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Happen. either judge gorsuch will pass with 60 votes or they must exercise the nuclear option and change the rules of the senate so that he can pass on a simple majority. >> reporter: two democrats up for reelections next year by states carried by president trump joe manchin of west virginia and heidi heitkamp of north dakota said they will support gorsuch. institutionalists like senator john mccain are trying to see if a deal can be struck to avoid the so-called nuclear option changing the thre...

Are insisting on 60 vote threshold here. >> martha: understood. the point is schumer is representing really the furthest left of his party right now. but we know that there are voters in many of these states who ended up voting for donald trump who were democrats who had voted for barack obama every times before. so, im listening to what richard is saying. is it possible that, you know, to carve out sort of a trumpest coalition among some of those people and say, look, you know, lets get togethe...

Of the freedom caucus that he will fight them in the 2018 election if they dont get on board. he says we must fight them and dems in 2018. iowa congressman labrador is firing back. the freedom caucus stood with you when you ran. remember who you are. were trying to help you succeed. the supreme court decision edging a bit forward. republicans only need to peel off eight democrats in total to reach the 60-vote threshold required to confirm gorsuch.

Meet the threshold. >> shannon: rich edson in turkey. isis is claiming responsibility for a suicide truck bombing in baghdad that killed 15 people and wounded 45. the attack comes as the united nations secretary-general visits iraq. antonio gutierrez is expressing support. steve bannon is one of the top figures in the trump white house. he is a lightning rod for criticism following his stint as the head of breitbart news. his political activism began decades ago. douglas kennedy has the story. >...

In 2014, nato countries agreed that by 2024, it would move towards spending at least 2% of the size of their economy on defense. currently, only five of the 28 nato nations do so. secretary of state rex tillerson came here today and said he wants to plan for the next two months for the end of may for countries that dont spend that for threshold to do so. there is also a separate set of meetings going on in london right now with the secretary of defense, james mattis is meeting with his british c...

Meet the threshold. >> shannon: rich edson in turkey. isis is claiming responsibility for a suicide truck bombing in baghdad that killed 15 people and wounded 45. the attack comes as the united nations secretary-general visits iraq. antonio gutierrez is expressing support. steve bannon is one of the top figures in the trump white house. he is a lightning rod for criticism following his stint as the head of breitbart news. his political activism began decades ago. douglas kennedy has the story. >...

Viewing conversations between even then president trump and other foreign officials, thats -- >> sean: thats illegal. even if it was picked up incidentally. how big does this story potentially got? >> i said the same thing. watergate had a lot of crimes and we are a long way from proving crimes yet. >> sean: dont you think a crime is committed with releasing the intelligence -- >> watergate was much larger than leaks. the one leak that made watergate was hailed as a great moment. we are a long w...

Other foreign officials,on thats -- >> sean: thats illegal. even if it was picked up incidentally. how big does this story potentially got? >> i said the same thing. watergate had a lot of crimes and we are a long way from proving crimes yet. i do think there is a really -- >> sean: dont you think a crime is committed with releasing the intelligence -- >> watergate was much larger than leaks. the one leak that made watergate was hailed as a great moment. we are a long way there yet. there are im...

Every supreme court nominee, since the eisenhower administration, with the exception of clarence thomas, was able to receive a threshold of more than 60 votes. >> i dont think anybody could get that. if gorsuch, who is considered to be someone that both sides could find quite palatable cant pass, i just dont see an environment where you will ever get to 60 votes or you will never have anyone fill the spot or you will go nuclear. marc, that look like where we are. >> unless president trump had re...

Give him the same privilege we gave sotomayor and kagan. >> shannon: but do you get there through the nuclear option require changing senate precedent. heres the question, because theres been dancing around the topic people saying well do whatever it takes to get him there no one said it will keep the nuclear option and voting to make the change. do you worry theres gop members that would hesitate. >> id like to keep the system intact. its worked so well for so long. >> shannon: the 60-vote thre...