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and this was orrin hatch, of merrick favor garland on the senate floor in 1997. >> i believe mr. garland is a nominee. i know him personally. i know of his integrity, his legal ability, his honesty, his acumen. he belongs on the court. >> another important point. garland was then up for a court heappeals judgeship, the one holds now. what is different? >> the republicans have talked a about that biden speech. >> they call it the biden rule. theitch mcconnell called it biden rule. if you look at the entirety -- this was biden speaking after debacle. he was trying to say, how can we get the nomination process back track? what he said, in a presidential election year, i would urge a to nominat nom somebody in the heat of the campaign, but if theoes, what he said was judiciary committee should not schedule hearings until after season is over. he didn't say no vote. he said let's wait until november. >> in that case, he was talking in june of an election year, as no nominee to be made. this is march. there's a longer period of time. said, you're misinterpreting what i'm saying. >> it'

>> orrin hatch called him consensus nominee. >> he is not some crazy left wing bomb thrower. he voted so the folks know in washington, d.c. to keep guns away from private stipulates, the supreme court of course said no, that is unconstitutional. but he vote to do keep t75Ñ guns away. just that vote, you must know this, alienates most in the republican party, so they never vote to confirm.

orrin hatch, this is orrin hatch said this last week. obama could easily name merrick garland, a fine man. he probably won't do that, because this appointment is about the election. i'm sure he names someone liberal base wants. that was orrin hatch last week and walked into barack obama's trap. andrea: checkmated. >> the problem if they persist in this obstructionism, get a liberal young judge changes the court for next 40 years. >> under the constitution it is not obstructionism. person of integrity. great to see that as a lawyer. what the democrats are saying, what the white house is saying this is our political version of let's make a deal. as you are saying -- >> no one in america wants that right now. >> we don't know what is behind the curtain. that is going to be argument. >> american people are sick of it. >> that's what they're up to. that is what they're up to. harris: get your response though. senator chuck grassley, chairman of the senate judiciary committee making those comments, making this about a bigger issue. should we l

republican senator orrin hatch, who was then chairman of the senate judiciary committee supported his nomination. back then he said, in all honest tea, i'd like to see one person come to this floor and say one reason why merrick garland does not deserve this position. he actually accused fellow senate republicans trying to obstruct merrick's confirmation of playing politics with judges. and he has since said that judge garland would be a consensus nominee for the supreme court, who would be very well supported by all sides and there would be no question merrick would be confirmed with bipartisan support. ultimately, merrick was confirmed to the d.c. circuit. second highest court in the land with votes from a majority of democrats and a majority of republicans. three years ago, he was elevated to chief judge. and in his 19 years on the d.c. circuit, judge garland has brought his trademark diligence, compassion and unwavering regard for the rule of law to his work. on a circuit court known for strong-minded judges on both ends of the spectrum, judge garland has earned a track record of

i think you are going to see orrin hatch say, you know, this guy should probably get a hearing. i think this is a good chance to engage the american public and say, look, who do you think the next nominee should be, and vote for the president and the senate that you believe will provide that nominee to you. >> republican east bay attorney tom is running for the seat vacated by barbara boxeser. >> i don't support him because he clearly believes you can change the amendments. >> i would like for the president to have chosen another african-american. >> reporter: london breed approves of the choice of garland. she argues that the senate should do its job now that the president has done his. >> there are still court cases that are going to come before the score. the business of the people doesn't stop because there's an election. we have to continue with the business of the people, period. >> reporter: while it's unclear what will happen now professor little says if a democrat wins the presidency the republican- controlled senate would immediately vote to confirm garland not knowing

timothy mcveigh he earned a scholarship to harvardng, he graduated at the top of his class,, senator orrin hatch called him a consensus nominee who would win senate confirmation, he supported his appointment to the circuit court many years ago. >> republican senator orrin hatch was then chairman of the senate judiciary committee r supported his nomination, back then he said, i would like to see one person come to this port to say one reason why he does not deserve this position.crt >> this is the third supreme court justice thatat president obama has nominated, it was sonia sotomayor and elena kagan, they were both appointed by him it it is unusual for a present to have a say in three of them republicans say thats with less than 10 months left in office >> it was a big night for the front runners with both donald trump and hillary clinton moving closer to their nominations. >> the republican field narrowed to just three candidates has scott mcleanubie send dc with a breakdown. >> marco rubio said that he believed that the winner of the florida primary would go on to become the republican n

