judge gorsuch disagreed. in stead he argued in his dissent that the term operate should be interpreted by the oxford dictionary's finition, that orate would include only operating the cab of the truck. and madden's employer could fire him a impunity. i find this striking. first, judge gorsuch's argument ignores the reality that mr. madden was given an impossible choice, risk your own life or the life of others on the road. secondly, it ignores the fact that judges are not evaluating cases and interpreting law in a vacuum or a law school classroom, but rather cases are about real people and real life. in fact, the majority of his own court, on the 10th, noted that judge gorsuch's narrow interpretation of the word "operate" was based on one dictionary while they had found a different dictionary definition that supported their reading of the statute. simply put, which dictionary a judge happens to select should not and cannot determine will a just outcome is achieved in a case. the second case that really stood

, judge gorsuch. well, as days marched on someone told me i was wrong, that i should pronounce it like this. >> president trump supreme court judge gorsuch, judge gorsuch. okay, gorsuch, whatever, what thing is absolutely clear, i'm not the only one. >> i want you to meet judge neil gorsuch. >> the president announced his pick of the supreme court judge gorsuch. >> no one could have chosen better than neil gorsuch. i had a good meeting with nominee gorsuch. >> all right. so what is it. well during day two of the confirmation hearing senator tom confused himself decided to get to the bottom of it all, once and for all. >> please pronounce your last name? >> i've answered the to a lot of things, gorsuch is how i say it. we had probably different cheat sheets with different phonetic, gorsuch. for everybody in the audience, it's gorsuch. >> yes, gorsuch and now i have my own cheat sheet right here, gorsuch, by the way that is the e at the end of ann e and sometimes i just sort of slur right over it. thank

it's a senate showdown over neil gorsuch. will republicans make the ultimate rule change and altar the senate forever? special envoy, president trump's son-in-law jared kushner is in iraq on behalf of the president. but with no previous experience, what is he doing there? and trump's big week. right now the president is meeting behind closed doors with the egyptian president at the white house. he's also scheduled to meet with key leaders of jordan and china later this week. but we start with president trump's supreme court nomination, which is now in jeopardy. judge gorsuch is expected to advance out of the judiciary committy at any moment, however, democrats now have 40 votes to filibuster a final vote. republicans have suggested if they didn't get an up or down vote they could trigger what's called the nuclear option. that strategy would put gorsuch on the supreme court, but it could also destroy the filibuster, as well as harm the consensus building relationship that our founding fathers had envisioned for the body. repor

supreme court nominee, neil gorsuch. the senate judiciary committee voting along party lines today to send his nomination to the full senate. democrats have the votes to block the confirmation. republicans say they will now change senate rules to confirm gorsuch with a simple majority instead of the 60 votes typically needed. >>> president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner is visiting iraq. the white house says he was invited by the joint chiefs of staff chairman general joseph dunford. the two plan to meet with government officials an discuss the ongoing military campaign against isis. >>> president trump welcoming egyptian president abdel el sisi to the white house today, the first egyptian leader to visit the white house since arab spring in to 2011. the president said the two leaders will work together on terrorism and other issues. >>> rescuers in colombia still searching for people missing after flooding and mudslides in the southern start of that country. the government says the death toll from t

guys, let's talk about neil gorsuch. is it a good idea for democrats to and pend other political capital blocking this judge? it is not going to change anything with scalia. >> well, democrats haven't got a choice. i think their base demands that they show some spine on this. >> does base demand it? do democratic voters really care about this? >> absolutely. citizens united, they can't stop him. i think they have to show they tried as hard as they could. nu the filibuster and it will be good for democrats in the long term. >> why would it be good for democrats? >> it's an arcane certainty rule, used in instances, legislation it wasn't meant to over the years. it prevents accountability, a pretty good case for getting rid of it. if you're in the majority you get your chance to do something. if voters like it, you stay in the majority and if not, it's their turn. >> a simple majority, 51 votes. >> the fear this is a become the house then and you don't have legislation that requires true bipartisan support. a 51-49 is not r

