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>> they need 51 votes. if the rules stay. if that's the way they are going to do it. if the democrats are going to ask for a filibuster which the old days mean you talk and talk and talk and talk but in the modern era means you need 60 votes it's going to be difficult to get 60's votes for him. the republicans are going to have to break the filibuster or persuade 8 democrats. 52 republicans, 48 democrats. persuade 8 democrats to come over. i think they have one democrat already. i don't want to prejudice him but he made very nice comments. brian: joe manchin. >> a friend of this show and fox b...

Interviewed him at the trump tower? >> it wouldn't surprise me. you know, i was there for two and a half hours on two different occasions with different people in the room u. brian: he was focused? >> yes, yes. the president knew what he was talking -- he wasn't the president when i was there. it was three days before inauguration. but he had certain issues on his mind that he wanted to explore and i was -- brian, i was thrilled to be able to help him in this process. and now i'm thrilled at the outcome. i also would have been thrilled with almost anybody on that list. but he really picked the...

Because if they force the republicans to do the nuclear option now,. steve: too early. brian: too early. ainsley: explain to the folk he is at home what the nuclear option is. brian: i don't feel like it. ainsley: they need 60 votes. there are 52 republican notice senate. so obviously they don't need enough. the nuclear option would change the rules so they wouldn't need as many. steve: 60. cloture vote. weirdness of the senate. brian: next opening weirder than this opening. go with 60 again. going to make it harder for them going back to 51 right after. ainsley: here is what is interesting. w...

Comedian amy schumer didn't find that funny and she defended him on instagram saying this is what he was thinking about at 6:21 a.m. i know chuck schumer and can he not act. trust me. can he barely small on cue. trump is about to bombard us with so many awful decisions. we need to stay focused and organized. >> i think she was just steamed because donald trump tweeted out nancy pelosi and fake tears schumer had that rally. >> she didn't like that fake tears comment. they also didn't like what amy schumer had to say no. way to defend chuck schumer is he a fake cry baby on a losing political tea...

Yelling in my ear. they are going to let him go through because they're worried about the next fight. if they allow him to get his 60 votes and pass him the way they are supposed to pass him, they will have something to say on the next fi it's kennedy or ginsburg. >> think about it this way i know they want us to stop. you are trading one conservative for another. you are not really changing the balance from where it was a year ago. now, you are trading gorsuch for scalia. next time around, whether kennedy is replaced or ginsburg is replaced. you are probably, donald trump is going to make the...