party on this. all key senators to watch as we go into and out of today s historic wearing, wolf. all right. thank you so much. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh s historic hearing is now just moments away. we will see christine blasey ford live for the first time in that senate hearing room. let s bring back our panel and talk about this and let s start with a couple new panelists, senator rick santorum. you have been through this process. although, the nominees you voted for, this was certainly not as contentious. what are you going to be looking for today? well, i guess, you know, if i was a member sitting there, i would be looking at dr. ford as someone who is a, i hate to say this, but a pawn in a bigger chess game. and that and i d be sympathetic, frankly, because this is someone who came forward, didn t want to have her information disclosed, got outed
cnn films rbg, presented by the all new totally remixed volkswagen jetta. earlier supreme court confirmation hearings for judge kavanaugh begin tomorrow. tonight in just a few minutes, a really fascinating look at justice ruth bader ginsburg. the cnn original film rbg takes an intimate look at the justice s personal and professional like. i m going to speak with the filmmakers in just a minute but first i want to show you a clip on her friendship with justice scalia. even though they had differing points of view, they were dear friends. i m sure they were picking at each other the whole time, but they kind of enjoyed it. justice scalia would whisper something to me. all i could do to avoid laughing out loud, i would sometimes pinch myself. people sometimes ask me, well, what was your favorite scalia joke? and i said, i know what it is, but i can t tell you. they enjoyed going to the operas together. they enjoyed discussing particular operas, and of course
let me tell you this, anderson. there are several categories of documents all of which are being held in one way or another. brett kavanaugh worked for president bush as cabinet secretary. first of all, senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley has withheld all the staff secretary documents. those are from 2003 to 2006. and that is when brett kavanaugh was right at the side of president bush during katrina, during supreme court appointments, during lots of fallout from the 9/11 policies. and then the ones you re talking about now, the 100,000 pages withheld are from his white house counsel years where he wasn t even that close in with the president, but they re asserting that based on broad privileges, they re going to withhold them. and i just have to say, anderson, that jean-roberts had a similar job in the white house counsel s office for ronald reagan. and in 2005, many, many, many of his documents were released. he had to answer for what he
do you consider roe v. wade to be an abomination? senator, on the question of roe v. wade, if confirmed to the d.c. circuit, i would follow roe v. wade faithfully and fully that would be binding precedent on the court. it s been decided by the supreme court. i ask you your own opinion. and i m saying if i were confirmed to the d.c. circuit, senator, i would follow it. it s been reaffirmed many times. i understand. but what your opinion? you re not on the bench yet. you ve talked about these issues in the past to other people i m sure. the supreme court has held repeatedly, senator. okay. not going to answer the question. reporter: more recently, kavanaugh raised eyebrows when the washington post report head racked up $60,000 to $200,000 in credit card debt, buying baseball tickets and taking on a loan. the washington post reported his debt exceeded the value of his bank accounts and
presidents a tweets sessions and the justice department s decision to prosecute two allegedly corrupt congressmen, chris collins and duncan hunter. preet bharara tweeting this, by the way, is next level crazy, unethical, stupid, incriminating. with that as the backdrop, senate confirmation hearing again tomorrow for president trump s second supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. however, lawmakers will not have all the information some might like to have about his record. that s because of a last-minute white house decision to hold back documents. they were withholding more than 100,000 pages of his record. senate minority leader chuck schumer says they released another 42,000. we re also learning tonight about the democrats plan to attack him. cnn supreme court analyst joins us now with more. the documents being held are from kavanaugh s time in the white house counsel s office under george w. bush. what more do we know about them?