he hears more about brett kavanaugh and the accusations he did. i wonder how that will affect it. >> a remarkable day and a consequential week. wolf picks up the special coverage right now. have a good day. hello, i'm wolf blitzer and it's 1:00 here in washington. we start with breaking news here in washington. the president, president trump talking about the fbi investigation into allegations against this u.s. supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh and fighting back against claim that is the fbi is setting the scope. the white house is controlling the investigation and deciding who gets questioned and about what, but just a few moments ago at the wide ranging white house rose garden news consequence, the president spoke about what he specks from the fbi.

>> i want them to do a very comprehensive investigation. whatever that means according to the senators and the republicans and the republican majority. i want them to do that. i want it to be comprehensive. i actually think it's a good thing for judge kavanaugh. it's not a bad thing. i think it's a good thing. with that being said, i would like to to go quickly and the reason is so simple. because it's unfair to him at this point. >> let's go to kaitlan collins who was in the rose garden asking him questions on several subjects on brett kavanaugh, the u.s. supreme court nominee. he didn't answer your specific questions, did he? >> no, he didn't. this was supposed to be a victory lap for the trade agreement between canada and mexico, but it turned into

questions about whether or not brett kavanaugh would be confirmed to the supreme court. he resisted taking questions about brett kavanaugh at first and said he wanted to focus on trade and he did come back to the questions and you heard them about what has been a big concern from democratic senators and they are limiting the investigation into the claims made about brett kavanaugh. that investigation that was requested by key senators. if they don't vote for him, he will not be confirmed. he wanted them to talk about whoever they believe is appropriate, but he didn't say what that means. if he believes they should speak to the third accuser, julie swetnick. he said he wasn't sure if she was a credible enough accuser. when he called on me, he turned to whether or not brett kavanaugh mischaracterized his drinking habits when he testified on capitol hill. that's a concern we heard from several democrats saying we should look into that and brett

kavanaugh's former acquaintances from college days saying he was not truthful about it. here's what president trump said when asked if he thought he should should be disqualified if it is found he mischaracterized his drinking habits. >> if he did lie about his drinking, does that mean you will pull him? >> i don't think he did. i'm just saying, i'm not a drinker. i can honestly say i never had a beer in my life. it's one of my only good traits. i don't drink. whatever they are looking for something, i said i never had alcohol. for whatever reason. can you imagine if i had, what a mess i would be. i would be the world's worst. i never drank, okay? i can tell you, i watched that hearing and watched a man saying that he did have difficulty as a young man with a drink. the one question i didn't ask is how about the last 20 years. have you had difficulty in the last 20 years.

nobody said anything bad about him. they go back to high school. >> president trump said that brett kavanaugh said he did have difficulty with his drinking. you and i watched this together. that is not how he characterized it. he sought to downplay the questions about his drinking, characterizing it as normal and said he has never thrown up from drinking or blacked out or had memory loss from drinking too much. that's why there were questions about whether or not that was truthful. president trump said he made up his mind and when he was asked, if there are more credible allegations are found as they were conducting the investigation, is he open to a plan b here? he said yes, he has an open mind and waiting to see what the result is just like the rest of us. wolf? >> it started off as a lengthy statement on the trade agreement first with mexico and now with canada. it quickly became an extended

q&a with the president in the rose garden involving the confirmation process of judge kavanaugh. i don't know if the president wanted to go down that road, but he took a bunch of questions from you and your colleagues. >> that's right, wolf. initially he would not take the questions on brett kavanaugh. he wanted to stay focus on the trade deal which is big news, but so is brett kavanaugh. that's a big question about whether or not -- this is also about senate republicans and senate majority letter mitch mcconnell in particular. we saw the frustration play out in the president's answers saying he believes bru has been treated unfairly as well as his wife and children throughout this process. he did seem to contradict himself because he said he wants

a full and complete investigation and wants to know whether or not there is validity to the allegations and said it shouldn't take that long and turn into a witch hunt, which is something we heard over the weekend. if this is not a fishing expedition. especially the ones on the committee by saying it needs to be a thorough investigation. that's what this is a lifetime appointment. the highest privilege you can have on the supreme court. they want all of the questions asked and answered. >> a lot of drama at the white house. good job. thank you very much. gloria, first of all, it was stunning to see the q&a that the president went through on the entire kavanaugh nomination. >> it was and i think in a way if you are pro kavanaugh and watching this, you would say uh

