senate rules can be changed by precedent and sometimes they are. in november, 2013, then-democratic majority in the senate, chose to take the nuclear option on the executive calendar. they invoked the nuclear option on the executive calendar in order to appeal the ruling of the chair to say that as we were considering some judges to the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit that 51 votes rather than 60 should be sufficient. once precedent is changed, precedent controls. precedent trumps when it's inconsistent with the rule. all of the analysis undertaken at the time for justifying the decision to nuclearize, they go nuclear on the executive calendar, applies with equal force throughout the executive calendar. although there were some democratic senators who took to the floor at the time and tried to say, well, we don't intend this to apply in other circumstances. it is applied in every other circumstance since then. it's applied with respect to those nominated to cabinet positions, to those nominated to subcabinet positions. people nominated to independent boards and commission

months after the election, they're still in campaign mode calling for senate democrats to obstruct and to resist. so let's be clear, these left-wing groups aren't concerned by the qualifications of this judge. they aren't looking out for what's best for the court or the senate or for the country. they simply refuse to accept the outcome of last year's election. we will realize the enormous pressure that our democratic colleagues are under. it's why we're hearing talks of some mythical 60-vote standard that doesn't exist. just ask the fact checkers that have repeatedly debunked that idea. a 60-vote threshold has never been the standard for a supreme court confirmation, not for president clinton's supreme court nominees in his first term, not for the supreme court nominees of the newly elected president obama either. as "the washington post" fact checker reminded us again just this very morning, once again there is no traditional 60-vote standard or rule for supreme court nominations, no matter how much or how often democrats claim otherwise. so i would ask our democratic friends, do the

so who are senate democrats going to enact this on an external links to block? -- extraordinary links to block? it's an individual frankly who the body including senator schumer unanimously confirmed for a seat on the tenth circuit not too long ago. this is a jet received a unanimous well-qualified rating by the american bar association. he was a harvard law graduate who received the edward j randolph award for outstanding service in the department of justice. so it can't be the qualifications are taking issue with. judge gorsuch is frankly a mainstream judge. here are some figures to point that out. number one, in 90% of the cases which issued the opinion he received unanimous support of all of his colleagues. second, in divided cases of the last five years involving both republican and democrat appointed judges come judge gorsuch sided with the democrat appointed judge one in three times. when the shoe was on the other foot when the supreme court nominee for democratic president went to the confirmation hearing in meetings meeting with senators from both partie

>>> happening not a hack in harrisburg pennsylvania senate democrats say they are in contact with the fbi after a ransom wear cyber attack shut down their computers. ransom wear typically aimed at stealing sensitive information in attempt to be paid for the data's return. officials aren't saying what kind of ransom has been demand demanded. >>> developing now, police have made their first arrest in rash of threats against jewish community centers. there have been close to 100 bomb threats called in to jcc' and synagogues since january. some of them right here in our area. in my corey police arrested and charged 31-year-old juan thompson of st. louis. they say hey was behind at least some of those threats. officials say thompson allegedly tried to frame his ex-girlfriend using her name while making those threats. >>> we will draw him out this latest wave of anti semitism and i am confident as we evidence in today's arrest in missouri that we will find and we will prosecute those who have committed these acts of hatred.

. >> ed: two democratic senators now say they will cross the aisle to vote for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. but judge gorsuch you may still face a hurdle in his path to the high court. as democratic leadership remains devoted to derailing that nomination. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel of course is live on this story on whether they may be going nuclear. >> good afternoon. it is setting up to be quite a showdown in the senate next week with republican saying judge neil gorsuch's will be confirmed to the supreme court one way or another. judge gorsuch's received very high marks for his responses to questions during the confirmation process and the senate, republicans say he has highly qualified to sit on the supreme court, but there is still a lot of anger that president obama's last nominee merrick garland never received consideration senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says this controversy is not about judge gorsuch. >> no matter the nominee, i said that before we had the nominee, we can expect to hear a lot of end times rhetoric from the left. and in fact,

