a small constitutional law litigation boutique in washington, d.c., where i was the baby associate working alongside noel. there are many things that are obvious about noel's record. he is brilliant, he is an incredible talented lawyer, but he also has good judgment. noel is very even keeled. he is steady. nothing rattles him. he is someone you want leading during the crisis. noel is a veteran of the white house counsel's office and the office of legal counsel. he is an experienced supreme court advocate, including arguing nlrb versus noel canning, where he defended the constitutional authority of this body to advise and consent on presidential appointments. he won that landmark case 9-0. noel is universally well-respected by republicans and democrats alike, because he is fu

>> this is somebody whom aye never father paul scalia for most of my life., despite having known him and the par rish life and my growing up in fairfax county and going to a catholic school in the area, i never really much asked about his dad. i was always kind of respect of knowing his dad's in a high profile position and father scalia leads a very different life. and yet it was interesting to see him reflect on the personal moments of growing up, the dinner table with being one of nine kids and seeing how the dynamics are playing around. >> he was 15 when his father went on the supreme court in '86. can you imagine what that would be? >> and what's interesting, i asked about that. he was a junior in high school at langley. and he said the court didn't hold the high profile and public persona that it has today. he didn't feel like they were as much the focus of the attention as it since has become. interesting just to hear his reflections on the man he didn't know as justice scalia, but as dad. >> also, he talked to you about the diverse population that is

the court at that time one had justice scalia, thomas, rehnquist, kennedy, o'connor and the expectation that they would overrule roe.after it was argued, that is what everyone thought would happen. and then the justice kennedy sends a note to the justice of -- who is the author of roe and said we need to have a conversation. i have something to talk about. he basically told blackmun that he and o'connor and souter, or republican appointees, all appointed by either reagan or bush had basically decided that there was a supreme court obligation to respect presidents that was compelling in the absence of the very good justification for overruling the president and they did not see any good justification for overruling president. and the fact is that they also read a bit about the history of the world before rovers weight. and that history gave them a appreciation of what would happen in the united states if it were overruled. and going back to the world in which a million women every year for either self aborting or going to back alley abortionists were hundreds of women were dying every ye

court of appeals the year after i clerked he went on to clerk for justice scalia and i can tell you in his service there that he came to earn the trust and respect of those to legendary is judges to remind him with his judgment and skill and legal analysis. after his clerkship became to work a small beauty care in washington d.c. where i was an associate their many things and obvious about noel record he is brilliant incredibly talented lawyer but he also has good judgment and is very even keel and steady. nothing rattles him. you want him nude at a crisis is a veteran of the white house counsel's office and inexperienced supreme court advocate including arguing where he defended the constitutional authority of the united states senate to rise and consent on presidential appointments. >> guest: the landmark case nine / o. noel is universally well-respected by republicans and democrats alike because he is fundamentally decent. one of my favorite members -- memories in the midst of litigation late at night to join with him arm in arm to read aloud shakespeares speech we few, we happy few

and, your honor, this was the crux of the debate in the plurality opinion in kungys between justice scalia and justice stevens. that's a interesting debate, but in the majority part of kungys, the majority, the court, speaking to justice scalia, to find materiality i think in a way that is pretty darn close to but four. it says it's not quite there but says a natural tendency to produce the conclusion of applicant was qualified for citizenship. pics again i think the real crux here is not just my discipline to an investigation. it has to go to the qualifications for citizenship because that is what is holding is about. we are trying to figure out did we naturally somebody who should not of a naturalized. >> if that's the case how to distinguish between 14 25(a) and b? it has to be procured contrary to law. and b says procured when you are not entitled to it. seems to me b does the work you're describing and that lie or the illegal act has something to do with the underlying entitlement as opposed to a lie or something illegal in the process of. can you help me out with that? >> i think a i

