With lawmakers who spurned him. Republicans are going all in on neal gorsuch. A vote expected next week despite a growing number of democrats ready to filibuster the Supreme Court nominee. That should tell the tale how democrats are willing to work with republicans or not. Good morning. Welcome to earl start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. Its wednesday, march 29th. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Whats on the schedule today . For the House Intelligence Committee investigating alleged ties between President Trump and russia, theres nothing on the agenda. Nothing. No meetings. No hearings. No nothing. Trumprussia probe has broken down for now amid a growing divide over whether house intel chairman devin nunes should recuse himself. So what will get things moving again . For one thing the ranking democrat on the Intelligence Committee adam schiff wants republicans to agree to reschedule hearings that had been set for yesterday. Among them one of which former acting attorney general sally yates was expected to testify about communications between former Trump National security adviser Michael Flynn and russias ambassador to the u. S. The Washington Post reported the white house sought to block yates from testifying. That claim press Secretary Sean Spicer rejected. On the 24th miss yates attorney sent a letter to the white House Counsel requesting that consent specifically stating that if they did not receive a response by march 27th at 10 00 a. M. They would quote conclude that the white house does not assert executive privilege over these matters. The white house did not respond and took no action that preventsed miss yates from testifying. I hope she was the. I look forward to it. Calls for nunes to recuse himself is coming from a growing number of democrats and even from the ranks of nunes own party. Eh elia cummings makes a claim he was on the ground reading classified material but no one in the white house was aware. Cummings said thats not true, nunes was not a fence jumper but invited in. Walter jones of North Carolina says nunes should recuse himself. Nunes is scoffing at the suggestion he should step aside. Your going to stay as chairman and run this investigation . Why would i not . You guys need to go ask them why these things are being said. Can this investigation continue as you as chairman . Why would it not . Arent i briefing you guys continuously . And keeping you up to speed. They are saying it cant run with you as chair. Up got to go talk to them. It sounds like its their problem. One investigation is moving forward in a bipartisan spirit. The chairman and ranking democrat on the Senate Intel Committee will offer an update on their Russian Investigation. Thats today at 2 30 in a news conference. Lets bring in other politics digital manager zach wolf. Good morning. Democrats are piling on and piling on. Representative walter jones a republican from North Carolina, how significant is his calling for nunes to step down as head of this investigation . Well, it clearly is a big deal to have a republican, somebody with an r next to their name calling for this but walter jones is somebody in the past who has shown an independent streak from his party. He was one of the few if not the only republican to oppose, you know, elements of the iraq war, the surge, sort of after it started. I wouldnt necessarily predict a wave of republicans to follow him. But it is significant. Let me saw little bit about some of the changing landscape over the last 24 hours in washington. Suddenly maybe green shoots in health care debate. Were getting word that tax reform, they might do it. Might be easier than Health Care Reform. Feels theres legislative progress or at least thats what the white house is trying to put out there. Heres something the president said about Health Care Last Night in particular. I know that were all going to make a deal on health care. Thats such an easy one. I have no doubt that will happen very quickly. I think it will happen. Because weve all been promising, democrat, republican, weve all been promising that to the american people. I think a lot of good things will happen there. So, is that Wishful Thinking . Is this president over promising . Everyone is watching what happened with health care and translating that into what could happen with tax reform. Reporter i was listening to that sound and i couldnt help feeling i heard that before a couple of months ago the last time that he promised they would come to some sort of deal. We just need to see the prove. It will be in the pudding so they say. Here we need to see some sort of movement on health care for me to think that there are actual green shoots. We need to see members of the Freedom Caucus besides the one who say we made a mistake. Or democrats need to come on board and say well work with republicans or republicans work with democrats. None of those three things are happening. We reached a point where people promising there will be progress is meaningless at this point. Mark meadows suggest they delay the easter recess until they get something done on health care. There appears to be two different stances. The white house is opening the door to democrats while paul ryan in a press conference yesterday talked about having to use budget reconciliation which implies no democrats will come on board. Is there any inkling of a single democrat willing to work with the administration on health care in any regard . Democrats are going to guard this legislation, i think, with their lives, with their political lives. And theres a lot of red state Democratic Senators that will ultimately come under pressure i think to work with republicans on this. But its going to be saving this is going to be something that they really circled the wagons about. We now have a date, friday is when were told that neal gorsuch will get confirmed next week. At least