With the special counsel back in february. He agreed to cooperate fully with muellers prosecutors. Tonight, the times reports on an apparent attempt by rick gates to help the trump president ial bid, potentially via a campaign of social media manipulation and intelligence gathering. Were going to be joined by one of the reporters on that big story in just a moment. But we begin tonight here. It is done. This weekend after being confirmed by an historically narrow 5048 in the United States senate, Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the newest justice of the Supreme Court. He was sworn in immediately before anything else could happen. And then this evening he got a formal installation ceremony at the white house with donald trump and a bunch of his conservative friends. It was 89 days from kavanaughs nomination to his confirmation on saturday. 89 long, long days. Brett kavanaughs nomination was not the longest nomination battle in recent history. If you set aside for a moment the Merrick Ga
The most anticipated nights in the ultimate fighting championship overshadowed by a fight that happened outside the ring. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im George Howell. The cnn newsroom starts right now. At 5 01 on the u. S. East coast, the u. S. Supreme court now has nine members with a narrow confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as an associate justice. On this vote, the ayes are 50, the nays are 48. The nomination of brett m. Kavanaugh of maryland to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is confirmed. And with his family looking on, kavanaugh was officially sworn into the role. The final senate vote 5048. The closest for the High Court Since 1881. The Supreme Court will now lean to the right, more conservative in the foreseeable future. Republicans are thrilled. Taking a victory lap. A good day for america. And an important day for the senate. We stood up for the
Married to Jared Kushner have denied there was any influence from the top. Did you tell anyone in the white house i dont think i have the authority to do that. Im not sure i do. I wouldnt i wouldnt do it. The president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husbands clearance, zero. What were the problems early on . There werent any. So no special treatment . No. And abbey lowell kushners attorney was way ahead of both of them, heres what he told cnn last year, it was downgraded and then restored. Who made the decision to restore his security clearance . How did that happen . The Intelligence Community and the fbi. It happened in the normal course, it happened the way it happens for thousands of people. There was nobody in the political process that had anything to do with it. There was nobody who pressured it. It was just done the normal, regular way. Asha rangappa is a legal and National Security analysis and bradley moss is an attorney who specializes in security cleara