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For the next, there should be. it has long been the tradition of the senate that before a president nominates someone for the supreme court, they explore with both the democrats and republicans if this is a consensus nominee. we have the rest of the markup to do now. thank you very much for the chance to give more detail. >> reporter: thank you very much, senator. i really appreciate your time. there you have a little more explanation, katy, from senator coons about making this move. hes been ge...

Who is not making the decision. there are democrats in line who voted for trump. it is clearly a personal choice for a lot of these people. >> we have been talking about the politics a lot, but theres substantive reasons why donald trumps supreme court nominee needs bipartisan buy-in. and that you need a consensus nominee. his campaign was under fbi investigation. hes day after day declared policy that is unconstitutional like the muslim ban. and he suggested to change liable laws, which could b...

Have unelected bureaucrats having so much sway over peoples lives. he is just solid as a rock. >> bret: elizabeth warren said president trump had a opportunity to select a consensus nominee, he failed that, based on the long-established record of judge gorsuch, i will oppose his nomination. senate majority leader at mcconnell and others suggest that there are some democrats who are saying they are not going to filibuster. >> that is the problem now, this was, i will say, in some ways, the most o...

Have unelected bureaucrats having so much sway over peoples lives. he is just solid as a rock. >> bret: elizabeth warren said president trump had a opportunity to select a consensus nominee, he failed that, based on the long-established record of judge gorsuch, i will oppose his nomination. senate majority leader at mcconnell and others suggest that there are some democrats who are saying they are not going to filibuster. >> that is the problem now, this was, i will say, in some ways, the most o...

But i would say go for it. >> going nuclear means to scrap senate tradition and approve a nominee with just a simple majority. 51 votes. majority leader mcconnell is not committing to a rule change. >> i think long and hard about whether we want to blow up the institution of the senate for some kind of short-term advantage. i think we can achieve the things we want to achieve for the american people without doing that. >> democrats are already lining up against gorsuch, senator elizabeth warren ...

Have unelected bureaucrats having so much sway over peoples lives. he is just solid as a rock. >> bret: elizabeth warren said president trump had a opportunity to select a consensus nominee, he failed that, based on the long-established record of judge gorsuch, i will oppose his nomination. senate majority leader at mcconnell and others suggest that there are some democrats who are saying they are not going to filibuster. >> that is the problem now, this was, i will say, in some ways, the most o...

They are down by that point, will they have less of an impact on the election? >> absolutely they will have leaves an impact. what the president is scared about is with the republican convention the ebtd of august, the 27th to the 30th of august in tampa, the momentum the party will generate given the enthusiasm that the achievement of a consensus nominee will achieve. plus gas prices at a peak will provide a degree of momentum for the republicans they have been unable to muster. even if gas pri...