and then she says brett's team, brett's guy are trying to get her to do other things. i'd to hand over this photo to brett's team, for instance. so clearly she's naming brett himself personally and his quote, unquote team trying to collect this information to essentially undercut ramirez's story before it came out. >> heidi, as of now, as of 10:00 p.m., any contact with the fbi about this? >> nope. so i've been in contact with my source all day. of course, in the course of today it was reported the white house is now ordering the fbi to expand its investigation, but lawrence, this is very much a open question whether this tight-knit group of yale university students who know brett kavanaugh so well are going to be questioned in this very short investigation. if there are text messages that exist between these two women, there could potentially be a whole stream of text messages as well between brett kavanaugh and his close yale friends as well who could have been witnesses to this alleged incident. >> ron klain, kerry bercham, a partner in a major law firm, trying to m

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time to confirm judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. i want to say one more thing. it is time for this body to reread their oath of office to uphold the constitution of the united states, to make sure what we say in this body is the best and very best america has to offer, to move our concerns forward. thank you, i yield the floor. >> one of four women in this country have been a victim of sexual assault. this is an epidemic, and it tells me and i think the vast majority of the american people that we need a cultural change in the way boys and men respond to women. last night the president of the united states, instead of understanding that we have to change our culture, instead of understanding the we have got to make it easier for women who have been victims of sexual assault to come forward and tell their story, got up on a podium in mississippi and marked doctor ford, made fun of her. here is a woman who has come forward to do what she thought was right. as an american citizen. understanding from day one that she would be attacked b

what do you say about brett cavanagh? >> i worked with him. i know brett kavanaugh. one thing that ask me about democrats being a lawyer and you are a lawyer too, you have the right, the presumption of innocence which you took away from him. every -- >> he is interviewing for a job. >> shouldn't matter whether it is a court of law or not. >> it started out friendly, got to leave it when we call everybody down, hopefully by the end of the week we will have an answer. thanks for coming in. donald trump addressing the fbi's brett cavanagh investigation saying the probe could be a blessing in disguise for the judge, reaction from the white house next. >> i expect this is going to turn out very well for the judge. there has never been anybody looked at like brett kavanaugh. i think it is going to work out very well. the fbi i believe is doing a really great job. they have free range. they will do whatever they have to do, whatever it is they do they will be doing, things we never even thought of and hopefully at the conclusion everything will be fine. . ed: welcome back t

what about the influence of brett cavanagh? are saying their candidate was going to win and this was a done deal and now you have marsha blackburn, no question about it and the reason the president was there, this is a state he won overwhelmingly. they liked is issue agenda and they know he can get the republican base going for marsha blackburn. heather: he is stumping for these candidates. we will see the enthusiasm last until the midterms. the time is 8 minutes until the top of the hour and we will be right back. what the heck is that?! whoa! what truck brand comes from the family of the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickups on the road? i think it's the chevy. ford. is it ford? nope, it's not ford. i think it's ram. is it ram? not ram. that's a chevy! it's chevy! that's right. from the family of the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickups on the road. gorgeous. chevy hit it out of the ballpark with these. heather: democratic congressman beto o'rourke did not make donald trump's endorsement list, he ma

witnesses to brett kavanaugh's drinking in high school and college agree with brett kavanaugh that brett kavanaugh was a loud obnoxious drunk and a prolific puker, as he put it in his own words, in writing, in high school, in that letter that we just saw. and the only reason we're talking about any of this now is that brett kavanaugh lied about it under oath last week and we don't know why he lied about it. because bart kavanaugh's high school drinking and brett kavanaugh's college drinking wasn't anything terribly strange. we all know guys who drank like that in high school and in college. i had friends who drank much more than that in high school, including one dear friend who drank himself to death in his 30s. and he started in high school like brett kavanaugh. drinking and raping are two very different things, but does brett kavanaugh think they're the same thing? does brett kavanaugh think they go together? why would he think that? why does brett kavanaugh feel so guilty about his drinking that he's willing to run the risk of lying about it under oath? you'll notice that he was not

