paul: welcome to the journal editorial report as we wrap up a very busy week for donald presit donald trump, it begins with supreme court announcement and ending with prepping with high-stakes meeting with russian president vladimir putin on monday. but we begin with the president's meetings this week with european allies, first at nato summit in brussels and then british prime minister theresa may in the uk. the president confronting his fellow leaders over defense spending, russian gas pipeline and brexit, but the president says the alliance has never been stronger. >> certainly it was testy at the beginning but at the end everybody came together and they agreed to do what they should do. we left the meeting, i think,

probably more unified and wealthier as a group than ever before. paul: joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, editorial board member mary kissel and columnist bill mcgurn. so dan, did the transalantic alliance survive the visit by hurricane trump? >> hurricane trump, yeah, i guess they did. you know, paul, there's an old expression from t movies, detectives, good cop, bad cop. usually it's played by two different people not by the same guy. [laughter] >> but trump is good cop, bad cop and indeed in the morning of nato meeting he whipped them over spending and by the evening he's saying there was more love in the room than you can imagine. [laughter] >> it's pretty confusing, you know, the statement that nato put out, let's talk about that. 80% of it was explicitly about

russia, i mean, europe, the nato allies have a big problem with russia and have a long particularlies f nato is allied to do it is because of the russian threat, but there wasn't too much about that in the nato meeting and i think to the extent that the president sort of diverts attention to himself takes the wind out to have sails of their cohesion on the antirussian part. paul: mary, he said 2% of target, each nation, wants more countries to do that and more are stepping albeit slowly and then comes out at the end of it saying, well, wait a minute, it has to be 4%. now, we don't even spend 4%, the united states, so i think this whip saw effect, what impact does it have on the credibility of a u.s. president? >> well, i don't know if it's a whip saw, paul, remember, president trump ran in his presidential campaign on getting

nato allies to step up in defense, and that's implicitly about the russia threat. he can take some credit, i think, from the summit, two-thirds of nato members are going to meet those defense commitments by 2024, almost all of them will meet the equipment spending and there's a new focus on readiness and focus on russia as dan said, a lot of measures, i thought it was a successful summit. paul: you go with 2% and suddenly comes out, wait, 4, is everybody supposed to ignore that -- >> i don't know. [laughter] >> it's just trump, right. that's his technique, he hits you in the face and he sees how you react. paul: nobody is going to meet 4. >> wasn't the official statement and you saw french president emmanuel macron, we commit today 2% and the united states is not pulling out of gnatio, deal done. paul: what about theresa may, hosting the president, taking some risks to do so because he's not popular in uk. >> as protests show. paul: as protests show and

interview which criticized for brexit. >> look, trump is right on a lot of those things, when you go to point a to point b, you don't go on a car straight, you go on roller coaster where part of your ride is thrilling and part of your ride is terrifying. [laughter] >> that's what we saw. he was right to criticize of handling of brexit. paul: even though she's the host, hosting him for dinner? >> most of the criticism of donald trump has been style and granted it would not be my style, but most of the reason the focus is on the style is because on the substance he has go case on a lot of the things. she's a weak prime minister, are we to believe that the protestors are protesting for more trade? [laughter] >> a stronger nato? i find that -- i find that hard to believe. i do think the president is missing an opportunity. he kind of walked back some of the remarks on it -- trade deal

but so far we have seen the stick part of his approach to trade, sanctions, the carrot part would be let's negotiate a deal with britain which would be pretty easy to negotiate, i think, they don't compete as much and have ideal deal, not only do we have deal with britain but open to everybody else, that's a big opportunity for trump to have a parton agenda, they make noises about it but haven't done anything about it. paul: dan, i think that the critic that you hear from some people that would otherwise would agree that would say trump has actually some fair points on russia pipeline and nato spending but criticism ha he makes about nato that undermines over time american public support for the transalantic alliance. you look at polling of republicans here in the united states, support for nato is falling. is he doing long-term damage here by that relentless criticism? >> well, i mean, that's a good question. it's just part of trump's

technique, i mean, let's talk, for instance, about the interview he gave with the sun newspaper in which he criticized theresa may, said boris johnson would make good prime minister and in conference he repudiated much of that interview. i would say all of what trump says is what he believes. the question is which part are you suppose today focus on. to your point, yes, it creates confusion in people's minds about whether the president is, indeed, fully committed to nato alliance or has serious misgivings suggesting that we should pull back, that's the problem with the trump method, sure, it keeps everybody on their heels but they don't know in which direction to finally make commitment. paul: thank you all, when we come back, president trump unveils supreme court pick and fight for confirmation officially underway, what kind of justice would brett kavanaugh be and would left's attacks

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>> what matters is not a judge's political views but whether they could set aside those views to do what the law and the constitution require. i am pleased to say that i have found without doubt such a person. paul: that was president trump monday nominating brett kavanaugh to fill retiring justice anthony den -- kennedy's seat on supreme court. 53-year-old kavanaugh on dc circuit court of appeals, is president trump's second nominee to high court and if confirmed would help shape the judiciary role in american life for decades to come. back with dan henninger, bill mcgurn and wall street journal kim strassel, so bill, what kind of justice will kavanaugh be?

>> well, to paraphrase the senator, i know brett kavanaugh, i serve with brett kavanaugh, bret calf know is no anthony kennedy and i mean that in the healthy sense. i think he's a solid jurist, he's not the kind of guy who wants to be a celebrity judge. anthony kennedy enjoyed where people are courting you for the fifth vote. brett kavanaugh's audience was anthony scalia and the federal society believed the judge should not be the most dominant guy in the field. paul: interesting, bill, 300 opinions on dc circuit. >> right. paul: i can't think of a judge who has long track record, even scalia was on dc circuit for 4 years before -- >> i also think that's a good model, we should be nominating justices whose records we can look at and get a better idea. no one knows how someone is going to go once they get a lifetime appointment. but i think bret is probably the clearest record of any nominee in recent memory. >> kim, so what are the emerge rg arguments that are going to be -- we will hear about jurist

prudence and arguments to try to defeat him? >> democrats are settling on a couple. one of the favorite ones which is amusing having past obamacare and made health care premiums go through the roof they are now arguing that judge kavanaugh would strike down the basic health care provisions and make health care even more expensive. another one which is a little bit more conspiratorial because judge kavanaugh believes strongly and executive powers, at least in some fields, that trump only is putting him on the bench so that he could allow trump to pardon himself at one point or allow trump to avoid some sort of criminal indictment. this doesn't carry much water in my mind because we already know that the president -- he is likely to be indicted and there are other reasons, there's no reason to believe that that he

