Weekly news commentary and features from the editors of the Wall Street Journals editorial page. Weekly news commentary and features from the editors of the Wall Street Journals editorial page. Weekly news commentary and features from the editors of the Wall Street Journals editorial page. Later. Would you say that all of this now can be attributed to the decisions made in washington by the president . I think whats fair to say is that as they move along and move further away from the obama administration, were more than 18 months in, its harder to democrats to make that case. At this point, you see how democrats have talked a lot about other issues, talking a lot about health care, thats their main issue right now, especially as they chug toward the Brett Cavanaugh confirmation. The democrats are talking about health care, talking about russia, talking about issues that arent the economy. Thats something that the republicans have in their back pockest. As long as the economy is moving forward, this tariff issue could slow them down but well have to wait and see about that you mentionemention julie you mentioned the democrats are talking about health care. It was supposed to be repealed and replaced. That didnt happen. That was a huge disappointment for the Trump Administration. They moved on to taxes. They won there. Wide range of topics, including the economy, tariffs, the gop strategy for the midterms and confirming Brett Kavanaugh, democrats have been trying to block that and the Vice President s planned trip to hawaii to receive the remains of americans killed in the korean war, that is tomorrow, 10 00 eastern on fox news channel. Mike the Trump Administration said they met the deadline to meet families left at the border. The administration can confirm they reunified all eligible parents in i. C. E. Custody with children. The administration continues to comply in good faith with the courts request while protecting the safety and wellbeing of all children in our care. Garrett teny is live in washington. Hello, garrett. Reporter Immigration Activists and democratic lawmakers argue the administration have not met the deadline. More than 700 children are still separated from their parents. Those parents have not been
reunified with their children because they are not eligible for reunification due to a variety of reasons. Some have a criminal record. 120 parents chose not to be reunited with their children. More than 400 have already been deported. This morning the aclu tweeted some 463 parents were deported without their children and the government isnt even trying to reunite them. We will not back down real donald trump, you are responsible for fixing the crisis you made. Dhs denies the allegation, saying the administration will continue to make every effort to reunify eligible adults with their children. In a court filing this week, lawyers with the aclu said some parents were misled by the government and never meant to let their kids rather, never meant to leave their children here in the United States when they left but the former Acting Director of i. C. E. Told Shannon Bream this week that for some of these parents, leaving their kids in the United States was likely part of the goal all along. Some of these people had left the United States without their children, chose to leave the United States without their children because they basically got what they wanted, they got their child to the United States to live with relatives, get an american education, take advantage of the Social System and be the next Daca Applicant in 10 years. Reporter while the Administration Says they plan to continue to work towards reunifying all of the separated children, at this point it has not given any kind of time line for when it plans to have that done. Mike . Mike garrett, thanks a lot. Julie a fox news alert now. Two massive wildfires on the right of your screen, raging in california. There is one in the south and another one in the northern part of the state, thats called the car fire with the flames already destroying 500 structures. This fire is scary to us. Its something we havent seen before in the city. If you hear an Evacuation Order on your phone, home phone or cell phone or if you see an officer on p. A. Telling you to
get out of there, please get out of there. Julie jeff paul is live in idlewild with the lat latest. Reporter were right inside the containment lines in the town of idlewild. You can see the firefighters out here, mopping up the few remaining hot spots in this particular area. Investigators say this particular fire, the scranton fire, was started as a result of arson but is now at 17 containment as crews start to gain up ther hand. Further up north, in redding, california, the car fire remains a huge threat. Its killed a Bulldozer Operator and a local firefighter. Some families are reporting theyre missing loved ones. Redding police have received 90 phone calls regarding missing people. Most have been resolved. They tell us right now theyre looking into reports of 16 missing people. That number is very fluid. As far as damage, the fire has burned more than 80,000 acres and is only 5 contained. 367,00367,000 37,000 people e under Evacuation Orders. The fire is threatening 5,000 structures. The wildfires are becoming the new normal. What were seeing not just here in this county but literally statewide fires that are growing exponentially. Were averaging 45 to 50 fires a day throughout california. Reporter back here further south in idlewild, crews say they seem to have a good handle on the kranston fire. They are dropping water on remaining trouble spots. Weve seen a lot of firefighters moving around as they look to find more important areas that need their help. Coming back out here live, you see crews are in the mopup state. They tell us they conditions to get worse expect conditions to get worse. That means the wind is starting to pick um. Theyre trying to douse the embers, make them go out. Once the wind picks up, basically tiny little fires in the air and once that hits some dry vegetation, of course its dry and a hot out here, those fires can start again. Julie . Julie jeff paul, thank you very much. Mike a deadly fire at motel in michigan killing a mother and her five children. Several others were injured including first responders. It happened this morning in Benton Harbor in the southwest part of the state. The cause of that blaze under investigation. Julie red state Democratic Senators to meet with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ahead of the nomination hearing. Why are breaking with party why are they breaking with Party Leadership . Our Political Panel will debate, next. We are on the moral side of history. If a president can say hey, i can do anything i want to do,
