he was the one that pushed for john roberts. john roberts has been a disaster. john roberts had two chances to knock out obamacare and he didn't do it. and it was ted cruz and bush, including jeb, that was pushing him and those two guys, they pushed john roberts and when it came to a vote on obamacare, john roberts did not terminate obamacare, not once but twice. so ted cruz pushed and worked with very hard to get john roberts on the supreme court, and when he needed the vote, the most important votes that we have had, he let everybody down, including the conservatives and he let all of us down, because he let obamacare stay. that is really a disgrace, and ted cruz gave us john roberts. >> and so are you a conservative? >> i'm a conservative, yes, but i am also a common sense conservative, and if you need to use eminent domain to build highways and roadways and hospitals and by the way, the keystone pipeline if it ever gets approves and the wall between us and mexico, if you need eminent domain, you used. i'm a common sense conservative, absolutely. >> john kasi

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, and you know, i mean, he put john roberts on the supreme court, and he pushed for john robert roberts. john roberts has been a disaster, and he had two chances to knock out obama care, and he didn't do it, and it was ted cruz and bush including jeb that was pushing him, and those guys, they pushed john robert, and when it came to a vote on obama care, john roberts did not terminate obama care not once but twice. so ted cruz pushed and worked with very hard to get john roberts on the supreme court, and when he needed the vote, the most important votes that we have had, he let everybody down, including the con ser servative he let all of us down, because he let obama care stay. that is really a disgrace, and ted cruz gave us john roberts. >> and so are you a k conservative? >> i'm a conservative, yes, but i am also a common sense conservative, and if you need eminent domain to build roadways and highways and hospitals and the keystone pipeline, and the wall between us and mexico, and if you need the eminent domain, then you use it, a i'm a common sense conservative, absolutely. >> john

, and you know, i mean, he put john roberts on the supreme court, and he pushed for john robert roberts. john roberts has been a disaster, and he had two chances to knock out obama care, and he didn't do it, and it was ted cruz and bush including jeb that was pushing him, and those guys, they pushed john robert, and when it came to a vote on obama care, john roberts did not terminate obama care not once but twice. so ted cruz pushed and worked with very hard to get john roberts on the supreme court, and when he needed the vote, the most important votes that we have had, he let everybody down, including the con ser servative he let all of us down, because he let obama care stay. that is really a disgrace, and ted cruz gave us john roberts. >> and so are you a k conservative? >> i'm a conservative, yes, but i am also a common sense conservative, and if you need eminent domain to build roadways and highways and hospitals and the keystone pipeline, and the wall between us and mexico, and if you need the eminent domain, then you use it, a i'm a common sense conservative, absolutely. >> john

and jeb bush and cruz pushed justice john roberts and now we have justice john roberts. what happened is, he -- twice, could have ended obamacare and didn't. cruz shouldn't be talking. that was among the worst appointments i have ever seen. weobamacare because of jeb bush, ted cruz, george bush. >> they seemed to be piling on you last night. you think this is all happening because the other republicans have figured out if you win south carolina you may not be stopped? >> the reason it happens is because i'm self-funding. putting up my own money. i built a tremendous business. i'm going to do what is right for the people of the country. in that room were many people they're all lobbyists and special interests. they gave a lot of money to jeb bush. this guy's wasted $140 million. he spent $43 million in new hampshire and came in fourth or fifth. i spent $3 million and came in first by a lot. this is the kind of guy you want as a president? between him and cruz, i'll tell you what, the republicans are in trouble. and they'll never bead hillary clinton. i'm the only one that

bush made a mistake naming john roberts in 2005. >> i would not have nominated john roberts and governor bush pointed out why. it wasn't that the president bush wants to appoint a liberal to the court. it was the ease are choice. >> senator, that is not what you said when roberts was nominated to the court in 2005. i will put up an article you wrote with the time "the right stuff," in 2005, roberts nominated to the court. you wrote "john roberts should be a quick confirm, as a jurist, judge robert's approach will be that of his entire career: carefully, faithfully applying the constitution and legal precedent." this was a long article, sir, you wrote for the "national review," and you seemed at the time an enthusiastic supporter of john roberts. >> it is true, when george w. bush nominated him i supported the republican president in the nomination. that was a mistake in hindsight. be absolutely clear i would not have nominated ron jobs i would have nominated my former boss on the court of appeals, a prove were conservative who had decades on the court defending conservative principles an

i did not appoint john roberts. once the president made the nomination, i supported it. that would have been a mistake. you have to look at donald trump's history. this is a man who, for four decades, has supported liberal democrats. jimmy carter over ronl rag. en. donald trump gave money to chuck schumer, harry reid, hillary clinton. anyone that writes checks to chuck schumer and harry reid and jimmy carter and hillary clinton does not care about conservative justices on the court. the one person he's suggested that would make a good justice is his sister, who is a court of appeals judge appointed by bill clinton. she's a hard-core pro abortion liberal judge. he said she would make a terrific justice. >> he's said there would be a conflict of interest and would not appoint her. of the type of people he would be looking to. the type of people he would be looking to. donald trump is not a conservative. for his entire life, he's been self-described very, very pro choice. he's supported partial-birth abortion. yesterda

