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
military aid for ecuador which planned to introduce the mesh yu. russia ultimately stepping in to intro tuesday the resolution without opposition from the united states. president trump responded to the report yesterday tweeting this, the failing new york times fake news story today about breastfeeding must be called out. the u.s. strongly supports breastfeeding but we don t believe women should be denied access to formula. many women need this option because of malnutrition and poverty. let s get a check on your weather now with bill karins. we are talking about a common theme this week, heat. yeah, and the big story last week as well. it is not as bad this week, but still above average in some spots. kansas city will feel like 100. panama city will be 101. a lot of these are similar to what you get throughout the hot portion of the summer and we re in it right now. looking at your wednesday, tomorrow, omaha 101. little rock, some 2. hundreds through the southeast
environment. we know he cannot because the president chooses to do what he chooses to do. an agreement today may not be an agreement a week from now. i have to follow up with you. that is an interesting set of optics you re giving us. what we off hear is they dismiss the president s style or lack thereof and they stick with their own agenda. you say it is a challenge for mcconnell his own numbers, here the attacks, here s whatever it is is that comes on his twitter feed. it is impacting their numbers? well, it could, right? think about bob corker, for example, the big story last week when he made comments about trump. right. will it necessarily affect his plans to carry through this legislative package on iran? not necessarily. right. might it affect how willing he is to play ball on tax reform. he is already sitting on on the fence about that one. we don t know. for a lot of lawmakers, is it going to make them completely change whatever their intention and conviction was?
antibusiness policies and nonpro growth policies. by not sucking up, he gets people sucking up to him. i thought that was revealing. that s a very common theme in washington. i ve been in this town 25 years. the squeaky wheel gets the grease. if you want the president s attention, criticize him and you ll get a call. neil: or appointed to a post, head of council or advisory group whereby you re treated favorably. no question about it. the big story the last week or two has been that business groups and c.e.o.s started to be much more vocal about the antifree trade, high tax, high spending policies of this administration. neil: they want to make a deal. what would be the makings of a peace pipe? what would it be? one of the things the administration was talking about was a deal on the corporate income tax.