finally, a profound thank you to louise gorsuch and to all of the gorsuch family. thank you. [ applause ] and louise, i've heard it firsthand, i know what a total inspiration you are to your husband and to your entire family. so thank you very much. fantastic. thank you very much. [ applause ] we are here to celebrate history, the taking of the judicial oath by the newest member of the united states supreme court, neil gorsuch. justice gorsuch, i just want to congratulate you and your entire family. it's something so special. in fact, i've always heard that the most important thing that a president of the united states does is appoint people, hopefully great people like this appointment, to the united states supreme court. and i can say, this is a great honor. [ applause ] and i got it done in the first 100 days. that's even ni. you think that's easy? this ceremony has special meaning as justice gorsuch is filling the seat of one of the greatest supreme court judges in american history. and that is antonin scalia who was a terrific, who was a terrific judge and a t

judge gorsuch is going to get nominated. he's going to get nominated because he's extremely qualified. he did an extraordinary job in 20 hours of committee hearings, and i have to say senator grassley did a good job of managing that process. my colleagues should really think of what they're trying to do this week. they're not going to be successful, and hopefully we can get some consensus. but if not, i'm very confident we'll see one of the great judges confirmed to the supreme court later this week. >> the american people deserve an up or down vote on neil gorsuch. the american people expect an up or down vote on neil gorsuch. and the american people are entitled to an up or down vote on neil gorsuch. some of our democratic colleagues are going to try to prevent that vote. that would be wrong. and i don't think the american people will agree with it. >> forgive me, there's some of you. let's just get a show of hands who here will vote for the nuclear option. >> we're not going to show hands. >> senator grassley, what do you

let me start the with gorsuch. the senate actually changed the senate rules in order to confirm him. he will be the only one of the 1999 sitting on the supreme court that did not get 60 votes. what are the implications of that? >> well, it's actually not true. clarence thomas who was confirmed by a narrower margin, but we all know there were more complicated things going on with that. >> what was clarence thomas's margin? >> 52-48. that had to do with the scandal around the elected sexual harassment of anita hill. with gorsuch, this was politicked. you have on the one hand, republicans saying this is somebody who is a mainstream jurist. he is very much in the mold of justi justice scalia who he was he's going to be replacing. democrats saying guy is far right, and the seat was stolen from garland. the it's not that there were real issues on gorsuch himself. it comes down to the fact that republicans basically sold everything out to get a republican elected last year so they could have this seat. >> see? i think tha

this week is critical for the nomination of neil gorsuch. today the judiciary committee will vote to send his nomination to the full senate for the vote. the republicans don't have enough votes on their own to get him confirmed. they may have to resort to an usual move, changing the senate rules on their own to override democrats and get gorsuch on the court. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says one way or another gorsuch will be confirmed by the end of the week. also a week president trump will be on the world stage. he has visits from world leaders from the white house, egypt and jordan. the chinese president will be here later in the week meeting with president trump and there will be tense issues from trade to north korea. it's a big week ahead for president trump. lewis. >> certainly a big week in washington thanks to kelly o'donnell for that report. >> that's a wrap for us on this monday i'm alex witt. "morning joe" starts now. >> you're going to see some very, very strong results very, very quickly. thank you very much. >> mr.

he already announced that he's a no on gorsuch's nomination. we'll continue to monitor the developing situation as democrats move closer to a so-called nuclear showdown with republicans. but next, new financial disclosures from white house staff, including ivanka trump and jared kushner. the couple reporting more than $700 million in assets. we'll breakdown the numbers and where the money trail leads. and what new ethical questions the white house faces. my business was built with passion... but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... which adds fuel to my bottom line. what's in your wallet? i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. my psoriatic arthritis caused joint pain. just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and i was worried about joint damage. my doctor said joint pain from ra... can be a sign of ex