mitch mcconnell, orrin hatch, those two senators in particular have to take the flack. because when kirk has got to say something like this, and he can let mcconnell take the flack. they're going to play this game where some will act independent, but say oh, it's mitch mcconnell's fault. so they're going to play a game where it's shifting, saying, you know, man up and vote. but i'm sorry, my leader won't let me do it. >> that's what you were talking about, perry. at the end of the day, the thing mitch mcconnell wants most is to remain senate majority leader. he cares about that more than the presidential race. so the best thing for republicans to do is what? is it to play mitch mcconnell as the pin cushion, but in their own states, say they're open to the nomination? >> i think what you and mark said is perfect. of you can sort of pretend to be faux outraged about how we're not having a vote and i want to have a vote. and i'm not sure -- i don't know mark kirk so i shouldn't question his sincerity. but i do think it's easy to be out there saying. also, another thing is

remember, orrin hatch and the president cited moments ago in making his case. >> republican senator orrin hatch was then chairman of the judiciary committee supported his nomination. back then he said in all honesty i would like to see one person come to this lord and say one reason why mayor garland does not deserve this position. neil: we got an explanation of what he makes amends later state that the judges being considered for the highest court in the land. peter barnes and where this process goes. peter. reporter: they'll come as you just said it appears to be dead on arrival. republican leader mitch mcconnell taken to the senate floor in the last 15 minutes had no way, we are not going to do this and refuting the president here. we should not hold this up for political reasons just because we are in a political year from a presidential election year. the comic was saying just the opposite. the issue is too important to leave out the current debate for the race for the white house. take a listen. >> the american people are perfectly capable of having their say on this issue. so let's

in the senate, orrin hatch already in the last 24 hours, even though orrin hatch in the past saying, yes, garland, no doubt would get a lot of votes in the past when he was floated as a name in 2010, orrin hatch is saying not, toxic poisonous atmosphere and would be a scoring campaign on the presidential election. stuart: orrin hatch says no to this guy even though he's center right. that's president obama playing politics. you would turn the hearing, mr. president, to a proxy campaign for political points, it would be a toxic poisonous thing, don't do it. stuart: now, we're hearing that ben carson's main super pac is now trying to push him as donald trump's vice-president. former carson campaign manager now serving as a senior advisor to trump. all right, have you had any conversations with the trump guy about your guy, your former guy being the veep? >> no, absolutely not. stuart: where does it come from? >> this is coming from the super pac. ben has got a lot of i am passive supportier, and 5 million facebook fans, more than the pope and great fund raising lists, but it's hard to

senator orrin hatch of utah. thank you very much. >> nice to be with you. >> ifill: now we turn to a democrat on the senate judiciary committee, senator al franken of minnesota. senator, what do you make of the nominee that was put forward this morning? and, also, the republican reaction to him already. >> well, i think he was a great choice. i've been hearing about judge garland fair long time. he, i know, was in the running for justice kagan's seat, and i think maybe sotomayor's. i've heard great things about him from a number of friends, including from orrin hatch, my republican colleague from utah, who is on the judiciary committee. i think that this is a great nominee because he's a consens consensus-builder, he's widely respected, and i think my republican colleagues who are taking a very unpopular position with the american people, which was not to meet with, not to give a hearing to the president's nomination, not to do the job that's there in the constitution for us to do, to provide advice and consent,

there's orrin hatch of utah who is saying that he's inclined to allow a hearing. it was orrin hatch who recommended the judge for his present position in the d.c. circuit court. now jim inhofe from oklahoma is 80 years old, by the way, and he tweeted out this morning, while i will evaluate the nomination of judge garland, the next president should be the one to fill the vacancy on the supreme court. you can see the republicans pretty much on message that there are one or two who might be prepared to move this along, and we should just have to wait and see. >> yes, we will. john live for us in washington. thank you. >> thanks. >>> the obama administration is demanding the immediate release of an american student being held in north korea. the white house says he's being used as a pawn to pursue a political agenda. the university of virginia student has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for stealing a propaganda banner from a hotel as a souvenir. wednesday president obama issued an executive order imposing new sanctions in response to pyongyang's nuclear test

