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>> faces -- president obamas nominee. >> and henry live in washington dc where the drama is about to unfold. >> round one in a boxing match, taking a measure of each other, opening statements today, democrats get their first crack in terms of questioning the decisions as a federal judge. he presented himself as a consensus builder. democrats made their case, being an originalist, who has a strict view of the constitution, they believe that is a code for him standing up for the powerful at the ex...

Democrats because were just through the morning. we have a long way to go. today and tomorrow. the democrats have not even bruised, blemished anything to this judge so far. theyre trying to score their points and asking predictable -- im not saying its wrong to ask predictable questions, but he has poise, to jeffreys point. he knows the law. he knows what he is doing. if you want to view this transactionally, the president of the united states had a very bad day yesterday. today his supreme cour...

Last week, and i spent a little time with him at the oval office. i chatted with a lot of democrats. and behind the scenes theyre saying theyre thrilled that this president is calling them, inviting them into the oval office, inviting them over for lunches. theyve not had that. >> that was not the relationship many had with barack obama. >> thats the real donald trump. he reaches out to people. i know during the campaign i think people got a skewed view partly, i think, because of the media agai...

Behind the scenes, they are saying they are thrilled that this president is calling them inviting them into the oval office, inviting them over for lunch. they have not had that. >> that is not the relationship many had with barack obama. >> thats the real donald trump. he reaches out to people. he builds bridges. i know during the campaign, i think people got a very skewed view, partly, i think because of the media against him and i think were going to see that hes a consensus builder and a dea...

Issues. thats the most important thing for any president. you need to have people you can rely on to tell you the truth. you see a team around the president with general mattis and general kelly and h.r. mcmaster. all of these people will tell the president exactly the truth through their own beliefs and thats important for the president to be successful. howie: we have about a half minute. with all of this rhetoric about fake news and the enemy of the american people, can you see a lowering of ...

Ability to tell him the truth on issues. thats the most important thing for any president. you need to have people you can rely on to tell you the truth. you see a team around the president with general mattis and general kelly and h.r. mcmaster. all of these people will tell the president exactly the truth through their own beliefs and thats important for the president to be successful. howie: we have about a half minute. with all of this rhetoric about fake news and the enemy of the american p...

Had descents. he participated in 2700 cases and only less than 2% have had disents in those cases. you see him being independent and consensus builder. >> shannon: do you think he will get the pushback that some other candidates have gotten? they plan to push it to a 60-vote threshold. do you think there will be a lengthy delay? you predict mid-march for his hearings. do you think it plays out the way weve seen the cabinet nominees play out? >> not at all, no. this is a person that has such a re...

Criticism and get your reaction. this is not just the two senators you heard from. the senate phone system was so swamped with calls opposing devos this past week it almost crashed. a concern for some is is that she would be the first person to head this department in its more than 35-year history who is not either attended a a public school or sent her own children to them. what do you say to those who say she preaches escape from public schools instead of understanding them and working to impr...

Yes, he will assimilate smoothly. he is, obviously familiar with the court. he is a collegial person. one of the things i admire. he is, warm, open. genuine with people from all walks of life. i think he will be collaborative. in some respects. consensus builder. i think what that will mean for him remains to be seen. i think he will seek to find common ground with colleagues. i think that is his personality. i think he recognizes parltd of being on collegial court, three judge panels on the cou...

Support him on his policies. as the president, one of his really important job responsibilities is to be a consensus-builder, and its to bring people into his policy processes, especially on national security. a lot of talk this week about how the national security council is organized. now we are talking about whether certain departments and agencies were brought into this homeland security process that resulted in the eo. a look like they werent. >> harris: and we got a new acting director at ...