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But every republican voted to make this rules change, drawing a line in the sand saying they will not take 60 votes, they will just do it with a majority threshold. before he left, he did step asaid. you were on the phone with chairman nuneunes today. he said he was stepping down, what did he tell you? >> the chairman told me that he is going to remain chairman, but he and his attorneys are dealing with this ethics complaint about how he handled classified information. and while he is handling t...

Agenda that includes passing a measure to prevent a government shutdown. the senate is set to make an historic change in voting rules that could alter the way the chamber does business in the future as republicans look to confirm supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. ahead of that rules change, senate democrats took to the chamber floor once again last night, protesting a final vote on gorsuch. it is set for tomorrow. but today senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is said to invoke the so-call...

What does that mean? >> it means folks on capitol hill, especially the defense hawks like senate armed services committee john mccain, are probably jumping for joy. i actually did talk to a few house members on the armed services committee, republicans, who said, you know, this is -- this is probably the best time for this to happen given whats going on with susan rice whos seen as somebody -- who was the press set sore to current nsa mcmaster. shes seen as being political and this is not a poli...

Confirmed. the way in which the curse is in the hands of the democratic minority. during the course of the week we will find out exactly how this will end but it will end with his confirmation. lets bring in jeff mason now. the president of the white house correspondent. is this more of a bluff by majority leader connell or a rules change could come back to bite each party. obviously the power can change every two or four years. it will go from one party into the majority in the is something tha...

>> we hope that her praise leads to additional support and her support. its hard to the find any reason except for obstructionism to see why fellow democrats in her caucus have not been able to join them. >> reporter: but mccaskill offered this warning should justice kennedy or ginsburg or breyer leave the high court in the next couple of years. >> so they pick another one off the list and they bring it over to the senate and we say, no, no, no, this is worse, and theres not enough votes to conf...

>> mccaskill had a warning should justice kennedy origins ginsburg leave the court. and take it off the list and take to the senate, no, no, theyre not going to let us do too long until they move to 51 votes. >> shes talking about the threat of the so-called nuclear option if invoked by leader mcconnell would allow to change the rules for a supreme court justice with a simple majority vote. >> if it comes it a rules change, and i sincerely hope that it does not for the sake of the grand traditio...

No list, yet she told a private gathering last sunday that gorsuch was, quote, one of better ones. >> we hope that her praise leads to her support. its hard to find any reason except for obstructionism to see why fellow democrats in her caucus have not joined them. >> reporter: but mccaskill offered this warning should justice kennedy or ginsburg or breyer leave the high court in the next couple of years. >> so they pick another one off the list, and we say, no, no, no, this is worse, and theres...

Has to go with the nuclear option which is basically a rules change which the republicans could approve if they all stick together, then you go right back to where you were in the beginning and they dont need 60 votes. they can get past it and go directly to the vote itself. if thats the case, all they have to have the party advantage to do this. the democrats did this back in 2013 under harry reed. republicans were hugely critical of him then and the democrats have suffered for that rules chang...

This year were told the democrats will have more time on some of the more controversial nominees but are prepared to move forward quickly with some of the other nominees. defense secretary in it with aing general mattis. the homeland security kelly. a former general. they were not controversial nominees in terms of their hearings. next in line, its expected that the cia director would be considered. we dont know if that will happen tomorrow for if it will slide into later. some of the more contr...

Its a charge he makes with no real evidence to suggest it. that many republican secretaries of state and others are very upset hes making. now back in april when you were working against donald trump, when you were supporting ted cruz and advising his super p.a.c. you had some tough words for trump when he was lashing out against the system being rigged. >> we hear from the trump campaign rules, the rules change, its not fair, the system is rigged, the system is corrupt. you can whine and campai...