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There is one aspect of the vetting that's quite thorough in the trump white house. it's a review of sort of what the nominees or potential nominees have said in the past about trump. there's a pretty thorough check of their twitter, their facebook, did they support another candidate in the republican primaries. >> seriously? >> yeah, that matters a hlot to this president. there are people considered for jobs who don't get through because of that. it's important for us to remember that the senate plays a key role in the vetting. trump today talked about how this process is dirty and unfair and ...

A concern. but an equal concern should be what methods the justice department intends to use here. i think the idea of subpoenaing media sources, there should be an extraordinarily high bar and a factual showing of what damage to the national security has been done before that can occur. >> and to make sure they're not just going after leaks that are embarrassing, but don't damage national security in your view? >> that's right. that's right. and, remember, we're in a presidency that has basically declared the media the enemy. and so i think we have to be, like i said, extraordinarily careful ...

Our perfect spot is calling. our perfect spot is pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. the 60 vote super majority has become the new normal. the senate gang of eight doesn't think 60 votes will be enough to entice republicans in the house to take action even if the legislation passes the senate and that super 60. so they are ditching the super majority for an overmajority, a n gang of eight member chuck schumer spoke about last week on "meet the press". >> we're hoping to get up to 70 votes and we're willing to enter tain amendments that don't damage the bill wu improve the bill. ...

Wouldn't be up to some bureaucrat to make their own determination, perhaps wrongly based on political needs. it would be the same standard for all groups, liberal, conservative, democrat, republican. that's what we need. our letter actually the solution to the problem. >> you're obviously focused on immigration reform. you're part of the gang of eight. this is a question about the president's agenda in light of all of these scandals and controversies that the administration faces. i talked to one of boehner's top guys this week who said if senators say they can get republican votes in the sena...

Republican votes in the senate and it's automatically going to transfer to getting votes in the house, they're wrong. it's going to be a long slog in the house as well. >> first, we're going to put information on the floor starting on june 10th. i predict it will pass the senate by july fourth. we're hoping to get 70 votes, up to 70 votes which means a lot of republicans. we're willing to entertain amendments that don't damage the core principles of the bill but improve the bill just as we did in committee. we came out of the committee very strong. our gang of eight stuck together and we picke...