Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170406:14:31:00
Eastern republican also begin the first votes on the nuclear option and change the confirmation threshold from 60 to 51. sometime early this afternoon we'll take the final vote on the nuclear option and decades of precedent in the senate. i bring in legal scholar elizabeth wytra president of the constitutional accountability center and "wall street journal" white house reporter carol lee and "usa today" washington bureau chief susan page. panel of power women here. let's put this into context. what does it mean that republicans are prepared to go nuclear. >> we've had the 60-vote threshold for...