would go that way. paul: on the health care point, health care is a policy dispute, it's not really a legal matter now that the -- the affordable care act upheld by the court. so that doesn't even seem to have any bearing really on what do you do on the court. >> no, and the reality is, look, they just don't have much that they can get him on, this is a very distinguished jurist and clear what the views are and they are grasping at straws at the moment. paul: dan, what about the -- the abortion issue, the roe v. wade appeal he has a statement on the record when he was -- in 2006 when he was being at senate hearing for the -- appellate seat that he said it was a settled precedent, a binding press depth was the exact quote, and that gave some reassurance this week to susan collins, the senator from maine and lisa murkowski of alaska saying they

like what they see from kavanaugh so far? >> yeah, that's my reading, paul, i do agree that collins and murkowski have basically decide today vote for brett kavanaugh and if they can get nomination to a vote he's going through. but i think we should understand something about the democratic opposition, it doesn't have much of anything to do with brett kavanaugh. their opposition to donald trump's supreme court nominees is generic, he could have appointed, named any one of the 25 people on his list and they would be fighting the same sort of opposition as they are right now. i think mainly become about animating the progressive base, they will use the nomination hearing to do that, to try to paint judge kavanaugh as right-wing nut and he's not going to come across that way, he's going to come across like nile gorsuch as interesting member of judiciary. paul: kim, you raised point of executive power, what if robert

mueller subpoenas donald trump and the white house resists which is entirely possible and this case moves through the court up to supreme court, should kavanaugh have to recuse himself from hearing that case? >> absolutely not. but be expect and get ready for democrats to argue the that if he's put up there, that's what he should have to do. reality is that by nature of the job pretty much everything that the supreme court hears has to do with the administration in one way or the other, this doesn't have to do -- the basic reasons for judges recusing themselveses is because they or their families have financial interests or because in a prior job working in an administration, for instance, they worked on an issue, but simply having an issue come before you related to the person who appointed you has never been standard for recusal. >> bill, the issue of executive power, it's interesting, on the

foreign policy issues when he was on the dc circuit he supported obama on executive power, democratic president. >> right, i think that speaks for consistency, what the democrats are not worried is brett kavanaugh but constitution. the constitution is a limiting document and so is the law. that's what they are afraid of. i point on roe, when neil gorsuch was asked, he cited book he wrote on precedent. brett kavanaugh contribute today that book. he was through the murder boards for robert and alito. paul: interesting, when we come back supreme court battle lines taking shape as schumer threatens to fight with everything he's got. so can mitch mcconnell push the nomination through the senate before the november midterms? >> we know exactly what the partisan playbook looks like. it's been hauled out for most

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is calling for swift confirmation process, one that would put kavanaugh on the bench before a new supreme court term begins on october 1st. we are back with dan henninger, bill mcgurn and kim cas -- strassel, kim, brett kavanaugh might be harder to confirm than a couple of other nominees on his list, final list, why did he say that? >> well, it's not because of his positions or any of the papers he's written but rather because potential for a paper trail hunt, brett kavanaugh in his prior life worked for a while for independent counsel investigating bill clinton and served lawyer and staff to george w. bush, a position that he wasn't necessarily making a lot of decisions but every piece of paper that went through the white house landed on his desk and thin dispersed. democrats will be demanding to

see all of it and that has the potential to really draw this nomination fight out if they're allow today get away with it. paul, all right, dan, i think kim is right, that's going to be the strategy, it's going to produce everything or else you're trying to cover up something if you don't produce it, i guess the question is, how can the republicans deny that request, can they do that, can chuck grassley at judiciary committee who has reputation of demanding documents from the executive branch, not in this case, question have some documents, but not endless, endless snearnlg. >> precisely that, paul, sure, they are entitled to some documents but i think chairman grassley has it within his power to impose limitations on that document search, as kim was suggesting, they are talking about going back to clinton investigation and you have to ask what is the something they're looking for in

documents, the idea that somewhere in millions of documents he saidly overturn roe v. wade? paul: yes, that's what they are looking for. [laughter] >> it is clearly a delaying tactic to get past the elections and to save those 4, 5 at risk democratic senator from having to cast a vote. i think chuck grassley needs to press hard to limit that search. paul: by the way, this is staff secretary position, so people understand. you know this from working in the white house, you're the person who controls the paper flow to the president, doesn't mean you write the paper. you are not going to scribble i want to do x. >> it's a very difficult job, all the paper goes through. when i wrote speeches to the president, i didn't hand it, bret kavanaugh did. dan is right, what they are looking for something, they are

hoping that something comes up, whether it's his baseball tickets that he's got for the nationals, but mitch mcconnell is looking at his caucus and so far all of the people you'd be nervous about, murkowski, collins, rand paul and jeff flake, they've been giving reassuring noises. paul: kim, what about the point that schumer's real point to delay this as long as possible both maybe something will come up if you do that kind of document search or you wait for somebody to come up with accusation and also because they would like to delay past the election so his -- his senators who are up for reelection in north dakota, indiana, west virginia and so on don't have to take take a tough vote that might upset one group or the other. >> of course, he does, they're in a terrible situation right politically, they have a liberal base that's motivated an mobilized on one issue showing up at their home state offices

to protest but they hail from trump states, it was the reason they put president trump in the white house for supreme court nominees and they will like wise punish those democrats if they vote against mr. kavanaugh. >> and dan, what's mcconnell's strategy here to get them through? >> i think the strategy is to press forward as hard as he can, try to put pressure on the democrats, try to make it clear that this is an act of mindless obstruction and whatever they do, i think that the republicans ought to make this a very active campaign issue now in 4 to 5 senate seats and make them, you know, turn out republicans based on the fact that they will hold up the most important judicial nomination in a generation. paul: and i would argue that

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ultimately he's a conference or the. he's representing russia. i'm representing the united states, so in a sense we are competitors, not a question of friend or enemy, he's not my enemy and hopefully some day maybe he'll be a friend. paul: president trump thursday calling russian president vladimir putin a competitor, not an enemy ahead of their summit monday in helsinki. the president promise to go raise several contentious issues with putin including russian intervention in syria and ukraine as well as arm's control and u.s. election meddling. back with dan henninger, mary kissel and bill mcgurn. mary, first of all, what do you think donald trump wants out of this summit? >> ic donald trump wants to get along frankly and he would love to do a deal because at the end of the day he's a deal maker and he's been floating ideas of arm's control agreement or maybe coming to some agreement over syria or potential you ukraine,

i think that's what's he's looking to do. >> what does he want putin to do for him on arm's control, that would go on for some time. syria and ukraine, what does trump want? >> trump wants to bring the u.s. troops out of syria just as he wants to bring troops out of korean peninsula. he doesn't want to be involved. he wants to say mission accomplished, we got rid of islamic state caliphate in syria and iraq and let's bring them all home and wants russia to assure that iran gets out of syria. paul: is that realistic? >> that's not realistic at all. look, putin -- paul: why not? >> put i doesn't want to commit serious military assets to syria, he can't afford to have body bags coming home to russia in the same way that he did with ukraine and it's also not clear that he would militarily be able to unroot iran from syria. paul: because assad and iran.

