We can change it on the fly if something happens and there was some kind of giant breaking news event we would deal with that whole concept differently. And the Senate Judiciary committee can do exactly the same thing. And that is what they did with anita hill when the confirmation hearing was over, Clarence Thomas hearing was over and it was reopened because of this dramatic new information. And orin hatch is pretending tonight that theres some kind of schedule, some kind of thing that prevents them from reopening any of this on the Senate Judiciary committee, and that is simply not true. There is no time limit. They can take the rest of the year if they wanted to. But youre going it hear a lot of that that its over and times up, and time is never up on the confirmation process. And with professor anita hill personally weighing in on this and saying shes personally experienced what happens when these things get weaponized against the accuser and there ought to be a way for people to a
And the race is facing a shakeup powered by a dominant performance senator Kamala Harris may have up ended the democratic field last night. In the most searing of the night, harris put the frontrunner, former Vice President joe biden, on the defensive using her prosecutor skills to cut through his defense of working with southern segregationist senators back in the 70s. It was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country. It was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose busing. You know, there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public school, and she was bussed to school everyday. And that little girl was me. Well, minutes later, her campaign tweeted out a picture of her. There she was, as a young girl in california. Biden argued her comments were a mischaracterization of his record and at an event today he made a
Cancel your vacation plans with serious questions still remaining on which findings could be sent to congress and whether any could be released publicly. I guess from what i understand, that will be totally up to the attorney general. How about the carolina blues . Republican congressional candidate mark harris is set to testify today, following shockishock i ing and unexpected testimony from his own son that he was warned about hiring a political operative at the center of an Election Fraud case. I expressed my concerns based on everything that i did know, mainly my belief that mccray had engaged in collecting ballots. I love my dad and i love my mom, okay . And some breaking news, Actor Jussie Smollett is now in Police Custody after being charged for allegedly staging the hate crime assault he reported back in january. And coast guard lieutenant and a self identified White Nationalist is now under arrest after Authorities Say they uncovered a stockpile of weapons and ammunition and a
Officials facing questions about their alleged use of permanent email to conduct government business at the white house. Senior Congressional Correspondent manu raju is on the hill. Manu, what can you tell us about this . Elijah cummings sent a new letter to the white house moments ago saying they have obtained new information saying several white house officials have been using email personal messaging applications to conduct official government business. Now, in this letter, cummings does single out individuals and say that they have had meetings to essentially confirm their suspicions and public reporting saying there has been use of public, personal emails and personal devices to conduct this official business. One of the questions thats being raised by Elijah Cummings is whether or not the white house officials are violating the president ial records acts by not conducting their official business through official counts and also by not forwarding some of these messages that were b
Administration. One of the signal moments in the scandals and investigations that have plagued this presidency from the start was the somewhat inexplicable decision by President Trump to allow don mcgahn to give totally unrestricted testimony to the investigators who were working for Robert Mueller. The New York Times was first to report this last year. Quote, last fall so meaning the fall of 2017 mr. Muellers office asked to interview don mcgahn, to the surprise of the white houses counsels office President Trump and his lawyers signaled they had no objection, without knowing the extent of what mr. Mcgahn was going to tell muellers investigators. Mr. Mcgahn was stunned, as was his own attorney william burke, who mcgahn had recently hired out of concern knowing he need helped to stay out of legal jeopardy. Mr. Mcgahn explained to others he told white house advisers they didnt appreciate the president s legal exposure. He also told them that it was insane that President Trump did not fi