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In essence bringing in a coroner to tell us what we already know about the condition of the body. i mean, senator schumer did mention that a poll -- i hadnt heard of. americans believe in the 60 vote standard. im not so sure they care about the mechanics of that filibuster. >> is that fake news? >> i think that goes to your point that you asked both of them about whether the filibuster is going to be around. i think for a lot of voters this is not something that they think of as particularly pro...

Neil gorsuch one way or the other. julie: doug mckelway has more on where the fight is heading. >> hi chilly with the senate vote on sipri part nominee neil gorsuch looming this week is a lot of 11th hour jockeying. the senate democrats to the 60 vote threshold to filibuster his nomination. thats important because they are both from space the trump one eight. just yesterday missouri democrat claire mccaskill also facing a 2018 re-election battle also from estate the trump one added herself to th...

On the campaign trail. but as indira lakshmanan writes about in her most recent column in "the boston globe," president trump is earning a reputation as a boss who wants a quick fix and who doesnt much care how you got there. and indira is back with me. so indira, the guardian wrote this week that trump earlier this year ordered the review of the rules of engagement set by his predecessor barack obama that insisted on the near certainty that there would be no civilian casualties before any air s...

Rex tillerson met with the top nato diplomats in belgium. also criticized russia but said that nato allies had to do robe more. >> reporter: his first visit rex tillerson came to deliver a clear message. allies must pay their way to meet the 2% gdp defense spence threshold. >> three important areas we want to talk about. first is ensuring that nato has all the resources, financial and otherwise. >> reporter: a few hundred miles away, james mattis on his first trip to london as u.s. secretary of ...

Filibuster of a nominee who is as mainstream as they come. this is a judge who had 2700 opinions, 98% of those opinions were unanimous. of the times he descented, half of those were against republican colleagues and half against democratic colleagues. theres nothing controversial here. you have a crazy situation where its pure politics democrats are playing. theres nothing in his record and nothing in his testimony that -- that they should be getting so worked up about. its a play to the base. p...

Nation for all of our citizens. leland: doug mcelway live with where the fight is headed. hi. >> with the senate vote on judge gorsuch, theres a lot of jockeying at senate democrats near the 60 threshold to filibuster. two declared theyll vote for gorsuch, important because theyre from states that trump won and both are up for reelection in 2018. missouri democrat clare mccaskill facing a 2018 reelection battle from a state that trump won told a no, and would filibuster. and told a private gathe...

Threshold. >> secretary mattis and i have agreed that others must now raise their game. and those failing to meet the 2% commitment so far should at least agree to year-on-year real terms increases. >> reporter: the mattis/tillerson coordination belies what many see as the chaos of trumps administration so far. on russia, both secretaries also joining forces to contradict trumps early thwart toward putin and ready nato for more aggression. >> its now a matter of record. >> we want to have a disc...

Supreme court, they really are -- when you know that hes going to be endorsed one way or the other, its a shame that they go that route. and for full disclosure, i believe justice garland should have had a vote for his place on the supreme court. >> why fight this fight? this is a scalia seat. this was a conservative seat. >> sure. >> what about when theres a liberal seat? >> sure. >> thats up for grabs? >> lets remember, the 60-vote threshold is designed so we can get consensus, at least get to...

Threshold being ordered. we being less careful in your view in terms of trying to avoid civilian casualties under donald trump? >> well, so there is one thing which is whether the actual rules of engagement have changed yet. what we know this week from the pentagon is they have not. the head of central command has testified before the house armed services committee and said they havent changed the rules of engage. however, that is different from the tone that is set from the top. donald trump ha...

Neil gorsuch one way or the other. julie: doug mckelway has more on where the fight is heading. >> hi chilly with the senate vote on sipri part nominee neil gorsuch looming this week is a lot of 11th hour jockeying. the senate democrats to the 60 vote threshold to filibuster his nomination. thats important because they are both from space the trump one eight. just yesterday missouri democrat claire mccaskill also facing a 2018 re-election battle also from estate the trump one added herself to th...