>> iran has military bases, they've moved civilians, they are taking over sir aib. they want to turn it into lebanon. you have to be careful with what putin promises. he's spoken pretty much at every promise. paul: dan, look at it from the other side. what does vladimir putin hope to get out of this from donald trump? >> well, i think he wants some -- well, the one thing he would like to is get some relief from the economic sanctions that the united states and european union have imposed on him and his cronies f he could get that, that's the primary thing he would like to see some movement on, but the main thing here is that trump, you know, is operating in the moment, he's just -- he see it is relationship with vladimir putin as completely transactional and historically you would have work trying to find out where the areas of agreement and disagreement are. it's just not clear to anyone

what he wants substantially. paul: well, what else does putin want, bill, i think -- first of all, the meeting itself was kind of rehabilitation because obviously the criticism in the u.s. political system has been, look, you meddled in our elections and now robert mueller on friday i dieted 112 more russians for hacking the democratic national committee. is that going to have any impact? >> well, i think, what he wans -- what you're alluding to, legitimacy in the world stage. that's why the demotion of russia to g7 was such a blow. i think perfectly legitimate thing to kick them out. paul: trump says they should be back. >> right. i think that president trump's policy to russia is actually stronger than what president trump's says he is sometimes. the part that i really worry about is crimea where he seems to be saying, we will acknowledge -- it's up with --

acknowledged but that would be really ebb -- endorsing, international criminality to take this. i think the signal to putin would be a terrible one there and it would be bad for ukraine. >> be terrible that he can invade another country like you said georgia and mold -- maldova as well. >> what does trump want out of putin of ukraine? what does a deal mean? >> for trump unfortunately it might mean defacto recognition that that was an obama mistake -- paul: crimea was. >> let's have come kind of agreement like on eastern ukraine which is another legal invasion by putin and get, i don't know, u.s. peace keeping forces in there. paul: trump won't put --

>> let's hope he doesn't. he has ambassador talking to putin on a regular basis. paul, we have to acknowledge that putin is not a strategic competitor, he is an enemy. you have britain fingering russia for use of nerve agent on british oil. you have two countries, australia and netherlands blaming russia for downing airliner over ukraine. they killed almost 300 people. paul: all true and yet are you saying the president should not be going to this summit? >> i don't think the president should go to the summit at all. anything that we need to do vis-a-vis russia does not require socializing with vladimir putin in front of camera. paul: you don't think there's any chance he could get modu with putin that could make him less hostile to u.s. interest along the lines? >> how can you trust him when he's embarrassing president trump in syria, broke the agreement in syria on chemical weapons, broke the agreement on ukraine, invaded three of his neighbors, flying bombers over

pacific and using nerve agents? >> mary a good point. you were talking about syria before, part of the reason we are in the fix because of president obama. also mr. putin has seen big advantage and has seen lots of president come and go and that's a big advantage for him. paul: still ahead, peter strzok facing grilling on capitol hill as lawmakers confront fbi agent over now infamous texts, what we learn from awaited testimony and what friday's new indictments in the russia probe mean when we come back. i'll never find a safe used car. start at the new carfax.com

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>> i understand that my testimony will not be enough for some people after all americans are skeptical of anything coming out of washington. but the fact is after months of investigations there's simply no evidence of bias in my professional actions. agent strock has most unusual and largely self-serving definition of bias. agent strzok despite the plain language of his text and e-mails, despite attorney general's report and despite common sense doesn't think he was bias. paul: contentious hearing on capitol hill thursday as fbi agent peter strzok made a much anticipated public appearance before congress. strzok claiming that his personal opinions in no way influenced his official actions in the clinton e-mail probe or the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election despite the now infamous antitrump texts he exchanged with former fbi lawyer lisa page. this as deputy attorney general

rod rosenstein announced friday that 12 russian intelligence officers were indicted for hacking the democratic national committee prior to 2016 election. back with bill mcgurn and kim strassel. kim, what did we learn that was new in the strzok hearing? >> well, here is a big take away, paul, and that is if the american people are to have a prayer of ever finding out what the fbi did in 2016 with regard to two presidential campaigns, donald trump is going to have to declassify documents because you will not get it from congressional hearings, this guy was the lead investigator on the trump probe, major player in clinton investigation, he barely answered a single question, he refused to do so at the direct of an fbi lawyer who sat behind him the entire time and the entire hearing was constantly interrupted by democrats who kept interceding in the

proceedings and making sure the witness did not have to speak. paul: yeah, kim, were there any new details at all, any new information at all that we learned? i thought we learned something about how the fbi actually got details about the steele dossier? >> yeah that was one to have few concrete new pieces of information we got which was this, that bruise -- bruce ohr, up with of the top-ranking officials who is wife worked at fusion firm served as conduit, mr. strzok acknowledged that the fbi received documents from bruce ohr that came from fusion. paul: well, that's a pretty big detail, suggest that is the fbi was working, you know, had the interlock here, fbi official with fusion gps? >> yes, it's new. hoab had acknowledged or divulged that before and also in

part because this inserts the obama justice department into this too. it was clear that this was not handled simply through intelligence channels and there was back-door dealings which people have suspected. paul: bill, you were watching the hearing, what's your take? >> peter strzok tried to wrap himself and saying attacks on him, questioning of him was discrediting the fbi. that's not true. we have inspector general's report and andrew mccabe, top director may be indicted, people like peter strzok, andrew mccabe and lisa page brought disgrace, all at the top. in fact, as they handle investigations, they shut out the people in the field doing it. the real take away, peter strzok was a lining rod, he was arrogant and defiant. paul palling at the hearing, you mean? >> at the hearing, the real take away is fbi counsel was telling

