thank you. well, in the introduction to chef andres, i said he and his crewed served more than 3.5 million people after hurricane maria, i meant to say 3.5 million meals, big difference. i want to check in with chris cuomo to see what he s working on for cuomo prime time at the top of the hour. chris? love chef andres. he s about all the right things. and i like that when it became political, which he didn t want it to be when it was in puerto rico, he took, it he literally put his head right down-e said you want to have this fight let s have it because i know what s right. he doesn t care about politics. you know that in getting to know him. great interview. great reminder. it s just so terrible he s needed in such a big way there. again. tonight, we re going to take on the kavanaugh thing. you ve teed it up perfectly. it s for us about drilling down. what are the big questions? what s achievable in this kavanaugh process? is this the right forum for it? what do we know about
judge kavanaugh and his nomination, should there be an fbi investigation before this hearing on monday and should other people also be testifying at this hearing? well, wii think the demands r an fbi investigation don t make a lot of sense to me. in my understanding, the fbi have said, we re not going to do any other investigation. they have added it to his background file. they say, there is no crime here. i think what we re seeing is a pattern of attempted delay by the democrats that really started since before judge kavanaugh was even nominated. and every time something else has come up, they ve said, that s the reason to delay. should she be given a chance to be heard? absolutely, she should be respected, as kellyanne conway and the president have said. should this be allowed to delay the process indefinitely? of course not. we re going to have a hearing. we ll hear both sides of the story. and then, as happens in any kind of dispute like this, the senators will simply have to de
did come forward, he did vaguely recall the name. she went by cristy in those days, but again, this was 30 years ago. he was in high school. he still vehemently denies it. he came out a statement this morning, because this never happened, i had no idea who was making this accusation until she identified herself. what s interesting, anderson, this morning, there was some media reports that there would be some scorched earth policy to come up against her, about her, and that did not happen. we ve seen the focus, really, on kavanaugh, his past as a judge, the fact that he did five background checks, his church, his community, and even the president, in his comments today, he said he never even had a little blemish on his record. and now we ve got this hearing, right? and keep in mind, kavanaugh is familiar this process. not only has he been there before, as a circuit court judge, he s been there for the supreme court. and when he worked in the white house, he worked on nominations. so you
party be treated with kid gloves, when we have seen the process that s happened so far in these hearings where there were the antics of senator spartacus booker, who was trying to showboat during the hearings, 200-plus protesters standing up and being arrested, senator harris s really shameful attempts to edit his remarks and misconstrue what he was saying, as well as her fishing expedition, suggesting she had information that she didn t. if there s anyone i m worried about misbehaving at the hearings, it s not the republicans. they have been very respectful of the witnesses on both sides of the aisle during this and there were quite a few other witnesses. i am very worried that this is going to turn into another circus like we saw the previous hearings. that s something that has turned off the women republican senators, like senator collins, who was very discouraged by seeing that process. last week, she has seen threats to her own staff and herself to this process. this has turned ve
friend who acknowledged some, quote, bad behavior toward women. the friend was not named, but according to the book, the president said, and i quote, you got to deny, deny, deny and push back on these women. so why all of a sudden with his choice for the supreme court under fire are the president and the white house talking about a process playing out and hearing out the accuser? that s, frankly, just not clear. could be they truly believe she should be heard. could be because they re concerned about the midterms. there s new cnn polling showing democrats have an advantage in races in two states, tennessee and arizona, that are critical to democrats taking control of the senate. could be they re concerned about women or given the president s track record, at least about how they ll vote in the midterms in 2020. in any event, the president finds himself in another she said/he denied situation with another person he s championed, one that will play out in front of the american public one