julian assan judge ought to do that he'll get an up or down vote without worrying about 60 votes. >> i am sure you heard from richard blumenthal said about using the filibuster possibly to put up a roadblock to his nomination. take a listen. >> i think every nominee is important. if i conclude this one is outside the mainstream i'll use every tool at my disposal and i think many of my democratic colleagues share that view. >> he said that conditionally. he didn't say it was absolutely going to happen but he did say there was a possibility he would use every tool. what's your response, sir? >> i don't think i am a naive person, but this is the way i look at it and i expect other people to look at it and i think the pressure from the public when they get done hearing judge gorsuch, that he'll be able to get through without that sort of a vote, because we didn't filibuster two clinton nominees or two obama nominees. the democrats have filibustered