begins. john barrasso is a big fan of what he has seen so far this morning. watch. energy is called the master resource for a reason. it powers economies and powers countries and a force multiplier and an instrument of power. when germany is more dependent on russia for energy, that gives russia that much more power over germany and over the european union as well. sandra: interesting stuff ahead of hearing from merkel. bill: you can get natural gas cheaper from a pipeline than shipping across the ocean. but you could also buy our natural gas in germany and the united states could make a lot more money and that goes to the president. a holistic approach, right? he is undercutting the number one critique of him that he is tough on nato allies and soft on russia. he is pointing out the allies are soft on russia. barrasso is right. this is a big issue not only for germany and our allies in the region and united states. if you want to buy american
anybody in the democratic party particularly when they are engaging in this kind of rhetoric. if you take it to its logical end and they want to press the case that obamacare is in peril and roe versus wade is over, how does that play in those states? i think the answer in north dakota, heidi heitkamp is in a lot of trouble. bill: if he is confirmed by october 1 you re riding a wave. sandra: what are the biggest roadblocks that kavanaugh s confirmation press? they re looking at collins and murcowski on the roe versus wade issue. how he answered it in his circuit court confirmation hearings is answered it. bill: what about on the
in favor of kavanaugh. what are you doing if anything to try to convince at least a couple moderate republican senators like susan collins and lisa murcowski to scuttle the nomination. it is a mistake the opportunities on the republican side to two senators, collins and murcowski, showed courage saving the affordable care act from being abolished from the republicans. many republican ought to take this seriously. and not just say, we re automatically going to vote for the president s choice. could be they ought to take a close look at the nominee. judge the person on the merits. consider their own home base on final decision all. see what happens during the confirmation process in the u.s. senate. senator durbin, as usual, thank you for joining us. thank you, wolf. mr. breaking news. i ll speak live with the health and human services secretary, there you see him, standing by.
12 years. you pay attention to this every day. i do. bill: was kavanaugh on your short list? absolutely, absolutely. he absolutely has been on the short list. i think back when he was under served under president bush and president trump, if you look at his opinions he has written hundreds of them as his time as a federal appellate judge he is a constitutional conservative. very intelligent and reflected in the fact that a lot of times when a judge kavanaugh opinion or descent goes up to the supreme court the supreme court justices adopt the reasoning judge kavanaugh set forth. bill: byron york says does this get collins and murcowski to vote yes for them? it will put a lot of pressure on them to vote yes. he is a nominee that i think will receive wide acclaim within the republican party and frankly within the american
of senator gillibrand. you remind me what was happening last night. they had the signs stop and fill in the blank and ready for all four nominees which goes back to my original point. they ll resist and obstruct anybody the president nominates. that s on them, not him. secondly, did you see what the women s march said? they forgot to fill in the name. it is so brilliant. bill: when senator kennedy announced his retirement a number of senators came to the white house. i think murcowski and collins were there. do you know how they feel about brett kavanaugh? that s up to those senators. we respect the fact that each senator has an individual vote and i expect that senator murcowski and senator collins will do what they always do. give a fair hearing one-on-one, meet with judge kavanaugh individually. we have the great senator john kyle from arizona, former senator of 18 years spent many years on the judiciary committee. he will be shepherding judge