. >> if we move towards a body that's a rubber stamp of the house or unicameral government of legislation, we'll never be the united states of america our founding fathers intended us to be. >> desjardins: democrat coons and republican susan collins, are gathering signatures on a letter to protect the 60-vote threshold for legislation. as for judge gorsuch the next vote will be final confirmation. that is expected tomorrow evening. for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. >> woodruff: china's president xi jinping arrived in florida today for a high stakes summit with president trump. secretary of state rex tillerson greeted xi and his wife. mr. trump arrived later and went to his mar-a-lago estate, where the meetings will be held. north korea's nuclear effort could top the agenda. mr. trump said today he thinks china "will want to be stepping up" to deal with that. house intelligence chairman devin nunes stepped aside from leading a probe of russian meddling in last year's election. he's now facing ethic complaints of mishandling classified information. in a statement, nunes said: "the

is 99 because nebraska's unicameral. you can drive from key west, florida to the border of canada and not leave a republican trifecta state. that means governor, senate, and house in the state. that is a pretty amazing statistic. i think this is probably a high water mark for state legislative control. that, for what the democrats may need to be focused on, is something i know they are looking at, and i know they are thinking about it. it seems to me that as you look 2020, the redistricting year, but that becomes a whole other element of all of the moving parts we have to think about in terms of how things are going to play out and what is going to happen. redistricting is going to become a huge issue on all sides. the fact that those maps get drawn every 10 years and will be drawn again, if this map i headed out stays the same by a mostly republican membership and/or legislator -- legislature. >> and all the state legislators for office right now the democrats are an agent party that lacks a farm team, which is an ongoi

it's 99 not 100 because nebraska is unicameral. but you can drive from key west, florida, to the border of canada and not leave a republican trifecta state. that means governor, senate, and house in that state. that's a pretty amazing statistic. i think this is probably a high watermark for state legislative control, and that for what the democrats may need to be focused on, is something that i know they're looking at it and i know they're thinking about it. but it seems to me that as you look at 18 and 2020 that was the redistricting year that becomes a whole other element of all of the moving parts that we have to think about in terms of how things are going to play out and what's going to the happen. redistricting is going to become a huge issue on all sides and the fact that those map have been -- they get drawn every ten years and they will be drawn again if this map that i handed out stays the same by a mostly republican membership and or legislature. >> all those state legislatures are the farm teams for national office and