the question hanging over the nomination, what will senate democrats do? gorsuch needs 60 votes to win senate confirmation. eight democrats have to cross the aisle and vote for him. republicans are confident to corral enough, partly on those facing re-election. many democrats are still angry that president obama's supreme court nominee never got a hearing last year. they may look to retaliate and dig in their heels against gorsuch. >> senator richard blumenthal vowing against gorsuch. >> donald trump has established a lit big local stomus test. promising he will nominate someone to overturn roe v. wade. we have to assume he has met the litmus test. >> are you prepared to filibuster? >> not only filibuster, but use every tool that we have if he is in fact out of the mainstream. >> but republicans are making clear they will do what it takes to get gorsuch on the high court even if that means changing senate rules to cut off the possibility of a filibuster. republicans are expected to raise gorsuch and play up the similarities of the man he is to replace. anto

bar association and has demonstrated an unbear lelparalleled -- fiel nearly 300 questions from senate democratspages of written answers about his personal records and has demonstrated a mainstream judicial release record with nearly all of the decisions being joined by a democrat appointed judges. without a clear justification, senate democrats have fudged the facts on recent history, tried to mislead the american history claiming a nonkp -- this would make history in a very bad way. they've also forgotten their own words. i cited briepreviously the regr of invoking the filibuster by president obama, then senate obama and the words that many other senate democrats on why blocking a vote for a judge having gone through the process has no precedent and is irresponsible. let me state one more argument that many democrats have recently made. current members of the september seem to also rejek tct the noti of a supreme operating with eight not nine justices. bernie sanders, jdianne feinstein, ben car don. each of these senate democrats need not listen to me or the president but their own words as re

unfortunately, senate democrats began justifying their opposition by claiming a 60-vote standard for his confirmation. that standard doesn't exist and these claims continue to be false. a party line filibuster by the senate minority is not a fair up or down vote. you don't have to look further than the voices of many of these same democrats to see why in 2013 senator tom udall said and i quote in full, some of us may disagree with justice scalia on philosophy, you he is a qualified nominee. he receives up an or down vote and he was confirmed. likewise ruth ginsburg was considered a liberal. many of the other side may have disagreed with her views but she was confirmed by a vote of 96-3. he added a minority in the senate should not be able to block qualified nominees." we could not agree more with senator udall. unfortunately, he has now adopted a new party line of obstruction on confirmation of judge gorsuch. it's sad and unfortunate. we encourage all senators from both parties to fairly evaluate the judge's eminent qualifications and grant him a vote. with that, glad to take your que

do you think senate democrats would try to put some language into that type of funding to sort of restore the requirement of the climate reviews? senator whitehouse: i don't want to prejudge that. bear in mind that under the administrative procedures act, an agency that is bound to follow, first, the law of the united states of america and, second, factual sworn evidence and obligated to meet a standard that it cannot make decisions that are arbitrary or capricious has some limits on what it can do. those agencies are not bound to do what the president of the united states tells them to do. they're bound to follow the law. and on many of these issues, the law and the facts and the standard will all keep them pretty close to where they now are simply because that's where reality is. so it is, as i said, going to take a lot of litigation to force that point, but when the dust settles, i think most of these agencies will find themselves more or less in the place where they already are because that's where the facts require them to be and where the law requires them to be. reporter: you menti

who are senate democrats going to enact this on an extraordinary lengths to block? it's an individual frankly who their body, including senator schumer, unanimously confirmed for a seat on the 10th circuit not long ago. this is a judge who received a unanimous well-qualified rating by the american bar association, was a harvard law graduate who received the edward j. randolph award for outstanding service at the department of justice, so it can't be their qualifications they're taking issue with. judge gorsuch is frankly a plain stream judge. here are some figures and stats to point that out. number one in 98% of the cases he issued the opinion he received the unanimous support of all of his colleagues. second, in divided cases over the last five years involving republican and democrat appointed judges, judge gorsuch sided with the democrat appointed judge, one in three times. when the shoe is on the other foot, when a supreme court nominee for a democratic president went through the confirmation hearings, and meetings with senators from both parties, neither justice

