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Kagan, no filibuster. that is apples and apples. first term, new president, supreme court vacancy. what we hope would be that our democratic friends will treat president trumps nominees in the same way that we treated clinton and obama. >> mark halpern, he suggests nothing to see here and move along, move along. not the case? >> filibuster would be extraordinary and i think it will happen but with the republicans, extraordinary denying president obama the ability and the right to nominate -- eve...

Previous nominees. >> theres a big difference between not approving a supreme court nominee in the middle of a highly-contested presidential election and the beginning of a four-year term. under clinton, ginsburg and briar, no filibuster. no filibuster. under obama, sotomayor and kagan, no filibuster. first term, new president, supreme court legacy. what we hope would be that our democratic friends will treat president trumps nominees in the same way that we treated clinton and obama. >> well, t...

>> jesse: its not only good policy, its also good politics, because a lot of these manufacturing plants are in these rust belt states that trump won, so if you can keep creating these manufacturing jobs in michigan and pennsylvania and ohio, first-term become second term, democrats are terrified. >> by the way, 700 people, that is families. extrapolate that outcome of those are a lot of lives. thats a good start, right? >> that is the bottom line here, whether trump should be credited, whether i...

The 1770s. david rothkopf notes it would mean that great britains army would be about the same size as the new york police department. no wonder then that britain has become a minor, reluctant ally in the air strikes against isis. its 30-year-old tornado fleet of planes is a generation behind the american planes, the f-22s that it flies alongside. the royal navy that once ruled the waves no longer operates a single aircraft carrier, though they do have two under construction. a similar story is ...

Attorney accusations of the states attorney essentially for case. your wife is the states attorney. >> yep. >> marilyn moseby shes not been states attorney for very long. >> first term. >> is that going to be a conflict ultimately? >> no. i represent -- >> your constituent -- are your constituents going to say we want to see prosecutions and your wife might have to come back and say we dont have enough to prosecute with? >> at the end of the day, if thats the dialogue, if thats the way the situa...

Last october the president won reelection in a tight runoff race. so why have thousands of people now vowed to take to the streets and protest while the presidents approval rating sinks below 25%? for critics, the answer is economic recession and political corruption. >> translator: no we are not in a good moment. inflation is up. everything is more expensive like pet trollroll and even food. >> reporter: many blame this on mismanagement during the presidents first term. at the same time the sta...

Uk as the worlds sixth largest economy. foreign investors flocked to the south south american giant. last october, president rusef won reelection in a tight runoff race. so why have thousands of people now vowed to take to the streets in protest, while the presidents approval rating sinks below 25%? for critics the answer is economic recession and political corruption. translator: we are not in a good moment. inflation is up everything is more expensive like petrol and even food. >> reporter: br...

Committee to serve as a center stage for political theater and for fellow responsibilities under the constitution to conduct responsible oversight. >> reporter: a republican source tells cnn the voice message was left in march of 2012 as the president was gearing up for reelection. the u.s. offices special council which enforces the hatch act received a complaint and opened an investigation but reached no conclusion. the white house wont comment on the audio saying its an ongoing investigation. ...

Thats important because it needs to encompass what the country has been through in the presidents first term. also the reasons@president was just re-elected by the country for four more years. and it also has to include the vision that the president has for the next four years given the nations current challenges. and then right away as soon as that inaugural speech is done they have to do their state of the union speech, which is also a huge deal, and for which everyone has basically the same e...

Have ever been included in. i have covered presidents from president reagan on p up through now and i was washington bureau chief of the times during george w. bushs first term. that comes from jill abramson of the "new york times," those are her words. >> and some conservatives consider that newspaper being a liberal newspaper. all i have to say is this, shannon, eric holder 2012, held in contempt of congress. lois learner held in contempt of congress. the latest is the affordable care act with...