they decided the senate would go to overbusiness. that was october 1968. so long ago we didn t have c-span, we had senate sketch artists like it was a cameras banned from the courtroom situation. it was the last time a supreme court nominee was filibusters. the last time it was tried, the sam alito nomination, supported by hillary clinton and barack obama, they attempted to filibuster alito s nomination but 20 democratic senators wouldn t go along and that effort failed so the last time they were able to pull this off was 68. is it going to happen again? can they pull it off? prior to tonight s announcement about who the nominee would be for the supreme court seat, before we knew it was going to be neil gorsuch republican
c-span, we had senate sketch artists like it was a cameras banned from the courtroom situation. it was the last time a supreme court nominee was filibusters. the last time it was tried, the sam alito nomination, supported by hillary clinton and barack obama, they attempted to filibuster alito s nomination but 20 democratic senators wouldn t go along and that effort failed so the last time they were able to pull this off was 68. is it going to happen again? can they pull it off? prior to tonight s announcement about who the nominee would be for the supreme court seat, before we knew it was going to be neil gorsuch republican senate leader mitch mcconnell don t filibuster. what i would suggest from our democratic friends is that the
testified, quote, what difference does it make. let me role this tape. the fact is we have four dead americans. was it because after protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night that decided they will go kill some americans. what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again. does it make a difference to know the truth? sean, hillary, she asked a question. if she asked that question of me, you know for six years i was an administrative law judge, and credibility is the issue. i would say what difference does it make? credibility. because in a courtroom situation, we have a rule that says if a person s testimony is proven to be false in any part, the rest of their testimony is to be disregarded on that subject, and that s basically what we have here. the difference is credibility. they screwed up. they denied the request, the multiple requests for help before this at
testified, quote, what difference does it make. let me role this tape. the fact is we have four dead americans. was it because after protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night that decided they will go kill some americans. what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again. does it make a difference to know the truth? sean, hillary, she asked a question. if she asked that question of me, you know for six years i was an administrative law judge, and credibility is the issue. i would say what difference does it make? credibility. because in a courtroom situation, we have a rule that says if a person s testimony is proven to be false in any part, the rest of their testimony is to be disregarded on that subject, and that s basically what we have here. the difference is credibility. they screwed up. they denied the request, the multiple requests for help
that the evidence that was found in the 911 tapes were things that would lead the prosecutor to definitely file charges in this case and that s why we had the confidence that we had. you know, we re glad we re at this point. right now it s not probably a happy moment for anyone but it s good to see the wheels of justice turning and this family s glad to finally be in a courtroom situation. the probable cause affidavit also says zimmerman profiled trayvon martin. you know, i guess terms of definition, profile trayvon martin. how would you describe that? what do you think george zimmerman did? it was rather clear from the 911 tapes that when george zimmerman saw trayvon walking down the street, he said words like, he s suspicious, these guys always get away with it. so it was clear at that time that he had some preconceived