the antonin scalia, democrats infuriated to hold hearings on president obama s nominee. letting that expire with his presidency. how are democrats treating prospect of a trump nomination for that seat? here s what chuck schumer had to say. if the nominee is not bipartisan and mainstream, we absolutely would keep the seat open. i m hopeful that maybe president trump would nominate someone who was mainstream and could get bipartisan support. so, ed, i m curious, how do you think the trump white house is looking at this? on the one hand, you could offer some kind of potential olive branch to the democrats with a moderate, on the other hand, he could change the rules and push it through. there s no moderate. at the end of the day, he promised to many conservative voters, the court was an important issue. and i think to a certain extend to fill the shoes of scalia with one of the great things on our side is very, very important. i would say if you basically compromised and made a mode
spending. gloria makes a good point. i don t think there was one question about the glitches in the rollout of obama care during a 65-minute appearance that the president had in the briefing room. a lot of republican strategist looking at 2014 races bang their head against the wall at that. they think if republicans had not brought us to the government shutdown and this debate t political narrative in this country would be about glitches in obama care and they would be benefiting. instead the republicans are getting more of the blame for the shutdown and more of the blame for the potential government default. i would disagree to a tiny degree on the idea of the president saying you can put the conditions in writing, put the subject and negotiation in writing as a potential olive branch. the problem is, it would have been an olive branch two years ago or four years ago, when maybe they trusted each other. but because of the collapse of the grand bargain in 2011, the speaker and the
be a provocation making the point that it would undermine that with the deal they just struck with north korea where the united states pledged a lot of food aide to north korea. a lot of people are there are hungry, starving, and need that aide desperately. we have been told in recent days that the united states continues to be in contact with it s interest national partners in the region, has continued to put pressure on them not to move forward with this launch, press secretary j carney has fielded a number of questions and said if they do move forward with it it would certainly undermine that deal for food aids. this administration has gotten some criticism for this deal. some of the critics say they never should have offered this potential olive branch in the first place that north korea has gone back on promises in the past and this time would be no
saying that he always has a nuclear button on his desk, but also appears to be offering a potential olive branch. as former mike mehlman offers this ominous warning. we are actually closer in my view to a nuclear war with north korea, and in that region than we have ever been, and i do not see i do not see the opportunities to solve this diplomatically at this particular point. heather: from our london bureau, first of all, happy new year, and secondly, more importantly, what did kim jong un say in his speech? happy new year to you too, heather. this is an and annual, kim jong un said in speech, their nuclear capability is about reality, not as threat. the u.s. should know that
story, a potential olive branch from donald trump to the opposition. according to his senior white house official. the president is open to legal status. jake, let me ask you, what do you make of this news? it s sketchy. there are a lot of false starts when it comes to reporting on donald trump. but is this as potentially big as it potentially looks right now? i mean, this is the story of donald trump s presidency. he proposed a budget with $54 billion increase in defense spending, $30 billion in increased spending this year which is going to get him in trouble with the right. he tries to get good with the left by doing legal status for illegal immigrants, allegedly, he s going to get in more trouble with the right. his brash talk and executive