Documents and protestors being go dragged out of the chamber while republicans defended the nominee. I welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of mr. Chairman. Brett kavanaugh to serve as associate justice. Mr. Chairman, i would like to be recognized for a question before we proceed. Youre out of order, ill proceed. We cannot possibly move forward. We believe this hearing should be postponed. I move to adjourn. We will continue as planned. We arent in executive session. I ask to be recognized. Here are the facts. Judge kavanaugh is one of the most distinguished judges. Mr. Chairman, we ought to have this loudmouth removed. We shouldnt have to put up with this kind of stuff. And on it went from there. Senator john kennedy is getting set to question judge kavanaugh and well talk to him coming up here. First lets begin with Shannon Bream live inside the hearing room. Shannon, what do we expect today . Good morning there. Good morning. Substantive today. This is whe
And, phil, you have been busy already with at least one tweet outgoing aimed at the bob woodward book. Talk about that. What it says and how it matches against reality. Well, the president is pushing back aggressively against the reporting and his tweet this morning was about libel laws suggesting that they should be toughened. But look. It is difficult for the white house and for the president to challenge woodwards credibility because hes written so many books and has a meticulous way of doing the reporting and the portrait in the book of President Trump is truly chilling. It shows senior officials, secretary mattis, defense secretary, chief of staff john kelly, economic adviser really acting as guardrails against the impulses trying to protect the country from what they viewed as very dangerous decisions that the president wanted to make or was tempted to act on. Things he was planning to sign were swiped off his desk and so forth so its really getting under the president s skin, cl
Characteristics required for a job in the u. S. Senate. While this is going on, the first details are emerging from a widely anticipated book, the product of bob woodward. Bob woodward of course, half of woodward and bernstein, brought us watergate and other things. Woodward who maintains the title at the Washington Post. This piece of work by our friends hit while we were on the air. Bob woodwards new book reveals a nervous breakdown of trumps presidency. So who better to talk to but their National Political correspondent robert costa. Also happens to be host of Washington Week on pbs. Bob, i know its a lot. And i know its a piece of work youve been able to read and s ubu ub s ubs ume, but walk us through the headlines. Uses the book nervous breakdown, he talks about an administrate coup detat. The book is full of vivid scenes about top advisers to President Trump plucking papers off of his desk, trade agreements, Foreign Policy decisions, to try to keep the president away from making
President ial powers reproductive choice, all that could last for a generation. Thats why the drama that start this is hour and that you will see here live and runs all week in the Senate Judiciary committee is real. This is not just for the cameras and its why Senate Democrats are furious that just a little 12 hours ago panel t panel received some 42,000 pages worth of documents from Brett Kavanaughs time working in the white house of president george w. Bush. This was before he became a judge. Chuck schumer says that is, quote, an Absurd Development and wants the hearings delayed. That wont happen, lets go to the hearing room. We get a little built of a look at what judge kavanaugh will say as he speaks before the judiciary committee. Any surprises . This is going to be a bitter fight. Brett kavanaugh wants the seat of Justice Anthony kennedy. Andy was so key on important social issues abortion, lgbt rights, affirmative action. Brett kavanaugh is not only more conservative but much y
Theyre central to everything youre going to hear discussed today. Questions about executive privilege, the extent of president ial power, are at the heart of the mueller investigation. If things keep going the way theyre going, it may be up to the Supreme Court ultimately to decide whether the president himself can be charged with crimes. Democrats and republicans want to know exactly where kavanaugh stands on these questions. We have assembleled a great team. Including Stephanie Ruhle who is here with us in our studio, whose hour we are trampling on by being here live today. Kacie hunt is our correspondent on the hill. A lot of us just saw the event democrats in the Senate Outside on the steps. Emblematic of what their role is. The clout compared to the republicans in charge. Thats right. Thats very little democrats can do to slow down the process of this lifetime appointment of Brett Kavanaugh because the republicans do have all the power in the senate. Theres a reality that the Demo