him not to answer questions. this was mr. wray. paul: christopher wray. >> the guy who succeeded at the irs came in but instead of cleaning up things, you know, worked his magic to obstruct and so forth. congress is not going to get the information. the american people are not going to know what happened until either congress stands up for itself with contempt finding or impeachment or president trump declassifies. paul: kim, is congress and devin nunes getting the documents that it needs? >> they still haven't received the documents that they need. there's still a standoff in regard to that. mr. nunes gets a lot of attention and rightly so because he's unraveled so much of this. there's a lot of members of congress that aren't getting what they asked for, chuck grassley put a request out this week demanding for certain things to be handed over but certain things to be made public and declassified so more people

can see them. you have mark meadows, jim jordan who sits on oversight committee, they have outstanding document requests, there are still hundreds if not thousands and thousands of important pages that they have not received. paul: yeah, i think if the president really does want this public to understand, he will have to declassify the documents or a big chunk of them and get them out. all right, still ahead as both sides gear up for contentious supreme court fight the political left attacking one group in particular for the president's election of kavanaugh. what is the federalist society and what does it try to do, we will talk with one of the founders next oh don't... it's early 90s sitcom star dave coulier... cut...it...out! [laughing]

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a preordane list by the federalist society and the federalist society run by man whose goal in life to repeal roe v. wade, he created the list. paul: democrats attacking the choice for brett kavanaugh and the role conservative groups plaid in nomination, the federalist society whose leader is on leave as he advices president trump on judicial selections is being shadowy right-wing, who are its members and what are they trying to do? let's ask former congressman david mcintosh, cofounder of federalist society and current president of the club for growth. well, welcome, david, good to see you again. so first of all, let me ask you, what do you think of brett kavanaugh's nomination? >> brett is a tremendous judge, he was going to limit authority in supreme court to really

interpreting the law and then applying it in the cases beforehand. we see the liberals going into a huge fit over that because they want judges who will impose their liberal or orthodoxy. >> you founded it many years ago, cofounded it with others, why did you feel you need -- needed to do it, what hole will you fill? >> fundamentally the federalist society is a law student organization, we were law students then, scalia was my professor of constitutional law and we realized the dominant thought in law schools on the courts were the liberal version really after the new deal that the courts should impose their vision of a good society on the rest of the country and that that had strayed so far from the constitution we were learning where the role of judges wasn't to make laws, it was to

interpret the laws that congress and the president passed. and we thought, you know, let's get into a debate about that and we formed the federalist society to bring liberals, conservatives, libertarians, traditionalists altogether to debate these big legal questions. paul: you started as student group and now you branched out and there are a lot of different chacters and you have meetings, these aren't in my experience secret meetings, they are advertised with agendas and is that -- and you invite speakers and invite liberals, what's the goal there? >> the goal is to have the debate and in part our views are right and if you put them out and test them in debate you'll be able to persuade people that limited government and judiciary that's limited to its role is the right thing for the country. if you just advocate, we found that then people who were

skeptical said, well, i might not be able to disagree with that but i know somebody, my smart professor would be able to. we invite smart professors to come debate with us and we have the exchange and i think we are winning because it's the truth. paul: well, i mean, does -- what about this role of vetting choices for the court whether it'd be the appellate court or the supreme court? i mean, what role does the federalist society play in that? i know that leonard leo is now on leave but do you guys -- do you have to join the federalist society now if you want to be on the federal bench? >> no, not at all. and that's not a criteria for who we think would be good judges. i will say this, the personalist society actually does not take official position on any legislative or confirmation matter, but we realized we have a lot of knowledge about who are really excellent incredibly

capable credential judge who is have that same philosophy that president trump said he wanted. judges who will limit themselves to their role, follow the constitution and interpret the law and so leonard and a lot of people in the organization offer today president trump will research these people but let's be honest about this, we don't get the choose, he's the president and he made the choice of brett kavanaugh, he has very smart lawyers throughout the justice department and his white house staff really do a lot of the research. we offered some names, he liked them in the campaign, put them on a list but the choice ultimately was his. paul: you've had just about every supreme court member maybe other than ruth bader ginsburg and i might be wrong about that who addressed your different meetings in washington, have you not? >> we have, we've invited the

conservatives and enjoyed having them there but we also invited what you call liberal justices, judges and justices who have a different view than what we articulate in a lot of our materials and we like that, we like them and they come, i think they enjoy it frankly because it's cordial but serious intellectual debate. paul: all right, david, great to have you here, thanks so much. >> my pleasure. paul: we have to take one more break. when we come back hits and misses of the week. ♪ ♪ (vo) we came here for the friends. and we got to know the friends of our friends. and we found others just like us. and just like that we felt a little less alone. but then something happened. we had to deal with spam, fake news, and data misuse. that's going to change. from now on, facebook will do more to keep you safe and protect your privacy.

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more cowboys. meaning the cowboys spirit. the toughness and independence. needless to say some opposed it as racist and sexist. we know how political this is a virtually killed off the idea of any indian as university mascot. now it is cowboys! they are wrong. the world needs more cowboys! >> mary? >> a big hit to the german chancellor, angela merkel for forcefully advocating for the release of the widow of course of the late transaction was held under house arrest for eight years in china. she was so depressed her friends thought you might commit suicide. she was released this part in large part thanks to mrs. angela merkel. she emigrated to germany. it is a small but important win for human rights. you have to keep the focus on everyone else in jail in china. >> kim? >> a hit to donald trump for his part in this week of dwight and stephen hammond. two ranchers convicted and

harshly sentenced of this non-crime of using the same fire land management tool the federal government uses. it is great not just because of justice but it is a slap to the federal government that has been leading a campaign against western landowners for harassing them and bullying them, forcing them out. between this and actions that the interior and agricultural department we are starting to see a change in mentality. >> thank you. bill? >> a big hit to the tied navy seals. and the former navy seal who came in to help them rescue the boys soccer team that was trapped in the tunnels in thailand. they got 12 kids out. plus the coach. in an extremely difficult rescue. let's just say thank god for toxic masculinity. >> and of course that navy s.e.a.l. gave his life.

