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Big. it's very soon. they have a list when they updated it from the gorsuch protsz, b process, but still, that's a very quick timeline to pick a person. >> and that's what mitch mcconnell wants. 66 days from sotomayor from nomination to confirmation. 66 days for neil gorsuch from nomination to confirmation. he wants to do this by this fall. >> the election starts in september. by october 30 they have to pick a new budget. they can't convince these senators they're making calls to to come on board with a nomination. this is basic math. with murkowski, susan collins and chuck grassley, the quest...

Abolishing i.c.e. they're never going to abolish i.c.e. we'll have some immigration force in the country. the question is, is i.c.e. too aggressive now and is doing too much? i do think the next democratic president will not only do things trump didn't do but also not be as aggressive as obama was. i think on the left there is a view that obama's immigration policies were too tough, too, and that's where the pushback is coming. >> we never heard this from gillibrand then, but now we're hearing now that immigration is really tugging at people's heartstrings with these family separations, now we...

Only in the supreme court, but in both courts. >> they are very quiet behind the scenes that we're not even privy to, although my colleagues pointed out some of them in today's paper. this administration has been laying the groundwork for another nomination and confirmation site. they've made steps to try to persuade anthony kennedy that now would be the time to retire. and when that happened they were very much prepared for a quick process to try to get this person through. no matter who it is, whether it's someone on that list or somebody not on that list, there's no question it's going to c...

The administration can take it upon itself to simply choose to pay subsidies to insurance companies to provide policies under obamacare. but the political question is whether the people who sit behind in congress will fix the problem by proposing and passing legislation that authorizes those payments. that could still happen by the way. some republicans that may be the way to go. you eliminate the legal question and it becomes a budget question, not a legal question and we'll see if that happens. it is not very clear from what the president is saying whether he thinks that would be a good idea...

Eliminating federal funding for corporation for public broadcasting. do you support that and will you follow that elimination in the budget? >> i have to refer you to the appropriators. they are just getting started. i don't get deep into the microdetails. i refer you. >> a budget question for you. diane black the budget chairwoman is supportive of the idea of doing $150 of mandatory cuts. some other chairmen, not so comfortable with that, coming out with the savings. you are still having your family discussions, but how do you vision short of, like, going through this? do you think there's a ...