Pick, Merrick Garland, several democrats have already said they would vote to kill the nomination of neil gorsuch. The six Democratic Senators have already come out in opposition to mr. Gorsuch, ed markey, Elizabeth Warren of massachusetts, rod wyden. And Kirsten Gillibrand of new york. He says the seat is stolen. This is not a normal consideration. This is a seat that was stolen from the former president , obama. Thats never been done in u. S. History before. To let this become normal just invites a complete partisan polarization of the court from here to eternity. At what point does a majority say in the future, we will not let someone make a nomination two years into their four years, or three years into their four years, or their entire four years . So i made it clear that i was going to insist on a 60vote standard and that i would vote against closing debates. So insisting on 60 votes is the way you start what we refer to as a filibuster then the question is, is. There going to be
Preexisting condition. People with preexisting conditions. We begin the hour at the white house with a question of enormous consequence why is the president willing to be so patient with and deferential to saudi arabia . Mike pompeo briefing the president on his emergency travelers to saudi arabia and turkey after the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. Secretary mike pompeo told reporters its critical to remember the u. S. saudi relationship dates back 90 years and secretary pompeo saying the royal family needs more time to investigate. They assured me that would conduct a thorough investigation of the facts surrounding mr. Khashoggi. I told President Trump we ought to give them a few more days to complete that so we have a complete understanding of the facts surrounding that so we can make decisions as to whether the United States should responsibility. Kaitlan collins, we didnt learn a lot new there. No, we didnt. The only thing new was that he encouraged President Trump to give him a
Secretary of state mike pompeo met with President Trump earlier this morning to brief him on his meetings with saudis and turks. He suggested waiting until the saudis complete their own investigation before jumping to any conclusions, wln to this. I told President Trump this morning that we ought to give them a few more days to complete that so that we, too, have a complete understanding of the facts surrounding that so we can make decisions about how or if the United States should respond to the incident surrounding mr. Khashoggi. Joining us are pamela brown. Pamela, secretary pompeo saying to wait and see, yet snooupd mn pulling out of the summit. What is the thinking at the white house . Weve learned from speaking to white house officials that there were a number of factors that were at play in deciding to pull mnuchin out of the saudi arabia conference. Chief among them was the fact that his european counterparts, particularly in france as well as the uk decided to pull out. So the
None of this is true. Your viewers do not have to get up in the morning to do all this because anything good that happens on monday, you will tell them about at 9 00 p. M. But its live events. I mean the impeachment hearing is live obviously and on television at 9 00. Yes. That 9 30 emoluments hearing is one of those rare federal Court Hearings that were going to have live audio of, so youre going to have to listen and watch in stereo. Its going to be a crazy day. Ill be watch ago long with you. You have a fantastic week. Ahead tonight, what does the white house want . After weeks of protests that the administration couldnt participate in the impeachment proceedings, the white houses top lawyer has just rejected an offer to participate in the impeachment proceedings. And pelosi versus trump. The speaker of the house is taking the president headon as he attempts to derail the investigation into his ukraine actions. Plus at the end of the show, what was the most shocking statement that c
Representatives should please impeach him. Which is a weird thing to request. That is a weird thing to ask for. But the reason Vice President agnew did that on this date 46 years ago was because he thought if Congress Took up impeachment proceedings against him, he could probably survive that because, yeah, the house was democratically controlled and yeah, agnew had been caught doing pretty bad stuff but a twothirds vote in the senate to remove him, he thought for sure he could survive that. As big as the scandal he was increasingly wrapped up in, the Vice President at the time figured he still had enough support among the diehard Republican Base that even if the worst happened when it came to impeachment, what could they do to him . He figured there was no chance theyd get a twothirds vote in the senate to expel him from office. No matter what they did, hed still be able to keep his job and he would still be Vice President. What he was hoping for when he wrote that letter 46 years ago