Mysterious white truck. The president and the white house tried to obscure the fact that President Trump golfs on a regular basis. He criticized the former president so much and now he is playing way more golf than the former president and roy moore is attempting to write a new ending to his story. The plot twist is if at first you dont succeed, blame the other guy. Moore is an accused child molester and somebody alabama voters rejected earlier this month. He argues that he won the election and its actually not so according to Election Officials who we are hearing for today. Moore despite that filed a lawsuit late last night to stop the state of alabama from making doug jones senator doug jones and in just under two hours from now, alabamas secretary of state who already said he did not see irregularities outside the norm told moore again, no dice. The governor and our attorney general Steve Marshall and i talked to the secretary of state and we will identify him as the senator for the
Is bipartisanship dead . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. There are stunning new twists in the explosive and searing confirmation battle over the u. S. Supreme Court Nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Republican senator, jeff flake, backed by undecided colleagues, has succeeded in delaying a final senate vote by up to a week, forcing the gop leadership to seek an fbi investigation. For the latest allegations against kavanaugh. The white house now says the president will order such an fbi probe. And a lawyer says kavanaughs High School Friend, mark judge, at the center of these allegations, will cooperate with any Law Enforcement investigation. Ill speak with senator mazie hirono, and our correspondents, analysts and specialists. They are standing by with full coverage of the days top stories. Lets begin with our senior congressional correspondent, manu raju, in the truly extraordinary developments unfolding up on capitol hill. So
Behindthescenes moments you almost never get to witness in realtime. It all began, it appears, with a citizen, a Sexual Assault survivor confronting republican senator jeff flake this morning. You see some of that right there. Pleading with him not to back Brett Kavanaugh. Now flake had said he would vote for kavanaugh, but then within hours of that confrontation, senator flake did something that we rarely see in this choreographed partisanship era of this congress. And its certainly something rare for many republicans who seem to live in a quivering, quailing surrender to their leader donald trump. Senator flake just took a stand. And on at least one thing he effectively overruled trump are, forcing his colleagues to back this fbi check in order to even get that nomination moved to the floor. And that meant backing democrats. So flake is saying that he would not support kavanaughs nomination until the fbi investigates. This is what im trying to do. This country is being ripped apart h
News on a stunning turn of events, casting new doubt on Brett Kavanaughs nomination to the u. S. Supreme court. A short while ago President Trump officially ordered a new and limited fbi investigation into the Sexual Assault allegations against kavanaugh. Mr. Trump going along with Republican Senate leaders who were forced to agree to the delay. Republican senator jeff flake demanded the investigation, threatening to withhold his vote for kavanaugh in the full senate, a move supported by other key senators considered to be swing votes. It is another day of high drama after the emotional testimony by kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey ford. Ill get reaction from former u. S. Attorney and first lets go to our Congressional Correspondent phil mattingly. Phil, walk us through what happened and what happens next. Wolf, in a nomination that led to twists and turns that have come at a mindnumbing pace over the course of the last couple days, another one. Today, a nomination that was
Supporters tonight in wheeling, West Virginia. And kavanaughs impact. The Political Drama and how it could affect the mid terms. Lets start today with the dead line. One week is what the fbi has to conduct a limited supplemental Background Investigation into the allegations of Sexual Assault and misconduct against judge Brett Kavanaugh. The fbi has reached out to Deborah Ramirez, who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct during their time at yale university. Jeff, let me start with you. Before we look back, lets look forward. What are investigators going to be looking into this week . Hey there, david. Its an interesting point you make, interesting question rather. Im told by legal experts that the white house, if they show choose, could really determine the outcome of what the fbi finds by limiting the scope of the overall investigation, if they choose to do it. You see there the Washington Post reporting that if federal investigators have reached out to sarah ramirez. Its