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People's minds. wait, can judge gorsuch, because he was nominated by president trump, be impartial going forward. judge napalatano does believe he can absolutely be fair going forward. though as a strict constitutionalist he may naturally side with the president over using the executive powers. that's a matter for further down the road. heather? >> heather: thank you, john. for more on this, chris colin, former congressional liaison to the trump transitional team joins me now live. thank you for joining us today. i want to get your comment on what you just heard the judge saying about the pres...

General who refused to defend it on monday and nominating a supreme court justice on tuesday places executive overreach of executive powers squarely at the center of the battle. >> it's going to be testy. these decisions have impacts for 50 and 6 # years oftentimes. i think that the president yesterday gave republicans a lot of cover and said do what you need to do to get him confirmed. go nuclear. there is not uproar from the public and this works on trump's behalf. i think there won't be a uproar if republicans pass him with 51 votes. i think a lot of people would yawn over that. that being ...

North carolina has a new governor. roy cooper was sworn into office just after midnight this morning on new year's day. former governor known for the controversial bathroom bill did not concede for weeks after the election. he signed a bill right before leaving office stripping cooper of executive powers. it's a real tug of war in north carolina. now is the official day. how does this play out? >> this is clearly a highly cont contentious environment. he has taken some of the republican lawmakers to court. with this long court process, the legal fight, will he be able to bridge that political ...

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More from conservative critics of donald trump than liberal critics of donald trump. can you imagine this man with his dem pramt and his drive for vengeance having instruments of government at his hands, the irs, et cetera. i wonder if that was a much bigger gaffe than we are making it out to be. >> i think it is. i think it's a huge gaffe. republicans talk about the imperial presidency and how barack obama has abused his executive powers. imagine somebody being asked to serve as attorney general if you knew that a president was going to direct prosecutions. i'm not a lawyer. but i get that. a...