welcome back, everyone. we are keeping our eye on the senate for a crucial vote on the 9/11 victims compensation fund. it guarantees lifelong medical sta support for first responders and survivors. the senate has been slower to act in part pause of two republican senators who kept it off the fast track. just within the past few weeks, 9/11 related illnesses claimed the lives of more new york police officers and firefighters, including retired nypd detective luis alvarez. he died of stage 4 cancer two weeks after testifying on capitol hill on behalf of his fellow first responders. now to an nbc news exclusive. julia ainslie talking with one immigrant teenager in arizona. this is the same facility at the center of another story just two weeks ago. one where our own reporters
reporter: kavanaugh spent years working for independent counsel kenneth starr, helping investigate president bill clinton s affair with monica lewinsky. the new york times says kavanaugh urged prosecutors then to question the president about oral sex and masturbation. kavanaugh also helped outline grounds for president clinton s impeachment. later in 2009 kavanaugh wrote the nation s chief executive should be exempt from time consuming and distracting lawsuits and investigations. some have interpreted this as opposition to the indictment of a sitting president. cnn has learned that the trump white house was aware of these comments during the vetting process. on health care and abortion, kavanaugh has already made controversial decisions. last year he sided with the trump administration to block an abortion for a pregnant immigrant teenager in federal custody. noting the government s permissible interest in favoring fetal life. he has never expressed outright opposition to roe v.
the new york times says kavanaugh urged prosecutors then to question the president about oral sex and masturbation. kavanaugh also helped outline grounds for president clinton s impeachment. later in 2009 kavanaugh wrote the nation s chief executive should be exempt from time consuming and distracting lawsuits and investigation. some have interpreted this as opposition to the indictment of a sitting president. cnn has learned that the trump white house was aware of these comments during the vetting process. on health care and abortion, kavanaugh has already made controversial decisions. last year he sided with the trump administration to block an abortion for a pregnant immigrant teenager in federal custody. noting the government s permissible interest in favoring fetal life. he has never expressed outright opposition to roe v. wade, but during his confirmation process in 2006 was hardly forthcoming in his personal views.
lawsuits and investigations. some have interpreted this as opposition to an indictment of a sitting president. cnn has learned that the trump white house was aware of these comments during the vetting process. on health care and abortion kavanaugh has already made controversial decisions. last year he sided with the trump administration to block an abortion for a pregnant immigrant teenager in federal custody. noting the government s per missive history in favoring fetal life. during his confirmation process in 2006 he was hardly forthcoming in his personal views. do you consider roe v. wade to be an abomination? if confirmed to the d.c. circuit i would follow roe v. wade fully. i asked your own opinion. and i was saying if i was confirm today the d.c. circuit, senator, i would follow it.
which would ill serve the public interest, especially in times of financial or national security crisis. some have interpreted this as opposition to the indictment of a sitting president. skrch cnn has learned the trump team was aware of the comments during the vetting. on health care and abortion, kavanaugh has made controversial decisions. last year, he sided with the trump administration, to block an abortion for a pregnant immigrant teenager in federal custody. noting the government s permissible interest in favoring fetal life. in the nomination process for the supreme court, he did have the backing of breitbart and ann coulter. a judge must be independent. must interpret the law not make the law. judge kavanaugh was born in washington. where his mother was a public school teacher. in his younger days he attended georgetown preparatory school.