>> with us now dick durbin of illinois. senator durbin, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thanks, chuck. >> you'll be overseeing this confirmation process of whoever the president ends up selecting. before we get into specific names, i want to get into a couple numbers here. amy coney barrett, 27 days from nomination to confirmation, sonia sotomayor, 60 days from nomination to confirmation. i know you decried the speed with what happened with amy coney barrett. and what should we expect time line-wise, closer to sonja sotomayor or closer to amy coney barrett? >> if that person is seeking the supreme court, then they know quite a lot about that person, and that can be taken into consideration. if there's no new developments of someone who has been before the committee in the previous year or two, it makes a real difference. i'll just say this. it's going to be fair, it's going to be deliberate and we're going to be timely about it, too. this is a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. we should take it ser

to follow up on what carley said you had dick durbin, no conservative. and al sharpton really no conservative excoriating the president for his speech. wasn't biden's tone really indicative of somebody who knows he is lost but screaming and shouting to appease the progressives, basically be like look, i'm doing something. >> when you lose al sharpton and dick durbin, have you really lost the debate. this is insane. i don't think joe biden knows what he is really saying in these speeches. somebody else wrote it. he is handed the script on a teleprompter. he squints, he screams at the teleprompter when he makes his speeches. i really don't think that joe biden is cognizant of what he is saying and the impact of it. when you start saying anybody who disagrees with him on the georgia voting law is somehow worst than bull conner and george wallace in the 1960s who, by the way, were both democrats? this is crazy town stuff. and this is the same joe biden, and i think mitch mcconnell was right to point it out just a year ago was saying hey, we need to bring the

my guests this morning, dick durbin. >>> as far as covid, cases are heading down in all regions of the country, even as a new omicron variant emerges. i'll talk to two governors, governor phil murphy of new jersey and asa hutchinson of chicago. joining me for inside analysis are nbc news correspondent carol lee, eugene scott of the "washington post," democratic senator clare mccaskill, and stephen hayes. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: the longest running show in television history. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> and a good sunday morning. just last week we said president biden was in desperate need of a reset, his polling numbers falling in particular among african-americans and there is a fear that he will be sunk from a lack of enthusiasm by the very voters who put him into office. just like that, mr. biden was thrown a lifeline with the news that justice stephen breyer would retire at the end of his term. president biden would be assigning a black woman on the supreme court, proving that elections have consequence and see they matter. that wou

here with us, dick durbin. we're live with him one on one to take us inside that meeting later in the show. it is going to be a rock and roll hour. i'm going to call it now. i'm hallie jackson in washington with pete williams joins us, peter alexander with us as well. pete, let me start with you. break down the supreme court ruling and what it means. >> two rulings, hallie. the first one by a vote of 6-3, the supreme court is blocking the biden administration from carrying out the business mandate, the one that said companies that employee more than 100 workers must assure they either get the covid vaccine or wear a mask and undergo weekly testing. that's the one that would apply to about 80 million workers. it had ogone into effect after a lower court said the government could enforce it. but the supreme court has blocked enforcement again. the court basically says that the law that allows osha to do what it does empowers it to set workplace safety standards, but not broad public health measures. and in a sepa

including senator dick durbin, the number two democrat in the senate and he joins me now. senator, you've been a member of the house, you've been in the senate, you've been in this town a generation, i'm not trying to age you here, but you've seen a lot. i guess i want to go to the uncomfortableness of today and the fact that only one party is marking this, and the other party, at least in leadership, is not. how disjointed is that to you? >> well, let me say in fairness that many of the republican leadership and even democratic senators are in georgia, as you mentioned, for the funeral of johnny isakson, a wonderful republican senator who passed away recently. so i want to be fair and make that point, but i hope that those who haven't spoken on the floor earlier this week and have a chance next week will at least come to the floor and express their feelings about what happened on january 6th. they owe it to history. >> is this about what happened on january 6th now in your mind or is this about everything that made january 6 happen? >> well, it's all of the above. it real

