involved in cases like this before have said it could put some of the lawyers in a position where they might be called as witnesses because of the goings on. i want you to jump in on that. as i was listening to her and you think about it, it s hard because we re so in the weeds of all this but the 30-second view is hang on a second. the muanafort team is talking t the trump lawyer, they re talking to mueller, all around the same time, trump has submitted his written answers to mueller. i know you re with me. what do you make of the timing of all of this? the new york times characterized this whole arrangement as highly unusual. this is borderline bizarre. the idea that maybe it s not illegal but it s so contrary to the spirit of cooperation, that you re cooperating supposedly completely truthfully but at the same time then running information back through lawyers to the very individuals that might be the subject of what you re cooperating on.
concerning the kavanaugh confirmation process. and for more on this, we re going to bring in republican congressman andy biggs of arizona, a member of the house judiciary committee. congressman, i want to get your reaction to the goings-on in the other chamber, concerning the kavanaugh hearings and dr. ford s anticipated testimony. well i think we haven t really moved a ball forward. i think the fact that she has indicated a willingness to testify is where we were first part of last week when this was starting to break and get legs. without confirmation of date, time, method, it just looks to me like a stall tactic in many ways, and i understand why they want to do it. i would urge the senate i mean, the hearings are already over. they are essentially reopening it for her so she can testify. it is important to hear from her, but if she s not going to be more forthcoming quickly, i think you should go ahead and vote on monday, and see if she shows up on monday to testify.
out statements to all the goings on. but it has not been some time which we have been seeing up here in the halls of congress, casting the vote one of his last votes that was decisive when he notably gave the thumbs down on the senate floor, casting the fate of that bill, certainly one of his last potential legacies up here on capitol hill. for the moment, many folks up here likely sending their support and love during, of course, what is an incredibly hard time for the family at this moment. no doubt. thank you for that breaking news that senator john mccain discontinuing treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer. let s bring in dana bash who covered senator mccain for some time. she has been tracking his prognosis. your initial reaction to this news that senator mccain will no longer be receiving cancer treatment. ryan, this is a moment everybody knew would come. but it doesn t make it any easier.
goings on. this as you sayn t who they thought would do a shooting. there were guns around for decades. you didn t have these types of school shootings. we have to figure out what would cause somebody to do something this morning. thank you for joining unites states. always great to be here. thank you. north korea is threatening to cancel the meeting between trump and kim jong-un. the european union said they will stick to the iran nuclear deal. we look at lead on sunday morning futures.
and tedious process. it s uncomfortable for the people who go through it oftentimes. and this information that comes out is something that would have been known relatively early on as we now know. and so this was a case i think of just having people in the administration who were unwilling to act. maybe they had a fondness for mr. porter. maybe they didn t want to recognize the fact that they had a problem there. who knows what the internal machinations and goings-on were. in this case, i don t know that a memo would have made a difference because it s clear at this time that they had the information. tom, this change could potentially impact jared kushner. he s still operating under the temporary security clearance. i guess my question to you, does it alarm you at all that his background check still is ongoing and for whatever reason we actually don t know if it s ongoing. we don t know if everything was completed and submitted to the white house could be months ago. we don t