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Let me get my first question in. your reaction to hearing your colleague say, look, this is different. changes the rules here is not like it's been in the past with regard to judicial nominations. it is appropriate for the majority to be able to get the work done at once. >> yeah. the reason we call it the the nuclear option, david, is because it's breaking the rules of the senate in order to change the rules of the senate, which the majority leader, as you pointed out, in his book, indicated was something we should never do. look, rather than getting down in the weeds on the rules, what is th...

Triggers what is called the nuclear option. rules change that would allow democrats to approve presidential appointees with a simple majority that could get us through on 51 votes. chief national correspondent jim angle with me now live from washington. hey, jim. >> reporter: hello, martha. that's right, it is called the nuclear option because it threatens to blow up the senate. but senate democratic leader harry reid, as you said, said he will bring up several nominees tomorrow and if not approved, he will move to change the rules. listen. >> we have a responsibility to give advice and consen...

The nuclear option, david, is because it's breaking the rules of the senate in order to change the rules of the senate which the majority leader as you pointed out in his book indicated was something we should never do. rather than getting down in the weeds on the rules, what is the problem here? the president has had 1,540 of his nominations confirmed. only four defeated. he's not lost a single member of the cabinet. he's getting them faster than president bush was, at the same time in his second term. the majority leader needs to bring these nominees up. most of them are going to be confirme...

Society. to suggest that the pope is liberal is really -- is really a contradiction of terms because the pope's main job is is to pass on the core teachings of the faith. any one of those 115 cardinals selected would have been considered a social conservative. >> bill: last question. is he a jesuit. what's a jez wited to -- jesuit to those people that don't know about the catholic religion, jesuit two mean types of priests. parish priest, direct superior is a bishop. religious order priest. qui think of franciscans, jesuits, et cetera. jesuit ignatius in the 1500s, 1540 was approved by the pop...

Liberal is really -- is really a contradiction of terms because the pope's main job is is to pass on the core teachings of the faith. any one of those 115 cardinals selected would have been considered a social conservative. >> bill: last question. is he a jesuit. what's a jez wited to -- jesuit to those people that don't know about the catholic religion, jesuit two mean types of priests. parish priest, direct superior is a bishop. religious order priest. qui think of franciscans, jesuits, et cetera. jesuit ignatius in the 1500s, 1540 was approved by the pope, and they have been known for being...