Supreme Court Reporter ariana devoe and ron brownstein. Can you first explain how the other justices will move forward until a replacement is appointed and confirmed. Well, since there are only eight justices on the court, there could be some cases coming up that are equally divided, 44. What that means is in this case, in this term where were hearing major cases, there could be uncertainty. The cases involve abortion, affirmative action. The president s programs on immigration, all of those are in play. And if the court ends up being evenly undecided, theres going to be uncertainty. The justices could hold off and not put down a decision right away but then the question is when they will get to these cases and when will they have nine justices on the Supreme Court. And of course, you know, its going to be difficult to see whether they will continue on or wait. Youve heard Mitch Mcconnell who says he doesnt think the president should even nominate. Dont even start the process. But the
This is Donald Trumps motorcade arrivie for the senate meeting. Its supposed to start at 11 45. This is the scene of a lot of interesting things to put it mildly happening with the Republican Party luke russert is standing by. Lets go to the latest with luke. Reporter hey, there, tamron. I think we just saw Donald Trumps motorcade just came over here to the nrsc. This is the building where republicans are tasked with fund raising and also trying to come up with a strategy for them to keep the senate. Donald trump, this is something that a lot of folks have speculated might be troublesome especially for republicans that represent blue or purple states, kelly ayotte in new hampshire, some folks speculate john mccain in arizona could have a tough go of it because of the latino turnout against donald trump. Hell have meetings with officials as well as the Senate Republican leadership. Mitch mcconnell comes to mind. He also will have john cornyn and roy blunt. The interesting difference tho
Thank you so much for joining me. We will see you this weekend performing at new york pride and we wish you the best. Thank you so much. That will wrap up our coverage today. My colleague, kristen welker, picks things up. Xxx im kristen welker. We begin live from washington beginning with breaking news from the Trump Campaign. He fired Corey Lewandowski that shocked many in the campaign. Lewandowski had been with trump since the very beginning. Sources say Paul Manafort will replace lewandowski as Campaign Manager. Ali got the first interview with lewandowski right outside his apartment. Reporter were you surprised this morning when this happened . I dont know its so much a surprise. I want to say how honored i am to be part of this team and a privilege to be part of the team. I now have the privilege of going back and spending time with my family the most important thing. I will continue to support donald trump in any endeavor he has. If i can play a role in this campaign whether form
Welker. Peter, youre in green bay, paul ryans home state as donald trump takes aim at paul ryan, as he pushes they unproven allegations. Talk about the strategy here to rile up trumps base, even though it might be alienating the party as a whole. All right some people gathering out front of the convention center. Donald trumps arsenal of accusations, perhaps the most posant claimed, most posant charge is this idea of a rigged system, which he initially directed largely towards the media, of course, which has been a talking point, as it were, for republicans for years. In the last 24 hours, hes expanded that idea, suggesting that its not justed media to blame, but problems at polling places. This morning doubling down on what he had been saying. Of course there is largescale voter fraud over happening on or before election day. Why do Republican Leaders deny what is going on, so naive among the Republican Leaders who have suggested that they will go along with the results. Some of his s
This campaign. Kasie hunt has more of that. She is covering the Clinton Campaign. What led up to clintons statements about that, about regretting a portion of her comments . Well, richard, this statement came after a series of tweets clarifying her remarks from spokesman, nick merrill. They came out almost after Hillary Clinton made those comments. They were quick to respond that way. It took her a little longer to put out this formal statement. You notice the emphasis on the word half. This is a statement she has made in the past. She has talked about some Trump Supporters are deplorable because they have these views. What was different about what she said last night was that she cast so many Trump Supporters with that broad brush. That has generated a lot of controversy and drawn comparisons to the one that mitt romney made when he talked about 47 of americans and also to president obama when he said that some americans cling to their guns and religion. This is in many ways at odds w