that's a tough charge and i know dick durbin thought the president may have gone too far in atlanta. any regrets here inside the white house, peter? >> reporter: i was just going to bring up what dick durbin said earlier when the president in his speech earlier this week basically said that you are either, you know, on our side, or you are on the side with notorious racists like george wallace or bull conner. this is a challenge for a bunch of reasons for the white house and i haven't heard any particular regrets about that language there, but the white house had to walk back some of the comments from kamala harris's interview with craig specifically as it related to testing where she seemed to be unprepared to answer that question. she said the test she thought would be out as early as next week. a white house official tells me it will be two weeks interest now that we will learn more information in the next 24 hours or so here. the challenge about sort of isolating manchin and sinema as the president has to speak to them is they need these guys not just for this but basically for e

something that was echoed by dick durbin. >> deputy secretary of state wendy sherman today said the u.s. sees every indication russian president vladimir putin intends to use military force against ukraine. she made the remarks during a virtual discussion. >> cohosted with the foundation . support ukraine's european perspective. totally understandable ukraine feels it as a hostage. what can europe and the west do to protect ukraine's territorial integrity and also most importantly, ukrainian freedom to choose their own way echo we are honored to welcome wendy sherman, the u.s. deputy secretary and a brilliant diplomat. welcome and welcome under in the name of my fellow board members. the united states played a key role for protecting the principles of international law and for the right of every nation to choose their own way into the future. what can you tell ukrainians and europeans today? what is our way forward? >> thank you so much. i love to say madam president. it is very exciting. someday we'll be able to say that in the united states. he did an extra in our job as president of

we need to preserve the voice of the minority in america, dick durbin. the democratic leader himself said in 2017 that we need to, quote, find a way to build a firewall around the legislative filibuster. build a firewall around the legislative filibuster. and in a letter that same year by 32 senate democrat, our colleagues demanded, demanded that the 60-vote threshold stay right where it was. so until the last couple of years senators on both sides have understood the senate is not here to rubber stamp massive changes by thin majorities. this institution exists to do exactly the opposite. to make sure major laws receive major buy-in and have major staying power. and historically democratic allies outside this chamber have recognized this as well. so let's go back about 15 years ago when republicans controlled the senate, the left-wing organization called the leadership conference on civil and human rights published a lengthy statement defending, defending the filibuster, including -- listen to this -- including its relationship to civil rights. here's wh

it's you my friends. >> we're joined by the chair of the senate judiciary committee senator dick durbin. senator durbin, thank you for joining us this morning. you're in charge of this confirmation hearing for whoever the president nominates. lay out your timeline for when the hearings could happen, when the president's pick could be confirmed. >> we'll be ready from a staff viewpoint and logistic viewpoint. the decision starts with the president, as it should. when he chooses a nominee and sends it to the senate, we're off and running. that nominee and the background of the nominee in terms of whether they've been before the committee, how recently they were there and how much information we can bring together quickly will decide the timeline. >> you saw that poll, a number of americans questioning the president limiting the possible nominees to a black woman. he faced some criticism from republicans. nikki haley, want to show her tweet. would be nice if president biden chose a supreme court nominee best qualified without a race, gender or litmus test. that's what i did when i picked t

not harder. >> senator dick durbin, thanks for your time today. appreciate it, sir. >> thank you, jake. >>> the january 6th committee just sent house republican leader kevin mccarthy a letter asking the top house republican to cooperate voluntarily. will he? stay with us. (vo) america's most reliable network is going ultra! with verizon 5g ultra wideband now in many more cities so you can do more. hey, it's mindy! downloading a movie up to 10 times faster than before. oh, is that the one where the mom becomes a... (mindy) yep! (vo) i knew it! and claire in hd clarity. steve, is that jelly? this place is packed! you couldn't even send a text in a crowd before. now look at david with the connection. posting like crazy! (david) it's wild. (vo) 5g ultra wideband is now in more and more places. verizon is going ultra, so you can too. how did panera come up with the idea to combine their famous mac and cheese with their iconic grilled cheese? by saying yes. yes to new inventions! yes to clean and fresh ingredients! and yes to living life to the flavor-f

. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell filed by majority whip dick durbin spoke on the senate floor about efforts this week to pass voting rights legislation by changing the filibuster rule. this is 20 minutes. >> this week on this floor we are poised to witness something that is never happened before in living memory. an attempt to attack the core of the energy of the senate, by a sitting majority leader. senior senator from new york said nuking the filibuster it would turn but the founding fathers called a democracy into a rubberstamp of dictatorship. he said it would make the country into a banana republic. a doomsday for democracy he said. now he was to trigger that doomsday himself. when i was majority leader so my own party urge me t too break the senate on our own party short-term game. might answer it was a single word, no. less than four years ago the senior senator from illinois said nuking a legislative filibuster, quote would be the end of the senate as it was originally devised and created going back to our founding fathers. now he wants the senate to end on his watch.

