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Kavanaugh seems very likely to overturn the affordable care act. thats another rationale. his writings on roe v. wade are very troubling. it seems like he would overturn the womans right to choose. if you want to get to no, you have ample ways of doing it if youre a senate democrat right now. >> of course, process doesnt seem to motivate people at large the way policy does. but we do have this strange precedent with the last vacancy on the court being created by the death of antonin scalia. febr...

All the stops to fight. now that weve got a name and it is not just hypothetical, do you think that brett kavanaugh will inspired a unified democratic opposition in the senate? >> i think brett kavanaugh will present democrats who want to find a way to vote no, ample opportunity to get to no. you were talking about the russia aspect. the president appointing someone with pretty clear intent to be let off. thats one rationale. kavanaugh seems very likely to overturn the affordable care act. thats...

>> they have to ask -- senators are going to have that nominee where they stand on precedent. thats a question thats been asked in every major confirmation hearing going all the way back to sandra oconnor. all these perspective nominees, erin, they have very deep and wide records about how they believe precedent ought to function in a court. they can be asked about that. people can read their writings. again, and the only other thing i would say here is, i really hope that these confirmation hea...

Its helped the president. thes been right to show, look, theyre going after all these things that have nothing to do with the election. nothing to do withrussia. we dont even know how manafort may get a decision in his favor in terms of the constitutionality and legitimacy of the mandate. >> that process doesnt look like its going well for manafort. >> also because of the indictment manafort got. mueller was smart to bring that in the interim. >> that was an interesting tactical . he gave manafo...

Bannon said. hes been right because of the manafort issue with what hes charging manafort with, the special counsels office, you know, and theyre getting pushback on that. its helped the president. the presidents been right to show, look, theyre going after all these things that have nothing to do with the election. nothing to do with russia. we dont even know how manafort may get a decision in his favor in terms of the constitutionality and legitimacy >> that process doesnt look like its going ...

To what he said he wanted everyone to do in that floor speech in july not just with his no vote. i think to some degree we are all trying to read maybe too much into his relationship with lindsay gram or what the arizona governor had to say. in the end it was mccain saying what he has been saying for more than a month. its a process. its about doing things the way he thought congress should be doing them and this process doesnt meet those standards and now he is a no. >> all right. standby. we j...

Heller, then conservative members like ted cruz. its hard to see what sort of narrow path theyll walk to reconcile their objection. >> josh, smarter to jam the bill through before the break or wait and have the vote after? >> i think theyre committed to doing it quickly. because they know in the end the process doesnt matter to most people. there will be complaints from democrats, but the point is to get it done and figure it out later. the point that -- the downside is that people around the co...

Lawmakers on this. where do things stand now this bill? >> theyre not there yet and theres no question about that. theyre close and i dont know theyll have a lot of options going forward. you mentioned the time line. ten legislative days, its clear, senate leader innocence the republican party want to vote before july 4th. theres a lot of reasons. they have a huge list of agen da items they want to get to and recognition while this process doesnt look good publicly, behind the scenes theyve been...

I want to provide all that. that provides context. that shows whether theres consistency, thats important for the american people to see. >> republican house oversight jason chaffetz he announced today he will resign at the end of june, give up his seat in congress. youve signalled you might be interested in becoming the chairman of that committee. now that hes leaving, will you make the push to become the chairman of this very important committee? >> well see, wolf. look, i enjoyed the work on ...

Mccabe and the other candidates. whoever will be picked, we are told they will likely be picked by friday because the president departs on his first foreign trip. >> thats right. sources tell me in the conversations ive had, he wants to get it done before he takes off for his first foreign trip. keep in mind, he loves to hear from as many voices in the room as possible. make no mistake about it, when he decides, he alone will make the call. he will draw from the advice of his counterpart and his...