Theyve already helped him make this pick and go through this process, but they are now going to get out there and work the roots for the votes, especially for the democratic votes he needs and the more conservative states out there. This is how you do a rollout. Whether you agree or disagree with something, and after the last few days, how can Something Like the travel ban be so rocky and so confusing where Government Agencies are not talking to each other, and they do this again. Whether you like the judge or not or a president from a marketing and branding standpoint. Thats perfect. This is the Dividing Line in the white house. The travel ban was ushered into being by Steven Miller and steve bannon who are disrupters by nature. They create this sort of environment of chaos as part of their governing philosophy, but the Supreme Court pick is a very conventional washington thing. This is a Reince Priebus operation. It was done by the book. It was contrary to what everybody thought it w
think they can i don t think they can complain. my gosh, we ve used the rules. we have the rules to use, and they used the rules the way they thought they could use them, which are there s no excuse for what they did yesterday, and there s no excuse for them not coming today. we notified them, and they just plain they used a cheap political ploy. they should be ashamed. they should be ashamed. hatch also using the term idiots to describe the the power by republicans allows the president s nominees for to move to the full senate for a confirmation vote. now democrats say they have questions. they don t want to have that vote just yet. our senior congressional correspondent manu sfs raju, you are up there in a calm sea, manu. how are the ripples? well, it s pretty choppy right now, john. you know, the republicans indeed taking this pretty dramatic move, an unprecedented move. they said it was unprecedented
hearings or participate in the vote. i should say they want more information from tom price and steve manuchin. they believe they were not forth right with this committee. they believe they misled the committee on some key issues. even one democratic senator saying they lied to the senate finance committee, so we ll see how the republicans respond, but as i said, wolf, the last resort could be a recess appointment, something that is rather unusual and could limit how long they stay in office until the senate acts and confirm them to the post. tensions really flaring at this point, wolf. manu sfs raju, thank you. that s coming up momentarily. in the meantime, i want to bring in senator jeff americaly, a democrat from oregon. senator, thanks so much for joining us. you re welcome. great to be with you, wolf. you just heard your colleague, senator orrin hatch. he has been in the senate for a long time. he called out democrats for actually boycotting these votes. one democrat in th
of scotus apprentice taking place here in washington with those two finalists that you mentioned, wolf, on their way to washington. i know have they confirmed over at the white house our reporting that both of the two finalists are either already in washington or on their way to washington? we don t know who is going to be the final selection. they have not, but our sources are telling us that these two finalists are certainly very much in the mix, very heavy favorites for this selection that we re going to hear from donald trump later on this evening, but no word yet from the who is confirming these two contenders are other this way to washington as we speak, wolf. stand by for a moment. manu, i want to go to you up on the hill. democrats, they seem to be uniting. what s the reaction there to the decision to actually boycott votes involving tom price and steve manuchin? yeah, that s right, wolf. it was actually just a few hours
do right now were people that includes people around the inner agency that were the ones that did the staff work and ultimately the president signed it. i remember tonight president trump will name his nominee to the united states supreme court. his choice to fill the seat of the late justice antonin scalia who passed away a year ago. the two finalists neil gorsuch and hardiman. they re both headed to washington d.c. today 8:00 p.m. eastern. we ll have live coverage on cnn. joining us now from capitol hill, our chief congressional correspondent manu raju. from the white house briefing room and jim accosta. jim, yesterday the white house press secretary sean spicer, he chided democrats for moving too slowly on the president s cabinet nominees. how much will that dominate the upcoming discussion?