Fords lawyers have asked for one more day to make that decision. And theres no conceivable reason why they cant give her that one more day, but these are people who are fighting over wednesday instead of thursday next week, as if that makes any difference. And again what theyre using to bolster their argument is we dont want to delay anymore, we want it to be wednesday and not thursday. And we want to go. We want to do this. And if you say no, we will vote on this lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court without ever hearing this allegation, without hearing from the accuser or any witnesses or anybody who might be able to cooperate or deny this story. That doesnt seem like a very strong place from which to push from the Senate Republican side, but thats where we are. Yeah, and they try to use normal juris prudential norms like the accuser goes first and then the person whos defending himself goes second, which is norm in jurisprudence. But every other norm in jurisprudence, they want
Meaningful from a veteran, thank you very much. Pete you wrote the recent book on it which was fantastic. You and i appreciate that. Lets get to it. Judge kavanaugh for his part has told a Senate Committee will testify on capitol hill on monday. And says he wants to clear his name. President trump also reiterating his support for kavanaugh during a rally in las vegas last night. Watch it. Im not saying anything about anybody else but i want to tell you that Brett Kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings he will ever have the privilege of knowing for meeting. A great intellect, a great gentleman, an impeccable reputation. We got to let it play out but i want to tell you, he is a fine, fine person. We just got neil gorsuch, i told you we are going to get brett. Harris hasnt happened and now it has come a tweet on the matter. Lets get you Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill. Good to see you. Foxes told the Senate Judiciary committee is not willing out the poss
Respond by 10 00 p. M. , if senate the senate gop says monday is the day to vote kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Stick here the outcome is supposed to happen on our watch. Meanwhile, another political earth quake is striking at the same. This one could have huge implications for the russia probe. Why . Because the fate of the man in charge of it is in question tonight. Thats Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Sources say rosenstein plotted to oustt the president from office last year, suggesting secret taping and trying to trigger the 25th amendment. Rosenstein denies the story. Trump folk are saying this is proof of the deep state and teaming up, the president has political cover to remove rosenstein. What would that do . It would imper till probe into russian interference, because it is run by rosenstein so there is a lot to digest, were chewing on all of it for you. So what do you say . Lets get after it. [ music playing ] ranking democrat Dianne Feinstein accused republicans o
Administered Christine Blaseyfords test. And Rachel Mitchell, the prosecutor the gop picked to interview ford and Brett Cavanagh. Our guest has gone up against her as a defense attorney for 20 years and they happen to be friends too. We will cover everything you need to know about tomorrows hearing tonight. Welcome to fox news at night, we have team coverage, Kristin Fisher will separate fact from fiction on the claims from Brett Kavanaughs accuser is. Here that henry with latebreaking details. Reporter donald trump has been furious republicans have not been aggressive enough defending Brett Kavanaugh amid this onslaught. In a phone call Mitch Mcconnell said the president was complaining republicans have been standing by and letting democrats ruin this mans life. Sources say the president leave republicans that have pushed ray vote after the first round of hearings and before the allegations surfaced. The president was firm in saying he backs Brett Kavanaugh and once a senate vote but
Director Andrew Mccabe. Seen here on the left. The story first broke in the New York Times. Correspondent adam goldman joins me now by phone. Walk us through, adam, what you learned, what actually happened. Well, let me just start by saying, you know, this story took months to report, okay . This wasnt a this wasnt a timed leak. We worked on this story for months, and we started gathering information and building up a picture of these chaotic days at the Justice Department and fbi shortly after james b. Comey was fired as fbi director on may 19th, 2017. And so what we learned was on may 16th of 2017, there was a meeting, and in that meeting, the acting director of the fbi, Andrew Mccabe, wrote in a memo that rod had brought up the 25th amendment. And he memorialized that in a memo. And then in a separate meeting rod had raised the idea of wearing a wire in the white house. Our understanding of the events in the room where rod had raised the idea of wearing a wire or secret listening de