by the administration, officials that all those efforts succeeded though last thursday, the us senate judiciary approved the bill preventing tech john's from giving preference to the own businesses on the websites, the innovation in choice, online act as it's no, phil has to pass a full senate vote though to become law. we've, we've been one host avante business show been bust. remember there are about 5 different laws that have been suggested in terms of being able to rein in these tech companies. in this particular case, this, this freedom of choice act essentially what it's saying is if you're amazon, you can create your own product on your own marketplace and then compete directly with the other sellers who are on there. especially since amazon is constantly deriving information and data from those sellers. so they're essentially utilizing someone else's research, someone else's market position, someone else's understanding of price points to basically copy all of that and then compete directly for a lot of years. companies like facebook and amazon and twitter and google didn't have to spen

been nominated a supreme court justice with a 50-50 senate, what dirty tricks are they on the alert for. joining us a member of the senate judiciary senator amy klobuchar. thanks for joining us tonight. >> it has been a great show. and wonderful to be on and watch simone and nina, i don't have the cool background of nina but i'm ready with the questions. >> i'm committed to this idea that we need to have a national bat signal, nina totenberg put up her garden backdrop, something pick has happened but i am also practically aware that she doesn't know how to take it awaiver, so i'm worried -- aware, so i'm worried she doesn't know how to take it down. >> let's get to the matter at hand. >> let's talk about how this process is going to go. we know how these things go by the book but we know how perverted the process has been in recent years by the stuff that mitch mcconnell has been willing to do, both with open seats and to fill seats. are you worried about there being shenanigans or dirty tricks that you haven't previously had to deal with in terms of filling this? >> we're used to it. they throw everything at these nominees and we

senate. how do democrats plan to get this done and what dirty tricks are they on alert for? joining us now is member of the senate judiciary committee senator amy klobuchar. thank you for joining us, i know it's a busy time. >> thanks rachel, it's been a wonderful show. it's wonderful to be on and watch simone and nina. i don't have the cool background of nina totenberg. but i'm ready for your questions. >> i'm committed to your idea that we need a national bat signal. nina totenberg has put up her garden backdrop, something big has happened. but i'm also practically aware that she doesn't know how to take it down. so i'm worried she will be constantly giving -- [laughs] >> rachel, it's nighttime, she still headed up. but let's get to the matter at hand. >> let's talk about how this process is going to go. we know how these things go by the book. but i also know how perverted the process has been in recent years by stuff that mitch mcconnell has been willing to do. both with open seats and to fill seats. are you worried about there being shenanigans or dirty tricks that you haven't previously had to deal with in terms of f

us more. sure will that announcement came in testimony before the senate judiciary committee, that was matthew olson, the deputy us attorney of the national security division of the u. s. department of justice and this cons. less than a week after there were investigations into january 6, the year ago was the one year anniversary recently of the january 6 capital riot which is being investigated in the testimony. we heard from olsen as well as other figures from the department of justice and they discussed about the fact that they argue that white supremacists, anti government extremists, and others are the primary danger to the united states in terms of terrorism. now from there we heard of further calls comparing them essentially to islamic radicals . here's what we heard from my perspective. spinning a lot of time focused on the radicalization of international terrorists and islamic extremists and extremists of all stripes. this group shares many of the same characteristics. people who feel like their way of life is under attack. many of those people i would, i would guess last year had car

senate judiciary committee. senator, thanks for joining us.s on their suggestions and advice. have you heard from the white house about meeting with the president? >> nothing about meeting with the president, jake, but i deeply respect their willingness to reach out to us and seek our views. i know they're seeking views from a variety of jurists and experts and litigators. but, you know, i'd be remiss, jake, if i failed to acknowledge, i think it's important that we really appreciate justice breyer's extraordinary service to our nation. you know, he was a thinker and a scholar on the court, still is. but one who knew how to fashion realistic solutions in a deeply divided court to try to bring the court together. and he also understood the real world consequences of seemingly very abstract decisions. and i'm hoping that president biden will be consulting real people, so to speak. i believe that he'll be listening to them as well. and that's why he's going to take some time. but i think it's well warranted. >> yeah, the chief justice of the unit

senate confirmation process than joe biden. joe biden used to run confirmation hearings for supreme court judges when he was chairman of the senate judiciary committee. white house chief of staff ron klain served as counsel to that committee and has guided the supreme court nominees through the confirmation process. just they are both senate realists. they both want to eliminate risk. any risk of any kind in these single most important choice is that joe biden will make since he took the oath of -- as president. and the way to do that, the way to eliminate risk is to choose someone who has already been confirmed by the senate, preferably someone who has been confirmed by the current senate. the only person on the white house list who feels that description is judge ketanji brown jackson who won her senate confirmation to the circuit court of appeals last year, with 53 votes, including three republican votes -- last night on this program, james clobbering of south carolina made a strong case for the conform ability of his favorite for the supreme court, south carolina federal judge, michelle childs, especially after james clyburn has succes

