feinstein says the republicans are rushing this process. she is asking the fbi to investigate the assault claims first. judge kavanaugh spent nine hours at the white house monday huddling with the confirmation team. one official describes him as shaken but focused. the administration is determined to defend kavanaugh s integrity and bolster his public image ahead of monday s hearing. white house officials are contacting the women who signed the support for kavanaugh to see if they are willing to publicly back the judge next week. president trump ordering declassification of the materials related to the russia investigation. that includes the sections of the applications for surveillance on former adviser carter page. the president s top allies claim without proof that the fbi wrongfully obtained its warrant for page and is hiding information to discredit the mueller probe. the president ordered the justice department to release text messages related to the investigation from four f
acceptable. we want to get to the bottom of everything. we want everybody to be able to speak up and to speak out. reporter: as democrats call for the fbi to investigate the allegations, republicans along with the president disagreed. i don t think the fbi really should be involved because they don t want to be involved. if they wanted to be i would certainly do that but as you know they say this is not really their thing. reporter: second straight day, kavanaugh hunkered down inside the white house preparing for a public hearing on monday where officials say he wants to defend his integrity. have you talked to nominee kavanaugh? . why snot. i thought it would be a good thing not to. he can handle himself better than anybody. reporter: so, judge kavanaugh is still here at the white house and told he s working with the confirmation team to prepare for that public hearing on monday. also, calling republican senators and putting together a list of supporters here pushing ba
in the land. and just weeks before the midterm elections where control of congress is at stake we have team fox coverage this hour beginning with the chief white house correspondent john roberts who was in the briefing and joins us from the briefing room now. john? shep, good evening to you from the east room of the white house. judge kavanaugh has been here all day today as he was yesterday meeting with the confirmation team, trying to find a way forward through all of this. as the senate continues to discuss what they plan to do. right now senator charles grassley the chairman of the judiciary committee saying he plans on having a hearing on monday, to which both ms. ford and judge kavanaugh have invited. reached out several times to ms. ford and her representatives and have not heard back yet. so we do not know if this hearing is going to happen or if it s not going to happen. president trump asked about this a couple of times today. earlier nut oval office with president duda of
woman s letter with the accusation in judge kavanaugh s background file, but all 10 democrats on the judiciary committee on the nomination and they say they want an fbi investigation before the panel even moves forward. we are waiting to hear more from the fbi, but typically they don t comment on investigations even if there was one here. thanks for the update. the white house meanwhile is defending brett kavanaugh and officials tell cnn president trump is upset and annoyed. our senior correspondent is here and jeff, we know judge kavanaugh made a trip to the white house earlier in the day. we do. he was meeting with his confirmation team. a group of aides and he has been working on it throughout this confirmation process. he did not have a scheduled meeting with the president himself. we will of course update you if that changes. the silence from the president
manager is useful. and he knows something about sherpas. he was chief justice for john roberts and harriet meyers that with drew. so gillespie understand what kyle is looking for in the meetings. he will get a read, an objective read from the meetings of body language and knowing his former colleagues as he does and report it in to the process as the white house team, the confirmation team tries to assess the standing and where they are in terms of the whip couldn t. other sherpas include dan coats for sam alito and chuck schumer guided sonya soto mayo throw her confirmation process. the capitol is 880 feet above sea level. but getting to the supreme court, it requires a sherpa.