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Interest your reaction to this court opening. the republican party is an anti-abortion party almost entirely, that's a sort of consensus view. the legal stars of the conservative movement in the republican party are opposed to abortion. many think that roe was terribly decided and sloppy. and then awful a sudden everyone gets bizarrely quiet when the opportunity is up for a supreme court justice who would presumably provided fifth vote to overturn roe. and i don't quite get it. is it just politics? is it fear of the politics of it? >> well, look, chris, i'm in my early 40s, and i remember the ...

Abortion nationwide, found to be a constitutionally protected right. but right now both women aren't saying much to put abortion rides advocates at ease. "ms. murkowski has said she will consider a nominee's views on the abortion rights views but that it alone would not be a litmus test for her choice." joining me now is journalist erin carmone, co-author of the notorious rbg. she's got a piece in the "washington post" sayinger, conservatives will try overturn roe versus wade. and leon wolfe, managing editor 69 blaze. leon, let me start with you. i've been following with interest your reaction...

What would a rate hycomine for the average consumer? >> well, clearly a bit of debate going on inside the fed about its approach to inflation. it does seem that consensus view is they can allow it to run a a higher. while the u.s. economy continues to recover. in terms of a rate hike that might come as soon as june. that's about making sure the economy doesn't run too hot. for the average consumer, an increase in interest rates could mean slightly higher mortgage payments, potentially slightly higher credit card rates, but potentially slightly better returns in the stock market. the dow closed...

Analyst jeffrey toobin. we have a lot to get through on this one-year anniversary of the mueller probe starting. is rudy guiliani right? a sitting president cannot be indicted and when robert mueller have told him that? >> this is one of the gray unanswered questions of constitutional law. the supreme court has never addressed this question. no prosecutor has tried to indict a president. there is justice department guidance going back to the 1970s that says a president cannot be indicted. and that seems to be the general consensus view, but we don't know that for sure. it is quite possible tha...

Essentially called on robert mueller to wrap up the probe. is that the consensus among republican lawmakers? do they find his comments concerning? try to put a timeline on this. >> you see a split among republicans, among some close allies of the white house and the president, you hear something similar. hey, this investigation has gone on a long time. you know, what's the deal? let's finish this thing up. but a lot of republicans i've talked to say let's just let this investigation finish in due time and in due course. and not interfere with this and not make it seem like we are trying to inf...