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Democrats, if they vote for the president's nominee, whomever that nominee is, they're going to lose their base. they're going to lose their donors. a lot of their activists who knock on doors, make phone calls. if they oppose it, they're going to lose the voters they need to attract. in trump states, to winn win election. >> there was a good analysis on the front page of the times. they may have to be making a decision between do we hold the senate now in favor at the expense of a court for 40 years? >> a nominee by a republican president is not going to be -- fail to win approval from a repu...

Other strands of inquiry that could go on. imagine what an actual functioning house that was going to be willing to engage in oversight could have done with the late lamented scott pruitt. >> i was just going to say there was reporting in "the new york times" today, mark lauder, before we go, officials said there was no way we'd be prepared to fight against those investigations. >> let's remember when the democrats took control during president george w. bush's presidency, they established a war room just to deal with the endless string of inquiries and subpoenas and investigations that were c...

Up, not down. we'll see how it affects us. >> reporter: it had been a booming open market for the fishermen. the rising tide had exploded in recent years. lifting all boats with it. >> how many lobsters are you sending out a day? >> we probably send out 15 to 20,000 lobsters, almost every day. >> reporter: and how much of that is going overseas? >> overseas, over 60% of our b lobsters. >> reporter: how much to china? >> china alone is 20%. >> reporter: tom adams is a major lobster distributor. he exports them from hundreds of local fisherman and co-ops to overseas markets. he invested $1.5 mil...

I have canceled theugust recess. we have a lot of important work to do as a of unprecedented oon. i hope we will greater coopion but everybody anticipate that we will be here as i a today. >> jon: that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's explanation for his decision to call off most of the august to tackle key bills before the f the fiscal year. but the move a will keep vulnerable democrats off the campaign trail right before the november mid-terms. let's talk about the reasoning here with jim kessler, former legislative director for chuck schumer the cofounder of third. and mark lauder f...

Spending on the appropriations bills so there is n wiggle room on how much is going to spent. so that was settled long ago. they already have an agreement on that. mitch mcconnell has the right to do this. he has a right to keep people there. he knows it helps them because democrats want to be back home. let's not pretend, let's not spin it as anything other than that. it's a political move. it's his right to do it but not his right to win the spin on this. >> jon: all right, jim and mark, good discussion. thankou. elissa: a gro senators cautioning president trum not to russian into easing san...