oh, the president department help us. he said over and over i want a full interview. if they want to interview kavanaugh, that's fine. then he said he had difficulty with the beer. things that happened when he drank. he didn't do that before the committee. maybe he we are not aware of. he said he wanted to look at everything. if you are pro kavanaugh, you look at the president today and you are like that didn't help us very much. >> same thing. he didn't have to take questions in this announcement. it was all about this trade agreement. he could have just had that statement and walked away and went back to the white house, but he clearly wanted to in some way to talk about trade and he went to talking about brett kavanaugh. i agree with gloria. this opens up an idea of brett

kavanaugh's drinking. he is suggesting he may have had a problem drinking. we know how the president himself feels about drinking because brother had an alcohol problem. if you are brett kavanaugh and watching this, you are probably not happy. how do they unring this bell. the president is open to kavanaugh talking to the fbi. that seemed to be not something they were wanting to do because you get a situation where kavanaugh said certain things to the committee under oath and in public and does he say something differently to the fbi and do the stories match up? >> you covered the supreme court and i'm curious to get your perspective. >> i can tell what you he thought. he would have been winding up lunch on his first day of the term. they opened today with a hole in the bench where his chair would have been. everything had been on track as we know after the first set of hearings and mitch mcconnell

wanted a vote before now. obviously the nominee wanted a vote by now. he could not have been witnessing that news conference without feeling like can i get a good strong show of support from the man who nominated me? but the real crucial element is what's going on behind the scenes. this is all drama and. >>s of what has been an event-filled nomination. we do not know what will be given to the president and senators by the end of the week. he could still be confirmed. it it will just take longer. >> the fbi launched the investigation after friday when they decided after jeff flake and the republican senator from arizona debanded it and the president and supporters didn't have the votes to confirm right away. they said no more than a week, but it could be less than a week. can the fbi and you work with the fbi for a long time, can they do the job in a thorough

way? >> maybe. it depends on the scope. the president said that is so important is the senate essentially is driving the process. so if it's grassley and graham who are setting the parameters of the investigation, that could be done in two days because they only want them to talk to three or four people and be done. if flake and coomb coombs is dr the process, each ends with the person being asked, is there anybody else we should speak to? that's the last question of every even. if names are given and the fbi is given the authority to ask the other people, a week may be too short. if they are not asking that question or given authority to investigate, this will be wrapped up and it's really just then pretext. this is not real and not a true investigation. >> isn't this up to the white

house? the president said it's whatever the senate wants. we know don mcgahn is very involved in this. he could say deal with other than senators and say this is really what we want. don't the instructions always come from the white house to the fbi? >> remember a couple of things. this is mcgahn's legacy and getting this guy confirmed. he has no interest if a broad investigation that may torpedo this nomination. this is why dianne feinstein said give us the written order that defines the terms was investigation. until we see that, we don't know whether this investigation is real or show. >> doesn't he need to please people like jeff flake? >> if he's happy with what comes in, he will vote. he premisesed that and said if he's not happy, he might not. >> i think they presume to be quite honest in talking to

people this morning. they presumed that they have got flake's vote, actually in the end. i don't know if they are right about that. that's one of the reasons mitch mcconnell was willing to go along with this because he said i'm going to get flake as a result and maybe susan collins as well. they are not sure about murkowski. flake and coomns have to come together. >> those two are the strongest voice in setting the pram terse of this investigation. if they are silent, we don't have anything. >> they have a limited investigation. so we will see where that goods. stand by. there is a lot more we are following. continuing coverage of the breaking news. the president attacks senators by name and teasing and i am quoting, compromising information. he said he has compromising

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we are following breaking news out of washington where president trump addressed questions over brett kavanaugh and his heavy drinking in high school and college, specifically

meanwhile, a new claim from a former yale university classmate who said he saw firsthand many years ago what kavanaugh was like in at this time college days. chad ludington told cnn i can unequivocally say i can deny the possibility his blackout. he has not told the truth. that contradict what is he said under oath. >> i drank beer with my friends. almost everyone d. sometimes i had too many beers. sometimes others did. i liked beer. i still like beer. but i did not drink beer to the point of blacking out. >> back with us, did the supreme

court nominee lie under oath? >> i think it should be, but we are not sure what the scope of it is. you have all these people coming out and saying i witnessed this. i saw kavanaugh drink heavily, et cetera, etc. what kavanaugh said was i like beer. that was it. i think the more people come out, it would seem to me that the fbi would have to investigate that unless the scope is just narrowed to the question of the sexual assault in this which case they may not pursue about the question of whether or not he had a lack of candor before the committee. >> a lot of people are paying attention to the words that he uttered in the course of those hours of q&a before the senate judiciary committee. >> i think the notion that more things are coming out and people are talking about who he was in college, this underscores why republicans were so worried

