A look at the days news and headlines. At low containment. Bill its a big job. Probably something we deal with all week. Thank you live in redding, california. Sandra President Trump raising the stakes in the battle over the border wall threatening to shut down the government if he doesnt get the funding he has been demanding. The President Firing off this warning a short time ago tweeting quote, i would be willing to shut down government if the democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security. Which includes the wall. Must get rid of lottery, Catch And Release, etc. And go to system of immigration based on merit. We need great people coming into our country. Doug mcelway live at the white house this morning. Doug, an interesting tactic to see a republican president embracing the prospects of a Government Shutdown. It sure is. History has shown that whenever there has been a Government Shutdown in the past it is the Republican Party that takes the blame for it and in the aftermath of that tweet which you read from the president
democrats are setting the stage again to place blame on another Government Shutdown. The shutdown would be very bad news for the country. Total disruption and i think it would be a very bad idea for republicans going into the november elections. But many Congressional Republicans are also of the mind that Government Shutdown would be very bad for their party. Lets hope not. I think hopefully most of the Appropriation Bills will be passed. A little better prioritization spending. I dont like playing shutdown politics. I dont think it would be helpful. Lets try to avoid it. The president isnt buying that. He doubled down on it firing off a new tweet since the one you just read. His new tweet is we must have Border Security, get rid of chain, lottery, Catch And ReleaseSanctuary Cities and merit based immigration and protect Law Enforcement and ice and keep building but much
faster the wall. His strategy is, it is a crisis that does not exist outside the beltway. Your average american will get along just fine with a Government Shutdown. Social security checks will go out. There is some time before this becomes a really pressing issue. Congress has to come to some agreement on a spending bill by september 30th. Then again that puts them right up against the Midterm Elections. Sandra the president s Team Punching back after these accusations from his former lawyer Michael Cohen. Whats the latest with that . Michael cohen is taking a royal beating from the president s inner circle, from the president s lts ever since he released the recording of the two men portraying him as a man who will say or do anything to stay out of jail including doctoring that tape. President is very surprised which indicates he didnt know about this. Chosen better. He will get on firmed with democratic votes. Bill lets bring in byron york, good day to you on a monday late july. You say this marks a new phase. Explain. Up until now no democrat has even asked kavanaugh to come talk in his office. Today kavanaugh will be meeting with joe manchin who is the first democrat to speak to him. As always with these cases, it just comes down to the numbers. There are 51 republicans in the senate. If senator Mccain Cannot vote thats 50. Republicans do not have anybody they can lose and still confirm Brett Kavanaugh. That is where some of the democrats come in. Senator manchin and senator heitkamp and senator donnelly from indiana voted for neil gorsuch last year. Theyre now up for reelection in states that donald trump won
really big, 40 points in West Virginia, 30 plus in north dakota, 15 points in indiana. So the question for those democrats is going to be, you voted for neil gorsuch. Why would you vote against Brett Kavanaugh . Bill they have a calculation to make. A political equation. What do you think they do . I think some of them vote for Brett Kavanaugh. It will be very difficult for them to say that i voted for neil gorsuch but maybe this nomination is so consequential that ill vote against it. Senator schumer is really asking these senators just dont come out and say anything. Be quiet, keep your powder dry, and give us the democrats time to try to build a case against Brett Kavanaugh. I think youll see these
democrats who voted for gorsuch, i think youll see them stay pretty quiet until we get much closer. Bill schumer is saying this on screen deliberately selective request leaves out what may be the most important thing in kavanaughs record is white house Staff Secretary. What are republicans hiding in judge kavanaughs record. He worked in the Bush White House for three years. This is a real interesting part of his career. He hasnt always been a judge. From 2003 to 2006 he was the Staff Secretary for the white house, which is a big job. It basically organizes all of the paper that gets in front of the president. And democrats are going to try to argue that kavanaugh had a role in controversial bushera decisions like enhanced interrogations and war powers and signing statements. They will want to go into all these things and hang anything they dont like around his neck. And basically republicans are going to say forget about it. Bill rob portman said there could be a million documents. Good luck with that. Byron, thank you. Well see where it goes today. Big meeting and joe manchins readout later today. Whats coming up . Sandra a lot more from Harvard Law ProfessorAlan Dershowitz. Well get his take at the top of the hour. Bill trying to get kavanaugh through by october 1 thats the schedule mcconnell set up. Right now theyre on track. Looking forward to dershowitz next hour. Rudy giuliani not pulling any punches with the president s former attorney Michael Cohen. Now ive listened unfortunately, fortunately from my clients Point Of View to many hours of tapes and the man is a Pathological Manipulator, liar. Bill in moments why the Trump Legal Team say they think why they believe Michael Cohen is a reliable witness. Sandra President Trump reigniting his feud with the New York Times this time taking aim at the papers publisher. Howie kurtz is on deck with that story. Bill Vice President mike pence says he is honored to be a part of the Arrival Ceremony for our nations bravest from the korean war. What it could signal for the talks to come. He came home with a medal on his chest but my dad who has gone now 30 years, raised us to understand that he always thought the heroes of the korean war were the ones who didnt get to come home. My moms pain from
