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
Haystack. Did the issue of adoption, its near and dear to my heart because i have two adopt edisons. Did that come up . Yes. In the meeting . Like i said, it was the primary thing we had spoken about in the meeting. You know, thats not the premise that got them in the room, and then they started it was essentially a baitandswitch to talk about that, and everyone has basically said that in testimony already. So this is nothing new, but, you know, like i said, im now understanding it is an important issue to you and near and dear to many peoples hearts, but this was nothing that was a Campaign Issue to us. This wasnt relevant to us, and it wasnt something we were going to do anything with. Except thats not what the president said over the weekend. Trump jr. Was not pushed to explain the shifting explanations behind the story. Meanwhile, vanity fair has reporting on former Communications Director hope hicks reappearance at the president s side over the weekend, just hours before he tweete
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welcome back, everyone. joining us from washington with a look at axios and the cofounder of axios, mike allen. good morning. what is the 1 big thing for us? the axios 1 big thing is big brands blasted on campaign trail. so the 2020 democratic candidates have discovered that if they mention specific brands, if they attack big companies, that their social media engagement soars. so axios sarah fisher got some data that showed any company that s under attack on minimum wage, on fairness questions, on taxes, on tariffs that those are companies that are ripe to be targeted and of course competition where you get big tech. so which of these of the 2020 candidates have been the most vocal in bashing some of these brands? yeah, well senators bernie
joining us from washington with a look at axios am is editor in chief, nicholas johnson. what s axios 1 big thing ? joe biden, the democratic front-runner, is planning to enough out his democratic opponents as quickly as possible in this election, maintain that aura of inevitability on his way to the democratic nomination. he s been leading in the polls since well before he even declared and has bolstered the lead since declaring the last month or so and he s trying to push that ahead, staying above the fray amongst all the other democrats and positioning himself as the only democrat who can truly go toe to toe with donald trump. that s something that even donald trump may be agreeing with. if you look at donald trump s