neil gorsuch, just because they disagree with where he think he will be, that is tough. you get to vote on the person come by to filibuster and ruin their opportunity to filibuster later over neil gorsuch, i think it is laughable. it is so perfunctory. it is so obvious he will end up on the court and they need to save their fight for another day. >> bret: gorsuch by the numbers presided over 2750 cases, went to verdict our judgment, has written 175 majority opinions, 65 concurrences or dissents on his decade on the circuit, has met with 72 senate tours and so far in person. he is making a pitch that he is a mainstream jurist. >> the m.o. for republican nominees in the supreme court has been to sabotage their nominees. that is not going to happen with gorsuch. he is so beloved. the hit that they tried to pull out on him, he had a wealthy quiet he served well. he engaged an ethics question in an ethics course. it is sad to watch. when you see people saying they will vote against them when they have no actual reasons to vote against them, it looks like partisan posturing. >

. >> bret: does neil gorsuch get in? >> i have some doubts. i think he's been a judge who favored the wealthy economic interests over the middle class. >> bret: are you still going to push to stop neil gorsuch? >> not a single democrat has come out for him. most have not come out against him. people are waiting for the hearing. >> bret: are you worried the nuclear option is going to be used? >> i hope not. harry reid, when he changed the rules, did not do the supreme court at my suggestion. i said it's an important position. i said cabinet too but he didn't listen to me. it's so important, you should get 60 votes. >> bret: you've known donald trump for a long time. he recalled how he helped democrats. despite the politics and the political evolution, do you observe any differences between the man you knew and the man who is now president? >> i will tell you have a lot of his personality traits are the same, whether you like them or not. as a president and president-elect he has moved further to the right and how he campaigned. >> bret: can you

. >> bret: judge neil gorsuch is still on the hot seat on capitol hill after a long day of questioning. this is president trump heads to capitol hill to make the final sale on the american health care act. this is "special report" ." good evening. welcome to washington. congress is weighing the odds on two big items, confirming the next supreme court justice and voting to repeal and replace obamacare. at this hour, judge neil gorsuch continues to sit through what will probably be the toughest job interview he will ever have as senators grow president trump's nominee to be the next supreme court justice. if democrats don't like what they hear, it could force republicans to go nuclear. the senate majority leader reiterated judge gorsuch will be approved either way. meantime, the president himself issued his own warning today about thursday's vote to repeal and replace obamacare in the house. chief white house correspondent john roberts is at the white house. the president's ominous political forecast to house republicans should they vote no. shannon bream with an update on the marathon g

neil gorsuch seen on both sides as favorable to gunowners. second amendment advocates in boulder by the fact that there are more than 100 judgeship openings across the country ranging from the u.s. court of appeals to u.s. district court. all of which appointed by the president. >> shannon: fox news has learned north korea conducted another successful rocket engine test over the weekend. this heightens concerns that the communist state is edging closer to building a missile capable of striking the u.s. officials tell fox it's the third such test this month. pentagon expects another nuclear weapons test following two successful blasts last year. human rights organization accusing a u.s.-led coalition in iraq not doing enough to protect civilians in the war against isis. one american general says isis may have been complicit in a deadly coalition air strike. benjamin hall has the latest. >> the battle for mosul is reaching a brutal climax. isis fighters are waiting to strike. >> classic urban warfare, difficult kind of warfare. it's sort of a h

judge neil gorsuch, president trump's nominee to the supreme court, was back in front of marathon hearings. it's still going on. >> i've got a copy of the transcript from that day. the remarks you were supposedly praising were made and are recorded on page 53 of the transcript which i offer into the record and i ask unanimous consent to offer portions of the transcript and a copy of the email into the record. >> james: questioning from senator mike lee of utah, republican, presumably sympathetic. chief legal correspondent shannon bream reports that some of the most significant action in the battle to fill the seat left vacant by the death of antonin scalia took place outside the hearing room. >> i don't wish to get involved in politics. >> that didn't stop committee members from pressing judge neil gorsuch on numerous fronts. from comments made by the president to how he would rule on specific issues. >> what worries me is you have been very much able to avoid any specificity, like no one i've ever seen before. >> the principal of the nominees refusal to weigh in on conflicts is widely vie

