of the republican party was to signal who he would pick for the supreme court. -so help me god. -congratulations. in both cases, they each got what they wanted. the conservative christian groups got the conservative supreme court. and donald trump got their votes to win the election. today, the president began interviewing possible nominees for the supreme court seat that will become open when justice anthony kennedy retires. president trump here nominates brett kavanaugh. [chris] brett kavanaugh was supposed to replace anthony kennedy. and that's a big deal because kennedy had always been the key swing vote. so this was really gonna change the balance of the court. i thank president trump for the honor of this nomination. the hearings seemed to be going just fine, and it doesn't look like there's any way for the democrats to stop it. [john] we're about to hear some of the most high-stakes congressional testimony in decades. the senate judiciary committee is about to question christine blasey ford. suddenly, we find out that there were allegations that he had sexually assaulted christine blasey ford when he was in high school, which he denied.