later saying he believes kavanaugh was not fit. he s seen incredible opposition from the washington post, the editorial he board which has not opposed a supreme court nominee, liberal or conservative dating back to 1987 with bork. and of the justices pick, four were nom flayed by president who first and the slim majority of senators who said they would vote to confirm judge kavanaugh represents tens of millions fewer than the minority of senators who voted to reject him. will the supreme court, now mirror the country it serves? certainly it doesn t when you look at the makeup, but it does it does highlight the stakes in you re elections. in the 2016 election, there were democrats that did not feel particularly motor investigated.
police department. mr. kavanaugh was not arrested, but the police report stated that a 21-year-old man accused mr. kavanaugh of throwing ice on him for some unknown reason. a witness to the fight said that chris dudley, a yale basketball player who is friends with mr. kavanaugh then threw a glass that hit the 21-year-old man in the ear, according to the police report. the report said that the victim was bleeding from the right ear and was later treated at a local hospital. mr. dudley denied the allegation, according to the report, but for his part, speaking to the officers, mr. kavanaugh did not want to say if he threw the ice or not. the police report said. the police report referred to the altercation, which occurred at a ball called demery s as an assault. it did not say whether anyone was arrested, and there is no indication that charges were filed. the times also reporting tonight that chad luddington, who first described this incident said he has been in touch with the fbi.
forward, devoid of policy, a train wreck over on the house side. both the house and the senate intelligence committees are supposed to investigate russian meddling in the last election as well as political collusion between the trump campaign and moscow. and the house committee is on hold while chairman devin nunes is facing collusion with the white house itself, claiming to giver president trump cover on his claim that the obama administration wiretapped him. it s really a tantalizing piece of information from ryan lizza who first wrote about it for the new yorker. it s an important piece of the information that adds to the timeline of what chairman nunes did last week that s brought the house intelligence committee to a halt. and it also adds to the suspicion that nunes colluded in some way with the white house,
attacks on police, there was one other story that managed to break through a there was one other story that managed to break through all the election coverage in a big way, and it came at the olympic games in rio this summer. across competition, americansic were a shining example of athletic excellence, earning 121 metals, 46 of which were gold. but at the end, that became overshadowed by a bizarre incident. at a rio gas station that involves four u.s. swimmers, including ryan lochte, who first explained the event like this. they pulled out their guns. they told us to get down on the ground. we got down on the ground. i was like, we didn t do anything d wrong. so i am not getting down on the ground. this guy pulled out his gun. he put it to my forehead, and he said get down. i put my hands up. i said whatever.n. he took our money, he took my
this week was the women s bobsled competition. the u.s. teams won silver and bronze. one of the silver medalist lauren williams started pushing a sled just six months ago. and the thing is the rest of the team is a lot like her. reporter: lauren williams is a sprinter with medals on the track. she was recruited for team usa in bobsled by lolo jones, who first made a splash as an olympic hurdler. she took up bobsled just two years ago. there s a college softball star and five from the track including williams and jones. two women with nfl players in the family, bronze medalist, her brother is a defensive tackle with the vikings. her father and cousin were major league baseball players. you saw six women. none of them took up the sport