schumer: thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator schumer. kavanaugh, i don't want the record to be incompletes. , rather senator leahy handed me a letter to senator feingold reportedly wrote to you dated yesterday. mark hand delivery. answers to questions three through seven which he had asked you before. did you get this letter? aside from what was just handed to you. did you get it? i think this is a copy, senator. i was told about this letter. >> never mind what you were told about. just answer my question. did you get this letter? mr. kavanaugh: i do not believe i got this letter, senator. just making sure. >> these dated yesterday. senator feingold was here, he could have asked you these questions. he did not ask you questions three through seven. i'm going to ask his questions. although he should have. i do not want loose threats. i will ask them as best i can because his questions are not, with all the respect, self-explanatory. recordas marked up the on his written questions, saying he had asked you all of the parts of question three

senator schumer: ok. thank you. the empty boxes are here with you, looming large. >> brent cobb not continues to meet with senators on capitol hill -- rhett cavanagh continued to meet with senators on capitol hill. watch live on c-span. watch anytime on c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> tonight on c-span, nasa administrator looks at the future of his agency. reviews theommittee zero tolerance policy that has separated migrant families at the u.s. mexico border. and talking about the recent documentary following immigrant children separated at the u.s. mexico border. this weekend comes the c-span cities tour takes you to mexico. we will explore the literary and along theuces banks of the rio grande saturday at noon eastern on book tv. of theng the impact manhattan project on new mexico. and the oppenheimer west. >> first to berkeley and then to caltech, then to new mexico. he changed, particularly new mexico. , hadstate that was poor very little infrastructure. put in the middle of

schumer: thank you. thank you. what? yes. are here looming large. >> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill. the confirmation process on c-span leading to the senate confirmation hearings and the vote. watch live on c-span, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> later today, president trump will hold a campaign rally in florida, speaking in support of congressmanates, matt gaetz's reelection bid. you can see that rally live on c-span2. on c-span this week, in prime time, nasa administrator jim bridenstine on on president trump's proposal to create a space force. summer meeting on transformation of the workforce by artificial intelligence. thursday at 10:00 p.m., the net roots conference with new orleans. more from the net root confident -- conference with senator elizabeth warren, call a harris and deborah holland --, kamala harris and deborah holland. >> this august on american partry tv, watch our nine series. assassinations, war, and the rise of the political left and ri

schumer: ok, good afternoon, everyone. i'm proud to be joined by three of my colleagues, senators menendez and shaheen. yesterday marked one of the worst days of any president of the united states and his actions and memory. on foreign soil, president trump said the united states was equally to blame with russia in the state of the relationship countries,ween the trashed american intelligence, took the word of the kgb over the men and women who work so hard at the cia. the president's behavior has left everyone in the united states scratching their heads. his behavior was so bizarre, so to americaneterious interests and our national security that millions of americans are left wondering if putin indeed has something over the president. that is indeed the most logical explanation of the president's behavior. now the question looms -- what will the senate do in response? republicans seem to be shrugging their shoulders. some of them claiming they have done all they can. statements are not enough. we need action. republicanst

it's a terrible, terrible -- all terrible options for chuck schumer. the other thing, you know when you're base starts the debate by saying we need to get back to the house and the senate so we can pack the courts and add 15 more justices and make them all -- >> it's interesting to the alarm, and the conservatives have been successful, slow and steady over several decades to get to this moments where somebody like brett kavanaugh can go through, have the experience and joe manchin saying what is the reason to vote against him? >> going back to bush years. you remember the judicial fights. >> dana: the world was going to come to an end with robert alito as well. >> before that with the lower court nominations. >> and miguel estrada is a great example. >> and going back to robert borg. one of the things i admire about donald trump, he's very good at making simple arguments. boiling an argument down to something very simple. it's almost like he's the perfect guy for this debate. the argument that republicans have been making, we want justices that follow

nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are under fire from the left over their handling of president trump's feud with maxine waters. a letter signed by about 200 black female leaders and allies, meaning men, blast pelosi and schumer for distancing themselves from the congresswoman after she devoted the harassment of trump officials. their letter reads in part, and i quote, disparaging or failing to support congresswoman waters is an affront to her and black women across the country and telegraphs a message that the democratic party can ill-afford that it does not respect black women's leadership and political power and discounts the impact of black women, millennial voters. not sure what millennial voters have to do with this. we'll get to that. have they not heard a single thing congresswoman waters has

