who also met with him individually. the ranking member s staff could have raised them with judge kavanaugh during a background investigation fol lowellup call in late august. senators could have asked judge kavanaugh about the allegations during his 32 hours of testimony over the course of three days. could have asked judge kavanaugh about this in their closed session of the hearing which the ranching member didn t attend. the appropriate place to bring up issues where confidentiality is supposed to be respected. and there are no questions about these allegations among the 1,300 written questions sent to judge kavanaugh after the hearing. this amounts to more than more written questions submitted to this nominee after a hearing
hollywood tape came out. republican women who were galled by his personal conduct but they voted for him because of the supreme court. hans, i understand you re getting new reaction and new up dates. what do you know? we have two updates. number one we just heard from the congressional oversight committee ranking member cummings saying they have learned of additional allegations. congress is indicating they are investigating. let me read it to you real quick. we have obtained additional evidence mr. pruitt routinely asked senior epa staff to help his family members, including his wife and his daughter, while they were on epa premises during official work hours. that is from mr. cummings. he is the ranching member on the house oversight committee. we also have a copy of the resignation letter. politico and others have reported it. this is the first time we ve heard from scott pruitt. what he is doing is he is blaming others for his resignation. he is making and casting himself as the
coming from the white house? reporter: to tell you the truth, we ve been hearing these names off and on all week. that of michael ellis, deals with national security matters. then there s edward cohen watnick who works in the security council, senior intelligence person there, just 30 years old. he was brought in by lieutenant michael flynn. mcmaster. actually wanted to remove him from his position but the senior political leadership of the white house intervened to keep him in that position. sean spicer would not acknowledge either one of those names. would not confirm that they might have been involved here. sean spicer also saying that just before this briefing and the coincidence can t help but be noted here, sent a letter up to the ranking member and the chairman of both intelligence committees in the senate and house saying that they have found information in the course of their investigation that s relevant to the russia investigation and leaks and that twhaeupbted both the ch
congress regulate any activities or tax any events it wants? she will soon have the power with four other justices to permit or to stop abortions, to stop the president and the military, to tell the president and the congress, and the states, how to stay when when the constitution. here is our republican senator sessions the ranching member of the senate judiciary committee, senator sessions, william welcome here. what will you ask elena kagan and what will she tell you? i will talk to her about her philosophy and whether or not we have a commitment that she is part of the mainstream, understanding our constitution must be followed whether you like it or not. the american people believe that by overwhelming margin but many of our justices are quite proud of their activist tendencies and many are praised for taking
congress regulate any activities or tax any events it wants? she will soon have the power with four other justices to permit or to stop abortions, to stop the president and the military, to tell the president and the congress, and the states, how to stay when when the constitution. here is our republican senator sessions the ranching member of the senate judiciary committee, senator sessions, william welcome here. what will you ask elena kagan and what will she tell you? i will talk to her about her philosophy and whether or not we have a commitment that she is part of the mainstream, understanding our constitution must be followed whether you like it or not. the american people believe that by overwhelming margin but many of our justices are quite proud of their activist tendencies and many are praised for taking