>> so it's personal in a way because you knew brett kavanaugh and brett kavanaugh said to the senatexe to grind with him. >> yeah. >> what is your response? >> you know, i knew brett for a year. we didn't really travel in social circles together after that. when i heard from people that brett was in consideration, i thought it was interesting. and actually it was kind of fun to tell people that i knew a guy who was being nominated to the court. i didn't dislike brett intensely back then. i had really no thoughts about him in the intervening period. this is not personal for he. >> he brought up a story of when you moved out -- there was a third roommate. you moved all of your roommates furniture out of the room, suggesting that you had -- i don't know if it was anger issues or you were on different sides of an argument back then which may influence you now. >> i have a 16-year-old son and this is one of the stories i was hoping he wasn't going to hear until he was older. but this is a prank. i took -- he wasn't in our room. but i took his furniture out of the room and arranged it in t

brett cavanagh was the staff secretary. kaplan sense he's friends with brett kavanaugh for years, this image of a senior facebook executive sitting behind brett cavanagh surrounded by) and family, he testified allegations he assaulted christine blasey-ford angered facebook. he apologize for the appearance recognizing this moment is a deeply painful one. the times reports facebook employees flooded into forms with comments about his appearance at the hearing. facebook has been involved in several controversies, russians using the blackboard to swing voters in the election, how it handles personal information, significant data breach, charges it suppresses conservative news, and allocation the company denies. heather: shannon: is the secretary on his way to north korea? >> he is on his way. he will be meeting with heather:. mike pompeo said the mission of this trip is to make sure we understand what each side is trying to achieve. there are a lot of requirements, each side has to develop sufficient trust to take the action ne

democrats have been trying to destroy brett kavanaugh.announced. >> the democrats criticism towards brett kavanaugh is hurting them ahead of the midterms. >> all you have to do is look at the polls over the last three or four days, their rage fueled resistance is starting to backfire at a level that nobody has ever seen before. >> republican jim hagadorn seeking an open congressional seat that has been occupied by democrats for 12 years. the president drumming up support for republican senate candidate karen housley and congressman jason lewis. and released an op-ed explaining his anger at last week's hearing writing, quote, i might have been too emotional at times. my tone was sharp and i said a few things i should not have said. i hope everyone understands i was there is a son, husband and dad. the senate will vote today whether to move to a final confirmation vote. that could happen as early as tomorrow. >> despite all the delays, look like a vote to confirm brett cavanagh will happen over the weekend. the question is how the confirmat

this on the brett kavanaugh vote. joe manchin, senate from west virginia, a deeply red state saying that he remains undecided on this and we're going to give you more details on that. >> we know he was going to go down to read the rest of this this morning, so he may be there finishing this. but he could make or break this for the republican party. >> remember, because they need -- well, they don't need, but if they lose a republican, they will need -- well it depends if they lose a couple republicans they may need some of those red state democrats. >> much more on the breaking news next. >>> cnn business now brought to you by fidelity investments. visit cnn.com/business for your guide to investing in your financial future. funds direc. and now we have zero account fees for brokerage accounts. at fidelity, those zeros really add up. ♪ so maybe i'll win, saved by zero ♪ at fidelity, those zeros really add up. i think it will fit. ♪ want a performance car that actually fits your life? introducing the new 2019 ford edge

against brett kavanaugh for two reasons. first she believes christine blasey ford, and second she believes kavanaugh's tone and behavior in the hearing last week demonstrated he is not fit for the united states supreme court. we will have more about senator heitkamp's decision later in this hour. brett kavanaugh did not apologize for his conduct in the hearing room last week. instead he offered words of explanation without an apology. saying, i was very emotional last thursday, more so than i have ever been. i might have been too emotional at times. i know that my tone was sharp and i said a few things i should not have said. i hope everyone can understand i was there as a son, husband and dad. which leaves open the question, what are the things that you should not have said? one of the most alarming things that brett kavanaugh did say was actually in his written opening statement. it was premeditated, and it was when he plunged into a right-wing rush limbaugh conspiracy theory. >> this whole two-week effort has been a calcu

