ford allegations came up and they will do anything to stop kavanaugh so we can t take this seriously. similarly with impeachment we ve heard devin nunes and a lot of other people arguing, well, democrats have been out to get president trump, they were talking about impeaching him even before he was sworn into office. and so therefore, all of this is tainted. my point is, look at the facts. if the facts are serious enough in the case of justice kavanaugh to warrant not confirming him, in the case of president trump to warrant impeaching him, those need to be taken seriously and motive shouldn t matter in that situation. it goes to this underlying and just reflects of tribalism that we re experiencing in the trunt today. country today. eddie, as they are acting as reflexively and tribal as they have to desperate to defend president trump that they re pair rogt vladimir putin s talking points, let me say it again, the intel community warned them about months ago,
of robert mueller or if you agree with the findings of inspector general horowitz, then, okay, fine, this is great, see, it proves our point. but if you disagree with them, then you get another bite at the apple and say they re totally wrong and i disagree with them about that. so let s see what happens. but this is just really disappointing behavior on the part of the attorney general. well, ruth, let s talk about your book. supreme ambition and where impeachment feels a lot like kavanaugh 2.0. make the case. well, you know, in both cases republicans are worked up over bad motives rather than dealing with the facts at hand. so with justice kavanaugh during the confirmation hearings republicans were unhappy and s understandably so, that the kristi chris seen it blasey forward are
politico that accoosta amountedo a kavanaugh 2.0 rebuttal. he was talking to trump today in that press conference. acosta made a point of addressing the president directly here. my relationship with the president is outstanding. he has i think very publicly made clear that i ve got his support. he spoke yesterday in the oval office. he and i have spoken. i m here. i m defending this case. that s my job. well, earlier today, the house oversight committee invited secretary acosta to testify to a hearing on july 23rd. in a letter to the secretary, chairman lyme elijah announced the committee would examine acosta s actions as well as the finding that he violated the crime victims act by keeping the agreement he made secret from the victims. we re joined by kimberly atkins for wbur, peter baker, chief correspondent for the new york times, barry burger, former federal prosecutor in the
tomorrow? charlie is dead on about the views. here they might be pivotal. in comparison with kavanaugh, we have this one interesting contrast. bill barr can t say well, i can t tell you about that, because it may come before me. he famously in 91 said i think roe v. wade is wrong and should be overruled. he needs to be candid and responsive. there is an intention between his very, very full bodied views of executive power and how he will promise to permit mueller to do his work in an unfettered way. thank you all. we re taking a live look at john marshal high school in los angeles. we ll pull it up. students were supposed to be in school this morning. they are not because of this. not at this school. more than 1,000 schools in the city. teachers are now on strike. a live report from l.a.
but what if the president orders you to determine otherwise? because it does not he s not the kind of person ideologically who is going to say you don t have that authority, sir. i am the nation s top law enforcement official, and i m going to independently reach my own determination. and harry, to charlie s point, democrats will undoubtedly be wanting to ask that followup question, particularly in light of the president s comments this morning about the fbi, his previous comments about the justice department and there is a question now about tone in this hearing. senator lindsey graham, this is kind of a big moment for him in charge of the judiciary committee, will be leading this hearing, the first time we ve seen this group together since the kavanaugh hearings. one says i hope lindsey graham can be the lindsey graham i worked on immigration reform with and not the lindsey graham that yelled during the kavanaugh hearing. and another one, is this going to be kavanaugh 2.0? what s