about more time. a week might not seem like a lot of time in terms of an fbi investigation, but it's a lot of time in terms of public talking about people coming out and snl doing a spoof on it. the idea that the president now is talking about his drinking in the way that democrats are talking about his drinking, that must be very concerning. we will see what his people come out and say. does he release a statement? does someone else try to tamp down on the question of a person who has a drinking problem. he didn't suggest that in his statement before the senate there, but we are talking about his drinking. >> it's so beyond the supreme court seat. it has to do with his reputation and dignity and so much more is in the air. he made the comment when he testified about do you know how long these 10 days have been. do you know how long this 24

hours has been? that is exactly what this man fears and what republicans fear, but there is a long way between today, monday, and friday when this report presumably handed to the white house and senators. as i said, it's so much more now than the supreme court seat. how does someone who has been at one point had such sterling credentials for 12 years we call the second highest court in the land, the d.c. circuit, either he gets on to the supreme court and this is a cloud on his head or he goes back to the d.c. circuit where it's still a cloud over his head. >> from the legal standpoint, one of the questions is did he drink excessively in college is disqualifying. it has been a long time since college. he may have testified less than forthrightly, but is that material enough to torpedo the

nomination? that's something that senators have to decide. he was not forthright with us, but that's thirst years ago or 18 years ago and we are not going to disqualify the nomination. >> the president during the extended q&a he had with the reporters really went after the democrats. let me play this clip. listen to this. >> look at some of these people asking the questions, okay? look at blumenthal. he lied about vietnam. he department just say he went to vietnam. he said he was a war hero. we called him da hang in richard. he never went to vietnam and he was up there saying we need honesty and integrity. this guy lied when he was the attorney general of connecticut. he lied. take a look at cory booker.

he ran newark, new jersey into the ground. he was a horrible mayor. he made the statements and he is talking about judge kavanaugh. i could go through a list of them. look at dianne feinstein. she knew about this two months earlier. if she wanted a really thorough investigation, we had all the time in the world. >> he went one step further also and saying he has information about a senator, a democratic senator that would be very compromising information about this senator if he were to release it. when pressed who the senator was, he said i'm not going to say. it was a stark warping to someone that he knows something. >> this is pure donald trump. this is donald trump from the campaign. this is donald trump from the campaign attacking, attacking,

attacking. this was donald trump on twitter. it sounded like a tweet to me. i will attack all the people who would challenge kavanaugh who is my guy. as for the anonymous charge, i don't see how a president levels that. it's kind of stunning, actually or how he knows it. it was astonishing to me that he would level something like that. it was astonishing he would take on the senators, but he feels like cory booker could run against him for president. he is not shy about this. we shouldn't be surprised about anything except for the anonymous one. >> it was like shades of lindsey graham. when he was on the senate judiciary committee reeling against the democrats on thursday, very charged up and yelling at that point. in terms of who he is talking b with these ark none muss claims, who knows. he has done this before.

this is not a president who is good at keeping secrets. i imagine if he had damaging information about a senator, it would be all out there. >> he's done this before, but the one area of his presidency that seemed to be roped off and working as a tradition at republican was the judiciary and the supreme court. initially the president removed from don mcgahn's operation that he was doing with the federalist society had been moving along at a nice clip with a lot of controversy and not the kind that burst on to the screen. very effectively putting many lifetime appointments throughout will be donald trump's greatest legacy. real significance and to see him go out there on something relative to the court is a big

deal. it's a real jolt, frankly, to his relationship with the judiciary. it's much different and this could impede what he does for the next two years. >> on a day when he does deserve credit for working on a trade deal first with mexico and now with canada, very significant development. obviously in the course of this q&a. he is stepping on that story as they say as well. stand by. there is a lot more going on. who are the fbi investigators interviewing right now and what happens if what they learn leads them down another path? does it open other doors? can the white house intervene? an assistant director. stand by. liberty mutual saved us almost $800

