conferred with anyone else or that he convened the judicial qualification committee by conference call or otherwise. the aba president s opinion doesn t alter the fact that judge kavanaugh received a very well-qualified rating from the aba standing committee on the federal judiciary and the standing committee did not join this letter. senator cornyn. thank you, mr. chairman. i ve said before that i believe that in considering dr. ford s testimony we should treat her the same way i would want my wife, my daughters, or my mother treated if they were in similar circumstances.
the comment after senator mccain told his fellow colleagues not to vote for president trump s pick for the cia gina haspel. mccain is home in arizona where he has been dealing with aggressive form of brain cancer. the white house has not denied the comments and it has not apologized spokesman says she have dealt with the matter internally. john roberts is live out on the north lawn. she has apologized in person we re led to believe so what s the difference? i think there is a big difference, shep. can you have a difference of opinion with somebody. clearly do not like the fact john mccain was the one that torpedoes obamacare repeal and replace. they do not like the fact he is calling for gina haspel to not make it through the confirmation. big difference between having a difference of opinion and having some common decency. the white house is trying to change this from being all about the leak. even though this is gaining a lot of steam on capitol hill. they are trying to make it mor
military jeeps fired gas and live bullets and they used violence and wounded a number of us. shepard: a number of human rights experts working for the united nations accused israel of, quote: blatant excessive use of force, unquote, against the protesters. and eye for an eye lash in his words. and we are hearing concern from some of america s closest allies. very tight allies, including france and germany and the united kingdom who have separated from the united states on this matter. meantime in gaza, families are now burying the dead for them, this fresh pain echos grief from long ago as palestinians mark the moment 70 years ago when a war in the middle east led to israel becoming a state. and the palestinians losing their homes. we have team fox coverage. our senior correspondent rick leventhal at the united nations where there is an emergency meeting today. first, david lee miller live tonight in jerusalem. david lee? shepard, you make a good point. there was a key he is legs d
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shepard: topping the news at the pot of the hour. president trump meeting face to face with senate republicans g.o.p. lawmakers continue to demand an apology from the house. over a comment about john mccain. it s been five days now since the trump administration official said the republican senator s opinion doesn t matter because he is dying anyway. the number two republican in the senate john cornyn of texas called the comment totally inappropriate. g.o.p. senator chuck grassley from iowa said the focus should be on everything that senator mccain has sacrificed for our nation. we should not do anything that detracts from his service as a public servant and more importantly what he did to defend freedom. does the white house owe him an apology? if i had said that, i would apologize. shepard: foxconn firms that the white house special assistant kelly sadler made