is already making up his mind on who he wants. a confirmation team of top republican advisers is prepared for a possible announcement. the president had originally planned to reveal the name on thursday. he had been tweeting it all last week. get ready for my supreme court pick on thursday. now the white house eager to change focus from all of this controversy with the travel ban to something else. if he makes a supreme court pick today, people will talk about it. they will not stop talking about the ban. the trump administration with the stunning reorganization of the national security council. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff are out. the top strategist is in. steve bannon. susan rice was stunned. this is stone cold crazy after a week of crazy. who needs military advice or
supreme court pick will likely being moved up. two officials say the president has made the decision. that a confirmation team made of top republican advisors is prepared for a possible announcement as early as today. the president has been tweeting and saying he would make the announcement on thursday. clearly the white house wants to change the story that everyone s talking about. they want to change the white hot focus on the travel ban to something else. that announcement could come. we shall see. the first u.s. combat death under president trump. six others were wound the in the operati operation. 14 al qaeda members were killed. a u.s. defense council confirms the mission was authorized by the president. mr. trump released the statement claiming the raid yielded important intelligence to help prevent future terror attacks. lost in the drama of the
at a party, groping her and trying to take her clothes off. when she tried to scream, she told the washington post, he put his hand over her mouth. i thought he might inadvertently kill me. she says a friend of kavanaugh s, mark judge, was also in the room. but in a statement tonight to the senate judiciary committee, judge says, i have no memory of this alleged incident. brett kavanaugh and i were friends in high school. but i do not recall the party. more to the point, i never saw brett act in the manner dr. ford describes. judge kavanaugh emphatically denies the allegations. today, cameras caught a glimpse of him leaving his maryland home for the white house. for the second day in a row, he huddled there with his confirmation team. democrats say the fbi should investigate the alleged assault. the president could order an updated background check, but today, he said the fbi doesn t want to conduct one. i don t think the fbi really shouldn t be involved, because they don t wan
that the judge says he does not know chrisitine blasey ford. the source added that people may come forward in the next few days to fill in some of the gaps that exist in ford s recollection of the alleged incident. kavanaugh spent another day at the white house huddling for urgent meetings with his confirmation team but he has not come by design, spoken with president trump about the political firestorm swirling around him. why not? specifically, i haven t wanted to. i think it is something that he will do very well. i think specifically, i haven t wanted to speak to judge kavanaugh because i knew someone would ask him the same question i do ask me. have you spoken to judge kavanaugh? so specifically it, i thought it would be a good thing not to. he can handle himself better than anybody. he s a very outstanding man. president trump has said he wants to get this process going quickly but bret, this whole issue is so sensitive that if it s not done with everybody
hearing is a go. he s arrived this morning at the white house for a fourth straight day, and cnn learned he s continuing with practice sessions toprepare for possible questioning from lawmakers. kaitlan collins is there. what is the word there this morning? well, kate, we saw judge kavanaugh arrive here a little over an hour ago. he had a bag and he was with an aide. we saw him walk the to the executive office building, and that s where he s been huddled for four days straight, speaking with aides on his confirmation team. communications aides here at the white house, and really talking about his dating life, his teenage years, detailing everything he thinks that he could imagine or remember or recall. anything that could possibly relate to this allegation that has come and could possibly disrupt his confirmation. and that is all ahead of what could be a testimony on monday. the white house is still planning on going forward with that, planning like he is going to testify, even thoug