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>> martha: breaking tonight, you are looking at a polling station in wichita, kansas. polls are about to close there tonight is a very closely watched special election that some see as a test case for how republicans will do in the age of president trump. president even putting his name on the line to make sure that this seat stays in g.o.p. hands. joining us in a moment, mcdaniel, the chairwoman of the republican national committee on what this outcome will mean for the party and bill bennett, ...

Hung out with deaddy murphy and the cast of "saturday night live." 33 years to be exact. >> nice to see you in another good mood. >> but these day hes consider another shot at the big time. weighing a run for new jersey governor. are you running? >> if i run it will be for governor of new jersey not against and or more hillary clinton or donald trump or any of the republicans or democrats. because in jersey man we get no respect. were like the roger dangerfield of states. theres something wrong ...

Know there are people who talk to the president regularly who are losing patience with him. >> lets go back up to capitol hill. dana, they have now changed the rules and ended the filibuster, correct? >> thats right. which was easy to do because they changed the rules and now the overall rule, this particular case was the first test case is that to break a filibuster you only needed a simple majority which is 51 votes. since republicans have a 52-seat majority, it was simple for them to do. so i...

Way. thats a good role. that you understand why president trump would trust him to be that. but then it does beg the question is, so, is that different from what rex tillerson will be saying to iraq? >> you had john mccain on. he said hes not sure there is a trump doctrine when it comes to foreign policy. if you want a test case projecting forward of why jared kushner might matter, lets put north korea on the table. what is the chain of command? is rex tillerson in the loop? is jared kushner? wh...

And they want -- they have an agenda. they are confident you share their agenda. in fact, the first person who interviewed you for this nomination said they saw the nominee who understands things like we do. and mr. chairman, i would ask that a -- an article in "the wall street journal" entitled "trumps supreme court whisperer" be included in the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> and another one in which "the new york times," gorsuch, conservative activist sees test case reshaping the...

Special interest groups. and they want -- they have an agenda. theyre confident you share their agenda. in fact, the first person who interviewed you for this nomination said they sought a nominee who understands things like we do. and, mr. chairman, i would ask that an article in the wall street journal entitled "trumps supreme court whisper are" be included in the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> and another one in which the "new york times" in gorsuch can activist these test case ...

If you were born here, before the age of 14, we know that much. what this case will tell us, does that mean you get the constitutional rights of actual united states citizens? due process rights, those types of rights? thats a huge question that in twitter, i have debates about this all the time. are you treated the same as a united states citizen just because you have residency rights? so i think this is going to be a brilliant very important very critically the important test case, constitutio...

Republican president obamas deferred deportation policy for those brought here illegally as children. he was arrested on suspicion of having gang ties, which he denies. now a judge in washington state rejecting his request for relief and recommending instead of immigration court this case should go to federal court. a decision could be made on whether his arrest and detention violated his constitutional rights. quote, courts have recognized that daca confers lawful pence but courts have not defi...

Together. the immigration rights. thats why this was taken out and put into federal courts. we want to test the issue of how broad your constitutional rights really go. >> what do you see happening here? >> elizabeth: i think this is a battle roy yal. it could be a game changer case. there are due process rights that have already been afforded to illegals here. thats the way the courts have ruled in the past. however i think if he is guilty of gang ties, thats an issue. >> eboni: thats what i wa...

So on saturday morning, it will be interesting to use this weekend as an example, a test case to see if he goes offer the rail. >> i suspect hes more disciplined in washington at the white house than down in palm beach. you know, as the russia related investigation, david, continues, pressure is coming from members of the house and the senate to actually go out and as part of the investigation subpoena the white house for the presidents tax returns. is that going anywhere? >> i think youve see...