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that we had in north korea, we had other countries under the u. N. Flag fighting as well and we have north korean soldiers killed and chinese soldiers killed. Our people here are the best in the world in hawaii who do this as part of the defense p. O. W. , mia agency and identifying remains since the vietnam war. They will go through painstaking detail to do the best they possibly can to determine actually who these remains are. Bill chairman kim, there is a piece in the Wall Street Journal, has characterized himself in a different way for his own people showing himself to be focused on domestic policy. What would that suggest in the grand scheme here . Kim is out running around the country, uncharacteristically so, since the six or seven years he has been there as the chancellor, he has been chairman, excuse me. He only visits military sites. And what he has been out doing is going to workplaces, factories and what he is seeing
is poor conditions, a lack of modern machinery, rundown conditions in the sense that the place isnt even clean and certainly if he is dealing with his own Working Class people he is seeing people undernourished. Thats in stark contrast for the exposure he had in singapore out looking at the Entertainment Side of Downtown Singapore and seeing results of the thriving economy. He has been talking, since january, about a strategic shift. That strategic shift implies moving away from Nuclear Power to economic power. To wanting to do something about his country. The more he is doing things like this and actually taking time to understand what is happening and possibly what the solutions are, those are positive steps. It doesnt mean he will totally
organization that dont like any part of this. There is a lot going on in north koreas leadership as well. Well see what turns out. Bill thank you, sir, for being here. Sandra new details emerging about missing iowa student who disappeared almost two weeks ago. What were now learning about the search for Mollie Tibbetts. Were live with the details next. Plus the president of turkey now defiant after the u. S. Threatened steep sanctions if he continues to detain an american pastor. Will the administration succeed in securing his release . Pastor Andrew Brunson should be freed and allowed to return to his family, to his home, to his church and his nation in the United States of america. Bill the turkish president pushing back saying his country wont back down. We await announcement from Jeff Sessions on religious freedom. Were watching for that and any possible news on pastor Andrew Brunson. Here is the Vice President talking about his case. President trump and i have engaged president erdogan and the turkish government directly to release pastor Andrew Brunson and send him home. The negotiations have been on going and continuous. Home arrest is not good enough. The United States of america is prepared to bring sanctions against turkey until pastor Andrew Brunson is freed. Bill a. G. Sessions there in a moment. Well monitor that for development and headlines from the Justice Department today. Sandra new developments in the case of this missing iowa student. Investigators saying Mollie Tibbetts may have returned to her boyfriends house after her jog on the night she disappeared. Matt finn is live in chicago with details about the new evidence. What are we learning . 20yearold Mollie Tibbetts vanished july 18th around the same time she went for a jog. Now her family says she might have made it back to her boyfriends house that day. Meaning she didnt disappear while on the jog. Family members told a local news station about the new information over the weekend but so far authorities have not released a new version of their timeline. Tibbetts was staying at her boyfriends house at the time of her disappearance to watch his dogs as he was at a Construction Job 100 miles northeast. The boyfriend said he was alarmed and called family and friends when he found out Tibbetts Didnt Show up to work or respond to one of his text
messages. Tibbetts father is pleading for information. It doesnt matter what were going through. We just need people to think, if somebody knows something and they dont even know its important. We can get mollie back, we have to have somebody call. Tibbetts aunt did an interview where she says its not true her niece was running in a corn field when she went missing. Sandra the young woman is an avid runner. She usually wore a fit bit which might help investigators . It might give investigators a ton of data including her gps and location on heart rate and her social media accounts might also confirm she did return to her boyfriends house the day she went missing on july 18th. Sandra well continue following this story closely. Bill in the meantimePresident Trumps nominee for the Supreme CourtBrett Kavanaugh set to hold the first meeting with a democratic senator. Why this sitdown could have big implications for the battle over his confirmation on the hill. Sandra Justice Ruth Bader ginsberg is speaking out about her future on the bench. What she is saying about her retirement. Bill and the war of words ratcheting up between President Trumps current and former attorneys back and forth they go. Now ive listened to many, many hours of tapes and the man is a Pathological Manipulator, liar. Optimistic. He has a proven record. Thats what the president made this nomination about. Thats the message well carry to the senate. We remain confident that before the fall is out, judge Bret Kavanaugh will about Justice Brett cavanaugh. Sandra judge Andrew Napolitano joining us. Good Monday Morning to you. Administration, the Vice President sounding very optimistic about the Confirmation Process. Should they be . Yes, i think they should be. It seems that the republicans are supporting judge kavanaugh. Look, there is a little bit of concern on the part of Senators Collins and murcowski about his attitude about Roe Versus Wade and then on the other end there is concern by senators lee and paul about his attitude about ive spoken with them about domestic spying. I think he has overcome their concerns so the only real republican concerns are
senators murcowski and collins. If they come along no democratic votes are needed. That makes it easy for senator manchin, senator heitkamp, senator mccaskill. These are democrats running against strong republicans for reelection in states that the president carried handily two years ago to vote in favor of judge kavanaugh there by removing the kavanaugh issue from their electoral contest. Sandra the meeting with joe manchin. Thats significant. Schumer has asked them not to meet with judge kavanaugh because the white house is refusing a category of documents that the democrats have requested and those documents concern the legal advice that then lawyer Brett Kavanaugh gave to then president george w. Bush wh