the stage with a racist like that? there's no explanation and no excuse for that. that's all the time we have left this evening, we are not the destroyed trump media, we are fair, balanced and difference. let not your heart be troubled. how was your holiday? >> laura: it was great. >> sean: i can't hear anything. >> laura: he can't hear anything i'm saying. >> sean: i can hear you now. >> laura: the worst thing is coming back after a long weekend and you enter the lion's den of what should be a sober process of a judiciary hearing and it's just a total, ridiculous theater that i'm going to address on my ankle. >> sean: and look at those kids of soon to be just a kavanaugh. why do his kids have to be subject to that planned, or

orchestrated b.s.? >> laura: imagine if that happened and that she was on the other foot? they would say it's mean, it's cool, mean-spirited. anyway, you had a great show tonight, great new details. good evening from washington, i'm laura ingraham and this is "the ingram angle." we have a lot for you in the next half-hour. brett kavanaugh, the supreme court hearing is one of many stories we are hearing tonight. also the white house hitting back very hard against the latest bob woodward book. ed henry will be here to break it all down for us. plus nike lost billions of dollars of value over its decision to use anthem dealer colin kaepernick as the face of its latest ad campaign. so wasn't no one else available? i guess not. and with nbc embroiled in it a scandal, one of its top anchors is taking shots of course at

fox. so we will set the record straight. but first the party of the stunts strikes again. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh had not yet been introduced at his confirmation hearing when democrats employed a familiar protest tactic. >> good morning. i welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh to serve as associate -- >> mr. chairman, i direct like to be recognized for questions before we proceed. >> laura: first went kamala harris. despite the fact that they were furnished more documents about kavanaugh than the last five supreme court nominees combined, and despite the fact like senators like richard blumenthal have already gone on record saying they are opposing kavanaugh's nomination, of course they claim it was all

about needing more documents. >> mr. chairman, i moved to adjourn. [cheers and applause] mr. chairman, we have been denied real access to the documents we need to advise -- which turns this into a charade and mockery of our norms. >> laura: isn't it funny to hear and say that, turning it into a mockery? of course no episode of the trump resistance would be complete without some of those protesters that you've heard in the background. they were going off like timed fireworks in a tedious spectacl spectacle. >> sit down now! >> mr. chairman, i think we ought to have this loudmouth removed. we shouldn't have to put up with this kind of stuff.

i hope she is not a law student. >> laura: there were 63 interruptions of the first part of the hearing today. it seemed like it was 263 to me watching it. and here's what you need to know. these were not random events, they were part of a coordinated campaign of stunts directed and staged before hand by the democrats. >> i'm reviewing a tweet from nbc that said democrats plotted coordinated a protest strategy over the holiday weekend and all agreed to protest the hearing. chuck schumer led a phone call and committee members are executing now. >> mr. chairman, there was a phone conference yesterday and at the time of the phone conference, many issues were raised. 100,000 documents related to judges kavanaugh have been characterized as committee confidential. >> laura: it was good of durban to confirm what we all knew. there is a 90 minute blow va

shannon session at the top of the kavanaugh hearing was just clunky choreography meant to foster republicans and more importantly, it's all about the midterms. they are not going to defeat cavanaugh. they know it and we know it. but the truth is this is all the democrats have. they are now just a party of wacky protests, silly sideshows and groovy stunts. they have no governing agenda or a argument. they can't run against record unemployment or booming consumer confidence. so feigned outrage is all they are left with. one group left this actually donned handmade tales costumes as if it would turn women into slaves of the state. i looked closely and it looked more like a high school send-off, i don't know, of

little house on the prairie. it was really stupid. among the protesters scattered through the hearing room was a familiar face. leftist activist and professional rabble-rouser linda sarsour. you remember she gave that very understated talk at the women's march right before the inauguration. >> i will not respect an administration that won that election on the backs of muslims and black people, and undocumented people and of mexicans and people with disabilities, and on the backs of women. >> laura: my dogs at home just hid under the couch with that. i'm sorry, but not only as a cast of characters the same but so is the general approach. the circus of today's hearing not only has involved three or four dozen people but, it was just as well organized as a women's march is or any of those spontaneous pro-amnesty march as they saw it earlier this.