ken on facebook that complete witchhunt, confirm brett kavanaugh.tter right absolutely, this whole thing is absurd. daniel and instagram says yes and the line needs to be drawn. no more giving in to these whiners. donald trump praising the newly secure trade deal between the us, canada and mexico. >> we made history again when i announced to the world that we are replacing a job killing disaster known as nafta, it is modern and its balanced and we have two wonderful partners now. america is winning again and america is being respected again because we are finally putting america first. heather: will the american people see this as an economic success? here to weigh in his fox news contributor liz. thanks for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure. heather: the no longer nafta. notice the us-mexico canada agreement or us mca and it is like $1.2 trillion trade agreement, the largest in us history along with several interesting things people can look at while we discuss here. do you think this is good for the american people? >> definitely it is good

brett kavanaugh has been through enough.time for the good, the bad and the ugly the we begin with the good. this canine didn't get a cake on his birthday but did catch a bad guy. chasing down the man in florida suspected of stealing from alone store. the sheriffs department wishing auto happy birthday on their facebook page. and the bad, the daca recipient accused of smuggling 17 pounds of meth, agents finding $34,000 worth of the drug in the trunk of his car. forget path and bottles, a fermentation tank popped open after spilling 8000 gallons in italy. this is flooding the winery causing a huge mess. that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first," today as always, "fox and friends first" continues right now, have a good day, goodbye. >> a fox news alert breaking overnight, the white house fully confident brett cavanagh will be confirmed, as the fbi closes its case. >> mitch mcconnell tees up a vote. >> personal information, endangering the lives of conservatives. >> i'm clear about my sweatshirt. it is too patriotic, i

that is what brett kavanaugh did. along the way he offered his denial of allegations of doctor ford under penalty of felony. the question is how do we decide? we are going to be voting starting tomorrow on this nomination. somebody's were against another, don't we have to believe, when allegations were made about something allegedly happened 35 years ago. i think first thing we have to do is put these questions in the proper context but here is the bottom line. this is not a case of he said she said. it is the case of she said they said. in other words the allegations made by doctor ford are not confirmed or corroborated by any of the people she said were present that day. one of those people she said was leland kaiser, a female friend, one of her closest friends who said not only does she not remember being involved in anything like this but she never even met brett kavanaugh. this is not about believing women or believing men. that is a false choice. it is not about having to choose between a man and a woman when it

it is 55% now oppose the confirmation of brett kavanaugh. wonder, as a political force, if that might be persuasive to some of these senators on the fence. >> john, i think we always have to look at which women when we talk about women's votes. i thought it was really interesting when you look at the quinnipiac numbers the racial break down. the voters the most loyal overwhelmingly believe dr. blasey ford and think that brett kavanaugh should not be confirmed. but i think the voters that these swing senators will take a look at is the ones who conceivably might vote for republicans, and that is white women. when you break it down by educated versus not educated, you mean that college educated white women do not believe brett kavanaugh. that's something that will potentially be terrifying to somebody thinking about whether to make this decision. but a lot of it depends on what happens. so i think the assumption we made, for example, in 2016 that women would hear the allegations against trump and run for hillary clinton was clearly not borne o

>> i think this has gone beyond brett. if the fbi has the report, they haven't talked to me, they're not talking to me. if they're not talking to me, they're not talking to other people and that means they're being limited in my perception. so i think this is not really about brett. i'm hopeful there are some senators that will think about this and decide that a different conservative justice would be a better idea. what's happened is this has become about women and about things that happened to them and the way that they're treated and why they do or don't come out. i think that is a healthy and productive conversation. i've had lots of conversations with people who are my peers saying, you know, i'm looking back on this time and i'm trying to figure out whether there was something that i did that might be misconstrued as this, and i think that's a very, very healthy conversation. you know, i sent my kids both back to school recently. and i found myself saying different things to each of them. i said to my daughter, you k

