these cases could be heard by the supreme court and many, many millions of americans who look to the supreme court as a branch of government upon which they rely now. there are people i think two years ago didn't pay much attention to the supreme court who think now it might be the saving grace for america. >> i think that's exactly right. we are talking about literally -- let's back up. there is actually a case that may well work itself up to the supreme court where the democratic party is actually a party to the case. the party brought the case. so given his statements, it would be very hard to imagine that he could stand as he did i think in "wall street journal" "wall street journal" op-ed and said no matter what i said, trust that i'm impartial. actual, the judicial code of conduct for federal judges says, no. you know? actually, he's already in my view and as a lawyer i would say he's already violated the judicial code of ethics for a sitting federal judge. and that makes it extremely difficult to imagine him in this role and one other thing we should point out is the american bar association tod

a clerkship on the supreme court. american law. i am proud that all four of my newly hired lord clerks at the supreme court are women, a first in the history of the supreme court. applause tonight, i thank all my friends, so many amazing and fearless friends, from my high school days, college, law school, clerking, the bush white house, including president george w bush. applause from thejudiciary, teaching, coaching, playing sports, the vibrant, loyal and tightknit catholic community here in the dc area, and so many others. ashley and iare area, and so many others. ashley and i are gratefulfor their area, and so many others. ashley and i are grateful for their prayers and for the prayers of the thousands and thousands of people we have heard from throughout america. when i give advice to young people or speak to students, i tell them, advice to young people or speak to students, itell them, cherish advice to young people or speak to students, i tell them, cherish your friends, look out for your friends, lift up your f

a clerk on the supreme court is one of the most coveted achievements in american law. am proud that all four of my newly hired log clerks -- law clerks are women. a first in the history of the supreme court. [applause} >> tonight, i think -- thank all of my friends worried for my high school days, college, law school, the bush white house. including president george w. bush. from the judiciary teachings, coaching, playing sports. the vibrant, loyal, and tightknit community in the d.c. area. and so many others. throughout america. cherish your friends, look out for your friends. love your friends. i love all of my friends. my mom martha and my dad ed are here or it -- are here. one of the earliest women prosecutors. my dad taught me work ethic. they've given me a lifetime of love and i am grateful for that. [applause] my daughters, margaret and liza are smart, strong, awesome girls. they are looking forward to the upcoming basketball season. their teachers for giving them the day off to mars they can come watch two cases being argued at the supreme court. so they can com

supreme court. let us remember this. brett kavanaugh is not entitled to a job on the supreme court. no one is. but the american people are entitled to the truth, and president trump and the senate republicans have kept it from them. the f.b.i. background investigation that was reopened after dr. blasey ford's testimony was not an investigation. it was a fig relief to cover concerns about judge kavanaugh. the f.b.i. interviewed only nine witnesses. unbelievably dr. blasey ford and brett kavanaugh were not amongst the people interviewed by the f.b.i. the f.b.i. was forced to ignore countless leaks or not to follow up on them. then senators were given one hour to review the results of the so-called investigation. i was locked in a secure room with 17 senators and one copy of the f.b.i. report for all of us. it was like a bad game show where senators competed with each other to get pages of the report from the hands of their colleagues, read them, and digest them before the clock ran out on the one hour we were given to read those reports. it was the single most absurd thing i have experienced in

have long been told that the most important decision a president can make is the appointment of a supreme courttice. well, in just a few moments, we will proudly swear in the newest member of the united states supreme court, justice brett kavanaugh. [applause] pres. trump: joining us for tonight's ceremony is every sitting supreme court justice, chief justice roberts. thank you. justice thomas. thank you. justice ginsburg. thank you. justice breyer. thank you. justice alito. justice sotomayor. thank you. justice kagan. thank you. and, justice gorsuch. [applause] i would also like to send our deep appreciation to maureen, scalia, the wife of the late, great anthony scalia, and also to our white house counsel done mcgahn. thank you. [applause] we are thrilled to be joined this evening by justice anthony kennedy. justice kennedy, america owes you a profound debt of gratitude for a lifetime of novel service -- of noble service to our nation, and i want to thank you very much. thank you. [applause] very special and treasured guests tonight. we have very special and treasured guests are justice kavan

