doug, let's discuss, let's start with harry reid, you worked on capitol hill, when harry reid was the senate majority leader at the time. you are also a party guy, what do you say to harry reid saying that it is republican leaders who are responsible for the rise of donald trump. >> sure, when i was on capitol hill and i think everybody in washington saw when barack obama came into the white house, there was a lot of hope, there was a lot of promise, he had 70% approval rating, but there wasn't a lot of phone calls from republicans to work with him on anythi anything. we saw that time and time again issue after issue. donald trump is a separate issue from how barack obama worked or didn't work with house republicans, while joe biden certainly worked with republicans from time to time. but what's happening now, the language we hear is inflammatory rhetoric responding from inflammatory rhetoric from donald trump. there's only one person who's talking about carrying people out on stretchers and paying medical bills for people who riot. no one but donald trump has this kind of rhetoric ha

you are doing a harry reid. >> let us release those tax documents from the irs and we will be able to prove it. >> you made a statement. you cannot prove it. >> just the entire financial world in new york knows it. the world of new york. >> we know what is going on with donald trump. >> okay. we will leave it at that. i really would like to see you prove that you are not doing a harry reid. >> all being able to make a statement. a hacker group taking on donald trump says he must be stopped. sabotage his campaign. full details on that one next. ♪ ♪ every breath you take ♪ every move you make ♪ i will be watching you ♪ everhas a number.olicy but not every insurance company understands the life behind it. for those who've served and the families that have supported them, we offer our best service in return. usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. [bassist] two late nights in blew an amp.but good nights. sure,music's why we do this,

charles: do you feel like you are joining forces with harry reid? >> i agree with harry reid that republicans contributed to donald trump but not for the reasons he said. republicans have been breaking a lot of promises. they passed immigration fights off to the court and they continued to fund obamacare. so voters are mad at the republicans. look at the exit polling. you have 60% of republicans saying they are angry with the republicans. you have got 55% saying they are angry with washington in general. so more anger towards the republicans than washington. i think they are picking a fraud one in trump. charles: the mid-term result. >> people are tired of the same old promises from washington. that's why he's winning. >> it would be true if he weren't the most reviled candidate ever to run for offers. by any accounting, donald trump -- charles: we are going to pick this up. you don't want to miss our primary coverage next week. neil cavuto is rocking it. minute to minute the information you need to know as the polls close at 8:00 p.m. eastern right

i spoke to both mitch mcconnell and harry reid. senator reid that took place yesterday. let me start with a piece of sound on judges that you said over ten years ago. let me play it and get you to react on the other side. >> the duties of the united states senate are set forth in states. nowhere in that document does it nominees. >> the senate's constitutional duty to give a fair and timely hearing and a floor vote to the president's supreme court nominees is invileable. which is it? what is changed since 2005 when you said there is nothing in the constitution that said a vote, to 2016? >> this is the same thing as you talk about, the biden rule. there is no biden rule. what happened then was worked out. it was an effort to try to get something done. what i have tried to do during my entire career in congress and in the senate is to get rid of obstruction. years especially with republicans, boehner first, mcconnell, is everything was obstructed. that was what they say the out to do and they've done a good job of it. we have always tried, i've been part of that for many y

>> both senate leaders mitch mcconnell and harry reid exclusively join me. >>> and do you like buzzer beaters like this one from friday night? well, we've got the trump-a-tology buzzer beater possibilities for what could be a wild republican national convention. joining me are, jose diaz-balart, the atlantic's molly ball, joy ann reid, and robert costa of "the washington post." welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. let's agree on this much about the 2016 campaign, the rise of donald trump is basically paralleled the fall of the republican establishment. the more the establishment cries never trump, the more the voters snub them. on tuesday night in spite of millions of dollars of negative ads and high-profile criticism by mitt romney and others trump won four of five primaries and he nearly tripled his delegate lead over ted cruz. establishment republicans are desperate to use any means necessary to deny trump in part because of scenes like this. last night in tucson, ariz

