tell me what kind of a lead you would write about our breaking news tonight that robert mueller is indeed going to speak. if i was writing an analysis, because i probably wouldn t write the news story, i d say this was a big advance for the democrats and good news for nancy pelosi. optics alone. the democrats have struggled to make this look like an important proceeding going forward. you know, they had john dean as one of their that wasn t cutting it. now they re going to have robert mueller. i m not sure what robert mueller s going to say, but he s going to be sitting there being questioned. nancy pelosi is playing for time here. she doesn t want to start an impeachment proceeding. this gives her some more time. i don t want to get too in the weeds on the congressional schedule here, but they re out for a week, then they come back for three weeks, and then their year s really almost done. then you re into 2020 and it s hard to impeach a president i think in an election year. ther
their losing the clock. gee, and i thought they worked such a rigorous schedule. here is the book. the author, carl hulse, has been nice enough to join us tonight. confirmation bias: inside washington s war over the supreme court from scalia s death to justice kavanaugh. thank you very much. i appreciate it. pleasure to have you. before we go tonight, one additional reminder to all those watching. the first democratic debates of the cycle take place on this very network over the next two nights. there s the hall in miami. 20 candidates. two groups of 10 over two hours each. tomorrow night our preview coverage comes on the air 7:00 eastern time. i ll be joined by nicolle wallace and all our contributors in this studio. then at 9:00 eastern here is the slate of candidates for tomorrow night. afterwards we come back on the air for good measure from the studio. our live coverage will continue from 11:00 p.m. eastern time to 1:00 a.m. eastern time. we ll do the same thing the next
mcconnell said as he later weighed the outcome, it ended up helping him win the election. with us is the author, carl hulse. he is chief washington correspondent for the new york times. and again, the book is confirmation bias: inside washington s war over the supreme court. from scalia s death, let s not forget that was the triggering event, to justice kavanaugh. it s great to have you. thank you. i really appreciate you having me here. carl, what has happened to the process of filling a vacancy on the court that did not exist when you and i were young kids? it s in tatters. i mean, it s super partisan. and you know, both parties have played a role in this. but senator mcconnell took a big gamble the night that justice scalia died, decided after briefly considering his own personal relationship with the justice, he was close to him, he was going to stop president obama. now, mitch mcconnell had a lot of reasons for making that decision. one, protecting his own right flank.
the senate. the supreme court ended up being the single biggest issue in leading trump to get 90% of the republican vote. mcconnell said as he later weighed the outcome, it ended up helping him win the election. with us is the author, carl hulse. he is chief washington correspondent for the new york times. and again, the book is confirmation bias: inside washington s war over the supreme court. from scalia s death, let s not forget that was the triggering event, to justice kavanaugh. it s great to have you. thank you. i really appreciate you having me here. carl, what has happened to the process of filling a vacancy on the court that did not exist when you and i were young kids? it s in tatters. i mean, it s super partisan. and you know, both parties have played a role in this. but senator mcconnell took a big gamble the night that justice scalia died, decided after briefly considering his own personal relationship with the justice, he was close to him, he
the single biggest issue in leading trump to get 90% of the republican vote. mcconnell said as he later weighed the outcome, it ended up helping him win the election. with us is the author, carl hulse. he is chief washington correspondent for the new york times. and again, the book is confirmation bias: inside washington s war over the supreme court. from scalia s death, let s not forget that was the triggering event, to justice kavanaugh. it s great to have you. thank you. i really appreciate you having me here. carl, what has happened to the process of filling a vacancy on the court that did not exist when you and i were young kids? it s in tatters. i mean, it s super partisan. and you know, both parties have played a role in this. but senator mcconnell took a big gamble the night that justice scalia died, decided after briefly considering his own personal relationship with the justice, he was close to him, he was going to stop president obama.