down together and tried to do some things for the american people in a bipartisan fashion. reporter: so, that was a little bit more polite than what he told me in the hallways a couple of days ago. he said anyone who thinks this would be good for the senate is a numbskull and stupid idiot. we ll see how it impacts the that in the long run. there are still people who think this is not the way to go, steve. and kasie, before you let you go, another piece of news out there in washington that s got a lot of people talking. mitt romney, republican candidate for president in 2012, former massachusetts governor, suddenly there is some talk of mitt romney running for the u.s. senate from utah in 2018. what are you hearing about that? reporter: steve, it s fascinating, and it s not just some people talking about it, what we learned today is that mitch mcconnell, the republican leader, has actually had conversations with mitt romney about potentially running for this seat. romneyof course
kind of last-minute push on the part of democrats to try and stop gorsuch s nomination. it appears that there is really no way to stop it at this point. mitch mcconnell filed cloture yesterday. that means that he moved to cut off debate. that sets up that filibuster vote for thursday morning and sets the stage for this nuclear option sometime after that. steph. all right. i want to get a quick take from our panel. i have to share a bit of this sound. senator john mccain had some pretty sharp words about his own party triggering the nuclear option. we re so used to republicans going after democrats, democrats, republicans, not john mccain. take a look. some people have tried to say that once this is done and detonated, the senate will be a better place because this lingering fight i would like to meet that idiot. i would like to meet that numbskull that would say that. idiot. john mccain. quick, your take.
things and pressing the envelope at key moments, for example, the inauguration of a new president. you re talking about the kim jong-un might try something. might try something. it would be in his pattern of behavior to try something okay when he reads the tweet like that it has the possibility of igniting something. howard, i m going to ask you the same question. here goes. you re president-elect. you re surrounded by newcomers to security. got to go to people right now that are going to tell you what are my options? do i call the leaders of china? say got to call this guy down to the principal s office, got to warn him, if anything like this ever happens, it s not about trading nuclear weapons, it s about this guy s very sad, quick, tragic end on this planet. and how do you get that message across to this numbskull? well, having just publicly attempted to trash the intelligence community, he now has to go to the intelligence community and ask him for advice. deterre
be provoked which guy? the guy in pyongyang or guy in new york? speaking of the north korean leader. he has a history of being provoked, doing provocative things and pressing the envelope at key moments, for example, the inauguration of a new president. you re talking about the kim jong-un might try something. might try something. it would be in his pattern of behavior to try something okay when he reads the tweet like that it has the possibility of igniting something. howard, i m going to ask you the same question. here goes. you re president-elect. you re surrounded by newcomers to security. got to go to people right now that are going to tell you what are my options? do i call the leaders of china? say got to call this guy down to the for instanprincipal s offic warn him, if anything like this ever happens, it s not about trading nuclear weapons, it s about this guy s very sad, quick, tragic end on this planet. and how do you get that message across to this numbs