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Dew. >> i think it's wrong for any candidate for a judicial nomination, any -- especially for the supreme court to tell how they would decide a contested case when they don't know what the facts are and they have to respect either precedent by the courts or by the decisions of congress and apply it. so no self-respecting nominee is going to answer that question ahead of time. ruth bader ginsberg refused to do it and brett kavanaugh declined to answer it as well. >> neil: and you referred to ruth bader ginsberg. that was the start of the nonanswer hearings. both sides got good at it. so they ge...

He said the most important thing is to find something that will adhere to the constitution and the laws of the united states. >> neil: and that means respect precedent. >> a judge has to respect precedent. precedent has always -- >> neil: you personally believe we should respect the precedent of roe v. wade? >> i've not been nominated. doesn't matter. a judge would not be doing his job if he didn't sit there and struggle with a precedent and -- a judge has to decide whether a precedent is strong enough to survive. again, when you have major precedents, that's a big hurdle. judge cavanaugh will...

Roberts that would take an act of godly influence to change a precedent that's been established by the court and people have gotten used to for 45 years. do you know whether justice kavanaugh feels that way? >> no one can know what a supreme court justice will do. i'll tell you this, this is a court that if you look at trends in history is minimalist in term of when it overturns precedent. it avoids that. that's where we are historically. so the important question is really what senator collins and others have been asking. do we have someone that will not show hostility towards cases and will ...

Partners. you want them to buy our stuff. >> that's what's happening. germany and china are talking about doing their own thing. does that worry you? >> we're the biggest market, we're the biggest economy. they want to deal with us. so ultimately it worried me but not a lot. i think that's one reasons the markets are reacting as they are. let's talk to them as allies. let's negotiate this thing. let's be sure that they know we're serious and use the trade remedies where they can't then turn around and retaliate against us. >> let's switch gears. i'm jumping. i apologize. brett kavanaugh and hi...

Experience the new 2018 lexus nx, and the nx hybrid. experience amazing, at your lexus dealer. is. the super bowl is this sunday of course. and reporters managed to ask the president who he is rooting for. >> i better not get involved. >> not getting involved? that's talk about breaking precedent. you have got to believe he is pulling for the patriots. social media director tweeting back an image from 2015. the quarterback appeared to endorse trump during the