chuck schumer is getting a near full from his liberal constituents, schumer was supposed to hold a townhalln brooklyn last night but airplane trouble left him grounded up state so instead of attending in person schumer founded in. he attacked a 90 ° synagogue, some into the sen. and the democrats of using a butter knife in the gunfight over donald trump's supreme court nominee. others said schumer was shameful for being critical of maxine waters when she call for publicly harassing trump administration officials. waters that are accused schumer of doing anything to protect his leadership position in the senate. newly filed federal court documents show during an immigration rally on saturday, a service agent patrolling the grounds was assaulted. documents say the suspect parked illegally near the white house and when the secret service officer confronted him the man punched the officer in the jar and left i. it is unclear if the suspect was connected to the rally but it is clear that protests outside immigration and customs enforcement office in philadelphia turned violent, protesters refuse

senator schumer: here i am. i want to thank our members of the judiciary committee led by ranking member feinstein for the great job they do, one of the most talented group of senators that i have ever seen assembled and i have seen a lot of senators assembled so thank you all. last night, president trump took a step that millions of americans feared he would take and nominated to the supreme court someone who fill his campaign promise to overturn roe and declare health care for americans unconstitutional. with judge cavanaugh's nomination, the president has put women's reproductive rights and vital health care protections, particularly those that protect families with pre-existing conditions at grave, grave risk. the american people cannot believe it. for every american who cares about women's health, about protections for people with pre-existing conditions, about civil rights, labor rights, lgbtq rights, environmental rights, now is the time to fight. now. now is the time for american people to make their voi

chuck schumer and nancy pelosi in a fight with maxine waters. they want her to tone down the rector. they're firing back. we've got the details, and you won't believe where else maxine waters supported protests. the eu and mexico now doing what president trump has been asking for all along. a tariff-free trade deal. we're going to give you the details. money, politics, we deliver the debate behind tomorrow's headlines and thank you for watching. i'm elizabeth macdonald. the evening edit starts right now. ♪ ♪ . liz: well, welcome to the show. the dow finishing up 35 points ending the day at 24,307. it was down as deep as 194 points to the downside intraday. the s&p and the nasdaq also closing higher to kick off the third quarter. trade fears lingering. more on that in a moment. but first, china mobile will be it announcing in the u.s. this is a breaking story. edward in washington. >> yeah. we learned this about 20 minutes ago or so, and we got it on the air. china mobile has been denied to be licensed to operate a network here. they want to be k

schumer ok, thank you everybody. sorry i am late. in the entire history of our americans have never seen a president of the united states support an adversary the way president trump has supported president putin. for the president of the united to side with president putin against american law fort smith, american intelligence agencies, is thoughtless, is dangerous, is weak. the president is putting himself over our country. starting with the president's trip to nato, ending with his shameful performance at today's press conference, president trump has strengthened our adversaries while weakening our defenses and those of our allies with a single on this question now hanging over the white house. what could possibly cause president trump to put the oferest of russia over that the united states? millions of americans will continue to wonder. the only possible explanation for his dangerous behavior is the possibility that president putin holds damaging information ever president trump. like any patriotic american, i was absolutely app

didn't matter to senator schumer. schumer. he made it clear that he's going to fight any mainstream nominee nic can confirm that the nominee would rule in a certain way. judges don't do that. judges shouldn't do it. that's a litmus test now of the liberal democrats in the united states city. it will try to make people believe that they not judge kavanaugh is going to rule on the supreme court. when president obama was picking people to serve as judges and justices, he said he was looking for people to decide cases, these were his words, based on empathy. president trump has consistently selected judges whom we have approved and confirmed quite a few now, mr. president, since within her since president trumj office, judges and justices who decide cases based upon the law and the constitution of the land. judge kavanaugh is exactly that kind of a judge. he understands that writing the laws is not his job. would not be his job on the supreme court. he give gave a speech last yeah he said that congress and the president, not the c

