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Man of integrity and vision, adding, quote, tom knows how to talk to people. not down to them. he knows how to explain why our party's core beliefs matter to the immigrant family in arizona and the coal miner in west virginia. but senator bernie sanders responded reaffirming his support for congressman keith ellison saying, do we stay with this approach or go forward with a fundamental restructuring of the democratic party? wow. that also could pertain to our next guest and how we move forward. joining us now is president of the planned parenthood federation of america, cecile richards. good t...

Chairman of the senate judiciary committee declared that supreme court vacancies arising in the midst of a presidential lex should nont be considered until the campaign ended. here is mike pence speaking with pbs yesterday. >> you don't think the senate majority leader mcconnell has to resort to the nuclear vote? >> i hope he doesn't. when you look at those first-term nominations of president clinton and president obama, none of those were filibustered. all received full broad bipartisan support and all were considered and resolved in the senate in a matter of 60 to 70 days. >> they did set th...

Picks, except for this one final court pick, and took it down to 50 and had obamacare passed by a majority vote, which is going to mean now that republicans will repeal it without 60. we have all seen these leaders backed into the corner where the very thing that used to coo down our government, the 60 votes. it used to be 67. now they always say what do they say is in the saucer that cooled down the coffee. that has been shattered. >> between this and executive orders we have almost become a parliamentary system and that is dangerous. it increases the divisiveness and the possibility when the...

Remember. a lot of republicans, presumably many in connecticukentucky, in voted for donald trump on this issue, on supreme court, on controlling the court and having that ninth member be somebody -- that ninth justice be somebody to swing the vote in their favor. this is the critical vote, i think, for a lot of people who put themselves behind donald trump and held their nose about some of the other stuff. but we are now in this, like, this feedback loop of retribution where democrats feel they can't vote in favor of judge gorsuch because of what happened with merrick garland. it's an eye for ...

The other side and each side by the way, is very -- it speaks from where it sits. last year you heard democrats talking about republican obstruction i'm and now republicans talking about democratic obstructionism. where did sd it end? >> betsy devos bid to become education. two gop senators have announced they will vote against her nomination. >> i believe she is a good person. i know that she cares deeply about the children of this nation. but for the reasons that i will explain, i simply cannot support her confirmation. >> i have heard from thousands, truly thousands of alaskans who shared t...