. >> and your honor, this was the crux of the debate between justice scalia and stevens. that is a very interesting debate, but actually in the majority part in 2 a, the majority there, the court, speaking through justice scalia defined the materiality that is pretty darn close but for. it's not quite there. but it said, a natural tendency to prove the applicant was qualified for citizenship. so again, the real crux here is might this have led to an investigation? we're trying to figure out if we naturalize somebody who should not have been naturalized? >> if that is the case who do we distinguish between the two? b says you know, procure when you're not entitled to it. it seems to me that b does the work that you're describing. that lie or the illegal act has something to do with the underlying entitlement as opposed to a lie or something illegal in the process of. >> can you help me out with that? that? >> i think again, a is really about the procurement of citizenship. you know, that is an interesting point. the government has never really drawn any distinction between

he appointed neil gorsuch as the replacement for scalia. merrick garland, his name is bounced around out there. that is a point of contention among a lot of democrats. my point in this story is this, neil. to even suggest someone like mike lee, who is junior senator from utah but on the judiciary committee, a tea party member, even to suggest merrick garland shows you that conservatives are really worried optics way donald trump fired comey. you can't get around that. we'll have a full blow by blow story about this on foxbusiness.com. these details i'm revealing now. we're the first to report that. this was a serious suggestion by lee at a meeting with mike pence and don mcgan. it was not just a tweet he put out. he went to the white house. he was there essentially -- neil: never happen, charlie. never happen. you could argue if you're donald trump this, might guy might carry a grudge, i don't think he will by the way the whole supreme court thing was handled, russian try to do an interim, right? >> that is the point. i don't think it will

this people existed long before justice scalia put pen to paper. the foundational to our republic although justice scalia's dissent discussed the horizontal the executive, legislative and judicial branches, this people of a government of laws and not of men, the people that the rule of law ranges in this country is highly relevant when we talk about the vertical allocation of power between the federal government and the states. at the heart of the debate over sanctuary is' agreement over whether an alien who is in this country illegally and has violated our criminal laws should be supported. i think the answer answers that question. eight usc 12.7, any alien shall be removed if the alien was inadmissible at time of entry, present in the united states and in violation of immigration laws or has committed sumer numerous times. the last claim and the attorney general plainly intends to do what he can to enforce this. what can the state do when the state disagrees with the law and disagrees with the attorney general's important priorities perspective f

that bothered people like justice scalia who said it was unconstitutional to have this free moving part in our government. in a case called morrison v olson, the supreme court upheld the constitutionality of that law. some members are talking about reintroducing that law, solving the problem by allowing an independent counsel to be selected. host: this is from illinois. independent line. connie, go ahead. caller: i want to thank mr. turley for telling the truth here. this investigation hasn't been going on for just a couple of months, it's been going on for a long, long time now. fbi and the cia all said there is no collusion found between the trump administration and they also found that hillary ,linton was guilty of her crime which would have put her in jail for a long, long time. said he was going to let her go because there was no judge that would hold her accountable. this is the difference between republican and democrat. that's about all i have to say. guest: connie, what i would say crossed the line was in that major press conference where he said we will not bring charges again

justicjustice antonin scalia gue for the legal interpretation was to be interpreted based on their actual text and meaning but how quickly they forget when it comes to an issue they have a preferred policy outcome from the textualism. remember we have seen this and we have been here before. they went before the supreme court in 2005 when it attempted to classify cable broadband as an information service. the majority of the court was within the interpretation of the fcc does not justice scalia and its withering dissent. he accused the commission of attempting to concoct a whole new regime of regulation under the guide of statutory construction. those services are changing but the underlining transmission remains largely the same. innovation has and will contin continue. we've moved from copper to class and circuit switching to packet switching. it is the antithesis of putting consumers first when congress clearly instructed. the answers are that database is a common carrier service. if the market broadband would transmit across the globe in the blink of an eye. it simply makes no sense in

. >> father paul scalia is a police with the arlington diocese in northern virginia. he is someone i have known much of my life. we never talked about his dad's high profile position on the high court. recently he shared about his family life and his up bringing in northern virginia along with eight siblings. despite traveling to various tributes and memorials, he's written and released his first book. it's called that nothing may be lost, reflections on catholic devotion and refuse. easy. there have been many different awards and posthumous awards and those have been good in a lot of ways. it's wonderful to see my father honored in that way. it's wonderful to see how many people's lives he influenced. >> reporter: you can catch our full story tonight at 6:00. >>> 5:36. right now neighbors in restin are trying to save a popular golf course from being turned into homes. they are the majority owners of the reston golf course. they want any potential bidders to know they'll continue the golf course. >> anyone who wants to redevelop it will have to go through multiple pub

