The democrats are planning mott to vote on a Trump Nominee as political payback. They have to use every process and opportunity. They have to stop this until next year. This is time for vengeance for what happened two years ago. You are going to see 20 states pass laws banning abortion outright, and because they know that there are now going to be five votes on the Supreme Court to overturn roe versus wade. Democrats are say and do anything to malign the president s nomination and stop him from fulfilling his constitutional duty. Get ready for the lies and the character assassination and the bourkeing of whoever it turns out to be. Howie should the republicans be preaching obstruction to the democrats . While the stakes are huge is the democrat receipt particular apocalyptic. Protesters hound Sarah Huckabee sanders and other white house aides. The detining feature. The defining feature of a free rub is you can tell someone in the government get out of my restaurant. If you are a member of a White Nationalist organization we are going to ostracize you. Publicly shaming conservatives has become the new tactic of the left. This is evolving into a type of domestic terrorism and its only going to get worse. Howie but the president s critics blame him for the incivility. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. The media have long been enamored by kennedy because he affirmed gay rights. President trump we have to take our hats off to justice kennedy. We have to pick a great one. We have to pick one who will be there for 40 years, 45 years. Howie joining me, emily jashinsky, sara fischer, and philippe reines. Emily, are you struck how quickly so many liberal commentators insist the democrats block a vote on any nominee. Emily there are plans circulating around the media how they are going to discuss this. There is a different between acknowledging the gravity of the moment to apocalypse. A lot of hollywood liberals rehashing on the idea we are living a handmades tale. A hand maids tail. Howie they are saying this is payback for what Mitch Mcconnell did. Philippe thats what Mitch Mcconnell has decided is the new norm. With kennedy two hot button issues. That will bring out everyone on both sides of the debate to fight like hell. But it comes on the heels of what mcconnell did with garland. There is two years of pentup crazy frustration about that. Howie but thats true of people in politics. Does that justify some in the media openly saying lets stop this . Philippe what was pulled with garland was a stunt. I agree with Chris Matthews that everyone should do what they can. There is not a lot procedurally the senate can do. But if someone find themselves pulling a fire alarm. Howie if you look at the main real coverage, the argument was this was happening in 2016. The last year after lame duck president s term. The democrat argument is we are in another election. Its the midterm, its not the last term of the president s term. Sara whether its the last year of a president S Administration or the midterm, you have no idea whoever it is you put into this seat will vote the way you think they are going to vote. Howie the point is that shouldnt the role of the press be to give a fair hearing to both sides of this argument, but not meant case of commentators take one side to urge political obstruction . You want to urge context but you cant necessarily take a position. Philippe to call for a certain act to be called obstruction, its not like it came out of a vacuum. It was a ridiculous argument. Howie you mentioned abortion being the biggest emotional issue in play. The Huffington Post had a headline that said the end of rowe and a picture of a coat hanger. Emily frustration is not the right word. Thats an understatement what we saw coming from the left. Its a reflection of their take on abortion and the world we live in in the roe versus wade world. And the threat is apocalyptic. In urban centers it may be. Its not apocalyptic for much of the country. Howie would you acknowledge this is being covered by a Media Establishment that is almost entirely prochoice . I think its being covered as shock someone is about to be put on who is probably in their 40s and will probably stay there until their 80s. Howie if a democrat had that idea, would there also be shock . You seem to be buying into the notion that journalists should be shocked under the constitution President Trump potentially has this opportunity to name another justice . I dont think its any different than conservative media saying this is Mitch Mcconnells right to deny barack obama a pick. Howie roe versus wade has been the law since 1973. Certainly it could lead to a chipping away to access to abortion and abortion rights. But it doesnt necessarily mean they will overturn this ruling that dates back to the 70s. You have no idea, you can take somebody you want to put them in, but lets look at some of the picks the president is putting in, a lot of them are prochoice. But a lot of them are libertarian howie you mean prolife. Emily yes. We are seeing a lot of pundits on the left. Howie what we call coat hanger politics is apocalyptic. Is there something so real here. We are having this debate about journalists and politicians gearing up for a battle when we dont know who the president is going to pick. Emily at the same time he has to work with collins and murkowski. He needs