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Address it that you were trying to send a message to the trump white house here, hey, stop trying to ram through less than qualified judges just to pack it through. be more careful. fair? >> i would put it a different way, chuck. when i asked those questions, the room was empty. senator white house of course tweeted it out but the room was empty. i didnt do it playing to an audience. >> sure. >> i did the it because i suspected and my suspicion grew as i questioned the nominee that he wasnt qual...

And others. >> because of him? >> others that put some really offensive stuff up. by the way. >> ghost busters. >> are we going to talk about the ufo stories? >> yeah. >> they had white house has now confirmed that peterson has withdrawn his name from consideration yesterday. >> the ufo is here and turns up like this. >> kennedy had this to say about the exchange. >> just because youve seen my cousin vinny doesnt qualify you to be a federal judge, and he has no litigation experience, and my job ...

Exonerated as early as the beginning of the year after previously reassuring him he would be cleared by thanksgiving and christmas. they plan to ask muellers investigators if they need more information about reaching a conclusion that the probe related to trump is complete. the white house confirmed judicial nominee matthew peterson withdrew his name from consideration. had this to say about his grilling of peterson. >> just because youve seen my cousin vinny, doesnt qualify you to be a federa...

People crazy. >> i do have a fair amount of litigation experience. i have not had courtroom experience. >> its a little unclear as to why schieffer decided to seize sue or become interested in it at all. whether it began with morris williams or complaints from the tribe. ultimately the decision was kevin schieffers to decide that this was something they wanted to do. >> also shocking from a scientific standpoint that anybody would behave so recklessly with the greatest paleontological find of al...

You can be all right in this quarter section, but if you get off a little bit -- remember, this is before gps. if you get off a little bit to the wrong place, you might be dealing with a whole another set of regulations. >> the tribe claimed that because maurice williams, being a member of the tribe, had not purchased a $100 permit to sell something, the fossil should be forfeited and therefore they owned the fossil. and of course the government said that it was government property and that that...

You can be all right in this quarter section, but if you get off a little bit -- remember, this is before gps. if you get off a little bit to the wrong place, you might be dealing with a whole another set of regulations. >> the tribe claimed that because morris williams, being a member of the tribe, had not purchased a $100 permit to sell something, the fossil should be forfeited and therefore they own the fossil. and of course the government said that it was government property and that that wa...

Litigation experience. i have not had courtroom experience. >> its a little unclear as to why schieffer decided to seize sue or decide to become interested in this at all. whether it began with morris williams or a complaint from the tribe. ultimately, the decision was kevin schieffers, though, to decide that this was something that they wanted to do. >> also was shocking from a scientific standpoint, that anybody would behave so recklessly with the greate eses pealontological find of all time. ...

Decisis. senators will ask her if this comes back up to you in a year, two years, four years, are you going to follow stare decisis or that as a check you are not sympathetic with gun rights. this was an issue with sonia sotomayor hearings where she was viewed at unsympathetic. >> what do they have on her? the republican party, what could they base a filibuster on, for example? the democrats have the votes probably for a majority vote. can they force a requirement of 60 votes a supermajority. wh...

Experience. that is true. sessions said she is light on litigation experience and generally lawyering experience. i dont see why that is such a barrier. justice thomas did not have a particularly broad resume. there have been lots of nominees with these credentials. i think it is a mistake to say we want all justices to be judges or litigators. what we want is a court with a lot of different views. we want a mix of perspectives. she is going to bring in a very unique perspective, academic, yes, ...

Conscience. >> theres going to be some opposition to her, we have heard it all laid out by the republicans so far today in their opening statements, savannah? >> reporter: no doubt about it, but the republicans are seizing on a couple of issues, they say most of her experience as a political operative, theyre really hitting that hard, and just saying she has a very thin resume. obviously a lot is being made of the fact that shes never been a judge. theres many distinguished jurists, supreme cour...