preparations. important to find out. ford hasn t specifically said she won t come to monday s hearing. her attorneys were very firm. in their letter they submitted overnight. they said if the hearing takes place, there needs to be several witne witnesses, not just ford s account against kavanaugh s account. president trump has no public events on his schedule today but he leaves for las vegas later today. that s a chance for us to try to get some questions in about all of this. on days like this, with stories that give me a headache, a heartache and a stomachache, i m lucky to have a good panel. ben white, politico. and christine quinn, vice chair of the new york state democratic party and former new york city council speaker. ben, i m no political expert. i don t know any additional information from kavanaugh or ford. i understand options.
danger. according to a new poll, half of americans think the u.s. is in real danger of becoming a non-democratic authoritarian country. the poll continues. 8 in 10 americans say they re either very or somewhat concerned about the condition of our democracy. donnie deutsche joins the conversation. i ve been reading polls my whole career. i ve never seen a poll on democracy in america that shows that many americans think our democracy is in decline. i texted you this morning that after the supreme court ruling, i got a stomachache. what happened today is sump a stunning exclamation point of why 50% should be worried and the over 50% should stay up and pay attention. our president basically has the latitude now in the name of national security to make any decision he wants. that s what that supreme court ruling said to me. that s the justification. we know where he came from, we
filipino passengers. they were letting them out safely? yup. this went very well with the song i had in my mind. i have to believe. i have to believe. then rezaq asked for fuel. no fuel was brought. he said, if you don t bring fuel, i will kill a passenger every 15 minutes. my concern was that the maltese would refuel the plane. so strong representations were made to the malta government not to refuel the plane, not to allow the plane to leave. they let out a group of, i don t know, between 10 to 20. then they said, one israeli, come to the front. exactly like they said about the others. since nitzan was sitting more close to the aisle, i said to her, go. i was sure they were going to release us. she said, i can t. i can t. i have a headache and a stomachache. you go. i said, okay. they called us. somebody has to go. i went out. and i stood on the platform.
no fuel was brought. he said, if you don t bring fuel, i will kill a passenger every 15 minutes. my concern was that the maltese would refuel the plane. so strong representations were made to the malta government not to refuel the plane, not to allow the plane to leave. they let out a group of, i don t know, between 10 to 20. then they said, one israeli, come to the front. exactly like they said about the others. since nitzan was sitting more close to the aisle, i said to her, go. i was sure they were going to release us. she said, i can t. i have a headache and a stomachache. you go. i said, okay. they called us. somebody has to go. i went out. and i stood on the platform. there was a hijacker standing in front of me with a mask on his face. he started raising up his hand with a pistol.