>> yes. >> if you have your own hit or miss, send it to us on @jeronfnc. >> president trump gearing up for his greatly anticipated face-to-face with vladimir putin in helsinki. as he visits scotland today. this is a big week that could be a game changer for the presidents foreign policy. hello everyone and welcome to a brand new hour of "americas news headquarters". i'm eric shawn. >> i am arthel neville. protest following the crowd will significantly smaller than those yesterday. as he prepares for his high-stakes summit with vladimir putin less than 48 hours from now. kevin is live in scotland,

traveling with the president and has the very latest. kevin? >> always great to be with you. a summit with major world implications and a joint press availability that would certainly qualify as must-see t.v. as fox news can confirm that president trump and president putin will meet the press. will have live coverage on monday right here on fox news channel. while we do not have the exact details just yet, it should be fairly early in the day keeping in mind that seven hour time difference between helsinki and the east coast. be sure to join us for live coverage. meanwhile, much like we said yes in england as you pointed out, protest did greet the president in scotland. and yes, there were other

smaller demonstrations throughout the countryside. as well as, i think you'll find this interesting. a protest over at turnberry where the president was greeted by some home crafted signs and whistles as the folks there were speaking up. they did that whenever they thought the president may be within earshot. for his part rbc mr. trump took it all in stride. wrapping up his round this morning even waving at the demonstrators while he was out there surrounded by security and of course, having a little fun in the meantime. by the way he also tweeted this. he said his time on the links was his primary form of exercise. you have a smile out of that. but if you are a golfer you know if you walk it certainly can qualify. tonight it is a relaxing evening for the first family in scotland. the same tomorrow before making our way over to helsinki finland. the press meanwhile we are told by the white house, continues and the present will keep the prepping for the big summit

coming up with vladimir putin in helsinki. arthel, back to. >> arthel: and the world will be watching. thank you, kevin. >> eric: meanwhile looming over the justice department stunning announcement yesterday about the russian election interference. special counsel, robert mueller, indicted 12 russian intelligence officers. accusing them of packing the d&c and clinton campaign computers. in order to interfere with our presidential election. gillian turner with more from washington. >> reporter: in a new 29 page indictment the doj released yesterday, the russian special counsel draws a direct link between vladimir putin government and election meddling. the indictment charges 12 russian military intel officers with conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. specifically, they are cues of packing and releasing emails from the clinton campaign, the d&c and the dccc.

it does not show any american citizen commit a crime. they say reality is russians are highly unlikely to extradite any of the officials to the u.s. for prosecution. >> we can fund foreign interference in american elections. it is important for us to avoid thinking like this and to think patriotically as americans. >> as the wake of the release, condemnation has been swift and bipartisan. >> the indictments are clear proof that the russian investigation is not a witchhunt. >> my hope would be that the president and his allies would cease and assist from calling the investigation a witchhunt. >> in a statement from senior republican senator john mccain says in part quote - despite repeated warnings from the nations top intelligence and military leaders, the crimmins efforts to weaken our institutions have continued unabated with insufficient action taken by the

administration. the special counsel bombshell comes just 2 and a half days before the president is slated to meet with vladimir putin one on one in helsinki. if a high-stakes summit with top-tier national security issues on the agenda. but now, many democrats are calling for the president to cancel the summit in response to the indictment. >> eric: thank you. in the next hour, the head of the illinois -- illinois was hacked by the way by the russians. >> arthel: a very short time ago, the president tweeting in your reaction to the doj indictments. these russians this with the president said, these russian individuals did their work during the obama years. why didn't obama do something about it? because he thought crooked hillary clinton would win. that's why. it had nothing to do with the trump administration but fake news does not want to report this as you will. and we have a fellow at the heritage foundation and former justice department official. good to have you here.

first of all, what is behind the presidents tweet? >> look, the key thing to point out is that apparently, from the indictment we know that the obama administration discovered this in 2016.before the election. the real question here is, why didn't they take immediate action and a counterintelligence operation to not only warn everyone involved in the political campaign and what was going on but take steps to prevent this from happening. there has really been no explanation. >> arthel: well, i will move on. there was an estimation but we will keep going. is there anything in this report that can be denied or dismissed of inconsequential, incorrect, overblown or somehow politically driven? >> we do not really know because remember, it is an indictment. it charges leveled by the government. they don't have to produce any evidence. these folks will never be indicted so we will never get a

case actually proven in court. the key thing i think for people to remember is that while we certainly should be concerned, about the russians engaging in this kind of activity, with each year you and the kgb have done is no different than what they did throughout the entire cold war. engaging in disinformation campaigns. >> it is different now do think because we have social media, emails and a whole lot more ways to get directly to people which is what they did which they really did micro-targeting. >> there is no question that technology makes it more effective. if you look at the history of the cold war and some of the disinformation campaigns, they ran, including feeding information like "the new york times" -- >> arthel: i get your point. business as usual, no kind of big deal but do they indicate that the mueller investigation is coming to an end? or is it picking up steam? >> it is important to keep in mind that in all of the indictments, and prior indictments, the indictment of

russian intelligence operatives, there's actually no evidence including these indictments. that there was any collusion between the russian government and the trump campaign. it is supposed to be the purpose of the mueller campaign. if they really want to go after russian intelligence operatives, then they ought to be running a counterintelligence operation, not engaging in a law enforcement investigation like this one. >> arthel: understood. by the way, you have a lot of viewers who are very concerned about russia having meddled regardless of who it may or may not have been in favor. that is why the casual reaction to they did it back then, they will do it now, they will keep doing it. they think is a little alarming that there is such a casual reaction to this. >> no, it's not casual reaction, it is also important to keep in mind that what they did was, they exposed the inner workings of the d&c and the hillary campaign. but it is important to keep in

mind, the did not hack any voting machines, they did not hack any computers that were counting ballots. they did not in any way affect the actual casting of ballots or the counting of ballots the integrity of the election itself. that was not compromised. they were trying to run and influence operation and that is something we need to try to stop. it did not change the outcome of the election. >> arthel: you said this is something we need to stop. if the administration does not come down hard on russia with fierce and consequential punishment, what does that do to the importance of the counterintelligence investigative work there and is there any national security jeopardy at play? >> there's always national security issues when foreign government tries to hack into american government facilities and political party facilities.