i called this governance by stunt. we don't have the votes to change policies so we are going to try intimidation. after all, we know that most of the media is just going to laugh it up so just let it rip. and this is the same play that they used in chicago back in 2016 when trump was scheduled to attend a rally at the university of illinois and chicago. democratic congressman luis gutierrez, moveon.org, black lives matter and other leftist groups organize thousands of protesters to swarm the venue. there were scuffles and violence. the security threat was so intense that the trump campaign decided to cancel the rally. if you can't beat them, intimidate them. today's cavanaugh spectacle was revealing. it shows the democrats enduring rage over the election of 2016. they just cannot get over it. and although cavanaugh is

supremely qualified, extremely well regarded as a selection for the high court, he must be opposed because of the man who nominated him. this absurd political jacking today by democratic 2020 hopefuls was as disruptive as it frankly was embarrassing. >> good morning. i welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of -- >> mr. chairman? >> -- brett kavanaugh. >> mr. chairman, i'd like to be recognized for a question before we proceed to. >> mr. chairman, if we could just respond to that. >> you can respond, but just a minute. >> that was cory booker's voice. he was quite chatty today. for all the chatter that trump has course and our conversation and trump has upended protocol, what do you call that?

that went on and on and on. i was thinking about it today though, and as they have done on college campuses and so many other places, and walks of life today, the left is destroying civility and sowing chaos. they are doing it throughout society, and i think the most of the rest of america is just working. they are too busy for protest. they have to put food on the table. if this is how the democrats conduct themselves at what should be a sober hearing for one of the most important posts in the land, imagine how they will govern. should they gain a majority in november? and that is the angle. joining me now for reaction, former chief nomination's counsel to the senate judiciary committee. mark, and carmine dillon, great to see all of you.

mark, directed at your parties, what's happening here? >> i would say democrats won the day by losing it because they may be created a ruckus but i didn't see a single word even in your show from judge kavanaugh and neither did america. >> laura: so that's the goal here? because that's the goal on college campuses. >> neil gorsuch actually had a a lot more support and he got through the message but, kavanaugh didn't. >> laura: so you think it's fine for when the chairman of the committee is speaking for multiple democrats, auditioning for 2020, and continue to jump in when they know that's not the deal. if the shoe were on the other foot democrats would be howling about this. >> you hit it on the head. these are 2,020 democrats and they are playing on the base, that's what they are doing.

that's 13% approval in this country for a reason, and its theater. and -- >> i think it's also a chance to educate the american public on how important the court is. i think if you pointed out on my radio show how this demonstrates that to the left, the court is just another political instrument. >> clearly they don't have that cope votes to stop kavanaugh and the argument to do it either. i think what he speaking about is a vision of the court that the american people respect and understand. judges that apply the law as written, and that's contrary to what some of these democratics s want. if they weren't obstructing they could talk about the key political issues. >> laura: so it's abortion, abortion, abortion. there was a moment when ben sasse who has been resisting trump for most of the trump presidency, but he in many ways

i think today was the republican stand out in this committee. let's watch. >> the reason these hearings don't work is not because of donald trump or anything in the last 20 months. these confirmation hearings haven't worked for 31 years in america. the hysteria around supreme court confirmation hearings is coming from the fact that we have a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of the supreme court in american life. judge kavanaugh doesn't hate women and children, judge kavanaugh doesn't lust after dirty water and stinky error. looking at his record it seems to me that what he actually likes is legislators that are too lazy and too risk-averse to do actual jobs. >> laura: while presented and well done. i know you've been following this minute-by-minute, i knew it was going to be raucous, but i confess, i actually thought this was -- and i guess i am still naive in certain ways. i thought this was even below where someone like the theatrical book or would. but that's exactly where he