alone. >> alone and i would urge him to think about that seriously. >> new york senior senator, the leader of the democratse senate, senate chuck schumer,

so who are senate democrats going to enact this on extra neri links to block? it's an individual frankly who their body including senator schumer unanimously confirmed for a seat on the tenth circuit not too long ago. this is a judge that received a unanimous well-qualified rating by the american bar association with a harvard law graduate he received the edward jay randolph award for outstanding service at the department of justice. it cannot be their qualifications they are taking issue with. judge gorsuch is frankly not a mainstream judge, facts and figures and stats point that out. and 91% of the cases were he issued the opinion, he received unanimous support of all his colleagues. second, and divided cases over the last five years involving both republicans and democrats appointed judges, judge gorsuch decided with the democrat appointed judge one in three times. when the shoe was on the other foot, when the supreme court nominee for a democratic president went through the confirmation hearing in meetings with senators from both parties, neither justices ka

david: there were terrific point, counterpoints with democratic senators. e of the democratic senators seemed to enjoy his comebacks. it was one of the best displays what is good about government we've seen in a long time. let me move on to another subject because you're also on the budget committee. >> right. david: there was a terrificgton" robert samuelson, he he is not a conservative and he said the following, he seemed to get to the heart how america has changed in our spending habits. we went from limited to open-ended government. any group that garnered the votes to the federal aid. government operated railroad, amtrak, promoted public t have subsidized farmers much more. spending discipline eroded. we've used government as a massive slush fund for whatever cause or interest seems popular. now, given that is where we are today, can that be turned around and how? >> well, yeah, you can turn it around. you can stop spending. i mean, how many of your listeners families could survive if every month they just charged more and more to the credit card? david

although there were some democratic senators who took to the floor at the time and try to say well we don't intend this to apply in other circumstances, it has applied in every other circumstance since then. it is applied with respect to those nominated through cabinet position, to those nominated through subcabinet positions, people nominated through independent boards and commissions that require senate confirmation, and it's also applied in the context of article three judges. there is not one argument in justification for the senate decision to go nuclear in november 2013. it doesn't also apply with equal force throughout the executive calendar. there is not one argument they have made that can apply there. in my view, that decision was made in november 2013. >> for 200 years, the standard for confirmation of a federal judge in the united states senate was 51 votes. that is how the constitution has operated, it's how the senate has operated for most of this country's history. indeed, no supreme court justice in history has been defeated because he was filibustered. the only arguab

up next, senate democratic leaders on opposition to the legislation. >> okay. i am proud to be joined by my colleagues. senator murray at the health committee, senator wieden of the finance committee, senators murphy and senator haas et, both members of the health committee. well, last night, the republicans finally took their health care plan out from under lock and key. please, folks, can you move back? thank you. last night, the house republicans finally took their health care plan from under lock and key. trumpcare is finally available to the public. and democrats, a growing number of conservatives and millions of americans don't like what they see and for a whole host of reasons. first, trumpcare means higher costs for less health care, plain and simple. it means higher costs because the tax credits are far less generous than under the affordable care act. it means less health care and capped, insurance companies can provide less coverage and second, trumpcare cuts taxes on the very wealthy while forcing average americans to pay more. premiums are going to

although he's disappointed to see democratic senators who previously expressed their support for alex acosta for labor secretary, nonetheless, while they previously supported him, seem to have stuck to a party line vote. the president looks forward to having them officially on the team as soon as possible. also this morning the department of commerce and first responder network authority first net announced that at&t will build the first nationwide broadband, a network dedicated to america's first responders. this step was part of the 9/11 commission recommendation on improving the ability of our police, fire and emergency medical personnel to communicate seamlessly across jurisdictions which is critical to their missions. it's also a sign of the incredible ability of public/private partnerships to drive innovation and solve some of our biggest problems while also creating jobs and growing the economy. back to the schedule. this afternoon the president hosted a legislative affairs lunch on opiod and drug abuse. it was an opportunity to discuss the goals and agenda of the president's c

