as for his mother's example, this is what mitch mcconnell says. quote, it sure had to have an effect on me which was if you stick to something, you keep working at it and giving it your best, the chances are you may actually overcome whatever problem you're currently confronting. a second leadership quality that mitch mcconnell learned early in a fist fight was not to be pushed around. according to mcconnell again, quote, i was 7. we lived in athens, alabama. aid friend across the stree named ricky mcgrew. he was older than i and bigger. he was a bully and kept pushing me around. my dad called me around said, son, i've been watching the way been pushing you around. i want you to go over there and beat him up. i went across the street and i started swinging and i -- and it was an incredible -- and i beat him up and bent his glasses and it was an incredible lesson in standing up to bullies, and i have a thought about it throughout my life at moments when people are trying to push you around. as a junior senator on the foreign relations committee, mi

shannon: that is him excited. >> for a guy -- cocaine mitch, mitch mcconnell on the natural cocaine of the political cycle, downgraded. but it is amazing, basically correct from the filibuster which was in 2013 when harry reid decided to nuke the filibuster over judges to what he is saying about immigration, the fact is mitch mcconnell who a lot of conservatives have been critical of if it were not for mitch mcconnell at least one seat would have gone to barack obama and mitch mcconnell deserves a lot of credit for the fact it is a swing seat at not the replacement of another seat with a conservative. shannon: he thinks they can get a couple democrats. and collins and michalski if there's a pro-life pro-choice issue they may be out on a nominee. and let's get your reaction. >> qualifications, whoever was sent up and very diligently. that is basically to review and -- shannon: sounds like him and he is a measured guy who said i will take a look at the qualification before i say absolutely not. >> the qualifications, following harriet myers nomination are quite good. the top 5 trump is l

and i took care to note that mitch mcconnell said this is confirmed in the fall. that gives a lot of republicans time to go to the constituents and say i'm part of the trump agenda and people not willing to do so and on most other issues, republicans will fall in line on judges. and people in west virginia can go to joe manchin, what are you going to do? you talk about pressure. i think the pressure is on red state democrats and this helps republicans in the senate. >> i think that is a very important point. you talk about susan collins and lisa murkowski, what about heidi heitkamp in north dakota and joe donnelly in indiana and joe manchin in west virginia -- >> claire mccaskill in missouri. >> and how do they vote when they trying to walk the line between being good democrats and -- but being open to trump's judiciary nominee. i think the president is in good shape and i think he has a fre free hand in nominating the most conservative person he can and i think that is who he will. >> is this going to motivate the progressive base, democratic base, angela? i saw

mitch mcconnell wants it done as well. thank you very much for that report. >>> let's go to capitol hill right now where republicans and democrats already are clashing over jis tustice kennedy's replacement even before the president has named a nominee. phil, democrats say republicans will be hypocrites if they hold a confirmation vote before the midterm election, right. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. one name, merit garland still ringing in the ears of democrats from 2016. the supreme court nominee of president obama was not even granted a hearing because mitch mcconnell citing what he called the biden rule said in an election year he couldn't have that. well, democrats are now saying that's fair play. then neither should president trump's nominee in an election year. take a listen to democratic leader chuck schumer. >> our republican colleagues in the senate should follow the rule they set in 2016 not to consider a supreme court justice in an election year. senator mcconnell would tell anyone who listened that the sena

people who sleep on mitch mcconnell regret it every time. he's one of the most crafty legislative players we have ever seen. if the democrats think we can make a lot of noise about this, or pick any random guy and decided just because it's the trump nominee. mitch mcconnell has command over this process, they should be mindful about that going forward. i don't think trump will end up uponing a janene pirro to the court, that's be hilarious, but mitch mcconnell is a smart guy, do not underestimate him -- >> so let me -- i just -- >> even though he's got some problems on his end. you don't have a lot of happiness from lisa, jeff flake and a couple of others who are nervous this may be an overreach. >> it is complexion issue, two thing. one, to be clear, mitch mcconnell stole a senate, stole a supreme court seat from, then president obama. he stole that seat. that was a seat at president's discretion to appoint a supreme court justice to put someone up for nomination and mitch mcconnell stole that seat. i wanted to be clear. just keep the facts

people who sleep on mitch mcconnell regret it every time. he's one of the most crafty legislative players we have ever seen. if the democrats think we can make a lot of noise about this, or pick any random guy and decided just because it's the trump nominee. mitch mcconnell has command over this process, they should be mindful about that going forward. i don't think trump will end up appointing a janene pirro to the court, that's be hilarious, but mitch mcconnell is a smart guy, do not underestimate him -- >> so let me -- i just -- >> even though he's got some problems on his end. you don't have a lot of happiness from susan collins, lisa, jeff flake and a couple of others who are nervous this may be an overreach. >> it is complexion issue, two thing. one, to be clear, mitch mcconnell stole a senate, stole a supreme court seat from, then president obama. he stole that seat. that was a seat at president's discretion to appoint a supreme court justice to put someone up for nomination and mitch mcconnell stole that seat. i wanted to be clear. j