our political panel on why the gop might want to take a page out of harry reid's book? >>> and the fight over president obama's supreme court nominee playing out on capitol hill at this hour as judge merrick garland meets with senators on both sides of the aisle. phone calls, too. republican senators have thrown up the blockade to stymie the judge, but is this the right way to treat a man some call the most qualified supreme court nominee in history? on the record host greta van susteren has strong opinions about how the senate should rule on the judge. have you got to hear how greta stands on this one. >>> plus charlie gasparino says baby buffett's week went from bad to worse. the latest on the war on coal and exclusive interview with casino billionaire sheldon adelson. less than an hour to the closing bell. let's start the "countdown.". >> take a look at this. in the green for 2016. i like that. i came up with that. it's not just the beer that's green. both the dow and the s&p throughout the day have been positive for the first time this year. at one point today thank

democratic senate leader harry reid says the senate needs to do its job... sen. harry reid/ nevada "we have that nasty little constitution that says they are obligated to hold hearings, they're obligated to vote that's what it says and more importantly when they swore their oath each time they become a senator again or the first time they swear to uphold the constitution, they're not doing that, they are walking away from that." no word when president obama will announce a potential nominee. this situation is unprecedented. there hasn't been a justice die in a president's final year in office. let's bring in senator grassley. senator grassley....was today's worthless? at first...you said process a step at a time...then your republican leader mcconnell advise you not to hold hearings. when joe biden was still a senator in 1992..and george hw bush was president...he seemed to advocate for letting a justice's vacancy wait til the next president. that never actually happened...but if biden hadn't said that...would and we are a step closer to picking the next presiden

we want to hear what harry reid has to say. he just met with merrick garland. >> he is -- his qualifications a about as good as you can get. he and i are both trial lawyers. i was able to talk about some of my cases and we had a good time just visiting about the law. one of his prize clerks was someone who worked for mow me for many years now down at the homeland security, serena hoy, she's a rhodes scholar. we had a great visit about her. she -- he married her. so it was really a pleasant meeting and i enjoyed it very, very much. the concern we have, after meeting this good man, why can't republicans do what they're supposed to, do their jobs? why are they afraid to meet with him? why are they afraid to hold hearings? are they afraid american people will watch these hearings and demand they do something more than they are demanding now? i don't get it what the republicans are trying to do. last night the republican leader admitted that letting american people have input on the supreme court is not the goal. the goal, of course

democratic senate leader harry reid says the senate needs to do its job... sen. harry reid/ nevada "we have that nasty little constitution that says they are obligated to hold hearings, they're obligated to vote that's what it says and more importantly when they swore their oath each time they become a senator again or the first time they swear to uphold the constitution, they're not doing that, they are walking away from that." no word when president obama will announce a potential nominee. this situation is unprecedented. there hasn't been a justice die in a president's final year in office. let's bring in senator grassley. senator grassley....was today's

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harry reid when he was become if 2005 said the president nominates but the senate accident have to vote. chuck schumer, the next democratic leader said they would not confirm, the democrats were in the majority in the senate and they would not confirm a bush appointment to the supreme court if one occurred 18 months of a presidential election. all we are doing, chris, is following a long-standing tradition of not filling vacancies on the supreme court in the middle of a presidential

he visited with harry reid and patrick leahy. democrats are calling for full and fair confirmation process. chuck schumer believes things are meeting in the right direction. some republicans will at least meet with garland. >> we're seeing cracks on the republican side. five or six members have agreed already to meet with the nominee. and i think what happened is they saw how stellar the nominee was. reporter: republicans in the senate maintain the confirmation process should and will be left to the next president, which they hope will be the republican nominee. >> let the people decide whoever wins the election in 2016 for the presidency. i believe it will be a republican, but whoever wins that election, that person should make the nomination to the supreme court. reporter: however one possibility being floated is confirming garland after the election but before congress leaves for the year. contingency for republicans in case hillary clinton emerges victorious in november. back to you in new york. melissa: blake, thank you so m

he met with key democratic leaders including senate minority leader harry reid on thursday. the 63-year-old moderate appellate judge also sat down with ranking democrat patrick leahy ...during his first official visit to capitol hill. leahy wants a vote on merrick by memorial day. florida senator marco rubio is ready to move on after dropping out of the presidential race this week.. and he says he's leaving politics altogether. butted to he says that frontrunner donald trump could be damaging to the republican party and hopes that he can still be stopped. closing arguments will begin this morning in hulk hogan's trial against the website, gawker. the former a leaked sex tape. on thursday, attorneys for both sides worked with the judge to figure out what evidence will be submitted to deliberations. it was determined the jury will only see the edited version of the sex tape. court starts at and 10 news will be to watch the trial live, download our 10 news app. kicks off at macdill air force base. get ready for the best show on in years. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live