but the path of judge neil gorsuch to the bench is still filled with political potholes. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tells us why. >> it's setting up to be quite a showdown in the senate next week with republicans saying judge neech wilneil gorsuch will be confirmed to the supreme court one way or another. mitch mcconnell says much of the opposition is pure politics. >> the democratic leader even joined in, saying he would oppose anyone from the president's list of candidates and would fight it tooth and nail as long as we have to in order to keep justice scalia's seat open. >> reporter: republicans say democratic leader chuck schumer is fearful of the anger on the left after merrick garland president obama's nominee last year was never considered. senator chuck schumer is considering a filibuster instead of allowing a straight up or down vote. >> the republican majority want everyone to believe that by the end of next week one of two things must happen. either judge gorsuch will pass with 60 votes or they must exercise the nuclear option and change the

gorsuch. she said it would lead republicans to change senate rules, making it easier to push through another justice later. all three senators come from states mr. trump carried in the election and are up for reelection next year. a tsa worker in atlanta has been fired for missing a loaded gun in a passenger's carry-on bag. the passenger noticed she had brought her gun with her and she told officers. she was then arrested. tsa officials say that worker who missed the handgun was already on probation. dow gained a 69. s&p 500 finished ahead. nasdaq jumped 17. a sexual assault case involving two illegal immigrants is gaining national attention with its graphic and sometimes lurid details being released to the public. doug mckelway has latest on the case we have to warn you, some of the link which in the report may be disturbing. >> does defense attorneys left the courthouse today after judge denied their request that jose montano be released. >> the bond review was denied. the defendant is being

on the last day of hearings over judge neil gorsuch's nomination. senate minority leader chuck schumer said he will not support gorsuch for the high court. schumer said gorsuch will have to earn 60 votes for confirmation which could trigger republic and leaders to use the nuclear option. which would allow for a simple majority to confirm the judge. california republican congressman duncan hunter is under invested issue for reporting campaign finance violations. justice department has not may details the investigation. the newspaper reports that hunter has repaid his campaign $62,000 for expenses in identifying as mistaken including a family trip to italy and some $600 in airline fees for transferring a pet rabbit. the dow was down nearly five. nasdaq lost 4. story we brought you on fox, two teenagers accused of raping a 14-year-old. both were caught and targeted for deportation hearings that never happened. doug mckelway reports on the case and the system that let those boys remain in the countr country. >> and addicts was was a tv interview with fo

senate democrats delaying a vote on supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. supposed to happen today. it's been rescheduled for next monday. 17 senate democrats and independents have announced their opposition to the nominee. for president trump and republicans, how do they put humpty dumpty back together again? brit hume is here with some thoughts. >> hi, shannon. not clear to me that they can put it back together again. the damage from the action on friday and the failure of the bill to pass is likely to be quite long-lasting for a couple reasons. one is one of the things this bill would've done had they managed to pass it and eventually get it through the senate was it would've created some budget space which is under congresses arcane budget rules. it's necessary when you're trying to legislate on taxes. this bill had some budget savings in it which were significant enough to make it much easier to do tax reform because the worry about tax reform as you are going to redo some taxes and try to come out in a way that you don't add to the deficit and that's hard to do. if you have bu

. >> shannon: he may not want to but supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch's smack dab in the middle of a partisan showdown. >> justice gorsuch is going to be on the supreme court one way or another. >> shannon: with mitch mcconnell vowing to get it done before the end of next week, it remains to be seen exactly how. growing number of senate democrats say they will not support gorsuch's elevation to the nation's highest court. though the senate unanimously approved him in 2006. they need 60 votes to get gorsuch over a key procedural hurdle. chuck schumer insists it's a necessity, but that's not he was saying back in 2013. >> we would much prefer the risk of up or down vote and majority rule than the risk of continued total obstruction breed that is the bottom line no matter who's in power. >> shannon: that is the year democrats invoked the so-called nuclear option, lowering the vote threshold for lower court federal nominees to 51. in order to cede a number of president obama's nominees on a key federal courts. this is today. >> the logic, the irresistible, immutable logic is if the