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Say what you mean, you mean what you say and it is backed up with the potential threat of military force. so i am hopeful that everyone understands that we want a negotiated solution, but this is a serious situation that needs to be resolved. >> i want to switch gears and quickly talk about the issue of getting a majority, a 60-senate majority for neil gorsuch and the nuclear option being used within the senate, a bipartisan group of senators, 61, sent a letter asking the 60-vote threshold be pr...

I think our majority leader has been clear that we will corporate to follow and should follow the 60-vote requirement on legislation and really on nominations. that was something our colleagues put in place back in 2013 that essentially now has been completed in regard to all nominees. and i think the focus should be on all of us trying to work together to move legislation with hopefully -- well, more than 60 votes and legislation that will really move our country forward, whether its health car...

All this happening after the republican majority employed the so-called nuclear option, changing senate precedent to allow this confirmation with a simple majority vote. senator mike lee, republican member of the senate judiciary committee with me now. senator, good morning to you. in two hours, gorsuch will be confirmed, how does the senate change the moment that happens? >> the senate does not change, the supreme court does. weve been dealing with the same precedent since november of 2013 when...

United states and its allies. >> christiani ychristian christ one on its own? >> its possible this might happen again. all we know is what the pentagon is saying. saying this is a one off. this is deterred. well see what the reaction is. that has to be the bottom line. and presumably it has to come with some channel to assad to say, okay. we did this. and you have to meet this, this and this threshold so we dont do it again. this is something you cannot get over the fact that it is the first tim...

Confirmed. >> the senate voting today to approve president trumps choice of neil gorsuch to fill the vacant supreme court seat. hell be formally sworn in on monday. that will mark the first time in over a year there have been a full nine members on the supreme court. republicans to get this done triggered the so-called nuclear option. that broke a democratic filibuster of the gorsuch nomination. senators moving to change the rules of the chamber. this is a big one. this got rid of the 60-vote th...

I have no idea what his strategy is, and i think thats always a problem if youre employing tactics absent a strategy. i think its a mistake. >> aaron, weve heard a lot of praise for this action. we hear it from paul begala right here for the action that he took. but just as quickly, this is the question, this is the -- im only stuttering because im getting news in my ear. we now is a final vote coming from the senate floor. supreme court nominee -- is the vote -- hang on, guys. let me talk to th...

A great bargaining chip. donald trump has done something that nobody thought he would do. that is to attack syria. and you have to remember that the warnings from the administration on tuesday against north korea were more ominous than the ones on wednesday against syria. so kim jong-un, the north korean ruler must now be thinking about his future and china right now has to change its policies. >> how dangerous is it for kim jong-un to be worryinging about his future? does that make him more or ...

Refugee flows that have threat not only our national security but the national security of so many of our allies. >> bill: these are big issues, senator mccain described the hit on qaddafi on behalf of ronald reagan, you hit the target then pulled back then see if that is the case with the other big story happens in about 50 minutes. that will be the vote and confirmation of judge neil gorsuch to the u.s. supreme court. senator klobuchar, why is neil gorsuch so unacceptable to so many democrats?...

Schedule, he will participate, we believe, in a closed-door session with justices potentially on thursday. thats where they hash out what sort of cases theyll take up and potentially be on the bench on april 17th. kate? >> no time . neil gorsuch passing the threshold of 52 -- passing the threshold to be confirmed as the next justice of the united states supreme court. right now the united nations security council is holding an emergency meeting on the syria strikes. we are waiting to hear from...

Syrians did that crossed a threshold, again, and again its not just -- barrel bombs alleges horrific as they are, barrel bombs are not chemical weapons. chemical weapons 0 weapon of mass destruction, we want to perish a prohibition against against their use. its a 19 goes beyond syria so within the russians i think we can folks o focuses on this. from pursuants standpoint, hes got an air air base in the syria. hes expanding the naval facility, they have an defense capability that creates an umbr...