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senators addressing the ongoing threat of domestic terrorism. cnn's whitney joins us now, what mother are we hearing. >> at the senate judiciary hearing which is meantent of justice, what have you done over the last year to ensure that you are bringing the correct prers tive to the real threat the domestic terrorism proposes, and officials say over the last two years the number of cases of domestic terrorism they're investigating is doubled, and what senators want to know now, is the volume of information you're working with being properly analyzed. ultimately, what we know is that federal officials always knew that domestic terrorism posed a threat but what they did not appreciate was the way that it would manifest. those are the answers that senators are looking for today. this hearing just began, it began with some of the same themes we've seen over the last year, which is democrats making sure that people understand how vicious the attack was on january 6th, what kind of a real threat domestic terrorism poses, meanwhile republicans drawing this equivalency to the riots that happened over the summer. so democrats played a video of that january 6t

as chairman of the senate judiciary committee, joe biden used to be in the business of confirming federalny previous president. and that is why he has beaten all of his recent predecessors in the first year confirmations of federal judges. joe biden's confirmed 42 federal judges is almost double what donald trump confirmed in his first year. you have to go all the way back to 1961 to find a first year presidency confirming more federal judges then joe biden has confirmed. and that was president kennedy. this is the single most important achievement of the biden presidency didn't. we'll live long after the biden presidency. and it is ignored by the news media as it was in yesterday's press conference. ignored as if it did not happen. joining us now is russell willard. leader of studies at the williams institute. thank you for joining. us what do you say in this very rapid pace of judicial reports by president biden? >> i see the president as you alluded to. who came into office determined to amp up the employment of federal judges. and what you cited is a good indication as you got. when i

. >> we're joined by the chair of the senate judiciary committee senator dick durbin. senator durbin, thank you for joining us this morning. you're in charge of this confirmation hearing for whoever the president nominates. lay out your timeline for when the hearings could happen, when the president's pick could be confirmed. >> we'll be ready from a staff viewpoint and logistic viewpoint. the decision starts with the president, as it should. when he chooses a nominee and sends it to the senate, we're off and running. that nominee and the background of the nominee in terms of whether they've been before the committee, how recently they were there and how much information we can bring together quickly will decide the timeline. >> you saw that poll, a number of americans questioning the president limiting the possible nominees to a black woman. he faced some criticism from republicans. nikki haley, want to show her tweet. would be nice if president biden chose a supreme court nominee best qualified without a race, gender or litmus test. that's what i did when i picked tim scott as senator of south carolina. sen

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. >> thanks so much to all of you for starting us off and joining us now, democratic senator, a long-time chair of judiciary and senator a member of the judiciary committee. let's talk about the president's upgzs here. i know senator durbin succeeded you is going to have a zoom meeting with all of you some time today to talk about the calendar. >> i think the calendar has moved rapidly. i know he's had a list he's thought about. the interesting thing here is both president biden and i, as young lawyers on the -- young senators on the judiciary committee, worked with our counsel, stephen breyer. so, we've known him all these years. he and his wife are good friends of my wife and i. this decision of his was not unanticipated. and i know that president biden understands the system as well as anybody. who will move fairly quickly with a nominee. >> senator, you've got one nominee in particular who got three republican votes just this past summer. but do you think there will be a united republican opposition to this and that you're going to have to get the 50 votes in the senate, which you've not been able to ga

slight margin, biden's first challenge to a nominee will likely come from the senate judiciary committee. melanie zanona with us now. melanie, the republicans have a potential path to slow this down the committee, but also democrats have a way around that, do they not, if that were to happen. >> reporter: exactly. republicans don't have the power to actually block this nominee from being ultimately approved. but they can slow it down. and that's because republicans are needed to provide a quorum on the senate judiciary committee, where this nomination will first be considered. essentially what that means is the majority of the committee members need to be present in order to hold a vote. and because of the 50/50 split senate, it is evenly divided among republicans and democrats. so technically if all 11 republicans choose to boycott, the committee hearing, they could essentially deny the quorum. but if that were to happen, democrats could just change the rules. they do have the power here. and there also would be enormous backlash for republicans for going scorched earth against what is expected to be first bla

