Bret? bret: ellison, thank you. the administration is trying to refute reports it has put up less than two miles of border fencing at a cost of more than a $1.5 billion. saying that s false. it s also dealing with the fallout from the death of an immigrant teen in federal custody. correspondent doug mckelway looks at those stories tonight, good evening, doug. good evening, bret. the crisis at the border spilled over in today s house homeland security committee hearing following reports that a 16-year-old gwatneye16 guatemalanboy died ft processing center in texas. the center has been temporarily closed after many reported high fevers. arrivals are now being sent to nearby centers. the death prompted this fiery exchange at today s hearing with acting homeland security kevin mcaleenan. at this point with five kids that have died. 5,000 separated from their families. i feel like and the evidence is really clear this is intentional. it s intentional.
The left of clarence thomas, that he s to the right of alito, that he s to the right of some of these other justices, so not nearly as moderate or flexible, if you will, in his legal philosophy as tony kennedy? i think it s important to realize when you re a judge on the court of appeals, you re kind of hemmed in by existing precedent. so you can t say exactly what brett kavanaugh will be like as a supreme court justice. certainly in a couple of high profile cases, including the immigrant teen who was seeking an abortion, including the health care case, he took a center-right position. but once you have the flexibility of being a supreme court justice, once you in effect are making the law rather than just applying the law somebody else made when it comes to these constitutional issues, then you can show a lot more freedom. i would bet that he will not end up being the court s most conservative justice, but yes, that he ll be more conservative than, for example, the chief justice, wh