supreme court. the supreme court is an institution of law. it is not a partisan or political institution. justices do not sit on opposite sides of an aisle. we do not caucus in separate rooms. the supreme court is a team of nine, and i will always be a team player on the team of nine. [applause] justice kavanaugh: as a new justice on the supreme court, i understand the responsibility that i bear. some 30 years ago, standing here in the east room with president reagan, anthony kennedy took the oath to be a new justice of the supreme court. justice kennedy became one of the most consequential justices in american history. i served as justice kennedy's law clerk in 1993. to me, justice kennedy is a mentor, a friend, and a hero. on the supreme court, he was a model of civility and collegiality. he fiercely defended the independence of the judiciary and zealously guarded the individual liberties secured by the constitution. justice kennedy established a legacy of liberty for ourselves and our posterity. i will always be humbled and proud to sit in justice kennedy's seat on the supreme court. [a

how galling, accusing democrats of needlessly delaying a supreme court nomination is galling? it's hypocritical coming from a leader who delayed the nomination of a supreme court justice for over 300 days until his party had a chance to win the white house. so no one, no american should accept his admonishments about delay. he is the master of delay. and second, he blames democrats for these delays. well, as the leader well knows, democrats are not in charge. we can't set the calendar.ng these things have been delayed because people on his side of the aisle whoer had sincere concerns about having a field process that they won't go forward unless the process is made fairer. even the initial hearing where dr. ford and judge kavanaugh testified was because a member of the judiciary committee on the republican side said he didn't want to go forward until he heard from them. nothing to do d with democrats. grdid we agree that that should happen? of course. so did most people who are fair-minded. but it wasn't caused by us. and then this fbi, the reopening of the fbi investigation in

we now have police heading up the steps of the supreme court. you see a lot of very passionate angry people. i don't know if you've been down on the capital steps or an up the supreme court steps. donald trump would like the country to believe those protests are people upset what happened to brett kavanaugh, not the fact he was credibly accused of sexual assault and is yet on the court. which of those two things is true in your reporting? >>. >> i'm looking at exactly what you're looking at, signs that say we believe women. clearly anti-kavanaugh protests. it was notable what the president just said. one thing to step back and put this in perspective. he talked to brett kavanaugh within the last couple of minutes. at some point, brett kavanaugh will be sworn in as the next associate justice of the supreme court. here's is the thing. he will be there for a long time. brett kavanaugh likely for decades after donald trump is out of office because there is a finite time period that will happen. but brett kavanaugh long after that will remain on supreme court

at the end of the day, you cannot have a supreme court judge with a rape accusation hovering over himaesar has to be above suspicion. this is the supreme court. so he has to withdraw. what i find also extraordinary is that we are shifting the discussion from a traumatic experience of a woman, and we are questioning the veracity, either her memory was failing or she has an ulterior motive, and asserting the presumption of innocence, of course he's entitled to that, he has a presumption of innocence, well, the attack dogs that were launched on dr ford were very undignified. and the optics of that vote were absolutely terrible. this was gilead. this was an image out of gilead, and we are in 2018. scary. when you say "of course i believe in the presumption of innocence, but", what you really mean is, "i don't believe in the presumption of innocence." but why isn't dr ford not also given that trust? she is not being accused of something. she is. she is being accused of lying. she is being accused of having an ulterior motive. there is no way we are going to get to the bottom of it unless p

as a new justice on the supreme court, i understand the responsibility that i bear. some 30 years ago, standing here in this room with president reagan anthony kennedy took the oath to be a new justice of the supreme court. justice kennedy became one of the most consequential justices in american history. he served -- i served as justice kennedy's law clerk in 1993. to me, justice kennedy is a mentor a friend, and a hero. on the supreme court he was a model of civility and collegiality. he fiercely defensed the independence of the judiciary and sglel yusly guard -- sglel yusly -- zealously guarded the constitution. he established a legacy of liberty for ourselves and our posterity. i will always be proud and humbled to sit in justice kennedy's seat on the supreme court. (applause). i thank the members of the u.s. senate, leader mitch mcconnell, for his leadership and steady resolve. and to the judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley and special gratitude to robert portman, susan collins, joe manchin and lindy graham. they are a credit to the country and the senate