senate. it is true of the judiciary, the third branch of government. they can hire their clerks and their staff without coming to us. so now, i think it is appropriate that any president can now form their executive branch with only 51 votes needed in the united states senate, not a super majority. so that is a huge step in the right direction. now, we can confirm judges of all the courts less than the supreme court, circuits and district court judges, again with 51 votes, without this super majority. that has been filibustering for so long. i listened to the republican leader during the run up to these votes, and he said that we were somehow going to break the rules. break the rules to make a new rule. we did not break the rules. the senate broke no rules. the rules provide for a 51 vote, non-debatable motion to overturn the ruling of the chair. we have done it many times in the past. many times in the past. so we did not break the rules. we simply used the rules to make sure that the senate can function. and that we can get our nominees through. i like what the writer gail collins said in her column this morning

. >>> and joining us now, senator hirono from hawaii. she is on the judiciaryommittee, which, of course, will hold the confirmation hearing. senator, welcome back. let's start here. >> good to be with you. >> good to have you. there is this call coming up to talk about the timeline of the confirmation. the president said the nominee will be named sometime within the next month. what can you tell us about how quickly after that nominee is named that you could get the confirmation through? >> oh, our judiciary committee will operate expeditiously as we have been with all of the other judicial nominees by president biden. i'm looking forward to this confirmation process. >> do you expect it will be as quick as the amy coney-barrett confirmation? >> well, i don't see why not. but we will move forward expeditiously, and by the way, i was so delighted that justice breyer referred to the gettysburg address and reminding all of us, yes, we are still in a -- what is it -- a democracy, that all men and women are created equal. it's an experiment, yes. it's an experiment

joining us now is senator richard blumenthal of connecticut, a member of the judiciary committee. dy have a plan for confirming the president's nominee whenever this occasion should present itself? >> i think our approach in thinking about it has been that we're going to be quick and expeditious but fair, and the country deserves this nominee to be moved quickly and fairly, but we really have an exciting opportunity to confirm the first black woman who will be a strong voice and a face that reflects our country's immense diversity and the tremendous talent that she will bring, and i hope we'll actually gain bipartisan support. >> is the goal to move as quickly as coney barrett's confirmation sped through the senate or is that an artificial period of time? >> there's nothing in the constitution that sets forth a period of days or weeks, as you know, no statute or even rule of the senate, but i think we can draw some inspiration from justice breyer's own service, and i would be remiss if i didn't mention, having argued cases before him on the united states supreme court and having se

use dozens of intermediary firms, deploying professional lobbyists with close ties to members of congress. unbind an administration officials. but not all of those efforts have succeeded. last thursday, the u. s. senate judiciary approved a bill preventing check tech giant from giving preference to their own businesses on the web sites. although the innovation unforced online us to pass a full sentence vote to become law. and if i'm clear whether that will happen, we spoke with ben swan host of our sees business show, boom, boast. remember, there are about 5 different laws that have been suggested in terms of being able to rein in these tech companies. in this particular case, this, this freedom of choice act essentially what it's saying is if you're amazon, you can't create your own product on your own marketplace and then compete directly with the other sellers who are on there. especially since amazon is constantly deriving information and data from those sellers. so they're essentially utilizing someone else's research, someone else's market position, someone else's understanding of price points to basically copy all of that and then compete directly for a lot of years. companies like facebook and amazon a

joining us now, senator marsha blackburn from the great state of tennessee who sits on senate judiciaryng, i hope some of your colleagues on the committee treat this nominee with more respect than they did amy coney barrett. >> what we know is that it will be one of fights we will have as to how senate goes about providing advice and consent. which is our responsibility, our constitutional duty. and i agree with you. it would be nice if we would see this approached as a respectful process. respectful to the institution of the senate, and respectful to the constitution of the united states. make sure that we do the vetting that is necessary. that we spend the time reviewing rulings, and writings, and opinions. and listening to speeches. our duty is to make certain we have constitutionalists that go to the bench, people that are going to be fair. that up hold the constitution and rule of law, and trey to be certain we do not put people on the supreme court or the federal bench who will be activist judges and make rulings the way they would like to see things bee. be, rather than rulings b

weeds and find ways at the republicans could attempt to trip us up, and things senator schumer and the democrats will need to do. the judiciary -- and the judiciary will need to get around. some of these potential obstacles. the senate is going to be spending a lot of time. maybe we thought they were going to be spending, trying to revive the voting rights, or trying to deal with the build back better proposal. or another round of reconciliation. or there i say, another budget resolution, so they can set up another round of reconciliation. i just do not know, you know, the timing is such, they want to move quickly on the supreme court nomination. but it will consume a lot of the -- as we head towards the spring. molly: i want to underline an important point that he is making and laying out. the agenda of significant sides. what does that, we talk a lot about the constraints of the senate placed by the filibuster, the constraints placed by the calendar are often as significant, even in situations as he is stating. whether on nominations or reconciliations bills, there is only so much time in the day, there is only so many week

