as he announced the probe, the president said he is still backing his nominee. the president will be in west virginia later today for a re-election rally. he is starting this morning at the white house. that s where we start with ryan nobles and cnn reporter kara skinell. good morning to you, victor. the president didn t expect to be in this position saturday morning. he thought after the hearing thursday his nominee brett kavanaugh performed well and that would be enough to convince wayward republican senators that his nomination should be confirmed. senator jeff flake from arizona throwing a curve ball delaying the process another week. that does have some at the white house nervous. regardless, the president is not backing away from his nominee. he tweeted recently, just started tonight, our seventh fbi investigation of judge brett kavanaugh. we will someday be recognizing him as a truly great justice of
reporter: we know the fbi was charged with the investigation as of last night, it is part of a supplemental background investigation. what they ll do is go and interview people voluntarily who may have been at the party. we have heard of attorneys from the three people that christine blasey ford has alleged was in the house at the time who said they would voluntarily talk with the fbi. new york times is reporting that the fbi has reached out to another individual, deborah ramirez, yale school classmate of judge kavanaugh that said the fbi did reach out to her. we know the investigation is beginning, it is under way. a key thing to remember is that this is not a criminal investigation. there will be no conclusion or decision by the fbi. what they re going to do is talk to people at the party, new york times is reporting they re expanding that scope to some of the other accusers who alleged assault by judge kavanaugh in high school and college and try to understand what they rememb
the united states supreme court. you can tell in the president s language, he is pointing out the fact that brett kavanaugh has been thoroughly vetted a number of times by the fbi over the course of his lengthy career on the federal bench, and he is showing that he remains supportive of kavanaugh. but how long can the support hold. a lot will be determined by what comes out of the investigation that takes place. the white house is growing impatient, as is senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. they want it wrapped up. given a firm deadline of friday for the fbi to look into any more information about credible allegations and to provide that information to the senate. they re hoping that this is something that can move forward by friday, and they re hopeful that brett kavanaugh will eventually become the next justice on the supreme court. victor, christi? all right. thank you so much. appreciate it. kara is with us as well. do we have any indication what the fbi is doing now?
was investigating fbi activity in the 2016 election, both the hillary clinton e-mail investigation and the early stages of the russia investigation. joining me now, cnn s kara skinell for an update. we re waiting word to see whether the ig will meet with democrats on the house oversight and judiciary committees following the meeting that was canceled with the republicans yesterday. we reached out to the inspector general s office this morning and they re declining comment. so we ll have to stand by and see if that meeting does take place. of course, the inspector general s report is looming in the backdrop of mccabe s abrupt exit. we know that fbi director christopher wray sent an e-mail to the fbi staff yesterday in which he hinted that the ig report may have played a role. according to sources who saw the e-mail, wray said he would not comment on the ig report and would not be swayed by politics. of course, mccabe s exit was a surprise to many staffers who learned about it from new