why not give neil gorsuch an up or down vote? >> let me make a proposal to maybe break this problem that we have, okay? it looks like gorsuch will not reach the 60 vote margin. so instead of changing the rules, which is up to mitch mcconnell in the republican majority, why doesn't president trump, democrats and republicans in the senate sit down and try to come up with a mainstream nominee? look, when a nominee doesn't get 60 votes, you shouldn't change the rules, you should change the nominee. give me one minute here, because this is important. let's just look at the history, okay? our nominee was merrick garland. mitch mcconnell broke 230 years of precedent and didn't call him up for a vote. it wasn't in the middle of an election campaign, it was march. second, then, now we -- looks like we have the 60 -- the votes to prevent gorsuch from getting on. now, that doesn't mean you have to change the rules. each side didn't get their nominee. let's sit down and come together. our republican frids are acting like you know they're a c

it seems they will have to go nuclear to get neil gorsuch confirmed. talk to us about the ramifications of that. will this fundamentally change how the senate functions going forward. >> i think this may be all overplayed by both sides trying to create drama and justice their extreme measures in both parties. it does seem like in the next couple weeks after gorsuch is approved, the senate may go back to its normal way of business. this may just be a huge storm that won't have actual legislative effects because the senate does not want to devolve into aitter partisan battle every day. >> wait minute. you think with all this bad blood between both parties they're going to go back to normal business? you really think senate and members there will put aside their differences and find common ground and work together after all this? >> i never said they'll find common ground on everything. the senate was already kind of -- had broke as an institution. but i don't think that this move this week is as seismic as everyone thinks because both parties and both se

neil gorsuch is now confirmed. the vote was 54 to 45, announced by vice president pence sitting in the chair of

neil gorsuch is 49. we've got other senior members of the supreme court who may leave, who may retire. and these are going to be seats that could be open for donald trump to fill as well. it makes going down this route makes it much easier to confirm candidates who are even further to the right on the political litmus test spectrum still used for the supreme court. what is a shame here is that democrats seem to be coalescing. i think claire mccaskill put it strongly in her note yesterday saying i will support a filibuster, but she is so troubled by the long-term consequences that this will leave. and she knows the lasting repercussions this could be in terms of heightening partisanship, heightening partisanship in a washington that frankly is fundamentally broken. >> it's not like -- i understand the argument, resist, don't normalize president trump. i understand that argument. this isn't about president trump. >> no. and if they go nuclear and they do change the rules, the next guy that the progressives

and end the filibuster to confirm neil gorsuch. russia, the supreme court and a struggling presidency. this morning i'll be joined by the senate's top two leaders, republican mitch mcconnell and democrat chuck schumer. also the fake news cycle. a former fbi agencit says russi speaks and the president tweets. >> what worked in this u.s. election is because the commander in chief has used russian measures at times against his opponents. >> clint watts says the russians are still at it and he's live here this morning. joining me are eugene robinson, columnist for "the washington post." msnbc's greta van susteren, robert draper of "the new york times" magazine and amy walter, national editor of the cook political report. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history celebrating its 70th year. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. the drip drip drip of crises in the trump presidency has quickly developed into the steady rainstorm. he s

we'll see if either pays a price for that stance on gorsuch in gorsuch's home state of colorado. but, you know, even without michael bennet, democrats do have the votes to mount their filibuster against neil gorsuch, to stop him from being confirmed to the court unless he can get 60 votes that showdown is going to happen later this week. it's going to be a huge drama as the republicans decide how they're going to respond to that. today every democrat on the judiciary committee voted against neil gorsuch's nomination. but that was just a signal of the bigger fight that will come over this in the next few days. here is one thing to stick a flag in, though. in this news today. and as you're looking towards the rest of the week. while democrats on the judiciary committee were taking this unified stand against judge gorsuch today, they did something else that got lot less attention. in addition to advancing judge gorsuch's nomination today, the judiciary committee also voted to advance the nomination of this man. his name is rod rosenstein. the white house has nominated him to be the

judge gorsuch now justice gorsuch. 49 years young. notably of the nine members of the court right now, there are three that are either 70 years of age or older so the potential is justice gorsuch is joined by some other new justices over the course of this president's term. as one conservative in the rose garden said to me, this is huge. this is the biggest triumph so far for this presidency. in effect, they hope it bes to help refuel the conservative message they believe president trump campaigned on rightnow. they say it will helport of bind the coalition that the president came into office with right now with a message to never trumpers that you need to get behind this president and a message to other conservatives broadly that is a man who did deliver on one of the most important of his props. president trump himself as you noted today joked about the fact that hey, it ain't easy to get this stuff done in the first 100-days. that was sort of a hat tip to some of the challenges his administration, this young administration has face

