versus what lawmakers are willing to do. i m going to talk to a key republican negotiator next. and the fbi stepping in after an overnight arrest near the home of supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. we ll have the latest on the shocking threat. plus, pro golfers putting their reputations on the line for a paycheck. some say is blood money. ready to key off with saudi arabia s new lead, ignoring the country s record on human rights and the murder of a washington post columnist. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the upsetting testimony describing the human toll of gun violence in the united states, front and center on capitol hill today. families of victims from the mass shootings in buffalo, new york, and uvalde, texas, described before the house oversight committee not just the horrific attacks but what they want to see congress do to prevent such tragedies from happening again. we also heard from the only pediatrician in uvalde who rushed to th
and so he decided he was going to come from california to maryland to try to kill supreme court justice brett cavnay, who by the way, is not named in the indictment, but we know from police it was his home, and he was also going to kill himself afterward. at 1:00 in the morning, he got out of a taxi outside brett kavanaugh s home. he was dressed in all black. he had a suitcase and a backpack. he saw two u.s. marshal deputies standing outside the home. he saw them and turned and walked away. thank goodness for those u.s. deputy marshals, something merrick garland and others vowed would be out there to protect the justices because they know the threat risk is very rear. here s what merrick garland said today. this kind of behavior is obviously behavior that we will not tolerate. threats of violence and actual violence against the justices, of course, strike at the heart of our democracy, and we ll do everything we can to prevent them and to hold people who do
brett cavnay s nomination. but after christine blasey ford went on the record to accuse jung kavanaugh of attempted sexual assault when they were teenagers, a growing number of lawmakers are saying they need more time now. democrats on the senate judiciary committee say the vote should be delayed until all questions are answered. how much more time and who s going to decide? that is where the big political debate is at this moment. joining me now, kheeston pooes and julie pace. julie, if blasey says she s willing to testify, and republican members on the committee say that she should be allowed to, and they want to hear from her, and kavanaugh is now willing to testify, is that the beginning and end of if this is going to happen or not? how could it not now? well, you would think it would be, but it s actually not because we haven t heard from a lot of republican leaders, some