If confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the United States and the american rule of law. So kavanaugh is a graduate of Yale Law School and clerked for Justice Kennedy. In 1993 he met ken starr during a Justice Department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating the white water and clinton lieu ensky scandals. Kavanaugh helped write the final report to congress that laid out 11 possible grounds for impeaching president bill clinton. He served as george w. Bushs white House Counsel and Staff Secretary before he was nominated to be a federal judge in 2006. He was confirmed at that time by a vote of 5736. Now, Brett Kavanaughs nomination sets up an extremely
consequential confirmation battle. Within minutes of trumps announcement, several Top Democrats voicing their intention to vote against him. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer put out a saying that b
Business news and analysis. The book, so maybe the president could be right about that. Something that the president knows hes got some backup on when pushing this issue, trish, of immigration and his national security, he was standing there with guiseppe conte, the new Prime Minister of italy that won office based on wanting to reform italys Immigration Laws and tighten Border Security there. Angela merkel, who is not exactly a huge fan of the president , has recently said that germany is going to tighten up its borders as well. So perhaps public sentiment is moving in a direction that the president believes if he were to pull the trigger on a Government Shut Down, might be one that he could benefit from politically. That really would be bucking history, trish. Trish thanks, john. The president pushing ahead with his shut down threat despine warnings from gop leaders, especially with the midterms coming up around the corner. Here with me right now, u. S. A. Today congressional reporte
Shannon bream and katie pavitt for the bell. Brett kavanaugh who committed some kind of Sexual Assault in high school has set aside into something different, something ugly, something threatening to all of us. Weve learned remarkably little from Brett Kavanaugh from Christian Ford in the past week, despite lots of words on their behalf. The facts of the case are still sparse and murky. But weve learned a disturbing amount of the left and what its willing to do in order to maintain control of this country. Watch a clip from today in which new york senator Kristen Gillibrand explained why she knows Brett Kavanaugh is guilty. Watch. I believe her because shes telling the truth. She is asking the fbi to investigate her claims. She is asking for that kind of review, that investigative work, that accountability, because shes telling the truth. Somebody lying does not ask the fbi to investigate their claims. Who is not asking the fbi to investigate these claims . The white house. Dr. Kavanaug
dana: there are some significant differences. one is supremely qualified the other is a right wing lunatic. washington post . democrats grandstanding on kavanaugh. good. kavanaugh s defense misleads or veers off points. democrats have an intense start to the kavanaugh hearing. during your time in the white house, dana, late 2000s, 2007 supreme court had a 62% approval rating. it is now down to 40%. i think media coverage in terms of picking a side instead of simply scoout neuing the nominee s record and their past prosecutions in this case, this is why that poll is so low because we ve now made it a political football. dana: partly because the democrats figured out that supreme court matters. judicial nominations matter. they were slow to that. they created an organization called demand justice. the dark money group around it and they were the one who
them from taking this peerless track in the first place. the increase of people coming. laura: it requires a legislative fix. you and i have been going on this for years. congress how do you get thom tillis, cory gardner, susan collins. they were great on supporting the president on kavanaugh. they were great on that but they are getting antsy about the shutdown. i m hearing all the little i m getting calls from people. the shutdown. the government has already shut down to the will of the people on this issue. when you are doing the polling business a few years ago, you demonstrated that. it s not changed. 2014. laura: i still cite that poll. that was one of the best things ever done. level of immigration, people wanted to stay the same or go down. in 2014, president obama had the children of the border crisis. secretary jeh johnson at homeland security then wrote memos that i brought with me tonight. fascinating reads.