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The analyses out there to take back the senate. kaitlan mentioned justice amy coney barrett confirmed in 30 days. zoom, speed, other confirmation took two to three times as long. how quickly can senate democrats move through the confirmation process, dana, and is there anything republicans can do to really stop this long enough to get to the midterms? >> well, ill take that last question first. no. theres nothing that republicans can do to stop this if the democrats have all of their democratic ...

The time of confirmation. they want to move quickly but durbin also has limitations because the fact there are in a 50/50 senate. they have to be careful not to put off some of their swing votes, some people who may want more time or yesterday, senator susan collins of maine with the swing vote on the republican side raised concerns about moving too quickly as they move ahead and procedures in the rules of the senate for republicans, if they wanted to scuttle a vote from happening, they could es...

Potential path to slow this down the committee, but also democrats have a way around that, do they not, if that were to happen. >> reporter: exactly. republicans dont have the power to actually block this nominee from being ultimately approved. but they can slow it down. and thats because republicans are needed to provide a quorum on the senate judiciary committee, where this nomination will first be considered. essentially what that means is the majority of the committee members need to be pres...

As ukrainians, but the ukrainian military is preparing to defend its homeland. is still training for the possibility of a russian invasion in the government in kyiv calling out more than 100,000 new troops to base putins threat. fox news quorum-- born policy-- foreign policy expert is here. what is the resolve of the ukrainians and is it enough to deter putin from giving the orders? >> taking on your first point, that it resolve is clear, the real ukrainians are something like 44 million strong....

Camps. thousands denied the right to claim asylum which he vowed to protect for title 42 and also expanded trumps remaining mexico policy to include haitians and others from countries in the western hemisphere, not just those of speaking spanish, but-- if you on the left criticized president biden for some of the same policy choices as trump. migrants have threatened to start a new caravan allowing them to cross the border and father asylum claim. >> the only thing we ask is for them to give us ...

Right now in this time of crisis. what the republicans are doing is theyre doing an end run or trying to by not even showing up and when they dont show up, there is no quorum in order to be able to hold a vote. part of what is really aggravating about this is we know it is a 50/50 senate, we get it, and so the agreement was struck right at the beginning about how we would deal with contentious nominations. and the answer was, we all show up, we vote, if it is 50/50, it takes an extra vote to get...

Now, two of them helped chauvin hold mr. floyd down. while another stood by to keep the crowd at bay. well, over the past two weeks, these three former officers have been on trial for violating his civil rights . and i know its hard to know what is happening, when there isnt wall-to-wall coverage like there was for the derek chauvin trial, especially because these proceedings are not being televised, as, by the way, is the norm for a federal quorum and these are federal charges. but it doesnt me...

Change the face of the court. not the ideology, per se, but certainly her image on the court is important. >> senator john cornyn says judge jackson will be given the dignity and respect. senator ben sasse says there are a lot of people who like to scream for the cameras for these hearings. you have so many republicans saying lets be calm. take ten seconds. name one or two we should watch. >> well watch cruz and hawley who are looking to run for president, potentially in 2024. but also a ranking...

Big announcement on friday. his nominee to the supreme court, judge ketanji brown jackson nominated. how concerned are you republicans will deprive the judiciary committee on which you sit, the quorum needed to pass the nomination out of committee into the fore for a full vote? >> certainly hope that doesnt happen, but anything could happen on the judiciary committee. that being said, i think that judge jackson has shown herself to the country in a very positive light. you have her personal stor...

Democratic and republican, by and large see the reality for what it is. >> we will talk about your colleagues across the aisle and the house in the later segment. im glad to hear that you think theres a quorum of bipartisan -- bipartisan quorum in the senate that agrees with what the white house is doing. i was wondering if there is anything, even the sanctions package that the president announced today, that surprises you. >> no, i mean, sanctioning any who have connections with the breakaway r...