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An opportunity to stop him from being appointed to this position. >> first, let van jump in. >> tara, if you dont mind, heres the thing. first of all, you talk about vacancies that were there like by some magical spell harry potter created these. the republicans obstructed president obamas right to appoint justices for years. and held up and created those vacancies. theyre now rushing to fill them. so dont act like its the democrats are the obstructists here. the republicans were slow walking ob...

A controversial judicial nominee is one step closer to becoming a federal judge. vans back, alice is back. so is tara. listen, i want to start with you, van, but tim scott played into that. well get to that in a moment because you mentioned him in the last segment. today the senate voted to advance thomas farr is his name to be a district court judge in north carolina. civil rights groups say he is a disaster, that he led voter suppression efforts that disenfranchised african-american votes are....

They represent in washington. >> alice, can i ask you something? >> sure. >> because i just want to -- frank bruni wrote a column about this today and he pointed out mia love was once appointed to as a symbol of major progress for the gop. >> she was. >> and now, you have a president whose attacking her. so that shes on the way out. what gives here? >> this unfortunately, the presidents style. tara was correct. mia love was a tremendous member of congress. she did a fine job and she was someone ...

Democrats have obstructed this at every opportunity. judge farr is no exception. his record, judge farr if you look at his record, it is about defending congressional lines put in place in north carolina. it was about defending the voter i.d., making sure we had security in our elections. however, democrats have now taken that to make it look as though he is someone. >> many people call voter suppression, alice. i think thats what van wants to weigh in. >> democrats are using this as an opportun...

Even the broader and deeper seen it all and the trump white house, we realize that you social divisions in the country? havent. >> bret: at kanye west sings >> i love this guy right here. the praises of president trump. let me get this guy. we will get reaction to that >> it was one of the more unique from the panel and talk about the other news of the day, when moments ever at the white house, we come back. music and fashion mogul ♪ kanye west and football legend jim brown in the low oval off...

Opinions but due to several events in high life and in the world in the past two years, i feel very differently about that now. i cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for all americans no matter their skin color, gender or who they love. back now with bakari sellers tara set meyer and scott jennings. so, wow. but she also goes on to back up and give reasons why shes not doing it. instead of platitudes. okay? so tara, vote.org tells cnn in the last 24 hours they ve...

Politics, but now shes breaking her silence announcing to her 112 million followers on instagram she will be supporting the democratic challenger in tennessee senator mar shar blackburn who is challenging senator marsha blackburn. she said in the past ive been reluctant to voice my political opinions but due to several events in high life and in the world in the past two years, i feel very differently about that now. i cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for all ...

Click, call or visit a store today. anger over brett kavanaughs nomination spreading across the country. protesters even drowning out senator joe manchin today as he tried to explain his yes vote on judge kavanaugh. >> i made my decision and i gave my reasons for our decision. i wanted to make sure. >> you can listen to the people here. >> im very much concerned with the sexual abuse that people had to endure and very much concerned that we have to do something as a country. i had to deal with...

Story for the country but especially for women. tara, take a listen to what is christine blasey ford said in her testimony about coming forward. >> once he was selected and it seemed like he was popular and it was a sure vote, i was calculating daily the risk/benefit for me of coming forward and wondering whether i would just be jumping in front of a train that was headed to where it was headed anyway. and that i would just be personally annihilated. >> tara, is that exactly what happened here. ...

A vote on judge brett kavanaughs nomination to the supreme court just hours away. senior republicans are scrambling for every single vote. the senate judiciary committee scheduled to meet at 9:30 in the morning in the wake of a hearing today that was like nothing we have ever seen before. christine blasey ford and judge brett kavanaugh telling their stories in their own words. but those stories dont agree. and senators and americans are going to have to decide who they believe after a day of rea...