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Now? >> absolutely. >> bill: of the gorsuch thing is going to come down, youre going to have to change the rules in the senate to vote him in. youre not going to get a few senders on the democratic side support. but its basically run by chuck schumer now. and schumer is going to say were going to post everything donald trump does to try to portray a president who is too weak to govern. you know the strategy. >> were still in charge of the plates so as people in charge of the place, we can conduc...

Court justices, would you do it on others? mitch mcconnell, again, a traditional says, no, at least not yet. >> who would be the biggest beneficiary of that right now? it would be the majority, right? theres not a single senator in the majority who thinks we ought to change the legislative filibuster. not one. theres no sentiment to change the legislative filibuster. i think senator schumer said after being on one the sunday shows, we are were on back to back, i think he said no sentiment on tha...

Filibuster that succeeded in blocking any nominee of any kind. in 2003, schumer now the democratic leader of the cement began to break those traditions and the republicans necessary to restore the senate tradition that nominees walked to the floor have an up or down vote. he will make us a fine supreme court justice. he deserves that about, he will get it, and he will prevail. >> martha: senator cotton, thank you very much. good to see you here. so coming up, our team of political power players ...

Democratic side also. hes meeting with people and hes eventually going to convince them. if he doesnt, something will happen in 2018. many of these people wont be in congress anymore. if the republicans dont -- if they dont pass a comprehensive medical plan, if they dont get rid of obamacare, if they dont pass a tax bill, i will tell you, there will be many republicans that wont be there. if they do pass both of those bills and theyre comprehensive and workable and doable, they will help america...

Very clear, right -- i know that some including senator schumer, for example, said, hey, if you cant get the votes, change the nominee. >> yes. >> thats not going to happen. this is the road we are headed down, senator. does this mean the end of the legislative filibuster as well? that could impact policy across the board for decades to come. >> i doubt very much that will get rid of the 60 vote requirement to move legislation. >> how can you be so sure? >> that would make us a u.s. house. with ...

There could be even more conservative nominee put up. >> rachel: theyre going to lose this battle, but i think they lose the war. americans understand that he is qualified and all of their nominees went through. when obama was president. in wisconsin, they have lost all power. they cant even find somebody to run for governor. they can even find a candidate to run for spring court justice. i think by taking this radical position, they are alienating the exact same people that they claimed they wa...

Improve and not repeal obamacare. i think it probably would be infrastructure, brian. and the reason for that is infrastructure is one of those things that has traditionally been bipartisan. republicans as well as democrats have supported it because bridges and roads and schools and airports and highways and other things exist in everyones district and everyone wants them to be improved and modernized and kept up. we have cut infrastructure spending in this country by 30% in the last 30 years. i...

>> can i say, i totally agree with nicole on this. its a total grudge match. you know, look, the senate, including senator john mccain and lindsey graham and the democrats, schumer, this is a self-inflicted wound. they are all moaning and groaning about how the senate is changing forever. its changing forever because of them. this is a grudgement. garland should have had a hearing. now the republicans are getting a pay back. they are changing the senate. well, dont blame us. >> okay. we know tha...

Here. the first vote is the 60-vote barrier which is to end debate and move on to a final vote which is an up or down majority vote. we know gorsuch already has 55 votes. all 52 republicans plus the three democrats earlier. what responds need is five more democrats who will simply allow a final vote to take place. they can vote against him in the final vote if they want and so i think either youre going to see the filibuster hold and senator schumer is right it will stop gorsuch and mitch mcconn...

Not just on judge gorsuch because hes going to get through no matter what. its the next one that really matters as judith was saying, and the interesting gamut that schumer has to go through in his head is, is it worth it? you will have democrats peel off the red states. theyre going to say why should i walk the plank for chuck schumer on should, when i know that this judge is going to be approved in the end anyway. if that breaks on this vote, then chuck schumers power in the senate and his abi...