prepared. are you still proud to own this shutdown? well, you know, i appreciate the way you say that, but once i m very proud of doing what i m doing. you can call it the schumer or the pelosi or the trump shutdown, doesn t make any difference to me. just words. sir, cabinet members are set to get cabinet raises tomorrow. how is that fair? i m sure they don t even know that. have you considered using emergency powers to grant yourself authorities to build this wall without congressional approval? and second yes, i have. you have? yes, i have, and i can do it, if i want. i can do it if i want. the president is dug in on this shutdown of his own making, but cracks are beginning to show from within his own party. the defections of republican senators susan collins of maine and cory gardner of colorado who already want a deal to reopen the government were among the headlines the president hoped to
you know, i talk about human traffickers. i talk about drugs. i talk about gangs, but a lot of people don t say, we have terrorists coming through the southern border because they find that s probably the easiest place to come through. they drive right in and they make a left. not going to happen. not going to happen. so we re not going to do that. we won t be doing pieces. we won t be doing it in drips and drabs. not only was that statement nearly devoid of facts, you might have noticed it also didn t make a lot of sense. for better or worse, republicans, that s the man leading discussions to end the government shutdown. and 14 days in, cracks are starting to show in the gop s united front. two big name gop senators, cory gardner and susan collins are backing off the demand for border wall funding to end the shutdown. but every step in the process is trump and his scattershot approach to deal making. during the last meeting on wednesday, the washington post
calendars. instead of talking about kavanaugh s of judicial philosophy, the confirmation s hearings revolved around decades old allegations of sexual assault, none of them accompanied by any evidence at all. some of them absurd on their face. it was a depressing period but it produced some pretty interesting television segments. here are some highlights, starting with a showdownh with the aclu over a tv ad. we ve seen this before. denials from powerful men. i did not have relations with that woman. i ve never seen anything like this. i categorically and unequivocably deny the allegation against me by dr. ford. america is watching, as we choose a lifetime seat on our highest court, we cannot have any doubt. senator gardner opposed the confirmation of judge kavanaugh.
senator gardner opposed the confirmation of judge kavanaugh. tucker: he joins us tonight, thank you for coming o on. this is a disgusting ad but what is so distressing is you ran it, this is guilt by association, the very thing the aclu notably stood against. though cosby and brett kavanaugh have nothing in common and get you tween them in order to discredit kavanaugh, how could you do that? i appreciate your comments, the common thread here of course is powerful men whose careers are on the line issuing denials about wrongdoing. in this instance we believe the denial issued by brett kavanaugh goes right to integrity, a position that he s applying for on the supreme court in which he sits in judgment of the rest of the nation, integrity is of critical importance. he is not entitled to the presumption of innocence, if you assume that you re saying he s entitled to the job.
became famous all over almost a hundred years by defending due process and free speech. especially for deeply unpopular people. that long and noble tradition is over now in the name of left-wing solidarity. the aclu has been running an ad likening kavanaugh to bill cosby even though they have nothing in common, of course, judge kavanaugh has not even been tried. i did not have relations with that woman. i ve never seen anything like this. judge kavanaugh: i categorically and unequivocally deny the allegations against me by dr. ford. is which choose a lifetime seat on her highest court, integrity matters and we cannot have any doubt. senator gardner, oppose the confirmation of judge kavanaugh. tucker: shakira is the aclu