Claims this morning that the russians have damaging information on mr. Trump and that his lawyer met with russian officials and said Cash Payments to them. The lawyer says totally untrue. Trump angrily calls it a political witch hunt and fake news. The russians say they have no compromising material, but its all over the media. It will come up at the tillerson hearing and it wil be center stage at the News Conference. So, here is the state of political play. The left continues its full court press to discredit and undermine the trump presidency. They are in attack mode. You will see how trump responds. Varney company is about to begin. Exxonmobil chief Rex Tillersons confirmation is about to be gavelled to order. Youll expect questions, hostile questions from democrats on russia and Climate Change. We have liz peek. Judge andrew napolitano, spokesman rick grinell, Ashley Webster and liz macdonald. Well quote him on a couple tweets. Russia said the unverified report by political opponen
Or has just begun his fifth term on the bench for the District Courts of abilene, texas. I appreciate the support they had given me in my past endeavors, but also they would come up from texas to be with me today. Good morning. I am honored to have the backing of senator cruz from my home state of texas. I want to thank senator nine to his commitment to the ending of nuclear proliferation. German corker, Ranking Member card and, members of the Committee Chairman corker, Ranking Members of the committee, it is an honor to be in front of you for this hearing for my confrontation confirmation as secretary of state. Everywhere we look, people and nations are deeply unsettled. Old ideas and National Norms that were old were long understood may no longer be effective in our time. We face considered it considerable threats in this evolving and are met. China has emerged as a global power in economic trade. Our interactions have been both friendly and adversarial. While russia seeks respect on
Us in an exclusive interview. Theres talk of a bubble in the retail industry. Now being acknowledged. Biotech boom. Moves from 25 to 30 to 74 . And well see whether there might be still more up side for the companies youre looking at. But we start with the big news out of washington. Youve been watching it on cnbc. Fbi director james comey testifying on capitol hill about the investigations underway of russias influence in the u. S. Elections. Eamon javers has been following along. He has more details on what was said today. Eamon . Reporter bill, thats right. Going into the hearing there was some question about whether fbi director james comey would, in fact, confirm that there is a federal Law Enforcement investigation into russian influence in the 2016 elections. James comey did exactly that today to the surprise of some. Heres what he said. The fbi as part of our Counter Intelligence mission is investigating the russian governments efforts to interfere in the 2016 president ial ele
In Guantanamo Bay, it is called guantanamo diary and after that panel and the final panel is on money and then we will talk to gilbert who wrote billion ball it is about College Sports and the funds they receive. Host Linda Hirshman, what is the relationship between Sandra Day Oconnor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg . Were they friends . Guest i would say they had an affectionate alliances. They were not bffs. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was really with friends with scalia. And Sandra Day Oconnor was really friends with lois powell and she and john and loi circumstanceslois went on vacation together. It was clear from their demeanor they had an affectionate alliance. Host what was their first meeting like . Guest i will say in 1981 when Sandra Day Oconnor was approve pointed to the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg wasnt in washington. She heard about it on the radio and didnt know oconnor well. Oconnor was a judge and ginsburg didnt know here but said she was glad to hear it. We know they met before
Self discipline. I think that is an interesting place for us to end. We are out of time. Thank our authors today. [applause] we will be adjourning to the bookstore sales tent and signing area booth number 153. Peter slevin will be there shortly and Linda Hirshman after that. Thank you and become a friend. [inaudible conversations] booktv live coverage of the tucson festival of books continues. We are cheer on the campus of the university of arizona, the gallagher theater, the campus is quite large, just a little bit away from downtown tucson, Beautiful Day out here in tucson, the sun is shining, is in the 70s, the chamber of commerce is very clean, 100,000 people attending this festival in its eighth year and this is a two day festival and booktv is live, we are covering author panels as well as doing call ins in a minute or so, you will be able to talk with Linda Hirshman who you just heard on the air talking about her book sisters in law, Sandra Day Oconnor and how Sandra Day Oconnor