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Eastern republican also begin the first votes on the nuclear option and change the confirmation threshold from 60 to 51. sometime early this afternoon well take the final vote on the nuclear option and decades of precedent in the senate. i bring in legal scholar elizabeth wytra president of the constitutional accountability center and "wall street journal" white house reporter carol lee and "usa today" washington bureau chief susan page. panel of power women here. lets put this into context. wha...

The republicans are perfectly comfortable getting rid of the filibuster so-called nuclear option. that means the judge can be confirmed with 51 votes instead of 60 vote threshold. do democrats have any other tricks up your sleeve to stop this thing procedurally? >> there is very little we can do procedurally. once we take a vote tomorrow, in which we will have the 41 senators to block cloing debate, at that point, what will happen is the majority leader can ask the chair whether the super majori...

And justice kennedy, because like jackie pointed out, toor, the next nominee can be a lot more conservative. if you only need the 50 vote threshold, that changes the -- >> what happened to this mitch mcconnell? called the filibuster one of the most cherished safeguards of liberty in our government. the right of a political minority to have a voice. >> the balance of power. he was in the minority then. >> exactly. republicans will be in the minority again. you see mitch mack ccconnell hi fiving. ...

55-45, so they changed the threshold to a simple majority, the so-called nuclear option. three democrats voted with republicans to advance judge gorsuchs nomination. they are donnelly of indiana, heidi heitkamp of north dakota and joe manchin of west virginia. earlier, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he had no choice. >> our democratic colleagues have done something today that is unprecedented in the history of the senate. unfortunately, it has brought us to this point. we need to re...

Use of chemical weapons, and is that a physician the united states wants to be in? >> bret: we will see. general keane, thank you. we will follow it here on fox. another major story here on capitol hill. we are witnessing history in the making. change the way we supreme court nominees are confirmed, going back to business as usual before democrats started requiring that 60-vote threshold. republicans insist the effort to block the confirmation of neil gorsuch is all about payback. democrats say ...

>> youre looking live at the senate floor as debate is underway over supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. theyre addressing the nuclear options. theres four democrats who said they would not go with the nuclear option to take the vote threshold from 60 to 51. republicans said theyre left with no choice. one of the democrats against that move of filibustering the judge is senator joe manchin he said im deeply disappointed that later today many senators plan to vote for the nuclear option taking an...

Investigationing constitution. the idea you can get bipartisan support, 60 votes in the senate is a vote of confidence youll represent the interests of all americans, not just one particular interest or segment of the population or another. so breaking that 60-vote threshold for the supreme court, the highest court in the land is a big deal and mcconnell has been making it seem like he has no choice in this, but he does have a choice if we look back at some of the fights weve had over nominees i...

The counselor to neil gorsuch and she has been there as a voting senator as well. great to have you with us. >> good to be here, shannon, thanks. >> shannon: we heard there was a weekend conversation looking to make a deal. they didnt get there so what happens next? >> well, i think unfortunately the democrats have left the republicans with no choice. theyre going to have a series of procedural votes where they change the threshold to 51 votes instead of 60. if the democrats were willing to fili...

Intelligence committee comes up with in their investigation is seen as a credible, serious finding, particularly if it absolves donald trump. the worst thing that could happen is its just a partisan endeavor and theyre never able to get beyond it. >> let me ask you about judge neil gorsuch. the senate invoking the nuclear option and now you need a simple majority for confirmation of a supreme court nominee, the 60-vote threshold was about getting folks forming consensus and now its getting oblit...

>> probably. lets talk about decoding the launch. heres how i like to say to those that arent familiar with filibuster cloture nuclear option. there is only one nomination a president makes under senate rules needs to get 60 votes to clear a supreme court vote. supreme court nominee. everything else is judges and a cabinet members. why is supreme court an elevated threshold, because of the important position and the belief you ought to get bipartisan vote. were insisting we will have to get the ...