. >> pennsylvania senate democrats have fallen victim to a ransomware cyberattack that shut down their computer systems. it happened today at held their data hostage. minority leader jay cos ta says the malicious software was discovered this morning. even at this hour websites are down showing error messages. democratic caucuses won't say what was demanded or if they paid to get their data back. usually they demand bit coin to unlock your files. a cyber security expert tells us the thieves go after everyone from regular businesses, to regular folks. ooh won't even be able to access your e-mail. you will be able to access the screen in front of you asking you to pay ransom to unlock or decrypt your computer. >> the state's network was not faked because it's separate from the senate democrat computers. make backups of your files and stay suspicious with attachments with e-mails or links. >> i-95 is open in philadelphia four hours after a crash sut down the highway. sky chopper hd was able to see the scene. this is how it looked earlier this afternoon, a tractor trailer, dump truck and ca

senate committee in written form on monday. he now says his revisedñ(Á information about contacts made during the presidential campaign. according to the justice department the attorney general from democraticrs. on thursday sessions recused himself from any investigation into contacts between the trump camp and moscow after it was revealed that he met with the russian ambassador twice last year. tomorrow on "meet the press" moderator chuck todd will explore the russia connection exclusively in an interview with senate minority leader chuck schumer, he is also be talkeding to republican senator marco rubio tomorrow at 10:30 right here on nbc 10. >>> today in bucks county a pro trump rally is set for noon. a grass roots activist group is hosting the event. it's all part of a nationwide series oflóÑr rallies showing support for the president and for the country. >>> in other news this morning the fbi is looking into a cyber attack that locked pennsylvania senate democrats out of their computers and held the system for y6transom. here is what we know, state owe fshls say the hackers infected the computer system yesterday and then demanded an online payment to unlock it. democrats are now worki

you will have three fifths of the senators serving and they can be changed by president but the democratic majority in the senate chose the nuclear option that in order to appeal the ruling of the chair to the d.c. circuit once of president has changed at all of the analysis to justify to have nuclear on the executive calendar. although there were some democratic senators that we do not intend this with other circumstances misapplied to those in the cabinet position those nominated to the commission requiring the senate confirmation and of those articles reid judges. in with the democratic senator majority decision and also apply with equal force. there's not one argument they have made so that decision was made november 2013. >> for 200 years is standard for confirmation in the senate was 51 votes. now as it is operated no supreme court justice in history has been defeated because he was filibustered. the only arguable example is the nomination in the face of a scandal. the notion was largely the invention of track schumer when george w. bush became senate -- president. i hope the democra

growing number of senate democrats say they will not support gorsuch's elevation to the nation's highest court. though the senate unanimously approved him in 2006. they need 60 votes to get gorsuch over a key procedural hurdle. chuck schumer insists it's a necessity, but that's not he was saying back in 2013. >> we would much prefer the risk of up or down vote and majority rule than the risk of continued total obstruction breed that is the bottom line no matter who's in power. >> shannon: that is the year democrats invoked the so-called nuclear option, lowering the vote threshold for lower court federal nominees to 51. in order to cede a number of president obama's nominees on a key federal courts. this is today. >> the logic, the irresistible, immutable logic is if the nominee doesn't get 60, you change the nominee, not the rules. >> shannon: days before the election, senator tim kaine suggested democrats would be willing to invoke the nuclear option if hillary clinton won and republicans attempted to block her supreme court nominee. he has announced he will opposed gorsuch. as the game

