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Thats why this is making history on many fronts. let me bring in a panel to discuss. aby phillips. cnn analyst and kevin matten with me as well. cnn political commentator with years of experience on capitol hill. brian fallen years of experience on capitol hill as well. sneen political commentators joining us now and cnn police political gloria gorger back with us. so gloria, we dont they wrapped it up one step down. and important step down. and now what? >> well, now mcconnell is going to use t...

Going to breakthrough. the idea gorsuch is mild manner jurist is probably going to breakthrough more. it will be not the breakdown of senate is not going to be the bottom line we get out of this whole experience. and ultimately going forward, it will be the senate and their ability to get things done that ends up kind of on the chopping block as a result of this. >> let me ploouf on to the other breaking news weve been following throughout the hour. the chairman of the house intelligence committ...

Because you dont know what is going to come out from day to day. every time we talk about the wikileaks e-mails, donald trump comes out with something else that we have to -- that we have to discuss. so, in the clinton campaign, there is concern about it, when you ask them about it, they talk about the russian hack. but if trump were running a better campaign, they might be more concerned about it. but he isnt. and so, you know, these are precious days. this has been an entire week from last fri...

Kinds of women. its republican women, its suburban women, its college-educated white women. i dont know that there is much he can do at this point to sort of make up that gender gap, particularly in the way hes handling this kind of avalanche of allegations against him, because what he seems to be doing in dealing with this problem is making it worse, by saying, oh, by the way, look at these women, insinuating that they werent pretty enough for him to sexually assault. that is not the way to win...

Position right now. and its distressing for many republicans. >> so, patty, if youre advising the clinton campaign, which you used to work for, how do you close out the campaign? >> i think shes doing exactly what she should be doing. she should be closing with her closing arguments, talking about what shes going to do for this country. and honestly, i said it just a second ago, when your opponent is self-imploding, just get out of his way. so i think shes going to close strong. >> she wont be a...

Jersey governor, what do you think? >> hes going to have a great year. hes coming in with a lot of sting. hes got work to do in terms of the working class republicans. and tea partiers trusting him. hes going to have as much steam, if not more so, as hillary clinton. and i expect 2014, at least in terms of coverage, to be really, really big for him. >> and hes making a lo of calls to washington. thats another for sure. now, in 2014, what happens to same-sex marriage. kevin, you first? >> well, y...

Thats for sure. he is part of the reason why i talked about boehner being interested in stepping down. he is extremely popular. and, listen, ted c, rurks z is a mess. a lot of people out snort dont like him. a lot of people out north have a lot more sense in terms of how to run a government. with that being said, its extremely popular. hes not going anywhere. were just going to have to deal with him. >> green eggs and ham, sam i am. >> so what happens to the obama care web site. kevin, you first...