with bernie sanders, the with mitch mechanic -- mitch mcconnell. republican party did something by sacrificing all the norms of the united states senate, something they hadn't done in 150 years plus. and now we have to reap what we've sowed. i'm not sure we understand the gravity of it. >> scott, you need a napkin because you're drooling, you're smiling so much. you're loving this. >> bakari, you left one person off your list. how quickly we forget. we have to thank the man who made this all possible, harry reed who back in 2013 changed the rule. i'm going to go to vegas on friday. i'm going to take harry a fruit basket. he changed the rules for judicial nominations and mitch mcconnell -- >> but they didn't include supreme court justices -- >> and here we are. thank, harry, for making america great again. >> you know what's amazing, scott, throw harry reed in the same category. i'm pissed off at everybody right now. right now we have people not in the united states senate, people not sitting on panels on cnn who are going to suffer because of it. p

mitch mcconnell, you don't have to like him to know what he's up to. who is better at parliamentary procedure? >> can your party get. >> i put my money on chuck schumer. >> do you have enough strength to hold this vote off till the voter vote in november? >> chucking is an incredible leader. he cares deeply about this issue. he's reaching out to all of us. because he knows how critical this is and he needs all the soldiers on the field. and i believe that he is committed to this and he is going to fight to the end to make sure that the right thing happens. >> what's going on in the democratic party? you're a progressive and young and new. you've had a political history of real substance as attorney general. i know all elections are local. tip always said all things local. i don't think everything's local. a young hispanic woman was able to knock off a brand name product of this country, joe crowley. she's 28 years old what's going on? >> what's going on is that i'm seeing it around the country. there are people who have never run for political office,

a favorite of mitch mcconnell. someone who's served in both government and private practice and finally, thomas hardeman. he has a fascinating back story. he drove a cab for some time. first in his family to go to college and he used to sit on the same court as the president's sister. >> thank you so much. laura jarrett. five big names to know. and now to our chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. kennedy of course, republican appointee. conservative. but you know, he was the key swing vote going the other way on same-sex marriage, abortion, roe v. wade, is everyone on this list more reliable to be a guaranteed conservative vote on all issues than kennedy? >> every single one of them. that's why they were picked. we're going to hear a lot about their qualifications. about their you know, openness to new ideas. the whole reason they were picked by the federalist society, but the heritage foundation. is to they would be known as hundred percenters. they're going to vote to overroe versus wade. of course it's going to b

we'll hear from mitch mcconnell since the justice announcement and we have late-breaking developments. >> reporter: we're learning from the white house the president had a meeting with key players in the senate helping to decide whether or not his next supreme court pick will actually get confirmed. you can see some of the key players like chuck grassley, the republican chair of the judiciary committee and key republican moderates. at the bottom you have joe manchin are all democrats facing re-election in strong republican states that won big for him in double digits. that's interesting because president's critics say he doesn't reach out to democrats and heitkamp praised the fact he's reaching out and con traftd to the protest -- contrast to the protest from senators outside the box denouncing the idea the president will try to get the pick done before the midterm elections though as we reported last night barack obama got a supreme court nominee confirmed before the 2010 midterms and contrast the advice and consent with democrat senators and what liberal commentators are saying like

mitch mcconnell and transportation sec. elaine chao are the latest targets, leading an event at yorkshire university when they were confronted. listen. [shouting] jillian: homeland security secretary kirstjen neilsen, sarah sanders and florida atty. gen. pam bondi have all been harassed in public places seemingly in response to democratic representative maxine waters fueling the fire. >> if you see anybody from that cabinet you get up and push back on them. >> california congresswoman later walking back those comments but last night shield a group of reporters off camera when asked about the remarks, judicial watch filing an ethics complaint. >> she is in signing violent assault and riot against trump cabinet officials reflects poorly on incredibly of the house and that is an ethics violation and the house of representatives needs to decide whether they will allow the house to be used as a platform by one of its members to incite violence. >> reporter: andy biggs introduced a measure to censure waters and called on her to r

and amul thapar who was a frpro jay from mitch mcconnell. there was not a hint of moderation in any of their records, stone cold conservative which is a grand tradition in american law. but it is definitely not anthony kennedy's tradition and it is a tradition that will allow for an expansion of second amendment rights so you can have a bazooka as well as a hand gun. end affirmative action for african american students. if you are a religious person, you can band gay people from your store, restaurants. these are the issues that are going to come up. and that is why these people, as mike pence pointed out. >> another name pointed out is from utah. >> i don't think it would really succeed in that at all. i think the politics here are baked in on both sides. i was a great fan of justice kennedy and will continue to be so. he has a strong libertarian aspect that i enjoyed. the fact is, that the one thing you can't say about president trump is that he failed to deliver on his promises more than any president in my lifetime, he has made good on h

