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Messaging, how to move these candidates quickly through the chamber. mitch mcconnell, its a badge of honor for him, not only getting gorsuch installed last year, but also the fact that one out of every eight appeals court judges right now have been nominated by donald trump. that is a staggering number. and that is an accomplishment that mcconnell has had to coordinate with the white house to get that through. and from right away with the vacancy today, youre going to see the administration and ...

This is now a time where they hope they can reverse that. and i really do think that this could be a galvanizing moment for them going into the mid-term elections, when theyve just come off a victory with nominating, confirming a supreme court justice that theyre very happy with. and that could give them some momentum going into november. >> and sun-min, another aspect of this is coordination between the white house and republicans on the hill. it hasnt always been smooth as glass. we have seen ...

>> yeah. the base may not accept a loss on this, but they may be forced to. the reality is -- and this is why this works so much in mitch mcconnells favor and president trumps favor is that there are a number of red state democrats who are up for re-election in november who are going to feel intense pressure back home to support president trumps nominee. one of them is from north dakota, heidi heitkamp. but youve also got the senators of montana, missouri, west virginia, indiana. they are democr...

Chuck schumer were talking about you and how the base of the party will not accept a loss on this. >> yeah. the base may not accept a loss on this, but they may be forced to. the reality is -- and this is why this works so much in mitch mcconnells favor and president trumps favor is that there are a number of red state democrats who are up for re-election in november who are going to feel intense pressure back home to support president trumps nominee. one of them is from north dakota, heidi heit...

Style of governing, but when it comes to judicial nominations, and not just supreme court nominee, but all these lower court nominees and lower court judges that dont get a lot of attention, but is important to that conservative base, that is where mitch mcconnell and his ranks have been working hand and glove with the white house in coordinating nominees, messaging, how to move these candidates quickly through the chamber. mitch mcconnell, its a badge of honor for him, not only getting gorsuch ...

Mueller among others. ambassador im going to mush together three questions. i always like to ask you how far have we strayed from normal? did you ever think we would use bolton and putin in a sentence? and what is the u.s. possibly expecting to gain from this summit? >> well, lets take number two first. no. and his incredible pivot, first meeting with kim jong-un and now president putin is truly remarkable to me. you know, i served in the government for five years. ive got two decades of publica...

They made a choice in one district. >> now please join us in welcoming cornell belcher, who drew the short straw tonight. he worked on both the president obama campaigns, and with a number of house and senate democrats, cornell, im going to make your job even tougher before i even get to the first question. we just heard from nancy pelosi. her name came up tonight in fargo, north dakota. listen to this. >> i want to keep nancy pelosi right where she is with maxine waters. i want to keep nancy pe...

Author of the new book "from cold war to hot peace -- an american ambassador in putins russia." and the assistant director for counterintelligence who in the past has worked for robert mueller among others. ambassador im going to mush together three questions. i always like to ask you how far have we strayed from normal? did you ever think we would use bolton and beau tin in a sentence? and what is the u.s. possibly expecting to gain from this summit? >> well, lets take number two first. no. and...

Obamas campaigns and with a number of house and senate democrats, cornell, im going to make your job even tougher before i even get to the first question. we just heard from nancy pelosi. her name came up tonight in fargo, north dakota. listen to this. >> i want to keep nancy pelosi right where she is with maxine waters. i want to keep nancy pelosi. please, i want to make a plea to my democrat friends, please, please, please dont remove nancy pelosi. she should be where she is. and please keep m...

Glove with the white house in coordinating nominees, messaging, how to move these candidates quickly through the chamber. mitch mcconnell, its a badge of honor for him, not only getting gorsuch installed last year, but also the fact that one out of every eight appeals court judges right now have been nominated by donald trump. that is a staggering number. and that is an accomplishment that mcconnell has had to coordinate with the white house to get that through. and from right away with the vaca...