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Paradigm shift from the past and i think this means that there could be very well some different actions against north korean than weve seen before. >> neil: all right. paradigm. i always thought it was paradigm. got you. tony shaffer, have a wonderful weekend. >> you too. >> what a fast-moving week. now we have a supreme court justice on the way. neil gorsuch after being approved for the job will be formally sworn in on monday. he will already have the case load. his inbox is already full. they...

Instance. >> we have been a neglected part of the immigration enforcement world for so long. while we are a neutral court, obviously our case load is dependent on what the enforcement activity is. >> u.s. congressman from texas sees it that way, too, introducing legislation in d.c. that would beef up the judicial budget, getting it more prorgsate with other agencies involved in the enforcement of immigration laws. because mark visi says right now the money is just not distributed fairly. >> when...

Of those inmates than new orleans. of any city in the united states. for most of those prisoners, the responsibility for ensuring their right to a robust defense falls squarely on the shoulders of the orleans public defenders. in a recent editorial for "the washington post," one of those lawyers says the small organization represents 85% of the people charged with crimes in orleans parish. on an annual budget, a third the size of the district attorneys. now, facing a $1 million deficit because o...

Who knows the va well, has confidence in the hill, and hes a good interim selection, because the brand of the vas been damaged and it didnt start in arizona. remember in washington, d.c., patients were being discharged -- >> your paper was breaking the story. >> the problem hasnt been fixed. the president campaigned against that. he campaigned against that. >> what is the problem of getting enough doctors to serve the needs of the va veterans? why is it so hard to deal with a case load, why is t...

That may not be technically their fault, but its a massive screwup. isnt there any sense of honor anymore? we dont have that tradition anymore. >> we do not, and in this case, theres an urgency for general shinseki, whos an honorable man and served his country honorably, but he needs to step aside. the presidents got a really first rate guy in rob neighbors, who knows the va well, has confidence in the hill, and hes a good interim selection, because the brand of the vas been damaged and it didnt...

The case load is roughly a third of where it is in the other 12 circuit courts of appeals. as you point out some are in tough shape. it seems like it would make sense to allocate these judges to places where they are needed rather than to add them up on the dc circuit where they are not. >> democrats clearly probably not going to go along with that plan. they have said that they had these open seats and they want to see them there. at the same time they are going to fight your efforts to block t...

W. bushs nominee. they say there was not enough work to do. the work lead has gone down since that time. the senator has a sensible piece of legislation that would transfer these seats to other places in the country where they have a very heavy case load. at a time when the budgets are tight and we are looking for places to save it seems to me using these judge usa pointed by president obama -- appointed by president obama by the way and in other places they are needed makes sense. >> you mentio...

Continue, but it is not about their qualifications. thats not what is holding them book. the potential nominees on a court, it is something else. senator, good to see you. >> good to see you, shannon. >> we are talking about the dc circuit. one of the reasons it is important is it serves as a critical check on the epa, the irs and the hhs mandate ruling dealing with the contraceptive mandate. it is an important court and currently evenly balanced between appointee, nominees from democrats and re...

Manage its own budget which is what we ought to be trying to do which is to allow, provide flexibility to the state so they can solve the particular needs of their state in a way that minimizes the cost and maximizes benefit. thats not what this particular administration wants to see happen. they would never have granted the rule even flexibility in rhode island. some governors look at that and say i hope at some point i can get that freedom. others say i have confidence within the current regul...

Why some are doing it, is it smart or not smart? >> im dubious about it. medicaid is second class health care. second of all, its highly partnership tiff from the federal level. we do have evidence that if states are given flexibility in it, the state of rhode island was given flexibility in the closing days of the bush administration to implement an interesting plan to basically take the value of medicaid and rather than give it as a government benefit to allow individuals to access that money ...