i m stephen sackur. the united states of america is a republic divided. the trump presidency has exposed fissures that run along lines of race, gender, education and culture. in next month s midterm elections, the fight for political power will be between the two traditional parties, republican and democrat, but perhaps a different sort of activism is needed to deliver real change. my guest is kimberle crenshaw, a professor of law, social activist, and an influential advocate of the idea of intersectionality. is it the group, not the individual, that matters most in today s america? kimberle crenshaw in philadelphia, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. let me ask you this. do you believe in the united in the united states of america? that is a country where all its citizens are equal under the law and share a sense of common purpose, shared values. do you believe in that? well, i believe if you re asking me do i believe in the ideal of equality and shared values
agriculture sonny perdue on what the new trade deal with canada and mexico means for american farmers. you don t want to miss it. i m trish regan. welcome to the intelligence report. trish: okay. also breaking moments ago, got a lot breaking now, the white house blasting the new york times after the newspaper publishes a bombshell report claiming president trump engaged in questionable tax schemes to inherit his father s money. sarah huckabee sanders says this is absolutely false, it s just an attack based on old recycled stories. coming up, judge andrew napolitano is here on the legal implications, if any, the president could face as a result of that story. first, we go to blake burman live at the white house for more on judge kavanaugh s confirmation fight. hey, blake. reporter: hi, trish. the president himself for many of the last handful of days has said the testimony of dr. christine blasey ford was credible but last night, in a campaign rally in mississippi, the p
gives his rebuttal in about an hour and a half. this morning, we continue our hearing on the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh to serve as associate justice on our supreme court. we will hear from two witnesses, dr. christine blasey ford and judge kavanaugh. thanks, of course, to dr. ford and judge kavanaugh for accepting our committee s invitation to testify and also thank them for their volunteering to testify before we even invite it. both dr. ford and judge kavanaugh have been through a terrible couple weeks. they and their families have received vile threats. what they have endured ought to be considered by all of us as unacceptable and a poor reflection on the state of civility in our democracy. so i want to apologize to you both for the way you ve been treated and i intend hopefully for today s hearing to be safe, comfortable, and dignified for both of our witnesses. i hope my colleagues will join me in that is effort of a show of civility. with that said, i ll
see, eun, it s not that bad. the real issue has been it started raining in mid-july and it s been a super soaker for about the last 1/2 months. it was really dry earlier this year, but that s all a distanto memory four things you need to know. another cloudy day coming our way today. no heavy rain yet, but rainier weather comes in for this evening. flash flood watches overnight tonight. i ve got real good news about the weekend forecast, which we ll share with you in a bit. for now, it s hit and miss rain drops and sprinkles early morning. flood watches for overnight tonight into early tomorrow. we ll keep you posted ont. t temperaturewise, this is about as warm as it s going to be all day. we re in the upper 60s to around 70 temperatures will hold steady for the morning and then drop later on today as thead sr main moves in this afternoon and this evening. more about that and the talk about that weekendg up in a few. good morning, melissa. good morning, mr. bell. taking
the world s richest and most successful supermodels. gisele bundchen telling others about her greatest vulnerability. plus actor and comedian tim allen s big toy story 4 reveal and how it was almost too emotional for him to endure. early today startsht r now. good morning. i m marlie hall. and i m phillip mena in just a few hours supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh an dr. christi blasey ford will testify under oath in front of the senate judiciary committee regarding ford s sexual assault claims.th highly anticipated hearing going forward even as new accusations surface, one coming from a client of attorneymi chael avenatti. in a sworn declaration julie swetnick says kavanaugh helped drug girls at high school parties who would then be gang-raped by others. kavanaugh firmly denies the allegations. and late light a bombshell from the gop that could help support kavanaugh s denials. senator chuck grassley s office revealing committee interviews with two anonymous men,