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A ranger battalion there and a special forces group, a lot of those troops have served six, seven, eight tours in combat. so the behavior of mass murder, of the innocents was abnormal. it wasn't a bank robbery. >> thanks for joining us, sir. again, sergeant bales remains in pretrial isolation. we want to go back now for the battle to illinois for mitt romney and rick santorum. we head out to chicago again where we find peter alexander who has a special guest for us. peter? >> reporter: thomas, thank you very much. we, of course, are joined by senator john mccain. nice to visit with you. >> t...

Democracy, powerful interests must not be allowed to drown out the voices of ordinary citizens. >> just about immediately senate republicans started to give indications that they're gearing up for a big fight here. >> i've got to say, he has a propensity to choose people who don't care what the law is, they're going to make the law from the bench. judges are not supposed to do that. and i personally am very upset about it. >> except of course in the citizens united case where the court totally made up the law, but that was in a good way, right senator? in addition to those in the senate who wi...

Criticism from all corners of the political world. for all the drama, passion and raw emotion that comes out of the supreme court nomination process, you know what doesn't happen? supreme court nominees don't get filibusters. for as partisan as these nomination fights can get, filibustering really just isn't part of it. in the entire history throughout the years, exactly one judge has ever been successfully filibustered. in 1968, president lyndon johnson wanted to elevate abe fortas to being the chief justice of the court. he was filibustered, not allowed to become chief justice. the very next...

Court nominee, that ninth justice, they didn't even allow for a hearing, kept that seat vacant for over a year, a rather unprecedented move in that regard, democrats paying back republicans now. you see this happening on both sides, this fight really escalating. the question is how do democrats deal with the other big picks looming including neil gorsuch as president trump's supreme court nominee. democrats are not of one mind on that, actually divided on that key question, whether or not to give donald trump's nominee, supreme court nominee a vote. so we'll see. it's going to be a case-by-cas...

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