and often in a commercial area coming after companies two. it is a constant war that our intelligence agencies have to fight. there were problems with china which has a huge hacking operation that they use to go after americans. there is a lot we need to do about this but -- >> arthel: nothing specific in terms of what we should do about russia. quickly, should the president meet with vladimir putin? yes or no. >> i don't really have an answer but i think he has already said he is going to confront vladimir putin over it although the russians obviously are denying they had anything to do with this. >> arthel: will keep talking about this. we appreciate your perspective, thank you hans von spakovsky. >> eric: meanwhile new reaction ahead of the presidents meeting with vladimir putin on monday. not all lawmakers on board with the summit. some democrats have been calling for the president to scrap meeting with vladimir putin because of those federal election interference charges. >> i want to make sure that other americans here, that the

president makes the issue a russian interference a priority in the meeting and it is not something that is simply snuffed off with a quick response from vladimir putin saying he did not do anything. that is why he and his team are not willing to make the subject of this indictment, russian interference a top priority in the helsinki meeting then it should be canceled. >> eric: for more on this from moscow, live tonight in red square. hi amy. >> hi, eric. from here you get the sense that president run reporting is riding high. coming off of a incredibly successful world cup. hundreds of thousands of tourists have come here. they've not been scared off by the scandal. or the sanctions or any other political issues. the atmosphere in moscow and across the country is frankly,

really relaxed. he is broadcasting freely just a stone throw from the kremlin as we are, is quite unheard of. in fact, these indictments that came down yesterday as we know, eric, are deadly serious. 13 people that were indicted back in february were civilians. largely unknown. 12 who were charged yesterday, allegedly, work for the main director, director of military intelligence. it would be very hard for vladimir putin to say as he has in the past, if there were russian hackers they were not doing their interfering in an officially sanctioned capacity. russia's foreign ministry on the facebook page said, the news last night was meant to quote - spoil the atmosphere of the summit. done by people who do not want the normalization of bilateral relations. so what do the russians expect from this helsinki summit on monday? some point out that cold war summits were about saving the world from nuclear annihilation. this one, is about image. >> donald trump has to show he

is not the russian man. vladimir putin shows he is the man. he is the one who is leading the work, not this guy, trump. eric, of course, vladimir putin has built up his popularity to a large extent by creating an enemy in the west or accusing america and other countries of causing some of the problems that russia suffers with the economy and isolation. it will be interesting to see if the summit goes well, how he will segue from that previous position to a new one and the position going forward. >> eric: and of course, there will be a fascinating joint press conference with both of them. we will ask one of our guests coming up if that is appropriate. amy, in the very picturesque red square today. thank you.

>> arthel: very picturesque! new reaction to the former fbi lawyer lisa paige interviewed by lawmakers behind closed doors. for nearly 5 hours, this coming just one day after the fbi agent, peter strzok, was grilled publicly for the first time. we are covering at all. plus, top it ministration officials voicing concerns over the threat from moscow ahead of the presidents meeting with the russian president vladimir putin. >> will continue to see individuals affiliated with the st. petersburg based internet research agency. creating new social media accounts, masquerading as americans and using these accounts to draw attention to the position.

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every day, their penetrating our digital infrastructure and conducting the range of cyber intrusions and attacks against targets in the united states. >> arthel: national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live. >> when the defense secretary met with his counterpart, he did not mention russia by name. in his public remarks. but it was clear who he was referring to. on board his plane he called russia out by name just days before the president is set to meet with vladimir putin. >> russia factors in in the southeastern europe area as a destabilizing element. they've chosen to come in and to undermine the democratic fabric of nations that are young and in the democratic processes. >> a new fox news poll shows president trump has been too

soft on russia get a majority approves of his july 16 meeting with the russian president. a 53 percent majority thinks that the president is not tough enough on russia. including 32 percent of republicans. the director of national intelligence, issued a stark warning on friday about escalating cyber attacks on u.s. infrastructure ahead of the midterm elections. not long after the justice department issued its new indictments of 12 russian military intelligence officers. >> russia has been the most aggressive foreign actor. no question. they continue their efforts to undermine our democracy. we fully realize that we are just one click of the keyboard away from a similar situation repeating itself. >> a reference to the 2016 election hacking, the is intelligence director added a warning the u.s. public has not heard since before 9/11. that the red warning light of a

possible devastating attack on the u.s. homeland is blinking again. those are his words. they say half a million u.s. voters had their data stolen by the russian military intelligence hacker he managed to get into various state election boards. >> arthel: ominous words, jennifer, thank you. >> eric: for nasa spring and michael ãa foreign policy scholar and a director of the notre dame international security center. he is coming to us from south bend. michael, good to see you. the russians attacked as we know. they targeted and singled out our democratic process. what you think the president should say to vladimir putin and whatever he says, do you think it would actually deter the russians? >> well, i think he has to raise the issue with the russians at this point, politically, it will be a disaster not to. i think what is going to deter the russians though, is not what he says. it is what we, as a country, do. i think the department of

justice indictment that was just issued, is part of the responses. it is basically a shot across the bow to the russians to say, we are in your networks, we know a lot of what is going on and by the way, we can do stuff two. >> eric: were you surprised at the detail? in the indictment? not just names, and identities but real specifics? >> yeah. and you know, there was deliberate decision i think probably by the dni to cover my sources and methods more than what might normally be the case to making a point. i think to the extent it is a good thing to do. i guess what worries me is dni coates talking about cyber attack being as devastating as 9/11. it is just no evidence for cyber, having that kinetic capability and likewise, there

is abundant evidence that the russians tried to hack into the political process in 2016. there isn't powerful evidence that it made a difference in the outcome of the election. this could be a lot of sound and fury signifying not nothing, but very little. >> eric: state official said no votes were changed and will talk about that in the next hour. fact we succumb our reaction is important. what should we do? should for example, the present demand spies be extradited? which will never happen. should the inter-poll put warrants on them so they would be arrested? should we increase sanctions, for example among the oligarchs and others in russia to really tighten up the sanctions? >> you know, i would really do none of the above. making incredible threats actually undermines what you're trying to get across. i think what we need to do is

bolster our defenses here at home. cyber as dni coates mentioned is an ongoing problem. it's foreign actors like russia, china, north korea and iran and it is also criminals as well. and thinking back at the stories about the dnc hacks, a lot of that was the result of just you know, sloppy information security. dnc head john podesta fell for a fishing scheme. i think we have to do is what most businesses do which is, tighten your belts and protect your systems. you do that and it will be very hard for external actors to get into them. >> eric: what would you say to those who are not doing that. the russians need to face some consequences. it was an attack against our country and an attack against the very tenants of what this nation stands for. and that they should have consequences so they stop it or

