Tonight as he heads to a rally out in topeka, kansas tonight. Lets bring in Garrett Haake up on the hill on capitol hill. Give us a sense, if you will, youve been out there with people. Were here in a studio. Whats the smell of the crowd . It seems to me theyre not quitting. Reporter no, chris, theyre not quitting. But there is a sense of at least a temporary defeat here among the folks ive talked to both democratic lawmaker whos thought perhaps in the last week long extension they might have found a way 0 derail the nomination and the protesters in much smaller numbers out there, more 160 arrested. Theyre fired up right now. I think well find out in a month or so if this nomination forced through by republicans on nearly a party line vote, one senator each in both parties swapping sides will be enough to change what has been an issue that and inated conservative voters so much more than it has liberal and progressive voters. Democrats typically speaking dont vote on judicial nominatio
Their parents. Well dig into that in just a moment. We start with the hand grenade that President Trump threw into an already difficult fbi investigation process. Two sources now familiar with the matter telling nbc news the investigation into Brett Kavanaugh may end as early as today. That despite criticism over who is and is not on the witness list. On it, chris garrett, aka, squi, the friend who attended that july 1st party listed on kavanaughs calendar. And tim gaudett who may have hosted that party not on the list. More than 40 potential witnesses who are friends of kavanaugh and dr. Christine blasey ford. The white house saying the fbi has no plans to interview either. I repeat, no plans to interview ford or kavanaugh as part of the investigation. The president had been uncharacteristically measured about the situation, no longer. Here he is last night at a rally in mississippi. What hes going through 36 years ago this happened. I had one beer. Right . I had one beer. Well, do yo
Appears to be very thorough. No word at this time from senator Lisa Murkowski. The Senate Judiciary committee saying there is nothing we didnt already know and no hint of misconduct. Ranking member Dianne Feinstein said the white house obstructed a full investigation. Democrats agreed that the investigation scope should be limited. We did not agree that the white house should tie the fbis hands. In my view from what i saw, the investigation was very limited and it will be interesting after all of the members have an opportunity to read the documents and we have an opportunity in public to discuss our conclusions, what the findings are. Outside on the streets of washington, d. C. , protesters are marching in opposition to the nomination of judge kavanaugh. We are going to go there live shortly. You can see lots of people have gathered in the Nations Capital to protest. Phil mattingly is joining us live from capitol hill. What are you hearing there, phil, especially from the three republ
Millions in taxes through schemes and outright fraud. A lawyer for the president calls the report inaccurate. It is triggering what may become a new investigation of the trump taxes. Lets get to it. First from the fox news deck this wednesday afternoon, the battle for the Supreme Court. Today the white house is vigorously defending the president s latest comments about a woman who accused his Supreme Court nominee of Sexual Assault. That is after three republican senators who could be key to confirming Brett Kavanaugh slammed the president s statement. College professor Christine Blasey ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee Last week that kavanaugh pinned her to the bed and covered her mouth and tried to take off her clothes when they were at a party in high school. Judge kavanaugh said it never happened. Heres what the president said at a rally in north mississippi about dr. Fords testimony. How did he get he home . I dont remember. How did you get there . I dont remember. Where is
Question if kavanaugh lied under oath. Obviously if theyre demonstrable lies, if he misled the committee in that way, then thats something thats not right and shouldnt happen, cant happen. And this, you must see this, an exhaustive report by the New York Times detailing what they call legally dubious schemes used by the trump family to avoid paying millions in taxes, and how trumps father ended up gifting him over 400 million, a little more than previously acknowledged. I borrowed very little money from my father. My father gave me a small loan of a Million Dollars. My father gave me a very small loan in 1975. I built a company thats worth more than 10 billion. Okay . With a Million Dollar loan. So a Million Dollar loan plus 399 million gift. We begin today with President Trump launching a lastminute, serious attack on dr. Christine blasey ford, mocking her, and making light of her Sexual Assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. The exact same allegations he said were worthy of an