senator amy klobuchar joins me in studio to weigh in on that, plus new ethics concerns about justice clarence thomas. and other hot button issue facing the senate, as they return to work this week and tennessee representative justin j. pearson is back on the job in the state house i will ask him about being bac at work with the sam republicans who expelled him and where his fight for gu safety reform stands now i have something to say. congress is back in sessio tomorrow after a two-week break, and they have their work cut out for them judicial nominations in th senate, controversy in a supreme court. but first, we are discussing a case that could have drastic effects on peoples lives one of a two pill treatmen used to terminate a pregnanc in its first two weeks it has been in circulation for more than two decades. it is a safety record of 99% it is the nation s most common method of abortion a single judge in texas has pu that axis in jeopardy. judge matthew casimir ha suspe
but let me give you the fact as i see it. number one, and she did th right thing saying she would step away from that committee. we need the votes, i m on that committee. we have unable to confir judges for a month we can t do markups on legislation, that s when w pass the legislation number two, i talked to senato schumer last week. he made very clear he was goin to do this as soon as possible number three, it does need 6 votes. but if you look at the past, and i m going way back here. but when bob dole resigned fro the senate to run for president, unanimous votes from the senator to fill those. there was a juggling but that scenario is resignation. senator feinstein is ver unclear, she s not resigning there is a recent scenario you ve got senator - in nebraska. i am hoping they will do th right thing. if they don t then we will dea