dick durbin was here and he said the u.s. would not take membership off the table for ukraine, but if ukraine does take it off the table, that could be something the russians could go for something like that? >> if you take them at their word, you whittle away everything else, and russia wants to see ukraine implement the cease-fire implement. ukrainians say they signed that agreement basically under sir duress, at the barrel under the gun, and one of the key kind of provisions is a constitutional reform that would essentially reintegrate the regions there as special status members of a broader ukrainian federation, and that is the spoiler, and so in a sense, yes. >> all right, matt, stick around, i want to try and bring tom back in. congressman, if you are there, don't take your laptop with you to ukraine or russia next time you go. we're just going to blame it on that for the purposes of this segment. you are back from kyiv, and you met with ukrainian officials. what is your take on the possibility that we may yet find a di

. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell followed by majority whip dick durbin spoke on the senate floor about efforts this week to pass voting rights legislation by changing the filibuster rule. this is 20 minutes. >> this week on this floor we are poised to witness something that is never happened before in living memory, an attempt to attack the core identity of the senate by a sitting majority leader. the senior senator from new york once said nuking the filibuster would quote, turn what the founding fathers called the cooling saucer of democracy into the rubberstamp of dictatorship. he said it would make the country into a banana republic. a doomsday for democracy, he said. now he wants to trigger that doomsday himself. when i was majority leader some of my own party urged me to break the senate for a own parties short-term gain. my answer was a single word, no. less than four years ago the senior senator from illinois said nuking a legislative filibuster quote, would be the end of the senate as it was originally devised and created, going back to our founding fathers. now he

it went a little too far and i was surprised that dick durbin knew where that line was. is it one of many cabinet secretaries who need to hit the beach so to speak? i can go through list but health and human services, disaster on covid. mayorkas on the border, cardona's targeting parents, failing children on education. or jennifer granholm who didn't even know how much oil the united states consumed when talking about the strategic petroleum reserves. oil prices at a seven-year high on the performance watch biden to see if he is cogent, to see if he has a biden moment or moments, if you make sense. does he lose his train of thought? does joe biden today have that kind of moment where if he was your grandfather, you get the family together and talk about taking his car keys away. >> kayleigh: exactly right. we don't take every white house briefing that we will certainly be taking president biden's briefing today and make sure to tune in to fox news live coverage of president biden's second solo white house news conference. you will not want to miss it. our coverage kicks

on "this week" george goes one on one with dick durbin and an exclusive with republican susan collins, a key swing vote in the senate and an exclusive interview with u.n. ambassador linda thomas-greenfield. them e they'll talk about the latest on tensions between russia and ukraine. eva? >>> north korea launched what is thought to be its longest range ballistic missile since 2017. this marks north korea's seventh missile test this month. the escalation of the country's weapons program is thought to be a move to pressure the biden administration into nuclear negotiations that have been at a standstill. south korea's president saying it could be a sign of possible larger tests to come. >>> back home to that chilling case of reported mass carbon monoxide poisoning. multiple people sickened at a hotel pool in ohio. elwyn lopez is in pittsburgh with the latest. elwyn, good morning. >> reporter: hey, janai, good morning. a terrifying scene there. it all started around 5:30 p.m. when a mother tells us she saw her daughter go in and out of consciousness. she raced to the front desk and a wave

senator dick durbin said he's working for bipartisan support and reached out to senator susan collins. collins said while she supports diversity on the court, the president's nomination has been clumsy. >> it adds to the perception that the court is a political institution. >> reporter: other republicans compared biden's pledge to f affirmative action. senator lindsey graham shot down that comparison. >> there's no affirmative action component if you pick her. i see putting a black woman on the court making the court more like america. in the history of our country we only had five women serve and two african american men. let's make the court more like america, but qualifications have to be the biggest consideration. >> reporter: graham also cited ronald reagan's pledge in 1980 to nominate the first woman to the court, a promise he kept by nominating sandra day o'connor. abc news learned 14 black women are being considered. >>> a covid vaccine for children under age 5 could be weeks agree. the pediatric shot could be submitted for authorization by early march. >>> the winter olympics