three democratic votes. There is an unknown knack tore here that makes the coverage a little presumptive. Howie the New York Times had a story about a Quiet Campaign to encourage his colleagues to retire. Kennedy was conservative on some issues. But they are mad at him for stepping down. Hes turning 82 and they are turning on him. Philippe thats not fair. You never know whats going on in somebodys personal life, health, family. Whats particularly scaring people is there are two Donald Trumps. One is everything he does that liberals go crazy about. But there is the judicial appointment part where hes being incredibly effective where hes getting nominations up to the hill in terms of the federal bench and scotus. Hell go down as the best republican president on nominations. There will be an absolute wall. There will be no profiles in courage on their vote. Howie this is not trump being some sort of outlier. Just to wrap up this point. People dont know the history of the Supreme Court appointees. I doubt george w. Bush when he named john roberts that john roberts would be signing and legalizing samesex marriage. So there is no guarantees here about what happens over the years. Im not seeing much of that. Sara when democrats say we should wait until after the mueller investigation. I think we could use Historical Context to prove the power of the Supreme Court as an institution. Howie when we come back well talk to terry smith, the contributing columnist for the capitalgazette where five staffers were murdered. Are you done yet . Does it look like im done . Shouldnt you be at work . [ mockingly ] shouldnt you be at work . Todd. Hold on. [ engine revs ] arcade game fist pump your real bikes all fixed. Man, you guys are good well, we are the numberone motorcycle insurer in the country. Wait. You have a real motorcycle . And real insurance, with 24hour customer support. Arcade game wipeout oh well. I retire as champion. Game hog champion. Let with one a day womens. A complete multivitamin specially formulated with key Nutrients Plus vitamin d for bone health support. Your one a day is showing. Look for new one a day womens with natures medley. Howie there was an emotional outpouring after the capitalgazette killing. He was going down our newsroom starting from the front and yeah just continually shooting people. Howie Terrance Smith writes a column for the capitalgazette and i spoke to him from in front of the newspapers office. Sorry for the summertime getup but its pretty hot out here. Howie there was a candle right vigil. You write a guest column for the paper and you are friends with some of those who lost their lives. What does the capitalgazette mean to that community . It was visible friday night. Hundreds of people turned out, marched down the main street candlelight vigil. Bagpipes. It was very emotional and genuine. The connection between the city and its newspaper really palpable. You could feel it. Communities and newspapers dont always get along. They have arguments. They have differences. But in this case, there was a palpable concern, grief about the killing. And concern about the staff and a feeling of the importance of the newspaper. It was a remarkable event. Howie when you are a local reporter. Its not like being in a war zone. You write stories. Sometimes those stories tick people off. They get angry, sometimes there are threats. So newsrooms understandably across the country are nervous. Exactly. And they should be. But this is not new. This has always been the case. In the case of this shooter, this suspect. He had a grievance with the paper about something that went back six years. This got out of control, obviously. But it isnt in its nature all that unusual. Its sort of part of the territory of local news. How report suspect made threats over the years. Some of the staffers should cease breathing. This after a story about his harassing and stalking a woman online. The capital ga gazette the capitalgazette met with the police and they have been worried about him for a long time. He has been on the radar. But they decided that time five years ago, they decided to arrest him at the time would exacerbate the situation since they didnt have enough to hold him for any length of time. Its very difficult situation. Howie there has been a lot of talk about the environment created by attacks on the press. But it seems to be the case after gunman with a grudge against this newspaper. It was. This an action of personal vengeance. Was he influenced in any way by the hostile attitude surrounding the press on the National Level . I dont know. I cant get inside his head. I cant tell you that. But im sceptical. I think this is a very specific local grudge case. You wrote in a guest column that will be appearing. You write, im supposed to be detached from the stories i cover, but this one hit my soul. It probably hit the soul of a lot of people in the community. It has. I dont say that casually or often. But i was very affected by this and by that vigil friday night. And by the spirit of the community. I think its quite remarkable. This paper has been around for a long time. Its origins go back 300 years. Its been part of the community and part of the fabric. Its a state capital, and it covers the county around it and that sort of thing. Howie High School Sports and things that touch peoples lives. Local is the name of the game. Anything local takes precedence. Howie thank you for your touching tribute. Thank you for joining us in annapolis. The focus should remain on the five stackers killed while doing their jobs. Rob hiaasen, wendi winters, gerald fischman, John Mcnamara and rebecca smith. A furor by a comment by a Fox News Contributor and the president hiring a top aide who used to work at fox. Since my stroke, he hasnt left my side. With the right steps, 80 of recurrent ischemic strokes could be prevented. A bayer aspirin regimen is one step to help prevent another stroke. So, im doing all i can to stay in his life. 