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Back then is an undertaking. >> it is. at the same time, there are 65 women, as you say, on the letter. it seems like if they are saying that this was just organized very quickly that it can't be the case that they are all involved in some kind of conspiracy on his behalf. it is a difficult kind of situation. the white house and kavanagh himself i think are really involved in trying to push back on this. i was watching a speech that kavanagh gave at the clinton library in little rock. he talked about the importance of rapid response in these kinds of confirmation fights. this is well before he...

People care about these types of decisions. i've seen those steps filled with people. i'm curious to know people that you've talked with, passersby what people are saying right no now. because they all want to know what the time is. if they know something is happening today. we let them know 9:00 tonight. if they can't be here, they can watch on fox news. there are a few protesters here but that's a daily occurrence. we have a big case here, we have hundreds or even thousands packed here sitting here between the court and capitol hill. there are some protesters today, i don't know if you can h...

Or raymond kethledge or thomas hardiman would have an easier time. kethledge, remember, was confirmed both in the judiciary committee and in the full senate on a voice vote. now, he's written some controversial opinions since then, since he's been on the appeals court, but i would think the toughest time and perhaps the most spirited time would be for amy coney barrett because of her -- the views that she's expressed in the past and the response to them. you know, when dianne feinstein asked her about whether her dogma was too strong within her, that produced a very, very strong backlash. >> w...

He's gotten rid of two cabinet secretaries who have three confirmation fights ahead of us. if he keeps getting rid of cabinet secretaries, he's going to have a very hard time filling those positions in a senate that is 51 republicans and 49 democrats. the so the president's hands are somewhat tied in this situation. he is hearing from his outside advisers, from his base. he said yesterday he was just in west virginia and the people in west virginia love scott pruitt. so that's probably what's driving him more than anything else, the fact that the base is on board with this guy. >> matthew, "th...

And that's where you need both a constitutional lawyer and criminal lawyer. that's why they've been looking around for other lawyers. whatever comes next, they're going to need another lawyer. >> so matthew nussbaum, again to set the scene, the president in florida, we know not who he's going to see, talk to, say something on twitter, it could be explosive, it could be radio silence. he gets back to washington sunday night. how is the trump agenda supposed to get pushed forward on monday with the staff anxiety over potentially more departures? what can you speak about the inside mood in this p...