in jeopardy because i think that given where we are in the in terms of these accusations and the behavior that has circled these accusations, the one or two republican moderate republicans that were undecided, i think are going to have a lot of pressure now to tilt toward nonconfirmation. and they can do it without convicting kavanaugh of what s been accused, but by just saying there s too many questions. i think that the president might have tilted it in a way that he really will regret. phil rucker, i want to hear from you but let s watch susan
want justice, but our president should be able and you re dealing with such a serious issue as a lifetime serving on the supreme court. there are issues that rise that need to be dealt with. where do you think the kavanaugh nomination stands right now? i think that it is now really in jeopardy because i think that given where we are in the in terms of these accusations and the behavior that has circled these accusations, the one or two republican moderate republicans that were undecided, i think are going to have a lot of pressure now to tilt toward nonconfirmation. and they can do it without convicting kavanaugh of what s been accused, but by just saying there s too many questions. i think that the president might have tilted it in a way that he really will regret. phil rucker, i want to hear from you but let s watch susan collins who spoke out on that
you know, david, this is only going to feed the appetite of the house committees investigating, the senate committees. they re going to want to see the contemporaneous notes. right, putting more pressure on both democrats and republicans to get to the bottom of this, lest their credibility is called into question by the public. the statement given to my colleague at the post was not a denial of the existence of this conversation or the memos, just an emphasis on the leaks and nonconfirmation but not a deny. let me read another line or two from the article. quote, a senior intelligence official said that trump s goal was to muddy the waters about the scope of the fbi probe at a time when democrats were ramping up their calls for the justice department to appoint a special counsel, a step announced last week. ron, go ahead and respond to that. i think as we said earlier, i think what was very clear from the outset here is that the president wanted fbi director
jill, we heard some strong words. any action to follow? no action because really what they have to do is get the syrian government to protect these diplomats. it s not just the u.s., candy. it is the french have gone through some similar things. but so far, these incidents seem to be escalating. listen to what secretary clinton said specifically about protecting those diplomats. this attempt to intimidate our diplomats through violence is wholly unjustified. we immediately raised this incident with the syrian government and we are demanding that they take every possible step to protect our diplomats according to their obligations under international law. so that is the u.s. position, candy, is that this is basically ginned up by the syrian government, having people coming out to attack or do something to the u.s. ambassador and others. now, the syrian government says that these are just people who are motivated by this interference, as they would put it, by the u.s. g
attack in the strongest possible terms. cnn foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is at the state department. we heard some strong words. any action to follow? reporter: no action because really what they have to do is get the syrian government to protect these diplomats. it is not just the u.s., candy. it is the french have gone through some similar things. but so far these incidents seem to be escalating. listen to what secretary clinton said specifically about protecting those diplomats. this attempt to intimidate our diplomats through violence is wholly unjustified. we immediately raised this incident with the syrian government and we are demanding that they take every possible step to protect our diplomats according to their obligations under international law. reporter: so that is the u.s. position, candy is that this is basically ginned up by the syrian government, having people coming out to attack or do something to the u.s. ambassador and others. now,