I just turned and looked at my producer as well as the staff who works on my show and said, doesnt that feel like a whole bunch of other stuff is about to break . Some day, well do that show that we have planned to do in the early afternoon today, but everything has changed since then. All right, lots going on. President trump hired former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani six days ago, to be his personal lawyer. Specifically to represent him in the russia investigation. And that was fascinating for a lot of reasons. First and foremost, the news was, wow, hey, finally, somebody said yes. All right, the president has had a lot of trouble filling out his russia legal team. By our latest count, based on public reporting, as best as we can tell, we think the president has asked and been rejected by at least 12 different lawyers, just in the past few weeks. Now, in a normal presidency, even a normal troubled presidency, it would be very unusual for a president to not be able to get anyone h
Have any choice, he has to follow the findings of a 1999 clinton era doj memo. Thats not to say that teeth or stomach mueller couldnt find some evidence of wrongdoing, but giuliani told fox news a short time ago, quote this case is essentially over. They are just in denial. While the president appears to be consumed on an almost daily basis with the russia investigation, he has more pressing matters at hand, such as whether his summit with kim jong un is on, or off. Reporter meeting with the president of his pakistan today, President Trump was unclear about the status of his summit with kim jong un. President trump we will have to see. Reporter north korea pulled out of meetings with south korea, protesting military exercises. Pyongyang also left open to question whether the u. S. And north korea meeting would be scuttled. White house officials think it all might be so much north korean bluster. This is something that we fully expected. The president is very used two and ready for toug
Thanks at home for joining us this hour. Very happy to have you here with us this tuesday. President trump was sworn in on january 20th. By january 31st, a week and a half later, he was announcing his first nomination for a justice on the Supreme Court. He didnt even make it two weeks into being president. That neil Gorsuch Nomination came so quick will after trump was inaugurated because that Supreme Court choice was essentially gifted to the new president as a spoil of the 2016 election. As a bonus prize that he won along with the presidency. After Justice Scalia unexpectedly died in february 2016, the republican leader of the senate, Mitch Mcconnell announced the same day, he said this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. For the entire duration of 2016, the republican led senate refused to even think about president obamas nominee. They didnt hold meetings with merrick garland, they didnt have a hoet. It was vacant for over a year so President Trump could nom
Scalia died, he said this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. That was in february of 2016. For the entire duration of 2016, the republican led senate refused to even think about president obamas nominee. They didnt hold meetings with merrick garland, they didnt hearings, let alone a vote. Republicans holding the seat vacate for over a year so President Trump could nominate a justice instead of president obama nominating one. Thats the remarkable and unprecedented way that donald trump got his first nomination for the United States Supreme Court. Well, now we have started the Battle Royale over President Trumps second nominee for the court. Just like the first one, the Gorsuch Nomination came with that unprecedented twist because republicans held open that seat so the democratic president couldnt advance a nominee, now with the second nomination, theres ans a historical unprecedented twist, too. Why did the president stick with kavanaugh . Because hes worried. T
Kavanaugh. A lot of people should vote for kavanaugh. If you are looking for a conservative president to pick a nominee, hes on the top of everyones list. Hes one every republican would see as the most of qualified of their generation. Arthel what are democrats trying to do to block judge kavanaughs nomination . Reporter they are going to try. But there is not a lot they can do. Republicans will need a simple majority. Once senator john mccains replacement is appointed the republicans will have 51 seats. And thats the goal for democrats. To find something in kavanaughs past that will pressure lawmakers to vote against him. Kavanaughs work on the starr report, his five years in the Bush White House and 12 years as a federal judge. But all of those documents have been released. The national a skies says it wont be able to vote and produce all the documents until late october. Senator dick durbin complained the white house isnt releasing 100,000 document claiming executive privilege. They