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Interested equally, if not more, in the composition of the court. >> thank you very much. i apologize for how short we are on time, as we cover the protests across the country. dan joining me there washington, d.c. we want to take a live look here at los angeles before we go to break. one of more than the 700 cities with protests. ahead, in the next hour, ill speak with the man who claims he prank called president trump, which he said was easier than youd think. >> i had a harder time getting ...

Leonard leo of the federalist society said we dont feel pressure to choose a woman because of the current composition of the court and i like leonard but im not sure what you means because there are twice as many men as women and why would that make sense when women are half of the population so it is a good opportunity to bring more equity and also i think it would be something that would be appreciated by those female senators. >> do you have any favorites in the race. >> again, i obviously do...

Existing precedent that the court agreed on but now the composition is different and they made a different ruling. the only difference is politics. trump wants people there to echo the sentiments of voters. thats who hes going to pick. you have to live with it. its not just somebody who looks at the law and facts. theyll look at the politics, no matter what they say. >> thats one point of view, chris. i realize some see it that way. i have never been a federal judge. certainly not on the supreme...

The janice union case was existing precedent that the court agreed on but now the composition is different and they made a different ruling. the only difference is politics. trump wants people there to echo the sentiments of voters. thats who hes going to pick. you have to live with it. its not just somebody who looks at the law and facts. theyll look at the politics, no matter what they say. >> thats one point of view, chris. i realize some see it that way. i have never been a federal judge. ce...

Lot of conservative judges at the lower positions. one thing to note, the ages. trump is very interested in appointing young justice, someone who can serve on the court for 30, 40 years, all the ones at the top of the list are late 40s or early 50s. >> i got to ask you about the courts composition. i know that axios has reported that trump doesnt think that this will be his last scotus pick. does this put pressure on somebody as well as justice ruth bader ginsberg, to at least stick around throu...

Considering this was a supreme court ruling and obviously distracts are not in the majority. >> great question, and unfortunately, we are not in the majority, the chances of legislation are slim. we have introduced legislation that would cut funding in fact eliminate funding for this muslim ban, but the chances of it passing are very remote. so the answer, very simply is we need to change the composition of the congress and legislate in a way that prevents this kind of discriminatory ban, and re...

Opportunity to vote on abortion, he has voted with limitation -- in favor of limitations. all of the state legislatures in states like mississippi and south dakota, the anti-abortion states, know that the come pr-- composition of the court is changing and they will pass laws to challenge the court to uphold or overturn those and i see no possibility any more that those laws will be overturned as they have been since 1973. >> walk us through some of the names that are out there for potential succ...

So 100,000. >> im talking about countries with fully formed economies and opportunity who should be doing better. we have our own struggles as the president of the united states likes to say all the time, north korea? like other people havent done bad things? russia, like we havent killed some people. hes so ready to admit the fault of america when it serves him. you should admit it now. were not a perfect place. >> i dont want to admit the faults of america. i want to embrace the greatness of a...

And then he fired five women, not all the women who worked for him, and maybe he fired a man, too. it would not be okay, no matter what he said afterwards. the president here has not included all muslims in the ban and he included north korea which is not a muslim nation, but the animus and motivation is clearly there and what -- thats what the supreme court should hantion to. >> you said we will legislate this ban out of existence? given this was a supreme court ruling and the democrats are not...

With fully formed economies and opportunity who should be doing better. we have our own struggles as the president of the united states likes to say all the time, north korea? like other people havent done bad things? russia, like we havent killed some people. hes so ready to admit the fault of america when it serves him. you should admit it now. were not a perfect e. >> i dont want to admit the faults of america. i want to embrace the greatness of america. >> its our diversity. >> and we have p...