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president biden said his policies are not to blame. i think our policies help not hurt. think about what they say the vast majority of the -- of the economists think this is going to be a really tough problem to solve but it is not because of spending. we brought down the deficit by. >> spring and kevin hes former chairman of the council of economic advisers under president trump and distinguished visiting fellow at the hoover institution. so kevin, welcome. the scout but was this is g...

Maine and alaska along with joe manchin have said they support abortion rights. why did the democrats sit down, work with them i have been 52 votes, it might have been more. that majority want to do this. did they work at the swing senators? >> this reflects the nature of the modern democratic party, paul. talk about susan collins. she is pro-life i mean pro-choice and always has been. she voted against this bill. and why? she wanted the bill to include protection for religious institutions that...

In changing the filibuster in that op-ed that you no doubt read today. last week biden expressed frustration with manchin for holding up his agenda. he didnt say it by name, but he hinted at it. how have past presidents dealt with swing senators like joe manchin? >> you have to strong-arm them. lyndon johnson would do the lean-in treatment and stare you down, make your life miserable for you. you have to have discipline. manchin has become a media star as being the guy who holds the democratic p...

Question, like what do you think of the arguments the house manager just made. it will be interesting to see that kind of choreography. >> that one can comment on something just done. >> if you ask a question. its all about the question and answer. we saw yesterday the chief justice admonish the lawyers to keep it tight. try to keep the answers to under five minutes to avoid a filibuster from going on. there were two audiences here, the swing senators and the public. >> as we await the start of ...

Heard from the "new york times" late last night is changing the political landscape for swing senators. if they voted against witnesses now, they would be taking a chance that in a few weeks, they would look like participants in a cover-up. the fact that they now have good reason to believe that there is someone close to the president who is willing to admit there was a quid pro quo, i think, changes their political calculation. now, there are those who will argue it doesnt matter if there is a ...

St stick with me, lets get this over quickly, right? >> youve seen some of those republican swing senators be turned off by the democrats so far. we asked questions about the witnesses, particularly when leader schumer announced those in a letter to mitch mcconnell on sunday night. while she had gentle criticism for mitch mcconnell when he said he was in complete cooperation with the white house, she had pretty strong words for schumer, too, and said he didnt sit down with the white house and ta...

I think these swing senators are really in the hot seat. >> david, i think youre very interesting because you voted in support of impeachment of president bill clinton and you even wrote last year you didnt think democrats should impeach president trump. you dont feel that way now. whats changed for you? >> i think a couple things changed. one was just the reality on the ground. once the whistle-blower complaint came out. i think the democrats, and i was one of them, resisted this impeachment mo...

Twists and turns and bitter partisan battles over this confirmation. but as you said, republicans do have the votes to confirm brett kavanaugh today. we will see the senate officially seal the deal this afternoon on the senate floor when they vote for his final confirmation. key to this is when they saw the four key swing senators who went into the day yesterday previously undecided. they revealed their votes. this is how it breaks down -- two republicans, senator collins and senator flake, and ...

Highly qualified and has been treated by some unfairly. >> due process should apply as much to the senate, advice and consent responsibility as it should in a court of law. if we lose this basic concept of fairness, then we risk doing i reparable damage to the foundation of our democracy and core conceptions of american justice and even liberty. >> reporter: three of the key swing senators we were watching announced in the past 24 hours, they were yes on judge kavanaugh. the only democrat expect...

And its about to get ratcheted up to a 15. were about to see 30 hours of a debate. perhaps we could see a vote. perhaps it could stretch into sunday with one republican senator not here for a wedding, but were going to see continued protests, continued speeches, and continued enormous pressure on those four swing senators who have all now cast their first votes here on this procedural motion to move to this next phase tlooch phase. three yeses from the four on the fence and one no vote. i dont t...