If confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the United States and the american rule of law. So kavanaugh is a graduate of Yale Law School and clerked for Justice Kennedy. In 1993 he met ken starr during a Justice Department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating the white water and clinton lieu ensky scandals. Kavanaugh helped write the final report to congress that laid out 11 possible grounds for impeaching president bill clinton. He served as george w. Bushs white House Counsel and Staff Secretary before he was nominated to be a federal judge in 2006. He was confirmed at that time by a vote of 5736. Now, Brett Kavanaughs nomination sets up an extremely
consequential confirmation battle. Within minutes of trumps announcement, several Top Democrats voicing their intention to vote against him. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer put out a saying that b
and towards the end of the week we start to see the heat building into the ohio valley. cincinnati into the low 90s and areas in the mid atlantic inching up also. we are 93 in boston. 95 in d.c. the cold front cools off the northeast this evening with isolated showers and storms. in montana, half a million people are under severe weather threat today and we could see an isolated tornado or two. so keep it in mind, especially in areas of northeastern montana and slimmer in northwestern dakota. we found out yesterday that june was the third warmest on record. many areas in the middle of the country were much above. areas in the west were a little below in the northwest, but 15 states had their top ten warmest junes on record, mostly here in the midwest, a few in the southeast. some of the highlights were colorado, new mexico and texas which were third, second and third. as far as we go into the southwest, yasmin.