i understand it the power mitch mcconnell has. you heard him in the top of your segment. he said we will confirm president trump's nominee this fall. he hadn't looked at what the nominee is or what the qualifications are of that nominee. he's going to confirm. that's astonishing for the senate majority leader to say. president nixon advanced two candidates in two years. you may remember this. haynesworth and carswell. both of whom were dinged in the senate judiciary committee and the full senate because they were so unqualified. this is 1969 and 1970 when nixon lost two supreme court nominees because he selected people who were incompetent and could not have done the job and who were proven to be racist. this is a process that is a constitutional process designed to protect this country for generations to come. and to have the senate majority leader, that's why when i hear this matter of raw power, he's going to insure the confirmation of whoever the president puts forward, every senator should bach at that. every senator should recognize that individually they have a con

we know this is mitch mcconnell's top priority. it's something that he has been looking at doing going back before the election of donald trump. so, i think donald trump is probably wise to move as quickly as he is going to move. and whatever mitch mcconnell can do to accelerate the senate schedule he ought to do that too. >> shannon: not all senators are on board as we know. senator dianne feinstein the ranking member of the senate judiciary committee has a lot to do with this, here is what she says about moving forward. >> as you sow, so you reap. i think we have a plain plan. and it will be announced by the democratic leader at an appropriate time. but, this is a very serious situation. and no one should under estimate it. >> sandra: democrats are pushing back you have to fill a seat in election year. have to hold it open until after the election. you can't fill it well, we mental that in presidential election years. she says they have a plan. i don't know what democrats are planning to do. >> mitch mcconnell didn't just say tha

mcconnell's official campaign account tweeted this caption with picture of mitch mcconnell with neil gorsuch in response to the supreme court ruling. mcconnell blocked obama's supreme court pick paving the way for donald trump to nominate neil gorsuch. this was his you are welcome tweet for anybody who is happy with this ruling, a different response from bernie sanders, the trump administration's travel ban was never about keeping america safe. you need only look at trump's own words to understand this is always been a racist and anti-islamic attempt to ban muslims from entering the country. lindsey graham coming in hot with this tweet saying when the new executive order was issued it is not a religious man, the order was focused on countries are in true states of disarray answered have difficulty -- not coming into the united states. reaction going dn party lines. mike drop and james says congratulations, the supreme court is becoming more un-american court. >> shared got off of the list because they fix those issues in terms of letting people. heather: a new york restaurant welcomi

mitch mcconnell is speaking live on the senate floor. let's listen in. >> and the first amendment's right to political speech. as justice kennedy concludes his tenure on the court, we wish him, his wife, mary, and their family every happiness in the years ahead. the senate stands ready to fulfill its constitutional role by offering advice and consent on president trump's nominee to fill this vacancy. we will vote to confirm justice kennedy's successor this fall. as in the case of justice gorsuch, senators will have the opportunity to meet with president trump's nominee, examine his or her qualifications and debate the nomination. is i have every confidence in chairman grassly's conduct of the upcoming confirmation process in the judiciary committee. it's imperative the president's nominee be considered fairly and not subjected to personal attacks. thus far, president trump's judicial nominations have reflect add keen understanding the vital role that judges play in our constitutional order. judges must interpret the law fairly and apply

listen to chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell going at it. >> republican colleagues in the senate should follow the rule they set in 2016 not to consider supreme court justice in an election year. anything but that would be the absolute height of hypocrisy. >> imperative the pres.'s nominee be considered fairly and not subject to personal attacks. >> think about the tactics we have seen employed in the last week and a half against kirstjen neilsen, stocking her home, sarah sanders not allowed to eat at that restaurant, maxine waters don't let trump advises shop in department stores, these tactics could be used not just against the potential nominee but the senators weighing this on the judiciary committee. the high-tech lynching, put on the seatbelt because this is going to be the resist movement meets the supreme court level. >> democrats say what they want to follow the mcconnell president, not allowing this to happen in an election year. how that going to work out? >> difficult, highly unlikely because republicans have some effect on their side, the last supreme court pick was stalled

a favorite of mitch mcconnell, first outh indian, asian nominee and he was put on the court. robert: anyone you want to add? >> thomasdi hn. these are all appeals court is a and the reason for that. the republican mantra is no more david suiters. they want to make sure thes are rock solid and appeals court judges write a lot of opinions. >> they have been throughri theer already and have gotten a pretty good look. but they are hoping these people if from are no secrets thatre goi to pop up, all the democrats have going f them is the nominee. >> and i will say some of them met with the president in the first round but some have not. it will be interesting to see who emerges from the contest ofor sts that president trump finds. it is. robert: it does matter. port about the confirmation process, it used to be rowdy events. some things can be unpredictable and something youeport d, two of the most powerful senators, they support abortion rights and voted ainst repealing the affordable care act. they use to frame this battle over the supreme court. when you look at this razor-thin

