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Know about the process and what they can sell about kavanaugh that will offset this resist ansz we expect from schumer and the democrats. >> the fact that they have a majority in the senate. simple as that. >> they dont think hes somebody who would pull away some of the more vulnerable republicans, collins, murkowski. >> i dont think there is anything in the record that will make collins and murkowski say he is obviously flag rantly against roe v. wade if that is the one thing theyre looking for...

Attribute my vibrant career to judge kavanaugh. and there are dozens of female lawyers who can say the exact same thing. and so he has contributed to diversity and supported women in his profession more than any other similarly situated judge i can think of. >> akiel, on roe v. wade, a, do you agree with rebecca on that, that it is a red herring and being use today to distract? because he has talked about it. he was asked about it by schumer in his 2006 confirmation hearing to the d.c. circuit. ...

And the administration of state. there is a deep record of to look at in terms of what he says the law is. i want to point out of a talking point thats been spreading and thats what minority schumer said there. while he was a sitting judge and in that article, he did not state as view of what the law currently is. he advocated or suggested a policy change that congress may choose to make if it wish in order to change and have the executive branch may interact with investigations that would be go...

The guy has impeccable credentials and pretty much everybody thinks hes going to be a very, very strong judge. hes got a very long history of decisions and scholarship. i think thats a good thing because then you can really see how hes a solid pick. hes got a great sense of humor. as greg knows anybody with a good sense of humor is brilliant. hes hilarious. you saw that last night. people saying robie wade. he is on record as saying roe v. wade is settled law. and hes going to follow gorsuch on ...

Theres the right to the lbgq community. at the top of the list is healthcare. healthcare. this nominee will make the ability of americans to afford decent healthcare so much the worse. senator? >> thank you. >> dana: senator schumer talking about the supreme court nomination of brett kavanaugh. i want to go to chad pergram. you were listening to the senator. now we have heard from mcconnell and schumer coming out of the policy lunches. what do you think is happening on the hill, as this nominati...

Schumer going to pressure them to take a vote that might hurt them in their reelection choices? very difficult. >> bill: schumer has been out there a lot already and senator gillibrand. did you see the rally on the steps of the supreme court last night? this is what she had to say about this? >> what is at stake? womens freedom. our freedom to make our own decisions. our freedom to decide when and how many children we are going to have. whats at stake is freedom for lgbtq americans, for equal ri...

With him, and the other party is automatically suspicious if not outright opposing to begin with. so, it becomes yet another campaign. so, you start this confirmation process with the assumption that both sides start in the middle 40s, in terms of their votes. and only a handful on each side seem to be up for grabs. >> and kimberly, as you know, we have the unknown of senator john mccain, who is in the fight of his life. a big, important republican vote with margins this close. so mcconnell and ...

Think about the era we live in, so polarized, divided government, almost nothing gets done in washington, the supreme court ends up becoming the most pow areful institution in some years and now its a conservative institution and one that will have a huge affect on our business laws, social laws, how we think about abortion. these are really big cases that affect your everyday life and why the consequences are huge, why schumer would like to defeat it but i think it will be very difficult. >> a ...

This nomination process took place at lightning speed just 12 days between the announcement of justice anthony kennedys retirement and tonights announcement of the nominee to replace him. and with only 83 days left before the start of the supreme courts next term, the process for confirmation will have to keep moving just as quickly. president trump is suiting up for a bruising battle over his nominee. anyone of his choices will cement a 5-4 conservative majority in the court. today the democrat...

Nominee that, you know, that would cause an unhealable rift in your caucus? >> well, as you know one of the thing that senator schumer has been particularly skilled at is keeping our caucus together. as we have dealt with an onslaught of issues from president trump that might have divided any other caucus at any other time. were in the minority. so our ability to challenge this nominee is going to be difficult and senator schumer will work hard to hold us together as a caucus. im a member of the...