republicans did sit down with kagan. it was a different situation as you move into merrick garland. i don t disagree with you. i think people should sit down regardless so they are held responsible for having asked that person the question so when things come up they can answer back to their constituents. katie: hearing for brett kavanaugh in front of the judiciary committee starts tuesday, september 4th. why will certainly be covering it here. meantime the rhetoric is heating up between president trump and his former advisor omarosa newman. the white house taking shots at omarosa s credibility after she claimed the president used a racial slur in a recording. so, will the president emerge unscathed by the controversy or is some damage already done? we ll discuss next. i think, like most people that worked with her, are very disappointed that she would go to such a self-serving and somebody who blatantly cares more about herself than our country to make up some of these outrageous
politically advantageous fight for democrats to draw out through the mid terms because i think at the end of the day he will get confirmed and we, democrats, want to focus on other things because republicans vote on judicial nominees. i think as voters they care about that more than democratic voters. i think it s a fair question to ask about his philosophy and i think democrats are fair to oppose him. i also don t think this helps us politically the closer it gets to the midterm. katie: i think judges are the sleeper issue that move mountains. it s not the thing that people talk about. not exciting to watch on television or debate or all those kind of things. it s definitely one of those things for people hard core about politics it s what they vote on. i myself am always focused on taxes and the economy. that s my main issue. no matter what is going on and everything you hear going on in the background, i know what i believe about what makes the economy grow. and what helps the mos
peter strzok out publicly tauging, it becomes a place where lawmakers do grand stating. grandstanding. really, really, harris no. [laughing] harris: that doesn t help the american people to understand and get to the answers of some of the things that are important you that are asking. how do you thwart that, how do you make this now, really necessary important process, one that can pay off? what we have to do is ask specific focused questions. since our last time with ray and rosenstein, what we have done is prepared a list that we re continuing to get back to them. following up on the very simple questions. i m an attorney at heart, someone who listens to the answers. what we have heard from page and strzok haven t struck the right chord. neither is mccabe. we re following it up f there was a process, what we don t want to do, we want to focus the bad actors now, punish them. i m looking to the next five to ten years. i don t want another leak to page or strzok to be a part of
harris? harris: well, we saw republicans and both democrats coming out of the house carried some of what they had to say after this meeting. is there any sign of tension-building there on the capitol? because it sounds like things were not all that rosy inside that meeting. harris no, he question about that some moderate republicans who are worried that the shutdown is hurting them. may hurt them in the next election. as for democrats, there was this exchange on the house floor. so when you were on the jihad against access to healthcare. shutting down the parks wasn t a problem. shutting down nia wasn t a problem. i was telling. mr. chairman, that they thought it was. ladies and gentlemen, time has expired. the gentleman is out of order. republicans objected to the word jihad being used on the house floor. harris? mike emanuel, we will come back to you if the news warrants if there is activity there. thank you very much. after nearly five months of emotional testimony
need the help of a strong conservative to join the ranks. [applause] to help president trump make america great, keep america great. [cheers] harris: and the president tweeted this, congratulations to leah vuknir of wisconsin on your great win. you beat a very tough and good competitor and make a fantastic senator against someone who has done very little. have you my complete and total endorsement. explanation point. democrats making his have any connect cut electing a school teacher who could become the first african-american democrat to represent the state congress and in vermont electing the first transgender gubernatorial candidate for a major party senior political correspondent mike emanuel is live in minneapolis, my old city and things are very interesting in that state right now. harris no, question about it. good afternoon to you. yeah, the big upset here, the big surprise in minnesota on primary night was in the governor s race