it's bizarre that people like dick durbin thank you you can do business with them. you can't. >> and on top of that, he trusts them and he likes them. hard to imagine why. as always, my friend, good to see you. >> hard to imagine grassley saying the reverse. >> yeah, absolutely. i can't imagine it either. tonight, the art of destruction. how russia's disinformation campaign ukraine's working among the public. plus, donald trump is at it again pushing himself into the spotlight and the affirmative action is being centered around asian americans. but why? i am maybe mohyeldin, let's get started. good evening everyone. we begin tonight in russia where president vladimir putin has

he is a democratic majority whip, senator dick durbin. great to see you, senator. we just heard from congresswoman rochester there. she was very emotional talking about how close we came that day, she says, to losing our democracy, and i wonder, do you think, today, democracy is safer than it was a year ago? >> it's safer because donald trump is no longer president, but let me tell you the forces that created him, the ones that are still loyal to him, those who are afraid of him, are still legion, and they are part of the american political scene. so, he is a force, certainly, a controlling force in the republican party. >> there's also what's happening on the local level. and what might happen during the midterms and what might happen during 2024 and the presidential election. and this is how "the washington post" summed it up. at least 163 republicans who have embraced trump's false claims are running for statewide positions that would give them authority over the administration of elections, according to a "post" tally. the list includes 69 candidates for govern

democrats have to set hear,s and dick durbin did not indicate. he's the chairman of the judiciary committee. did not say when he plans to have them. but push it hard, push it fast and try to get their entire 50-member caucus in line and potentially pick off a few republicans as well. >> working with a president who has a lot of experience at that hearing process. let's see how they move through the process there. steve, as we wait for the who, the president promised an historic pick. let's talk about the what. the conservatives have six votes. the liberals have three votes, even with breyer now and with the replacement. so the ideological balance does not change but it's easy to say that. that does not mean that the -- what happens on the court, big issues on the court, the hiner w inner workings of the personalities on the court. when you replace a long-serving justice with a new justice. >> a lot will change, john. keep in mind that we're talking about a nominee who will be perhaps in her 40s or 50s. so things may not change overnight but the c

something that was echoed by dick durbin. >> deputy secretary of state wendy sherman today said the u.s. sees every indication

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let's remember that in 2018 the current senate majority whip, senator dick durbin, said doing away with the legislative filibuster would be, quote, would be the end of the senate as we originally, as it was originally devised and created going back to our founding fathers. he further admitted in, quote, we have to acknowledge our respect for the minority, and that is what the senate tries to do in its exoms and its procedure -- composition and procedure. in 2013, p 2 senators signed a letter to keep it intact. most of these same senators are still in office today but only one has expressed any opposition to senator schumer's plans to destroy the filibuster now that he is in the majority. and just last congress most of the democrat caucus used the filibuster to block a police reform bill from my republican colleague, tim scott, and a bill that would protected newborn babies who survived attempted abortions. so my democratic colleagues think the filibuster is great when it works in their favor, but they can't stand it when it blocks the radical socialist agenda, an agenda we know the amer

durbin says doing away with the filibuster would be the end of the senate as it was originally devised and created going back to our founding father and further admitted we have to acknowledge our respect for the minority and that's what the senate tries to do in its composition and procedure. remember in 2017 when 32 democrats signed a bipartisan letter urging senate leadership to keep intact. and most of the same senators who defended minority party rights are still in office today, but only one has expressed any opposition to senator schumer's plan to destroy the filibuster now that he is in the majority. and just last congress, most of the democratic caucus used a filibuster to block a police reform bill from my republican colleague tim scott and a bill that would have protected newborn babies who survived attempted abortion. and my colleagues think that the filibuster is great when it works in their favor, but can't stand it when it blocks the radical socialist agenda, an agenda americans do not support. why change their mind and why are they willing to be play blatantly ap critic