>> she is chuck schumer's best recruits.the best -- >> shannon: not voting for him. >> this is politics. this is arizona. democrats' best chance, jeff flake is retiring, republicans have a gross primary, they are at each other's throats, some of the people are quite interesting. on the democratic side, she's got a clear path. she's also a moderate democrat. now she knows she's in arizona, a state where she is going to need some trump voters to cross over. she will need either some trump voters or some moderate republicans to cross over and vote for her in order to get the job that in arizona, not going to be enough to count on base support alone. chuck schumer is in a difficult position. they can turn them into nancy pelosi. it happens quicker than you think we do go from "everything's okay," to "you are the most detested man of politics." these guys should ask the republican counter by counterpart, john boehner, smoking a cigarette and drinking ability mary sitting somewhere nice i'm sure -- >> shannon: somewhere sunny. >>

here was schumer. okay. we're just going to have to keep trying on the schumer bite.nt remains, i talked to corey booker about this. i talked to him in the hallway, democrat from new jersey, he's been no fan of cakavanaugh and said this is exactly the problem he's been trying to point out. any supreme court justice, specially this one with a record on this topic, having to weigh in on the mueller investigation and being interviewed by the president is a problem. >> garrett, doing double duty. thank you very much. we want to wrap up as we always do with today's big picture. think -- we are out of time i'm being told. sound bite has knocked our big picture out of the show. >> i can be the big picture. >> it's good to see you though. great to have you back. >> i'm going to try to get that chuck schumer bite. have a good morning. i suspect it's going to be busy. good morning everyone i'm ali velshi. stephanie is off. wednesday, july 18. let's get smarter. >> it should have been obvious. i thought it would be obvious, but i would like to clarify just in case it wasn't. in

progressive groups on the outside may not care what nancy pelosi and chuck schumer want.you see ads being run like in the axios piece in some of these states urging senators to vote noerm, the democratic side, the progressive side is also going to push the senators. >> your instinct -- is your instinct protest or govern? you can't govern unless you get 51 seats right now because you've got a republican president. >> i keep going back to what happened with neil gorsuch. democrats were justifiably upset about what happened with merrick garland. it was right after the election. they thought they were -- >> i'm upset by it. >> well, they -- >> who wouldn't be upset? he screwed the guy for a year. they wanted blood. they filibustered neil gorsuch even though they knew just republicans get rifd of the filibuster for supreme court nominees. maybe we're talking about a little bit different scenario here if they have to get rid of the filibuster for a justice that's right before an election and also a justice that would actually change the balance of the supreme court which neil g

and schumer's so happy to be in that photo. amazing.now the dean of political separate9 gists, ed rollins, former reagan white house political director, fox political analyst. great to have you with us. >> as i said last night, president putin had a very productive meeting. the two of them walked out of there pleased with what went on, and their statements -- which i went back and read -- are very profound. four questions were asked, four reporters got to ask questions. that became the whole issue of the thing. it wasn't what the men said, it wasn't what they wanted to discuss. my sense is the more these debates -- not debates, the more summits we have, the better it will be. and what mr. schumer needs to do is go back and read the constitution, and it says the president conducts foreign affairs. they don't report to the majority leader or minority leader of the senate. lou: he needs to go to the dictionary and look up hubris and see a picture of himself. that is arrogance beyond belief, sitting there telling the president what he wants

mitch mcconnell's team mocking chuck schumer. >> chuck schumer called donald trump and urged him to pickma's supreme court pick, merrick garland, to fill the soon to be vacant supreme court seat. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell on twitter responded with this photo of michael jordan laughing. they are very feisty which is surprising. a lot of conservatives thought this was funny. one person says nice try, chuck. one more tweet if we could fool it up, we are all laughing, that should automatically tell you he is a horrible pick. >> we could keep showing michael jordan, that is fine with me. facebook, we talked about an issue, this issue blocking the declaration of independence. >> a texas news outlet, portions of the declaration of independence leading to the fourth of july, taken down by facebook. that includes the phrase merciless indian savages, they restored the post and apologized, facebook says the post was removed by mistake and restored as soon as we looked into it. sometimes we get things wrong. those algorithms, to figure that out. >> a major blow for democrats and open bo