moments ago judge merrick garland met with senate minority leader harry reid. the 63-year-old garland is making the rounds on capitol hill trying to get democrats on his side and pressure republicans to hold hearings on his nomination. let's get right to justice correspondent pamela brown. pamela, there are some republicans willing to break ranks just on the issue of whether or not they would meet with garland. >> that's right. there seems to be a divide on that front. some republicans are softening their positions, they're considering at least meeting in private with the president's nominee. this as judge garland as we saw spent his first afternoon on capitol hill meeting with democratic senators in his push for support. president obama's new supreme court nominee, merrick garland, is meeting privately with senate democrats patrick leahy and harry reid, as he lobbies for support in the face of fierce opposition. >> we could easily have the hearings, the debate, the background and the vote by memorial day. >> republican leadership in the senate is refusing to b

with harry reid, they okayly hate exercise equipment. when you look at all of these things. that actually helps trump. if you see the left galvanized against him, that helps. the other thing too is atmosphere that creates hateful they've been trafficking in the most person ishs antipathy. a lot of divisiveness has come from identity politics. >> do you know what else helps donald trump? bernie sanders helps donald trump. bernie keeps hillary far left. she can't get back to the center. he brought her left. she had to stay left. now the longer she stays left, the longer donald trump gets to stay away from all the money. >> he looks like a republican. >> compared to her. >>> elizabeth warren is now weighing in, the big time donors say they'll give more. democrats are alarmed. >> they should be. their traditional play book won't work. they can have all the money and all the organization in the world. just like other candidates on the republican side, the play book did not work. that's why they're most worried. >>> ahead, a major declaration from the obama administration today ab

but senate minority leader harry reid says the democrats won't give up. (sen. harry reid/(d) nevada) "never in the history of the country has anything like this happened, where they won't meet with a person. they simply won't hold hearings. they won't nominate. and we're going to continue beating the drums. all we want them to do is fulfill their constitutional duty the supreme court issued its first opinion since the death of scalia.. upholding a long prison sentence for a man convicted of possessing child pornography. supreme court justice clarence thomas asked a question during oral arguments last week. thomas hasn't spoken during oral arguments in a decade. the case concerns whether a prior domestic assault conviction should keep someone from possessing a firearm. right now... drivers are having a hard time... on the roads.... near chicago. look at this... car after car after car.. off the road. more snow is expected overnight... and into tomorrow. but... here in las vegas... it's different story. here's a live look.... at the beautiful strip. here's 13 wea

harry reid, like everyone else never thought donald trump would get to this position and now he is in this position. it goes back to the media iq of einstein. so far in the primary he has engaged $2 million in earned media, john mccain only got $400 million in earned media. this is a wharton school business study, a case study, basically harry reid realizes if they don't define donald trump before donald trump defined hillary clinton they are in big trouble and the map is going to expand. >> bernie sanders basically got no media attention and has been able to capitalize on that. it is not bernie sanders's fault. he is doing well without media. he is not doing exceptionally well. he is eliminated. >> real media talk, we know there is a democratic divide. we know what is happening. younger voters on netflix and twitter watching free ads. there is a dynamic where donald trump is able to capitalize off of the base of republicans and democratic party. the democratic party needs that working-class voter and they are older. >> would bernie sanders trade places with donald trump in garnering

this photo of was taken before judge garland met with senator majority leader harry reid. also on thursday, senate democrats held a press conference on the steps of the supreme court denouncing republicans for fusing to hold a confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee judge merrick garland. this is 20 minutes. >> after speaking at the center for american progress, senator reid returned to capitol hill where he and other democrats met with president obama's nominee to the supreme court. merrick garland. democrats denounced republicans for refusing to hold a hearing on the nominee. they spoke for about 20 minutes. senator reid: merrick garland is a fineman in every way. his character is impeccable. his record of public service is unsurpassed and his time on the bench has been really very, very exemplary. all we're asking is for the republicans to do their job. now, mitch mcconnell set out and did it publicly his number one goal is to make sure president obama was not reelected. he failed miserably. we are going to have a supreme court justice. and it's the right thing t

