Well, not as influential as advisers like mike pompeo, haley won praise for her polished public performances and being one of the if few influential highprofile women in h Donald Trumps circle. Fresh off the kavanaugh battle with four weeks to go before the midterm election, polls show democrats have a clear advantage with female voters. That places an enormous amount of pressure on the administration to replace one of its most public women with another woman. Here to help us answer what happens next, some of our favorite reporters and friends. Jonathan swan, National Political reporter for axios who first broke this story today. The washington post, white house reporter, ashley parker. And senior political reporter, aaron blake. With us on set, ben rhodes. Alice jordan, a former aide in the george w. Bush white house and state department and cohost of the fabulous new podcast, words matter. Jonathan, let me start with you since you broke this news. Take us through the mornings events.
Requesting the fbi investigate her allegations before the Senate Judiciary Committee Members hold a hearing saying, quote, professor blasey ford, quote, has been the target of vicious harassment and even Death Threats and as a result of these kind of threats her family was forced to relocate out of her home. Her email has been hacked, and shes been impersonated online. Theres no indication that an fbi investigation into her claims will happen, but many say that investigation should happen including anita hill. The hearing questions need to have a frame, and the investigation is the best frame for that. Six days is not enough for the senators who probably know very little about these climkinds of claims. Its not enough to inform themselves. Were going to discuss this through the course of the hour. Following the president who is touring South Carolina now nbc news from outside cherry point, the Marine Corps Air station in North Carolina where the president started. Hans . Reporter ali,
Night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 615 of the Trump Administration. And tonight there are two new allegations of Sexual Misconduct against this Supreme Court nominee, federal judge Brett Kavanaugh. That would bring the total number of allegations to five. We are now less than 12 hours away from a potentially gamechanging hae, judge kavanaugh and dr. Chris about ian ford who accused him of Sexual Assault, will appear separately before the senate squ ruche and the ace. Cav taug has denied that allegation as well as one from deborah ramirez. Today nbc news is reporting that the Judiciary Committee is investigating a previously unreported allegation of misconduct against kavanaugh. According to an anonymous complaint sent to republican Senator Cory Gardner of colorado kavanaugh if is a socialized with in the washington, d. C. Area in 1998 when was inebriated. The committee has released the anonymous letter in which the author writes th
Wave of Voter Suppression efforts by republicanled states around the country aim ee eed e squarely at students and those people are color. Excluding americans in north dakota, black College Students in texas and in georgia, becoming ground zero for Voter Suppression efforts, the republican candidate for Governor Brian Kemp who just happens to also be the georgia secretary of state is pulling out all the stops to keep potential voters for Stacey Abrams away from the polls. Kemps tactic for Voter Suppression is called exact match. According to a new a. P. Investigation, exact match has been used to stall the Voter Registration applications of some 53,000 voters in georgia. Kemp is now being sued by a coalition of Civil Rights Group who say he is violating whats left of the Voting Rights act. The group says that 80 of the stalled applications can submitted by africanamerican americans, latinos and asianamericans suggesting voters of color are being targeted. Last night on all in i spoke w
Yes, its sunday night, dont adjust your sets. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Were less than a day and a half away from the first polls opening on election day. I know youve heard people saying this, but the truth is, this could be the most important midterms of our lifetime. If you thought things could get better, if you thought the rhetoric would get toned down, well, nobody really thought that would happen. And it didnt. So while President Trump has doubled down on his strategy of fearmongering and trying to divide us, its beginning to sound, well, like even he has some doubts about the strategy working. About a month ago, two months ago i was hearing about this horrendous blue wave, its going to sweep us all out, its going to be terrible. I havent heard the term blue wave. But you better get out and vote otherwise im going to look very bad with this statement. Its been another day of lies, lies, lies. The president repeating his new favorite lie, falsely claiming that democrats