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Watching is when he gets together with schumer and pelosi and does a public option. >> the public option that he said he wanted in his book in 2000? >> yes, of course. he doesnt care about this. the thing about him owning it, im sorry, i do think hes more invested in tax reform and manufacturing or infrastructure. all these things, he chose this as the first thing. this was the first thing. his name is on it and hes the deal guy. >> what was striking to me is that he won the election in part bec...

April? >> heres the acts as i see them. gorsuch is a thoroughbred. hes well credentialed. hes independent. he has a clean grasp. no reasonable person could have washed those hearing, no reasonable person who knows a law book from a sears ro buck catalog could have watched those hearings and concluded otherwise. i dont think chuck shumer thinks otherwise. i think chuck shumer doesnt like the fact that neil gorsuch was nominated by donald trump and senator schumer, i mean no disrespect, he wants a...

The republican party says forget it, were going nuclear option and conform him no matter what. i think thats the end result. its just a matter of how he gets confirmed, not whether he gets confirmed. >> dana: what about politics for senator mitch mcconnell? he is being dared almost by chuck shumer to deploy the nuclear option and go to a straight majority vote. >> well, ill tell you, chuck shumer can dare mitch mcconnell all he wants. mitch mcconnell has shown to be a pretty good leader. if schu...

With what nunes delivered yesterday, does this connect the dots for you? >> no, and i think the president ought to call director comey and ask him directly and maybe on the record in a joint appearance is there anyone in my white house who is under investigation because if there is, i have to separate them from the white house. thats an old lesson fromn old nixon person, even though i worked for him after the fall, you dont want people under investigation in your white house. but while thats als...

>> the democrats changed the rules in 2013 to jam the circuit court with a bunch of obama nominees disallowing republicans to have any input. if they filibuster this man, we will have no other option but to change the rules f we dont that means this president trump cant make a selection to the supreme court and i wont allow that to happen. >> on the rare occasion that we quote a guest, i kind of want to do this first. you were talking about democrats not being interested in bipartisanship. this ...

Donnelly. theyre from red states, there are ten of them, ten red state democratic senators. if youre a red state democrat and looking for just something to show that will you vote on the other side of the aisle the easiest thing to do and explain is gorsuch. im curious to see, does schumer have the votes to force the filibuster? he may not, but maybe thats the play. he get to say i want a filibuster but at the end of the day he doesnt twist arms in the senate conference, and essentially says loo...

Yesterday, does this connect the dots for you? >> no, and i tnk the president ought to call director comey and ask him directly and maybe on the record in a joint appearance is there anyone in my white house who is under investigation because if there is, i have to separate them from the white house. thats an old lesson from an old nixon person, even though i worked for him after the fall, you dont want people under investigation in your white house. but while thats also going on, brian, i would...

Would reduce the overall people that had insurance, and republicans said that it was the cost. republicans need to have an adult conversation. they need to decide, are we going to maybe overcome the senate rules that made us keep these obamacare regulations, are they going to go for a big bold obamacare reform, or are they going to keep it much smaller. there are republican guy who is dont want to overturn these rules, and if they dont, they need to figure something else out. >> president trump ...

Tomorrow nights vote. im encouraged by the engagement ive seen from all aspects of leadership and members on the hill. >> well, just in the last few minutes, the democratic minority leader in the senate, senator chuck schumer, said that if they try to touch the essential health benefits, then its not going to be able to pass in the senate because we have heard many times recently, the rules in the senate are different. it would make it, if they include this essential health benefits amendment, i...

And if they normalize the nuclear option this time, it makes it much easier for republicans next time. so thats a long way of saying that schumer is actually stuck between a rock and a hard place in this fight. >> yeah. >> jonathan, let me ask you a little bit about what we learned about judge gorsuch yesterday. democrats asking him, pressing him about specifics. and like him or not, he was definitely prepared and pushed back in some cases and tried to stay neutral on key questions and opinions....