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Would fill. americans knew who had been in that seat, the late justice antonin scalia, one of the greatest jurists ever to sit on the supreme court. and it was the first time since president dwight d. eisenhower's re-election campaign that a supreme court seat was directly on the ballot. both candidates news the importance of that seat. it was a major issue. donald trump and hillary clinton were both clear about what kind of justices and judges they would appoint. during all three presidential debates, both candidates were asked, what qualities were most important to them when selecting a supr...

We're going to dip out of this contentious hearing for a few moments. that's brett kavanaugh in the chair there. president trump's second no, ma'am me that to the supreme court. this is day one of his confirmation hearing. contentious. they're already off schedule because of democratic complaints, partly about the process, partly pant the nominee. it's been a remarkable process so far. democrats complaining from the get go that this hearing should be delayed, postponed because they say 42,000 pages of documents provided to them just last night. again, we'll keep our eye on the hearing. just wa...

That if you removed kelly, removed mattis, and tillerson, who's no longer there, from this administration, this country could devolve into chaos. this suggests that in a lot of ways that those people and others in the administration took these steps to prevent the president from acting because they thought it would be a significant threat to this country, to the world. this is the president of the united states we're talking about and his most senior trusted aides and advisers. it's a remarkable thing. >> and just for context, a dangerous thing in today's world but a lot of this reporting is a...

Organized over the weekend by chuck schumer, the senate minority leader. talked to members on the committee, the rank and file democrats in particular on that committee, who wanted to take a much tougher line because of their frustration. grassley and the republicans were caught flat footed on that, but grassley did not want to give an inch on this because if he gave them an inch, they could take a mile. then where does it go from there? he believes if he keeps this process moving forward, ultimately, he'll get confirmed. but this is just a start. tomorrow is questioning. the day after is goin...

To support what the president wants to do. there are well-established -- for example, the national security process. barack obama when he was thinking about what to do in afghanistan, it was a month's long review that involved a whole host of people across the go government to try to help the president decide. in this administration, what we see again and again, and this is probably the most vivid portrait, is the president at war with that process. the president who wants to do whatever he wants to do and the process struggling to figure out how to keep him from doing it. that's just not how ...