but mitch mcconnell is who mitch mcconnell is. and right now, he is blindly, he is blindly a trumpist. and good luck with that. if that's how he wants to be remembered, and that is how he will be remembered. that as well as destroying the way the united states senate selects supreme court justices. that's his legacy. i hope he enjoys it. >> well they all have found a brand that they will live with forever. jonathan turley, thank you very much. >>> still ahead, senate democrats trying to get answers about the border crisis. hhs secretary alex caesar says hundreds of children and families have been reunited. but the numbers don't seem to add up. we still have a lot of questions hanging out there about the fate of these children. >>> plus, how worried are nato allies about a potential summit between president trump and vladimir putin? admiral james stavridis will weigh in on that. this is laura. and tch. and tank. and tiny. and this is laura's mobile dog grooming palace. laura can clean up a retriever that rolled in foxtails, but she

and you were talking about mitch mcconnell waiting too late. i do hope he waits in part because this was supposed to be something where we were allowed an election so the american people could have a voice. that's the same thing they said in 2016 -- >> are we electing a president this year? >> what i was saying was it's a mid-term election and elections have consequences to use you all's talking points all day. the reality is these senators who are in these seats should have a voice but so should the american people. >> amanda, wasn't that a strategy that, you know, mitch mcconnell -- that's what he said. look, the people who are coming into office should have a say on who the justice is. so what's good for the goose i'm sure is good for the gander. but the chances of that happening are slim. >> i do think there's something between a election year and a presidential election year. because guess what, donald trump is still going to be picking the nominee. and that was not the case during the last presidential election. so there was a convincing

mitch mcconnell would have done exactly the same thing that he did. we'd be in the exact same position no matter what harry reid did. >> what he did, he didn't include the supreme court but the other judicial nominees, was that a mistake on his part? >> not one that affects us today. obviously we're seeing it in the circuit court nominees run through and the district court nominees but i think the notion that this wouldn't be done by the republicans is fanciful. >> senator whitehouse, thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you. pay attention, this will get bumpy. >> we're paying attention. >>> the breaking news continues. how the you who is preparing to pick a new supreme court justice embracing for a very intense confirmation battle and the just announced summit between president trump and vladimir putin, why it is rattling u.s. allies in europe. one second. barely enough time for this man to take a bite of turkey. but for cyber criminals it's plenty of time to launch thousands of attacks. luckily security analysts and watson are on his side. spot

that's when senat majority leader mitch mcconnell refused toid give prt obama's supreme court pick a vote. >> they should follow the rule they set in 2016. anything, buthat, would be the absolute height of hypocrisy. >> this n is 2016 and right in the president's first term. robert: president trumpt isn' waiting. he has identified potential nomine who could cement control of the supreme court for decades. president trump: we have an excellent list of highly educated and highly intelligent and tremendous people. robert: we examine the impact a new justice could have on policy and the president's legacy with seung min kim of the "washington post." joan biskupic of cnn pete williamof nbc news and carl hulls of the washington times. >> corporate funding is oviding by -- >> their leadership is instinctive. ey understand the challenges of today. and research the technologies of tomorrow.l some c them veterans. our l them part of team. >> on an american cruise lines journey among the rivers, they trace the route by lewis and clark more than 200 years ago. theyravel through american landscap

mcconnell tweeted out that photo yesterday, mitch mcconnell shaking gorsuch's hand and how consequential it would be. >> see, i'm glad you were here. >> wait a second. >> yeah? >> we still have to wait until thend of today' session, anthony kennedy could retire, and clarence thomas could retire and it's remotely likely, but it's not required, but there is a somewhat of a tradition at the supreme court when people retire they announced it on the last day of the term. so as they say on television, stay tuned. >> although sandra day o'connor waited five days. so you don't get to go anywhere for five days, okay, jeffrey to be snin. >> thank you. thank you very much. >>> switching gears to a political stunner overnight. democratic newcomer, alexander cortez hosting ten-term congressman, this as republicans and president trump back in their own winning streak and david chalian here to break it down. what a night. >> it was stunning indeed and take a look at the results. alexandriacortez, she is the big winner in the race. this is an earthquake inside the democratic party, no doubt about that,