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>> well, to lay i out in blunt rms, what's crning to me about gorsuch more than anything else, neil gorsuch is 49 years old. anyone watching this right now, if they have children, expect that over the life of their children, he will be on the supreme court, and the reason it's especially troubling, not only for all the reasons our other guests laid out, but look throughout history. for people of color, lgbt people, women, anyone who has been a minority in america, the traditional path to justice has been through our court system, because sometimes the government has failed us. sometimes our state legislatures pass laws denying us our civil rights. traditionally, we've turned to the courts for justice. now we have a court tilting so sharply right and the department of justice headed up by someone by jeff sessions. that will have tremendous implications for the future. and no matter the agenda, most americans don't support it. most americans aren't on board with the mass deportation strategy. most americans didn't vote for him, but they'll be shaping our justice systems. >> that's what you're

>> i think the gorsuch confirmation will be very interesting. it may be very messy but it will something that can trump as a victory. see if he can get any momentum coming out of that. >> thank you both for stopping by on a sunday. >> thank you. >> all right. president trump talked tough about china during the presidential campaign. one of the topics we were alluding to. he accused the chinese of cheating americans out of billions so what will he do in a face-to-face meeting with the president of china? will it be blusser -- bluster or diplomacy? per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty, the quicker picker upper starts with turkey covered in a rich flavorful gravy,e president trump talked tough diplomacy? because she knows that when it's cold outside... president trump talked tough diplomacy? marie callender's. it's time to savor. >>> under my administration the theft o

that's want -- there are real objections to justice gorsuch. he is a very nice man. he comes off very well. he -- you know, all of that. there are very serious concerns about his actual record and whether or not that is appropriate for the court, and those questions were raised during the hearings. now, that being said, i find these arguments from the republicans laughable and, frankly, quite hollow because, remember how we got here. we got here in 2013 because of republican obstructionism. for republicans to now be crying that it's not fair, when they certainly used every tool that they could to obstruct president obama, you know, that's just a laughable argument. >> john, this nuclear option, we keep throwing the term around, that the republicans would use it, would allow to get gorsuch through with a simple majority vote. john mccain had some really strong things to say about it. let me play that sound and then we'll talk. >> then after 200 years, at least 100 years of this tradition where the senate has functioned pretty well, they think it would be a good idea t

this is over the supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. this is not the vote to nominate him, to appoint him. this is about the cloture. we're watching the senate all hour. it'll go on for a few hours. once in a while, you'll see the image of kasie chasing devin nunes down the hall to try to get some comment from him. she stayed on it. he didn't give her an answer. that is what kasie hunt does for us. she doesn't let anybody get past without getting a question. the wild west wing. a divide inside the white house. idealogical groups fights for the president's favor. what it means for the challenges, including syria and north korea, when we come back. (jessica) i love beneful healthy weight because the first ingredient is chicken. (riley) man, this chicken is spectacular! (jessica) i feel like when he eats beneful, he turns into a puppy again. you love it, don't you? you love it so much! (vo) and now try new beneful grain free, simply made with wholesome ingredients, and no grain. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's wh

