Have received from people who have recognized that there is no such thing as a republican or democratic judge. We just have judges. Charlie he was pressed on a number of issues. Joining me is emily basil on from of the harvard law school. Lawyers how to write. It is something we all need across the board. Emily indeed. Charlie how did neil gorsuch do . Emily he did well. He did not botch an answer. He did not give opponents ammunition against him. He demonstrated fluency in the law without specifics that caused trouble. There is a question of whether the democrats have the kind of ammo they need to vote against the judge, as opposed to a symbol of the trump administration. He is not giving a whole lot of obvious talking points. It will be interesting to see how that plays and i assume that the republicans feel good about this. Burden ofe has the proving he is independent. He asserted this with confidence. Addressedent that he questions, i think that he did that. Charlie anyone who beli
Rose welcome to the program. We begin this evening with the confirmation hearings for judge neil gorsuch, and we talk to emily bazelon. She writes for the New York Times magazine and is a senior fellow at the Yale Law School. One question is whether the democrats have the kind of ammunition they need to justify voting against judge gorsuch as a person, as opposed to as a symbol of the Trump Administration or as, in the democrats view, the unwarranted, undeserved replacement for merrick garland, obamas failed Supreme Court nomination. Hes not giving them a whole lot of obvious talking points. So it will be interesting to see how that plays as they decide how to vote, and i would assume that the republicans are feel very good about this choice. Rose we continue with a look at the possibility of the passage of the relament of obamacare of the replacement of obamacare. We talk to al hunt of Bloomberg View and robert costa of the washington post. When the president visited the capitol Tuesd
Rose welcome to the program. We begin this evening with the confirmation hearings for judge neil gorsuch, and we talk to emily bazelon. She writes for the New York Times magazine and is a senior fellow at the Yale Law School. One question is whether the democrats have the kind of ammunition they need to justify voting against judge gorsuch as a person, as opposed to as a symbol of the Trump Administration or as, in the democrats view, the unwarranted, undeserved replacement for merrick garland, obamas failed Supreme Court nomination. Hes not giving them a whole lot of obvious talking points. So it will be interesting to see how that plays as they decide how to vote, and i would assume that the republicans are feel very good about this choice. Rose we continue with a look at the possibility of the passage of the relament of obamacare of the replacement of obamacare. We talk to al hunt of Bloomberg View and robert costa of the washington post. When the president visited the capitol Tuesd
Of obamacare. We talk to al hunt of Bloomberg View and robert costa of the washington post. When the president visited the capitol Tuesday Morning he had an exchange with mark meadows of North Carolina the chairman of the House Freedom caucus and said we may go after you. He said it in a joking way but a lot of people told me they saw it as a veiled threat. Trump likes to keep the house g. O. P. On edge. He may not go after them. He may not be angling to have primary challenges but he wants them to know hes an unpredictable president and he needs a win and he has a threat out there, even if its a chuckle, he wants it to still be out there. Rose we continue with a conversation with Jessica Chastain. Her latest film, the zookeepers wife. She loved every living creature. She lived alongside animals. Theyd go in and out of her house. Her children grew up with animal brothers and sisters and the film xplorers what does it mean to be in a cage. The warsaw ghetto is a cage. Also, what does it
Murder when a few hours later someone started firing from an suv into a crowd gathered on the block around the corner where cherry had lived. Cherrys friend 18yearold Elijah Frazier was shot and killed. A 17yearold boy suffered a graze wound to the head. Police say theres been an escalation in violence and drug activity in the area. They believe both victims were targeted because they were the associated with one of the rival gangs. I engaged that young man who was alive and well and had his vitality and moments later he was a corpse. Reporter today rabbs Campaign Staff continued to put fliers up in the area. The candidate admit he spent part of the morning in grief counseling. To his parents, my deepest condolences. Thank you. Reporter rabb is a father of two boys ages nine and 12. They were supposed to be out campaigning with their father yesterday afternoon but there had been a change of plans. Police are picking up patrols in the neighborhood to try to prevent any further retaliati