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Filibuster and nuclear option, thats the definition of gridlock. at the end of the day elections have consequences. you knew this seat was going to get filled to replace conservative scalia. whod you you think you were going to get? >> this is why people hate washington and hate politics and think the whole thing has devolved into being a clown college. megan is absolutely right. this is as much about merrick garland as it is about gorsuch. you can have legitimate objections to gorsuch on aborti...

Consequences going forward. neil gorsuch is 49. weve got other senior members of the supreme court who may leave, who may retire. and these are going to be seats that could be open for donald trump to fill as well. it makes going down this route makes it much easier to confirm candidates who are even further to the right on the political litmus test spectrum still used for the supreme court. what is a shame here is that democrats seem to be coalescing. i think claire mccaskill put it strongly in...

This would have been a tax reform bill and set the stage for the bigger tax reform bill. the winner is former speaker john boehner who i suspect is glad he was not in washington this week. maybe watching with a glass of wine. >> 50% of the people say fix what we want. loser, law enforcement that didnt send out amber alerts. 17 young girls, latinos and african-americans missing since february 2009, no amber alert for them. >> nunes released his news without explaining what was in it and went to t...

Step 2, shrug emojy. like what is going to fill that void? we just went through this. all the same dynamics are going to apply all over again. i hope something happens. it needs to happen. there are good ideas on the table. its a real struggle as we just learned. >> brett: charles, this is why people hate washington. it really is here is hillary clintons tweet. today was a victory for all americans. you know, one side is saying yea, they lost. the other side is saying were going to move on, but ...

This would have been a tax reform bill and set the stage for the bigger tax reform bill. the winner is former speaker john boehner who i suspect is glad he was not in washington this week. maybe watching with a glass of wine. >> 50% of the people say fix what we want. loser, law enforcement that didnt send out amber alerts. 17 young girls, latinos and african-americans missing since february 2009, no amber alert for them. >> nunes released his news without explaining what was in it and went to t...

Step 2, shrug emojy. like what is going to fill that void? we just went through this. all the same dynamics are going to apply all over again. i hope something happens. it needs to happen. there are good ideas on the table. its a real struggle as we just learned. >> brett: charles, this is why people hate washington. it really is here is hillary clintons tweet. today was a victory for all americans. you know, one side is saying yea, they lost. the other side is saying were going to move on, but ...

Spy and spy recruiter. moscow denies that characterization so who is the ambassador? nick robertson is live in moscow with more. what do we know? >> the topic certainly doesnt go away here. the spokesman today said it was sad that the outfall of all of this coming on in washington is impacting the diplomatic relationsh relationship. >> reporter: he is a 66-year-old veteran of both soviet and russian diplomacy. he spent many years in the united states and has been ambassador in washington for nea...

Working so long that i know almost everybody. >> current and former top officials say u.s. intelligence consider him one of russias top spy and spy recruiters in washington but russian officials scoff at the idea hes a spy master. >> trained as an engineer he cut his diplomatic teeth in the cold war and his first came as he tried to reform the soviet system. during his four years as a diplomat he held several key positions serving as the first russian representative at nato and the russian deput...

Understanding of how to replace the aca. which do you think it is. >> it could be a good thing which is why people hate washington. >> regardless of what the answer is. >> not just democrats complaining about this process. its kind of a communications break down among the republican ranks on this. i think perhaps bill is not completely ready yet and they understand, the republican leadership understands as soon as it is put out there newt gingrich is on last night on another network saying look ...

Enemy. but, im not sure that includes most americans. these numbers dont indicate that. you know, the measure of a good first speech to congress, its a budget priority speech. he needs to be clear and realistic on his goals for the country, and not in his description of the past. and that, i think, is going to be the measure. >> the challenge, though, is the speech before congress, the people that support he needs to pass legislation are the people that he talked about during the inauguration, t...