A key figure is talking to us and us only. Rod goldstone the facilitator of the trump tower meeting. What he says he regrets and happening right now in pennsylvania, sentencing day for bill cosby, who might be looking at spending the rest of his life behind bars. Well take you live to where its happening. We have a Powerhouse Team covering all of this with our show, based out of new york this week. The president is in town for United Nations meetings. Before the meetings started, hes being asked about his Supreme Court pick. Watch. Hes a fine man, with an unblemished past and these are highly unsubstantiated statements from people represented by lawyers. You should look into the lawyers doing the representation. Judge Brett Kavanaugh is an outstanding person. I am with him all the way. The comments are hours after a new allegation from a former yale classmate. A warning, some is graphic. She remembers kavanaugh exposed himself. I remember a penis in front of my face. I knew thats not w
These claims are legitimate . No, i dont. I think this. Who, whoever she is is mixed up. Wow. Kavanaugh has spent more than four hours at the white house, alt an initial told msnbc news she did not meet with the president. Went to the meeting at the white house at 10 08 a. M. Is he still there . He is. We have been asking, what is he doing . Our colleague sent around a note with the latest details. Apparently, Brett Kavanaugh has been doing phone banking, calling member of congress, defending his name, doing damage control and really trying to defend his nomination. Brett kavanaugh had been on a smooth glide path to being confirmed and really cementing a conservative majority on the support for a generation. There was all this hand wringing by democrats about not having ax to the documents they wanted about kavanaughs record. That didnt matter. Republicans were pushing forward with the confirmation hearing. Now you have democrats, white house officials and some key republicans saying i
Laughter or both . On capitol hill, the final frantic hours before the hearing. Brett kavanaugh in a race to clear his name. President trump sounding confident in the last few minutes. Watch. I know this particular man, judge Brett Kavanaugh, he is outstanding. You dont find people like this. He is a gem, an absolute gem. More on the woman stepping into the spotlight for republicans to question Christine Blasey ford. Who is Rachel Mitchell . A veteran prosecutor. Why she will be doing the questioning and why gop senators will not. Before we get to that, we go to u. N. And what nikki haley describes as the most watched Security Council meeting. President trump is set to walk in any second now. It is his first time seated at that iconic horseshoe table following a speech where he praised kim jongun, attacked iran and said he would put america first. The president , talking north crei korea again this morning. Kim jongun wants good things to happen for north korea and good things are happ
The hour, trees fall over, power lines fall over. We have close to one Million People who dont have power. This storm is finally moving inland. Its west of here moving west northwest. That means there are dangers inland and for places like raleigh and charlotte. This storm came on shore yesterday morning just east of wilmington, North Carolina. I want to go to wilmington right now. As you know they were preparing for a serious rain event. What they got instead were hurricane forced winds. We know downed trees litter this entire city. We were with the mayor and there were so many downed trees it was difficult for First Responders to get around. The power is out to this entire city. 775,000 people across the region without power. That number could grow in the coming days. Its going to be difficult for power crews because theres so many downed trees. Getting the lights back on is going to take several days if not week. The trees have sliced through many homes. Thats another issue. Its not
He was set to go on trial next week in that case. As part of the criminal information, he is admitting, essentially to the kitchen sink, all the conduct the government charged him with in washington, d. C. And virginia. Including failure to register as a lobbyist. Hes only pleading guilty to two counts. They suggested that could indicate he cut a deal to cooperate with mueller, but we dont know the answer to that question. We may learn it later today, but we may not. You mentioned dan goldman, joining us from new york, let me mention here, dan, Paul Manafort, upon entering a guilty plea is expected to forfeit assets, including his house in the hamptons, a property in new york city, a property in brooklyn and alexandria, virginia all the money and banking expenses he has. It is coming at 11 00. It is a plea hearing, the official language from the court and special counsel. Dan, what is the significance of this . Its quite significant. Whats interesting about this in reading the document