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About trump's relationship with russia. about where this investigation is headed and where they are taking foreign policies. there's no doubt about that. >> a busy day for all of you at ro your respective places of work. i want to go right to congressman you have a very serious role. what is on your mind tonight? do you want to speak to what we were just discussing about whether they go into pro forma session. >> well, let me say that this reality of where the senate is today, the fact that they probably are going to go into a pro forma session because i think your panelists are right, they do...

Do it but likely wouldn't succeed. they can try the filibuster, but the republicans can change it to a straight up or down vote. president trump's problem may be that if his attorney general leaves, sessions has a lot of friends in the u.s. senate. and some republicans might side with the democrats forcing what is called a pro forma session. everybody leaves town except for one guy that walks in and bangs the gavel. the u.s. supreme court has said sorry, you can't make a recess appoint meant during a pro forma session. it's a can of worms if he tries to a recess appointment. >> neil: what if h...

With mitch mcconnell any time he wants someone confirmed, he won't be able to go around congress and fill positions when a hypothetical republican senator refuses to act. that's what the stakes are and that's the power of the presidency that the supreme court curtailed pretty drastically. i think pete nailed it when he said the power isn't technically doomed. the ruling could have gone a lot further. for all intents and purposes, there's nothing stopping a hypothetical republican majority from defining every recess as a pro forma session and having someone gavel in and out every couple days to...

Session and they claim they were actually in session when the president made those appointments and therefore they were invalid. and today the justices agreed with the senate republicans saying the three people the president appointed to the national labor board doesn't count essentially because the senate was in session because of this legislative maneuver. however important to note that the justices didn't take away the constitutional authority for the president to appoint people when congress is in recess. the president can still do that. but not when they're in this pro forma session. this...

Appointments. officials placed in top government jobs without senate approval, in other words the president didn't wait for senate approval to appoint these people and the u.s. supreme court has ruled that is wrong. let's head out to the u.s. supreme court and pamela brown. there you are. so tell us more about this ruling. >> right. so carol, the justices unanimously handed over a big win to congress. it's a big defeat for the white house. this has been a power tug of war between the legislative branch and the executive branch for years. a lot of people might not understand that the president ...