as senate minority leader chuck schumer says democrats will filibuster the nomination. while the senate's top republican, mitch mcconnell, says he is confident that judge gorsuch will be confirmed, but republicans may have to go nuclear to push corsets through peter doocy is live on capitol hill with mark, sounds a big fight. >> big fight, and there is not a democratic senator who does not think his democratic colleagues should hold up the nomination with a filibuster, but he also does not think the republicans should be threatening a nuclear option anymore. the reason that is significant is because this democratic senator, joe manchin from west virginia, is still undecided about how he is going to vote on gorsuch's confirmation. >> if the republicans take off i'm going to do the nuclear option because harry reid did it. harry reid was wrong, what he did was absolutely dead wrong. i have said that, and i'm the only one still standing as a democrat that voted against what he did. but two wrongs do not make a right and my republican friends and colleagues take that off the

the leader of the senate democrats will not say if the hackers had a political motive for the attack. >>> now to president trump's first 100 days in office. his attorney general jeff sessions will amend his testimony about contacts he had with rugs's ambassador to the u.s. sessions plans to give that testimony to a senate committee in written form on monday. he now says his revised testimony will include contacts made during the presidential campaign. the justice department says the attorney general will also respond to questions from democratic senators. on thursday sessions recused himself from any investigation into contacts between the trump camp and moscow after it was revealed that he met with the russian ambassador twice last year. >>> tomorrow on "meet the press" moderator chuck todd will explore the russia connection exclusively with chuck schumer and mooarco rubio. >>> several overseas news agencies are reporting that secretary of state rex tillerson will visit asia later this month. according to the reports he will visit japan, china and south korea to discuss north korea's

visit ncicap.org] >> and senate minority leader chuck shumer and other senate democrats held a news conference calling for the disclosure of donors contributing money to support supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. minority leader shumer was joined by senators sheldon whitehouse and richard blumenthal. in addition, they urged senate republicans to avoid changing the rules for confirming supreme court nominees. at the end of the briefing, minority leader schumer revealed that senate democrats sent a letter to president trump about their willingness to work with republicans and the white house on improving health care. senator schumer: thank you, everyone, for being here as we arm up the crowd for the spectacular. senator whitehouse: i am here with i our minority leader, chuck schumer, and my friend and former attorney general colleague, dick blumenthal, to call for a little bit of daylight into the dark money that is presently shadowing the nomination of judge gorsuch. during the course of the aring, we exemployed the supreme court's role to arbitrate fairly between parties when litigation comes

what is even more amazing than that is that that is the least of their problems senator chuck schumer, top democrat in the senate, is here to give us his reaction, to tell us what to expect next from the democrats. stay with us. ♪ let your reign begin. evony, the mobile game. download now. >>> on a normal news day, it would be really big news if a former cia director told the "wall street journal" that he went to a meeting with the president's national security adviser where the topic of discussion was kidnapping a guy in the poconos and illegally spiriting him out of the country to evade u.s. extradition laws. on a normal news day, they could expect to dominate the news cycle with a story that lurid about the bizarre accusation about the president's fired national security adviser, normal day, that would be all we are talking about. but today is not a normal day. today is the day we learned 24 million americans won't get thrown off their health care because the fight to save the affordable care act succeeded. the republicans conceded defeat this afternoon. their bill never made it out of the house

democrats are not very serious about it. >> reporter: with his house committee stalled, tonight the senate is plowing ahead with its russia investigation. the republican and democratic committee leaders eager to show a united front. >> i have confidence in richard burr that we together with the members of the committee are going to get to the bottom of this. >> reporter: they made clear to distance themselves from the circumstance. >> any circumstance in which you wouldn't share with mr. warner your sources on this investigation? >> he usually knows my sources before i do. >> and i've also got his cell phone. >> reporter: when warner and burr say they always share all their sources, they have each other's cell phone numbers? >> i would question that that's the case. >> reporter: doesn't apply to your committee though? >> no. no. thank you. >> mary, it seems those two senators, democrat and republican standing by side by side, leading the investigation on the senate side, no such chaos in their committee, when do they hold their first hearing, tomorrow? >> that first hearing is tomorrow. despite the president's claims that

