which democrats are always backed into a corner. they have to stop playing checkers and start playing chess. beyond that what we see across the country, alex, is that everyday ordinary folk, folk who are the unlikely voters, they re going to come out and they re going to respond to what the republicans have done. i think they re going to respond to trumpism and we ll see something fundamentally. we re seeing a fundamental political re-alignment and it s going to take place beginning in the midterms. to that extent, chris, if democrats win the house, we ve heard congressman jared nadler vowing to launch a judiciary committee investigation is into kavanaugh. what threat does that really pose to kavanaugh if already confirmed and sitting on the court? not much of a threat i don t think, and i think it would be a huge mistake to keep fighting the last battle. it s time for them to move on. i disagree with what some have said here. i think much more galvanizing for democrats than for re
issues that had been raised about kavanaugh for his legal opinions as well as the issues about the allegations of dr. christine blasey ford, and the character issues around brett kavanaugh. after she made it clear there would be enough, even though it s just a two-vote margin, the white house, of course, erupted in cheers and the west wing offices relieved that they will get their nominee on to the high court after a difficult fight. today the president hits the campaign trail himself heading to topeka, kansas, where we will expect to hear some public reaction for the first time about all of this, and that may come after the final vote late today. alex? all right, kelly o. at the white house. long day ahead. we will see you again. thank you so much. also new today a report that u.s. congressman jared nadler is promising to investigate brett kavanaugh if democrats win control of the house in november. joining me now, congressman meeks and member of the foreign affairs committee and
never recuse himself on a case that would come before him. and guess what? kavanaugh s history when you look at his writings indicates that he would not. that he would make a judgment therein. i mentioned jerry nadler. he sidestepped answering this question, but i guess if you follow the bouncing ball, should democrats take back control of the house, the possibility of pursuing impeachment against brett kavanaugh. a. is that a viable possibility? and when you talked about tarnishing the reputation of, or at least these institutions that we have here in this country by all of this process, would that not then tarnish the supreme court? what i think we should do, as i said, the american people would need to know all of the facts. one of the things that should happen first is, all of this investigation, the fbi had, whatever they did or did not do, should be made public to the american public. it should not remain secret. that might be a great step forward so we know what the next s
talk. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. you and your colleague, ranking member jared nadler, you re planning to introduce a resolution next week to censure the president over his shithole remarks. why take this action? absolutely. one, i think it s important for the american people to understand that this is not how we run government, this is not how we feel. two, it s important for the world to know this is not how americans view africa, nigeria, haiti, el salvador. i hate to put it in such a basic term, but we have to show the world we re better than this. he may be our president, but he is not the moral compass of the united states. do you think republicans will come on board to formally reprimand the president? well, i think a few of them will. but more than likely, most of them will not. you know, unfortunately, in
what i m talking about, tempers are getting very short. they re not too interested in seeing senator yield the time being equally allocated both sides on this colloquy. i don t know what the deal was. i don t know what the deal was. i guarantee i can tell you the deal. tell the senator the deal. senator from arizona has the floor. i don t know what the deal was, but we ll find out what the deal was just like the deals were cut with all these other what the deal was which is full of lobbyists. i can t walk through the hallway without walking into one of the lobbyist. if he keeps interrupting he s violated the rules. going back and forth. senate democratic leader harry reid hopes to get this health care bill passed by christmas. a lot happening over at the pentagon as well. they re moving ahead with president obama s plans to boost troop levels in afghanistan. in fact, the pentagon official has confirmed to cnn that defense secretary robert gates, he