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actually do a separate interview with judge kavanaugh? >> they are not going to cover old ground as far as the inkwiry follow-up. they will cover the allegations and elicit as much detail as they can. they are not going to reboil the ocean here. >> i assume if they go do a separate interview, that would be the last thing on their agenda after they interview all the others on their list. they are going to gather as much information as they can from anyone who may have knowledge about the three incidents and get as much detail as they can and as much corroboration or contradiction from records or contemporaneous books or documents they can put their hands on. probably have a final interview with the candidate. >> the president said the white house is not directing this investigation. they are only doing what the

senate is asking for. walk us through the process. how is this sproez supposed to from the fbi perspective. >> the fbi has the mandate to do inquiries for white house nominations for cabinet level positions, judgeships, federal judgeships and may have done thousands of these. they are all done the same way and they are interviewing and record checks. they are not investigations in the sense of the world and they don't use grand juries or under cover operations and all the techniques they used. to distinguish this from a traditional investigation, they call it a special inquiry or a spin. they are done the same way every time. often the originalor which is the white house will ask for a follow-up. he left the sdrugz up to the fbi to know where to go with it.

they will know what needs to be followed up. >> president was asked about all three of the allegations from the three women who came forward leveling the charms against the supreme court nominee. the president said he would be all right with the fbi interviewing all three of the women. listen to this. >> just to be clear, should the fbi interview all three of brett kavanaugh's accusers. >> it wouldn't bother me at all. i don't know all three. i imagine they will interview two. the third one i don't know much about, but it wouldn't bother me at all. i have heard that the third one has -- i have no idea if this is true. has very little credibility. if there is any credibility, interview the third one. i want it to be done quickly because it's unfair to the family and to the judge. it's so unfair to his kids and his wife.

>> so far, only debbie ramirez who was has classmate at yale, only she, we are told so far has been interviewed. will the other two women specifically be interviewed in the next few days? >> i think so. if the fbi is left at its discretion and judgment. this is potentially derogatory information. they will do an interview. there has to be a scoping letter that came to the white house from the fbi so they don't go too far. they are going to focus on the issues at hand which are derogatory information coming in and may have some bearing on the decision maker who is are in this case the congressional or senate committee. >> you think the fbi can complete this over the next few days? >> they have the resources and the experience to do that.

it will be all hands on deck. they are pretty well into it right now. the only wild card is whether people make themselves accessible. then all bets are off. they will complete it by friday with what they have and turn in. if they ask for more follow-up, they will do it. >> thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> speaking of that, we are just now learning information about the fbi information including when the republicans think this round of questioning could wrap up. also, whether judge kavanaugh's drinking past will be included. stand by. we will share with you when we come back.

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>> we are following the breaking news on the fbi investigation on brett kavanaugh. friday the senate majority leader said given the limited interviews being conducted, it seems reasonable the fbi could be done with this investigation within a few days or as quickly as today or tomorrow. joining us now is the global affairs analyst is the author of a new book. you see the cover, the corrosion of conservatism, why i left the right. also with us, our analyst and federal prosecutor laura coates and analyst the correspondent

for esquire magazine. max is the senior. not ryan. maybe one of these days. >> everybody can be a senior for office. let's talk about the news. he thinks that given the limited scope and the whole thing can be done today or tomorrow. they set the stage for a full senate floor vote. >> dana's reporting shows that trump was accurate when he said he was playing the senate aside to who to interview. he suggested that the three senators, flake, collins and murkowski. they said they wanted the fbi to interview the four people. the white house turned it down. >> the four people that the senate wants the fbi to interview. pj smith, leland kaiser, mark judge and debra ramirez.

>> that's the recommendation that they took and sent to the fbi. this suggests that any kploints about the breath of the fbi investigation should go to flake, murkowski and collins. they control the votes. >> deborah ramirez who made serious allegations, the others, leland kaiser and mark judge were supposedly at that party when he was in high school. professor ford made the sexual assault allegation. >> pj is one of the people named by dr. christine blasey ford saying this was a nice person who was in the house at the time of the allegedly down stairs. she doesn't remember how she got home that day and you have this person who could put her at the same location as well as brett kavanaugh. may have some insight as to

whether or not she left in a fury or agitated and emotional or simply left the party. he could either put a bow on it or say mark judge said i don't recall the event at all. that's not the same as saying it didn't happen. leland is somebody named by brett kavanaugh and his testimony very, very adamantly that she doesn't know me and doesn't recall this incidence ever happening. two occasions that bolster credibility or go along with the same story. not saying it's fabricate and i don't recall this event at all. this is a foregone conclusion that he wants to dot his eyes and cross his ts. >> what do you think? >> i think what the republicans are trying to do is basically do the absolute bare minimum to get the votes they need. this was something that collins, murkowski and flake will go

