and the scene looked like something more out of a wake than a hotel room. they didn t expect it. they didn t want it. he s about money and business. it s all he s ever been about his entire life and continues to be that way. you know who else thought these hotel stays were strange? who? the veterans staying in them. seriously, if you read these statements, a lot of people say, i ve been in a lot of rooms. they immediately thought it was weird. they didn t know about the saudi connection, but they had some red flags themselves. the institute judiciary committee delayed a judicial nomination. they were expected to doctor nominations today which would have included six appeals court nominees. but senator jeff flaek hke has refused to vote on these until the senate votes on protecting
special counsel. the committee was expected to consider those nominations today, which would have included six appeals court nominees. but republican senator jeff flake has refused to vote for president trump s judicial picks until the senate considers a bill to protect robert mueller. the judicial nominations were originally expected to get a vote last week, but committee chairman chuck grassley also postponed that meeting because of flake s stand. last night senator flake tweeted, the senate needs to protect the special counsel. let s bring in capitol hill reporter for the hill molly hooper. good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us today. good to see you. good to see you. let s talk about the funeral yesterday, george h.w. bush s final day in washington as so many of us were watching there, presidents past and present gathering to mourn him there. we heard louis run through the depiction of president trump s presence at the funeral there. how is it being seen and v
to zero in for more specific answers. let me ask you about some reporting in the new york times today about judge kavanagh s views on roe v. wade. the times reports that kavanagh was considering a draft opinion piece that supporters of one of mr. bush s conservative appeals court nominees hoped could persuade antiabortion women submitted under their names. it is widely accepted by legal scholars roe v. wade is settled law. i m not sure legal scholars refer to roe is settled law. calling into question his own views about whether or not roe is settled law. where do you stand at this hour on judge kavanagh s views on roe? well, first let me tell you, the reason that we ve been making so much noise and pointing so much attention to the disclosure of documents specifically to that type of e-mail, it goes to the fact that we were held back because of something called committee confidential, from are sharing that e-mail with the public until just late last night. and now that it s been
and some are eyeing a new vacancy that could even tip the supreme court before 2020. this is what senator grassley said today. my message to any one of the nine supreme court justices, if you re thinking about quitting this year do it yesterday. meanwhile, the gop is breaking rules that democrats used to follow in the senate. they re ending the practice that allows senators to veto home state nominees, which was once a local courtesy. so while donald trump talks up north korea and the mueller probe continues to put heat on all kinds of trump associates, the consequences of this battle will by definition outlive the trump era. mitch mcconnell knows that. we checked the numbers, and he s teed up over a dozen judicial nominations for senate votes. now, donald trump may not lift a finger in this fight, and i mean that literally. he s never used his twitter fingers to tweet about these appeals court nominees. in fact, since the election he s only tweeted twice about votes
now, donald trump may not lift a finger in this fight, and i mean that literally. he s never used his twitter fingers to tweet about these appeals court nominees. in fact, since the election he s only tweeted twice about votes on nominees for the executive branch. this doesn t seem to be a fight that interests him personally. but as rachel says, watch what they do because the trump administration, thanks clearly to the staffing, today put forward ten more of these judicial nominees. can the administration keep up this pace? how much more of this kind of court pressure are we going to see? well, tonight we have the perfect person to ask about this next. stay with us. at gillette for 20 years. there s a lot of innovation that goes into making america s #1 shave. precision machinery and high-quality materials from around the world. nobody else even comes close. now starting at $7.99. gillette. the best a man can get.