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[ ♪ ] >> mike: the list of candidates for the supreme court opening continuing to grow as lawmakers gear up for a capitol hill battle on who the president will pick to replace the retiring justice anthony kennedy. during his presidential campaign he promised that, if elected, he would appoint judges that would put an end to the landmark roe v. wade abortion rights case meaning many wondering what it could mean for women's reproduction rights and two guests are joining us now, and gentlemen, good to see you and happy independence day. >> you too. >> likewise. >> eric, susan collins is targete...

With representative collins, they're acting like the easy part is what's to come. they have raised the deficit. they are taking money out of the coffers of government to support americans in need. so he said no cuts to medicaid, medicare and social security. that's simply not possible, particularly when he says this, you know, fictitious, which is what we'll hear over and over about abundance of able-bodied, ready-to-work americans who the way he describes it are just sitting around on their porch enjoying the sunshine are going to be pushed even harder to get back to work. there are not jobs ...

Lost. you are part of this game, you've been part of d.c. foreve forever. if you want to spin it that way, go right ahead. i think the podesta group has a lot to answer for and they are going to answer for it in this investigation, we will see where it goes for there. we are going to support tax reform for the american people because that's what they voted for. >> harris: quickly before i let you go, congressman collins, i want to get that in any case we have to let you scoot, it was paperwork they were looking at. do they have a client that may be had ties to russia, they didn't file the righ...

Party, although they reportedly said they did not think their client was politically tight at the time. they are looking to whether they failed to file the proper disclosure forms of the justice department. here's what the president tweeted -- let's bring in congressman doug collins of georgia, he is vice chair of the house republican conference, representative collins, great to have you today. if you can come i want you to break it down for us and tell us what's most important about what's happened now that tony podesta has stepped away from a firm with his name on it. >> i think what's happe...

>> well there is a lot of anxiety about health care. there is a lot of anxiety about jobs, about what the future looks like, about whether kids are going to have a chance to have a decent life. you know, i will say this. the complaints aren't just about trump. i think president trump's failure is that he hasn't moved any sort of agenda. the russia piece that will take care of itself. i'm confident in mr. mueller. i'm confident in the committees investigating him. and the people back home feel that way too. they want to see that investigated. but they want us and they want the president to focu...