went. >> that's right, laura. it was a 2016 audience with a 2020 aspirational democratic leadership there. it was a worse then the hearing. i thought it was outrageous, it really turns off the american voters and as much as you and i both disagree with ben sasse, i think he was a star and ted cruz was also a star today. they wouldn't have those losers in their handmade tail costumes out there protesting, they should be protesting not the confirmation hearing but they should be protesting the senate, legislatures who don't do their jobs. instead it's the default now and they treat the supreme court like a branch of the government that makes the laws and not interprets them. like you said, , and kavanaugh will have a chance to talk

tomorrow, and this is just laying out the clock as much as we can. and >> laura: the two daughters are sitting there, and you are separating parents of children, okay there's some validity there. but i have two young girls sitting there and brett kavanaugh, who has excelled in law school, while qualified by the apa which used to be the gold standard. it's a nasty comment after nasty comments after nasty comments. and i keep thinking for those little girls, is this their introduction to american democracy and article three and the legislative branch of oversight? i know that's kind of anecdotal and i should focus on that but as the mother of children, i did focus on that for a moment. >> what's good politics for the democrats isn't good, good policy for everybody because the

just of the matter is, they -- the court looks like another political branch. unless there is a bipartisan agreement on future nomination agreements, we are tearing down our institutions and they have to put policy and good institutions and supporting our country about politics that is not going to happen in this yea year. >> laura: you know what was trending? it wasn't cavanaugh's introduction to themselves, it was a tweet like this. this is may be some influence or social media, political ranks as one of the top influencers out there. she says, what fresh hell is this! question this alone should be

disqualifying, disqualify. grammatically challenged as well but that's where we are. >> as ugly as things got in that hearing room, it's uglier still on twitter and various precincts to the left. obviously the woman who i had an opportunity to work with here a bit in the senate, -- >> laura: and she's a terrific person, too. >> she scanning the room for something they can interpret and turn into something obnoxious. >> there's something very interesting which, unless something really bizarre happens he will be the next associate justice on the supreme court. he will set for the argument in the first week of october and that happened unless something bizarre happens. but as we are talking about this in massachusetts tonight there was a big primary. in the seventh district of massachusetts, the incumbent

michael kopp one oh, who is endorsed by john lewis and maxine waters. not exactly moderate democrats endorsing him, was beaten by an alexandria because the cortez z endorsee whose name was a anna presley. she is far left, and is an at-large member that came out of nowhere. the democrats are losing control of this party, even their gold standards of liberals like john lewis and maxine waters, they can't push someone through in massachusetts and capuano is liberal enough. >> just like joe crowley, the sky was considered to be a shoe

in. the party is going far left, so i say, you go girl. take the party further left and for the left. nobody is buying the socialism and nobody wants to see america turn into venezuela. >> laura: it doesn't work. where has socialism worked. mark, weigh in on that. >> i think the party is saying they want a new generation. i think that's what you are seeing. but i think you underestimate the power of moderate democrats if the house is taken over by the democrats. they will have the swing votes, not the left. and you will be surprised. >> laura: and they will be out in the cold. >> throw me another crown. >> they will have more power than you think. >> give me a final prediction for what's going to happen tomorrow. >> i think we will finally hear more from judge kavanaugh, and his record is so exceptional and his approach to the law is respectful of the constitution and american people. i think more people hear from him the more they will like him

and the more inevitable his confirmation will come become. he will get confirmation from republicans and democrats. >> laura: don't you miss being up there though? >> i don't know, some days. >> laura: he's thinking, not right now. it's a three-ring circus. thank you so much. the peacock network is involved in multiple scandals tonight, one of nbc's top thinkers taking shots at conservatives including yours truly at networks. that's coming up next.

