yes, it concerns me deeply. and you know, i know how often we say never before in history. but never before in history have we been in a position where a president who can hear the hoof beats of an investigation that is bearing down on him gets to name the person who is likely to be the swing vote in the court that will ultimately determine a big part of how any investigation goes forward. given what we know how the president operates and what james comey has said, are you confident that he is not using his powers in these interviews to essentially get pledges of loyalty to ask inappropriate questions about what these people will do if asked to rule on him? look, the president has already made his history clear. that he wants to screen nominees for personal loyalty to him.
it. the other problem is there are kids who don t have parents here. they are having to go to court little kids without lawyers. that s an additional problem that won t be solved by this injunction. we need to get the kids back. this little boy, 7 years old without his mother. there are 2-year-old, 3-year-old kids every night wondering if they ll see their parents again. you were there, laura, during the unaccompanied minor in 2014-15. it was under those circumstances the obama administration pioneered the idea of family detention, they called it. many people said that was inhumane, a terrible decision. it s the future on the horizon. the trump administration wants tens of thousands of units of family detention. having seen it up close, what do you think of it? you know what s important to know is where the obama administration ended up on this issue. after trial and error and after being pushed by organizations
possibility concerns her. yes, it concerns me deeply. and you know, i know how often we say never before in history. but never before in history have we been in a position where a president who can hear the hoof beats of an investigation that is bearing down on him gets to name the person who is likely to be the swing vote in the court that will ultimately determine a big part of how any investigation goes forward. given what we know how the president operates and what james comey has said, are you confident that he is not using his powers in these interviews to essentially get pledges of loyalty to ask inappropriate questions about what these people will do if asked to rule on him? look, the president has already made his history clear. that he wants to screen nominees
for personal loyalty to him. that s his established track record. that s not anything that s a surprise. and so all say look what he s done before and watch what he s doing right now as he s talking with potential supreme court nominees. let me say on this, this is all the more reason that the united states senate cannot simply be a rouber stamp. you know, donald trump is not king. he does not get to wave his scepter and then someone magically appears on the united states supreme court. that s not how this thing works. every single senator gets a vote. and unless donald trump s nominee can get a majority of those votes, they don t get to go to the united states supreme court. and as you know, we are closely divided senate right now. i think there s going to be a very serious investigation into whomever donald trump names.
that is the context in which this president now gets to pick a new supreme court justice. a president lets remember who once asked the fbi director for his personal loyalty and who rails against the attorney general for failing to shield him from a criminal probe. all of that matters because the supreme court will almost certainly be asked to rule on some of the most sensitive and significant aspects of the mueller investigation. they will likely be asked to rule on what the president can get away with. the president s lawyer has threatened a legal battle telling abc news if mueller tries to subpoena us, wear going to court. the president can going before a judge and say it s for purposes of harassment, we win that. that s what you intend to do if you re subpoenaed. we ll say you ve got everything you need. what do you need us for. the president s own nominee can be the decisive vote in dermatology among.other questions whether the president himself has to testify in the muelle