have a problem delaying sentencing because flynn has been assisting the special counsel s investigation. flynn s team says their client is eager to proceed with sentencing in order to bring an end to the process. both sides are required to provide an update on possible sentencing dates or delay by late august. and house majority whip steve scalise is defending congressman jim jordan amid accusations that jordan knew about alleged sexual abuse while he was an ohio state wrestling coach but did nothing about it. in a statement to cnn, congressman scalise says, i have always known jim jordan to be honest, and i m confident he would stand up for his athletes just like he has always stood up for what s right. i m glad jim is committed to working with the investigators to see that the full truth comes out and justice is served. congressman jordan tells cnn he s working to set up a time to speak with investigators. yesterday six coaches came
stand by, we re going to go to capitol hill. the judiciary chairman chuck grassley is meeting right now with supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. i m just going to make a short statement. i m not going to take any questions. obviously our nominee will not take any questions. but i ve just had a pleasant conversation with judge kavanaugh. he and i have not interacted a lot in our lifetimes. so meeting with him is very important. he s a respected jurist with outstanding opinions that i think are going to be [ inaudible ]. we re going to have a thorough process. hopefully we can get it done
their families. the others, the government says, is just not going to be possible to do today. that will be discussed in court. but the bigger issue that will be discussed in court, what about the thousands of kids over 5 that need to be reunited with their parents? the judge in california going to basically work out a process because the trump administration doesn t have one for how that is going to happen. lawyers for the aclu that brought this suit want a truncated process, two, three days with existing documents, fingerprints, maybe if necessary dna tests. the trump administration says, no, we have to have these people treated like unaccompanied minors. that process could take a month, perhaps two. dana? miguel, thank you so much for that update. appreciate it. back here with the panel, look, this is about as difficult as it gets. but it bears repeating as much as we can, the immediate deadline, these are children 5
it really has it all proceeds president trump. i think president trump has given that up and said, help me decide this, and i don t think he cares that much about it as long as it pleases the people who voted for him, which it does. that s so true. this is a very labor-intensive, long game plan among conservative lawyers and conservative groups. i mean, decades, a generation plus. it s bearing fruit right now. that s no small thing. and also, i think it s worth noting that kavanaugh is a guy who gets this process. this is someone who had a first career as a political operative. i thought that really came through during his speech, right. he understands he needs to get up there. he clearly has decided he was going to sprinkle his remarks with a lot of references to his support for the women in his life because he understands the political dynamics as well as anyone. i think the biggest risk to him might be the president, might be president trump coming out and saying something tha
this would explain why some of our colleagues found eager to turn judicial confirmations into something like political elections. as for the handful of key senators whose votes will make or break the nomination, we re we re hearing a lot of them say they re going to keep an open mind. cnn s phil mattingly joins me now from the hill. phil, you ve been talking to senators and their aides. wh what have you been hearing, anything surprising, or is it standard partisan fare? reporter: a little more of the latter. maybe equal parts how this process has devolved. obviously real and significant stakes that are at play here. also how everybody telegraphed how they were going to be. senator mitch mcconnell, who was very deeply involved behind the scenes throughout this process. we knew where he was going to be as well. the key is really those kind of