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Republicans invoked the nuclear option when they refused to consider judge garland, all those clips you just showed. so the finger pointing will continue, each side will say the other one invoked the nuclear option. but in the end, i think lindsay graham was right earlier in your show when he said, look, if we end up just approving judges by just majority vote, theyre going to be more ideological. and thats just unfortunately the way its going to be because nobody will have to reach across the a...

Stole this supreme court seat from barack obama, it should be mayor garlands seat. so it basically is a mess but it is really unfortunate that they cannot get, once again that they cannot get their act together to figure out a way out of this because it is so partisan right now. >> you dont see jackie any way they can avoid triggering or what they call the nuclear option which can change the rules of the senate and allowing this nomination going forward. >> democrats have enough votes to block t...

Play in here. we still dont know, dont have anyone claiming responsibility. looking at reports out of russia, you see different theories present themselves, one writer out of moscow was commenting that there are those that are pointing at the russian government. there has been big protests in russia in recent days and some are reporting it as protesters. is there any precedent for this kind of blame game, conspiracy theory in light of those facts? >> russia has properly surpassed americans in th...

And of itself. i dont totally understand the insinuations regarding mccabe. but look, well make you a deal, republicans are not crazy about the number two from the fbi, mccabe. democrats are not a big fans of the number two at the department of justice, rod rosenstein. lets get both out of the picture and have a special prosecutor. that will take care of both sides. >> martha: ari? >> goodness, gracious the last thing we need is special prosecut prosecutors. i mean that. i have faith the committ...

Fabricate a device and then test it against screening technology, to see how much progress they make, see how they can get something through this kind of technological screening, it is not just isis and iraq, it is al qaeda and yemen, all the intelligence is pointing to all of these groups really stepping up their efforts to try and attack commercial aviation, even aviation coming into the united states, and they came close to an airplane landing in detroit to somebody detonating a bomb on their...

Technology. it allows them to fabricate a device and test them against screening technology. not just isis and iraq, it is al qaeda and yemen, all the intelligence is pointing to all of these groups really stepping up their efforts to try and attack commercial aviation, even aviation coming into the united states. al qaeda in yemen, the underwear bomber came very close as an airport landed in detroit to someone detonating a bomb on their body. so this is all part of the reason youre seeing the g...

Its worth pointing out ands our piece that one of the biggest headlines in the nunes story he unequivocally pointed out that the president was wrong when he said that the obama administration was wiretapping trump tower. so she is claiming that, you know, he has had a pretty clear through line despite the fact that its not being presented that at that way in the media do you think thats fair. >> devin nunes has become piñata for the media and athletic are a of partisanship on both sides. we in ...

Federal authorities now. that is the law. >> martha, the premise of this argument is basically this -- this is not a democrat versus republican discretion. the leading law enforcement officials around the country, sheriffs from conservative texas driving with police officers in liberal san francisco, all pointing out that the president trump and attorney general sessions want to do is go to the cities and tell them they will block federal funds that go to police enforcement --dash go >> martha: ...

The next battle. cutting taxes which could prove more challenging. that after failing to deliver on the presidents promise to repeal and replace obamacare despite republicans having control of the house and senate. >> if you analyze what went wrong with aca, if he repeats them in tax reform, theyll get nowhere. >> reporter: this as the finger pointing intensifies. >> what happened is washington won. >> the house moved too fast. 18 days is not enough time for a major landmark legislation. >> repo...

Out how to make changes in the government that will be lasting and signature moves for president trump. i dont know if theyll get there. their ambitions are ground. people have tried to do it before and its not worked. but theyre going to tackle it and see what happens. >> i want to bring in amber and paul now. lets hit this crohronologicall. lets start with the finger pointing thats been happening in the last couple of minutes. a lot of it aimed at the freedom caucus. ted poe is like im done, i...