Smile. I wonder what kind of candy it was. That is special report for this labor day. If competence of coverage starting tomorrow morning, 9 15. Martha and brett. The story hosted by Martha Maccallum starts right now. Hi, martha. Martha thank you, mike. Good to see you tonight. Breaking this evening, the president appears to be working over his Attorney General yet again. This a short time ago. Too long time obama investigations of two very popular republican congressman or to a wellpublicized charge just ahead of the midterm is by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because theres not enough time. Good job, jeff. The latest attack comes on the eve of a monumental day for this president. Just hours from now the Confirmation Hearings for his nominee to the Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh will get underway. Reports indicate cavanaugh spent the weekend in a building not
too far from here. He went through the socalled Murder Board Gauntlet getting ready for what
the night before his confirmation hearing. this underscores just how absurd the process is. not a single senator will be able to review these records before tomorrow. the doj issuing a statement pushing back on that. saying that the number of documents produced far surpasses that. and senator grassley, chuck grassley, the chairman of this judiciary committee was asked about withheld documents. here s what he had to say. i ve told every member of the committee that if they have some documents that under the presidential records act cannot be made public for personal reasons or for presidential reasons, that all they have to do is ask us. once the fireworks start senators will grill kavanaugh on issues like abortion, gun rights, and executive power. we will be watching some key senators, two republicans senator lisa murkowski and soviet union collins where
you see my still photographers getting ready and set up for the excitement. even before the fireworks start, it has gotten hot. senator schumer is slamming the administration for releasing 42,000 pages of documents last night. saying senators won t have enough time to read that before the hearings start. schumer tweeting know this has been the least transparent process in history and hearings should be delayed until we can fully review the records. administration pushing back. doj spokesman saying in a statement that quote production of judge kavanaugh s production for previous nominees. and chuck grassley the chairman of this judiciary committee was asked about documents being withheld. this is what he had to say. i told every member of the committee that if they have some documents that under the presidential records act cannot be made public for personal reasons or for presidential reasons, that all they have to do is
100,000 pages from the records is not only unprecedented in the history of supreme court nominations, it has all the markings of a cover-up. here she is on meet the press talk about some of the documents that she saw the contents off. she things other people should too. you could ask some very interesting questions about these documents i m unable to even say because i m not able to make them public. martha: so why are they being withheld? i ve told every member of the committee that if they have some documents that under the presidential records act cannot be made public for personal reasons or for presidential reasons that all they have to do is ask us and we will get those documents and it happens that senator klobuchar ask for about 12 pages of documents. she has them. if she will be able to ask questions based on those. no other senator has asked for any documents whatsoever. martha: so she will be able to raise what she read in their and ask questions based on it, which