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The monitor in bossies studio wasnt tuned to fox and friends. Fox hasnt commented on the outcome but sources told the daily beat bossie was suspended for two weeks. Joe shine bill shine was a onetime producer for hannity. Shine resigned under pressure last year. He was never accused of sexually harassing anyone. He was accused of failing to act or enabling the come ambulance against bill oreilly. Shine has been a private citizen for a year and he knows the television business. Journalists saying trump has blood on his hands for the annapolis shootings before the police even had a suspect. Come here, babe. Ok. Nasty nighttime heartburn . Try new alkaseltzer pm gummies. The only fast, powerful heartburn relief plus melatonin so you can fall asleep quickly. Oh, what a relief it is howie before the facts were known about the awful shooting at the capitalgazette, some journalists couldnt help resist blaming trump. Donald trump journalists like all americans should be free from the fear of being violently attacked while doing their job. To the families of the victims there are no words to express our sorrow for your loss. Howie i sat down with the hemingways. Mollie hemingway and mark hemingway. Mark you have worked in newspaper news rooms. You know what you write could make people upset. Nine years ago a policeman was shot outside the holocaust museum. And week after they found the address of my publication in the shooters possession. Howie before we knew who the suspect was or anything about his motivation. Journalists and commentators started tweeting and tying President Trump to this. And you wrote by the. Mollie its very difficult when Something Like this happens. You are desperate for information and speculation runs rampant. I think its important for journalists to make sure they are not just speculating. It wasnt just bad that they tried to tie President Trump to the shooting. But after the news came out showing the shooter hadding a long standing grudge against the publication, many journalists kept saying they thought this was the responsibility of President Trump. Howie rob cox the global editor of reuters. He said this is what happens when President Trump calls the press the enemy of the people. He later apologized. Radio host, is it surprising someone shoots up a Newspaper Office . Donald trump has blood on his hands. Mollie the president has strong rhetoric against the media and there are people rightfully concerned about that. We dont just with freedom of the press in our laws. We want a strong culture of freedom of the press as well. That doesnt known the press are beyond criticism. Criticizing the press is also important. Freedom of peach enables everybody to have the right to criticize the press. And there are a lot of reasons to criticize the press in this environment, so it would be nice to take that to heart. Howie sean hannity drew some flack talking about the incendiary rhetoric. He said its not connected in anyway and im not comparing. You have a political crossfire over what was an unquestionable tragedy. Journalists gunned down in their workplace. Mark this is the way for journalists to deflect a bit. Donald trump is capitalizing on a preexisting phenomenon. We have decades of public polling shows animus against the press. So while some of the specific criticism against the press might be out of bounds. Broadly speaking its hard to say the media havent earned a lot of distaste from the american people. Howie too many journalists on all sides whether its after gabby giffords, saying the shooter was influenced by the climate. Poll report actions of the shooter are his actions. But you can have climates created but incivility and rhetoric. I think its okay to have people encourage others to have good ways of speak being their disagreement with others. When you look back to last june, its true the man who shot up the republican baseball field was motivated by his political views. That story moved out of the news extremely quickly. You want to see more uniformity in the way the media approaches these things. Howie mark, i hate to see all the political stuff overshah dove these five victims. Overshadow these five victims. Mark this is a moment when we can focus on the valuable contributions journalists are making. Particularly on a local level. This is a good moment to be talking about that. Instead we are distracted by larger political issues that arent relevant. Howie do you ever try your debates at home . Are you sparring partners . Here is a tweet. You said to your husband. Im so glad we got married. He said yeah. My super romantic husband. Mark i am capable of more granr romantic ways. My love my wife hopefully is evident. Malala yousafzai wr. Mollie we are ver