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brett kavanaugh is one of the tween 9. they know it judge brett kavanaugh. family forever. rachel: how are they doing as a family? we really want to know as a family, how are they enjoying this moment? >> they are so strong. people either keep them in their prayers, keep sending notes of encouragement. i have sent notes of encouragement, people said i don't how to get through to brett kavanaugh, could you send this along, such cries from the heart of kindness and graciousness and compassion so those voices will be heard. you don't see them on saturday night live. griff: i don't think this was addressed, democrats challenged brett kavanaugh on his impartial jurisprudence, but yet brett kavanaugh worked for merrick garland who was the democrats choice. >> right. this is all political rhetoric. when you step into a court of law like the court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit the second most important court of the land where he has served for 12 years, you have entered the temple of justice where procedural fairness rains. brett is a respected col

unanimously well-qualified, brett kavanaugh. so mister president, how did we end of where we are today? how did we get here? how did we get from a chorus of expert praise and professional respect to wild tales of violent gangs, sexual assault rings, fistfights on boats in rhode island harbors and the possibility, get this, of an argument in a college bar. argument in a college bar. several weeks ago a confidential allegation of misconduct from nearly 40 years ago was leaked to the press. since then, other allegations have poured forth that were patently ridiculous. feeding frenzy of ridiculous accusations. some cheered on the feeding frenzy for political purposes, judiciary chairman chuck grassley and his staff rolled up their sleeves and went to work. they promptly investigated the allegations that materialized at the last minute. chairman grassley reopens public hearings so doctor ford and brett cavanagh could speak directly to those under oath. that was after he offered doctor ford the option to tell her story at any place of

they may not like about brett kavanaugh.g behind her because she truly gal vannized the vote -- galvanized the vote. it was shortly after she delivered it that joe manchin put out a tweet and a press release that he would also vote yes. griff: and this is, indeed, an extension of president trump's style of politics of standing up to a mob and saying, no, let's bring in mercedes schlapp, white house senior communications adviser. good morning, mercedes. i want to get your reaction to senator collins' speech. >> well, clearly for senate collins, this was a moment of courage for her where she carefully laid out and explained the case for why judge brett kavanaugh is most qualified candidate to be on the supreme court. she talked about the importance of the fact that, look, there is a lot of this emotioning that has surrounded -- emotion that has surrounded this case, but there was a lot of foul play by the democrats as well many terms of what they did in concealing the letter for is long. she talked about the fact that when you

brett cavanagh has been part of it. chris: donald trump said the fbi investigation in his words could be a blessing in disguise but here was the tweet he put out thursday after the hearing. democrats search and destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham and effort to delay, obstruct and resist, the senate must vote. does the president think democrats demand for this extended fbi probe is part of that? is part of what he called a big fat con job and republican senators like flake, collins and murkowski fell for it? >> i don't know that he thinks those individuals fell into the sham but they want to see this process play out. the people that have been bad actors in this as the president laid out are the democrats. dianne feinstein and her staff knew these accusations, could have done this in a private way to protect doctor ford. instead, for the people who claim to champion women democrats have exploited doctor ford and exploited this process and it has been totally disgraceful and i don't thin

i hope brett kavanaugh is not confirmed. politics aside, if i had the opportunity to ask brett cavanagh one question, can you think of a better way to send a message to your daughters and all the daughters in america and across the country that you will be heard regardless of who you are if you are sexually assaulted. >> reporter: let me ask you this. if this was your husband would you be okay with how he has been treated? >> yes i would. >> reporter: if he had been filleted on a 34-year-old allegation? >> i would want to get to the bottom of this. i would want to understand what happened even if -- >> reporter: are we at the bottom yet? the fbi said they could find no corroborating information. >> they said they can't find corroborating information within the limited scope of their investigation which is a very different thing. if he was a true patriot which he claims to be as i appreciate that he would fall on his sword and put america first and say women should be heard and back away. he would be a hero. >> reporter: acco