>> i intellectualism is what has taken over the party. there is almost a disdain with some in trump world. they are like, okay so the college-educated crowd is in force. >> this doesn't look like an attempt to serve systems, it looks like an attempt to serve propaganda. >> it's difficult to take it anymore. i have no doubt that they have a point of view but they are grounded in facts. >> laura: that was nbc's so-called neutral objective, always objective, anchor jeff todd taking shots at trump over

supporters also over the last few years? and in a new piece in atlantic, mr. todd advocates for journalists to fight back against conservative claims of bias. bring it on, chuck. so let me get this straight. while nbc is embroiled in multiple scandals including completely blowing it on the weinstein sexual assault story, chuck todd is telling fox and others how to handle that? joining me now with reaction is conservative radio talk show host, fox news contributor tammy bruce and chris hahn, a talk show host and former aide to senator chuck schumer. all right, tammy. take it away. i find this to be rich. having a byline in the atlantic and taking shots at fox is something of a cottage industry out there about how much credibility right at this moment does nbc have? >> not much at all and i think this is their breaking point but it's also not an accident that

this is all just before the midterms. let's look at chuck todd. in the podesta emails that were leaked by wikileaks, we found that he had been inviting people to a toddy party that chuck tos having in his home for jennifer palmieri, a major aid for hillary clinton. and this is private lines, how they network together. but as i've going 24/7 against the president is not enough, now he wants to go against fox news and that's what he's advocating for. in the midst of wondering why no one trusts the american media, it's because they're on trustworthy. a gallup poll chuck tracks the trustworthiness that media enjoys and when fox news began in 1996, the trustworthy index went up for a number of years. but you can see when major events have occurred, that when the american trust mechanism, the question for the median

starts to go down on major events, like after september 11, and other dynamics. so you can just see, they can fight back. chuck todd says in this piece he can fight back. if you would do his job instead of creating these campaigns against people end up blaming everyone other than himself. >> it's a classic blame shifting and we all know it's kind of easy to blame other people when you've made mistakes, we all do it. but this is now at the point where, they see that fox most nights most of the time is flowing the other networks out in the ratings. not always but we do pretty well. instead of having an actual debate on the issues, it's trump as bad a fox is bad fox hosts are bad. meanwhile, ronan farrell releases a statement last night about what nbc had claimed chris about this weinstein coverage saying, it wasn't adequately

source and that's why we did go with ronan's reporting. he said this last night, executives there have now produced a memo that contains numerous false and misleading statements. their list of sources is incomplete, and it omits women who were either identified in the nbc story or offered to be. the suggestion was first raised by nbc, not me. and i took them off on it after it was clear that i was being blocked. the story was twice cleared and deemed reportable by legal and standards only by being blocked by executives who refused to allow us to see comment from harvey weinstein. so covering up, it looks like for the network or executives, and now lecturing fox? get out of town, your reaction? i think anyone who helps and assists someone cover up the kind of behavior that harvey weinstein participated in needs to be dealt with.

i don't know that that extends to chuck todd, he is allowed to have opinions on other things, and that separate from what the executive brass may have done to cover up bad behavior. i will say this though about his article, i read every word of it and there are some things that i agree with it and some that i disagree with it. there are rebuttals on fox, i rebut and i least three times a week on this network and i think i do a pretty good job. but there are kernels of truth, especially where he says conservatives, they want to steal away from issues and go towards symbolic issues. it started a long time ago, long before fox existed. i think the movement in this country has been very small and it's grown because they've been able to exploit those wedge issues and moving the public. >> when you say wedge issues, they are issues that people care

about. it's not a wedge unless people care about the issues. but cavanaugh it was all about abortion, abortion. so who is a wedge issues are we talking about here? >> i'm talking about -- i want to point out the part in the article that we pointed out that willie horton had in 1988. that's a fine example of taking something -- >> laura: and that was first used by democrats. >> if my memory serves me correct, that was a democrat move first. >> and that's also presidential campaign, that's not the media. chuck todd's point was, it was a call for other media to attack this network and particularly individuals like yourself, sean hannity and tucker carlson. when in fact, the wedge issues for them are issues that we all care about that liberals don't want to have the talked about, like immigration issues.