top republican senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell is worried the president could be sno snookerred in singapore. >> after meeting more an an hour, president trump declared the singapore summit he cancelled last week is back on. >> getting to know you meeting plus. june 12th we'll be in singapore. it'll be a beginning, i don't say it ever happens in one meeting. >> reporter: the president is making it clear he's not expecting to sign on to an agreement in singapore that guarantees north korea will give up its nuclear arsenal. >> i don't want to use the term maximum pressure anymore because we're getting along. it's not a question of maximum pressure. why would i do that when we're talking so nicely. >> reporter: there were conflicts words from the president who described the letter from kim jong-un as nice and interesting. >> a letter was given to me by kim jong-un, it was a very nice letter. would you like to see what was in the letter? pnch >> tell us what's in the letter? >> how much? >> give us a flavor what was in the letter. >> it was an interesting letter. >> then he revealed

mitch mcconnell says there will be a confirmation vote this fall. how is that playing out in the hill tonight? >> reporter: bear knuckled brawl. is how one senator described. one driven by sharp bitterness over what happened in 2016, democratic supreme court nominee not even getting a hearing let alone a vote. and a clear recognition of seismic shift. you mentioned some democrats including all of the leader s saying there should be no vote all citing 2016. this is what chuck schumer had to say. >> our republican colleagues in the senate should follow in the rule they set in 2016. not to consider a supreme court justice in an election year. senator mcconnell would tell anyone who listened, that the senate had the right to advise and consent and that was every bit as important as the president's right to nominate millions of people are just months away from determining the senators who should vote to confirm the president's nominee and their voices should be heard now. as snore mcconnell felt should be heard them. anything but that would be the absolu

that blocks by mitch mcconnell you can do that in election year and mitch mcconnell may allow another conservative justice to come in and a midterm election year. >> it's a ridiculous argument that chuck schumer is trying to make and that's grasping at straws. big difference between a midterm election in the presidential election. in a presidential year election you have a person in the case of obama is going out of office but who would make a last hail mary touchdown throw to try to get a justice in there. that's all we are talking here. president trump's in his second year. this is a midterm election. it's not a presidential election in chuck schumer knows that a watching him lately he can't help himself. he plays the role of the ever predictable partisan and he's doing it today. liz: there's talk that the president has a list of 25 names to look at. when you look at this governor a lot of those ideas, 25 majority are in their 50's. they are very young so this is really important who the president chooses. do you have your druthers for any candidate? >> that's why i'm not on that li

i asked mitch mcconnell about this. i said are you happy you did this, after the supreme court ruling yesterday on the travel back. he said we now have a center right court. all i was doing is applying the biden rule. a reference to joe biden who said in the mid 90s we shouldn't do anything until after the next election. chris murphy from connecticut, he said wait a minute. the shoe is now on the other foot, senator. listen. >> we're four months out from an election that controls the senate. it's hypocrisy for the majority lead tore move forward on a vote now when he wasn't in the 2016 election. >> don't underestimate how big these justices will be in the mid-terms, confirming them right before the election and whether or not the democrats can get energized on their side. shep? >> shepard: what would an energized democratic side be able to accomplish? >> the question is unclear. we asked chuck schumer about that yesterday before justice kennedy retired. he didn't give a very good answer. so that's an unknown. they've ne

who was a procetege of mitch mcconnell also in his late 40s. amy barrett i think is a very likely possibility particularly if the president has the chance to fill ruth bader ginsberg's sloth. she has been very active in issues relating to catholicism, legal issues relating to catholici catholicism. you know, all these justices, all these potential justices are all very conservative. more conservative than kennedy. the way donald trump used that list during the campaign was to show the conservative movement, hey, i'm one of you. i may be from new york city, but i will appoint judges who reflect the values of the evangelical conservative movement. and the president has kept his word on that. these are across the board conservatives. now, the question is whether the rest of the country wants to live in a world that judges like that supervise. that is a separate question. but in terms of is the president being candid in telling us what kind of judges he is going to appoint, i think the answer is clearly yes. >> and during the campaign, donald trump

. >> reporter: taking a victory lap, mitch mcconnell who blocks barack obama's pick of merit garland for the high court tweeted out a photo of justice neal gorsuch and the president's one word reaction in a tweet. wow. >> all of the attacks from the media and democrat politicians were wrong. i want to thank majority leader mitch mcconnell for his years of work to make this day very special. >> reporter: the president used the occasion to tout his hard-line stance on migrants coming across the border prompting calls for thousands of new immigration judges but that is false. there are no serious calls in washington for thousands of judges. >> they want us to choose 5,000 judges. could you imagine the corruption? go to the barber shop and grab somebody and make them a judge. everybody is being made a judge. >> reporter: at a rally in south carolina, the president defended the administration practice of jailing children who cross the border with parents. >> what i learned is one thing, our facilities are cleaner and better kept and better run. that is the one thing i learned. okay. i saw