i'm proud of that all four of my newly hired a law clerks the supreme court are women, a first in the history of the supreme court. [applause] tonight, i think all of my friends, so many amazing and fearless friends from my high school days, college, law school, clerking, the bush white house, including president george w. bush. my [applause] from the judiciary, teaching, coaching, playing sports, the vibrant, loyal and tight nick catholic community here in the d.c. area and so many others. ashley and i are grateful for their prayers and for the prayers from thousands and thousands of people that we have heard from throughout america. when i give advice to young people or speak to students, i tell them, cherish your friends, look out for your friends, lift up your friends. love your friends. i love all of my friends. [applause] i think my family. my mom martha and my dad, ed, are here. i am their only child. my mom was one of maryland's earliest women prosecutors and trial judges. my dad taught me his work ethic and love of sports. they've given me a lifetime of love and i'm forever g

he will move the entire supreme court clearly to the right this will be a conservative supreme court and it wasn't that before it was a court the middle of the road kind of. politically speaking middle of the road supreme court that's not the case anymore and that's a huge win for donald trump and the republicans because trump had promised to tell and on the campaign trail in two thousand and sixteen that like it or not he will put conservative judges into the into the supreme court he succeeded with this so yes this will be very very important and it will influence political issues of this country of the entire united states for generations and decades to come so a win for trump will it be a win for republicans in the upcoming november midterm elections you've got a lot of angry democrats now. republicans are actually positive of this that this will have a positive effect on their platform on their on their clientele and they're likely voters and maybe even on some who are not decided or switched before to go democratic and now come back into the fold in the of the rep

a favorable light. we want to supreme court nominee whatever their politics to be a shining example of someone who tells the truth without doubt or equivocation if you say maybe he's telling the truth maybe he's not he doesn't belong on the supreme court. i think most americans say that. even if you want to discount at 18 and college or in high school you cannot discount what he says and professing at age 53. when it flies in the face of being truthful. that is the key question. demeanor he doesn't show the demeanor of a judge at the hearing. there was partisanship it was so unbecoming of a somebody on a district court, federal appeals court let alone a supreme court. and he did not show any semblance to be 100 percent honest and truthful which is what we need in aou supreme court justice. so if you feelas what happened at 18 doesn't matter but when he's 53 it does in his credibility to give doubt to to most americans to say this man does not belong on the supreme court there would be a whole lot of people who feel better. >> i've been in politics a long time i've ever seen

the washington post for the first time in 31 years weighing in on a supreme court justice and saying,etired supreme court justice says he shouldn't get the job. unprecedented times indeed. so let's discuss now. margaret hoover is here as well as kiersten powers. good evening. i'm so glad to have both of you on. margaret, you first. kavanaugh's op-ed in "wall street journal," this is highly unusual for a judicial nominee, isn't it? >> yes. don, there is nothing about this process h process that's been usual. that action that's unusual should garner our attention any more than any other part of this entire process. i mean, this has been not only a deeply emotional process for dr. ford, for brett kavanaugh, for his family, for the senate, it's been emotional for the country. it has been -- it's demonstrated the cultural shift. it's hit with this social change that we're seeing that many would argue has come way too late and isn't complete. all of this -- all these forces i think are together in a crucible that make none of this normal and i don't think you can take any one incident and s

supreme court. it is quite a night for the president, for the kavanaugh family, and for this extraordinary man who will be sitting on the court from here on. the president of the united states, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. members of congress, members of the cabinet, honored guests, and fellow americans, it is my privilege to address you tonight from the east room of the white house. we're gathered together this evening for a truly momentous occasion. i have long been told that the most important decision a president can make is the appointment of a supreme court justice. well, in just a few moments, we will proudly swear in the newest member of the united states supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. [cheers and applause] >> joining us for tonight's ceremony is every sitting supreme court justice, chief justice roberts, thank you. justice thomas. thank you. justice ginsberg. thank you. justice breyer. thank you, justice. justice a

supreme court justices as well? >> well, first of all, harry reid preserved the 60-vote threshold for supreme court justices. >> but he did away with it for others, so he set arecedent for that. >> no. the precedence from my perspective would have been if he changed the vote for supreme court justice there would be nothing to complain about. he understood the gravity of what it is to have a supreme court nominee. he could have changed the vote then and we would have had merrick garland on the court instead of, you know, the last nominee. so the reality is that while he did it for lower courts, because we had unprecedented obstruction by the minority at the time, he preserved it for the supreme court because he understood the stakes. >> with hindsight, to go ahead and do that nuclear option for other federal judges confirmation -- >> i think it would have been an enormous mistake if, in fact, harry reid then as the majority leader would have eliminated the 60-vote threshold for supreme court nominees. >> i'm asking about the other federal -- like courts of appeals, federal district courts, judges who see -- >> i don't see the difference. >> i ask the question