todd: rising star in the democratic party slamming chuck schumer. saying, quote, i am not going to vote for him to be party leader. is this more proof of a growing divide in the democratic party? here to debate it is presidential advisor to pres.s clinton and obama dr. susan johnson cook and a beauty assistant to george w. bush brad blakeman. thank you for being with us. first question to dr. cook, a lot of democratic house members abandoning nancy policy so far, and the senate candidate -- abandoning chuck schumer. what does it mean for the democratic party? >> i think we have to look at the larger picture of people track records. and there opinions and certainly entitled to it. and the person speaking out of her own beliefs and that is what we take it for. >> a big week for the democrats, potentially a changing narrative in the party. i went to play a soundbite of nancy pelosi on a win from the 28-year-old socialist in new york, take a listen. >> in one district, let's not get carried away. inside or outside the caucus. todd: what do you think? is

and now. >> dana: chuck schumer the democrat majority leader.is dedicated to repealing roe, the other dedicated to getting rid of healthcare for americans. vet the nominees. he chose some one from the list. you can be sure that the federalist society did not allow anyone on the list who maintain roe. you can be sure that the heritage foundation would not allow anyone on the lils the who would maintain healthcare particularly the ability of families with pre-existing conditions to continue to get healthcare. and then he added, why did he choose kavanaugh since all of these 25 would have met those two criteria, which are so offensive to so many americans? he chose the candidate who he thought would best protect him from the mueller investigation. mr. kavanaugh was probably the most extreme on that issue of the 25. >> could we -- >> thank you. um, he chose the nominee who he thought was the most extreme of the 25 on that issue. not only did mr. kavanaugh say to the president should not be subpoenaed. he said a president shouldn't be investigated. m

a source familiar with that call says to fox news that chuck schumer said to president trump nominating garland would be a good way to try and unite the country. he also reportedly told president trump that it would not be a good idea to vote someone who would overturn roe v. wade or be against obamacare. melissa. >> melissa: thank you for that. and now to the former justice department counsel who served on the confirmation teams for supreme court justices, gorsuch and others including john roberts, chief justice. based upon all of that, who do you think would get through the confirmation most easily of the three we know that they are considering? >> melissa, it is a great list. all of them are rock stars. all should get through easily. and you have a situation where the last two judges were confirmed by over sixty votes. a number of republicans had voted for them and so there is no reason that these three should not be voted for by a number of democrats. they are conservative, yes, but very much mainstream candidates. >> melissa: do you think it goes for all of them equally, or is ther

you are now a target and chuck schumer did that today? >> known as building a supreme court that will overturn roe v. wade, then the federalist society's leonard leo. the very man who chose the list of 25. that's what we are up against here. and that is why america is on tenterhooks. >> when he does this he is very serious. i mean i've known him for all r me. but the boots and compositional rides in the dumpster. but you have now become part of the story, how does that feel? >> you know, he made the supreme court the dividing issue in this election. he took ownership of this list and it was his idea. they propelled him to victory and helped to hold the senate. he continued that momentum with neil gorsuch and he hasne been n the driver's seat this entire process. this is not outsourced, and he owns this process. senator schumer, he is just hysterical. they will be hysterical through this process. and they will see the constitution, they love the constitution. >> laura: but they say you republicans didn't give barack obama and mary garland,

the minority leader senator schumer has already said not good enough for him. not good enough for senator schumer. he wrote an op-ed in the new york times on j july 2. he wrote this op-ed before the president had even made a decision as to who he might nominate. f at the time he was considering a number of names and it didn't matter to senator schumer. he made it clear he wasea going to fight any mainstream nominee unless he could confirm that the nominee would rule in a t certain way. judges don't do that, judges shouldn't do it. that's the l litmus test now for the liberal democrats in the u.s. senate. they will try to make people believe they know how judge cavanaugh will rule in the supreme court. when president obama was picking people to serve as judges and justices, he said he was looking for people who decide cases based on empathy. president trump has rmconsistently selected edges and we've approved and confirm quite a few since we been here since president trump has taken office, judges and judges is who decide cases based on the law and the constitut