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i think you are going to see orrin hatch say this guy probably should get a hearing. i think this is a good chance to engage the american public and say, look, who do you think the next nominee should be? and vote for the president and the senate that you believe will provide that nominee to you. >> i don't support garland because he clearly believes that you can change the second amendment, and it's not the role of the courts to change amendments, whether it's the first, the second, or the 27th. >> i would like the president to have chosen another african- american. >> reporter: london breed approves of the choice. she argues the senate should do its job now that at the present time has done his. >> there are still court cases that are going to come before the supreme court. there's still business to be done. the business of the people doesn't stop because there's an election. we have to continue with the business of the people, period. >> reporter: it's unclear what will happen now. professor little says if a democrat wins the presidency the republican control of th

same from orrin hatch. now, in terms of procedure -- >> i'm going to cut you off. >> there you go. >> the president and judge garland are coming out to the microphones. accompanied by the vice president. >> good morning. everybody please have a seat. of the many powers and responsibilities that the constitution vests in the presidency, few are more consequential than appointing a supreme court justice. particularly one to succeed justice scalia, one of the most influential jurists of our time. the men and women who sit on the supreme court are the final arbiters of american law. they safeguard our rights. they insure that our system is one of laws and not men. they're charged with the essential task of applying principles put to paper more than two centuries ago, to some of the most challenging questions of our time. so this is not a responsibility that i take lightly. it's a decision that requires me to set aside short time expediency and narrow politics so as to maintain faith with our founders and perhap

here's senator orrin hatch, who is an interesting guy to watch. he's a real institutionalist. let's watch orrin hatch of utah. >> the senate has never, never confirmed a nominee to the supreme court, to a supreme court vacancy that opened up this late in a term-limited president's time in office. this is only the third vacancy in nearly a century to occur after the american people had already started voting in a presidential election. >> is he talking about ford and kennedy? i'm trying to think about confirmations and nominations in the last year of a presidency. >> well, there have been, just recently, or fairly recently, anyway, in the life of a supreme court justice, anthony kennedy was confirmed in the last year of president reagan's presidency. six justices have been confirmed in the past hundred years, in the last year of a presidency. it's a preposterous notion that somehow the president only has seven years in his term. and people wonder, why do the senators get to have a role, once they're in the last year of a term? that's just not how our politics works. >> that's a

he has tremendous experience and is seen as what orrin hatch once called a consensus choice. he's a choice that reflects the white house trying to put someone forward who is essentially in their view judicially unassailable. >> ari melber, stay with me. i want to go to pete williams who is the one who was able to break the news this morning on msnbc and nbc. tell us more about merrick garland and the choice president obama has made by choosing him. >> well, in one way, it's a surprising choice because merrick garland has been considered before by the obama administration, twice before. and twice before, he's been -- the president has decided to nominate a woman. so in one sense, as a white male, it's an unlikely choice. in another sense, as a 63-year-old, it's an unusual choice. that is an age very close to my own heart, but it's also older than the traditional age for a supreme court nominee here in the last couple of decades. presidents like to appoint young people, younger people that can stay on the court for decades. so that's odd for merrick garland. on the other hand,

today, you've already seen seven republican senators, people like or no orrin hatch wl have a hearing after the lame duck session, and there's a sense on the republican side that there's a price to pay. >> senator orrin hatch, the longest serving republican on the judiciary committee, and his thoughts on who the president should nominate to fill the court, he said obama could easily name merrick garland, who is a fine man. then he added, he probably won't do that because this appointment is about the election, so i'm pretty sure that he'll name someone the liberal democratic base wants. what's your critique of garland? is he an ideolog in any discern annual way? >> he has great credentials, harvard law school, and served as a prosecutor, a judge for 19 years. on the dc circuit, he's known as someone who is very thoughtful and thinks through issues, and he's absolutely the sort of canceled date who should get a serious hearing. and i think that the republicans have questions that they want to ask him. and i think that the democrats have a lot of questions that they should ask him and t

