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
And author of the playbook, and contributor jake sherman. Nancy pelosis trip to the white house today isnt her only high stakes meeting today. Shes set to meet with her rank and file as some president ial candidates are calling for impeachment proceedings against the president. Heres part of what the House Speaker told me on monday. This isnt about politics. Its not about passion, not about prejudice, not about polit politics. It is about patriotism and the presentation of the facts. So the American People can see why were going down a certain path. And it is i dont know. I feel very confident that the American People know that they deserve to know the truth. Thats what we want to present to them, in a way that they dont perceive to be without the presentation of the facts. So were going to get to the impeachment debate just ahead. Theres so much with that. Plus, were joined by congresswoman katie porter, who had this exchange on capitol hill with trump cabinet secretary, dr. Ben carso
Lying to congress. After which, very uncharacteristically, stone had nothing to say to the cameras gathered outside the courthouse. Stones plea came a day after the acting attorney general commented on the future of muellers investigation. In a press conference, Matt Whitaker put a time frame on the special counsels investigation, saying it was, quote, close to being completed. On capitol hill, those remarks were met with just a bit of skepticism from both sides of the aisle. Are you comfortable with the acting attorney generals comments saying that the Mueller Investigation is close to wrapping up . Sure. I dont know if he i dont know why he knows that. Mueller will be allowed to finish his job, thats the goal. Nancy, any reaction to whitaker saying that the Mueller Probe might be over soon . I think there mueller should speak for himself. I thought at christmas 2017 it was going to wrap up, so im very pessimistic about it. The special counsel is more than capable of speaking for hims
Stone. He pled not guilty. What i saw was a typical arraignment. Very brief. Unusual feature of this one was about half the time, no one said anything, while roger stone signed a series of release forms agreeing to abide by the conditions of bail. This is a legal lynching of me because i appear on info wars, because im friends with alex jones. Because i support donald trump. Support him for president. And still support him. Because i helped take down the evil queen. The foulmouthed, shorttempered, uh, selfcentered just to follow up, can you guarantee that the president wont im not going to talk about hypotheticals that are just ridiculous. The investigation is i think close to being completed and i hope that we can get the report from director mueller as soon as we as possible. I dont know why he knows that. I think the mr. Mueller should speak for himself. I said, so listen, theres no way you can make this investigation shorter. But theres lots of ways you can make it longer. Okay, a
Subpoenaed the chief of staff as well as hope hicks. Chairman nadler saying they were critical witnesses to what he calls President Trumps obstruction of justice which he says is continuing. What the chairman did not do was amp up talk about impeachment. Other democrats, junior and senior, are speaking out as our manu raju found out. Its time to move forward with impeachment inquirinquiry . I do. We need to uphold the rule of law. Reporter he also spoke with adam schiff about whether his views on impeachment on being influenced by the administrations open refusal to cooperate, even if it means defying a lawful order of congress. I think the administration is certainly pushing the congress in that direction by obstructing everything. Reporter are you changing your tune on that . I think the case gets stronger the more they stonewall the congress. House Speaker Pelosi believes otherwise and is ap posed to moving forward on impeachment, she also says her fellow democrats are with her on t