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Can't go on tv, i remember playing this role when ex lena kagan was nominated, sonja sotomayor and getting the true facts out there about the true record and their story. what what we have here is a very different situation. it is a 50-50 senate. dig durbin controls the dafl. and i will say under his leadership and senator schumer's leadership on the floor as has been noted we have confirmed more judges last year than any president has put forth since ronald reagan since you started your show that way, so we have a lot of experience getting this done, we have a white house that has vetted a nu...

Here is the senate judiciary committee chairman dig durbin earlier today on msnbc. >> there's a lot of information we'd like to gather from mr. clark, will help bring some clarity to the situation. it certainly raised a question and mr. rosen understood that mr. clark was waiting in the wings and if he didn't do president trump's requests, comply with those requests, he very easily could have been replaced. >> donald trump abused his office. for anyone with eyes or ears before the 2016 election you could see the potential for abuse was high. it is possibly even more alarming that trump's abuse...

Well, if the democrats offered this before, why aren't they agreeing to this deal this time around? because what we understand is that the president is going to offer the bridge act, which is different from the original proposal that would have protected dreamers permanently. this bridge act was designed by dig durbin of illinois, a democrat, and lindsey graham, of south carolina, a republican, and the goal was to be a bridge as it's called to just protect those dreamers on a temporary basis, until a long-term plan could be put into place. so the sense that we're getting from democrats is they...

>> did you see what various senators in the room said about my comments? they weren't made. no, no, i'm not a racist. i am the least racist person you have ever interviewed. that i can tell you. >> so that was the president again in florida. to be clear, he's still off in mar-a-lago right now. when he signed that martin luther king proclamation on friday. martin luther king's nephew said today is a day to help others. >> even by the standards of the wild last year, it is at the very least confusing what's going on, listening to lawmakers who were in that room during the immigration meeting, tr...

Quoting president trump using language that could be considered offensive. >> calling the nations they come from shitholes. the exact word used by the president. not more, not just once, but repeatedly. >> it was an impassioned conversation. i don't recall that specific phrase being used. >> i'm telling you he did not use that word, george, and i'm telling you, it's a gross misrepresentation. >> i didn't hear it and i was sitting no further away from donald trump than dick durbin was. >> nbc's garrett haake is live on capitol hill. members of the senate, as long as i can remember, always consi...