like the direction of health care. there is financial issues, the economy, those kinds of things are wedge issues. they are all issues and deserve to be discussed. >> laura: there was an paragraph in the article, someone sent it to me and i didn't read the whole thing but i read most of it. in these prime time hosts are among the conservative people who make a really good living or something like that selling there -- we are opinion hosts. i don't pretend to be -- i'm not a network anchor, i'm an opinion host. i've been doing this for 20 plus years, since 1996 i was on msnbc for the first 15 minutes of the network. this idea that people just popped up, there is one network out there like fox, and all of the cable television that it tends to be the others. i love having people who disagree on. i love having evan crist on and

the others on because they offer a different perspective. and with that i will let chris some made up. >> i love giving a different perspective and i think it's very important to have both sides represented. i think it's also important for people to get their media, their news from a lot of different places with a lot of different opinions. i have always watched fox, i have always been progressive but i have always watched fox for a portion of my media diet because i think it's important for me to understand how the other side of the aisle thinks. you have to look at both sides of the aisle. >> laura: pierpoint, tammy and chris, thanks so much. coming up, nike willing to sacrifice it all for its new spokesman. we will tell you why the company is losing billions, next. do you need the most trusted battery

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is he still playing football? yes, that colin kaepernick, the out of work nfl quarterback who refuses to stand for the anthem. some nike customers let there she was on fire in protest, i hope they weren't wearing them. president trump's remark said it sent a terrible message but they are free to do as they please. they have certain freedoms to do things that other people think you shouldn't do. interesting comment from him. joining me now for reaction is candace owens, kim vacations director for turning point usa. and anthony hall, sports agent and attorney. candace, i was getting photos all day from people cutting out the nikes swish and putting it in the dumpster. people were painting it over. i mean, it's pretty dramatic stuff, but i guess a lot of people will supported as well. >> it definitely rubs me the

wrong way just because it's completely dishonest. his entire protesting from start to finish was a campaign that was dishonest with black america about issues that were facing our community. police brutality is not an issue that was facing the black community, it was not in 2016 at the height of all this emotion. only 16 unarmed black men were shot and killed by police officers and that represents .004% of the black community. this year, only 13 unarmed black men have been shot and killed by police officers representing .003% of the black community. all of the issues that we could talk about and fix, and nike sent the wrong political issue for them to back. >> this is what the nfl said today, they were pressed for a quote with the outrage and the stock falling. the national football league believes in dialogue, and

understanding and unity. we embrace the role of everyone involved with this game to promote meaningful and change. they deserve our attention and action. so what action is the nfl going to be taking, do you think? will they be lobbying congress for more oversight of the police department or will they be setting up nfl trainings? >> it's my understanding that they have been in serious conversations with the players to invest money where owners have basically blacked out talent and made billions of dollars off of and given these guys millions, which is a really smart what the community is leaving behind. and considering a lot of people in that community are

underprivileged. >> laura: i have to understand this before i move on because i will forget what you just said. so when someone is talented and leaves the community, then the business has a responsibility, off or obligation to them to put money back into the community? but is not an absolute legal obligation or what kind of obligation are you talking about? >> i think it's a moral obligation and i think that's why the nfl is in talks with these players. this is a league built on 99.9% white ownership, and you have a black player, they have almost the same amount of black general managers. so the ideal when you go into a community and to see that community is depleted of talent, depleted of goods and jobs and education, you take the talent out of there and that talent

brings you billions. i think it's only right to bring that community forward. >> it's ridiculous to think that somebody would have to give back money to the community. here's the facts, $22 trillion have been paid into the welfare system. i'm not saying -- i'm saying it's -- these people have to get jobs and that something that president trump is getting to work on. the last 60 years, it has been giving handouts and it has actually crippled us. >> athletes are the last ones that we should argue. athletes are the last one.

