Kavanaugh was narrowly confirm on a largely part line vote. But it was a memorable fight, so why did you two choose to retell this story and n book lange form . Carrie and i were both involved in the kavanaugh confirmation battles, we knew that we had a good story here. We knew that we had good access, and we wanted to lay it down, get the record down, and so we interviewed more than 100 people, including the president , and various other people at the white house, self Supreme Court justices, people in the senate, and we are so glad we did because this was something that gripped the nation last year, and when youre in the chaos of it in the moment, its worth reflecting of after the dust settled about lessons to learn, some things that happened behind the scene busy were glad we got to do it. I think for me in particular, having clerked for Justice Thomas, i saw the real replay of many of the events from the types of attacks going on before the confirmation got crazy to the allegations
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Getting your reaction to this meeting, the president s trip to asia, and more. The president will return to washington today. Epublicans 202 7488000 republicans 202 7488001 democrats 202 7488000 and independence call 202 7488002. Lots to talk about with the president returning to washington following the meeting of the g20 in japan. And aover in south korea historic brief visit in north korea. Esident trump tweeting leaving south korea after a wonderful meeting with chairman am jongun. Important statement for alln and great progress. President trump becomes the first sitting president to set trump into north korea. The meeting with kim came four months after the breakdown of a second summit in hanoi. The president argued that the meeting was a success because his relationship with kim jongun deepened. History was made as trump and kim walked up to the demarcation line and shook hands. Kim invited trump to walk into north korea, they stayed for a few minutes then walked into south korea
Your cable or by satellite provider. Book confirmation bias inside washingtons war over the Supreme Court, from scalias death to justice kavanaugh. Good sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. On the sundaynews morning. The president traveling to south korea crossing into north korea briefly, meeting for nearly an hour with chairman kim jongun. Guest that was a big moment for the president. The symbolism is what they were seeking. This is something that has been in the works for this trip. It may look impromptu, but it is not impromptu. It was a big step. The president really wanted this. Hes got problems in iran, and he needs to make sure his other problems are under control. It looks like they are going to talks. The i guess it is a small version of nixon goes to china. Host peter baker is writing this morning, President Trump stepping across a low concrete market 3 40 six local time and walked 20 steps to the base of a building on the north korean side for an encounter on telev
Hulse, the author of the book confirmation bias inside washingtons war over the Supreme Court, from scalias death to justice kavanaugh. Good sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. On the sundaynews morning. The president traveling to south korea crossing into north korea briefly, meeting for nearly an hour with chairman kim jongun. Guest that was a big moment for the president. The symbolism is what they were seeking. This is something that has been in the works for this trip. It may look impromptu, but it is not impromptu. It was a big step. The president really wanted this. Hes got problems in iran, and he needs to make sure his other problems are under control. It looks like they are going to talks. The i guess it is a small version of nixon goes to china. Host peter baker is writing this morning, President Trump stepping across a low concrete market 3 40 six local time and walked 20 steps to the base of a building on the north korean side for an encounter on television, and u