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Justice kennedy and his retirement is one of the most talked about things here in washington. If he retires at the end of this Supreme Court session in june or maybe next year. But he has told his friends and confidants he expects to. This is the first of, you know, possibly many, at least a couple Supreme Court appointments to this court by this president. Kate. And it all begins right now. This is the moment this president has been waiting for. This is the moment that, as you said, Mitch Mccon...

And americans voted for a president based upon knowing that. If you look at the polls, for example, among white evangelical christians, Something Like 80 of them voted for donald trump because of the Supreme Court. It is a monumental occurrence that you are about to hear from the white house. Why is that . Because unfortunately, in our divided country, there are now four liberal justices and four either conservative or moderate traditional justices. It is a tie. The liberal Supreme Court justice...

Say id have to study it in the course of a judicial case. Let me bring it down to the operative words, whether employees should or should not make inquiries to whether an applicant or employee intends to become pregnant. Senator, i need to sounds like youre asking me about a case or controversy and with all respect when we come to cases and controversies, a good judge will listen. Socrates said the first virtue of who could judge is to listen courteously and decide impartially. I think you know ...

Senate republicans vowed to block anyone president barack obama chose to succeed him and thats what they did, refusing to hold a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee judge Merrick Garland. It worked and now theres a republican in the white house. Joining me from the east room where President Trump will announce his choice, msnbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Give me a sense of what its like. We got the twominutetelepro. This room is filled with republicans right now, the lead...

Leland but thousands are still in shelters as dozens of towns and much of houston remain underwater. In some places the water is still rising. The president now asking for billions of dollars more in federal aid. Were going to get an update on femas efforts and hear from some ordinary americans doing extraordinary things. Boy, if theres been anything to take away from this week, it is how americans, specifically texans, rise to the occasion. Its been incredible. Welcome to americas news headquar...

Houston. How are people bracing there . What are you experiencing . Reporter well, here in houston, the problem is flooding. Like you mentioned, this is the bayou city. Bayous meander through houston and flush into the gulf of mexico. Its a drainage system. These bayous tend to swell. I want to show you what we are experiencing right now because you can see that this walkway which is normally used by runners to run through the downtown area, is completely submerged in water. Now, we havent even ...

Good morning, everyone. Im john berman. Im poppy harlow. Were following major developments this morning on capitol hill. Take a look whats going on right now on your left. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein is going to appear before the House Judiciary Committee for a hearing that might have been routine, except for, well, except for a lot of things. Except for the mueller investigation, that more and more republicans are seeing as, well, not totally independent. So theyll pose some tough qu...

Latest example of his opponents trying to stone wall him at every turn. President trump they failed with mike pompeo and that was a big, big hit because they thought they could stop him. The democrats have become obstructionists. Thats all theyre good at. They have bad ideas. They have bad politics. The one thing they do is obstruct. Bill kevin corke leading the coverage live from the white house. President macron tried to change the mind of the president on iran. Did it work . We dont know, bil...

The writein candidate. Moore not conceding. Right now a recount is not expected. Here is both men last night. Realize when the vote is this close it is not over. And we still got to go by the rules about this recount provision. We also know that god is always in control. This campaign has been about common courtesy and decency and making sure everyone in in state, regardless of which zip code you live in, is going to get a fair shake in life. Bill we heard this from the president last night. Con...

As you think about the importance of separation of powers on law day here, any reaction to the news that certain members of the House Freedom caucus have talked about drafting up articles of impeachment despite your best efforts to comply with their document requests . They cant even resist leaking their own drafts. Would you care to elaborate on that . I saw that draft. I mean, i dont know who wrote it. I can tell you, there have been people making threats privately and publicly against me for ...