tonight, senate majority leader chuck schumer saying he will force a vote to drastically change the senate filibuster rules if republicans keep blocking efforts to advance sweeping voting rights legislation. an effort to delegitimize our election process and the senate must advance systemic democracy reforms to repair our republic or else the events of that day will not be an aberration. they will be the new norm. but for schumer s plan to work, he needs the support of two skeptical democrats, senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. out front now, jeff merkley of oregon, the lead sponsor of the democrats voting right legislation and longtime advocate on reforming the filibuster. senator markley, appreciate your time tonight. this move from leader schumer has been a long time coming for you. right? he has not been necessarily online with this and now is is moving forward.
case, as we did with the jcpoa, that before we get the rewards, we get the outcome we hope to achieve. it is a tall order, but i m hopeful president trump can achieve that through sound diplomacy both personally and through the offices of the united states state department. i appreciate your opening statement and your comments about your commitment to human rights around the world, because if we don t, who will. secretary of state, again, your commitment to promoting these important principles around the globe, i think, are key, so i appreciate your comments. thank you, sir. senator markley. thank you very much. earlier it was noted that the office was involved and you ve taken the oath of office several times to defend the
court pick neil gorsuch. president trump is taking every precaution to make sure his nominee is approved. listen to this. we end up with that gridlock, i would say, if you can mitch, go nuclear. because that would be an absolute shame if a man of this quality was caught up in the web. steve: how could republican leaders actually go nuclear and how long does that thing last? let s turn to the judge. what does that mean go nuclear? the phrase go nuclear means change the rules. steve: the nuclear option. correct. the phrase nuclear option. right now, the one democrat can change the requirement for judge gorsuch to be confirmed from 50 votes to 60 votes. one person. steve: somebody will. senator markley of oregon has indicated he will do that there is nobody can do to stop him. if that happens, mitch mcconnell would need 60 votes. he already has 59 votes.