dutifully i read chapter seven which is entitled orrin hatch. we've heard a lot about that today, so i'm going to kill you and i will give david fair warning. there's a former kennedy staffer named jim who would bring a purple crown royal satchel to the judiciary committee and in the satchel he would have a softball which he thought the senators which was to be sickened across the table they t would roll the softball and to be rolling this softball. so david, i'm going to give it a softball. i hope you don't perceive it to be a curveball. i have not read the whole book but i feel like the way it has really shown that there's a lot of hard work ahead of, know your stuff, the toppings were important, valuable. there was, so mentioned there was a nobility about trying to make these tough trade-offs that society has to face. in doing all that there was a certain amount of joy, so there was style and nick and senator kennedy really brought that together. and so, one thing i'm enjoying about the book, senator leahy has a saying that a senator is nothi

he's reaching out to the old bulls in the party, people like orrin hatch and others who he hasn't needed up until now. formally to become the republican nominee you've been reaching out to these people for months but he's doing it now. not all of them are going to be won over but a lot of them are saying, look, this guy is likely to be the nominee, let's make peace with this. as we all know, he can be charming. on those calls he's coming from a great position of strength, he's reaching out. as i understand it, a lot of them are being very accommodating. very willing to hear what he has to say. >> we had willie early the campaign when hillary clinton was pressed "why did you go to his wedding? "she was like "he's a fun guy." that's the thing. we've known him for 10 years on and off and everybody, whether it's hillary clinton or you or us or anybody in new york, one on one he's a charming guy. >> life of the part yeenchy. >> it's very interesting, when he's in front of a microphone he'll say "i'm great, i'm great." but when he's in front of you at a party "willie, you book, the greatest bo

the other day doing a fantastic interview with orrin hatch with the supreme court you need to start making a lot of noise about those who are doing it right to absolutely object. we ought to be making noise. to write a letter to petition and you know, what will happen? those undergoing in to the weekly newspaper. with that underpinning of democracy. . . library, friends of the festival and the university. professor, thank you for joining us. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] on. [inaudible] they're ashamed to be associated with them so they tell her friends and neighbor. these people are not willing to do any activities, this of course hurts the candidate that they secretly support. there is a big problem. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] nota. >> we have more independence than we have ever had in the history. the parties should come around, i think very soon to realize they are the ones that get in the way. i think the biggest right blake is outside candidates are achieving our precedented success in the selection. >> if you could identify one issue with the democrats and one issue w

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orrin hatch first raised the possibility after the presidential election, but no longer, now in line with his party. >> the right thing to do is put this over to the next president. >> reporter: the real concern, antonin scalia's death leaves the supreme court ideologically split, to the left. even a moderate like merrick garland who hopes he's doing more than going through the motions. the white house hopes to keep the pressure on with pro-confirmation rallies in dozens of cities. in a conference call today with supporters, president obama said, make yourselves heard. >> pete williams at the supreme court, thank you. >>> still ahead tonight, accidental poisonings in children. a danger in so many homes, that it's sending kids to the emergency room every >>> trying to fire up >>> a new warning every parent must hear about the risk of sdeptd al poisoning for children. almost every minute of every day in the u.s., a call is made to poison control because a child got into medicine they shouldn't be taking. the rated of kids being rushed to the e.r. is staggering. >> reporter: robert lee

garland was confirmed in 1997 by seven sitting snaerkts including senator orrin hatch. this was senator hatch then. >> i senator the nomination and encourage my colleagues to do the same. to my knowledge absolutely no one disputes the following. merrick garland is highly qualified to sit on the d.c. circuit. his intelligence and his scholarship cannot be questioned. >> so how would youpy refute that? >> look, suj judge bjork was confirmed by a voice vote. justice thomas, same thing, a voice vote, including leaders who went on to viciously attack those d.c. circuit judges when they were nominatesed to the supreme court. we got a word out of it, bjorking to describe the hostile review process. i think that's the reason -- it's a totally different ball game when you are looking at supreme court nomination. >> what about, though, the risks for republicans to draw this line in the sand, especially when you think about vulnerable senate republicans who would be up for re-election and voters saying why wouldn't you give this person who seems extraordinarily qualified chance? h