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nominee will receive a prompt hearing in the senate judiciary committee and will be considered and confirmed by the full u.s. senate with all deliberate speed. joining us now nbc news correspondent, josh, what are you hearing about any concerns that the process might not move as quickly as senator schumer just suggested it would? >> well, look, i think the white house is less caught up on the exact date and whether it's 27 days like it was with amy coney barrett, or slightly longer, but clearly they know they have to act quickly and it has to get done before the midterms really get into full swing and we have the election in november. i think the white house feels fairly confident at this point, obviously we don't have a nominee. we are don't officially have an announcement from breyer, although of course we expect we will have that within hours. but they look at the politics of this, even. so early comments from republicans, lindsey graham, saying last night, elections have consequences, president biden should get his pick as long as it's someone who is competent and, you know, perhaps liberal, but not radical. and they think that they have a very goo

senator john kennedy a member of the judiciary committee is in "focus" now. thank you for joining us today. first of all, what is your immediate reaction to what he just said? >> disgust. but first i want to say something positive, harris. you know, rest in peace meat loaf. he was one of the greatest vocalists and rock-n-rollers of all times. one of his best songs was paradise by the dashboard lights and i hope he is in paradise right now. i think he is. let me answer your question. the democratic congressman, he takes his cues from his leader, president biden. i don't hate anybody. i look for grace wherever i can find it. i have spent time with him. president biden is a nice guy. he is. is president biden a perfect person? no. does he try to do better every day? also no. there lies the problem. he keeps trying to stuff more diapers down the toilet. he goes down to georgia two weeks ago and demonstrated raw gut racial demagoguery. that's what the congressman is parroting, the clip you just showed. president biden basically said to tens of millions of americans who don't want to have

durbin saying it is too early but at the same time senate democrats on the judiciary committee are meeting this afternoon on zoom our sources tell us. we'll get more of a sense of where they are going next. >> got to love a good zoom meeting on big news like this. >> absolutely. >> let me ask you this. some framing on this that this is a big political show down and big political fight and it feels, though, there have been instances where a member of the president's own party votes against that president's pick if is a controversial nominee. in this instance it feels if there is any drama how many republicans to peter's point, three republicans joined on to confirm judge jackson in the lower court and we don't know what they'll do if she is the lower court this time. no indication they'll split with president biden at least so far particularly when it comes to such a monumental and generational pick like this. >> yeah, it's monumental and generational and, of course, it's a huge and frankly badly needed win for this white house and for senate democrats who have stumbled the last few times when it was imperative for them to stay unif

senate judiciary committee. and will be considered and confirmed by the full united states senate with all deliberate speed, schumer is reportedly eyeing the same 30 day timeline. republicans used to confirm justice amy coney barrett after the death of ruth bader ginsburg. republican senator lindsey graham acknowledged democrats power in the senate writing elections have consequences, and that is most evident when it comes to fulfilling vacancies on the supreme court. something important to note here while briars retirement is being widely reported, we have yet to hear anything official from the court or the justice. in the newsroom. gregory ktvu fox two news centers, a state university political science professor, donna crane says she believes the white house will waste no time in naming a nominee to replace justice breyer. expected to get an announcement of the successor. maybe 2 to 3 to four weeks. something like that. um i think the white house is probably ready. senator schumer said he's already ready to start moving this nomination through the process quickly. professor crane says she believes the entire process might be completed within three months after the nomination

the senate judiciary committee and will be considered and confirmed by the full united states senate with all deliberate speed, schumer is reportedly eyeing the same 30 day timeline republicans used to confirm justice amy coney barrett after the death of ruth bader ginsburg. republican senator lindsey graham acknowledged democrats power in the senate writing elections have consequences, and that is most evident when it comes to fulfilling vacancies on the supreme court. something important to note here. while breyer is retirement is being widely reported, we have yet to see a formal statement from the court or the justice. the supreme court term typically ends in late june early july. in the newsroom. gregory ktvu, fox tuners and greg, are you hearing any early republican chatter that whoever the president decides to choose as the nominee? will they try to block ? yes, senator mitch mcconnell has long said that he would block any sort of move they would make on the supreme court. but the bottom line is democrats. because of the way the senate is split right now, it's senator chuck schumer being the majority leader. there is little republicans will have to say in the process, but