or deterred. >> i think the best deterrent is a hardened cyber infrastructure that they, they cannot get in. >> eric: slapped them around a little bit or something? more sanctions or something that would sting, perhaps? >> we have sanctions on them. we have repeatedly said how bad we think the russian behavior has been around eastern europe and in syria and place like that. i think after a certain point, he did not want to fall into this theatrics of doing things just to do them. let's ask, how serious is the threat? how vulnerable is our infrastructure? and what do we need to do to fix it? i think that is a serious response to a real but not catastrophic threat that we face from moscow. >> eric: assumes the measures that have been taken, as you know, have not really deterred

their behavior. michael desch, thank you so much for joining us. >> great to be here, eric. >> eric: stay with fox news channel for complete coverage of the president's summit. tomorrow chris wallace will be anchoring a special edition of "fox news sunday" live from helsinki, finland at 2 pm and 7 pm eastern. right here on fox news channel. then on monday, he has got that -- is at a summit when chris sits with vladimir putin? it is an interview. he was at one on one with vladimir putin to get reaction of the meeting.and chris wallace will ask vladimir putin about election interference. can't wait until we hear more about that! >> eric: definitely tuna for that. meanwhile, new tensions in the middle east as deadly protest along the israel and gaza border exploded in an exchange from rocket fire. plus, the former fbi lawyer, lisa paige answering questions behind closed doors on capitol hill just one day after the

agent peter strzok, fiery hearing. we will analyze that, coming up.>> i think when they come back on monday will get the rest of the questions answered and i think peter strzok testimony, really left a lot of americans frustrated. because he was not honest. he was not credible in explaining his actions. orgivene, liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ i'm ray and i quit smoking with chantix. i tried cold turkey, i tried the patch. they didn't work for me. i didn't think anything was going to work for me until i tried chantix.

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defense system. >> arthel: former fbi lawyer, lisa paige, interview about lawmakers behind closed doors for nearly 5 hours. just one day after the fbi agent, peter strzok, was grilled publicly for the first time. this is many republicans say their anti-trump text messages are evidence of partisan bias within the nation's top law enforcement agency. republican congressman, mark meadows, tweeting quote - remarkably, we learned new information stay suggesting the doj had not notified lisa paige of the outstanding interview request for over seven months now. the doj, fbi appear to be continuing their efforts to keep material fact and perhaps even witnesses from congress. this was also said. >> i can tell you, lisa paige is a very credible witness. she is doing her best to help us find the truth. and i can tell you that i think in ways she has been falsely

accused about not being willing to cooperate. >> arthel: stephen nelson is here, a warehouse reporter for the washington examiner.thank you so much. jumping right in, what is the most crucial part of the deposition from lisa paige as you can figure out and why and does it depend on political perspective? >> we really do not know what she told lawmakers. for five hours yesterday. the details will be coming forward and as we have heard republicans have characterized her as cooperative. her demeanor has significantly different than peter strzok. his defiance and unapologetic stands the day previously when he engaged in the 10 hour partisan brawl that was streamed live. >> arthel: i was wondering for your reporting with the hearings post deposition if you

able to string some things together. let me move on and i want to know, did lisa paige, quincy reporting and what you are hearing there, did she hurt or help her credibility? >> she gave the impression to republican lawmakers that she was credible. we just play the clip of the congressman meadows saying she do her best to help us find the truth. the republican critics, or exchanged with peter strzok, so far have been saying good things. matt gates, a congressman from florida questioned the fbi attorneys advising her on what to answer and she is no longer an fbi employee so he has questioned why they should be doing this with her testimony. >> arthel: is it perhaps that she could possibly be you know, in jeopardy of exposing some classified information? fbi information, might that be the reason? >> it could be.she was a top fbi lawyer. the bureau of course feels there is an interest in her testimony. they have questioned whether that is appropriate.

i'm sure that they will be more when she completes her testimony on monday. >> arthel: let's talk about peter strzok. did he hurt or help his credibility? >> well, i think anyone that watched this came away with the impression that he was unapologetic. he felt he did nothing wrong using his government phone to send these messages to lisa paige. denouncing president trump. at one point, the democratic congresswoman pointed out that he was using a government device to send these messages. which was really the problem. that is how he was discovered to have been doing this. he felt that he did nothing wrong and i think that many republicans feel otherwise. >> this is all tied around the mueller investigation. let's look at a fox news poll about the declining approval of that very investigation. you've got now, 48 percent approved whereas june, one month ago, 55 percent approved.

do you think the info that peter strzok provided during his hearing, is a blemish on the mueller investigation? or did his testimony under oath. >> arthel: the fbi commitment to the law. this question of this investigation to hillary clinton and donald trump democrats of course say that there is no evidence and republicans feel otherwise. this has immediate implications because the robert mueller investigation is ongoing. this also will have an effect on americans trust in the fbi and the question of whether bias affected these probes will be a continuing question. when that will be addressed in years to come. >> arthel: lastly, during this hearing for peter strzok that we all watch with our mouths agape, to congress as a whole or individual lawmakers hurt or hinder their credibility?

[laughter] >> you know, it was must watch tv. i think that we heard there were outbursts from certain members and i'm not sure that i want to definitively say that all of them discredit themselves but certainly, some of them have some popular youtube clips right now.>> arthel: thank you stephen nelson. we will leave it there. thank you for joining us this afternoon. >> thank you. spoon have you heard about the former attorney general eric holder? he surprised some people with comments about i.c.e. he is pushing back against some of the democrats that are calling to abolish the agency. we will talk to our political panel about that in a moment. plus, you details on the trump administration efforts to reunite migrant families separated at the southern border. that issue looming large during the secretary state, mike pompeo is visit to mexico. we will have a live report on all of that. controversy continues, straight ahead. >> we share nearly a 2000 mile border. the united states is committed to making measurable progress.

