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there as far as we can tell at this time. thatll be where the -- where this white house is meant to determine, these are the things well yay john. but we feel very little responsibility to engage on these other issues, especially given what went down over the past four years of the trump administration. and the uniform stonewalling-able subpoenas. >> were grateful were the story. well stay on as. well thank you for your time tonight. that does it for us. now its time for the last word ...

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In the appellate court in d. c.. her space is vacant. so there are two republican senators in south carolina, and through the blue slip process, they can hold up nominations for a district court. and we are seeing an extensive number of vacancies. so i think before we begin to say that theres been wholesale change in a seismic shift, we need to see the pace of confirmations or nominations through the district courts, which make the huge just, huge exception for many cases happen or decided in th...

With a long record of suing journalists can actually do an amendment. other libel laws are at the state level where trump has no influence. a democratic senator will block an appointment with the post over the jurisdiction of trump tower. jeff sessions appointed berman for the southern district of new york, which includes manhattan. he had a personal interview with trump for the position, an unusual encounter. for that reason, gillibrand will use the power given to home state senators to block...

News on this tonight. senator kirsten gillibrand had previously expressed concerns about this important appointment in this important prosecutors office, based on the fact that trump met personally with and personally interviewed this prosecutor before giving him the job that could potentially have so much bearing on the president himself. tonight she will make her opposition to this nominee will use whats called the blue slip process to formally oppose the appointment of this u.s. attorney in m...

Deutsche bank. last big piece of news on that. kirsten jild beforehand previously expressed concern about this. based on the fact that trump met personally with and personally interviewed this potential prosecutor before giving him the job that could potentially have so much bearing on the president himself. tonight the "new york times" reports that the senator will make objection a formal thing. use the blue slip process to formally oppose appointment. over the last few months republicans start...

Theyre threatening even to suspend the blue slip process, a process that allows home state senators to slow down and blog nominee that is they disagree with. >> matt, good to talk with you. matt miller is an msnbc justice and security analyst. >> its an important thing. these judges, theyll be there for life. next, the end of net neutrality could mean the end of startups. how is the fcc getting away with this? >> the federal communications commission did something absolutely despicable today. ...

They could work on together. >> so they have -- you have no reaction to what senator rubio said? >> no, i dont, john. >> all right. my other question is about personnel. the president has -- and you pointed this out yesterday in the form you handed out, numerous judicial vacancies to fill, including four on the controversial ninth circuit court of appeals. in an effort to speed this up, will the administration waive the blue slip process from senators or, and the opinion of the american bar asso...