mitch mcconnell is one of the leaders of the hypocrisy movement. david ignatius, all of this, and you've been around a long time, i have been around a long time, you mentioned decision making a few minutes ago, at the it certainly there's the 2018 elections coming up. but at the root of it, the function of government, the decision making apparatus of government led by a president or led by a congress, by a strong speaker in conjunction with a senate majorit leader, whatever, i've never seen and can't recall a time when our government seems so peril iaraln terms of making the simplest decisions for the common good as it is today. >> something is broken. it's clear to the country, it's part of what people are angry about in their anger they keep, unfortunately, i think reinforcing the underlying political problems and so the problem gets worse and worse. government gets more demoralized, less able to orm ices for the country and we go down. it's an unfortunate fact that good nations sometimes go bad. it's thisth through history. the thing i'm struckw

so mitch mcconnell is refusing to allow jeff flake to have a vote on that bill in any form, even as an amendment. so on sunday, george ste, askedf flake the most important question of the year. >> are you prepared to use your other powers to do that? i know you considered at least on the issue of tariffs and a couple other issues saying as a member of the judiciary committee you will no longer allow judges out of the committee unless there's actions on tariffs. >> as george will put it, article three branch is important, the court, and we approved a number of judges. that is important. but article one, the congress, article two, the executive are as important as well. i do think unless we can actually exercise something other than approving the president's executive nominees, we have no reason to be there. so i think myself and a number of senators, at least a few of us, will stand up and say let's not move any more judges until we get a vote, for example, on tariffs. >> let's not move any more judges. of course, jeff flake said that before he knew that by the middle of the week we wou

she says, quote, mitch mcconnell should follow the mitch mcconnell rule. let the american people have a say. dick durbin, number two democrat in the senate, makes the same case today. quote, senator mcconnell set the new standard by giving the american people their say in the upcoming election before court vacancies are filled. with so much at stake for the people of our country, the u.s. senate must be consistent and consider the president's nominee once the new congress is seated in january. senator kamala harris, also on the judiciary committee, also seen as a rising star in the democratic party with a growing national profile. she makes the same case. quote, the american people who are set to vote in less than four months deserve to have their voice heard. we should not vote on confirmation until they have voted at the ballot box. all saying the same thing. and then there was this from senator chris murphy of connecticut, one of the brightest lights in the democratic caucus. he was right out of the gate with a statement calling this a, quote, red alert

and mitch mcconnell, like, mitch mcconnell, the audacity to say that in front of this faith and freedom group when mitch mcconnell doesn't believe that. nobody on capitol hill thinks he believes that. again, the cowardness shown across the hill from republicans is really pretty staggering in the face of racism and the face of, again, payoffs to porn stars, lying about payoffs to porn stars, playboy bunnies, lying about payoffs to playboy bunnies. the racism in charlottesville. the retweeting of fascist videos out of britain. i mean, literally, calling hispanics -- >> the nastiness. >> calls hispanics breeders. by our friends at the faith workshop this weekend, what do you think of hispanics being called breeders, mexicans being called racists? the most unchrist like. >> most of that is not christian. >> the most unchrist-like behavior in the white house based on the attacks of other people. if you judge jesus by his words and the be attitudes the sermon on the mount, matthew 25. i could go on and on. anybody that's read the bible and actually read the red words in their bible, understan

. >> and paul ryan and mitch mcconnell weren't going to help. >> no, no, we tell that story too, how the president tried to come up with a bipartisan response. he thought, you know, this was an attack on an american election, and, you know, i don't always like the word meddling, even though we use it. it was an attack. an information warfare attack. and he was hoping that he could get paul ryan and mitch mcconnell to join together in some sort of public statement saying this was happening, and these are steps that the cub -- the country had to take to deal with this. and we describe in the book that paul ryan was somewhat sympathetic to trying to work together and that mitch mcconnell just adamant, no, this is b.s., this is politics. and he was also boxed in. because he had -- >> his candidate. >> his candidate, the nominee of his party, donald trump, was out there saying this isn't happening or it's a hoax. or it's, you know -- >> the election was rigged. >> this is part of rigging the election. and he was doing this even after he had been briefed. on august 17, 2016, as the republi

mitch mcconnell fully known is is saying let's close it up. lou: we have known from jump street with the senate intelligence committee. richard bird has basically turned over the committee to the vials-chair, mark warner. to me i hope your inference is correct. you have a great track record in that regard. it just doesn't make any sense that anyone could keep and secret in washington, d.c. this long. if they had something we would know about it. if there had been any collusion, we would know by the. it's the things being covered up by the dems, the deep state, the fbi and the justice department that's giving this country fits. because we have such a raging corruption in that agency and that department. >> a lot of the interesting revelations have come from the house intelligence committee. the much-criticized chairman devin nunes discovered things like who paid for the dossier. there was an informant of some sort working for the fbi. a lot of that interesting information has come from the investigation that has been cite sides as partisan and