>> he believes antonin scalia was murder, they believe that they had for murder to cover up birth certificatesand crazy ideas. >> i think that is just politics to get ahead of your points? >> the best scenario is that he is a psychopath. but it is worse than that. lies he tells others and buys he tells themselves. >> lb paranoid too if the democrats are trying to impeach the end democrats want to get me. so i think you know, it can account for his paranoia. again, how is that some aghast 6 million jews and invaded an entire continent? >> has demonized minorities. >> how has he done that? >> is demonized immigrants. >> because he wants to build a wall to protect from drugs and gangs? >> he has talked about the rapists. >> doctor understand her diagnosis and i'm looking at, they state that mental professional did not want to diagnose public figures. but they have not evaluated. so you're violating the rule and you are actually possibly the one that might be having delusions of grandeur because you think that you are going to save america from donald trump. i just nothing that adds up. >> i told

about nobody would have been elected things t with all the that was revealed about trump know, if scalia, had not be , trump would president today. country ns are about first, i'm hopeful for the young people, they are going to put country first, not party first. okay. is a crook, we know it and let's -- power. follow the way, if you us on twitter, you can participate in twitter poll that this topic. on it is framed along lines of what as far as the t.v. audience when it comes to supporting and opposing the firing of f.b.i. director james comey. opposes outweigh the support on again, not a ut specific poll by any means, just as far as ion, or quick response, as it were. you can make your thoughts known when you go to the twitter page at c-span wj. south carolina, republican line, you are next. caller: hi, how you doing? host: fines, thanks. caller: my opinion is, he should have been fired. i support this, the biggest is independent of both parties, political wise. the justice r department, his whole thing, he went out and was rogue as far as making decisions as he did. i support this as

it was a sad day when justice scalia passed, and it was not easy.e can never be replaced, never will be replaced. that being said, the president made clear that he felt to do the judicial branch was critical to our country for democracy and our people and ensuring liberty. he campaigned on courts very openly. most political consultants would say stay away from that stuff. not this president. he embraced it, he made it a central theme of his campaign, he put out a list of qualified persons, potential judges all of whom are current judges, and from that he picked our supreme court justice who i am very proud and humbled to have played a small role in that recommendation to the president. the president delivered on his promise and i think he hit a home run. the president made his first circuit court nomination, a district judge in kentucky after the six circuit. here he had his hearing before the senate judiciary committee and did quite well. he is very sharp, a very strong writer. he set the designation on number of appellate decisions are ready. he i

. >> i'm quoting former justice scalia who famously did that. >> stephen: i miss that man.d sometimes not go well. it is strange his first trip abroad is to saudi arabia. >> stephen: after the number of times he complained about saudi arabia being a source of terror and saying obama shouldn't bow and that kind of stuff. >> announcer: saying the clinton foundation should have never taken saudi money and the saudis will need to start paying and the saudis did 9/11, he said all this stuff about saudi arabia, but technically the president is supposed to use the first trip to pay tribute to our closest allies. usually it's to, like, the u.k. or someone we have a long-standing uncomplicated friendship with, whereas sawedy, it's more complicated. >> stephen: it's a business trip, too. there's a $110 billion arms deal, so we're giving them the boom boom room they can use. what i like about that photo is him giving the speech to all the arab leaders there and he's saying, just for the record, we gave these guys $110 worth of big, big bombs and weapons. kind of like, these are are ou

to the president that strikes me as fundamentally unconstitutional and that's one of the justice scalia'said that in the defense. lou: i like your idea of reflexive. if the country was we'd be well thought out. bill, your thoughts. >> i agree with barbara, it's a bad idea to have a special prosecutor in a case like this. you have to rely on e integry of the investigative institution that's conducting the probe and having somebody that usurps the constitutional powers of the president makes as much sense to me as some of chuck schumer's ramblings. lou: i want to, if i may, touch on other things, the director of the national security agency nsa. admiral mike rogers testifying, saying that he has doubts that there is any collusion between the trump administration and the russians and that the russian hackers really wanted him to win. yet, that is precisely the opposite of what people were suggesting from the intelligence community. he said that at best, he-- the agency, nsa, would have only moderate confidence that the russians wanted him. it's interesting to see the man who is in charge tal

