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About how this progresses. what happens if damascus doesnt get the message? are we willing to continue to escalate this? the problem with sending the messages if theyre not received, youre stuck. you own this. and youre now committed to escalate further and further. what starts out as slapping somebody on the wrist comes to a shooting war. >> with that in mind, because everyone will be watching to see what asas does next, theres about 1,000 troops in syria. are they all potentially at risk? >> w...

Openings that go unfilled. you just cant allow obstruction because chuck schumer is afraid of the far left. it has to be based upon qualifications. absolutely i will support whatever it takes. >> senator cassidy, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> up next president trump weighing in on the terror attack in russia that killed 11 people and injured dozens more. what he said right after this. a. now i have nicoderm cq. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technolo...

I mean, you need to appoint a judge -- >> well, absolutely. julie: and the reasons for not appointing this guy just seem ridiculous. it also brings back memories of failed judge robert bork back in 1987 after he was nominated by ronald reagan and what not to do while being questioned because his chances of becoming a justice, as you may remember, flopped in just 45 minutes after ted kennedy grilled him and prompted him to answer begrudgingly. bork and gorsuch actually possess similar credentials...

Casualties and headlines for the group. in a country like the u.k., very difficult to get weapons, much more difficult in the united states, much more difficult even than in europe. not many far around circulating in the u.k. so theyre having to resort to knives, to vehicles to get attacks through. but the casualty count can just be truly horrific. i mean, if this guy had been driving a truck rather than a car, this could have been on a whole different scale in london today. >> right. and, chris...

For instance, that brown versus board of education which finally overruled a repugnant separate but equal stand is the textbool example of this. so with these things in mind, id like to explore the approach youd take to supreme court precedence. could you tell us what you believe is the value of precedent in our legal system? >> absolutely, senator. if i might, mr. chairman, go back just a moment to promises. i have offered no promises on how id rule in any case to anyone. and i dont think its a...

I think all of us would agree, for instance, that brown versus board of education, which finally overruled, which each of these in mind, id like to explo explore, could you tell us what you believe is the value of precedent in our legal system? >> absolutely, senator. if i might, mr. chairman, go back just a moment to promises i have offered no promises on how id rule in any case to anyone and i dont think its appropriate for a judge to do so no matter whos doing the asking. and i dont because e...

Health care plan. i just dont see this budget making sense overall for his voters, certainly not for anybody else. and certainly not for members of congress who have support in their districts and in their states for these programs who that are being gutted. >> lets bring in republican congressman tom cole. tom, great to have you on the show. >> good to be with you. >> im curious. ill read from "the new york times" in a moment. this budget, and the health care plan as it stand now, but this budg...

In maryland, they could look at the fourth circuit, but there are those who believe that instead of going to the circuit courts, the administration should slow down if the appeals process and wait for the president supreme court nominee neil gorsuch to be confirmed and then let the supreme court rule on the case. the danger of the waiting approach, of course, is it tends to undermine the white house argument that this is an urgent national security issue. >> heather: and mr. trumps own words com...

Donald trump and mike pence dont care about that? >> again, ive dealt with paul and talked to him about health care on a number of occasions over the years primarily on the budget committee and this is that position that free market works best, that competition solves every problem and that the government shouldnt be involved. they call it the heavy hand of government. but the reality is, we already are in a single payer system with the exception of a very small sliver of the population which ar...

Anticipated. more time face-to-face with these members who he needs, if hes going to get this through. >> absolutely, chris jansing at the white house north lawn. this is really personal for the president, this was a signature pledge he made again and again on the campaign trail. one insider telling me he relishes these inter, ans hes having, the interactions hes having, the outreach, trying to convince lawmakers. on capitol hill, we find nbcs kelly odonnell. i want to stick with health care bec...