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>> Mike: COURT WILL BE AN ISSUE
IN 2020.
THAT'S NORMAL.
WHAT THE COURT IS TRYING TO
AVOID IS THE PERCEPTION IT VOTES
ON CASES POLITICALLY.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE IS SUPPOSED TO
GUARD THE LEGITIMACY OF THE
COURT AND PUSH BACK ON THE IDEA
THAT THE JUSTICES ARE VOTING
THEIR POLITICS AND NOT A LEGAL
INSTITUTION.
>> Mike: THERE WILL BE RED HOT
ISSUES IN FRONT OF THE HIGH
COURT.
LOOK AT THIS.
ABORTION WITH A LOUISIANA LAW
AND IMMIGRATION, WHITE HOUSE
PLANS TO END DACA.
CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR
LBGTQ WORKERS AND GUN RIGHTS AND
EXECUTIVE POWER REGARDING
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO
SHIELD HIS FINANCIAL RECORDS
FROM CONGRESS.
BACK WITH OUR PANEL.
JOSH?
>> CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS
WILL BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT THIS
YEAR.
IS IT STARTS WITH A PARTISAN
SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
HE MADE COMMENTS LAST WEEK
TALKING ABOUT HIS WORRY ABOUT
THE COURT BEING SEEN AS A
POLITICAL INSTITUTION.
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A RELIABLE
CONSERVATIVE VOTE.
THE ONE THING I WILL WATCH IN
THE NEXT SIX MONTHS UNTIL JUNE,
DOES HE TRY TO FIND SOME MIDDLE
GROUND?
DOES HE TRY TO STEER THE COURT
DECISION ON HOT BUTTON ISSUES:
IMMIGRATION, DACA RULING AND
FIND PRAGMATIC GROUND.
THAT'S WHAT HE IS HINTING AT.
>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
THAT'S WHAT HE DID WITH
OBAMACARE.
HE FOUND THE MIDDLE GROUND AND
KEPT THE LAW ALIVE BUT MADE A
POINT ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH
IT.
THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR THE END
TO A LOT OF OBAMACARE TOO.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT ISSUE WITH THE
SUPREME COURT IS WHETHER OR NOT
THERE MAY BE A VACANCY.
IF THERE IS ONE.
THERE ARE HINTS ABOUT CLARENCE
THOMAS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
HEALTH OF THE OTHER JUSTICES, IF
THERE IS A VACANCY, REPUBLICANS
IN THE SENATE WILL FILL IT.
THEY HAVE ALREADY PLEDGED TO DO
SO.
WHEN THEY MAKE THAT STEP TO DO
SO TO FILL A VACANCY IN AN
ELECTION YEAR, IT WILL
ABSOLUTELY BLOW APART THE
DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICANS WHO ARE
ALREADY AT WAR WITH EACH OTHER.
>> ALL OF THIS IS GOOD FOR
DONALD TRUMP.
A QUARTER OF TRUMP VOTERS SAID
THE SUPREME COURT IS WHY THEY
VOTED FOR TRUMP IN 2016.
THE MORE THE SUPREME COURT IS ON
THE FRONT BURNER FOR VOTERS THE
BETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT.
>> Mike: SOON WE WILL HAVE
VOTING IN 2020.
POLLS WON'T MATTER.
YANG IS RAISING A LOT OF MONEY.
AND BOOKER SAID LOOK OUT HE
COULD COME BACK.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE 2020
CAMPAIGN?
>> MESSAGE MEANS MORE THAN
MONEY.
WE WILL LOOK AT THE FUND-RAISING
FIGURES.
PETE BUTTIGIEG HAD A STRONG
QUARTER.
WE HAVE NOT HAD A POLLING IN
IOWA.
BUTTIGIEG CRESTED IN DECEMBER.
BIDEN AND SANDERS ARE HAVING
THEIR MOMENT RIGHT NOW IN THE
NATIONAL POLLS.
BERNIE SANDERS RAISED OVER $25
MILLION IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
IT'S TWO 78 YEARS OLD THAT ARE
THE ONES TO WATCH.
>> FEARS OF PEAKING TOO SOON.
>> IT'S A QUESTION OF WHETHER
BIDEN WILL BE THE FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE TO GET THE
NOMINATION.
HE IS THE ONE WITH MINORITY
BACKING THAT IS 100% REQUIRED TO
BECOME THE NOMINEE.
NO ONE ELSE CAN COMCLOSE.
>> THIS ELECTION IS DONALD
TRUMP'S TO LOSE.
SANDERS AND ELIZABETH WARREN ARE
SO FAR LEFT THEY SCARE AWAY
VOTES.
PETE BUTTIGIEG A SMALL TOWN
MAYOR.
THE FIELD IS GREAT FOR DONALD
TRUMP.
IMPEACHMENT IS BACK FIRING.
IT ENERGIZED REPUBLICAN VOTERS.
THIS IS LIKE THE KAVANAUGH
HEARINGS.
AND THE ECONOMY IS BOMBING.
-- BOOMING.
57% OF AMERICANS ARE BETTER OFF
FINANCIALLY.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN TRUMP CAN'T
LOSE, BUT THE DYNAMICS ARE THERE
FOR HIM TO WIN.
>> Mike: PREDICTIONS FOR BIG
ISSUES?
>> IRAN AND IRAQ, NORTH KOREA
AND KIM JONG-UN THREATENED
MISSILES OVER THE NEW YEAR.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN LUCKY
THERE HASN'T BEEN A PROBLEM IN
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.
THAT COULD BE A BIG CHALLENGE.
THE ECONOMY IS GOING WELL.
HE MAY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
NATIONAL SECURITY.
>> THE BIG ISSUE IS THE ECONOMY.
IF IT CONTINUES IT DOING WELL,
RECORD LOW UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE
STOCK MARKET AND S&P UP SINCE
THE PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE.
IF IT STAYS STRONG THAT MAY
DELIVER THE PRESIDENT A SECOND
TERM.
THAT'S THE STORY.
AS WE GET INTO THE ELECTION
SEASON FIT STAYS STRONG HE IS
OKAY.
IF IT WEAKENS IT'S A
VULNERABILITY AND CREATES AN
OPENING FOR BIDEN.
>> THE BIG STORY IS THE
DEMOCRATS DESPERATE EFFORT TO
SAVE THEIR HOUSE MAJORITY.
AS SOON AS TRUMP IS ACQUITTED
AND HE WILL BE THEY WILL FOCUS
ON THE DEMOCRATS RUN IN TRUMP'S
DISTRICTS.
THEY WILL SPEND THE YEAR
DESPERATELY TRYING TO SAVE THOSE
PEOPLE BY SHOWING THEY CAN
COOPERATE WITH TRUMP.
>> Mike: INTERESTING TO SEE THE
PRESIDENT HAVING A USMCA