you are now a target and chuck schumer address this today on the senate floor.h. >> no one has been more dedicated to the enterprise of building a supreme court that will overturn roe v. wade then "the federalist" societies leonard leo, the very man who chose the list of 25 that's what we are up against here. that's why america is on tenterhooks. >> laura: when he does this, he is really serious. when he goes will quote no one. i have known you for a couple decades at least and you don't strike me as this scary dude who is going to shred the constitution and put people, put constitutional rights in the dumpster. but you have now become part of the story, and how does that feel? you are a mild-mannered guy who cares about the rule of law. a lot of people say why doesn't leonard go on the court? how did i feel today? >> this is insulting and offensive to the president. he made the supreme court a defining issue in the election. he took ownership of the list. the list was his idea, his idea. >> laura: great idea. >> propelled him to victory and helped told the sena

i to the believe that chuck schumer, senator chuck schumer, what his name is, he should not be on theate floor denouncing his own party member. >> he called her out, he said what she said was unamerican. >> it's free speech. >> you're okay with him saying that. >> you don't call black people clowns. >> chuck schumer said what many americans in this country think, and he said his opinion as well, chuck schumer has no obligation to take up for maxine waters when she essentially put the target on the back of the trump administration and any other conservative in the country. i repeat maxine waters and the congressional black caucus are nothing but a bunch of circus clowns, time people call them out. blacks in america, democrats are leaving the party for that reason. >> you're a black man. tell me who is representing you in congress. that's black. >> i don't need people representing me in congress. >> my question, erica, what does skin color have to do with representation. tim scott is a black man from south carolina, i think represents my interests very well. just like white men and blac

i think it is going to be tough for chuck schumer to hold these folks. is if you have anonymity on the republican side, i expected jailbreak from those red state democrats to vote for them. i think the political liability for a vote against brett kavanaugh is too much. the angerunderstand that continues over merrick garland? guest: they feel like they got gypped. this is politics. we all understand it. if chuck schumer were the majority leader, do you think he would confirm one of the presidents judges? i think you would find a way not to confirm a judge right now. fartherld be a bridge than what mitch mcconnell did with merrick garland. merrick garland was an interesting circumstance. we had a supreme court justice prematurely died in an election year. we were very close to that presidential election year. given those circumstances, i think the argument was easier for mitch mcconnell to make. this is just sheer political power. control whato happens on the court, you need the senate and you need the white house. the republican party won both the senate

senator chuck schumer said. >> you could not think of another nomination give mr. kavanaugh record more designed to devise us. they say opposition from the left was fuel that had kavanaugh could one day sit on the supreme court. let's talk with senator from nebraska for his reaction. >> good to be here. >> you have been critical of the president, when you felt it is warranted how downing he has done with the court picks. >> i think he has done a great job. i think the precedent he set of the list of 25 he campaigned on would be a great thing to go forward in presidential politics and american life. one of the fundamental powers is to nominate people, if confirmed willll serve for a lifetime and telling voters who you pick is a good tradition. the president has stuck to his list. >> how do you think it y will condone the committee. a number w of democrats some sit on the committee, who are opposed no matter who the president pick. >> last year when gorrish was pick wed were supposed to be doing that interview. >> a lot-- when gorush was picked i within over to engag

his democratic counterpart, chuck schumer, talked about the nomination today. he is next, followed by senator orrin hatch of utah. schumer: last night, president trump selected brett kavanaugh for the upcoming vacancy on the supreme court. in selecting judge kavanagh, did somethingp' he said he would do on the campaign trail -- not on nominate someone who would take away women's rights and health care for americans with pre-existing conditions. he has put in my mental rights, labor rights, lgbtq writes. how do we know?

chuck schumer worked out a filibuster. mitch mcconnell said we are going to do a simple majority not 60 votes in the senate to get the nominee passed so now this is where we are now. we have media analyst saying the supreme court is about the swing far right. let's watch. >> drumstick politely shift the supreme court further to the right. the folks at on the list prepared by the federalist society represent the far right end. these are the folks that will be hard for democrats to support. >> you are worried about the supreme court's independent and it's a risk that sounds like becoming a branch or armor the administration. >> i have never seen a president of the united states make himself a puppet and choose from a group of right-wing fringe ideologues. liz: chuck schumer saying the president has not consulted with the feds to go for his nominees. was your action this idea that the president is a puppet of far right groups? >> i think that's absurd. the president came up with a novel idea. you think i'm just a new york cit

