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Jersey, and what can you tell us about what the president is examining while making a selection? >> hey, there, fred. yeah, right now the white house has only confirmed that president trump has spoken to a couple of close advisers and allies including the white house counsel don mcgahn over the white house process, and we have yet to get the confirmation if he has spoken to any of the nominees and the white house is not answering the questions on that despite that president trump said that he wo...

Rushing the decision. do you think they are weighing that its something to mobilize the base in the mid term in the democrats try to stall this nomination process in whatever ways that they can? >> absolutely. i mean, women and men across this country are fired up. they did not think, i mean, a lot of, especially young voters -- >> on both sides on of of the aisle? >> on the democratic side, by the whied that this would be in to -- by the idea that this topic could be in question. you know, i ju...

One thing, president trump said the appointment is unconstitutional. he thinks you she have been confirmed by the senate. thats an extreme view. some lawyers that he is considering for the supreme court might share that view. >> and are those valid questions for a nominee to face? do you think they should be asking the questions and much more? >> i think so. we know from the history of this nomination process that the senate is unlikely to get meaningful substantive answers on these questions. >...

Made a decision in his mind about right to life. he essentially under oath he hasnt thought about it. of course when he was nominated the president knew exactly what his views were. i do think overruling roe versus wade will hurt the republicans. today moderate republicans who have daughters or sisters who may need an abortion have a freet vote. they can vote the economic policy. this is not a referendum on abortion. >> or who have a strong feeling about their rights to -- or who have a strong f...

Drawing from has been draflted by the federal society and others from a list of people they know want to overturn roe v. wade, correct? >> absolutely correct. leonard leo the executive vice president of the society, i profiled for the new yorker during the gorsuch nomination -- this is at the core of his believes and of the believes of the leadership of the federal society that roe v. wade is a blot on american law, that the issue of abortion should be returned to the state, so states should be ...

Own body. >> i agree with that. >> most of the resistance is on a level who makes the decision about their body, them, or some largely legislative body. >> right. and the tragedy of all this is that obviously abortion is going to be a big part of this nomination process. and by the time the nominee gets to the public hearings, when asked about it, the nominee is going to say, well, i cant discuss it, and i understand roe v. wade is a precedent of the court but i cant discuss my feelings about it...

People have open minds, but dont kid yourself. the whole point of this nomination process is to pick someone who will not be anthony kennedy. who will not vote to uphold roe v wade and i dont have the slightest doubt that any of the people on the list of 25 will vote ultimately overturn row v wade. >> he dont have to ask. if you chart his evolution on abortion, it is notable. at one point he said he is very pro-choice. but crystal clear that he is fully committed at least in picking a judge who ...

Nominating. then it is up to our senators. the time is now for our senators to stand up for our civil rights and civil liberties and put country above the politics of partisanship and polarization. this is a time when we need to ensure that the rights of our children, the rights of my daughter, are not going to be more limited than mine are. a justice is appointed to the bench who could curtail civil liberties for the next 40 years. >> before i get to the gentlemen here, ill do it quickly, with ...

Investigation might come before the court. you cant have a trump appointee. you can bet that hes going to ask these people for their loyalty. thats what hes done with everybody else hes appointed, so that would immediately knock that person out of the box when it should knock that nominee out of the box when it came to ruling on these very difficult questions. can a president obstruct justice? can a president be indicted? there are many, many legal questions that will very likely go to the supre...

Met with donald trump tonight to discuss the future of the supreme court. she also says, quote, potus team also talked with more than a dozen other senators today as part of an outreach to get views and advice from both sides of the aisle. so were still very early in the nomination process and the strategy of the two sides are still being worked out. one thing is certain. the people who may ultimately have the most power to influence who becomes the next nominee to the supreme court are the amer...