we already know that. i think the president then candidate trump said that he would one of his litmus tests was to pick someone that would be 100% absolutely against. sandra: he did not ask about that and not a requirement. because it was known before. judge kavanaugh has a 12 year record on the d.c. circuit. don t pretend that trump s campaign rhetoric will i am confident when it the record is examined everybody will come to the conclusion that he is well qualified. bill: you think he passes? likely. one of the most jarring sort of things about this is the rhetoric that democrats had right off the bat with this nomination. to act that kavanaugh of all people is some radical that is here to destroy the constitution was one of them. that millions of people were going to die as a result of this nomination. that kind of thing puts the
angela merkel the outcome is unpredictable. the hand wringing you notice now after the president s admonishment of the germans for allegedly being engaged in frankly hypocritical behavior. on the one hand they re saying we ll do business with the russians. we ll do billions in business with the russians. well, at the same time they are benefiting from u.s. security both unilaterally and part of nato. that s where the rub is. now german officials have made the argument that with their energy cooperation is separate from that security cooperation. again, energy separate from security. but that s an argument that the president has forcefully rejected. his criticism is this, the arraignment and the lack of investment by germany is at its very core an affront to the american taxpayer who by the way have spent trillions in protecting germany and our allies in europe over the many decades since the second world war. critics argue that s the kind of thinking that actually undermines the streng
immediately. sandra: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live for us in brussels. good morning, john. good afternoon to you. good morning to you, good afternoon to you, whatever it might be depending what clock you with on. the president came the brussels and is shaking it up. he just had a bilateral meeting with angela merkel after the president this morning in his bilateral meeting with the nato secretary general really slammed russia as you mentioned really slammed germany, rather, for crafting this pipeline deal with russia. the pipelines that will bring oil and gas directly to germany from russia. the president suggesting this morning that germany will literally be controlled by russia because it is getting 70 to 80% of its energy from russia. after the meeting the president said they talked about the pipeline, he and merkel.
questions or plead the fifth? bill: fox news alert fiery explosion killing one firefighter in a suburban neighborhood. sandra: after two weeks the thai soccer team and their coach rescued from deep inside a cave. how they re doing today. bill: president trump s supreme court nominee is on the hill meeting with senators as democrats fight to block his confirmation. why some top democrats claim the president s pick was motivated by robert mueller s russia probe. more on that. they re trying to make it something extraordinary when it is not. they re looking for every reason in the world to take this guy down. it is not going to work. he is too well qualified. motorcycle revving motorcycle revving motorcycle revving
the european union and specifically to germany to be that dependent on russia for its energy sources. germany may say well in the short run there are some advantages in terms of the finances of the cost of the energy but in the long run the dependence on russia can only lead in my opinion to disaster. sandra: quickly before we let you go, senator, we haven t had you on since the president named his pick for the supreme court, judge kavanaugh. do you support the president s nominee? i think the president made an excellent choice. the president invited me to the white house monday night when he unveiled the name to the nation. i think judge kavanaugh is truly a stellar credentials, mainstream. highest quality. he has experience on the court. he has already been confirmed by the united states senate to the u.s. circuit court. i think he is the right judicial temperament and intellect and the highest character. i m looking forward to the hearings and meeting with him