White House closely monitoring this hearing Here s A.B.C. s Karen Travers president job is standing firmly behind Brett Kavanaugh last Wednesday if there was a scenario where he would withdraw Cavanagh s nomination he said sure if he thought Cavanagh was guilty of something like this White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told reporters this morning at the White House there is no replacement under consideration the president is not looking at any of us he s watching the testimony today and he stands by Judge and Karen Travers at the White House now with more news here s Michelle Franzen president is also expected to meet today with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein it follows a chaotic week that leaves Rosenstein future at the Justice Department up in the air president trying telling a New York news conference he may delay his meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and discuss the possibility he might fire him my preference would be to keep him and to let him finish