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On select hotels right until the day you leave. ♪ add-on advantage. discounted hotel rates when you add on to your trip. only when you book with expedia. >> harris: were working on the story from many angles today about the u.s. supreme court pick by the president of the united states. president republicans praising the presidents supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, as a judge who will help uphold the constitution. but social conservatives appear to be split over the presidents decision. h...

Brett kavanaugh, and raymond kethledge. judges kavanaugh and kethledge have far more experience on the bench. were told the president loves the idea of ivy league education. jackie kucinich joins our panel now. all right, judge jackie. >> oh. >> i like that. got a good ring. look, you see the competition now. you hear about phone calls to the white house staff, senators trying to get through to the president, the attack ads out there. these three finalists, the establishment pick would be brett ...

Nominee and right now theyre hoping its a kavanaugh style more establishment pick but i dont think it matters. they will end up voting for whoever is picked. >> there is a back door way which would be heidi heitkamp, joe manchin, joe donnelly make their views clear early in which case susan collins vote doesnt matter and she gets political cover if she wants it. i dont know that she does but i can see that being a narrow back door path. >> guys, thank you for your insights into this breaking new...

President, has a democratic governor. the more that the supreme court is an issue, closer and closer to november, the more difficult it will be for him to swim in these waters, whereas his republican opponent will be standing side by side to president trump and velcroed himself to the president to his advantage. >> the flip side of this, we talk about these democrats in red states, also the republican wild cards and really the big republican wild card right now is susan collins, the signal shes ...

Speakers race is president trump. as of now his aides tell me he will stay on the sideline of this potential speakers fight. he is not going to get engaged but we know he is close to kevin mccarthy. and kevin mccarthy is eager to get the presidents support. watch what he will do to get the presidents loyalty and support here. of course, he likes him but he is very much an establishment pick. the presidents base does not necessarily like kevin mccarthy. watch what he does to get the loyalty. >> m...

Donald trump didnt know, somebody who came highly recommended from condi rice, he was the establishment pick. and now trump is saying he wants to cast another members of this second season of the trump administration. and that is what he is doing with pompeo in this new role if he gets confirmed and it is likely that he will. he is somebody who promised disruption. >> also, he wasnt very well liked at the state department either. and i think they are somewhat relieved to see him go, and also, im...

Is that their cart is hitched to his horse, meaning theyre heading into 2018 as republicans with a republican in the white house. so they have to be very careful not to be too critical of president trump by and by doing so could alienate those in the base they need to try to win in november. >> jeff flake is retiring, not running for re-election, has nothing to lose in that regard. he has made other speeches critical of the president before, so will this one move the needle in any way? >> i dont...

Theres truth to that. this predates steve bannon and we saw akin and in christine odonnell in delaware, and four races we had terrible candidates that cost us senate seats. what we saw last night was alabama as red, as red a state could be, and this is why it should be sending shock waves to republicans and throughout the country to torture a line from frank sinatra, if we can choke it there in alabama, we can choke it everywhere. we need smart candidates that can win, and these fringe candidate...

Say before they casually make a trip to iowa and head off to new hampshire. [laughter] what do you think the chances are, john? >> well, i dont know. its really going to depend on the state of the economy, james carville is still right, its still the, quote, economy, stupid. if the economys growing in 2020, i dont think trump will have a major challenge. its going to depend on what happens in the midterms in 2018, and also the state of the world. if either of those go haywire, you could see a ch...

Perez who is just been named the chairman of the dnc. perez, the former secretary was widely viewed as the establishment pick in this race. its at a time when the washington establishment is very unpopular with voters. republican and democratic voters. just a note to the viewers ãit had been before.president nixon back in 1972 set out to dinner and jimmy carter in 1978 ãdid not go and ronald reagan after he was shot by hinckley. he was unable to attend. it has happened but its pretty rare. wit...