. >> brennan: you disagree with senator dick durbin, when he said the president may have gone too far. is there any outreach to republicans -- >> margaret, i've been engaged to outreach to republicans on voting rights since july and have found zero support. with the exception of senator le lisa murkowski, we can get no co-sponsors, despite repeated efforts. when we put the bill on the floor, they vote against even debating the bill. i thank senator lisa murkowski for being a restorer of the preclearance provisions in the john lewis bill. but thus far she is the only one willing to put her name for support of any of those provisions. >> brennan: you were with us back in november when a republican won the governorship in your home state. you blame that democratic loss on congressional democrats that you said just blew the timing of infrastructure, workforce a,and education. the american public expects us to deliver. the clock is ticking here ahead of the mid-term elections. what do democrats need to deliver on in order to hold on to any kind of majority? >> you're right, margaret. i thi

afterwards, my senior colleague from illinois dick durbin asked me how it went. i don't know. the whole conversation lasted maybe 10 minutes. he did not seem particularly pleased with my taking up his time. don't worry, he said, if harry did not like you, it would have only lasted five minutes. that was harry, as has been observed. he was not a back slapper, did not regale you with long, drawnout stories, and did not appreciate long, drawn out stories. despite the years he had spent in congress, despite the power he wielded, his reputation as the consummate washington insider, i came to realize that harry always remains something of an outsider in washington -- remained something of an outsider in washington, which makes sense given the remarkable path through the senate he had taken, a path that was at least as unlikely if not more unlikely than mine. others have mentioned harry's extraordinary journey out of searchlight, a desert town, away from just about everywhere. al harry -- how harry had to hitchhike 40 miles each way and stay with relatives to go to school, put himsel

. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell followed by majority whip dick durbin spoke on the senate floor about efforts this week to pass voting rights legislation by changing the filibuster rule. is

but as you go out and take the temperature, as you talk with senator dick durbin, who chaired and held these her hearings earlier on, potentially closing, want on a mo, do you sense that there's any shift in this time of biden, the biden era, to actually doing things that other presidents couldn't do. the article that you wrote sounded pessimistic yet funny. i started out very optimistic at the beginning of the by an administration because a number of things were done to clear individuals who transferred to, to move ahead with the military commissions. in terms i think there is much more sentiment for closing. guantanamo. then there has been in the past, i've seen statements by a number of senators and others representatives about trusting american in the world. and it's come up in a couple of hearings lately. i also think there are a lot of people who just aren't aware of guantanamo who aren't thinking about it. and the idea that there would be some kind of tremendous pushback. yeah. if politicians wanted to really inflame it and get them to talk about it, i think that's fine. i think

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but as you go out and take the temperature, as you talk with senator dick durbin, who chaired and held these her hearings earlier on, potentially closing, want on a mo, do you sense that there's any shift in this time of biden, the biden era, to actually doing things that other presidents couldn't do. the article that you wrote sounded pessimistic yet funny. i started out very optimistic at the beginning of the, by an administration because a number of things were done to clear individual to transfer, to, to move ahead with the military commissions. in terms i think there is much more sentiment for closing one ton of ho then there has been in the past i, i've seen statements by a number of senators and others representatives about trusting american in the world. and it's come up in a couple of hearings lately. i also think there are a lot of people who just aren't aware of guantanamo who aren't thinking about it. and the idea that there would be some kind of tremendous pushback. yeah. if politicians wanted to really inflame it and get them to talk about it, i think that's fine. i think

durbin, who chaired and held these her hearings earlier on potentially closing guantanamo, do you sense that there's any shift in this time of biden, the biden era, to actually doing things that other presidents couldn't do. the article that you wrote sounded pessimistic yet funny. i started out very optimistic at the beginning of the by an administration because a number of things were done to clear individuals who transferred to, to move ahead with the military commissions. in terms i think there is much more sentiment for closing one ton of ho then there has been in the past i, i've seen statements by a number of senators and others representatives about trusting american in the world. and it's come up in a couple of hearings lately. i also think there are a lot of people who just aren't aware of guantanamo who aren't thinking about it. and the idea that there would be some kind of tremendous pushback. yeah. if politicians wanted to really inflame it and get them to talk about it, i think that's fine. i think want to that maybe one of the things that may be going on is, and i course