supreme court. the supreme court is an institution of law, it is not a partisan or political institution. the justices do not sit on opposite sides of an ale. we do not caucus in separate rooms. the supreme court is a team of nine. and i will always be a team player on the team of nine. as a new justice, on the supreme court i understand the responsibility that i bare. some 30 years ago, standing here in the east room with president reagan, anthony kennedy took the oath to be a new justice of the supreme court. justice kennedy became one of the most consequential justices in american history. i served as justice kennedy's law clerk in 1993. to me, justice kennedy is a mentor, a friend and a hero. on the supreme court, he was a model of sevilcivility and collegiality. he fiercely defended the independence of the judiciary and zealously guarded the individual liberties secured by the constitution. justice kennedy established a legacy of liberty for ourselves and our posterity. i will always be humbled and proud to sit in justice kennedy's seat on the supreme court. [ crowd applauds ] >> i th

a u.s. supremes court judge the eyes are fifty. the nays are forty eight vice president mike pence reading out the tight results of a divisive senate vote both republicans and democrats believe the controversy surrounding kavanagh's appointment has fired up their base ahead of crucial midterm elections. also on the program a prominent saudi journalist enters his country's consulate in turkey and then disappears authorities believe jamal khashoggi who has strongly criticized his country's leadership may have been killed we'll go live to istanbul for the latest . time brazilians go to the polls today in a presidential election plagued by division and control machine clued in the public stabbing of one of the front runners. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring good to have you with us president trump is celebrating a major domestic victory after the republican controlled senate now only voted to confirm his nominee brett kavanaugh as a supreme court justice the move comes after weeks of parties and. in fighting over accusati

close by saying that this has been a celebrated chapter in the history will be remembered to have a supreme court nomination for the swing vote on the court that may tip the balance for decades before us is something we obviously take seriously, that it would come at a moment when these allegations have been made about sexual harassment as we are facing this issue at every level and in every sector of american culture, really dramatize the importance that we get thista right. most importantly that we be fair. fair both to dr. ford who had the courage to t stop forward. fair to judge kavanaugh who has the right to tell us his memory of events and to be taken seriously as well. the fbi investigation, though it was resisted by judge kavanaugh is a step in the right t direction. hohope that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle not declare where they are and how they vote on the kavanaugh nomination will wait until the fbi in the edition.i is complet, review their findings and reflect on the very basic question. is brett kavanaugh the right person at thisom moment in histy to be given a lifeti

is the supreme court. it's a lifetime appointment. at least if an executive gets into office and starts making stuff up, we can get rid of him or her after four years. not the supreme court. you send somebody up to the supreme court who fibs, that individual is there forever. thus maybe our standard should be a little bit higher. third, i want to talk about judge kavanaugh's disposition in that hearing. and some of the things that he said about how the allegations came forward. i talked about this on the senate floor i think now to days ago. so i won't repeat it all. but his belief that dr. ford's allegations or miss ramirez's allegations came forward as part of some vast conspiracy led by progressive groups and democratic senators on behalf of hillary and bill clinton is delusional. i understand that -- i understand that politics in this town is rough. we've all been subject to character attacks we think are unfair. but that doesn't mean that there are these vast came boles of people on the left and right wing spinning tales on a dail

i cannot support a nominee to the supreme court without a high degree of certainty that he or she has been 100% honest under oath. the integrity and reputation of the supreme court demand nothing less. the rushed judiciary hearing with dr. ford and judge kavanaugh was designed to appease and not to make sure the american people had all the facts. senator flake was right to stop the process and call for an f.b.i. investigation. he is right that this nomination is tearing the country apart. the american people needed to know the truth. all relevant evidence should have been gathered and put before us. senator flake is a friend, and i commend him for standing up for what he thought was right, but an artificially limited f.b.i. investigation will do nothing to bring this country back together. justice could have only been served with a full investigation with the f.b.i. allowed to do their job as they know how to do it, but with the results of the f.b.i. investigation in, it is clear that the president, with the senate leadership in full support, imposed arbitrary limits on the scope and

