Democrats now have 40 votes to filibuster a final vote. Republicans have suggested if they didnt get an up or down vote they could trigger whats called the Nuclear Option. That strategy would put gorsuch on the Supreme Court, but it could also destroy the filibuster, as well as harm the consensus building relationship that our Founding Fathers had envisioned for the body. Reports and analysis from new york with our correspondents. Chief Legal Correspondent ari melbor. Chris, where do we stand on the democrats filibuster, and are they ready for the republicans potentially to go nuclear is reporter theyre almost expecting it. A number of them have said thats where its heading and weve never seen anything like this. Its unprecedented. Its got a lot of people upset. The tensions are very high, and right now with 40 democratic votes, saying yes on a filibuster, they need just one more. 41 will do it. And sitting in the seat behind me in this hearing room is chris kuhns. Hes the democrat fro
Good evening im erin burnett. Outfront breaking news, white house rocked by major resignation. One of the president s trusted advicering, hope hicks. 23yearold be 29 years old worked with ivanka trump before that. She rows stunningly quickly, by far the yong es person in the president s inner circle. Just to give you an idea how vital hicks is to the president. One of the president s close allies telling us quote, she was his last emotional crush. That source telling hicks departure was sudden. Trump berated hicks to her testimony to congress yesterday, nine hours, telling lies on behalf of the president. How she could be so stupid, apparently that was the final straw for hope hicks. As news of her sudden departure broke, telling cnn im floored, i think importance of her role within the white house. A valuable team member and one of the originals who remain in the white house is Jared Kushner who of course stripped of his top security clearance yesterday. Ivanka trump and dan scavino w
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