the reason there is all this comity on the part of republicans and democrats on the senate side is because they have decided to go after the russian intervention issue. and the so-called collusion. that's easy for democrats to do, a little harder for republicans but it suits bipartisanship, it suits the media paired what is happening on the house side is you have nunes off in kind of a don quixote mission looking at the other question, the question of whether there was improper handling of the intelligence by the intelligence committees, spread over to the obama administration and creating a net of surveillance on the trump transition. the democrats have no interest in that. they don't want to go near it, and they pretend it's not an issue. it is an issue. it's a significant breach of intelligence committee, the intelligence services role and it's a breach of their obligation to confidentiality. the problem with nunes is he's gone off with a lot of weird actions. he's acting like a spy and that doesn't help his cause. if you're going to do something unpopular, try to play it straight. >> s

including the release of over 75,000 pages of documents, fielding nearly 300 questions from senate democrats on the committee, and 70 pages of written answers about his personal records. he has devastated and mainstream judicial record, with nearly all the decisions being joined by democrat-appointed judges. without clear justification, democrats have fudged the facts every history and try to mislead the american people about their and president of sarcasm, essentially claiming a nonexistent 60-vote standard. should it chuck schumer get his way, this would be the first successful filibuster of a nominee to join the supreme court. this would make history in a very bad way. they have also forgotten their own words -- i have cited previously this week the rhetoric of senator schumer democratic nominee hillary clinton, the regrets of invoking the filibuster fight president obama -- by president obama, then-senator obama, and the words of senate democrats like sen. mccaskill on white blocking the judge -- on white blocking the judge has no precedent and is irresponsible. current members of the se

if they think senate democrats are not going to fight back, they have another thing coming. they can expect every single democrat in the senate, and i hope some republicans were concerned about losing healthcare providers in their ts state to fight back against this resolution with everything the half. mr. president, this vote was won by a tie vote and the vice president was the typo. it will take one republican this afternoon on the final vote to say yes for the women in their state in states rights to say no. that's all were asking, for the, women of this country. mr. president, while i have the floor i want to say we should be aware there's more headed ourt way. a in a matter of weeks we know government funding is going to run out. everybody understands this. i know since i didn't get their way last week and are pushing a the point they bring the vice president to break the tie, it's a safe bet the republicans will try to attach riders that take away planned parenthood funding and a spending bill the rest of this year. i want to be very clear from the outset, that is a co

it looks more and more like senate democrats would do all that they did in reading and questioning for nothing more than political fear. finally before i take questions, a letter was transmitted to a ranking member, intelligence committees that said in the ordinary course of business, national security staff discovered documents that response to the intelligence committ committee seeking of documents determined whether information collected was mishandled and leaked. we have and will invite the senate and house ranking members and chairman up to the white house to view that material in a accordance to their schedule >> cheryl. >> i am trying to gain probability of a government shut down at the end of april. are your direction to hold firm on the spending cut that the president wants or try to keep the government opened. >> i don't know if they are exclusive. >> generally is. i think that we want both. i think we want to maintain some of the spending priorities as well as the reductions in the 2017 budget. we want to do so responsively and the president's lay out. i think his funding re

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they are tired of senator schumer and democrats in the senate slow walking our team. trump was elected to advance an agenda to make america great again. we are proud of the chain we have. we have made great strides but it's time for the senate to stop playing games. let's debate the issues. let's debate. the time has come for senate democrats to let the president's team have their team. >> bret: and the other appointments below are going to happen? >> they are going to happen and we are working to make it happen. it is time for the games