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have refused to meet with him as they ramp up efforts to get all his documents from his past jobs. Chuck schumer is taking his request for documents directly to george w. Bush who kavanaugh served under for five years. Lets bring in john thomas, founder and president Of Thomas Partner Strategies and michael toddman, former senior aid to democratic senator Chuck Schumer. Great to see you. Thanks for being here. Thank you. Good to be here. Mike democrats continue to for more of judge kavanaughs documents and Chuck Schumer wrote to george w. Bush yesterday saying i believe that making judge kavanaughs complete record public is consistent with your commitment to transparency and is strongly in the Public Interest while the country may be divided on whether judge kavanaugh should join the Supreme Court, there ought to be no disagreement on whether the process that leads to a Confirmation Vote should be a fair and impartial one. What do you make of that play . A very smart tactical play by a very smart democratic leader. I dont say that because i used to work for him. Its smart politics and smart poll civil im sure theyll get a lot of angry calls and tweets about this. While Public Disclosure especially for something as important as the Supreme Court confirmation process is important, and vital for the Public Policy and public conversation, i think the nominees role in the white house as a Staff Secretary controlling and managing and overseeing the flow of paper into the oval office is an Executive Function and not a judicial function which is what is going to be deliberated here. However, lets have the conversation, lets see what it produces. Mike president bush is backing judge kavanaughs nomination. Is that outreach a sign of desperation . First of all, im in absolute shock that michael and i agree on something here. This is a move of desperation by the democrats t to stonewall and
end up stopping confirmation of trumps Supreme Court pick. They cant assassinate his character. They cant assassinate his impeccable record as a judge. So what do they do . They try to come up with procedural hiccups. The reality is, like michael said, being a Staff Secretary in the white house is a very important position but, look, you are pushing paper and millions of pieces of paper. Youre not issuing opinions. Look, i think this is a stonewalling tactic. I think at continued of the day, those three Senate Democrats that are in Trump Country are going to end up folding. If they go against this Supreme Court pick, that will cost them the reelect. Mike we know joe donnelly and joe mansion are going to meet with judge kavanaugh. How difficult will it be for Leader Schumer to keep the red state democrats from supporting judge kavanaugh. Red state democrats are in a pee cure yall situation here
pepee strange situation here. It depends on the issues around the states priorities and issues. Its noteworthy. Its significant that red state democrats are meeting the nominee. I think ultimately two or three of them will vote for the nominee. It was always going to play out this way, the heat and the energy of the Democratic Party. Let me just say, the Democratic Party is not just one thing. Its a lot of different ideologies, its a lot of different priorities. Its a lot of different approaches towards politics and government. So to say that Democratic Party is not a monolithic thing. A lot of the heat and energy is on the far left with the activists. Thats different than what were seeing with red state democrats. This was always going to happen. Ism happy to im happy to discuss it. Mike it would seem to be a tricky spot for Leader Schumer, if the democrats lose in
november, he becomes further away from becoming majority leader, right, john . The democrats are between a rock and a rock. Theyre dammed if they do, dammed if they dont. The heat of the Democratic Party is so far to the left that its essentially the nomination of judge kavanaugh to them is like nominating hitler. Right . So the base is saying that these democrats cant vote to nominate. On the other hand, i think one thing we know and im sure michael will agree with me, at the end of the day tigses care about one politicians care about one thing and one thing only, themselves. I think self press preservatiol win out. I think theyre going to play a cat and mouse game. The other key wrinkle here is the confirmation isnt likely to actually happen until the month of october. Thats right before the critical midterm vote. This may be the last thing thats on voters minds before they walk into Polling Booths in some of the critical states. President bush is a different republican than President Trump. I think appealing to that Sense Ability and that part of american recent history is an interesting contrast between the two. Mike the republicans ive been speaking to on capitol hill sound very happy, they dont believe democrats have been able to do anything to damage kavanaughs nomination. Is his confirmation pretty much inevitable, michael . Nothing is done until its didnt done. I would think ultimately the nominee is confirmed. I think along the way a lot of important Policy Discussions and a lot of important political positions and narratives are going to be advanced. Some i believe very successfully. Because the no nomination is liy to be successful, doesnt mean the conversations along the way cant be fruitful and cant be important. Ill just come to my colleagues defense here in a different studio. Referencing hitler in the context of Supreme Court discussions and nominees, well
pretend you didnt say that. Mike fair enough. No, i did say it. Mike some republicans have not formally committed to supporting judge kavanaugh. John, is there any way a senator rand paul would be the one to kill the kavanaugh nomination . I think, again, hes going to play this interesting little game probably to get his 15 minutes before the november elections. But i dont think senator paul wants to be responsible for derailing republicans chance to slid phi a conservative solidify a conservative majority for the next years in the Supreme Court. I dont see any way that senator Paul Doesnt Vote for kavanaugh at the end of the day. Mike thanks for the debate. Enjoyed it very much. J