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Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Job Approval Rating probably has seven or eight points, maybe even a little more of what i think of as 401 k trumpers right now. I think there are people who are looking at their statements, people who are on the right side of the economic equation any way. They see their numbers going up for all sorts of reasons. And so theyre willing to not really dive in to t...

Supreme court in an opinion written by the chief justice warren burger a nixon appointee. this questioning of the issue of when the president is above the law is extremely serious. if his position is the president is above the law, i dont see how any of my colleagues can vote for him. >> senator, without diminishing the importance of everything you said, in the real world of politics it seems like the republicans are absolutely locked in step here on whether maybe rand paul but mostly locked in ...

Retirement. who does the president need on his side here to confirm his -- the possible replacement? >> so everybody is looking at the two democrats. theyre both -- or sorry republicans, theyre both pro choice republicans. theyre the two votes that if he gets hes problem play across the line but he also met with three red state democrats who are under a lot of pressure under the midterms. these are all people who voted for gorsuch, so he got across the line relatively easily in the end. this see...

Most vivid terms for filling that vacancy at the supreme court. at the white house, full court press is on. the president met with six key senators about the critical supreme court vacancy. three red state dems who all voted for neil gorsuch, two moderates that will be critical, supportive of abortion rights and republican chair of the judiciary committee. those are six to watch. marc short, lets talk about the conversations that the president had. i have been told by sources at the white house ...

Have the votes to go through with these. will it matter relating to the documents both of the bush era and the other documents from the national archive? >> reporter: republicans control the senate and because of the change in senate rules, they could confirm kavanaugh with just no vote, with no votes at all from democrats. one of the interesting dynamics here is that you now have democrats on the outside raising money against democratic senators really trying to make sure they stay within the r...