that includes orrin hatch. >>> i didn't say he belonged on the supreme court, i said he belonged on the district court. >> reporter: there are no signs any of these meetings will lead to confirmation hearings. >>> march madness kicks in today, massive crowd at villanova watched as the wildcats left. it is their 4th tournament appearance in the 11th in the last year. it was a similar scene in north philadelphia. the temple owls are heading to their first tournament since 2014. hawks are participating after a yearlong drought. jeff skeverski is in new york with the cats and owls. his live reports start today on "action news." >>> president obama laid out his march madness predictions on espn. in commander-in-chief has kansas winning it all. he believes the temple and st. joes will lose in the first round. the president has not picked the correct title winner since 2009. we have the same bracket. >>> are they same? >>> i suspect they are very different. >>> a major baseball player is resigning because of a feud with team management over his son. >>> a crash is stirring debate over which dr

the white house is circulating quotes from senator orrin hatch saying how much he Ñirespects,x appreciates judge garland in >> republican senators are running for re-election in swing states and blue states and heard these republicans more worried about this issue, obstruction of the court, than donald trump. okay? and the scariness ofçó this. i thinkÑi they'rexd going to ha hearings, will be a vote. i think it's filibustered and probably get over 50. here's the magic formula if you're the pres)eent. ifq hillary clintonçó wins in november, garland is confirmed in december. >> waiting for the presidenul t come out task force will be the most fá comprehensive, judicial response effort in our party's history. >> and this is whyq i think the white house wept with merrick garland. he's got a r()q) skin. that was key here. was durableÑi politically. who could hand what will's goinc to be a hot house. >> on the other hand, brings me to fápete. you have a judgeno's somebody with 20 years of alp judicia,ñb record to pick through and i we are about to see president obamafá d judge garland,

circuit court in 1997, including orrin hatch, a senior member of the judiciary committee. >> he's a good man. but he shouldn't be brought up in this toxic environment. i'm tired of the supreme court being used as a battering ball back and forth between both sides. >> that was andrea mitchell reporting. just last week orrin hatch told news max that he did not think president obama would pick garland because he didn't appeal to the democrats' liberal base. hatch now says he would consider giving him a hearing but only after the election in a lame duck session if a democrat is elected. >>> all new at 11:00, it is a body camera case that could reach the land's highest court as long as we're talking about supreme court matters. hayward p.d. is being sued after the department charged fees to release officers' body camera footage. that request came from the aclu last year. the civil rights group wanted footage of a black lives matter protest in berkeley back in 2014. hayward p.d. charged near low $3,000 for that video which the department also edited. yesterday a judge tentatively ruled against

a few weeks ago, orrin hatch praised him. it's very difficult to label merrick garland. he is certainly not a fulbright circuit marshall. 18has an outstanding record, intellect, and has garnered swath of the broad american people. i think it will be difficult on for republicans and their counterparts to really challenge him given the fact so many conservative lawyers, interest groups have praised his work on the d.c. circuit. if a democrat wins the white house in november, could that person renominate merrick garland? there.n: i'm not going [laughter] ms. aron: i think merrick garland is really a stellar nominee. i think he should be confirmed. i think he will be a wonderful addition to the supreme court. i think he should be confirmed this year and then with the upcoming vacancies, which we assume will occur, after all, three of the justices will be in their 80's 2018, which means the next president might have the opportunity to name several more supreme court justices. should confirm merrick garland this year and see what happens in the future. shortlistnames on the ,

