on the green agenda. can the congress rein in energy costs. in a moment, we will speak about all of this. sandra: big show coming up. first, america reports with the safety of the supreme court in focus at this hour following a threat on the life of justice brett kavanaugh. hello, welcome everyone. sandra smith on this thursday afternoon in new york. hi, john. john: good to see you, glad you got the pink memo today. john roberts in washington. activists assembling outside of kavanaugh s home to protest demonstrations that are prohibited under federal law. the protest and in your face exercise just hours after police arrested a man accused of planning to assassinate the justice. police have charged nicholas roske with attempted murder. he could be indicted as early as today according to a criminal complaint. roske was planning to kidnap and kill kavanaugh when he was arrested early wednesday morning. sandra: republicans point the fingers at democrats rhetoric on abort
more than 24 hours since police arrested a man for trying to assassinate justice press kavanaugh. beyond the white house press team, president biden has not said boo about it. sandra: and not for any lack of opportunity, john. we heard from the president on the south lawn yesterday. it happened in this hour, cameras were also waiting for him at the airport and on top of all of that, he spent time with jimmy kimmel. not one mention of kavanaugh. john: even now, republicans demanding democrats in the house pass a bill that would bolster security for them. a plan to offer such protection a month ago, and it s just been sitting there. issa says his colleagues on the left are simply obstructing. he joins us live with what s happening hien the scenes on capitol hill coming up.
jousting begins. sandra: is there a question in there, hemmer? bill: it s probably the moment from the hearing, steve. of all the hours we ve watched this week that s probably the line. very helpful. it reveals the complete emptiness of the democrats arguments here. they aren t arguments at all. they re stunts, as we ve heard and auditioning for 2020. there is a deeper point here which is that all the time that they ve been trying to press kavanaugh on his views, on this issue, that issue, whether it s race in the case of cory booker, whatever it may be, they re revealing something deep. his answers were my views aren t important. it s not by views or opinions on this or that issue. that s a huge change in legal philosophy. the whole reason for putting him on the court he is there to interpret the law, not for his political views have democrats have gotten used to. they think judges are there to advance a political agenda.