harry reid when he was leader in 2005 pointed out the senate had no obligation under the constitution to give a nominee a vote, and chuck schumer in 2007, 18 months before bush's term was up, said if a vacancy occurred -- >> but, senator, in each of those occasions republicans at the time criticized those senate democrats for having that position. and, frankly, that's what we're seeing here. if feels like there's hypocrisy on both sides. democrats essentially don't want to confirm a supreme court justice if a republican is doing it and republicans don't want to confirm a supreme court justice if a democrat is doing it. isn't that what we're staring at here? >> nobody has been entirely consistent so let's just look at the history of it. it hasn't happened in 80 years and it won't happen this year. the principle involved when an election is under way as joe biden was talking in 1992, when an election is under way, the american people are about to weigh in on who is going to be the president, and that's the person, whoever that may be, who ought to be making this appointment. >> you said

harry reid and elizabeth warren. so if harry reid and elizabeth warren are saying hey, gop voters don't vote for donald trump, we don't like him. that's an advertisement for donald trump. the reality is harry reid is terrified of the fact that tens of millions of republican voters are going to be energetically going to the polls for donald trump, and tens of millions of democratic voters are defecting from his party to support donald trump. that's where this is coming from. deirdre: stephen, to your point, we saw in massachusetts, 20,000 democrats actually change parties so they could vote for donald trump. so getting back to the idea of the delegates, the race for the delegates. donald trump clearly in the lead, but senator cruz says trump will not get all the delegates for the nomination. here's the senator. >> if donald continues getting delegates at the same rate he has so far, he won't get to 1237. he needs to get 54% of the remaining delegates to get there. he hasn't been doing that, he's been getting below 50%

donald trump supported harry reid for years. he says i can work with donald. he supports the same policies that harry reid does and i think as republicans we don't want a general election between two rich liberal new yorkers who agree on domestic policy, economic policy and foreign policy. that got us in the mess to begin with. >> all right. we have to take a break. coming back, more with senator ted cruz right after the quick break as "hannity" continues. we're in beautiful georgia. since phil started taking osteo bi-flex, he's noticing a real difference in his joint comfort. as well as heightened levels of abject humiliation in his son. in just 7 days, your joint comfort can be your kid's discomfort. osteo bi-flex. made to move. i am benedict arnold, the infamous traitor. and i know a thing or two about trading. so i trade with e*trade, where true traders trade on a trademarked trade platform that has all the... get off the computer traitor! i won't. (cannon sound) >>> welcome to "hannity" continuing with 2016 republican presidential candidate texas senator

when harry reid was majority leader. that rule says the majority leader, the majority leader alone decides what comes to the senate floor. you heard the majority leader. not going to change his miner. >> knows that those rules were written in his favor and i don't think it had a great deal of foresight when they forced some of those things through but let's talk about this a little bit for the republicans. do you think there are long-term ramifications for the party beyond perhaps losing senate seats in the fall? >> well, if, for instance they don't have a republican in the white house, and they get a hillary clinton and she goes much farther left with a pick and all of this, that would be a nightmare for them. so, what, you know, when you see democrats agreeing with some republicans on fact they need to grant a hearing you have to start to scratch your head. are people looking down the road a bit at some sort of bipartisan way forward? that is what 62% of the american public said in recent polling that they want. you ha

donald trump supported harry reid for years. he says i can work with donald. he supports the same policies that harry reid does and i think as republicans we don't want a general election between two rich liberal new yorkers who agree on domestic policy, economic policy and foreign policy. that got us in the mess to begin with. >> all right. we have to take a break. coming back, more with senator ted cruz right after the quick break as "hannity" continues. we're in beautiful georgia. you totaled your brand new car. nobody's hurt, but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. with toothpaste or plain water.an their dentur

harry reid though. the senate minority leader. he's retiring at the end of the year and trying to keep it real, so to say. not holding anything back. no love lost between him and mitch mcconnell. let's hear the latest about him to stop the nominee. >> all we're asking is for the republicans to do their job. now, mitch mcconnell said out and did it publicly, his number one goal is to make sure obama was reelected. he failed miserably like he will here. we're going to have a supreme court justice. it's the right thing to do. and mcconnell leading his troops is over the cliff and going to rue the day they fall in over the cliff. >> reporter: so kate, harry reid trying to exploit different cracks. the first are the meetings of some moderate republicans want to have with judge garland as well as those up for reelection but holds the car and moderates on this issue and could slow walk this until july and into the conventions and election season to make it happen. one last thing i will say though. from the republicans i've spoken to, mit

