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Conservative federalist society backed people to sit on the supreme court. in a this is not an effort that we can just undo over night. i think that all of us who care about these issues and these priorities should be just as determined to rise up. i will be there with them fighting alongside them to make sure that our courts are filled with people who can provide the kind of justice that is objective, that is not a rubber stamp for the president who is idealogically extreme. >> whats your messa...

Mazy herono. is there anyone that president trump could confirm before the midterm elections that you would vote to confirm? >> you never know. the president might decide to do the right thing and not pick someone whos been hand picked by the heritage foundation or the federalist society. people of america should have a voice in the selection of the next supreme court justice. >> he says theres a difference between a midterm congressional election and a presidential election, that you cant compa...

Midterm elections. wolf, only one thing tonight is clear, this now will become part of the midterm election fight and the president will talk about that tonight here in north dakota. >> he is a man who is displaying great vision. hes displayed tremendous vision. and tremendous hart. >> reporter: president trump facing a historic opportunity tonight. to not only fill the seat of anthony kennedy to be change the direction of the high court with a firm conservative majority. >> we will begin our se...

Justice kennedy. im hopeful but not confident that will be the case at all. >> if mitch mcconnell was wrong to deny president trumps nominee a fair hearing before the presidential election, why should the democratic party repeat that mistake now and try to prevent nomination from going forward before the midterm -- congressional elections. >> i think mitch mcconnell ought to stick with his story. he said he couldnt fill the vacancy under obama because the american people had an election coming u...

A new nominee. neal go-- neil gorsuch. joining me now, mike shields and bakari sellers. complaints that democrats in congress are nothing but obstructionist. >> well, president obama was fond of saying elections have consequences when he would do things that republicans didnt like. what is interesting about that is he ignored that elections had consequences if the midterm. because the 2014 midterm elected

Gorsuch is about mitch mcconnell obstructed. >> well, president obama was fond of saying elections have consequences when he would do things that republicans didnt like. what is interesting about that is he ignored that elections had consequences if the midterm. because the 2014 midterm elected majority to the senate and they blocked him. put on the ballot for the 2016 election. and the democrats lost. it was on the ballot. and the american people support what the supreme court did today by abou...

This right now. >> sure. >> they want to see a fight over this, they want to see this get delayed until january. >> of course they do. >> you know as well as anybody how slow the senate can move. >> some are political. i think there are many democrats who see it my way. they just want somebody straight up who will call the balls and strike. but those who are political -- and republicans who are political, there are plenty of political folks up here in washington, are going to look at this throug...

I wouldnt have it any other y way. >> the best part of the speech for me was when harden thanked the ball boys for helping him win the mvp award. you cannot get anything done without the help of good ball boys. >> when do we get a photo? >> i have plenty. ill bring some for you. >> we need to get you with the photo wearing that james harden suit. that thing. the cover of "gq." >> love the shoutout to the mom. moms rule. 28 minutes past the hour. everyone claims they want civility, but no one w...

President was essentially telling congress, no, we want to wait until after the midterm to have more republicans in congress. right now, saying we want to provide those resources for judges and so on and that flies against what the president has been tweeting and talking about over the last 48 hours that he wants to deny due process. you are hearing two different things, conflicting ideas from the same party. >> i am wondering why the president felt that was important to begin the briefing on it...

To court, they then release them, they go into the country, you never see them again. its the craziest thing ive ever seen. so i said today, i dont want judges. i want i.c.e. and border patrol agents. >> to rachels point, there is a legislative compromise that includes a lot of things that would drive the trump base crazy. they do consider any protection for the dreamers to be amnesty. it might be a small piece of america but its a significant piece to the president. instead he thinks this is a ...