brett kavanaugh is the man. i've known him for 20 years, everything that happened to him during this confirmation process is despicable and has all fallen apart and always another reason. if you don't believe he is a gang rapist or sexual predator, if you don't believe he is a drunk, he just doesn't have the temperament to be a justice. how would you react if somebody destroyed your life and you found yourself in front of the entire nation being humiliated what would you do? >> senator dianne feinstein said this about him not being interviewed by the fbi. when he wasn't yelling and demeaning senators he was making misleading statements that cast doubt on his trustworthiness. i don't think that would happen with fbi agents seated across the table. >> i like dianne feinstein. i don't think she leaked doctor ford's name but somebody around her might have. if you saw this man is yelling i saw a man who defended his good name, took it to the people trying to destroy his family. what would you do in that situation? th

brett kavanaugh, fewer people believed brett kavanaugh than clarence thomas, down to 33%. so lisa that is a kind of grim polling picture of a very slow progress. i think what you pointed out before we have a senate disliked by most american people to an institution of the supreme court not subject to real democratic checks by the people. and on the nation of what we have seen, even with the fears i think many people had after the election in 2016 of donald trump and the potential vacancy of the supreme court, i don't think yoen anyone thought they would find a man in terms of his image in terms of the lying and being accused of sexual assault and partisanship and putting forth a baseless conspiracy theories. here we stand. i think the american women in this country and men are not going to stand for. that i think we are seeing a rising asurge. i think in 2018 and 2020 women and men will unite to repeople, repudiate what's happening today this weekend in washington and what's happening to deny our democracy, the full measure of our democracy through many of these senators i

and the entire brett kavanaugh family. those who step forward to serve our country deserve a fair and dignified evaluation, not a campaign of political and personal destruction based on lies and deception. >> the senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional, that process is over. my focus is to be the best justice i can be. i'm honored to serve alongside all of my new colleagues. >> will battle benefits them in the upcoming midterms. women marched, women will win. donald trump suggested democrats may overplay their hand. >> they are thinking about impeaching a brilliant jurist, a man who did nothing wrong, a man brought up in a hoax set up by the democrats. you will see a lot of things happened on november 6th that would not have happened before. >> reporter: brett kavanaugh is arriving to work a few days late. in the beginning of the term on october 1st, a week late to work. shannon: republican susan collins is one of the left's latest targets, support for brett kavanaugh. lara trump, senior advisor for the p

judge brett kavanaugh outside the senate. judge brett kava naugh has outside the senate. the senate as the new supreme court judge. let me bring you this tweet, in the last few minutes. donald trump has said that he applauds and congratulates the us senate for confirming our great nominee, judge brett kava nagh, to confirming our great nominee, judge brett kavanagh, to the united states supreme court. later today, brett kavanagh, to the united states supreme court. latertoday, i brett kavanagh, to the united states supreme court. later today, i will sign his commission of appointment and he will be officially sworn in. very exciting! that's what he said. we will hear from donald trump when he heads to kansas for a rally there. if we move forward to the political implications now, what do you think they are going to be, for the democrats? especially as we approach the midterms? it is set to be determined but there are three factors. first, we see energy on both sides. it depends who turns out to vote. for 2017—18, the democrats have been far more enthusiastic than the repu

brett kavanaugh puts it well, we are a team.ruth ginsburg, they were discreet but would do so in a disagreeable freeway. they talked to one another, they liked one another. brett kavanaugh had an exemplary record, the fact that elana kagan teaching at harvard law school tells us about all we need to know coupled with his record for 12 years, exemplary, frequently affirmed by the supreme court, vindicated his views. what we have is simply return to the age of the kinds of comments made against bob who were terribly unfair and ill-founded. >> brett cavanagh joins neil gorsuch as donald trump's second supreme court appointment. >> 1000 people honor the victims of that horrific limousine crash with a candlelight vigil. all 18 people inside that ford excursion limo and two pedestrians outside were killed when the driver of the limo blue through a stop sign and crashed into an suv and into a parking lot in upstate new york. we now know the limousine and its driver should never have been on the road. >> we inspected the vehicle just la

