President trump s supreme court revamp is already paying him dividends with one of his picks shielding a cabinet secretary from testifying on oath. we have cnn senior political analyst john avalon with an important update to our reality check. last night, the supreme court gave wilber ross a pass, amid overwhelming evidence that ross misled congress. the question was designed to repress. ross said it was all the justice department s idea. but e-mails brought to light show that that isn t true. ross discussed the census
White house briefing room. let s learn more about brett kavanaugh s big day supreme court justice as garrett tenney has more details tonight. outside justice brett kavanaugh s supreme court debut, a relatively small group of protesters marked the first day on the job. on the first day, kavanaugh received a warm welcome from his justices. john roberts kicked the session off wishing the 53-year-old a long and happy career. from there, it was all business. the court heard two cases, each dealing with whether federal felons can receive longer prison sentences if they commit violent offenses. kavanaugh listened intensely for the first 20 minutes of arguments, and he directed his queries at both sides and, mr. president, thank you for the
A state which trump won strongly, so it s those states where democrats are very nervous about the effect of the kavanaugh fight. there should be a blue wave. if history is a guide in the president s numbers are the main factor, but there may not be because when you scream that people in restaurants and block traffic and pound on the front door of the supreme court, when you lose, you scare normal people. democrats are losing this. those numbers are amazing, the numbers among women. republican women are more involved than democratic women. doesn t come down to like a painting extremism? the extreme tactics of the wings of the party and painting that to her benefit? is that how be ten the washington post had a story this morning saying if you believe in this mob story, you are racist and you are done. but this is not something like
Life. it s not going to be one that lingers and rains and rains, and it will be here by tomorrow at noon. bret: i will have complete coverage here. another big storm politically here in washington, here s a confirmation of brett kavanaugh. while the judge no doubt wants to put the turmoil of the last few weeks behind him, with just 28 days to go until the midterm elections. correspondent peter doocy shows us from the white house. president trump s supreme court nominee is on the bench and president trump says there s more where that came from. a lot more. speak and president trump: te could be anywhere from 1-4 additional. it was a president who made a ruling in the case of
Supreme court. saudi arabia is giving turkish authorities permission to search its consulate in istanbul. as the investigation into the fate of a saudi journalist intensifies. the state to port department correspondent rich edson tells us that the u.s. is getting more involved. the disappearance of a saudi journalist has the attention of the president. president trump: i know what everybody else does. president trump said he will speak to the saudi government about jamaal khashoggi, last seen entering the saudi consulate in his temple. the trade administration has been reluctant to criticize saudi arabia. the state department says senior u.s. officials have spoken with saudi counterparts. are you assuming that taking time to put out a statement means the state department has not been doing anything, is that your assumption? what was the state department doing? of the state department was engaged at the highest levels and also the working level and having conversations with