chief justice ronald -- chief justice john roberts releasing this statement, saying -- his passing is a great loss to the court and the country. we will have much more information as soon as becomes available. pam: an arctic blast sends massachusetts into a deep freeze. temperatures plunging right now, below zero overnight. it' s the kind of cold that' s truly dangerous. most of the state at this hour. let' s get right to stormteam five' s mike wankum in the weather center. mike: it is not just us. it goes all the way down to north carolina. it is not just a cold, it is the wind with it as well. windchill warnings out for everyone. windchill goes 25 to 35 degrees below zero. then things will settle down. temperatures are just a couple degrees warmer. check out these temperatures. zero in worchester. beverly is at double digits. most places have already dropped into the single digits. indexes. this is what it feels like when you are stepping outside. feels like 25 below. that is the air temperature. some of the coldest temperatures we have seen in a decade. some of those are going to b

i is the one that pushed for john roberts. john robert has been a disaster. john roberts had two chances to knock out obamacare around he didn't do it. bill: two points on this. repeatedly at every stop, every rally he has, obamacare is out. ted cruz meanwhile actually sits on judiciary committee in the senate. cruz has said that he will filibuster any nomination. how do you see this going, steve? >> trump has also said he is in favor of universal coverage. he said at one point he is in favor of single-payer. hard to know what trump is saying from one die to the next. just in that sound bite you played that is pretty significant exaggeration. donald trump saying that ted cruz is responsible for john roberts being on the court. what happened was george w. bush nominated john roberts to be on the court. ted cruz wrote about roberts and endorsed his candidacy to be on the court. quite a suggest to suggest he is responsible for it. this probably works to the advantage of ted cruz and marco rubio both lawyers by training. cruz was of course a supreme court clerk f

. >> i wouldn't have nominated john roberts. indeed, governor bush pointed out y it wasn't that the president bush wanted appoint a liberal to the court. he said it was the easier choice. >> but, senator, that's not what you said when, in fact, roberts was nominated to the court back in 2005. i want to put up an article, a big article you wrote with the title "the right stuff". there is in 2005. you wrote, "john roberts should be a quick confirm. as a jurorist, job roberts' approach will be of that his entire career, carefully, faithfully applying the constitution and legal precedent." this was a long article, sir, that you wrote for the national review and you certainly seemed at the time, i know you said you wouldn't have nominated him, you seemed to be an enthusiastic supporter of john roberts. once george w. bush nominated him, i supported the republican president in his nomination. that was a mistake. in hinld sight,dsight that, was a mistake. i would have nominated mike ludic, my former boss on the court of appeals. he was

host: john roberts did provide c-span with unprecedented access to the supreme court. it was a documentary that aired back in 2009. it is on our website. you can check it out at www.c-span.org and some of the interviews we haven't showing you this morning from antonin scalia are based from that documentary. it is also a book. naomi is joining us on a democrat line from louisiana. good morning to you. >> morning. caller: my question is, i would like for him to explain is it not that president obama is the president of the united states? and to explain, also, why are republicans all of in a who wrote over it? -- in a whoorah over it? guest: it is no secret that the president and those on capitol hill don't see eye to eye on those issues. there's probably no bigger prize that a president can award that a supreme court appointment. republicans are gambling that they might have the white house next year. i think it is purely a political calculation. they say that they -- they are essentially saying whatever the voters said at the last election in choosing obama has basicall

roberts nominated into the court. you wrote, "john roberts should be a quick confirm. as a jurist, judge roberts' approach will be of that his entire career, carefully, faithfully applying the constitution and legal precedent." this was a long article, sir, that you wrote for the national review and you certainly seemed at the time, i know you said you wouldn't have nominated him, you seemed to be an enthusiastic supporter of john roberts. >> well, chris, it's true. once george w. bush nominated john robert, i supported the republican president in his nomination. that was a mistake. in hindsight, that was a mistake. i would have nominated mike ludic, my former boss on the court of appeals. he was a proven conservative who had decades on the court defending conservative principles. and the difference was too many republican presidents aren't willing to spend the capital to nominate and confirm a principled conservative. i have spent my entire life fighting to defend the constitution and bill of rights and when it comes to the supreme court, i will invest every bit of po

supreme court chief justice john roberts sat down at new england law school in boston, talking about the inner workings of the supreme court. .his is 45 minutes good, good. welcome, ladies and gentlemen . chief justice honoredoberts is tonight. i know that our students and faculty have been thrilled to meet with chief justice ro berts for to of us are looking this chance to hear his views on a variety of issues before we begin the conversation, and on behalf of our entire community, i thank you, mr. chief justice, for being so generous with your time visiting us. [applause] >> i have read some surveys that have caught my attention. one from the annenberg center at the university of pennsylvania, shortly after you were confirmed. it pointed out that 15% of those polled could identify you as chief justice. [laughter] >> 66% could identify at least one judge from american idol. [laughter] more recently, a survey by the american council of trustees of for your educated college americans found a significant identified judge judy as a member of the supreme court. 10% [laughter] >> so, how

chief justice john roberts was appointed three weeks later in 2000 a.m. what's extraordinary is this will only be the third time in history a president has tried to fill a vacancy during a presidential election year. it happened in 1988 and in 1968. the second question that's being asked right now is how many supreme court justices are there? there had been nine justices on the supreme court since insurance 1869. before that, the number of judges fluctuated between five and ten. congress has the power to decide how many justices there should be ultimately. the third question -- who appointed scalia to the supreme court. president ronald ray gran appointed justice anthony scalia in 1986. he was only 50 years old making him the youngest on the court at the time. italian-american justice served 29 years and four months. he was the longest serving of the current nine sitting justices. now who -- the fourth question we have here is who appoints supreme court justices? americans want to know this. really, tbs the president who appoints it and the u.s. senate ha