brett kavanaugh and mark judge. and susan collins is very impressed by the two accused criminals denying the crime under oath. that's what accused criminals do. every day. susan collins did not just give brett kavanaugh the presumption of innocence, she also gave him the presumption of honesty. she presumed brett kavanaugh was telling the truth. and possibly even worse, she presumed that mark judge was telling the truth. a man who has said that he was a blackout alcoholic in high school at the time of this accusation and therefore obviously was involved in and participated in all sorts of events in his life that he does not remember. republicans always knew that in order to confirm brett kavanaugh they were going to have to keep mark judge invisible. they were going to have to make sure that the other person who was in the room during the attack, according to dr. ford, was not brought into the room where dr. ford and brett kavanaugh testified. republicans feared that no one would be able to believe mark judge about

justice brett kavanaugh. gard headache, thank you, and thank you for the remarkable coverage you provided throughout this episode. let's bring in michelle goldberg of the new york times. yamiche alcindor, msnbc contributor, and margaret carlson. thank you to the three of you for helping us analyze this. margaret, what garrett said, the democrats have maybe given republicans a rallying cry to narrow an enthusiasm gap. our viewers get upset when we report that, but the numbers indicate that a month ago republican -- the percentage of democrats who called the midterms very important is now much closer to the number of republicans. there's no democrats who are less enthusiastic, but it seems there are a lot more republicans who are more enthusiastic. >> right. and democrats may hope that since republicans got what they wanted they will rest on their laurels. which humans tend to do. and yes, theirs is increased and democrats stayed the same, but the gap has narrowed. today, though, suggests that there's a lot of

that person said before brett kavanaugh was even announced as the nominee. worst of all another of my democratic colleagues said anyone who supports brett kavanaugh's confirmation is complicit in the evil. i don't understand that, mister president. really? senate democrats want to be reasonable and work together, seriously? this rhetoric sounds anything but reasonable to me. i believe my democratic colleagues have gone too far this time. when paid activists who support you attack my wife, you have gone too far. the american people will know that on both sides. one -- that didn't start outside this body. it started in here. you are inciting this. disrespect of our law. one of my democratic colleagues in this body has encouraged people to come and i quote, get in the face of some of those congresspeople. really? how does that move the cause of justice forward. house minority leader wants to see uprisings all over the country. seriously? another member of the house says, i am quoting the entire quote here, they are not going to be able to go to a restaurant, ta

shannon: stick around for the brett cavanagh chaos. the first lady visits africa, first solo international trip. why she is going and why this could be a moment for her in the spotlight. spotlight. .. ♪ >> a new america t >> a new america that is incredibly constructive. he talks to them all the time. if by no means a majority, it is very hard-core, supporting him for a variety of reasons. shannon: donald trump talking to the -- cindy hyde smith in a top special election, a unique set up, republicans worried about splitting the vote. jonathan, tell us more. >> reporter: a spirited crowd, the crowd cheered when donald trump talked about the achievements of his agenda including his supreme court nomination. the gop is hoping to translate this enthusiasm to actual votes during the midterm elections as the party tries to retain control of the senate. in mississippi donald trump is stumping for cindy hyde smith who was appointed in april to fill the seat of senator cochran. on november 6th, toby barthy, because there is a nonpartisan specia

he voted against brett kavanaugh's confirmation.enator, welcome back to "fox news sunday" and i apologize for him praising you. >> good to be with you and lindsay and i work on many issues together. we certainly disagree on this one. >>chris: let's start with the bottom line. what impact do you think justice kavanaugh will have on the supreme court? how drastically do think he will move it to the right? >> this is justice kennedy's seat and he was a balancing factor. we are very concerned about protecting the progress we've made on healthcare issues. on women's constitutional rights. on protecting the mueller investigation. so all of those issues we think are at risk. and it's going to put more interest on the congress to protect healthcare, to protect women's rights and protect that no one is above the law. >>chris: but doesn't a president deserve broad deference when he chooses a justice for the supreme court as long as that person is in the judicial mainstream? i think we all agree, that he certainly to the right side but he's in

