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Consensus -- more of a consensus going forward. we can't keep voting on party lines, the divisions in this country are only going to get worse. is anybody going to be big enough in the united states congress to do that? >> well, i hope so. and as you said, the stakes are going to get higher from here, because when another justice is appointed, and we don't know when that will be, that could change the balance of power in the court, and that could have a tremendous impact on everyday people's lives. so i certainly hope that there's a process in place where we can get a moderate main stream judg...

Branch, gorsuch is your guy. if you are worried as donald trump as president, gorsuch will be tough like scalia. >> everybody trying to define what is a main stream judge, for pelosi, schumer, elizabeth warren, what about contraception, hobby lobbyist. he sided with the big business and church over the individual rights of women. >> be honest, juan. is there someone on that list that democrats would confirm? >> yeah. sure. not because it came from heritage and federalist society. instead of having the far right decide, let's have a truly main stream. >> prior to being elected.

Alex has been downgraded, but there are still worries. more on the oil spill and the forecast coming up. but first, we're going to talk about -- let me check. elena kagan. her supreme court confirmation is coming up tomorrow and there are a lot of things going on with that. steve checks in for a preview. >> range of questions dealing with everything from gun control to abortion to gay rights will be fired at the latest supreme court nominee, 50-year-old elena kagan. her confirmation hearing begins tomorrow before the senate judiciary committee. conservatives fear the 50-year-old sifter general...

He, during the campaign, he gave the american people 21 judges which he would pick his choice for the supreme court from. the american people sent him to the white house to nominate one of those judges and he did it. prior to the president making his final decision trb white house spoke with 29 senators more than half were from the democratic side of the aisle including every democrat member of the senate judiciary committee to seek their advice and consent on the nomination. the consensus was that the pick a main stream judge. as i laid out before to the extraordinary low rate of majority opi...

Said of the supreme court confirmation process, quote, it should not be an exercise in political brinkmanship and partisan posturing and nominees deserve, quote, a full and fair hearing followed by a vote. senator claire mccaskill of missouri tweeted the constitution says the senate shall advise and consent that means having an up or down vote. who are senate democrats going to enact this on an extraordinary lengths to block? it's an individual frankly who their body, including senator schumer, unanimously confirmed for a seat on the 10th circuit not long ago. this is a judge who received a un...