Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you. We will get to the Supreme Court battle in a moment. First, we want to show you what is happening in indonesia right now. Aerial footage into cnn overnight of a devastating earthquake and tsunami and the effect. Its killed more than 800 people. Rescue workers are digging through the debris. Youre looking at pictures of a hotel right now and its just a pile of rubble now. Dozens of people are still thought to be trapped underneath. We will take you live to asia later this morning. We do want to start with the latest on the battle over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the Sexual Assault allegations against him. A new fbi Background Investigation happening now, President Trump says nothing will be off limits. There has never been anybody that has been looked at like judge kavanaugh. I think that its going to work out very well. But the fbi, i believe, is doing a really great job. They h
Suggesting last year secretly recording the president and even invoking something called the 25th amendment to remove the president from office entirely. We have you covered on all of these fastmoving developments with mike emanuel, the latest on that hearing, if it ever comes to pass and blake burman on the charges back and forth at the white house that the president is not letting pass. We begin with mike. Mike . Neil, good afternoon to you. Senate judiciary leaders hope to have a response by the end of the day from fords attorneys and whether she will show up. Lets take a look at the key points from the republican counter offer. A wednesday hearing when she was requesting a thursday hearing. Outside counsel would handle the questions instead of senators. Professor ford would go first and judge kavanaugh would have an opportunity to respond. Dianne feinstein of california is not impressed saying republicans should show a little compassion, not to mention consideration that she will n
Jessica schneider is at the white house. Jeff zeleny is at the white house. Ruling this morning that the president does in fact have brought powers to enact this version of the travelano protect navl security. The chief justice, john roberts, who wrote this opinion putting it quite plainly the proclamation is squarely within the scope of president ial authority. The chief justice also seemed to dismiss many of the president s comments that came before he took office, where on the campaign trail he called for a muslim ambulance, saying the proclamation was neutral on its face and that the president s words before he became president does not erase his authority under Immigration Law and the constitution to enact this travel ban. Of course there were four justices who dissented in this. A few of them issuing fiery dissents. Two justices read their dissents from the bench. Justices brier as well as sotomayor. Reading from the bench is an extraordinary move that shows just how much they di
Of the storm. He was off on the facts. Is this his best offense for kavanaugh or was he just being offensive . Imagine being Christine Ford and her family and hearing the president pillaring you. Her sister is here. Hopefully the president will be watching and hear how his words landed. And wait until you hear what the democrats are suggesting about some of Brett Kavanaughs background checks. What is it and why is it just coming out now . Time to find out. Lets get after it. All right. So, the fbi report on kavanaugh could be sent to the white house, then capitol hill. Could happen any minute. We are being told that senators are expected to start being able to read it at 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow. So if it werent for my next guest, there may not have been a timeout, a time for more analysis by the fbi, for more information before a full senate vote. He is senator chris coons, democrat on the Judiciary Committee joining me now. Its odd to see you without jeff flake standing next to you. It is
President pillaring you. Her sister is here. Hopefully the president will be watching and hear how his words landed. And wait until you hear what the democrats are suggesting about some of Brett Kavanaughs background checks. What is it and why is it just coming out now . Time to find out. Lets get after it. All right. So, the fbi report on kavanaugh could be sent to the white house, then capitol hill. Could happen any minute. We are being told that senators are expected to start being able to read it at 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow. So if it werent for my next guest, there may not have been a timeout, a time for more analysis by the fbi, for more information before a full senate vote. He is senator chris coons, democrat on the Judiciary Committee joining me now. Its odd to see you without jeff flake standing next to you. It is. It is, chris. Jeff and i have had an interesting couple of days. Weve done quite a few interviews together. Good. And i am grateful for the step that senator flake took