mitch mcconnell just plays in the gutter. you cannot trust mitch mcconnell. the rules for mitch mcconnell work only when he says so. so we -- that's just not going to work right there. i go back to a year ago, we talked about this earlier joy, which was happening, the aca, the skinny repeal, last july, and people didn't think we were going to stop that. they thought for sure obamacare is going to be repealed, it wasn't going to hold. who were the three people that voted no? mccain was the dramatic one so we remember that one, but it was also collins and murkowski. no one thought that was going to happen, what happened is people spoke up. they flooded the lines, went to town halls. went to the capital, to the offices of the members and they did not stop. it was amazing to see the energy behind that. we have to double down and do the same. just like biden said, speak up, rise up, be heard. that's the only way this is going to convince collins and murkowski, don't be on the wrong side of history here. >> if democrats can somehow pull off getting these senators t

mitch mcconnell just plays in the gutter. you cannot trust mitch mcconnell. the rules for mitch mcconnell work only when he says so. so we -- that's just not going to work right there. i go back to a jeyear ago, we talked about this earlier joy, which was happening, the aca, the skinny repeal, last july, and people didn't think we were going to stop that. they thought for sure obamacare is going to be repealed, it wasn't going to hold. who were the three people that voted no? mccain was the dramatic one so we remember that one, but it was also collins and murkowski. no one thought that was going to happen, what happened is people spoke up. they flooded the lines, went to town halls. went to the capital, to the offices of the members and they did not stop. it was amazing to see the energy behind that. we have to double down and do the same. just like biden said, speak up, rise up, be heard. that's the only way this is going to convince collins and murkowski, don't be on the wrong side of history here. >> if democrats can somehow pull off getting these senators

listen as chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell. >> our republican colleagues in the senate should follow the rule they set in 2016 not to consider a supreme court justice in an election year, anything but that would be the absolute height of hypocrisy. >> it is imperative that the president's nominee be considered fairly and not subjected to personal attacks. >> personal attacks. >> think about the tactics employed in the last week in applicant's homelands garrity secretary nielsen, chasing her out of the restaurant, stocking her home. sarah sanders not allowed to eat at that restaurant. maxine waters don't let trump advisors shop in department stores. all these tactics could be used against not just the production nominee about the senators weighing this on the judiciary committee. you have covered all this. clarence thomas in the high-tech lynching. put on the seat belt. it's going to be the resist movement meets the supreme cour supreme court. >> laura: democrats want to follow the mcconnell president, not allowing it's an election year. >> seems like that's going to be difficult. hig

how do i go to mitch mcconnell after this. we have to go. mitch mcconnell up next trying to get congress to do its job cancelling the augustress. -- august recess. wouldn't you like 4 weeks off? mitch mcconnell next. e way? embrace the chance of 100% clear skin with taltz. up to 90% of those with moderate to severe psoriasis had a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques. most people were still clearer after one year. with taltz, 4 out of 10 even achieved completely clear skin. don't use if you're allergic to taltz. before starting, you should be checked for tuberculosis. taltz may increase risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection, symptoms, or received a vaccine or plan to. inflammatory bowel disease can happen with taltz, including worsening of symptoms. serious allergic reactions can occur. ready for a chance at 100% clear skin? ask your doctor about taltz. >> ♪ >> laura: such great news. mitch mcconnell boldly cancelled most of the august recess. he wants congress to w

so mitch mcconnell is refusing to allow jeff flake to have a vote on that bill in any form, even as an amendment. so on sunday, george, asked jeff flake the most important question of the year. >> are you prepared to use your other powers to do that? i know you considered at least on the issue of tariffs and a couple other issues saying as a member of the judiciary committee you will no longer allow judges out of the committee unless there's actions on tariffs. >> as george will put it, article three branch is important, the court, and we approved a number of judges. that is important. but article one, the congress, article two, the executive are as important as well. i do think unless we can actually exercise something other than approving the president's executive nominees, we have no reason to be there. so i think myself and a number of senators, at least a few of us, will stand up and say let's not move any more judges until we get a vote, for example, on tariffs. >> let's not move any more judges. of course, jeff flake said that before he knew that by the middle of the week we wou

the republicans in the name of mitch mcconnell jammed up and held up obama's court choice to wait eight months for the presidential election. now the democrats, who are the minority in the senate, want to wait the four months until the voters decide the makeup of the new u.s. senate. well, tonight, president trump spoke to supporters at a campaign-style rally in fargo, north dakota, where he praised justice kennedy and spoke about the importance of this replacement. >> justice anthony kennedy, a very special guy, also just announced a little while ago his retirement from the united states supreme court. and i'm very honored that he chose to do it during my term in office, because he felt confident in me to make the right choice and carry on his great legacy. that's why he did it. and remember this, so we have a pick to come up. we have to pick a great one. we have to pick one that's going to be there for 40 years, 45 years. we need intellect. we need so many things to go -- you know, there's so many elements go into the making of a great justice of the supreme court. you've got to hit e