a political report has just come out that says that judge gorsuch committed plagiarism. well, that's news i had not heard. i'll read the article. we can all learn about it at the same time. supreme court nominee, neil gorsuch copied the structure and language used by several authors and failed to cite source material in his book in an economic article according to documents provided to "politico." >> senator jeff merkley last night reacting in realtime to that midnight "politico" report accusing judge gorsuch of plagiarism on more than one occasions. one of many surprises. senator jeff merkley from oregon, i have to ask you, how are you feeling? >> i got a little 90 minute nap earlier and some food and i'm feeling better. >> you spoke for 15 1/2 hours last night and you've had 90 minutes sleep since then? >> that's correct. that's right. >> if you start swearing or speaki ining nonsense we'll cutr mike, sir. >> thank you. my mind's a little clouded right now. >> let me ask you about that clip that we just played which was you responding in realtime to the sort of last mi

it's a senate showdown over neil gorsuch. will republicans make the ultimate rule change and altar the senate forever? special envoy, president trump's son-in-law jared kushner is in iraq on behalf of the president. but with no previous experience, what is he doing there? and trump's big week. right now the president is meeting behind closed doors with the egyptian president at the white house. he's also scheduled to meet with key leaders of jordan and china later this week. but we start with president trump's supreme court nomination, which is now in jeopardy. judge gorsuch is expected to advance out of the judiciary

they know what they're getting with judge gorsuch. that's our objection. >> how much of this is about garland, it seems like that's a bell that cannot be unrung? >> i'm not upset neil gorsuch because of what -- how garland was treated as awful that was. >> really? >> is that honestly true. >> i have a hard time believing that. >> i'm not happy. this is not a quid pro quo or it for at the. we have our own reasons. i clearly have my own reasons along with my democratic colleagues on the committee. why we object to just -- soon to be, i guess, i hope not, gorsuch. it's because of the kind of positions he takes where he goes out of his way to find the most narrow ways to interpret a law or provision so that minority person is harmed. >> let me ask you this: when this started i felt like the folks i talked to on the hill. on the background chats, thought that this would go through. they didn't think the democrats would get enough votes to fill buster. trace for me the trajectory here among you and your colleagues in terms of how you guys a

sticking on the judge gorsuch discussion. mitch mcconnell tweeting a couple of minutes ago, hey, democrats making me do it. filing cloture. first step in the process that will take a couple of days. >> it looks like we'll just go to the nuclear option. the senator who just spoke to you was doubling down. saying this was t our problem. we didn't start ts fight, but we're going to stick into our heels. they're saying this because a lot of this has to do -- she is talking about judge gorsuch but this has to do with merrick garland. this is about them being super angry about the fact that they feel like this is a stolen seat and they think president trump should have offered one who is at least a compromise pick. and instead he went and got somebody who was super conservative as he promised on the campaign trail. >> people saying of all the picks he could have made this is kind of a compromise pick. the idea that there were others on the list that the president didn't go with the most conservative one. >> there is the truth that

he's got to vote for gorsuch. he, you know, he'll just get clobbered. they'll come again with millions and millions of dollars and try to take him out and chuck schumer knows this and he thinks, hey, i'll take a democrat from that state any time. >> he's got to release a bunch of these guys. he can release up to 59 of them. it looks like 55 -- how many votes -- total votes for gorsuch, 5 # a, 56. >> maybe fewer even. >> i would say about 55. >> 55, just those three. >> 55. >> you don't think it's 55. >> iyou look a the ones who are on the fence that could end up voting with the democrats, it's possible. >> we know that democrats have it. >> the round table is sticking with us. up next these people tell me something i don't know. this is "hardball" action news. ♪ ♪ wanna get away? now you can with southwest fares as low as 59 dollars one-way. yes to low fares with nothing to hide. that's transfarency. a 401(k) is the most sound way to go. let's talk asset allocation. -sure. you seem knowledgeable, professional. i'm actually a deejay. -[ laughing ] no

second, neil gorsuch is not a moderate. neil gorsuch is almost certainly to the right of antonin scalia particularly on regulatory issues so the current system didn't guarantee moderates. if you kept the 60-vote threshold, you would have sent gorsuch back and say we want someone more moderate. now that they override this, i don't think it will make that much difference. thirdly, the supreme court is already highly politicized but it's mostly been an issue on the right. donald trump got a lot of conservative votes from conservatives who didn't like him very much because he promised to appoint judges like neil gorsuch. i think it might politicize the issue now even more for liberals and last point is i think this day has been coming for a long time. democrats have been -- eight words. bush v. gore, citizens united, shelby county or voting rights and then garland. from the moment the court made george w. bush president in a decision where they said we don't want you to apply these principles, they want to make bush president t