a deja vu news live from berlin the u.s. senate has just voted to approve president trump supreme court nominee. the vote was interrupted by protesters in the chamber as senators prepared to make their choice police arrested protesters outside the senate building judge of brett kavanaugh had faced allegations of sexual misconduct. brazilians prepare to go to the polls this weekend in a presidential election that's been mired in division and controversy even including the stabbing of one of the front runners. and one of the one of opera's great voices also on. the music world mourns the loss of soprano montserrat caballe a who has died at the age of eighty five. u.s. senators have just voted and brett kavanaugh has been voted in as a supreme court judge the vote was expected to be close but when two republican swing senators on friday finally announced that they would vote in favor of kavanagh it meant that he would probably win by at least a couple of voice votes the appointment has been divisive as several women accuse kavanaugh sexual misconduct staff and the voting is done what's the reaction

nobody can force a supreme court justice to recuse from any particular case. i mean, who's going to tell them to do anything, right? they're the supreme court. but how does anybody, any american with any connection to what he's now named as his political enemies, how do they handle a potential case before him at the supreme court? it's not like there is an alternate court you can go to that doesn't have a justice on it who's declared his enemy, and that what goes around, comes around. here's another new question. right now there are more than 2,400 law professors who have signed their names to a letter arguing that kavanaugh shouldn't be on the supreme court because of what he displayed in his confirmation hearing in terms of his judicial temperament. what will justice kavanaugh do to them the next time they bring their business before the court? law professors have business before the court all the time. have they just created their own blacklist? there's also, of course, christine blasey ford. what will brett kavanaugh do to her if she asks local police to in

close by saying that this has been a celebrated chapter in history, will be remembered, to have a supreme court nomination for the swing vote in the court that may tip the balance for decades before us, it's something that we obviously take seriously, that it would come at a moment when these allegations have been made about sexual harassment as we're facing this issue at every level in every sector of american culture, really dra dramatizes, we should be fair to dr. ford who had the courage to step forward. fair to judge kavanaugh who has the right to tell his memory of the events, and the investigation is a step in the right direction. and i hope that on the other side of the aisle will wait to preview the findings and reflect, is brett kavanaugh the right person at this moment in history to be given a lifetime appointment to the highest court in our land. thank you, madam president, i yield the floor. >> i've already said publicly on more than one occasion, this is a dark day, this is a dark period for the united states senate.

so unbecoming of a somebody on a district court, federal appeals court let alone a supreme court. and he did not show any semblance to be 100 percent honest and truthful which is what we need in aou supreme court justice. so if you feelas what happened at 18 doesn't matter but when he's 53 it does in his credibility to give doubt to to most americans to say this man does not belong on the supreme court there would be a whole lot of people who feel better. >> i've been in politics a long time i've ever seen anything what i witnessed when i went back to chicago saturday and sunday from the minute the plane landed atway midway through the entire weekend, everyone was engaged to expressxp themselves which was completed with doctor ford and judge kavanaugh. i have been doing this for a long time but the way the doorman talked about what he heard at the hearing for the taxicab driver, the person on the street everyone wanted to speak to me about the six out of ten americans estimated to listen or watch theas hearing last week and i am not at all surprised. the response that i got in the

republican party going forward if all of a sudden you say no to a party for decades has wanted to have a supreme court that is a conservative supreme court that would likely overturn roe, at least that's the notion or hope for a lot of republicans, so it would be a really tall order and bold move for these republicans to go out and do this. we will see. if they are thinking about the things that john paul stevens talked about, obviously kavanaugh thinks he did not quite seal the deal, that thursday essentially in hindsight was not a good idea. he didn't win that day. he essentially failed. the longer i think people look at the testimony, i mean, he -- it was probably one of the most bizarre public performances we have ever seen, certainly from a judge. we obviously saw clarence thomas there almost 30 years ago, and he was angry, but he was also, you know, dignified in his presentation there, and that is something that we didn't see from judge kavanaugh on thursday. i think for a lot of people -- republicans i talked to, setting aside ford's allegations, they also felt like what about his temperament,

he unquestionably deserves confirmation, and the country deserves such a supreme court justice. now, mr. president, as i've explained, the stakes are always high, always high where a supreme court confirmation is concerned. , but this time, this time stakes are higher, a lot higher than they have been in the past. i can't sum this up better than our friend and distinguished colleague, the senior senator from maine, put it in her historic, historic remarks yesterday. this is what the senior senator from maine said: it is when passions are most inflamed that natureness -- that fairness is most in jeopardy. she said when passions are most inflamed is when fairness is most in jeopardy. we all know the events of recent weeks have stained, strained the country's comity and fanned the flames of partisan discord. but even more critically, our very commitment to the basic principles of fairness and justice is also being tested. basic principles of fairness and justice being tested right here. a vote to confirm judge kavanaugh today is also a vote to send a clear message about what the sen