>> they are the last ones -- athletes of the last ones who should argue about anything not being meritorious. their whole careers, their whole lives are based on merit and that is why they are leaders and they are role models in the community. they sacrifice, they sweat. so the ideal that they are asking for some, they are asking for ownership in this business, this multi-business that they have, bringing schools and jobs to that community. >> you didn't respond to what i just said. >> you have an understanding of economics which is wrong and if black peoples are looking at idols, they can look at and explain to you why handouts -- >> why can they have more than

one? >> we will have to learn to stop cutting me off and let me get out what i have to say. there was a fallacy -- >> they are taking out -- dr. dana carson is talent from my city, detroit, that was taken out of my city. >> this is childish. i have no idea why you are shouting. >> laura: guys, guys, this is not good tv when you talk over each other. it drives me crazy. and i want to hear from both of you. i know everybody wants to get their point but it's hard for me to referee. i do want to point out, it's interesting who is supporting what the nfl is doing here. the former iranian president, he said the nfl season will start this week but unfortunately once again colin kaepernick is not on an nfl roster even though he was one of the best quarterbacks in the league.

since when did he become a sports commentator? now you both have to laugh at this. what is that all about? anthony, you can wrap it. >> there is a serious topic here that -- remember when muhammad ali took a stand against the war? he was heated. not too long ago he got an endorsement with adidas and adidas skyrocket. >> laura: i got it, but one of the greatest athletes that ever lived, if not the greatest athlete that ever lived, -- don't compare colin kaepernick who can't make an nfl team on merit to muhammad ali. muhammad ali was well known because he was the best of the best. colin kaepernick god bless him

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>> over 1,000 people were shot in chicago this summer and yet another remember of this tragedy that unfolds for daily in the windy city. now with the city into chaos, what is the democratic mayor rahm emanuel doing? today he announced he is not running for president. joining me now, dan propp, and a democratic state rep from chicago. representative ford, are you surprised by this development today? >> i am surprised and i just want to thank you for being concerned about the violence in chicago. thank you so much for covering it and giving it the attention it needs. >> laura: thank you. we had mayor emmanuel, he was the star. he was considered -- some people

talk to him as a possible presidential candidate down the road. what was he not able to do? violence has been a problem for some time but it's been especially bad during his tenure. what was he not doing among many things? >> he didn't do anything right. he was a disgrace and a disaster. in the seven and a half years that he was a mirror, we are talking upwards of 4,000 people murdered on the streets of chicago, 20,000 shots so catastrophic and injuries in the last seven and a half years. you have a hired death per capita than detroit before it filed bankruptcy. you have a chicago public school system, one of the worst in the nation that is embroiled in a sex scandal. the tiny dancer as i have popularized him in these parts because he was very small, he

was a guy who talked tough and was a coward. all of the tough decisions he said he was going to make when he came in in 2011, not one of them he made it. >> laura: representative ford, i want to go through some of the statistics on his leadership and then we will go to the future. 32% job approval and 18% said they would reelect him. 69% said trust in government was a major problem and that's from gary mccarthy who is running for mayor there. do you think gary mccarthy has a decent shot here at this race for mayor? i mean he thinks we should be much tougher on the hardened criminals, you have to have a better clearance rate, actually locking people up who commit violent crimes. he thinks this is a 1911 situation in the west, and it's

bad. >> you know laura, i think it's a bad plan for the city of chicago. when you look at the way the current mayor handles the situation, it's with a heavy hand. it's constantly talking about policing and there has been no real plan, no real compassion for the city of chicago. so we have to make sure that we have strong police and the city of chicago, police that can handle the crime. we also have to make sure that we eliminate the crime and give people throughout the communities where the violence is happening. it includes millions of dollars, so we have to have a point in chicago where we are going to make sure that we say, after 30 years, mayor daley was the mayor for 30 years and he did a fine job of developing downtown.

that really hurt the city of chicago. we have to make sure that we spread the developments so that chicago can be the royal class city that we all know it could be. but you are never going to get rid of the violence. >> laura: while you can't have development without street safe streets. >> the first responsibility of government at every level is to provide for the physical security of the constituents. it's a chicago democrats have failed to do so time and time again. the idea of this policy of containment, like there is a bunch of george kennan's running around in chicago containing violence, and these poor neighborhoods that have been turned into shooting galleries,

most residents are law abiding. they are more worried about the layout than they are about protecting black families in the city of chicago. >> okay gentlemen, thank you very much. programming note, we will soon be airing a "the ingraham angle" special. saving chicago, a town hall from the windy city. be on the lookout for that. when return, the white house is pushing back hard and dwight henry is here with the latest reaction. stay with us. and they greeted me as they always do. sergeant baker, how are you? they were on it. it was unbelievable. having insurance is something everyone needs, but having usaa- now that's a privilege. we're the baker's and we're usaa members for life. usaa. get your insurance quote today.