especially because neil gorsuch is on the supreme court. people like cruz admit that is full of trump, but to catch the liberalism. by contrast, one thing that's been progressive excited about kansas, the hillary clinton they of the presidency is in places like georgia sixth district, or more educated voters. james thompson is trying to do is run a very bernie sanders populace working class message to a district that has been rejected in that voting of republicans and see if it works. the fact that they're closed in this district is more exciting for democrats with the long term, if they can build here the way -- they built in the '70s and 80s places like oklahoma and nebraska, if they can have a winning message here that has better dividends for the long run. >> rob quest who is a singer for the democrats that's going to be in six weeks, a very kind of recipe there, bernie sanders might be out campaigning with him. thank you for being with us. thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. >> still to come the shocking video of a man ripped from h

but i have no regrets about opposing judge gorsuch. having dug into his record, having met with him and interviewed him over four days of judiciary committee hearings. >> senator, you have a busy schedule. you're on the judiciary and foreign relations committees, both of which have a lot ahead of you. thanks for joining us. democratic senator from delaware. >> thank you, ali. >>> breaking news. the united nations security council holding an emergency meeting over alleged chemical attacks in syria. u.s. ambassador nikki haley is about to speak. you're watching the russian federation speaking now. nikki haley is next and we'll bring it to you live. it's never been easier. except when it comes to your retirement plan. but at fidelity, we're making retirement planning clearer. and it all starts with getting your fidelity retirement score. in 60 seconds, you'll know where you stand. and together, we'll help you make decisions for your plan... to keep you on track. ♪ time to think of your future it's your retirement. know where you stand.

neil gorsuch is now associate justice neil gorsuch. after being sworn in today. succeeding the late antonin scalia after a long battle. he was given the oath by the associate justice anthony kennedy. gorsuch clerked for kennedy in the early 1990s ask is the first to is it on the court with a former boss. president donald trump took a curtain call of sorts for getting gorsuch on the bench within his first 100 days in office. >> i've always heard the most important thing that a president he of the united states does is appoint people, hopefully great people like this appointment to the united states supreme court. i can say this is a great honor. and i got it done in the first 100 days. that's even nice. you think that's easy. >> gorsuch becomes the youngest member of the court by more than a deck it a. and as the most junior justice, he will take over clerical functions like holding the door to the conference roonl from justice elena kagan. there are 13 cases left to be heard. he will hear his first oral arguments next week. joining me from washington details, pet

but i have no regrets about opposing judge gorsuch. >> still ahead, at least nine reported tornadoes hit the south yesterday. this morning, at least 15 million people are at risk of isolated tornadoes. >>> the severe weather is reeking havoc at the masters tournament in georgia. meteorologist bill karins will have a check on the forecast when we come back. kevin, meet your father. kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin trusted advice for life. kevin, how's your mom? life well planned. see what a raymond james financial advisor can do for you. are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. it's about moving forward, not back.. it's looking up, not down. it's being in motion. in body, in spirit, in the now. boost® high protein it's intelligent nutrition with 15 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for when you need a little extra. boost® be up for it >>> welcome back, everyone. strong stor

gorsuch will be sworn in as justice neil gorsuch on monday. that is our broadcast for tonight and for this week. thank you for being here with us. have a good weekend and good night for all of us in new york. tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the air field in syria. >> the fallout from last night's middle east military intervention. and what the president's sudden change means going forward. >> all i can say about this president, he has the instincts of ronald reagan in many ways. >> plus, new questions about the long term effects of last night's strike. >> we cannot in one breath speak of protecting syrian babies, and in the next, close america's doors to them. >> then, are bannon and priebus getting reassigned? >> i think it is that you're reading. >> more report as the former breitbart publisher >>> good evening from new york. president trump woke up to praise as much of the television and many members of congress. at least one of whom is now comparing trump to the most beloved republican president in modern america. >> all i

