and how ofteners gained the upper hand after the 18-hour siege. plus, supreme court nominee neil gorsuch spending a second day on capitol hill, trying to win over support from key lawmakers. but what does he bring to the table? the man is totally honest. he s very brilliant. he has all the capen ts that a justice should have. they ought to put him through as quickly as they can.
minister. sandra, back to you. sandra: rex tillerson hitting the ground running. thank you. president trump wants to make supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch wins approval and has already reached out to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell encouraging him to, as we know, go nuclear if democrats don t play along. that means reducing the required number of votes from 60 to a simple majority of 51. it s something that has never been done for a supreme court nominee. something shannon bream knows a lot about. lucky to have you on set. been so great. what kind of opposition is he facing here? what does the road look like ahead? there are multiple fronts. there s the capitol hill gauntlet that he s got to run. he s on this charm offensive as the nominees do. they go visit all the different senators and try to win them over. there are already those who said we re going to do everything we can to try to block him. chuck shumer has said this. we have oregon senator won waoeu
colleagues, lot of my constituents feel very strongly that, wait a minute. you had a most respected person in merritt garland. he couldn t even get the courtesy of a meeting, let alone a vote. i thought that was wrong, also. but two wrongs don t make a right. sandra: all right. let s bring in senator mike lee a member of the judiciary committee. he s also argued before judge gorsuch on the 10th circuit. senator, i want to bring up, i believe we have some live pictures right now of judge gorsuch on capitol hill. meet and greet with senator ted cruz. we ll bring those pictures to you live when we have them. but senator, if you could, tell us your thoughts first on the president s nomination of judge gorsuch. obviously having worked with him. this is a phenomenal choice. this is an extraordinary judge. in arguing before judge gorsuch
police storming the james t. vaughn correction center near dover early this morning following an 18-hour siege. four prison workers were captured in all including a woman identified as a counselor who was rescued unharmed. two other guards escaped wednesday night. officials announcing the death of another guard sergeant steven floyd, a 16-year veteran. investigators say they re considering all 120 inmates in the building as suspects. supreme court nominee neil gorsuch spending a second day making rounds on capitol hill, meeting with tennessee senator bob corker and other top lawmakers. and with democrats promising a full on fight, one moderate democrat is urging his party not to replicate how republicans treated former president obama s last nominee judge garland. the 60 rule is something which we should work hard to protect. we should all look openly at president trump s nominee. now the democrats, my democratic