hard to get this right and these are people who have very deep records. they have to be analyzed carefully and lots of cases have to be ready. there is no one particular statement or comment by any of these prospective nominees that can be viewed in isolation. first liberty institute has been pouring through all of the opinions of the charges on mr. trump s list and says there s a way to calm conservative fears. there are many other excellent judges on the list that have no red flags. in fact, a solid judicial background that would make excellent choices at the u.s. supreme court. it will take 60 votes in the senate to get any nominee passed, the first procedural hurdle. unless something changes, republicans will need some help from across the aisle. bret: thank you. the sentencing phase began today for the man convicted of killing nine black church members in south carolina. the convicted killer did not ask jurors to spare his life from
the bottom line is that leadership is going to have to come more than by tweets from the president-elect. president obama got through the original reform. they argued over the public option, we don t know what president-elect trump wants in that. he s the only person that can unify the republican party. 100 ideas, not comprehensive. it has to come from trump, from the white house. bret: we should take a moment. it s the republican s ball. the onus is on them. they have both chambers of congress and the white house. the president said, he started his time in office saying 36 times if you like the plan you have, you can keep it. now he s ending his time in office defending the plan that s falling apart. president obama is trying to save his legacy. he is telling the democrats stand your ground and he s also saying he s taking responsibility for the fact that
it is actually working the way it was designed to work. they were supposed to win the white house and change it into a bigger system. right. as mercedes says, this is the problem i thought james rosen had the most important quote. president obama is meeting outside the white house. he said we are not campaigning anymore. the election is over. as if, you know, campaigns are just politics where we say stuff that doesn t mean anything. this is a knife fight and we are pushing our agenda. i do think, whether you call it health care reform whatever, getting buy-in from democrats, while that meet in comforter the uncomfortable, it s probably not a bad thing. trump is probably uniquely qualified to try to do that. bret: here is paul ryan on people potentially losing insurance. we have been saying we don t
also says russians did not give him the info. also retweets, it s very dishonest, more dishonest than anyone knows. we are back to the panel. it seems clear, mercedes, that the intelligence community is saying listen. wait until you hear before you go after us. what about this public back-and-forth? i don t like it. one of the problems with the intelligence community is the fact they ve gone so public, especially around this election time, post election in pushing forward the theory that the russians have hacked and have basically said trump has been i spoke to a former national security advisor, part of the team that basically said this is not normal. this is not at the intelligence community should be doing. they should not be going public with this information. i think what you re going to find is that there s a chance trump will hear the word circumstantial evidence, and
white, and blue because of patriots like you. it has been a privilege of a lifetime to serve with you. bret: at the u.s. and its allies are doubling military advisors helping battle isis in muzzle. the forces are moving in and out of the city. the advisors are not operating on the front lines there. four gitmo detainees are slated to be transferred to saudi arabia the next 24 hours. u.s. officials are telling fox news that president-elect trump strongly opposes any more transfers off the base. senior pentagon officials saying until trump s president the transfers will go on as scheduled. candidate donald trump held his last formal press conference 161