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repeatedly, that -- our main hopeful for now that this will get done. >> arthel: dan springer is live in seattle with the very latest. dan? >> hello arthel. the trumpet ministration is making significant process in reuniting immigrant children with parents. important, the progress was acknowledge a three by federal judge in san diego. this happened late yesterday afternoon. district court judge said that the government has demonstrated good faith and is largely completed or complied with the deadline this week to reunite children under age 5 with their parents who cross the border illegally. many of them seeking asylum. the judge said, there has been quote - substantial compliance. and now, all the very young kids eligible to be back with their parents are out of federal custody and back with family. among them is the gonzales family from guatemala. >> in several centers, there are many mothers who are desperate. they want to leave those places

to be reunited with their children. i sent all those mothers a message to fight. because with these people help and with gods help, they will be able to make it. >> the trumpet ministration also ruled on a plan to comply with the next deadline which is to have the remainder of the children were between the ages of five and 17, reunited with families by july 26. the goal is to reconnect 200 kids per day with a parent or guardian. the federal judge says he will be monitoring the efforts to make sure it happens. >> i certainly believe the united states government has the resources to get it done. if they treat it as a priority in the way they did when they went out and tried to arrest everyone. >> meanwhile, secretary state, mike pompeo and others in the trump administration that sort of a tongue lashing from the mexican president while they met in mexico city yesterday to talk about trade the president

said mexicans have great way for the more than 2000 children separated from the children of the border. but the highlight on the other side, yesterday, police arrested a 32-year-old man in california who had attacked his wife with a chainsaw in front of their three children. the department of homeland security says the man has deported 11 times in 2005. his wife is injured but expected to survive. the children are in protective custody. >> eric: meanwhile new fallout over calls from some democrats to abolish i.c.e. house lawmakers introduced legislation earlier this past week aimed at doing just that. but now the former obama administration attorney general, eric holder criticizing the effort. saying it will only help republicans to request a thing i.c.e. needs to be reformulated. it needs to be reformed. i think we need to focus on that which is most important. that is a separation of these kids from their kids. i.c.e. plays a role in that.

but i think in some ways you're giving the republicans a gift by saying, will have a debate whether or not i.c.e. should be abolished and the focus should be on what the administration did to the children. >> eric: is that a gift? we bring in a former trump campaign cochair and former senior advisor to the hillary clinton campaign. welcome to you both. lena, let me start with you. it is really a lightning rod issue. your heart goes out to the children. it is a horrible situation. but his holder correctly says it is a gift by some democrats calling for the abolishment of i.c.e.? >> is perhaps the first met eric holder and i have ever agreed on! i think this was a gift to the republicans and i think any member of the united states that believes i.c.e. should be abolished is basically saying we want a country without a border. in a country that a border does not exist. and so, i support legislation

and the president's efforts to protect the board and put american citizens first. >> eric: you know what the critics say. cynthia nixon calls a terrorist organization. >> actually, i would invite her to explain that because in fact, i.c.e. is necessary to keep our country safe. right now, we have what is essentially an open border between the united states and mexico. there are human beings being traffic between the border. illicit drugs, illegal firearms and gangs are moving in between the united states and mexico. we have an open border and really, only god knows what is being moved between the two countries. >> eric: antoine, do you think we do indeed have an open border? and i.c.e. should be abolished? >> i totally disagree with the idea of abolishing i.c.e. i think it is impractical and broad policy. i think is important top importance for democrats going into what i call the most consequential midterm election of my lifetime. bottom line is, democrats

should be talking about is a failure that the president and the republican majority for not passing comprehensive immigration reform. we need to be calling them out for their famous snatch and debate policy. snatch children away from their families and beat the public into believing that somehow, it is barack obama and the democrats fault. comprehensive immigration reform is what majority of american people want. we cannot afford in our country to have this and is to be a bipartisan effort. it needs to be led by the people who are in charge of the country. and unfortunately the more important of feeding the base of the republican party red meat followed by red kool-aid. >> eric: the president -- >> if i may speak up, sir. the hate and rhetoric that comes from the far left -- >> it comes from the president. >> sir, president trump is present for all americans.

if you let me finish my thought. >> certainly. >> will not apologize for supporting a president that puts american citizens first. i'm not going to apologize for a president who wants to secure our borders. i'm a candidate for the united states congress. and i meet with voters every single day. and the voters in michigan, are happy that a president is putting him first. we do not want an open border between the two countries. [multiple speakers] >> eric: their heartbreaking scene that we've seen. >> have said publicly that i congratulate president trump and the administration on their efforts to bring families back together. i am a young mother, i have a nine month old baby. no mother should be separated from her child. and i congratulate and applaud president trump and the ministration efforts to reunite these 2900 families.

>> eric: antoine, the last word. >> i'm not asking you to apologize.i'm just asking you to join the reality club and say look, this president, your president and the republican congress failed on the issue of immigration. they have used it as a redmeat issue to get a reaction out of the base and they are responsible for parents and children being separated in a zero-tolerance policy implemented by the trump administration. >> i will be delighted to engage in debate with you. you're filled with a lot of anger and i think one of the things that -- >> anger? [laughter] >> there is a tremendous amount of hatred and vitriol coming from those that support the policies. we will not be silent anymore. the silent majority spoke aloud and we support a president who puts american citizens first. >> eric: we are up against the clock. that is it. >> i just called for bipartisan immigration reform. i don't call that anger.i think it is common sense and practical and what we need. >> eric: that will be the last word there is debate right

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supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh intensifies as republicans gear up for a tough confirmation fight and democrats valet fierce fight as well. lauren green live in new york with more. >> hi arthel. hillary clinton and senator elizabeth warren of the latest to add their voices to the democrats vehemently opposing the supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. looking more like a presidential candidate the former secretary of state gave a fiery 20 live speech to teachers and tom-toms pittsburgh. -- with reversing social change in the last century and 1/2. >> i used to worry that they wanted to turn the clock back to the 1950s.now i where they want to turn it back to the 1850s. >> arthel: earlier today, republican, rather senator warren decide to vilify the choice for what it would mean for her union earlier today

republican senator mike lee of utah was on the longest consider for the high court, blasted clinton's words as just plain out of line. >> it is absurd hyperbolic rhetoric in the think secretary clinton should be ashamed of those comments and i call upon her to resend them. it is not helpful, it is not accurate. i consider it completely disingenuous. i think it reflects a certain animus that certain members of the democratic party have now harbored for decades. toward republicans. personal animus. >> a date has been set but mitch mcconnell says he will probably start late august or september in time for judge kavanaugh to be on the high court when it starts the next term october 1. >> arthel: thank you for squeezing that out! we are back after this break.

>> arthel: we begin with the fox news alert as we learn that president trump and the russian president, vladimir putin, will hold a joint news conference after their meeting in helsinki, finland, on monday. hello everyone and welcome to a brand-new hour inside "americas news headquarters". i am arthel neville. >> eric: i am eric shawn. the president spending this weekend at his golf course in scotland. as he looks ahead in his summit on monday with vladimir putin. those talks happening just days after the stunning indictments of the 12 russian intelligence officers. for hacking the computers of the democratic national committee and hillary clinton. and trying to interfere with