republican senator orrin has called him a, quote, consensus nominee but there is little consensus here. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says he will not even meet with garland. >> the senate's constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its consent. >> reporter: democratic senator harry reid hopes republicans reconsider. >> i hope you will give president obama's nominee a hearing and a vote. >> reporter: at this point that appears unlikely. the garland nomination is a governor john kasich fell in line with fellow republicans. >> i don't think the president should send anybody up now because it is not going to happen. more division, more fighting. >> reporter: he said that three times. you can say that three times more. a lot of fighting with this nominee is down the line. republicans say the president is saying do as i say, not as i did. in 2006, then senator obama filibustered president bush's supreme court nominee samuel alito. president obama now says he regrets that. that is the latest from the newsroom. juliet: too little too late. some republican lea

so qualified that, last week, republican senator orrin hatch held garland up as an ideal bipartisan choice calling the justice "a fine man" before adding that obama probably wouldn't pick him because he's too moderate, and back in 2010, hatch called garland "a consensus nominee." well, g.o.p., obama picked the moderate, so does that mean senate majority leader and old-age mutant ninja turtle mitch mcconnell will relent in his blockade against an obama nominee? no, it does not. >> according to his spokesperson, mcconnell called garland today to let him know, "since the senate will not be acting on this nomination, he would not be holding a perfunctory meeting, but me -- but he wished judge garland well. >> larry: called him? mcconnell broke up with him over the phone? (as mcconnell) "hi, ms. garland. uh, is merrick home? hey, merrick. this is mitch. how's it going? yeah, me, too. look, i don't think i'll be able to see ya. well, i just got out of a long relationship with another justice. yeah, i do think it was murder. no, they never found the pillow. look, merrick, it's not you. it's me. i

and orrin hatch from utah, he said that he is open to the possibility of a hearing, richelle. >> okay. maybe that's a tad bit of progress. we'll have to keep an eye on it. john terrett live for us in washington. senator ted cruz is a former supreme court clerk and is mocking his republican presidential challengers for dropping out of next week's debate. donald trump was the first to back out. he said there have been too many debates. that prompted john saysic to pull out too. fox news said it can't hold a debate with only one participant so it has been canceled. >>> there is still no clear winner in missouri. donald trump and hillary clinton hold slim leads, but absentee ballots are still being counted. whoever comes in second can demand a recount. >>> clinton today holds rallies in nashville and atlanta. while sanders is looking towards arizona. sanders has been telling supporters he stands a good chance of winning many of the up coming contests. some blunt accusations from secretary of state john kerry about isil. he says the group that the administration calls daesh has committed g

the president's pick although president obama quoted past praise from merrick garland from senator orrin hatch the utah senator distanced himself from the nominee via twitter. hatch said, quote, it's not about the nominee and it's not about the president. it's about giving the american people a voice. right now we are going to hear a lot more about this all day long. the president said he would be meeting with the members of the senate throughout the day tomorrow. he asked for them to give a fair hearing to him. >> tracy strahan thank you. >>> right now police are looking for the men who attacked several people in an illegal after-hours social club in manhattan. it started with an allout brawl police say when they responded to the club on 171st street in washington heights several people needed ambulances. marc santia has more on what happened. >> reporter: all of the injured are expected to survive. right now police are looking for the violent attackers who left five people bleeding inside what police are calling an illegal after-hours club. news 4 cameras are rolling as this victim wra

but this is coming out of orrin hatch of utah, and jeff flake of arizona, who both said they may be prepared to confirm the judge in that period. one day after his nomination and federal appeal's court judge was on capitol hill. garland met patrick leahy from vermont and harry reid. leahy said it is the most important vote politicians have to make along with going to war. >> this is too important. they shouldn't talk to him by phone. they should do what we have always done. >> reporter: he was referring to mitch mcconnell who spoke only by phone to garland on wednesday, telling him he has no plans to schedule a hearing. on the senate floor mcconnell noted how the nomination could change the supreme court for a generation. >> we just disagree in this instance and as a result we lonlicily act as a check and balance. >> reporter: mcconnell's opposite number met with garland. afterwards reid said americans were begging republicans to do their job. >> my job is to study the qualifications of these people going on this court behind me. it's an awesome responsibility they have, and i think all of u