the senate judiciary committee and will be considered and confirmed by the full united states senate with all deliberate speed, schumer is reportedly eyeing the same 30 day timeline republicans used to confirm justice amy coney barrett after the death of ruth bader ginsburg. republican senator lindsey graham acknowledged democrats power in the senate writing elections have consequences, and that is most evident when it comes to fulfilling vacancies on the supreme court. something important to note here. while breyer is retirement is being widely reported, we have yet to see a formal statement from the court or the justice. the supreme court term typically ends in late june early july. mike greg, you said it. it's not like the democrats have a huge majority here in the senate, saying that doesn't mean that president biden needs to make a i don't know safe is the right word but a safe selection for his nominee just to ensure that every democrat actually votes. yes, here and that was some of the conversation today was do you need to put someone in that role that is perhaps more moderate left of center, and that has been the conversation throughout president biden's agenda with democ

division of the us department of justice announcing the formation of this new entity that will deal with the issue of domestic terrorism. now this comes as part of the senate judiciary committees hearings about january 6th. that was the capital riots. and after that happened january 6, 2021. in the aftermath of that, we saw a number of republican representatives saying that the responsibility came squarely from trump, that trump quote, there's responsibility for when wednesdays attack on congress. and in the aftermath of that we see an investigation. now in the testimony we heard today, we heard department of justice officials talking about how white supremacists, anti government activists, and others are the primary domestic terrorism threat. and in some of their language, they even compare them to his lama stream. and here's what we heard from my perspective of spending a lot of time focused on the radicalization of international terrorists and islamic extremists, extreme as of all stripes. this group shares many of the same characteristics. people who feel like their way of life is under attack. many of those people i would, i would guess last year had carried th

so we turn to somebody who has an actual vote on this, the senator from hawaii who serves on the judiciary committee be maya is back with us the process and obviously respect you will go through it, you will vet whoever is chosen but i am curious if you can tell us anything about either individuals on this list or anyone else you have your eye on as the white house decides and vets who to pick? >> first of all, i would like to join basically i think our country in thanking justice breyer for his decades of service on behalf of the people of our country and the kind of judicial temperament that he brought and how he approached the decision making. and clearly, ari, based on -- what you just said the segment just before, we have a number of very highly qualified black women and i very much support president biden's decision to put a black woman on the court, high time, about time. >> maya, i want to ask you about the qualifications because it's so easy for people to immediately start looking at things in certain categories, and it is true there is this historic pledge on the table. but as someone who both understands the way

senate leadership would expeditions. they've already begun us -- strategizing their next move. one democrat on the judiciary committee has this message for the republicans. >> we're prepared to fight. make no mistake. we are prepared to fight and use all the options we have to get this job done. it is a job that he will get done. this nominee will be confirmed. this afternoon justice breyer appeared with the president at the white house to formally announce his retirement detailing his plans to remain on the court through the end of the current term this summer and to not leave until successors confirmed. president biden outlined how he plans to move forward with the nomination. >> once isolate a nominee, i will ask the senate to move promptly on my choice and in the end i will nominate a historic candidate. someone who is worthy of justice barrett's legacy. my intention to announce my decision before the end of february. i've made -- the personable nominee will be someone with extraordinary qualifications. character, experience and integrity. that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the

us. >> reporter: you are right, what ug is gearing up for another hard look at this year this week, the senate judiciaryith bipartisan support. the first with senators amy klobuchar and chuck grassley, including by use's third party seller's data to compete against it or search results the second bill the open app marks act. led by senator blumenthal and martha blackburn in a statement, the senator said this, breaking the ironclad grip of these two behemoths on the multi-billion dollar app market is long overdue. this measure has large momentum. it's unclear if they will go to the senate floor remember, the house judiciary packed big anti-trust bills last year those are still stuck in limbo that makes regulation even more important. today they are slated to provide updates on a merger guidance the agencies are supposed to get more to handle the flood of mergers that happened last year. that bill is stuck as well, back to you. >> okay. thank you for that we should mention that tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. a special edition of capital exchange. i will be headed down to host this alongside kara swisher, we will