one way or another. I want you to listen to senators back and forth on the gorsuch nomination. Were going to get judge gorsuch confirmed. It will be an opportunity for the democrats to invoke cloture. Well see where that ends. It will be up to them how the process to confirm judge gorsuch goes forward. Its going to be a real uphill climb for him to get those 60 votes. Its such an important position it should have bipartisan buy in. If a judge cant meet a nominee cant meet the 60 vote standard you dont change the rules. I can remember in the sotomayor hearings, Lindsey Graham said it was the president s prerogative when you win the house you get to put the person you want in the Supreme Court if theres a vacancy. Nine republicans voted for her. Over this proceeding, merritt garlands name is hanging. Reporter thats right. This is another one where democrats they are really going to want to hold the line and send a message about merritt garland. We havent seen that Many Democrats say that they would, i think two have said they would support at least cutting off debate on gorsuch and they will need eight. Tinting thing here is if democrats can hold the line and keep republicans from getting to that 60 threshold the new magic number becomes 50 at that point because then there will be a bunch of pressure amongst republicans about changing the senate rules and they call that the Nuclear Option because it would change washington forever a lot of people say. Now republicans say look the democrats did it first with using the Nuclear Option for judges. Now they didnt allow for Supreme Court judges. But mike lee went on with john berman yesterday on the lead refused to acknowledge they would use this Nuclear Option. Do they have the votes or any opposition to using that technique . Yeah, i think there will be a lot of opposition to it. We saw Lindsey Graham, i think, said that he would be top it. I thought that was surprising. He was someone that sort of counselled against that stuff in the past. But you had a couple of republicans say that they wouldnt want to change senate rules. Thats a whole new lobbying campaign coming forth. I havent seen the number of votes that for such needs to get past 60. Every morning i wake up and you have no idea what the headline will be by the evening. Its just been such an interesting ride and even hasnt been 100 days of this presidency. I cant imagine what its like for zach. 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My initial assessment is that we probably had a role in this. Heres what i dont know. What i dont know is were they gathered there by the enemy . General townsend said the type of munition used in the strike should not have collapsed the entire building where all those civilians perished. Investigating to see if there were booby traps, car bombs. Lets go live to erbil, iraq and bring in Cnn International correspondent who is just in mosul. There are a lot of concerns. Ill tell you here in this country a lot of concerns about the civilian casualties and investigation thats ongoing there. But first to the president s comments last night that the u. S. Military is fighting like never before in iraq. And doing really well. What is the characterization or assessment of that where you are. Reporter you speak to the Iraqi Military they most certainly want u. S. Support and if they could get it they would want more of it. The air assets that america brings to table is one of the key factors that allowed the Iraqi Security forces to push forward. With that fire power and air power come civilian casualties. This is a reality that america itself is aware of given the duration of its own occupation of iraq. Heres one of the key points. America and iraq both cannot risk over simplifying the situation. It was americas over simplification of the fight in iraq going back to its occupation, going back to its own battles of isis previous incarnation that was one of the reasons we saw isis reenorth america an enemy more so fist if i indicated or more capable than america ever faced and putting iraqi forces in a fight for their lives. They have to watch this enemy from the city that had 1. 2 million in it and today in western mosuls still hundreds of thousands of civilians who isis is yes using as human shields. Weve heard numerous stories from families that hand nagged to get out saying isis held their loved ones at gunpoint while using their roof tops for fighting positions Nuclear Program is another reality that the u. S. And iraqis have to deal with moving forward to avoid these type of civilian casualties. Quickly, the u. S. Role, u. S. Boots on the ground, mostly an advisory role. But what about the president s comment that u. S. Soldiers are fighting like never before there . I think it might be a bit of a mischaracterization of exactly what kind of fight america is in in iraq. They are in an air fight. They have intelligence assets. Theyve their drones. They have their advice and assist units that are forward but they still remain away from the actual front lines. We dont have americans themselves going through clearing these houses and narrow streets themselves. Thats all being undertaken by the iraqis. You have u. S. Special forces but they too are not on the front line, not kicking the doors down at this stage. So its a very different kind of fight that america is engaged in today in iraq as opposed to when the troop levels were at the highest in 2007 and 2008. We appreciate you walking us through it. Thanks. Perhaps the president s intention was to encourage or to list support of our troops which we should apply. More equal pay issues in sports. Top ranked womens hockey team striking a deal for higher pay and better benefits. Heres this morning Bleacher Report up next. Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple dinner ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. Great tasting, heart hea