how do i go to mitch mcconnell after this. we have to go. mitch mcconnell up next trying to get congress to do its job cancelling the august recess. what will congress do without its long vagz. wouldn't you like 4 weeks off? mitch mcconnell next. as my veryt car accident. we were hit from behind. i called usaa and the first thing they asked was 'are you ok?' they always thank you for your service, which is nice because as a spouse you serve too. we're the hayles and we're usaa members for life. see how much you could save with usaa by bundling your auto and home insurance. get a quote today. >> ♪ >> laura: such great news. mitch mcconnell boldly cancelled most of the august recess. he wants congress to work. pass the president's agenda. confirmed long stalled nominations. i spoke to him about those issues in in exclusive interview a short while ago. senator, thanks for joining us. >> good to see you. >> laura: the big august recess, tell me about this. chuck schumer is fine with as long as they spend time on health care votes. what will ha

we're going to be hearing from mitch mcconnell. his first interview since all this came to be. 4:00 p.m. eastern time. and how this process will go. everything has got to go precisely timewise. he'll talk all about it. 4:00 p.m. eastern time on fox news. here's trish regan. hi, trish. trish: we'll all be watching. neil cavuto. breaking right now. waiting on the president speaking momentarily to workers in wisconsin from trade, to putin to the supreme court nominee. a whole lot to say. we are on it for you. i am trish regan, welcome, everyone to "the intelligence report." the president's touring a foxconn facility in southeast wisconsin, talking to workers about economic futures. this is a pivotal time for our country, i know it, you know it and he knows it. the pre

people in mitch mcconnell's own district? >> very deliberate retaliation by our trading partners to stick it to donald trump and to stick it to republicans. >> all right. >> and of course harley davidson in wisconsin, right? >> harley-davidson is fascinating. because harley-davidson was his poster boy for american jobs. and another retaliatory tariff was to tax harley-davidson. now they're going to make them outside the u.s. to ship them to europe. >> there are only so many -- not so many, i don't mean it that way. but these are iconic american brands. jack daniels, harley-davidson. a fascinating way to see how those brands get hit first. >>> still ahead. president trump rallies in north dakota and feeds the crowd political red meat. including several unrestrained on congressional democrats. straight ahead on "morning joe." so, i have this recurring dream. i'm 85 years old in a job where i have to wear a giant hot dog suit. what? where's that coming from? i don't know. i started my 401k early, i diversified... i'm not a big s

senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts a likely democratic president the -- mitch mcconnell should follow the rule. >> senator mcconnell set the new standard by giving the american people their say in the upcoming election before court vacancies are filled. >> also on the judiciary committee seen as rising star, she makes the same case. the american people who are set to vote in less than four months deserve to have their voice heard. we should not vote on confirmation until they have voted at the ballot box and then this from senator chris murphy, he was right out of the gate with a statement calling this a red alert moment for the american people and explained what he meant to reporters. >> it is absolutely hypocrisy for them to move forward on a vote now when he wasn't willing to do that in the 2016 election. >> we hold mitch mcconnell to the precedent he set in 2016, it is not something that i agreed to, but he should expect to be consistent. >> senator murphy will be joining us here live in a moment. that is what the democrats are saying. you wouldn't consider president obama'

john -- >> the trump base hates mitch mcconnell. if you travel the country, if you look at republican polling, listen to the president's own words and tweets sometimes against the republican establishment, he stokes this anger at the establishment and particularly at the senate all the time and the trump base if you ask them, barack obama, hillary clinton, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, mitch mcconnell might come out on the bottom and yet to jeffrey's point about the consequences of mcconnell's decision and the last year of the obama administration playing out again for you, huge. >> another quote from the dissenting opinion, sonia sotomayor, our constitution demands that our country deserves a judiciary willing to hold the coordinate branches to account when they defy our most sacred legal commitments. so let me get your reaction. >> that's in the dissenting opinion. the fact of the matter is the president still won here 5-4 and yes the country is divided and we're debating a whole number of these policies. let's not try to snatch def

a favorite of mitch mcconnell. if mcconnell has the ear of trump he's more likely than not the pick. a couple other choices that i would point to, amy barrett who is a notre dame law professor who's now a circuit judge as well as brett kavanaugh and we know he would seem like a logical choice to come from kennedy. >> we're going to wait and see what happens here. i think we are all confident this won't be an easy road ahead. >> one of the points made yesterday was interesting in his letter that he announced the date he was going to resign july 31st as opposed to supreme court justices saying i will resign when a replacement has been confirmed. >> which begs the question why he was so specific about that date in announcing that. thank you. good seeing you. >> thank you. >>> and president trump was in fargo, north dakota to rally for the opponent of democratic senator. as usual the president did not restrain himself from continuing his streak of invoking republican senator john mccain's vote to repeal obamacare and a