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Chuck schumer is telling the democratic caucus stay as neutral as you can as long as you can. the belief is that if others remain on the fence it boosts schumers long odds of finding a way to beat back this confirmation. the x factor is how it unfolds. americans who are starting to make up their mind about brett kavanaugh are going to have a role here. his net support is now negative. many opposing more than supporting. we will keep you posted on this story as it develops. there is the relevant ...

Senate, he doesnt mind putting them through the ringer. but if schumer wants to play games, i think mcconnell is going to let him play games, and thats actually going continue to crease the price to the democrats when, in fact, these democrats -- they have all got the same problem. do i vote with the folks back home, which is yes, or do i vote with all the liberals who give me money, which is no. they are all hang there in anxiety. steve: you just heard the prediction from the former speaker, mr...

Said that schumer could kiss his, you know, if he tried to pressure him. our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. hi, mike. >> this is judge kavanaughs 39th meeting with a senator according to senate sources. first with a democrat. we saw judge kavanaugh arrive with joe manchin within the past hour or so. theres no doubt that judge kavanaugh would love some democrat support. manchin is seen as a possibility. manchin has held meters with constituents to get thei...

Tens of billions of dollars of new investment in border security. that wasnt good enough for president trump, so he campaigned against those bills and killed them. frankly, this government shutdown threat by president trump over the border wall is just a renewed chapter in his bullying techniques on trying to get his way on immigration rather than working together across the aisle to find a bipartisan compromise. >> you are correct to point out that he did campaign on making mexico pay for it, b...

You might. >> let me follow up on that. this is a new phase that adds to the enormous pressure on the top democrat. the first meeting with the democrat is tomorrow. thats west virginias joe manchin. indiana democrat donnelly. heidi heitcamp making progress scheduling her meeting. they are the three democrats, the only three who backed neil gorsuch, the top white house targets now. the democratic base is telling schumer hold the line. mansion, donnell y and heitcamp also among the farm state lawm...

Only in this to appeal his liberal donors and only stand for judge brett kavanaugh after it is clear they have the votes. >> reporter: mansion is set to meet with brett cavanagh. >> healthcare is a big one. >> reporter: morris cc healthcare talks as a stall tactic. >> no debate with respect to preexisting continues. he has come up with a fake issue, a scare. >> reporter: the digital crisis issue is a manchin with a $1.5 million ad campaign claiming healthcare concerns. >> talking points. >> repo...

Democrat. it looks at least -- >> these are the same polls that set hillary clinton will be the next president of the united states and by about 8:00 p.m. on election night -- >> martha: how confident are you in disbelieving multiples? >> im willing to bet a chick-fil-a on it. one of the democrats offering? no new leadership, pelosi and schumer. what is their message, we are going to raise your taxes. all they are is obstructionist. the resist movement just says no to everything. ron, the senato...

Senator cornyn of texas made these comments about senator manchin, a democrat from west virginia and his decision to meet with him. watch. >> now the movement has been to senator schumer, telling his democrats dont meet with the judge and work out a deal on document production. im glad that senator manchin as the leader said is not listening to senator schumer in that regard, and, the states that are up for reelection would like this to be over sooner rather than later. they want to talk about e...

In the two weeks since president trump nominated judge kavanaugh he has met with 23 senators. unfortunately, all of them are republicans. thats because senator schumer is encouraging his members to not even meet with the judge. for members of the opposing party to demand answers to questions and yet refuse to even meet with a qualifies supreme court nominee is unprecedented. >> oh, my goodness. can you imagine that? unprecedented. its a pretty audacious word for republicans to use about supreme ...

Tariffs, he pushes away our allies and further strengthens putin. it is time for congress to step up and take back our authorities. we have legislation to do just that. lets vote. >> heidi, what is the likelihood that we see in schumer and warners request, that we see what was said between putin and the president. i feel its unlikely. >> this is so unusual. we have no official transcript between the leader of the free world and a former kgb agent, president of rmpbl i think the only way is to su...