supreme court. the supreme court is an institution of law. it is not a partisan or political institution. the justices do not sit on opposite sides of an aisle. we do not caucus in separate rooms. the supreme court is a team of nine. and i will always be a team player on the team of nine. as a new justice on supreme court, i understand the responsibility that i bear. some 30 years ago, standing here in the east room with president reagan, anthony kennedy took the oath to be a new justice of the supreme court. justice kennedy became one of the most consequential justices in american history. i served as justice kennedy's law clerk in 1993. to me, justice kennedy is a mentor, a friend and a hero. on the supreme court he was a model of civility and collegiality. he zealously guarded the individually liberties secured by the constitution. justice kennedy established a legacy of liberty for ourselves and our posterity. i will always be humbled and proud to sit in justice kennedy's seat on the supreme court. >> thank you. >> i thank the members of the united states senate, senate majority leader

nobody can force a supreme court justice to recuse from any particular case. ose going to tell them to do anything, right? they're the supreme court. but how does anybody, any american with any connection to what he's now named as his political enemies, how do they handle a potential case before him at the supreme court? it's not like there is an alternate court you can go to that doesn't have a justice on it whose declare you'd his enemy, and that what goes around, comes around. here's another new question. right now there are more than 2400 law professors who have signed their names to a letter arguing that kavanaugh shouldn't be on the supreme court because of what he displayed in his confirmation hearing in terms of his judicial temperament. what will justice kavanaugh do to them the next time they bring their business before the court? law professors have business before the court all the time. have they just created their own blacklist? there's also, of course, christine blasey ford. what will brett kavanaugh do to her if she asks local police to investig

again, no one is owed a seat on the united states supreme court. we're talking about a lifetime appointment and an immense amount of power over people's lives. someone once said this. the supreme court must never be viewed as a partisan institution. the justices on the supreme court do not sit on opposite sides of an aisle. they do not caucus in separate rooms. that person was brett kavanaugh. he clearly has failed to meet his own standard. i know he has failed to meet mine. the people of michigan deserve better. the people of america deserve better. they deserve someone in the supreme court who understands their lives and will stand up for them, not special interests. they deserve someone on the supreme court who understands that nobody, not even the president of the united states, is above the law. they deserve someone on the supreme court who will work to keep dark money from foreign entities out of our elections. and they deserve someone on the supreme court who has consistently lived up to the high standards we ought to demand of our nation's l

accusing democrats of needlessly delaying a supreme court nomination is galling, is hypocritical. coming from a leader who delayed the nomination of a supreme court justice for over 300 days until his party had a chance to win the white house. so no one, no american should accept his admonishments about delay. he's the master of delay. and second, he blames democrats for these delays. well, as the leader well knows, democrats are not in charge. we can't set the calendar. these things have been delayed because people on his side of the aisle, who had sincere concerns about having a fair process, said they won't go forward unless the process is made fairer. even the initial hearing where dr. ford and judge kavanaugh testified was because a member of the judiciary committee on the republican side said he didn't want to go forward until he heard from them. nothing to do with democrats. did we agree that should happen? of course. so did most people who are fair-minded. but it wasn't caused by us. and then, this fbi reopening of the fbi investigation into these new allegations. backgroun

any time you have a chance to put a supreme court justice in position and in this case i think he's going to be a great, great supreme court justice for many years, it's a very exciting time. so we're going to kansas. but we'll see you in a little while after the vote. [ indiscernible ] >> say it again. >> [ indiscernible ] >> i thought that susan was incredible yesterday. you could see how hard she worked, how hard she was working. she didn't stop. and i know for a fact because i spoke with her, she didn't stop. and she gave an impassioned, beautiful speech yesterday and that was from the heart. that was from the heart. i have great respect for susan collins. and i always have. thank you. [ indiscernible ] shannon: leaving from the white house, praising senator susan collins, telling reporters he's going to watch the vote on tv as we hope millions of other americans do with us. chris: absolutely. let me explain what's going on here, which is that the president's going to be making his remarks but that's going to be at 7:30 eastern which is too late for all the newspapers in the east coas

