for jim acosta but for the rights of the press in general. the aclu as well. i think we can share their statement saying today s decision reaffirms no one, not even the president, is above the law. th today s court ruling will have the opposite effect. continuing, the freedom of the press is a bedrock principle in our democrat is strengthened when journalists challenge our leaders rather than defer to them. what have the past two years been about? in some ways, backsliding. people concerned about our institutions, the strength of our institutions. concerned about our democracy rotting from inside. today, the courts effectively did their job. looked at this case and supported checks and balances. and this case was not certainly just about cnn or even about the white house. this was about government officials in state houses, in city halls, whether they can throw out reporters who they view as annoyances. and this was a very clear statement that at the minimum, if you re going to do th
these charges can fairly prevent judge kavanaugh from serving on the court. let s begin republican senator ron johnson is joining us live from capitol hill. senator, with a welcome to you, sir. critics are saying you can t have it both ways. you cannot believe in dr. ford on the one hand, especially the part where she was queried and said 100% i am certain it was brett kavanaugh, and then also believe it was not brett kavanaugh who attacked her. in other words, is she believable? is she not? you do believe her or dot? how do you assess this? you can believe that she believes what she is saying, but you can also look at the evidence and rely on the bedrock principle of america s legal system, and that s the presumption of innocence. there was no corroborating evidence whatsoever. so in the end, you have to rely on that, you have to assume innocence, and also take a look
summit. it s obviously high on our agenda, a successful nato summit, where our allies will hear directly from the president, his views on these important issues, reaffirming our commitment to nato, to our nato allies, to our nato treaty obligations which have been a bedrock principle of u.s. foreign policy in the post-war era. we re looking forward to a successful nato summit, i know the president is, and we ll discuss this with our nato allies and other ally kohl leagues, and we re looking forward to it. so that should be music to the alliance s ears. but they all know that president trump is very transactional. he s bound to berate them again about the two percentage points of gdp they should be paying toward their nato budget, their military budget. and, you know, they were concerned about the trump-putin meeting. probably better for them that it s happening after the nato
the vital role that judges play in our constitutional order. judges must interpret the law fairly and apply it even handedly. judicial decisions must not flow from personal philosophies or preferences but from an honest assessment of the words and actual meaning of the law. this bedrock principle is clearly defined the president s excellent choices to date. so we ll look forward to another outstanding selection, but today the senate and the nation thank justice kennedy for his years of service on the bench and for his many years of service to our nation. dana: all right. that was senator mcconnell talking about the supreme court justice, anthony kennedy who announced his retirement today.
in that fight, rod rosenstein says i won t do it, i will not hand over fbi internal documents from ongoing cases. that is a bedrock principle. i won t do it. and this is not a theoretical thing. first of all, republicans in congress really are demanding that he does that. and they say they re going to impeach him for not doing it. and second of all, ongoing cases, we ve got, and a whole bunch of interesting stuff happened in the ongoing cases today related to this investigation. mueller s prosecutors today went to federal court in d.c. to get a continuance, basically an extension in their case against 13 russian individuals and three russian businesses which they brought felony charges against in mid february. in today s filing mueller s prosecutors explained shockingly that they haven t been able to get those russians to come to court in the united states yet. on the date the grand jury returned the indictment the court issued summonses for the defendants to appear. the government ha