Not have those same sensitivities. In President Trumps less than four years in office, Mitch Mcconnell has arranged for President Trump to have two Supreme Court nominees confirmed before tonight and a third confirmed tonight. The vacancy created by the death of Justice Scalia happened during president obamas time in office, but senator mcconnell wouldnt allow president obama to fill that seat. Instead, he held it open until trump was there. That was the first opening. Then they brokered the second opening, the retirement of justice kennedy, to make another vacancy for trump to fill. And in both of those instances, Justice Gorsuch and justice kavanaugh, they were both sworn in at the white house, at lavish white house ceremonies overseen from inches away by the president himself, the president making sure he was in every shot, including the money shot of the hand on the bible and the other hand in the air. Both gorsuch and kavanaugh sworn in at the white house at big, lavish events mar
Sworn in in august 2010. Neither Justice Sotomayor nor Justice Kagan was sworn in at the white house, though. They were both sworn in at the court, at the Supreme Court, as a gesture of respect for the independence of the judiciary, for the fact that a justice of the Supreme Court should never be primarily known for his or her association with the president who gave them their appointment. Again, both elena kagan and Sonia Sotomayor sworn in at the court, not at the white house. The Trump Administration does not have those same sensitivities. In President Trumps less than four years in office, Mitch Mcconnell has arranged for President Trump to have two Supreme Court nominees confirmed before tonight and a third confirmed tonight. The vacancy created by the death of Justice Scalia happened during president obamas time in office but senator mcconnell wouldnt allow president obama to fill that seat. He instead held it open until trump was there. That was the first opening. They then brok
President who gave them their appointment. Again, both elena kagan and Sonia Sotomayor sworn in at the court, not at the white house. The Trump Administration does not have those same sensitivities. In President Trumps less than four years in office, Mitch Mcconnell has arranged for President Trump to have two Supreme Court nominees confirmed before tonight and a third confirmed tonight. The vacancy created by the death of Justice Scalia happened during president obamas time in office but senator mcconnell wouldnt allow president obama to fill that seat. He instead held it open until trump was there. That was the first opening. They then brokered the second opening, the retirement of Justice Kennedy to make another vacancy for trump to fill. And in both of those instancins Justice Gorsuch and justice kavanaugh, they were both sworn in at the white house, at lavish white house ceremonies overseen from inches away by the president himself. The president making sure he was in every shot,
Behind closed doors, spending his morning tweeting false claims about Election Results while continuing to block the biden team from accessing the tools they need to ramp up the transition. Joining me now, nbcs mike memoli and nbc white house correspondents Kristen Welker and Peter Alexander, cohosts of weekend today. Kristen, youre there in wilmington as mike is. Tell us about the latest moves from the biden transition team. Some of the movement were seeing from leading republicans as well. Reporter thats right. President elect joe biden is moving forward with his transition. We saw that overnight when he announced his new chief of staff ron klain. Of course klain served as his chief of staff when he was Vice President. But as you point out, andrea, they are really putting the focus on policy right now, as he builds out his team, that 12member Covid Task Force that he announced on monday, talking about health care on tuesday, so really trying to strike a note of calm in the face of Pr
Corrupt mutt call system. Political system. I believe in democracy which is one person, one vote. We have got to get this right. And thats why so much depends on the choice that you are about to make in nevada because you are voting, youre caucusing early, youve got a thumb on the scale in that american decision. Lets end this fight with me, get in this fight [applause] get in this fight. Because this moment in history will not come along again. Erg eric well eric well, its happening right now. Griff jenkins is in henderson, nevada, where you can see the voting has just started. Hey, griff. Reporter thats right, eric, history upsiding way, its just happening. Let me show you, just moments ago this small caucus group, and theres some 20 precincts in this one area, what youre seeing happening, a woman in the white there in the back holding the paper, shes the temporary precinct chair. She is gathering the group to nominate a permanent chair. Theyll officially tabulate how many people hav