atlanta has musical legends that were not selected. i imagine somebody from atlanta is part of it. does cleveland win for the first time since 2016? the browns and jets? no. no? i have cleveland. i hope they do. clearly there is something going. there is karma. free beer, cleveland fans. you had me at free beer. thank you, lindsay. senate republicans with the message for christine blasey ford. make up your mind and do it fast. the latest on brett kavanaugh s confirmation drama next. the best simple salad ever? heart-healthy california walnuts. the best simple pasta ever? california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? great tasting, heart-healthy california walnuts. so simple, so good.
opens, president trump is again fanning the flames of a culture war, tweeting today, what was nike thinking? that was in response, of course, to the ad you re looking at now, featuring colin kaepernick, who is the face of player protests against racial and social injustice. it premiered last night during the opening game, where the super bowl champions philadelphia eagles beat the falcons. i ll only mention it once a week, maybe less. it ll be a long season, let s hope. that s my pledge to you. let s head to capitol hill. you know there s been three days of confirmation drama. we showed it to you this hour all week long. today, if you re taking a look, it is not brett kavanaugh behind the desk, but people who know him, people who can vouch for him. in a couple instances, people who democrats want to hear from, like a key witness now, who is the key witness for the prosecution in the watergate scandal. former nixon white house counsel john dean. he ll be asked whether a sitting
confirmation hearings from the day the nomination is announced to the confirmation hearing is 40 days. the average elapsed time for a vote on the senate floor from the time the nomination is first announced is 66 days. and so this confirmation drama is likely to fill at least the next two months in the senate. as with all supreme court nominees, judge kavanaugh s legal writings are already being studied and he has taken more positions on investigating a president than any previous supreme court nominee. as one of the staff lawyers in the special prosecutor s office run by kenneth starr in the investigation of bill clinton brett kavanaugh co-wrote the starr report submitted to the house of representatives that made the claim that lying to the american people was grounds for impeachment and also claimed that president clinton s delays in agreeing to testify to a grand jury constituted obstruction of justice.
president trump s nominee for the supreme court, judge brett kavanaugh, had an easy first day on capitol hill today making courtesy calls with the two most important senators in his life, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, who will decide when to bring the nomination to a vote on the senate floor, and the chairman of the senate judiciary committee chuck grassley, who will try to schedule the kavanaugh confirmation hearing as soon as possible. the average elapsed time for confirmation hearings from the day the nomination is announced to the confirmation hearing is 40 days. the average elapsed time for a vote on the senate floor from the time the nomination is first announced is 66 days. and so this confirmation drama is likely to fill at least the next two months in the senate. as with all supreme court nominees, judge kavanaugh s