we begin with majority leader mitch mcconnell and minority leader chuck schumer. sen. mcconnell: yesterday i had an opportunity to meet with judge brett kavanaugh as we begin preparations for his confirmation process to the supreme court. it is really impressive all -- impossible not to come away impressed. judge kavanagh is the real deal. he has the legal resume, the academic credentials, extensive judicial record defined by fairness, thoughtfulness, thoroughness, and analytical precision. i was confident the president had made an outstanding choice. now i'ev

host: senator chuck schumer saying whoever the president appoints, roe v. wade is on the line. guest 1: i think you get at a really good point and this is sort of a fine point, but a lot of people beyond the issue of should abortion be legal or illegal. a lot of people have previously taken issue with the way roe v. wade settled that question by an all ory making it nothing proposition. that makes it very difficult for there to be any kind of compromise on this issue. obviously it is inherently a thing that is hard to compromise because of the blatant ideological disparity between what motivates the left and the right on this issue. you are absolutely right that most people in this country believe there should be some restrictions on when abortion is legal and for what reasons abortion is legal. there are not that many people who think it should be illegal in all circumstances and not that many people who think it should be legal all the way up to birth. i think it will be difficult to have a national conversation on that, especially with roe v. wade on the books, and i say tha

it won't matter particularly if chuck schumer remains there or somebody else.hat the democrats were predicting, it very well may not materialize. the republicans could continue to have control over both houses. the democrats will be in the desert, as they are now.w. that is what is at stake here. >> tucker: i predict that "abolish ice" is not a winning campaign slogan. >> of course not, it is crazy idea. you have enough people saying it within the party. people had to be reckoned with, it will be hard for them to shed that label. >> tucker: amazing. unbelievable. thank you. standards are declining sadly across the country. people are not willing to play according to big rules. he pretended to beo african-american in order to get into medical school. p he joined us next to explain why he did that.o ♪ he did that with the new united explorer card, i get rewarded wherever i go. going out for a bite. rewarded! going new places. rewarded! learn more at theexplorercard.com you made moonshine in a backwoods still. smuggled booze and dodged the law. even when they brou

expected to start with mcconnell, schumer, the top lawmakers on the judiciary panel. they went as is affecting judge kavanaugh to be confirmed by october 1. in shannon. >> shannon: will see how many of the senators decline a meeting or if they open their doors. mike emanuel, we know you will track it. thank you very much. some of the present space question whether judge kavanaugh already appointed to the branch by president george of the bush was too much of an establishment tries brett kavanaugh is considered a d.c. insider. his critic on the left during cover missionaries to the d.c. appellate court more than a decade ago called him an experienced and sanctimonious. senator chuck schumer then on the judiciary committee said this "you could not think of another nomination given mr. kavanaugh's record. moore designed to divide us. sources have the time opposition from the left was fueled by concert kavanaugh could one day sit on the supreme court. let's talk about it now with book and senator from nebraska ben sasse, a member of the senate judiciary committee, for his

chuck schumer is always out there saying something. it hasn't been the drumbeat. as is perhaps one of those situations where you sit back and let the attorneys that themselves on proverbial fire? >> adrienne: i think a lot of democrats are realizing that the mueller investigation appears to be coming toward an end. if you have so many things that are culminating that insist that is coming to an end. >> harris: i haven't heard democrat say that. >> adrienne: the way that he is interviewing witnesses, the way that he's bringing them. you're right, we don't assume anything. but it would not be a crazy assumption to think that this is not coming to an end sooner rather than later. however, on this particular point, rudy giuliani is digging his own death, so what are they want to step into it? he is constantly contradicting himself on television. a couple months ago, he called michael cohen an honest man. >> harris: he did not know about this tape and that's what he's been saying. >> adrienne: now he's disparaging the credibility of the tape. i think the last person wh