along with and anyone who wants the truth would look beyond the four people. running down alibis in the way christine blasey ford said she ran into mark judge in a safeway. get the safeway employment records and find out exactly when he was working there. investigate july 1st of 1982. on the evidence presented, that's the most likely date according to brett kavanaugh's calendar for when the party that christine blasey ford described could have occurred. it was a classmate of brett kavanaugh at yale saying he was drinking heavily and the image he presented in this hearing that he had a few beers and that was about it. that's not accurate. he was a very heavy drinker not must in 1982, but the veracity in determining whether he gets an up or down vote. i'm disappointed they are not

doing more. it needs to be a more indepth investigation. >> the republicans are clear they wanted to wrapped up. there was an extraordinary moment when the president levelled a charge against a democratic senator. he said this. let me play the clip. >> you know, i will tell you what. i happen to know some united states senators. one who is on the other side who is pretty aggressive. i have seen that in bad situations. i have seen that person in very, very bad situations. somewhat compromising. you know, i think it's very unfair to bring up things like this. >> somewhat compromising. later he was asked to name that senator and he declined. >> a lot of things with trump, usually when you know you might do it privately behind the scenes, he is publicly saying cut it out and don't go after my

nominee or else. he is publicly threatening a united states senator. he didn't name the senator, but this is behavior that no other president engaged in publicly. i think we can agree on that. >> it was stunning when you heard the president make a charge like this. >> there is no meat behind it. he made a comment that he hasn't provided evidence for. that's what he is criticizing this information about. a witch hunt and a fishing expedition and now he cast a line. he put a green mask on somebody in the senate. one important thing, just last week we heard explosive claims about a third or a fourth person that is not on the list. somebody not brett kavanaugh at yale and somebody who knew him in high school who said he was present at a gang rain or in line for it.

the president has drawn a line about who he thinks is credible. he was talking about other senators in compromising positions. >> very quickly. >> i would throw the bs flag and doubt he has incriminating information. he has the goods on everybody and clashes with them and they have to be careful. the president who at one point said a lot of people said barack obama's birth certificate was forged. he says a lot of stuff and it's hard to take it personally. it's disturbing even though he doesn't have information. >> the president of the united states in the rose garden. very, very series. while the fbi is in the middle of its investigation on brett kavanaugh, the president is doubling down on the defense of his nominee, citing the trauma since his accusers have come forward. a once-in-five hundred year storm

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all right. we're continue to follow the breaking news. major developments unfolding in the confirmation process of judge kavanaugh. but very quickly, there's another development -- over the weekend, max, the president said this about kim jong-un of north korea. >> and you know the interesting. when i did it and i was really being tough and so was he, and we were going back and forth. and then we fell in love, okay? no, really. he wrote me beautiful letters. and they're great letters. we fell in love. >> "we fell in love." he fell in love with kim jong-un. >> wow. the love that dare not speak its name. i mean, this is crazy.

i recall what donald trump himself said about north korea just in january of this year, in his state of the union, where he said, no regime has oppressed its own citizens more totally or brutally than the cruel dictatorship in north korea. and he introduced the parents of otto warmbier, the american student, who was killed in north korea. this is the same regime. it hasn't changed one iota since january. this is the same murderous thug that he was rightly denouncing in february, and now he's in love with -- i mean, literally in love with. this is crazy. i can't imagine any former american president saying anything remotely like this, and if he had, republicans would have gone crazy, and rightly so. this is just so -- i mean, i don't know what to say beyond the fact that it's crazy, deranged, and makes no sense. >> one of the important things that a president needs to do is be realistic and honest about the threats that the united states faces in the world, right? not to overhype them, not to underhype them. but his entire view of threats is based on his personal relationship with the leader. and it's bizarre, to say the

least. >> to say the least. and very quickly, all of a sudden the democrats on the judiciary committee want 24 additional interviews -- 24 interviews to be conducted by the fbi this week in connection with the kavanaugh confirmation. >> and a lot of these people on the list are people that came from the testimony of brett kavanaugh, through interviews on different media networks, saying that they knew brett kavanaugh at that time, that he had belied this impression of himself by talking about this stoic or this altar boy. leslie brooks is on the list, of people who talked about. she came on chris cuomo's show a couple of days ago, talking about how this was a real injustice in a way, talking about his alcohol record, et cetera. so the list of people are derived from his own statements, proving again, whatever you do or say in a court of law can be used against you. >> everyone, stick around. we'll continue to follow the breaking news. judge brett kavanaugh also under fire for what some are calling lies regarding his best drinking habits in high school and college and yearbook entries. how the president of the united states is responding. that and a lot more, right after this.

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you are watching cnn on this monday. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being here. let's roll right into this breaking news. president trump lashing out at this heated supreme court battle confirmation and the fbi's latest background information and investigation