in fact, a few years ago, when another seat was open on the court, senator orrin hatch of utah, who is not exactly a liberal, said that if the president named judge garland, there was no question that he'd be confirmed. in fact, senator hatch called the judge a consensus nominee. now normally, this is when the senate would do its job, hold hearings, consider the nomination, call for a vote. but republicans say they won't. they won't even hold a hearing. it doesn't matter how qualified the president's nominee is or what the constitution says, or what our country needs. this is their job, but they refuse to do it. senator chuck grassley, the head of the judiciary committee, could hold a hearing tomorrow, if he wanted. but he says we should wait for a new president, because, and i quote, the american people shouldn't be denied a voice. well, as one of the more than 65 million americans who voted to re-elect barack obama, i'd say my voice is being ignored right now because of their obstructionism! [ applause ] you know, we chose a president. we chose him twice. and now republicans in the s

obama administration, and tonight one influential republican, utah's orrin hatch said he's probably be open to that. lester? >> all right, pete. so much being framed by this election. on that note let's turn to who the next president might be after very big nights for both donald trump and hillary clinton. trump won four out of five states up for grabs, except for the big prize of ohio governor john kasich scored his first victory. the republican establishment is left with limited options to stop trump, including pushing this race all the way to a contested convention. but if that happens, trump is warning of riots. we've got more on all that beginning with nbc's hallie jackson. hi, hallie. >> reporter: hi, lester, good evening. we've learned that in the last 24 to 48 hours the cruz campaign held three meetings across the country about how to get the most delegate support. john kasich brought on a top operative to convention and trump staffers met to game out how to pick up marco rubio's supporters. all of them looking ahead at what could happen next in this wild race. three candidates

as recently as last friday, republican senator orrin hatch said president obama could easily name him calling garland a fine man adding the president, "probably won't do that because this appointment is about the election so i'm pretty sure he'll name someone the liberal democratic base wants." president obama called on the republican-led senate to do its part in the constitutional process. >> to suggest that someone who has served his country with honor and dignity with a distinguished track record of delivering justice for the american people, might be treated as one republican leader stated as a political pinata, that can't be right. >> republicans on capitol hill like their party at large responded by thrashing around norm defying maximalism. as he did within hours of scalia's sudden death, mitch mcconnell wasted no time in rejecting outright the president's prerogative. >> let's let the american people decide. the senate will appropriately revisit the matter when it considers the qualifications of the nominee the next president nominates. >> several at-risk senate republicans who

all, reverend sharpton -- >> and the other thing that i found interesting, is in 2010, gop senator orrin hatch said this judge, this judge garland, your nominee, was, quote, terrific. and could be confirmed to the supreme court. his quote, he said, was virtually unanimously he could be confirmed. did that -- >> yes -- >> -- factor into the president's thinking when he made this choice? >> well what he wanted to make sure is that he picked somebody who is absolutely exemplary qualified, and who should be confirmed. the president said from the beginning he was going to play this straight, he was going to look for the best person on the job, and the person who he thought democrats and republicans alike would have no ability to criticize. and as we've seen in the first several days since his nomination, just unbelievable support. he's gotten great publicity. because his track record is so exemplary. and so the president wanted that nominee, because he's been listening, obviously, to what the republicans have been saying about not wanting to grant him a hearing, give him a fair chance, and he

and orrin hatch says he is open to a hearing. and jim inhoff tweeted this >>> so there are chinks of light, and that's why the white house are putting out those videos and that sort of thing in the hopes that they will break the republicans down. >> two female senators in there. i'll just going to say women get things done. john terrett. women get things done. thank you. >> thank you. >>> the obama administration is demanding the immediate release of an american student being held in north korea. the white house says he is being used as a pawn. the university of washington student has been sentenced to 15 years hard labor for stealing a propaganda banner from a hotel as a souvenir. >>> in brazil, lawmakers there have started impeachment proceedings against the president. she has been widely criticized for appointing former president to her cabinet. he was arrested last month on corruption charges. allegations are that she hired him to keep him safe from prosecution. al jazeera's correspondent reports from rio de janeiro. >> repor

