Hopkins. The president tweeting out the following. Quote, because we have done so well with energy over the last few years, thank you, mr. President , we are a Net Energy Exporter and now the Number One Energy producer in the world. We dont need middle eastern oil and gas and in fact, have very few tankers there but will help our allies, end quote. So has the rebuilding of our fossil fuel industry made mideast crises like these easier to handle . What do you think . I mean, opec used to call the shots in middle eastern terror, middle eastern disruption used to have a major disruption, even back in the 1980s, in our own economy. Certainly in the 1970s, especially when the environmentalists, the epa started. Thankfully because of the fossil fuel industry, the innovation, fracking, all the deregulation thats come across, terrible events like this will have ultimately a de minimis impact on the energy that powers our modern american lives. I agree. We are less dependent on foreign oil but
Thats an interesting story. Come see steve and i tonight. I will see you. I tweeted out that steve really understands politics and the divide in this nation. This new book the red and the blue is fantastic. Good afternoon, im ali velshi. It is a very scary situation. That is what President Trump said about the Current Situation for his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, has the fbi continues its reopened Background Investigation into allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Whole the Senate Majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell, pushes for a vote this week to confirm judge Brett Kavanaugh, nbc news has received portions of Text Messages that show kavanaugh was working to refute his second accusers allegations before they even became public. The fbi is racing to finish its background probe during the week. Interviewing the four witnesses on the list before a senior official confirmed the white house was authorizing the fbi to expand its scope. There is no word yet if anyone else is next on its
Now a new charge comes up and she said, well, it might not be him, there were gaps, she said she was totally inebriated. She was all messed up and she doesnt know it was him but it might have been him. Oh, gee lets not make him a Supreme Court justice because of that. The second accuser. The second accuser has nothing. The second accuser doesnt even know she thinks maybe it could have been him, maybe not. She admits that she was drunk . Thats the president doing jackie mason. Anyway, Deborah Ramirez told the new yorker that when kavanaugh was a freshman at yale he exposed himself at a dorm party. Kavanaugh denies the accusations. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary committee confirm that they brought on an experienced female sex crimes prosecutor to do the questioning of dr. Ford and judge kavanaugh at the thursday hearings coming up. In other words, the 11 men that make up the panels majority are outsourcing their roles as questioners of the accuser. Meanwhile, someone close to the pr
Men and a 2yearold boy were killed. The passenger plane crashing into the sea. The u. S. Navy responding. And tonight, the stunning under water video. And here in the u. S. , two plane crashes at the same airport less than 24 hours apart. Now one year since the las vegas massacre, our team promising to go back. And tonight, theyre there with a reality check. Are bump stocks, those attachments that allow a rifle to shoot like a machine gun, still readily for sale in the u. S. , after promises to get rid of them . And the medal of honor tonight, the American Hero on the battlefield. Good evening. And its great to start another week with all of you at home. And we begin tonight with fastmoving developments in that fbi investigation involving allegations against judge Brett Kavanaugh. This monday marked the first day of the Supreme Courts new term starting one justice short. And today, President Trump lashed out when the questions came about his Supreme Court nominee. The president did say
Skirting around the things that really mattered and she was focused on her fear of flying, her, you know, credibility things. Who paid for the polygraph, you know, how did she find her lawyer. Because i think the defense there, essentially, was that this is a big conspiracy by the democrats. And so yeah. She didnt get to finish her job, and thats what so many people are wondering what the heck were going on when we were all sitting there watching that hearing. Ladies, thank you so much. I appreciate that analysis. Lets roll on to the top of the show. Here we go. Moments from now, President Trump is set to hold a medal of honor spokceremony at the white house. So well take that live as soon as we see him, momentarily. But first, to the breaking news. President trump lashing out on the Heated Supreme Court confirmation battle and the fbis latest Background Investigation of his nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. He says hes fine, the president says hes fine if the fbi interviews all three accusers