Identified three attackers who killed at least seven people and injured 48 others. Authorities are sifting through forensic evidence trying to determine whether attackers were part of a larger network. In the wake of this attack President Trump unleashed on his executive order calling it a travel ban writing people the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want but im calling it what we need and what it is, a travel ban, caps included, and he wrote the Justice Department should have stayed with the original travel ban, not the watered down politically correct version they submitted to the Supreme Court. If only he knew someone in the Justice Department he could discuss this with. Lets begin with senior washington correspondent joe johns at the white house. I think the president throwing the white house in a bit of chaos with the tweet this morning, joe. Reporter youre right, john. President trumps tweet storm if you will comes at a time that the administration is trying to g
Investigations are under way. A lastminute change of heart from key republican senator jeff flake. The same senator cornered in an elevator hours earlier by emotional protesters demanding that he listen when women come forward with stories of Sexual Assault. All of this after a long day of heartbreaking testimony from Christine Blasey ford and Brett Kavanaugh vehemently denying the accusations. So where do things go from here . We know the fbi is focused on this weeklong probe into the recent accusations and sources tell cnn three Senate Sources and a probe available to senators not to the public and then senators will move forward towards a yea or nay vote. President trump wavering in his support for the Supreme Court nominee. Well hear from the president in a few hours when he holds a Campaign Rally in west virginia. Check in with cnn ryan nobles at the white house. Unclear, will the president actually talk about kavanaugh . This entire week. The process, et cetera, when stumping . R
Viewers here in the u. S. And around the world. You are live and its a big breaking news days. In the coming hours Brett Kavanaugh will be sworn in as the newest associate justice on the u. S. Supreme court, this after winning nomination by a narrow margin just a couple hours ago. This is a huge win for President Trump. It caps a bitter, Divisive Political battle that started with kavanaughs nomination back in july. The eyes ayes are 50, the nays 48, the nomination of bret m. Kavanaugh tosh an sore justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is confirmed. Those words from the Vice President a few minutes ago. These are the words that the president just tweeted moments ago i applaud a congratulate the u. S. For confirming our great nominee kavanaugh to the later today i will sign his commission of appointment and he will be officially sworn in. Very exciting. Phil, what more can you tell us . Mitch mcconnell spoke to Brett Kavanaugh right off the vote, and on capitol hill its a ta
A book that youre ready to share with the world . Get published now, call for your free publisher kit today all right, hello again, everyone, thanks so much for joining me this saturday. Im Fredricka Whitfield in washington, d. C. Today the fbi begins its latest investigation into u. S. Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh. His confirmation vote is now delayed another week as investigators look into Sexual Assault allegations against him. The investigation was sparked by a lastminute change of heart from key republican senator jeff flake. Who was cornered in an elevator, hours earlier, by emotional protesters. Look at me when im talking to you. Youre telling me that my assault doesnt matter, that what happened to me doesnt matter, and youre going to let people who do these things into power. Thats what youre telling me. When you vote for him. They were more than emotional. They were demanding and they were informative. After hours of heartbreaking testimony on thursday, senators like
Committee, ju Chuck Grassley, w can you tell us about that conversation . Chuck grassley defended the process going forward, criticized the democrats for side tracking what was an orderly confirmation process in his view. And he defended some of his remarks that he made yesterday that got a lot of attention after he suggested that perhaps the 11 men on the panel, when asked why there werent any women, 11 republican men on the panel and he suggested well perhaps because of the intense workload of the committee. Now he clarified that yesterday, saying he did not mean that just women didnt want to do work, he said men and women didnt want to do work, and when i asked him further about this, here is what he said. Can you explain the comments you made yesterday about women on your panel and workload kwmt. . What i should have done is give you one sentence and back it up with one sentence, what i should have said, it is hard to get men, and three people are on the economy because the leader