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Run for the seat. new york 27 has been a reliably republican district for the last several cycles. so it appears that they would be able to save this district if it remains reliably read. we also know that the democrat running is trying to make hay out of this. he has been raising money in the days since representative collins indictment. weve also now heard from nancy pelosi, the democratic minority leader, and she said this insufficient and overdue announcement does little to drain the toxic c...

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Another opinion on that. >> i agree, i think, since this is been going on since the 70s, it has been the rule of law. look at representative collins. she has already made this a hot button issue. as have several other moderate republicans. i dont think this is -- but, it is up to donald trump. is it critical important issue for his base. it is a tough one but i dont think we will get it through. and it faces a lot of criticism. >> i want to talk about brett kavanaugh. what if he said it was your...

Heitkamp from north dakota. is it realistic to think that you could convince a republican to vote against the next scotus nominee? >> considering representative collins is from maine and she represents those constituents, that is a tough issue for them. her responsibility, of course, is to represent their interests. and so that is first and foremost. i do not think that it is a losing strategy to target her specifically. and she has already indicated that she wants to make sure that we go by est...

Next confirmation of the next supreme court nominee? >> well, my mentor, the great larry thomas, used to say when you are winning on messaging, just stop. were winning on messaging, we should not fall into a rabbit hole that this will be a roe v. wade debate only. were looking for a justice who will enforce the constitution and all judges are supposed to do that. and i think that the democrats are making a huge mistake because they have senators in red states running for reelection and are putti...

[ ♪ ] >> mike: the list of candidates for the supreme court opening continuing to grow as lawmakers gear up for a capitol hill battle on who the president will pick to replace the retiring justice anthony kennedy. during his presidential campaign he promised that, if elected, he would appoint judges that would put an end to the landmark roe v. wade abortion rights case meaning many wondering what it could mean for womens reproduction rights and two guests are joining us now, and gentlemen, goo...

With representative collins, theyre acting like the easy part is whats to come. they have raised the deficit. they are taking money out of the coffers of government to support americans in need. so he said no cuts to medicaid, medicare and social security. thats simply not possible, particularly when he says this, you know, fictitious, which is what well hear over and over about abundance of able-bodied, ready-to-work americans who the way he describes it are just sitting around on their porch e...

Lost. you are part of this game, youve been part of d.c. foreve forever. if you want to spin it that way, go right ahead. i think the podesta group has a lot to answer for and they are going to answer for it in this investigation, we will see where it goes for there. we are going to support tax reform for the american people because thats what they voted for. >> harris: quickly before i let you go, congressman collins, i want to get that in any case we have to let you scoot, it was paperwork the...

Party, although they reportedly said they did not think their client was politically tight at the time. they are looking to whether they failed to file the proper disclosure forms of the justice department. heres what the president tweeted -- lets bring in congressman doug collins of georgia, he is vice chair of the house republican conference, representative collins, great to have you today. if you can come i want you to break it down for us and tell us whats most important about whats happened...

>> well there is a lot of anxiety about health care. there is a lot of anxiety about jobs, about what the future looks like, about whether kids are going to have a chance to have a decent life. you know, i will say this. the complaints arent just about trump. i think president trumps failure is that he hasnt moved any sort of agenda. the russia piece that will take care of itself. im confident in mr. mueller. im confident in the committees investigating him. and the people back home feel that wa...