it's wonderful to see how many peopleiv >> you can catch our full story with father paul scalia mondaynews 4 at 6:00. back to you. ♪ >> he is a world renown opera star whose recent performance at new york's metropolitan opera was hailed as a showstopper. speedo green not only has an unusual name, he's far from your typical opera star. >> an unusual store. >> mark seagraves shows us the remarkable transformation. from shackles to the stage. >> i was actually shackled. they put me in leg shackles and handcuffs, put me in the back of a police car and drove me 3 1/2 hours to the detention center in virginia and i stayed there for two months. it was the scariest part of my life. >> ryan speedo green was talking to a small group of at-risk teens monday afternoon about how he was transformed from a 12-year-old on his way to prison to a young man on his way to stardom. at 6'5" tall and 300 pounds, speedo green can be an imposing figure off and on stage. until you see him smile. today, green's life seems perfect, newlywed with his first son on the way and a career that takes him around the worl

look at cheney with scalia. liberals were calling for that to.regg: that was in respect to an impending criminal investigation back is only different in the sense that what the motivation for why you want to remove comey. to remove muller. the argument is that muller is not going to do his job appropriately. you can define out to process. gregg: even honest people can be influenced the ways they don't even understand. doug, if this end up being a he said, he said, how can muller fairly and impartially confess comey's credibility. while he believes mother his good friend over the man who fired his good friend i understand alex's point but at the same time i would cite to something you have cited yourself, great, if not just an actual conflict. to suggest that somebody with bob muller's background would necessarily adjust his focus may not be fair but what about the appearance of impropriety. that is something that is just as bad and that we need to deal with and ethics all the time. gregg: that's precisely why these ethical rules govern lawyers co

to the president that strikes me as fundamentally unconstitutional and that's one of the justice scalia'se, he said that in the defense. lou: i like your idea of reflexive. if the country was we'd be well thought out. bill, your thoughts. >> i agree with barbara, it's a bad idea to have a special prosecutor in a case like this. you have to rely on the integrity of the investigative institution that's conducting the probe and having somebody that usurps the constitutional powers of the president makes as much sense to me as some of chuck schumer's ramblings. lou: i want to, if i may, touch on other things, t director of the national security agency nsa. admiral mike rogers testifying, saying that he has doubts that there is any collusion between the trump administration and the russians and that the russian hackers really wanted him to win. yet, that is precisely the opposite of what people were suggesting from the intelligence community. he said that at best, he-- the agency, nsa, would have only moderate confidence that the russians wanted him. it's interesting to see the man who is in c

arriving in pretty much the past 55-65 minutes for a lavish meal followed by a concert from the la scalialharmonic orchestra. however, you know how this goes, the dealmaking is in the hallway? also in the past hour white house chief economic adviser gary cohn telling reporters the administration may consider even tougher, not looser sanctions on russia. earlier this morning the president touched down in sicily, and he tweeted, quote: just arrived in italy for the g7. trip has been very successful, we made and saved the usa many billions of dollars and millions of jobs. it's a journey that has also seen the president fully embracing the head of state role. he has met with the saudis, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, palestinian leader mahmoud abbas and pope francis. in spite of all these very presidential meetings, his approval ratings continue to fall. now just 40% in the latest fox news poll, down from 45% in april. good doctors say get a second opinion, here's the second opinion. gallup tracking number just slightly higher at 41% approval rating. could the ongoing russia contr

release saying that senator fra franken believes this is a great decision but believes that justice scalia's decent was very gay. >> and your staff said no to that one. >> yeah, they said no. and this is actually after i was re-elected. and i said, oh, come on, said franken. >> okay. you have another one here where you're talking about ted cruz. the problem with ted is simply he's an absolutely toxic coworker. he's the guy in your office that snitches to corporate about your march madness pool and micro waves fish in the office kitchen. >> yeah. >> he has just responded. he says al is trying to sell books and apparently he's decided that being obnoxious and insulting me is good for causing liberals to buy his book. >> well, he may be right about that. but, no, the whole point of this chapter, i make an exception with ted and i say the thing you should know about ted cruz is i probably like ted cruz more than most of my colleagues like ted cruz, and i hate ted cruz. and i make an exception with him because he is a toxic coworker and to get anything done in the senate you've got to be collnic.

