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In my remarks, produces a mainstream candidate. and as i laid out earlier, the supreme court requires a mainstream candidate now more than ever. >> meantime, ice president mike pence saying he is hopeful the nuclear option won't come to pass, and he believes many democrats will come around once i get to meet judge gorsuch. >> we are very heartened by the response now of seven democrat members of the senate, who have said that they believe the judge deserves an up or down vote, and i do believe that as judge gorsuch's travels across capitol hill in the weeks ahead, sitting down with republicans...

Finally, thomas hardiman out of pittsburgh, the first to graduate from his family from college, he drove a cab for a period of time, and sits on the bench with trump's sister. those are the three we'll be looking for to see who he sits. >> could the democrats in the end block any of these nominees? >> reporter: well, don't forget the democrats will make these hearings not only about the nominee but about the fact that merrick garland, obama's nominee, never got hearings. they plan to look at it and really go after republicans for that. schumer has said he wants a mainstream candidate. but he h...

Resisted legislatijgislation he congress to do that. we'll hold him accountable for it and demand he keep his promise. he promised to protect social security and medicare, but tapped an avoied critic of medicare, a man who has spent his career advocating for its demise as his secretary of health and human services. we demand he keep his promise not to cut social security or medicare. he says he wants to build a strong america and earn respect around the world, but seems to be marching in lock step with a bullying, disassemblining autocrat, vladimir putinin. we're going to hold him accountable ...

Resisted legislation here in congress to do that. we'll hold him accountable for it and demand he keep his promise. he promised to protect social security and medicare, but tapped an avowed critic of medicare a man who spent his career advocating for its demise as his secretary of health and human services. we demand that he keep his promise not to cut social security or medicare. he says he wants to build a strong america and earn respect around the world, but seems to be marching in lockstep with a bullying dissemmbling autocrat who has caused a great deal of trouble here and around the glob...

If he doesn't nominate a mainstream candidate, we're going to go at him with everything we have or her. go at the candidate with everything we've got because this is so, so important. now, you know, senator mcconnell has said, let's not -- let's not use the filibuster. but they don't come with clean hands having delayed garland for a year. further more, i was the person when the rules were changed back a few years ago when leader reed changed the rules, i said, let's not do the supreme court. we should have 60 votes, which we still do, because we should get bipartisan support. so i hope both p...