lines, we're already hearing some of the bjork lines that were lies about justice bjork. some of those, since they worked to lie about justice bjork they may work to lie about kavanaugh so we'll probably be hearing some of those resurrected. but i can't help but wonder if all these lies said about kavanaugh were successful as hey were about bjork, wow. i just wonder about the next person the president -- that .resident trump might appoint i can hear people walking out of this chamber someday saying, maybe we should -- it seemed pretty clear we should have let kavanaugh go through. he really wasn't as bad as he we said he was. but that would be an interesting time down the road. i didn't plan to talk about justice kavanaugh but seems like a very decent man. wow. the attacks on a decent family man. catholic. caring man. just amazing. how far things have come in america. but i think it is important with all the screams about russia to understand russia and the former soviet union were indeed a grave threat to the united states. mccarthy was partially right. he went much too

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a country so small that bjork was a sub on their bitch. >> that's true but the biggest shock so far washamp germany which was a seismic event. >> mexico defeated the defending champions germany and there are shock waves literally in mexico city. at nearly the same time that one mexico goal was scored sensors detected a mini earthquake. the mexican geological service said possibly set off by so many fans jumping in the air all at one time. >> think about that, roy, mexican fans jumped so hard they set off an earthquake. >> and trump think he going to stop these [bleep] with a wall? >> my favorite part of the world cup is how all the countries from all around the world bring all their unique cultures and traditions to russia and russia does not like it. >> the strange story of the day comes from right here. the russian authorities have banned nigeria fans from bringing chickens to the game as a good luck charm. they say they have a request from nigeria fans to bring in a chicken. have i not spoke to any nigeria journalist or fans who remember of wanting to bring chickens but the russian t

over with. >> but then and now there was a big difference between certain republican nominees but bjork spent his whole life criticizing the war in court to the liberal court of the 60s and 70s and was opposed to a lot of the civil rights decisions certainly roe versus wade and a lifelong critic if he was on the supreme court that would change a lot and go back and overturn a whole series of precedents he was like a younger version of the same thing the hard edge hard conservative let's overturn but kennedy was a very different person conservative guy coming up in the reagan administration when reagan was governor a catholic conservative but he had none of the passion that says i will come into sweep aside the 60s and 70s to overturn. he was much more a temperament of a moderate republican status quo conservative it was a great thing then and that is what we are losing the last of the moderate republicans in the great likelihood is the trump administration will not seek out a moderate republican of the anthony kennedy mold but somebody who is much more committed conservative and willing

as you know, the answer's changed a lot since robert bjork, right, and the way that they choose to answer questions in their confirmation hearings, not exactly direct. >> things have changed. it's unfortunate that confirmation hearings what they are today. i think the good thing about judge kavanaugh is that he has a record so he is not an unknown. he's not someone that was appointed to the supreme court after only being a judge for a few months. he's been on the second most important court in america for over a decade. so even if the confirmation hearings go the way they have been going recently, he has a record that america can look to, and that record has over 300 opinions in which judge kavanaugh has shown himself to be independent, thoughtful, open-minded, fair, and willing to part ways with both his conservative and his liberal colleagues when that is what the law requires. >> thank you both. nice to have you. i'd point everyone to your opinion piece, it's fascinating. rebeck aglad you're here, as well -- rebecca, glad you're here, as well. >>> more breaking news. all 12 boys and th

that's sort of what happened to archibald cox in the watergate affair, until robert bjork was the personad to go down two or three ranks before he found somebody, okay, somebody has to do this, of archibald cox was fired, enormous uproar, a new special prosecutor, very independent and that led to the impeachment of richard nixon. not the impeachment, the almost impeachment, his resignation in the face of almost certain impeachment. >> while we're playing legal footnote bin go, it was robert was a huge figure in the -- the independent counsel statue became defined by ken starr. it would be like having such a terrible designated hitter in baseball that they eliminate the designated hitter position. that's how much they didn't like the person's role. you're saying this raises the keeper question that kavanaugh should raise. >> it's within the justice department. the criticism of the independent counsel statute, and both republicans and democrats got burned by people they thought were excessive. but it is only when the democrats got burned that they finally had the votes to get rid of it. th

you have never seen one of the nominees since robert bjork, be candid. know it because kavanaugh wrote that, too. in the same 2009 article after the part about insulating a president, he wrote judges shouldn't have to answer questions about policy views for fear answers would iminch on their ability to make independent decisions on the bench. there's hope. kavanaugh says this is a matter of culture in the senate, okay. what is culture? it's a lot of things. what it isn't is law. what does that mean? if it's not a matter of law, that means it's up to him. i'm spelling these parts out to you because they really matter. the judge gets to make the determination of what he answers. and here are the two questions. if he just answered these two it could make such a big difference. one, how do you think roe versus wade should have been decided? number one. number two, do you think a president must comply with legal process like a subpoena. if he

you go back to bjork in 1987.ably true but something you don't always hear. that is to the red state democrats think about the permanence of a supreme court justice and the temporary nature of a mid-term election. >> he is saying you senators out there up for reelection in the trump states, you have to consider giving up your career or risking reelection in order to block or help democrats try to block the president's nominee. which is the kind of thing you don't normally hear a party floor leader saying to his or her troops. it gives you an idea of how strong the sentiment will be against whoever this nominee is. >> bill: let's talk about rudy giuliani has made a series of interviews. some things he has said are new. some things he has been saying for months now. but this was a challenge to bob mueller's team to say show us evidence of a crime before we talk about an interview. here is what he said on that. >> if they have narrow questions about collusion where they're confused about did he find out something, di

the tesla tumble shares getting hit on reports the money wants money back from suppliers back por bjork work in 201637 is it stalling second hour of power lunch starts right now werjts welcome to power lunch. eye i'm michelle carissa kresh cabrera. stocks hovering near the flat line with the nasdaq leading by 15.5 points. the dow briefly dipped below 25,000 holding above that 25056 with a decline of one point big mofz in the treasure market. the highest level since june the 2-year is up 6 basis points near a session high as well. some stocks on the move good year tire. and retail stocks at all time highs ross stores tiffany tjx and o'reilly auto. tesla, you heard mels aire falling on reports that its asset suppliers for refund more on that straight ahead that stock off more than 11 points a decline 3.5%. >> tyler. >> i'm tyler mathisson here is what's happening at this hour. welcome to the second hour sonos setting the. the maker of high end speak erps plans to offer 14 million shares priced at $17 to $19 apiece. omega says it's it will convert the fund into a family office. a familiar

robert bjork and clarence thomas. this divided a country. bork was the tipping point.you think this gets that emotional? >> they knew bork was one of the greatest legal scholars whoever lived. they didn't want him on the court because they thought it could change laws in my opinion the better for decades to come. so they threw everything they possibly could at him. some of which was scandalous and just terrible. i lived through that and thought it was just awful. so i hope they'll think twice in this particular case. this man is a good man, a good family man, a brilliant lawyer, a brilliant judge. he has done a very good job for 12 years on the d.c. circuit court of appeals and proven himself. they need to wake up and say okay, we wouldn't have chosen themselves ourselves had we won the presidency but he is good and we'll let him go through. they just can't seem to do that. >> bill: why do you think the level of resistance is so high? >> number one they hate trump. they can't stand donald trump. he beat them. they were so sure that hillary clinton was going to be the n