to prepare for the senate this week. judge kavanaugh is expecting those tough questions and is going through the murder board preparations and senate sources say democrat are expected to grill kavanaugh on his views regarding the separation of powers, voting rights and about his work in the bush white house as a top lawyer. more than anything, democrats are expected to focus on kavanaugh s views of presidential power which senator dick durbin discussed on fox news sunday. there is a serious question as to whether this president, given the opportunity, will end the mueller investigation and we ask of course judge kavanaugh what do you think and he says it s hands off when it comes to a president during his term in office. i think that s a mistake and it s one of the major reasons people have misgiving bought his nomination. reporter: based on the mock hearings over the last few days, administration officials say they are confident judge brett kavanaugh will shine in confirmation hea
questions. these hearings are expected to be particularly brutal because democrats know this could be their last chance to block offkavanaugh from the high court. republicans will have a 51 seat imagmajority. they re expecting some democrats to support kavanaugh as well. democrats failed to delay the hearings. the new goal is to force the judge to make a mistake and commit a gaffe of some sort in his answers that can use to pick off support. on fox news sunday, senator lindsey graham said he is confident that won t happen bees he expects to see political grandstanding by democrats who are eyeing potential runs in 2020. we re going to have a hearing, there s no drama in this hearing, the only drama is those running for president, how will they handle the hearing on the democratic side. we re going to get this good man confirmed. reporter: kavanaugh is expected to face tough questions. he s been going through tough hearings known as murder boards
i m two minutes, literally, from hershey pennsylvania and we lost the plant to mexico quite a few years back. that plant should be here. there was a lot of sorrow over those jobs not being here where they belong in hershey, pennsylvania. leland: we ll see if they come back with the president s new deal, if he gets it with canada and obviously what s happened with mexico. r.j., it s always good to see you, my friend. thank you. my pleasure. thanks for having me on. leland: gillian. gillian: president trump is doubling down on a tax against special counsel mueller s russia investigation. lanny davis is speaking to fox news about his work and his client, president trump s former attorney and fixer, michael cohen. molly henenburg has the latest. reporter: long dark time washington insider and democratic lawyer lanny davis says it wasn t tensional, intentional, it wasn t a lie, it was, quote, a mistake. he s talking about his role as
sure. reporter: president trump has said repeatedly that he did not know about that meeting in advance. here s what davis, again, as michael cohen s lawyer, said today about whether trump knew. i can t tell you what mr. cohen has told me except i can say to you that i m not sure he did and that it requires additional reporting and i m not sure he did not. reporter: cnn says it s sticking by its reporting on this story. president trump says cnn refuses to, quote, admit the mistake. and michael cohen pled guilty in august to campaign finance violations, tax evasion and other charges. gillian. gillian: thanks for that, molly. leland. leland. leland: just about an hour from now the private memorial service starts at the u.s. naval academy for senator john mccain. mccain will be buried there with military honors.
because now s the perfect time to learn more. go long. welcome back. let s turn to a presidential vocabulary lesson. whenill clin told us the definition of the word is. this new lawyer is trying to rewrite the dictionary when the president and his team is caught in a li it is just recollections are evolving. or it wasn t a lie, it was a mistake. the mistake at hand? jay sekulow and press secretary sarah sanders say the president