harry reid when he was become if 2005 said the president nominates but the senate accident have to vote. chuck schumer, the next democratic leader said they would not confirm, the democrats were in the majority in the senate and they would not confirm a bush appointment to the supreme court if one occurred 18 months of a presidential election. all we are doing, chris, is following a long-standing tradition of not filling vacancies on the supreme court in the middle of a presidential election year. >> i. ask about the biden rule in a moment, but, frankly, isn't there a fair amount of hypocrisy on both sides here? right now, president obama is calling for an up-or-down vote on his nominee and you oppose that but back in 2005 when george w. bush was president you made exact the victim argument that president obama is making now. take a listen. >> in a democracy an up-or-down vote should be given to a president's judicial nominees, it is not complicated, it is simple, it is fair, it worked for 229 years. it has served us well. >> senator, if an up-or-down vote for judicial nominee is simple

please join me in welcoming senator harry reid. [applause] senator reid: i want to public lee recognized john podesta. i have such respect for this man who could have gone out to the private sector and make a fortune. that is not what he decided to do. thank you for inviting me to be here today. many americans are scratching their heads about donald trump. i know i have on more than one occasion. most of us cannot fathom how he rose so far and so fast. his rhetoric is embarrassing, his proposals are dangerous. the republican establishment acts bewildered, but they should not be bewildered. republican leaders are responsible for his rise. for eight years, they have drained all the oxygen from this country by replacing thoughtful reflection with resentment and hatred. a full month before they knew the nominee, republicans already pledged to block him or her. this is the kind of mindless behavior that has hollowed out our debate, and created the conditions for trump to rise. donald trump has simply struck the match. recall where our n

[cheers and applause] in 2013, when marco rubio was standing with barack obama and harry reid and chuck schumer and pushing the massive gang of eight amnesty bill. [crowd booing] >> i stood with millions of americans and led the fight against amnesty. [cheers and applause] >> and we defeated it in congress. >> does president cruz build a wall? >> yes. but let me point out -- let me finish with 2013. at that time donald trump not only was nowhere to be found. he was funding the gang of eight. he gave $50,000 to five of the eight members of the gang of eight. and let me say to folks at home. one of the most ominous words that was repeated over and over again in that last debate was flexible. [ laughter ] donald said that over and over again. flexible. he was going to be flexible. you know inád d.c. flexible is code word for they are getting ready to stick it to you. [cheers and applause] and let's be really clear what donald was being flexible on. one of the most striking moments of that debate, megyn, is when he turned to marco rubio and said, marco, i agree that you were being flexible

he supported joe biden, harry reid, chuck schumer. he supported john kerry over george w. bush. he contributed twice to hillary clinton's presidential campaign in 2008. he helped fund harry reid and nancy pelosi taking over congress, which is what gave us obamacare. now if you are fed up with the ton, theon of washing answer is not supporting someone who has been funding and commenting -- profiting off of that washington corruption for decades. [applause] sen. cruz: so we are seeing the voters recognize this guy is not what i thought. the media, all these anchors describe him as the insurgent. there ain't nothing insurgent about this guy when he has been lining the pockets of every d.c. politico for 40 years, he is about as insurgent as george soros. how is that for an insurgent? [applause] sen. cruz: do you know what insurgents do? they actually stand up to washington. they don't find washington. they say no when washington is harming the people! [applause] sen. cruz: and the dynamic we are seeing, and the reason our , there are surging 70% of republicans who recognize donald t

the senate's top democrat harry reid accused of telling a candidate not to run for the house because, quote, a muslim cannot win this race. it's 5:30 in the morning on the east coast, it's 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." >>> and a good morning to you. it's wednesday, march 30th, 2016. i'm steve kornacki here in new york. new reactions this morning to the arrest of donald trump's campaign manager, corey lewandowski, for allegedly grabbing the arm of a former reporter for a conservative website. the incident occurred after trump's primary night press conference on march 8th. it happened as trump was exiting the ballroom. that's when a breitbart reporter named michelle fields approached trump with a question. and lewandowski his campaign manager allegedly intervened. police in jupiter, florida, say the crime was caught on tape, closed circuit video. that they say shows lewandowski grabbing for fields. he's now facing a criminal charge for battery or unwanted touching. that's a misdemeanor charge. the police report details an audio recording from fields' cell phone that says, i ca