and from brett kavanaugh? >> i think the big question for what's going to happen here is whether or not we're going to see fence spending or more fire and fury. we expect the president to speak for about 20 minutes or so. we're expecting brett kavanaugh to speak. after we heard the president earlier today talk about the democratic forces aligned against kavanaugh as being evil, whether or not he's going to dial down that rhetoric. we know that brett kavanaugh put that op ed in the wall street journal, you can see people coming into the room right now. supreme court justices okayingen, sotomayor, ginsburg, roberts, breyer and so on. kavanaugh seemed to dial back a lot of that rhetoric that we saw during his hearing. some of the other notables we should mention in the room right now is justice kavanaugh's wife and children. also one thing i want to note, mitch mcconnell came into the room, i thought that was interesting because he actually came in to a standing ovation before the standing ovation that we're seei

it's not about brett kavanaugh. this is like the referendum on the president before the midterms or before even the next election, presidential election. so much is riding on this. he says that if, indeed, they do not get brett kavanaugh, this could spell impeachment for the president because they would definitely lose the house and the senate. so this is bigger than the issue of brett kavanaugh, and mitch mcconnell understands that. he's trying to rush it through to make sure that he can get it done or try to get it done. so it's not necessarily about brett kavanaugh. it's about a strategy to make sure that they win. >> got it. alice, i think i told you this last night, that this was too big a thing that they needed a campaign promise that this president wants to keep, and that would probably end up with a justice kavanaugh. and that's what april is saying right now. do you think he has the votes, though, mitch mcconnell? >> i think he does. and, look, it's not just president trump that campaigned on scalia-like ju

the vote to confirm brett kavanaugh will now happen. that's what this vote this morning was all about. but this is not a done deal yet. just because these senators, susan collins, joe manchin, jeff flake voted yes on this procedural vote does not mean that they are also a yes to confirm brett kavanaugh. >> oh, no. correct. if i were brett kavanaugh, i would be very, very nervous right now. he already lost one vote of this critical four in lisa murkowski. joe manchin is not going to be the 50th vote in this case. i have zuhave such a hard time imagining if the two republicans vote no that joe manchin would ride to brett kavanaugh's rescue as the only democrat who would vote in his favor. i think that means that republicans have to keep both of these last two wavering republicans home, susan collins who has been shown she has been willing in the past to vote against the president even under enormous political pressure an jeff flake who will be hanging up his spurs in two months and will be done being united states senator. there is nothin

first, i know brett kavanaugh. i have known brett and his wife ashley for more than 15 years, since we worked together in the george w. bush white house. i have seen them in tough situations. i have seen them tested. i have seen their character. i have known brett not so much as a legal scholar or a judge or a professor, but as a colleague and a friend and a father and a husband, and i have known him as someone who is smart, thoughtful, and compassionate. among white house colleagues, i know that he is universally viewed that way. he was at the time and he still is today, as we have seen from the testimony of so many men and women who have worked with him. i also know that brett kavanaugh has been a widely respected public servant for nearly three decades, including the last 12 years as a judge on the d.c. circuit court. what most view as the second highest court in the land. i know that he has received praise from his fellow judges, his many law clerks, the majority of whom have been women. the students in his cla

he hears more about brett kavanaugh and the accusations he did. i wonder how that will affect it. >> a remarkable day and a consequential week. wolf picks up the special coverage right now. have a good day. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer and it's 1:00 here in washington. we start with breaking news here in washington. the president, president trump talking about the fbi investigation into allegations against this u.s. supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh and fighting back against claim that is the fbi is setting the scope. the white house is controlling the investigation and deciding who gets questioned and about what, but just a few moments ago at the wide ranging white house rose garden news consequence, the president spoke about what he specks from the fbi. >> i want them to do a very comprehensive investigation. whatever that means according to the senators and the republicans and the republican majority. i want them to do that. i want it to be comprehensive. i actually think it's a good thing for judge kavanaugh. it's not a bad thing. i think

among them is brett kavanaugh's freshman roommate at yale.is willing to be interviewed, but has not heard from the bureau. >> when brett started saying things about his drinking and his use of certain words, sexually oriented words, i knew he was lying because he was my roommate. we were in a room together. our beds were ten feet apart for a couple of months. what struck me and made me more interested in speaking out about it is not only did i know t

