immigration, women s health care. oregon has a death with dignity law that i feel very strongly about. i think this is a stunning development. did he go far enough? chuck schumer said gorsuch basically told him the same thing in terms of disheartening, but said he didn t go far enough. take a look. i said to him, you have an obligation to publicly condemn the actions of president trump. he said, well, i m disheartened by them. to whisper to a senator behind closed doors he s disheartened without condemning or making a public statement is not close to enough. what is your take on this? judge gorsuch said this is my take, i m disheartened. feel free to repeat it. he says whispering it is not enough, you need a public statement. i believe senator schumer made valid points. clearly, this debate is just starting.
when you are talking about supreme court nominee, you are talking about getting in some of the questions that go right to the future of our country and given this administration, particularly federal overreach, overreach by the executive branch is one of the key issues. i would say immigration, women s health care, the incredibly wrenching issues with respect to end of life care. certainly senator schumer is making a valid point the senate needs to know more about how judge gorsuch sees these matters. senator, i want to ask you about the hhs nominee, tom price. there s the questionable stock trades we heard about over the last few weeks. people were shocked. even if he is confirmed, which there s a high chance he will be, is there time to introduce legislation to clarify what is legal and what is not in those situations? insider trading is massive. we saw martha stewart go to jail
what do you make of what s going on? this reminds me of a country line, who you going to believe, me or your own lying eyes? he doesn t want to blame the supreme court nominee. he can t walk him back from his own comments. steph, you wondered if gorsuch has the president in a tough spot because he s he can t fire him like he fired sal sall yates. you wonder if this happened with somebody else, if trump would be calling him my so-called supreme court nominee. he can t, but he can. i watched the transition. the transition, as influencer after influencer rocked up to trump tower much like celebrity apprentice. to michael s point, does he have president trump in a box? i think about marco rubio grilling, grilling, rex
family of business nan an attack on his daughter. don jr. is waying in. the conflicts here are off the charts. plus, whiteout. a fast and furious storm dumping snow across the northeast. morning commutes are stalled. kids are cheering because the biggest school systems in the country are closed. this is only going to get worse as the day goes on. we are going to begin this morning with president trump 30 minutes away from his latest sit-down with top executives. he s meeting with airline ceos to talk business and jobs. at 10:30 the president will attend the swearing in of jeff sessions as the u.s. attorney general. we have the best team in the business here to break it all down. we are going to get to that in a minute. first, i want to focus on extraordinary remarks by supreme court nominee. this moing, b sasse said he asked gorsuch in a meeting about
hey, steph, thank you right noon msnbc. a lot to get to, including friendly fire. president trump s nominee for the supreme court, here on the hill this hour as he distances himself for the president, calling comments on the judiciary disheartening and demoralizing. i believe that george gorsuch has a special responsibility to do more than just say to me how disappointed he is behind closed doors. disheartening is a great word. he should condemn these attacks publicly. meanwhile the president meeting with airline ceos but ahead of that using his social media mega phone to attack fellow republican john mccain. plus we have that big winter storm blanketing the eastern sea