tharts part of the strategy was here, because they have got orrin hatch praising this man, and in fact, he stood up in, when he was nominated in 1997, after, by the way, being denied the nomination because a republican senate sat on it for two years from 1995, but once he got renominated by clinton in 1997, orrin hatch stands up and basically dared his republican nominees to say something negative about him. he said i dare you give me one reason why you can't nominate him for the court. >> that's why he's a good republican pick, but not for us. >> i wish we had more time. raul, thank you very much for being here. thank you, barbara, thank you, robert, and thank you raul. and congratulations to resident bald eagle couple at the d.c. arboretum named mr. president and the first lady. okay, who this morning, sometimes they throw you a curveball here at the show, and they welcomed a second eaglet into their nest. there they are on the live cam run by the american eagle foundation. congratulations to the other first family of d.c. i just said that. >>> up next, north carolina voter law consi

obama administration, and tonight one infl republican, utah's orrin hatch said he's probably be open to that. lester? >> all right, pete. so much being framed by this election. on that note letturn to who the next president might be after very big nights and hillary clinton. trump won four out of five states up for grabs, except for theg prize of ohio where that state's governor john kasich scored his first victory. the republican establishment is left with limited options to stop trump, ushing this race all the way to a contested convention. but if that happens, trump is warning of riots. we've got more on all that beginning with s hallie jackson. hi, hallie. >> reporter: hi, lester, good evening. we've learned that in the last 24 to 48 campaign held three meetings across the country about how to get the most delegate support. john kasich brought on a top operative to focus on a contestednvention and trump staffers met to game out how to pick up marco rubio's supporters. all of them looking ahead at what could happen next in this wild race. three candidates left. donald trump's lead

orrin hatch who was praised garland. >> i did not say -- he >>> senate judiciary republican says he is open to meeting with garland but there are no signs any of the meetings will lead to actual confirmation hearings. >>> former millionaire convicted of killing his wife is set to appear in court later bob ward's lawyers are working to get him on after he was granted a new trial last month. this follows claims his lawyers made mistakes in 2011. his new trial is not expected years. >>> orange county teenager accused of trying to kill a deputy has been charged as an adult. state attorney's office to file charges including attempted murder against ortiz yesterday. investigators say he hit sergeant. marcy pierce with his car when she tried to take him into custody on burglary pic she is still recovering from a fractured foot and head injury. >>> fans across the country mourning the death of frank sinatra junior this morning that the son of the legendary singer who also had a musical career of his own died at a in daytona beach for a concert at the peabody auditorium and officials say sinatr

republican senator orrin hatch, who was then chairman of the senate judiciary committee, supported his nomination. back then he said, in all honesty, i would like to see one person come to this floor and say one reason why merrick garland does not deserve this position? he actually accused fellow senate republicans trying to obstruct merrick's confirmation of playing politics with judges. and he has since said that judge garland would be a consensus nominee for the supreme court who would be very well supported by all sides and there would be , no question merrick would be confirmed with bipartisan support. ultimately merrick was confirmed , to the d.c. circuit. the second highest court in the land. with votes from a majority of democrats and a majority of republicans. three years ago, he was elevated to chief judge. and in his 19 years on the d.c. circuit, judge garland has brought his trademark diligence, compassion, and unwavering regard for the rule of law to his work. a circuit court known for strong-minded judges on both ends of the spectrum, judge garland has earned a track reco

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when you have orrin hatch who was a chairman of the judicial committee, now is chairman of the finance committee, said you could not pick a finer nominee than garland. why didn't you do that he's complaining to obama. of course i blame them. of course i do. here is a fine man -- >> you don't think they should fight to prevent the change in the makeup as hard as they possibly can? >> it's not been doing in the past. excuses are lame. they are going to wind up as a result of this foolishness, they're going to lose senate seats they shouldn't have lost. i'm glad they're doing it, but mcconnell is leading his senators over the cliff and i'm telling everybody that is watching this, the senators aren't going to allow that. >> a little earlier this morning i was joined by the republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. senator mcconnell, welcome back to "meet the press," sir. >> good morning. glad to be with you. i'm going to start with something you said in 2008 about judicial vacancies. here it is. >> our democratic colleagues continually talk about the so-called thurman rule under w