but as you go out and take the temperature, as you talk with senator dick durbin, who chaired and held these her hearings earlier on, potentially closing, want on a mo, at do you sense that there's any shift in this time of biden, the biden era, to actually doing things that other presidents couldn't do. the article that you wrote sounded pessimistic yet funny. i started out very optimistic at the beginning of the by an administration because a number of things were done to clear individual to transfer to, to move ahead with the military commissions. in terms i think there is much more sentiment for closing one ton of ho then there has been in the past i, i've seen statements by a number of senators and others representatives about trusting american in the world. and it's come up in a couple of hearings lately. i also think there are a lot of people who just aren't aware of guantanamo who aren't thinking about it. and the idea that there would be some kind of tremendous pushback. yeah. if politicians wanted to really inflame it and get them to talk about it, i think that's fine. i thin

we need to preserve the voice of the minority in america, dick durbin. the democratic leader himself said in 2017 that we need to, quote, find a way to build a firewall around the legislative filibuster. build a firewall around the legislative filibuster. and in a letter that same year by 32 senate democrat, our colleagues demanded, demanded that the 60-vote threshold stay right where it was. so until the last couple of years senators on both sides have understood the senate is not here to rubber stamp massive changes by thin majorities. this institution exists to do exactly the opposite. to make sure major laws receive major buy-in and have major staying power. and historically democratic allies outside this chamber have recognized this as well. so let's go back about 15 years ago when republicans controlled the senate, the left-wing organization called the leadership conference on civil and human rights published a lengthy statement defending, defending the filibuster, including -- listen to this -- including its relationship to civil rights. here's wh

something that was echoed by the judiciary committee chair dick durbin. president biden is committed to nominating a black woman to the supreme court. when asked about reports of justice stephen breyer planning to retire. she also faced questions about the situation between russia and ukraine and the future of president biden's social spending plan. hi, everyone. okay i have a couple of items. >> holding her daily briefing with reporters. you are watching live coverage onve c-span2. >> to make sexual harassment and offense in the code of military justice. the mission to be honors the memory of specialist whose experience with severe harassment was followed by a brutal murder catalyzing attention to the scourge of violence in the military and helping advance bipartisan military justice reform in the 2022 and daa. this executive order delivers on the key recommendation from the independent review commission to usstrengthen the justice respone and prosecuting cases of domestic violence and fully implements changes to criminalize the wrongful broadcast redist

dick durbin said biden went too far. not particular comment. right versus wrong simplistic view is a problem here. so broadly talk about voter stu press. vote by mail. here's what biden said criticizing georgia's new law. so they're making it harder for you to vote. >> okay. well, new york is one of the most reliably democratics and now georgia allows anyone to request an absentee having. there are specific and in fact in november they couldn't collect an absentee ballot. and over when i ammingly early center. georgia, the new law. allows her 17 days of early voting. new york only has 9. i'm not saying vote reforms are not needed. it's to point out and it's as simple assay that is too simplistic. you know, it seems to me that part of the issue has become oversimplified in many ways. there's the side of being right and the oasis. that seems port. >> yeah. i don't think that was particularly useful. i also don't think it is true. voter sus presentation is offensive of our values. that is more insidious and the president senchsed rev rant -- they

afterwards, my senior colleague from illinois, dick durbin asked me how it went. i said, man, i don't know. the whole conversation lasted maybe ten minutes. he did not seem particularly pleased with my taking up his time. don't worry, dick said, if harry didn't like you, it would have only lasted five minutes. that was harry. as has been observed, harry was not a schmoozer or a back slapper. he did not regail you with long drawn out stories and he did not appreciate long, drawn out stories. despite the years he spent in congress, despite all the power he wielded, his reputation as being the consummate washington insider, what i came to realize was that harry always remained something of an outsider in washington. which makes sense, given the remarkable path to the senate that he had taken, a path that was at least as unlikely if not more unlikely than mine. others have mentioned harry's extraordinary journey out of search light. a tiny desert town, an hour away from just about everywhere. how harry had to hitchhike more than 40 miles each way to henderson and stay

i agree with that and dick durbin when in 2013 he was asked about the legislative filibuster and said i would tell you the end of the senate as it was originally created going back to the founding fathers. going back to the democratic senators that wrote a letter to mitch mcconnell and senator schumer in 2017 asking for there to be no changes in the legislative filibuster. in that letter they wrote we are asking you to join us in opposing any effort to curtail the existing rights and prerogatives of senators to engage in full, robust and extended debate as we consider legislation before this body and in the future. they asked me to join them and i agree. i will and that is completely my plan to be able to do that. we will not allow them to silence half the country. >> chuck schumer and the democrats are desperate to break the senate rules and try to engage in a corrupt power grab and the act would undermine democracy across the country. it takes laws adopted by democratically elected legislatures and subjects them to the arbitrary veto of politically rally unelected bureaucrats at the