yesterday many senate democrats gone declaring september for senate minority lead chuck schumer's fill fill -- of a nominee to join the freedom court. leading democrats have lamented these tactics as recently as last year. senator schumer in fact wrote last year in the new york daily news, and i yoequote, at a time when americans want to move forward, the last thing we need is a new recipe for gridlock at the supreme court. democratic nominee hillary clinton said, quote, it should not be an exercise in political brinks manship and partisan posturing and that nominees deserve a full and fair hearing followed by a vote. senator clare mack cas kel tweeted -- that means having an up or down vote. so who are senate democrats going to enact this on an extraordinary lengths to block? it's an individual who their body including senator schumer confirmed for a seat on the tenth circuit not too long ago. this is a judge who received a unanimous well qualified rating by the american bar association, was a harvard law graduate who received the edward j. randolph award. so it can't be their qualifi

senate democratic leader jay costa says a hacker is demanding unspecified amount of money to unlock the network democrats are working with law enforcement and microsoft to resolve that issue. >>> former journalist is under arrest for making threats against at least eight jewish community centers nationwide and anti defamation league in new york. this is suspect 31 year-old juan thompson of st. louis, missouri. federal authorities he made threats in january and february, in an effort to harass annex girlfriend. he is also facing a cyber stalking charge. federal officials continue their investigation into more than 100 other threats against jewish institutions national liz and locally, since january . >>> a production of the musical rag time which contains a racial slur in the script will go on at a cherry hill school east. now one of the original rag time stars is mentoring students and talking about the musical before it hits the stage next week. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live in cherry hill with more on today's visit, cleve? >> reporter: nicole, actor that made audience

they can expect every single democrat in the senate -- and i hope some republicans -- moore concerned about losing healthcare providers in their f states, to fight back against this resolution with everything they have. mr. president, this vote won by a tie vote and the vice president was the tie vote. it will take one republican this afternoon on the final vote to say, yes, for the women in their state, and states rights, to say no. that's all we're asking. for the women of this country.si and mr. president, while i have the floor, i want to say we should all be aware there's more headed our way. in a matter ofg week wes know that government funding is going to run out. everybody insureds this and i know sent they didn't get their way last week and they're pushing this resolution so hard today, the point where they bring the vice president to break a tie, it's a safe bet that extreme republicans will try to attach riders that table th away planned planned planned pan for the rester of the year. that's is a complete nonstarter. we have been here before and shown we can win and we'll f

back to you. >>> pennsylvania senate democrats are still locked out of their computer network.not clear when the issue will be resolved. staff aides discovered the cyber attack last friday. hackers shut down the system and demanded a ransom. the fbi is investigating and microsoft is working to rebuild the computer network. >>> and pennsylvania governor tom wolf is putting the brakes on talk of legal recreational marijuana use. the state suggested legalizing recreational marijuana earlier this week saying tax dollars from sales could help close budget deficits. but governor wolf said the state needs more time to consider regulation and should focus on getting the medical marijuana program up and running. >>> residents at several apartment complexes in new castle county are taking action to protect themselves following a series of kidnappings in the area. maintenance cruise installed new security locks at one of the complexes yesterday where the kidnapper struck. the neighbors have put up their own surveillance cameras. also a nearby karate studio has added self-defense classes.

side of the aisle including every democrat member of the senate judiciary committee to seek advice and consent. the consensus was that the president's pick should be a respected mainstream judge. as i layed out many times before from consent to have tenth circuit court of appeals to the extraordinary low rate of majority opinions accompanied by the senate, judge gorsuch is a definition of a mainstream respected judge. he's offered the senate plenty of material to vouch for that. since his nomination, judge gorsuch met with nearly 80 senators in response to request gorsuch provided the following, over 80, 70 pages of written answers about his personal records in response to 299 questions for the record from democrats on the committee, the most in recent history which he submitted within six days of receiving the questions. over 75,000 pages of documents including speeches, case briefs, opinions and written work going back as far as college. and over 180,000 pages of e-mail and paper record related to the judge's time at the department of justice. in fact, th