right now, it is a conservative gorsuch for a conservative scalia. next time, it's more likely to be a conservative appointed by president trump or a republican for a liberal side. that's when the war is really going to break out and see the impact of the nuclear option is going to have an impact. you know, all the, you know, all the moaning and groaning from the u.s. senators about how things are changing, they can look in the mirror on this one. >> i would agree. what they should do and what they should have done, trump should have reached out to democrats and republicans in coming up with a nominee. there are plenty of nominees many democrats could have gotten behind. a conservative list. no one has to go nuclear. they don't have to do this. >> but president obama didn't reach out to the republicans. >> that's not true. that is not true. >> hold on. >> this is a constitutional power of the president of the united states and it was deeply offensive, i thought, when the republicans played that game on garland. they should have given him a hearing, i

the reason they would go nuclear is if you filibuster gorsuch. so you've got the power to not filibuster. >> it is our right under the rules to filibuster. someone who we regard as out of the mainstream. he evaded our questions in the hearing, which shows very simply he follows the trump litmus test of automatically overturning roe v. wade and striking down gun violence prevention measures. the approval of a supreme court justice in any event ought to be by more than a razor-thin majority. it's a lifetime appointment to the nation's highest court. there ought to be bipartisan consensus. by the way, that's the way it operated until now. republican and democratic presidents alike would consult senators on both sides of the aisle and choose someone who was much more mainstream. >> but that's not likely. does it not put you in a more vulnerable position. if you filibuster gorsuch, if they go nuclear and they could potentially have more seats to fill, you're in a worse position. why not take a long-term view and say how could i game this out? i mean t

it's about the neil gorsuch supreme court nomination. we've got a live picture. this is a live picture of the senate floor right now. the gentleman in the tie is oregon democratic senator jeff merkley. the reason this is news is because jeff merkley has been standing there doing this for a very, very long time tonight. we have just learned that apparently he's just getting started. senator merkley is now planning on holding the floor overnight tonight, talking all through the night to oppose the nomination of judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court. he started speaking around 6:45 eastern time tonight. as you can see, he is still going. his office tells us he intends to continue speaking as long as he is physically able. so far senator merkley has spent his time talking about george gorsuch's record, why he's opposed to judge gorsuch and also what he says is the only relevant context in which this nomination is playing out. what he calls the theft of a supreme court seat that should have been killed by president obama's nominee. >> the majority team in this chamb

neil gorsuch is about to be sworn in as the nation's 113th supreme court justice. the judicial oath will be administered by justice anthony kennedy, for whom gorsuch worked as a young clerk in

. >>> plus senator tim kaine on the democrats fight to stop neil gorsuch. and congressman eric swalwell on today's hearings on the trump russia probe when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. a lot to get to tonight, including a remarkable presidential press conference that we'll get to in just a moment. but we begin tonight with news that president trump has removed his controversial chief strategist, the website publisher steve bannon, from his permanent seat on the national security council, which is the nation's primary policy-making group on national security. trump's initial decision to putt bannon on the nsc's principals committee, despite the fact he is a political operative with no national security experience other than his time in the navy, was widely criticized as reflecting a plitcization of foreign policy, particularly since actual national security officials were given reduced roles. the trump administration today insisted bannon was not being demoted. >> so it's not a demotion for steve bannon? >> well,

judge gorsuch is going to serve our people by devoting himself to our be loved constitution. the senate saw this firsthand in hours of judge gorsuch's impressive testimony. >> so, the confirmation process, though, is taking another hit with moderate democrat senator claire mccaskill writing this op ed saying she'll join the fight to filibuster. on the opposite end, senator joe manchin supporting gorsuch, warning lawmakers about that and telling constituents at a town hall yesterday this about the vote. >> he's a conservative person. guess what? the democrats didn't win. so if you think you're going to hold out and they're not going

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