With our campaign. Good morning and welcome to a. M. Joy. For the past two years we have been talking with you about russiagate and the ties trumps former associated had to the kremlin during his 2016 election. Over time we have seen more and more people in trumps camp fall. There is Michael Flynn who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. Rick gates pleaded guilty to conspiracy. George papadopoulos. All men who are now cooperating with Robert Mueller. This week mueller may have nabbed his biggest fish yet when he got the cooperation of former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Trumps longtime attorney and fixer is also talking to mueller. All men are committed to cooperating with federal prosecutors. And now as trumps circle of trust continues to shrink, it seems like all thats left is family. Joining me now is the found of dcreport. Org, staff writer at the atlantic. All right. Lets talk about this because there has been probably no one more defenseive of donald trump than alan who
Reagan didnt get him on to the court. And immediately everybody started to try everybody started trying to figure out who they were going to blame in the Reagan White House for this political disaster. President reagan today suffered his second defeat in trying to fill a seat on the u. S. Supreme court when the man he nominated only nine days ago, Douglas Ginsburg, asked that his name be withdrawn. It was an embarrassing admission of marijuana use that doomed ginsburg. White house officials knew he could never win confirmation. The frontrunner to become the new nominee is considered to be judge Anthony Kennedy of california. With more on the ginsburg withdrawal, white house corresponde correspondent. Reporter it all happened quickly for Douglas Ginsburg, less than 48 hours from the time he first disclosed he had smoked marijua marijuana, he was at the white house calling it quits. I today have asked Ronald Reagan not to forward my nomination to the court. Late this afternoon, attorney
Justice Clarence Thomas who is confirmed despite Sexual Harassment accusations. Its been a year since Hurricane Maria devastated puerto rico. There are still lots of people without electricity there. Nbc spent some time with people who are walking on the ground. Well look at what went wrong and what we can learn from it. But we start we start with the supreme stalemate. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley has given Christine Blasey ford until 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow if she will testify monday. A public hearing, a private hearing, a public staff interview or a private staff interview. Professor fords attorney issuing a statement that reads, in part, quote, the committees stated plan to move forward with the hearing, that has only two witnesses, is not a fair or good faith investigation. There are multiple witnesses whose names have appeared publicly and who should be included in any proed seeing. The rush to a hearing is unnecessary and contrary to the committee, discovering
This has been steadily rising tlo throughout the day. Mandatory evacuations were put in place yesterday. Police and fire officials going door to door. We spoke with a woman earlier today. She answered the door when they came and said youll need to evacuate. She said she remembers what happened in her neighborhood during matthew. Thats why she was packing up her car today. The biggest concern is folks become complacent. When the rain has stopped, people will decide to go outside. They will decide its out safe to be droiving around. You cant tell if a roadway is flooded in the dark. Thats where the danger comes in. The Cape Fear River that crested to 53 feet during matthew, this part was covered in water well above my head at that point. The concern is when the river crests in the early part of this week, those numbers will be in the 60 foot plus rarnge. That only broadens the scope of the potential damage. One area were watching very closely is a bit south that also endured significant
Heather the 70th annual emmy awards living up to the hype. Fox and friends first starts right now. Heather live in the moment especially if youre moment tunes you into fox and friends first. It is 4 00 it is 4 00 am, live show on the Fox News Channel and happy tuesday morning. Lets begin with this confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, put on hold, the Supreme Court nominee and the woman accusing him of Sexual Assault are set to testify on capitol hill. Douglas later live with reaction from all sides and theres a lot of reaction to talk about. Reporter it will be an explosive hearing on capitol hill assuming christine agrees to testify, she accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when the two were in high school. Donald trump is standing by Brett Kavanaugh. I think he is on track. I wish the democrats could have done this sooner. Reporter deputies are looking for a significant delay, beyond the midterm elections. To that end many are demanding a full fbi investigation. The Senate