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now senate democrats and president trump are raising new questions about the justice department's conduct i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. >> reporter: senate democrats are not satisfied with attorney general sessions' recusal. in a letter to the department of justice, they demanded answers about why sessions only recused, following news reports of previously undisclosed meetings he had with the russian ambassador, and why he only recused himself with respect to campaign-related investigations, and not russian contacts with the trump transition team and administration. but president trump took to twitter saturday morning and doubled down on his claim that democrats are overplaying their hand. he tweeted, "the first meeting jeff sessions had with the russian ambassador was set up by the obama administration under education program for '100 ambassadors'." mr. trump is referring to the fact that one of the meetings attorney general sessions had with the russian ambassador was at a state department-sponsored event in july. the president also tweeted accu

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mitch mcconnell has said we will do whatever is mess, a democratic filibuster will not succeed, i agree with the leader. >> dickerson: all right, senator cruz, thank you so much. tomorrow, fbi director james comey is scheduled to appear before the house intelligence committee, friday we sat down with democratic leader nancy pelosi and asked her why she she thinks fbi director comey, what he should say in public that is no evidence for president trump's wiretap allegations. >> i think it is really important, because that is a terrible accusation to make. and what are they doing? they are downing down on it this, quoting sources saying that the president worked with the british intelligence to also spy on the president. of course it is not true. so let's just grow up. grow up, the justice department, the fbi, has to really clear this. because otherwise this administration has decided that they with impunity can say anything, can say anything, and it is really damaging. >> dickerson: so you think director comey should come to the hearing and just put this on the table and clear this up right away? >> i think he should. and certainly if he

democrats are saying that he was evasive. chuck schumer and senator casey say they will oppose gorsuch. schumer urging fellow democrats did the same. he says he will back a filibuster of the nomination. despite the tough talk, there is also reports of democrats making a deal to avoid republicans using the nuclear option. we are allows and course which democrats will likely pursue a commitment from republicans not to kill the filibuster for a subsequent vacancy during donald trump's term. could that happen? >> pete: i think the knee-jerk partisan reaction from democrats is a one for one replacement. the next fight will likely be the balance of the court. if i'm a senate democrat, i'm keeping my powder dry on this one. they are so rabid, they have to oppose everything. show some patience and the live to fight another day. i don't think they'll do that. >> meghan: you saw al franken's interaction with neil gorsuch. can you be a little bit respectful that he has a different political philosophy than you do? he's taking over scully as a seat. so obviously

senate democrats plan a filibuster the nomination of corsets to the supreme court. the senate's top democrat says he will vote no on the nomination. he will urge others to do the same. republicans don't have the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster. they may change the rules. the nuclear option will push the nomination through with simple majority vote. the press secretary called on democrats to let the vote go through.>> we find his announcement disappointing. it represents the type of partisanship that americans are tired of. might go the confirmation vote is set for april 3. >>> the chairman of the intelligence community has apologized to the committee after keeping them in the dark. he faced harsh criticism for briefing the president and press before telling members of the committee about surveillance that might have been collected about president trump and his team during the transition. he felt obligated to tell the president. jackie spears also is on that committee and she said he has lost objectivity and may have to step down as head of the investigation

campaign,the 2016 other senate democrats have met with the russian ambassador. how would you characterize that? >> there is nothing wrong meeting with the russian ambassador. the question is if there was nothing wrong, why didn't you come clean and tell the whole truth? >> do you think senator sessions live to congress? i am not a legal expert on perjury and i leave that to the experts. it was extremely misleading as to what he did. every nomineee is goes through the record afterward. if the next day he would have lot i've forgot, it is a different than letting the record stand especially with all the questions swirling. sessions met with the they saidbassador -- that is consistent with his testimony. that is not the way most people would interpret it. they say that about everything. it is getting tired. if they are interested in the toth, they know how to get the bottom of it in a convincing way. several of your colleague have declared that they have seen no evidence between the russian and the trump campaign ever happened. have you seen --? >> i am not comment