president trump s opportunity to tell his side of the story. if he doesn t want to avail himself of that in some ways, maybe robert mueller just walks away and assumes the worst about him. but if he were to file that subpoena, i am very confident that he could win unless we get a new supreme court, brett kavanaugh is someone who has written on a strong executive and strong executive privilege and so maybe the calculus changes once he comes to the court. but that case of u.s. versus nixon, unanimous opinion from the 1970s, seems like the law is very strongly in favor of robert mueller, at least as of this point. let s talk about the other big legal drama in trump world, the one where we have you tethered to a camera there for us, the paul manafort trial. you re outside the court house. prosecutors are back at it. they re showing how they say manafort committed bank and tax fraud. the latest example, apparently manafort claimed a new york city condo was a second home when he was rentin
potential objections that are not just party objections. they ll say we have key concerns about some of these issues that you and i have talked about. and whether justices will rise above politics. then they will use the argument that in 2016 the gop stalled for months to prevent president obama from filling a vacancy on the bench and say why does not apply here in advance of midterm elections? will they succeed? that s probably the wild card here, george, because if they don t the pick will be rushed through. conservative court if they succeed. and they take a majority in congress in november. the entire calculus changes. they would need all democratic votes clearly to vote together on this. we ll have to see how it plays out. scott, very quickly, looking ahead at the president s week, very busy schedule, set to meet with nato allies whom he slammed about paying more for defense. also set to visit the united kingdom to see the queen.
pick if you are the president? well, the calculus changes with each pick and a whole new ballgame. hardiman has been a judge the longest. he was a district court judge in 03 and sat on the 3rd circuit since 06. a very distinguished judge, close of course to the president s sister. very solid opinions on religious liberty, the 2nd amendment so it doesn t surprise me he s in the final list. whether he will get the nod or not, remains to be seen. democrats are rallying around roe versus wade. there will be if this nominee whoever it is goes through a fifth nominee that was put on a high court by a republican president. take a listen to what then candidate trump said. do you want to see the court overturn? you just said you want to see the court protect the 2nd amendment. do you want to see the court overturn roe v. wade? if we put another two or perhaps three justices on, that s really what s going to be that will happen. that will happen automatically in my opinion because i m
group of people than the suburbanites ron is talking about. we forget that is in this bill. maybe it gets stripped out. maybe it doesn t. you lose rand paul, the calculus changes. this is a big risk they re taking. it is deeply unpopular right now. all right. chris cillizza, ron brownstein, thank you. later in the program we will talk about the political theater we saw. and very relevant. as i like to tease on the show, do you hear that? that s the big voice of the democrats trying to win back this working class they lost to the republican party. this is all about the republicans and their infighting. where are the democrats making their case? here comes the hate on twitter. still, it s something you have to think about. ahead on new day , we will talk with senator john cornyn, the majority whip. is this bill a winner for his party and why? his argument ahead? a suspected serial killer is
that are coming up? then you have real panic. that s what s really going to you know, that will be that small voice of conscience telling them, hey, maybe you ought to freak out now. until it becomes obvious to them that, number one, they re not going to get their agenda and they could be facing a blowout in 2018,hey re goi to be reluctant to break. but ce that happens, then i do think the calculus changes. but then again, do not underestimate the ultimate investment of the trump base in trump. i understand what people are saying about people being concerned about this, but we re not seeing that happen quite yet. absolutely. the people who supported donald trump supported him despite or actually, maybe even because of all these controversies. jen, i m sorry, i keep getting the hard rap in my ear from my producer so i have to go. charlie sykes, jen horn. good to see you guys. thanks for joining me. why does this go from one controversy to another? plus, what the wall street