>> laura: bob woodward has a new book about the trump administration which is sending shock waves through washington. >> did you expect anything different? more on how team trump is responding, let's go to ed henry here in washington. >> the book doesn't even come out until september and 11th and the already washington is abuzz. some are saying bob woodward has credibility problems and some anecdotes are false. one charging that the mr. trump told the defense secretary james mattis about bashar al-assad, "let's leap being killed him, let's go in and killed the bleeping lot of them." he's telling associates he's trying to prevent world war iii but the retired general put out a blistering statement tonight saying, this is fiction. any claim he uttered a

contemptuous words about the commander in chief is a project of "someone's rich imagination." john kelly also denying the claim that he told the president he was an idiot, we are in crazy town. i don't even know why any of us are here, this is the worst job i've ever had. kelly says "the idea that i called the president and 80 it is untrue. i spend more time with the president than anyone and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationship. he always knows where i stand and we both know this story is b.s. i'm committed to the president, the agenda and our country. the president's personal attorney allegedly said don't testify. it's either that or an orange jumpsuit. while dowd is assisting, not true. he said there was "no so-called practice session or reenactment of a mock interview of the special counsel's office further. i did not say he was likely to end up in an orange jumpsuit, it's a great honor and privilege to serve president trump.

so the president said tonight this is nasty stuff, and he would have refuted it all but he did not get the message that woodward wanted an interview. this contains a phone call between woodward and the president. >> is a tough look at the world and of the administration and you. >> right, i assume that will be a negative book but you know, i am 50% use to that, that's all right. some are good, some are bad. >> the book also claims that rob porter and gary cohn both took papers off of the president's desk to prevent him from taking radical actions. the president said that's simply fabricated. as a businessman he tweeted it was rich for the obama white white house to attack his current ability but tonight it's a president taking his term. >> laura: i think the folks at

cnn are saying the book raises questions about the president's fitness for office? isn't this the same charade we saw with michael wolfe's book? >> people have been raising those questions again and again and again. woodward carries more weight, and, he has a track record and we shouldn't acknowledge that. but the critics were making these same allegations against the president before the book and i suspect it will do it after the book whether it's true or not. >> i think these denials are very specific and very strong. >> from people who have real credibility. and people on the left saying these are the people running the government, we love them and now we are saying they are carrying some weight. >> ed henry, thanks so much tonight. stay here, we will be right back. a memory from the weekend at notre dame.

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>> laura: finally tonight i had the great pleasure of attending the notre dame michigan game this past saturday. it was a great game and notre dame won by seven points. i was a guest of lou holtz, what an amazing man, aside from the fact that he was a phenomenal coach and met a lot of the national team members. they had a big charity event that was fantastic. lou's lad states called to called to come and support it. i was talking about the controversy swirling around and

the anthem, it's nice to see images like this one that i snapped pregame of the michigan team. we know the notre dame mic notre dame team praise before and after the game, but this was nice to see from michigan as well. they played a great game and it was a great privilege. up next, of course, shannon bream and the "fox news at night" team did all the great coverage today for the network on the kavanaugh hearings, and i can't wait to watch, this is full of fireworks. >> shannon: i'm wondering if notre dame could pray for my seminoles, they needed. >> we got it covered. >> shannon: namaste. the first day of confirmation hearings descends into chaos. we are hearing allegations of coordination between democrats and far left protesters. you saw them today as 2020 hopefuls. who is in