if dick durbin says it went over the top. if your problem is trying to get 50 senators, republicans, that didn't work. if you are trying to intimidate joe manchin. that didn't work. mark kelly, by the way, the astronaut senator from arizona, he has not weighed in yet. so he comes out and says basically who are you for, the north or south in the civil war? jefferson davis or president lincoln? by the way lincoln a republican. we don't want to digress and talk about who was a democrat and republican during segregation. what about tim scott? tim scott comes out and says as a southerner, i'm offended, i'm insulted. he refuses to recommend tremendous progress made by americans, not by republicans, not by democrats. but not by black folks or white folks but by americans. and especially when you talk about blowing up the filibuster? really? barack obama actually did something he hadn't really said before. in the "u.s.a. today" editorial he backs blowing up the filibuster, again, bringing up something erroneous saying it's a jim crow

dick durbin, al sharpton. watch. >> perhaps the president went a little too far in his rhetoric but the fundamental principles and values at stake are very similar. >> if he was trying to get votes it would not be vote getting speech. i think he gave a you are going to hell speech. >> bill: it is hard to get them on the same page on a topic like this. warnock the winning senator from georgia said the following. he said the risk is that we lose our democracy as we know it. put that in the context of the fact that joe biden won and warnock won his runoff election to get his senate seat in georgia. >> bill, the democrats have been propelling a big lie about election laws around this country. states like georgia or texas or other states have adopted new election reforms. those reforms almost uniformly make it easier to vote and harder to cheat. in many wales they make it easier to vote than delaware or new york. but because the democrats know their agenda is massively unpopular the results it generated like record

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. >> senator dick durbin said he took it a little too far by comparing current voting restrictions to jim crow. >> if no one has discriminated against you because of your skin color or having your vote counted you can say that. a different history in this country and exactly what these laws are. jim crow 2.0. >> we have two democrats manchin and sinema and they are holding up the democratic agenda. they don't care about minorities, they don't care about blacks. they don't care about people in their own districts who they are going to deny their voting rights. >> harris: power panel david avella and crystal knight from priorities usa. great to see you both. i'll set up the debate this way. crystal, start with you based on what we just heard. how are these laws, since james clyburn says it, how are they exactly jim crow? what is the argument there? >> great question, harris. many of the laws particularly in states like georgia they are limiting voters access to the ballot. what it means is voters black and brown voters are standing in lines for three hours. they don't have access to wat

. >> vicky, i want to read you this, from senator dick durbin, to new york times. he says, i'm sure they're frustrated, i am one asked this week about the chamber's inability to act on mr. biden's agenda. discussing the impact on voters ahead of the midterm elections, he added, it depends on who they they blame for it. vicky, do you agree with the senators assessment that there will be frustration -- but the question will become, at whose feet they lay that frustration. >> i have a very technical answer, which is kind of. it depends on the emotional connection that the voter has, toward the sea is going on. we have to understand the folks respond to politics both of their hearts and minds. some people may be focused with, one of the policies getting through, one of the policies not getting through. at the same time, a lot of politics is about how do i feel? is this someone who's fighting for me? it is someone who's looking? out is just a good guy? it is the protagonist? it's a lot about narrative. in my mind, i see a lot of the problem with democrats not necessaril

senator dick durbin, the chair of the senate judiciary committee. he would lead the confirmation process for biden's nominee. he is promising to move the nomination through expeditiously. leader chuck schumer says biden's nominee will be confirmed quote, with deliberate speed. but some republicans making it clear the nominee will not get a green light without a fight. senator josh hawley tweeting this. if biden chooses to nominate a left-wing activist, expect a major battle in the senate. time is ticking for democrats. justice breyer is expected to retire in late june, early july, giving democrats just a few months before the my terms to get someone confirmed. liz? elizabeth: thank you, hillary vaughn in washington. good to see you. joining us now house budget ranking member. he is congressman jason smith along with fox news contributor, "the hill" media columnist joe concha. first to you, congressman. there is that going on right now in washington. of course the supreme court justice story is a big one but here's the other thing, congressman. nancy