you have a former supreme court justice today, they rarely -- he actually was a supporter of kavanau kavanaugh's. different political judicial philosophies. but this is something you rarely have ever seen. a former supreme court justice coming out and not on judicial philosophy, not on the allegation, the credible allegation from dr. ford, but just on the temperament issue alone said he shouldn't be on the bench. the "washington post," and granted, that is a left-leaning newspaper, but they have never come out -- actually, since bork, since 1987, never come out against a supreme court justice. and again, it was on the temperament issue and the veracity issue was he really telling the trurkts was he really being forthcoming. so this is not usual. americans should realize that there are a lot of folks who are not in the partisan politics of our country who are coming forward and saying it's just wrong for him to ascend to the court because of his temperament, because of the way he talked about things that at best were misleading, at worst were outright lies to the senate. and so i'm one

the need to mulch i was hearing on thursday donald trump's a supreme court nominee brad cavanaugh and the woman who is accused him of attempted rape thirty six years ago testified before the u.s. senate judiciary committee it drew a lot of attention across the country with tens of millions of people tuning in i recall saying that the boy who assaulted me could someday be on the u.s. supreme court i denied the allegation immediately categorically an unequivocal and here today not because i want to be and terrified my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed my family and i have been the target of constant harassment and threats i intend no wheel well to dr ford and her family the other night actually and my daughter lies or said their prayers and little lies all of ten years old. said to actually we should pray for the woman. it's a lot of wisdom from a ten year old. we mean we know we're well. i believe that if i came forward my single voice would be drowned out by have a chorus of powerful supporters this is a circus following another round of hearings in the se

, and will for decades to come. .. >> to a federal court let alone the supreme court behave in such a judicious long - - injudicious manner before the senate.ress and this is not part of a conspiracy as judge kavanaugh complained. a judicial candidate who had similar philosophy to judge kavanaugh and even went to the same high school. they would know every allegations with judge scalia or alito as most democrats vociferously oppose with the right wing ideology. elevation to the supreme court for a lifetime appointment is not a right. it is a privilege and while republicans take umbrage that judge kavanaugh's reputation is at stake so to have those credible allegations of sexual assault and sexual misconduct that he would be called to answer those allegations. so mister president i have reviewed judge kavanaugh's decisions, writings, speeches all the testimony before the senate judiciary committee with a meager set of documents made available when he served as a white house lawyer as part of the independent counsel kenneth starr investigation. on the merits he do

supreme court. i come here today with a profound regret. i come here today with profound regret that this body has transformed from one that historically confirmed supreme court justices with broad and bipartisan support to one in which rules, norms and courtesies fall away to serve the objectives of the majority and one in which justices are confirmed by the absolute narrowest of margins. and i know i am not the only one to feel this way. we can simply wish for the bygone era of consensus to return. we can give speeches about bipartisanship with no hope of making progress, but to wish for it without doing the work of reaching across the aisle is empty talk without action. and as one who tried, tried to inject some spirit of bipartisanship in what has been the most bitter, most divisive and most partisan fight i've seen in my eight years here, i wanted to reflect for a moment before we close today on my views on the nomination of judge kavanaugh, the process that got us here, and where we go now. first, in this process, in this nomination, i

they felt that performance was cringe worthy for someone that's going to be a supreme court justice. if a woman had behaved that way, there's no way, rich, that you or republicans would be sitting up there saying, well, she was under attack. could you imagine if christine blasey ford acted that way? no way. if sotomayor or elena kagan had behaved that way during their nominations, there's no way republicans would have been sitting here making excuses for it. >> let me play a moment of his testimony when kavanaugh got into a back and forth with senator klobuchar. >> you're saying there's never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> you're asking about blackout. i don't know, have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? i just -- so you -- that's not happened? is that your answer? >> yeah. and i'm curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem, judge. >> yeah, nor do i. >> i want to point out as rich also pointed out when he came back from a break, he apologized for that exchange. she accepted th

accusing democrats of needlessly delaying a supreme court nomination is galling, is hypercritical coming from a leader who delayed the nomination of a supreme court justice for over 300 days until his party had a chance to win the white house. so, no one, no american should accept his admonishments about delay. he is the master of delay. second, he blames democrats for these delays. well, as the leader well knows, democrats are not in charge. we can't set the calendar. these things have been delayed because people, on his side of the aisle, who had sincere concerns about having a fair process said they won't go forward unless the process is made fairer. the initial hearing, where dr. ford hand judge kavanaugh testified is because a member of the judiciary committee on the republican side said he didn't want to go forward until he heard from them. nothing from democrats. did we agree that should happen? of course. so did most people who are fair minded. it wasn't caused by us. then, this fbi, the reopening of the fbi investigation into these new allegations, background check investigation

