If confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the United States and the american rule of law. So kavanaugh is a graduate of Yale Law School and clerked for Justice Kennedy. In 1993 he met ken starr during a Justice Department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating the white water and clinton lieu ensky scandals. Kavanaugh helped write the final report to congress that laid out 11 possible grounds for impeaching president bill clinton. He served as george w. Bushs white House Counsel and Staff Secretary before he was nominated to be a federal judge in 2006. He was confirmed at that time by a vote of 5736. Now, Brett Kavanaughs nomination sets up an extremely
consequential confirmation battle. Within minutes of trumps announcement, several Top Democrats voicing their intention to vote against him. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer put out a saying that b
military aid for ecuador which planned to introduce the mesh yu. russia ultimately stepping in to intro tuesday the resolution without opposition from the united states. president trump responded to the report yesterday tweeting this, the failing new york times fake news story today about breastfeeding must be called out. the u.s. strongly supports breastfeeding but we don t believe women should be denied access to formula. many women need this option because of malnutrition and poverty. let s get a check on your weather now with bill karins. we are talking about a common theme this week, heat. yeah, and the big story last week as well. it is not as bad this week, but still above average in some spots. kansas city will feel like 100. panama city will be 101. a lot of these are similar to what you get throughout the hot portion of the summer and we re in it right now. looking at your wednesday, tomorrow, omaha 101. little rock, some 2. hundreds through the southeast