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>> the yeas are 48 and the nays are 52. >> reporter: with democrats blocking the presidents nominee neil gorsuch, republicans making a controversial play, changing the senate rules to confirm supreme court nominees from now on with a simple majority vote, lowering the threshold from 60 votes to just 51. a move so drastic its known as the "nuclear option." for two days, democrats put up a fight on the floor, one senator talking for 15 hours straight. >> this is an extreme nominee from the far rig...

Than 60 senate votes. this played out yesterday, the nuclear option. mcconnell thinks chuck schumer started it. he invented filibustering judges and this is taking the sen senate back to the clarence thomas nomination, a contentious nomination approved with fewer than 60 votes, below the threshold. thats the argument he is making at this point. there had been something of an expectation that mcconnell might be reluctant to do this because he has served in the senate for a long time and values th...

Threshold for confirmation. thank you very much. >> thank you as always. >> for being on the show and george will, thank you as well. >> i was saying we used to only get you when you were talking baseball. >> i only write about politics to support my baseball habit. >> its worked well. >> we understand. senators john mccain and marco rubio have had their fair share of differences with donald trump. striking syria is not one of them. both senators join us ahead with how they would advise the wh...

Partisan escalation can ultimately overwhelm our basic inclination to work together. >> reporter: republicans repeatedly touting nominee neil gorsuchs qualifications and blaming anger at trump for the democratic block aid. >> the opposition to this particular nominee is more about the man that nominated him and the party he represents than the nominee himself. >> you know that hell be confirmed and you know in your hearts of heart that he deserves to be confirmed, and thats why this is especiall...

You need one of these. you wouldnt put up with an umbrella that covers you part way, so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day? aleve, live whole not part. tell you what, ill give it to you for half off. mist of the showdown. moments ago, lets put it this way. still in the middle of this vote. this vote will fail. its to stop a democratic filibuster. it appears right now, according to cnns count. democrats do have the votes. theyve passed the threshold to uphold th...

Seems like could be attributed to republicans today. diane feinstein said your frustration reaches a point where it just overwell misand things have to change. is that how folks on the right felt this time? >> i think in order to maintain the precedent of 200 years of senate history, the fact that no judge who was nominated for justice, no nominee for justice to the supreme court had ever been held to a 60 vote threshold. you can argue in 1968 abe portis. but that was a bipartisan effort when he...

In the senate to improve legislation. >> first, i would say, if you cant confirm neil gorsuch, who can you confirm. hes a competent credible main street judge. im not worried about this. im an institutionist. im not worried about this for a bunch of reasons. first, nothing in the constitution about the filibuster. it was inadvertently set in place. its not in the constitution. its also arbitrary. at one point it was 66 votes. now its 60. at one point you had to stand up and actually read, the mr...

Majority. now, people out there going okay, i think i remember from civics, thats only the way its supposed to work. its only supposed to be 51 votes. that is true. the tradition of the senate has been that there has been a 60-vote threshold, a filibuster allowed. if there is a real problem with any of the nominees coming up, they wanted to maintain that. that is going to go away today. so theres consequences for the judiciary, but the big question is whether or not there is a slippery slope fro...

Partisan escalation can ultimately overwhelm our basic inclination to work together. >> reporter: republicans repeatedly touting nominee neal gorsuchs qualifications. >> its more about the man that nominated him and the party he represents than the nominee himself. >> you know that hell be confirmed and you know in your hearts of heart that he deserves to be confirmed and thats why this is especially sad state of i a fairs. >> reporter: the change, that so-called nuclear option dropped the thres...

Nuclear option, lowering the threshold of votes needed to break a fill bust err. the historic move clears the way for appointment of nominee neil gorsuch. i will talk with our analysts and guest, standing by with full coverage of the days top stories. president trump is at his florida resort now, ready to meet next hour with chinas leader. much of the talk tonight is about syria. sources say the president is weighing military action and urgent huddles are set with his national security team. let...