larson is a former law clerk to antonin scalia. stross is a judge on the minnesota supreme court. he has been tapped for the eighth circuit. the judges set to fill some openings on the federal bench. 129 vacancies. over 100 openings at the district court level alone. vacancy in north carolina that has been unfilled for 11 years. >> we think about the supreme court. more than 99% of the cases are decided at the lower federal courts. these vacancies are crucial. president trump recognized it. >> it is expected that the nominees will be fast tracked. >> you're going to be amazed at the exceptional qualifications. >> is the administration looks to fill vacancies on the federal bench, there are hundreds of administration posts unfilled, including a number of positions at the u.s. attorney's office. >> we have been tracking where we are. we are on pace with previous administrations. we are doing a great job filling key positions. >> some ahead and some behind, indeed. we learned from the press secretary today that they list of judicial nominees was created in consultation with the herit

justice neil gorsuch a conservative jurist in the tradition of the late and great justice antonin scalia the american people couldn't be more proud. and most important of all, president donald trump has stood by those who defend our families and our freedom at home and abroad. in the first 100 days, president trump has kept his word to stand by the men and women in law enforcement, to secure our borders and remove ngerous criminal illegal immigrants from our streets. cheers and applause] the chanting "build wall"] vice president pence: and you know, thanks to president trump's tough illegal immigration policies, immigration is down 60% this year alone. true. and as commander in chief, president donald trump is rebuilding our military, restoring the arsenal of democracy and president trump is fighting every day to give our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast guard the resources and training they need to accomplish their mission, protect our nation and come home safe. [cheers and applause] the president has actually proposed one of the biggest increases in defense spending since t

justice scalia was saying whenever congress gives you a reason for what they're doing, don't believe them. everything they're doing is for one reason, to get re-elected. that's the same reason the republicans would try to big foot the democrats in any kind of investigation. only the fbi, with a grand jury, subpoena power with search warrants as jim llstrom told unlike what they had in the hillary clinton investigation or the special prosecutor, with a grand jury with subpoena and search warrants can get to the truth. liz: this feels like the d.c. scandal factory going full throttle. they're not getting to the issues that the american people wanted the d.c. politicians to fix, health reform, tax reform, infrastructure, it's basically a way not to do that it seems, they're avoiding what jobs are and now we have another pundit judge calling it treason what the president did. >> that is preposterous, treason is the only word defined in the constitution providing aid and comfort to enemies or waging war on the united states of america. that's hyperbole that doesn't warrant a response. tim

but not justice scalia. in his withering dissent he accused the commission of attempting to, and i quote, concoct a whole new regime of regulation under the guise of statutory construction. in his attempt to achieve this scheme of nonregulation, done so through an implausible reading of the statute. congress in its wisdom tied many of our competition and consumer protection functions to the nature of the service being offered. and indeed, those services are changing. but the underlying transmission remains largely the same. innovation has and will continue. we have moved from copper to glass, and from circuit switching to packet switching. but using interpretive gymnastics to shirk competition and consumer protection responsibilities is the antithesis of putting consumers first. we should not let broadband providers define the rules of engagement when congress has clearly instructed the federal communications commission with that responsibility. and just to make it absolutely clear that this is an ends justi

majority of the court interpretation was within the interpreted discretion of the fcc but not justice scalia is. and it's weathering to send an ncta verses brand x. accused the commission of attempting to and i quote concoct a whole new regime of regulations under the guise of statutory construction. in its attempts to achieve this scheme of non-regulation done so through an implausible meeting of the statute. congress in its wisdom tied competition and consumer protection to the nature of the service being offered and indeed those services are changing but the underlying transmission remains largely the same. sam innovation has and will continuh we have moved from copper toco glass circuit switching but using interpretive gymnastics t-shirt competition and consumer protection responsibility is the antithesis of putting consumers first. we should not let broadband providers define the rules of engagement when congress has clearly instruct that the federal communications commission with that responsibility and just to make it absolutely clear that this is in and justified rather than the lega