host: this is what chuck schumer said about that and talked about hypocrisy by senate republicans. let's watch. [video clip] course, if republicans were consistent, they would wait to consider justice kennedy's successor until after the midterm elections. time and time again, leader mcconnell justified his unjustifiable blockade of merrick garland i claiming the american people should have voice in deciding the next supreme court justice. of anas in february election year. it is now almost july. if -- it is the senate's constitutional duty to advise and consent is just as important as the president's right to nominate, which the commerce -- constitution says it is, why should a midterm election be any less important than a presidential election? leader mcconnell is simply engaging in hypocrisy. host: that was chuck schumer after the announcement that justice kennedy will be stepping down and he told the president in the white house on wednesday in responding to it, chuck schumer said -- [video clip] >> the senate will vote to confirm anthony kennedy's successor this fall. this is n

he doesn't answer to virginia but to shock schumer. they just try to undermine the president whode has been a 4% growth rate to rebuild the military and supporting veterans he opposes that every step of the way he voted against the 355 ship navy and thatd i increase in the military housing allowance and the attack will -- the tax cuts we cannot let that happen we cannot let the senator from virginia go to washington too repeal your tax cuts. >>host: now we have the other candidate question. >>kaine: december 2017 prince william board of supervisors had a meeting. zoning matters, a discussion about opioid funding commies skip that meeting to go campaign in alabama for roy moore to become a senator. by then he had been how did as someone who had a long history to prey on teenage girls. why was it so important for you to skip your job that night and go campaign for someone? >>stewart: why is it that you skip your entire four years when you were governor of virginia? [laughter] [applause] ten kane is elected 2005 on what promise? to fixix

if chuck schumer is fighting a fight he knows he's going to lose, what does he gain? does this animate the democratic base and the mid-term election? liz: let's get to what's going on there? dnc is calling kavanaugh an extremist. he believes the judge's job is to interpret the law and to your point, judge back in 2006 at the confirmation hearing, he did say that i will follow roe v. wade faithfully and fully because it's binding precedent andrea firmed. we don't know how his stance is now but here is kavanaugh. let's take a listen. >> my judicial philosophy is straightforward. a judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. a judge must interpret the constitution as written, informed by history, and tradition, and precedent. if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case, and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united states and the american rule of law. liz: well he does sound like john roberts it's about calling balls and strikes. >> it's funny you should say that but a lot of people to whom i speak

but i have to tell you, remember when chuck schumer said that -- chuck schumer presided over hearings for him for the d.c. circuit twice, and both time he said it's going to be awful. i'm sorry your family is going to have to watch this. he got through. >> it was interesting to hear tonight that he took the time to say many of the clerks i have chosen have been women. he talked about his wife and his kids in a way that reinforced his love and his good feelings about making them strong. >> about his mom, his mother, who went to law school, became a prosecutor, became a judge. he did that. look, one of the biggest myths in washington, d.c. is that judges are not political. obviously they're very political both in bad ways and in good ways. in good ways i mean here it what joan was talking about. he's smart. he knows what he's doing. in fact, he was the one who recommended to president george w. bush, at least according to bush in decision points, his autobiography, who recommended that roberts be the pick. bush was trying to decide between a number of conservative judges, and we said, w

can senator schumer keep his conference together? does he let some red stateo democratsnd vote for the nominee? >> he is underme tous pressure from the base to keep his caucus together. w able to keep them together to repeal the affordable care act using collins and mercove ski who bawould fight against repeal. you're dealing with reall complicated mterm elections who have 10 democratic senators that trump won in and three of them voted for neil gorsuch last year. we're looking at heidi hicamp, joe mancic who have expressed openness to considering fairness of the nominee speaking of amy coney barrett has deep indianae joe donnelly is from indiana. if it is her, he's going to be under tremendous pressure. robert: we're all going to try to break the story this pretty hard to break who is on this short list. but we'll try. let's turn to another big story. rmer e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt, despite months of unwaiverupport from president trump, he resigned on thursday. there are multiple probes in his misconduct. along the allegatio

chuck schumer's fortunes not quite as rosy.s want schumer to block any court pick, but he can't promise that. he can't even promise he won't lose a few democratic votes in the court fight. so schumer instead trying to get progressives to take a longer view and focus on the november ballot box. >> these risks, i think, are the greatest risks america has ever faced. so we got to stay focused, determined, and strong and stand up for the rights we believe in. we have to do everything, everything in our power to oppose any attempt by donald trump to roll them back. and if we don't win senate elections in november, senate and house, i really worry he will roll back our democracy in ways we have never seen. >> well, let's start with mcconnell. it's a fascinating difference between these two guys. mcconnell's confidence, is it justified? to his credit, whether you like him or not, he's disciplined, ruthless when necessary, and he has worked this. is his confidence he can get this done based on fact or hope? >> it's justified if the whi