he's going to do whatever the heck he wants when it comes to supreme court nominations. >> i think you can be sure about this. if donald trump has a supreme court vacancy, at any point, including with 24 hours to go in his presidency, mitch mcconnell will try to confirm a supreme court justice, notwithstanding what happened with barack obama and merrick garland. this is his legacy as a senate leader, stopping democratic judicial nominees and pushing through republican nominees. >> it's important to note he also knows there's a republican base, a conservative base that not just appreciates that issue but will vote on this issue, which is why he does it and why he will make no bones about why he will do one thing and say another and do something else. >> there's a word that begins with h that i'm looking for here. >> hypocrisy. you're a smart guy. you know all those long words. the democrats, for whatever reason -- this is an enduring mystery to me -- have never been as motivated by judicial appointments, judicial confirmations as republicans have. barack obama, hillary clinton, they basically forgot about merrick garland. they'll s

supreme court has become a political battleground. alan fischer al-jazeera at the u.s. supreme court in washington. now for the first time in decades a jury in chicago has convicted a white police officer of murdering a black teenager the city was preparing for riots of demonstrators weren't satisfied with the outcome but outside the courthouse and in the city instead there was celebration john hendren reports from chicago. where it's the verdict that for weeks put an anxious and divided city on edge we've been hearing that day and guilty of second degree. a white chicago police officer jason van dyke was found guilty of the killing of a black teen a crime that carries a sentence of up to twenty years in prison then sixteen times. but i've heard that there's more than one for each bullet he fired into a seventeen year old look kwan mcdonald in two thousand and fourteen van dyke was convicted of aggravated battery with a firearm the teen was armed with a knife later found closed and shown walking away on police video it was vandyke who emptied the chamber the only officer

now we've migrated to the supreme court. that's a big crowd. i've been out here for protests. first street is what ef separates the capitol and the supreme court. the street closes. people up on the steps, that's rare, as well. the police normally don't allow that. so the a lot of raw emotion over the course of this day. no question about it. this vote is he obviously it seems like it's baked in right now. the folks i've been with simply don't care. they are angry. they want to express that is anger. they are out here continuing their protests. >> mike viqueira outside the capitol with those protests are. yes, all of those sort of senators to watch. we heard in the last 24 hours or so, it was i think 3:00 yesterday amp that susan collins took to the floor of the senate, announced she would vote for kavanaugh's confirmation. moments after she finished, joe manchin the final outstanding vote on this, he said he would be for it, as well. that is why we expect this to pass. let's go from the protests outside the capitol, let's go inside the capitol. garrett haake has been following

supreme court justice. you've heard it. the biggest thing ast. and -- we've had two in less than two years. smep presidents investments -- they said, sir, do you mind cancelling kansas tonight. i said no way am i cancelling kansas. no way. no way. i had that phone working on the plane, i had that signature going on the plane, and here we are. and, by the way, you think this crowd inside is big? you should see the crowd that's outside. we just put up big movie screens, but i think this is better, right? this is better. i want to thank congressman roger marsh. he's been a great friend. roger has been a great friend, and a great friend also, ron estes. they helped us so much with the tax cuts, with regulation cuts, with so many things that we have passed that nobody thought would be possible, would be possible. so thank you both very much. where are they? where are they? thank you very much, fellas. thank you. fantastic. also i want to thank somebody who has done a fantastic job, gop chair kelly arnold. great job. >>> we've been listening into li

comments of senator schumer earlier it is difficult when he makes a statement to fill a vacancy on the supreme court. senate majority leader has said to delay merrick garlands nomination for more than 300 days he even refused to meet with him let alone have a hearing when nominated by president obama. and now to tell us we are responsible for delay is to i ignore history and to ignore the reality because of the courage of his members, three have stepped up to say we won't dismiss doctor ford's allegations we want an actual hearing inspired by republican members of the senate and we back them up. the fbi investigation? i asked judge kavanaugh directly during the course of the hearing what he wanted us to do. not the white house, not the senate judiciary committee, what did he want to do when it came to the fbi investigation? if doctor ford is willing to submit to the fbin' review? no credible witnesses or evidence otherwise why don't youat want a complete investigation with nonpartisan e professionals with the fbi? it wasn't until senator jeff flake made it clear he would not move forward on the vote