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00:00JAMES, MANAGING EDITOR AT BLOOMBERG NEWS WHO SERVED TO DOORS OF DUTY IN NEW YORK. A DIFFICULT WERE OF DUTY IN PARIS AND NOW IN LONDON. WE WILL HAVE A FILIBUSTER. YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LAW. WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, MAKING THE SENATE MORE LIKE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ISN'T IT? >> THAT IS RIGHT. IT IS ABOUT DEMONSTRATIONS OF RAW POLITICAL POWER. THE DEMOCRATS -- IT DEPENDS WHERE YOU START. THERE HAS BEEN A TIT-FOR-TAT, THE LATEST ITERATION IS THE DEMOCRATS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE RESPONDING TO THE REPUBLICANS SHUTTING MERRICK GARLAND, THE OBAMA APPOINTEE, NOMINEE, OUT OF EVEN A CHANCE AT A HEARING LAST YEAR. AFTER THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP, THE DEMOCRATIC BASE HAS NO PATIENCE, WOULD HAVE NO PATIENCE FOR DEMOCRATS LOOKING FOR COMMON GROUND ON THE TRUMP APPOINTEE, A FROM NOMINEE. IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE TURN OF EVENTS FOR EXTENDED INSTITUTIONALIST LIKE JOHN MCCAIN AND LINDSEY GRAHAM. TOM: ARTICLES WILL SHOW THAT THIS GOES WAY BACK FOR DECADES AND INVOLVES BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT IN THE COMING DAYS? WILL IT BE LIKE JIMMY STEWART IN THE 1939 MOVIE? SENATOR STANDING UP, READY TO KEEL OVER, TALKING FOREVER? >> NO, FILIBUSTERS -- THE MODERN-DAY FILIBUSTER IS NOT LIKE THE OLD DAYS IN THE MOVIES. IT IS A MATTER OF GETTING THE VOTES NEEDED. TO SHUT IT DOWN.

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