we saw chuck schumer singling out amy bennett. is that something that is -- barrett, that is likely to move or would potentially move the president in terms of his final pick? >> in a word, no. i mean, the democrats really lost this battle in 2016 when they lost the election. republicans are fully aware that they are in the driver's seat here. they do have that slim majority in the senate and the republicans in the senate who would ultimately confirm the president's pick here have for the most part completely supported the president's lower court choices and all for the most part spoken favorably about the folks on the master list devised by the federalist society, group of conservative lawyers. we should say there are a few potential swing votes out there like susan coil linz of maine who made very clear for her overturning roe versus wade is a nonstarter but democrats all they really can do at this point, steve is message. i don't think it's something that will really factor into the president's decision-making here. >> and caro

we might want chuck schumer tab more power than he has. >> may be.democrats continue to pursue the agenda of its most leftists. they will have trouble at the ballot box. it won't matter particularly if chuck schumer remains there is somebody else. this hope for a blue wave that the democrats were predicting, it's very will not materialize. the republicans could continue to have control over both houses. the democrats will be in the desert, as they are now. that is what is at stake here. >> tucker: i predict that abolish ice is not a winning campaign slogan. >> of course not, it is crazy idea. you have enough people sang it within the party. people had to be reckoned with, it will be hard for them to shed that label. >> tucker: amazing. unbelievable. thank you. standards are declining sadly across the country. people are not willing to plate according to big rules. he pretended to be african-american in order to get into medical school. he joined us next to explain why he did that. ♪ you're headed down the highway when the guy in front slams on his br

trump says build a wall the democrats have tried to reach across the aisle they've tried to chuck schumer and nancy pelosi have tried to be open to compromise with the president the president will compromise and he will compromise because his base of support doesn't believe that we're a country of immigrants that's just at the core of their belief structure so of course they would have policies that separate families tear families apart. no rational person and that would clearly be that america is the kind of country under bill clinton and they were no wrong no rational person going the morning holiday. let me finish please let please let me finish ok the fact of the matter is and gym sessions. attorney general sessions has been out there very openly talking about how this was a strategy tearing apart families was a strategy to send a message to people outside america don't come in we don't want you he's been bragging about that for months now all of a sudden it's on the front page in newspapers it's all over t.v. these viral videos of children screaming being separated from their parents

biden, schumer role pertains only to presidential elections not the midterm election years. it is important to let the american people decide who should choose the nominee or a supreme court vacancy. that is why i waited until after the 2016 presidential election to hearings for supreme court nominee. the individual selects nominees, the president of the united states, is not on the ballot in midterm elections. the rule simply does not apply during a midterm election and that is this year. another losing talking point is that we should not confirm any number any while robert mueller's investigation is ongoing and who knows when that will end. this argument again is inconsistent with the historical precedent. look at what president clinton was involved in, and investigation of that president over whitewater at the same time justice breyer was appointed to the supreme court at a time and independent counsel was doing that investigation. at the time, his documents were under injury subpoena. what other constitutional powers to the performance of this argument believed that the

looking to chuck schumer. he is not answering to virginians, he is answering to they areumer and all trying to do is undermine the president who has been incredibly successful, at reviving this economy, a 4% growth rate where we are rebuilding our military and bringing pride back to our country. we are our veterans. he opposes it every step of the way. navy andagainst the against the military pay increase and against the military holiday allowance. he voted against the tax cut that has led to this economic growth, and he wants to undo it, we cannot let that happen, we cannot let the senator from virginia go up to washington and repeal your tax cut. next and now we have another candidate, the other candidate question and that is senator kaine from mr. stewart. >> in december the board of supervisors had a meeting and there were important topics on the agenda, zoning matters that were important. a discussion about opioid funding, opioids affect every part of virginia. you skipped that to campaign for roy moore.