Elected, they were ready and they launched hundreds of conservative nominees all at once. There were plenty of vacancies for them to fill because republicans had all those seats opened. Republican haves been running those nominees through like a factory made chocolates on a conveyer belt. They got to hurry through as many of these nominations as they can. On july 19th, despite this well oiled if fairly frantic system, one of their judicial nominees failed. His name is ryan bounds. The Trump Organization nominated him one level below the u. S. Supreme court court. Again, in general republicans in the senate have been ramming through trumps nominees by the fistful. This ryan bounds no, maminati
school as this guy at the same time. I remember those fights. In despite the fact that he tried to hide those writings from the senate, his nomination did appear to be on track and get confirmed through senate anyway. Senator tim scott decided he was not okay for this guy and not willing to vote o
Responsibility for it. I am the president. I am the leader of the efforts that we have made in the last two years. And whatever extent that we didnt do what the people wanted us to do, they were not aware. I must bear my share of responsibility. I accept that. I must bear responsibility. Interesting. That led to a Bipartisan Party no matter what you think of bill clinton. Are we looking at the party ending before we start . Ben stein, megan, adam and charlie. This is the first time in a long time everybody is here. Whoo all right. You know, i dont know, if that was such a great idea. Anyway, im kidding. Charles, what do you make of this . The contrast was striking. What you didnt get is that president obama overwhelmingly won the twothirds who didnt vote. Thats the part you missed. Why did he say that . You know . It was for no reason. Hes still in charge. Yeah. Bill clinton says it simplest for how it should be done. You would think that if the president does care about his legacy jus
Ambassador to china. And he said mitt romney is still in the running for secretary of state. Nbcs katy tur is outside trump tower. Wh is your hunch, i guess hunch is a word only for me, not for you, but im not sure about the way he described mitt romney today with matt lauer this morning. I know he said it, i know he said all the right things. He wasnt doing to string him out. He said all the denials but i didnt catch any warmth in the name trump when spoke it. Your thinking or can you think on this . Reporter you are not the only one. And there are some folks who would point out that when donald trump was talking with matt lauer this morning, he made a point of writing up the ceo of exxonmobile as well in contention for that secretary of state job. There have been fears among romney world that this is just trump trying to get even with mitt romney for the way that he spoke about trump during the campaign saying that he was unfit and unqualified and not serious and just not somebody th
Their bombshell conclusion that moscow deployed hackers to meddle in the u. S. Election. That conclusion accepted by lawmakers in both parties. Facing new doubts and sharper criticism from their next comment in chief. President elect donald trump vowing to over all the Intelligence Community. Today some members of his own party are voicing alarm. Cnns Phil Mattingly is on capitol hill. Justice correspondent evan perez is in washington. I want to start with you, phil. Good morning. Reporter good morning. In about a half hour, well see the first public airing about russian malicious activities. The first sustained questioning from congressional officials on capitol hill in public. The president elect making very clear his distrust of this assessment, his distrust of what intelligence officials have told the media, have released publicly and told lawmakers behind closed doors. Who is going to be on the hill today . Director of National Intelligence, james clapper, the man who overseas the
In our state, whatever the cost. Good day, every one. Im Andrea Mitchell. President trump going after joe biden during a state visit to japan. Carrying the 2020 campaign overseas in spite of diplomatic protocol. Trying to exploit differences over biden support for 1994 crime bill that passed overwhelmingly back then but is now controversial. Joining me now nbc White House Correspondent kirsten welker, and garrett ahead of a biden town hall. Joe krcrowley and bill crystal. Kristen, first to you, the president has taken off. Hes heading back here. He will be back at Andrews Air Force base this afternoon. He has left path of diplomatic destruction, if you will, by bringing the Campaign Front and center onto the world stage. You and i have never seen anything quite like this. Reporter no, we havent. As you know, typically traditionally, politics stops at the waters edge. President s do not take aim at their political rivals on the world stage and yet President Trump did break with norms in