distinguished legal scholar and supreme court litigator, laurence tribe is also a close friend of the outgoing justice breyer. he joins us now. professor tribe, you have known justice breyer for a long time. what do you make of of his decision to retire? i think it was the right decision. it s really important to give president biden the chance to put the first african-american woman on the court and all of the nominees that are being bandied about are extraordinarily well-qualified by experience, by temperament, by brilliance. so i think that justice breyer really helped his legacy by not holding on any longer. the fact he is announcing his retirement in january, which is very early by court standards, in a midterm election year, what does it say to you in terms of concerns he may have about the politics of the looming confirmation process? well, if he were as concerned as i wish he had been about the politics of the process, he would have resigned sooner, still.
vilifying a person. randi kaye, cnn, palm beach county, florida. in addition to being a distinguished legal scholar, lawrence try was also a close friend of the outstanding justice breyer. professor, you ve known justice breyer for a long time. what do you make of his decision to retire? i think it was the right decision. it s really important to give president biden a chance to put the first african american woman on the court and all of the nominees that are being bandied about are extraordinarily well fal qualified by experience, temperament. so i think justice breyer really helped his legacy by not holding on any longer. the fact that he s announcing his retirement in january, which is very early by court standards in a midterm election year, what does it say to you in terms of concerns he may have about the politics of the looming confirmation process? well, if he were as concerned
former deputy charles kupperman. that s right, wolf. right down the hall from the earlier hearing, this is essentially a scheduling hearing. but it was clear that a judge wants to move very quickly, at least quickly by court standards. the question is whether or not we ll be able to get the testimony from charles kupperman or from john bolton if he gets subpoenaed in time for this inquiry. as you know, the democrats have set an aggressive timeline. perhaps an impeachment vote by december. this judge, richard leon today, said that he s looking at holding a hearing in early december. december 10th to be exact. so if that schedule holds, wolf, it s not clear to me that the house democrats are going to get the testimony that they need. this is why the lawyers for the house today were in court saying that the judge should dismiss this lawsuit because they say this is simply a delay tactic. evan perez in washington, thank you. let s go to the white house where president trump has been
that they lacked evidence and lacked fact. in the end, due process won, fact won. her life may be altered, but so is judge kavanaugh s and his family forever. even though he is now justice kavanaugh, it will forever taint him for the rest of his life. alex, i have not practiced law for some time. but let s be very clear about something. there was absolutely evidence. dr. christine blasey ford s testimonial evidence is just that. the notes that she gave to her therapist is just notes. yes, it is, because that s what is accepted as evidence. if we want to talk about court standards, that is evidence for the purposes of court. testimonial evidence that you ve gifr given to other people and that you ve discussed with other people she testified she actually read there were 12 testimonies, not just four, and she still found there to be enough evidence. on wednesday, the senate had their hands on a report that was supposed to take a whole week, that didn t talk to the victim? come on
i m the best builder in the country. at the courthouse in manhattan is allie vai the ali. it is donald trump arriving. reporter: yeah. i mean, it is not every day you see a presidential candidate down here at the courthouse serving jury duty. he is here and in typical trump style. he rolled up this morning late by court standards. and he was greeted by a gaggle of reporters, about 50 to 75 of us and also supporting fans and as he came out of the courtroom after service for the morning portion, he was greeted by, again, journalists but more pedestrians, more people stopping to catch a glimpt of donald trump. he walked down the steps in typical fashion, shaking hands, winking, calling out people. one man told him that his immigration plan, do what he s doing and pointed and smiled and said you got it. there s a lot of excitement here at the courthouse for trump and