thanks very much. >>> brett kavanaugh's closing argument.ote this op ed overnight trying to convince four people to vote yes. those first votes come in less than two hours. we will give you the very latest update. the point is chris cillizza is next. from everything we've ever mastered. and put it here. chris cillizza is next. chris cillizza is next. w chris cillizza is next. i chris cillizza is next. t chris cillizza is next. h chris cillizza is next. ( ♪ ) ready to juvÉderm it? correct age-related volume loss in cheeks with juvÉderm voluma xc, add fullness to lips with juvÉderm ultra xc and smooth moderate to severe lines around the nose and mouth with juvÉderm xc. tell your doctor if you have a history of scarring or are taking medicines that decrease the body's immune response or that can prolong bleeding. common side effects include injection-site redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, firmness, lumps, bumps, bruising, discoloration or itching. as with all fillers, there is a rare risk of unintentional injection into a blood vessel, which

another lie from brett kavanaugh. brett kavanaugh said that judge pickering's nomination was not one he primarily handled. well, let's just say this is less than the full truth. maybe if you emphasize the words primarily, you find some shred of accuracy, but certainly not a full and appropriate presentation because it turns out that he was involved in a number of critical aspects of the pickering nomination. brett kavanaugh said he did not see or hear anything about president bush's warrantless wire-tapping program before it was publicly reported. but in some of those other documents that slipped through, we find out that he did know about them and he e-mailed john yu about the warrantless wiretapping long before the program became public. brett kavanaugh said the bush administration did not consider ideology when selecting or vetting judges, but the truth is the documents show that they did consider ideology. why did this man, brett kavanaugh, feel the need to misrepresent the truth time after time after time? he imp

what brett kavanaugh offered is anger.er is not evidence of innocence, thoroughly does not refute that compelling and consistent testimony of dr. ford. what you saw brett kavanaugh do is talk about his history, his drinking history, his yearbrboo, even the statements of people who have been asked about the incident claiming the other people who she says were there deny it. and fact, most of them said they did not remember it will stop which is full of consistent with her statement. it wasn't significant for them. her.as significant for h i believe he lied in his testimony in 2004, 2000 six, and earlier this month about a number of matters, including his role in receiving stolen confidential information, information stolen from the u.s. senate about judicial nominations and lying about his role in those nominations. i think this man brett kavanaugh tells lies big and small. he is unfit for the bench. he is not fit for the united states supreme court. i call for him to be impeached, not promoted. amy: you are talking about i

just be a problem for brett kavanaugh. that's going to be a big problem for president trump. >> we do know this is a president that has a long memory when it comes to people who have crossed him politically and personally. ahead of this vote, judge kavanaugh, he publishes this op-ed this the wall street journal. this is a key portion, by the way. i'll read it for our listeners on sirius and our viewers at home as well. i was very emotional last thursday, more so than i have ever been. i might have been too emotional at times. i know that my tone was sharp, and i said a few things that i should not have said. aaron blake, we saw him on fox news last week in that interview with martha mccown. now he's writing op-eds for ""the wall street journal"." you've got to wonder if this was judge kavanaugh's idea, how concerned are the white house? how concerned are republicans that brett kavanaugh's nomination may very much be in trouble? >> this is a very unusual step for any supreme court nominee. usually you don't see them speak a

what does brett kavanaugh's testimony mean for what kind of judge he might be? we will speak with somebody that worked in brett kavanaugh in an environment people saw as very politically charged, next. set your seat height to its maximum level. bravo, tall meeting man. start winning today. book now at lq.com i'm ready to crush ap english. i'm ready to do what no one on my block has done before. forget that. what no one in the world has done before. all i need access, tools, connections. high-speed connections. is the world ready for me? through internet essentials, comcast has connected more than six-million low-income people to low-cost, high-speed internet at home. i'm trying to do some homework here. so they're ready for anything. >>> a key vote advancing the nomination of judge kavanaugh set to take place three hours from now. brett kavanaugh made a final argument, sort of a campaign pitch for his confirmation. overnight he published an op-ed in the "wall street journal" and described himself as an independent impartial judge despite his heated tone in his t

brett kavanaugh's testimony is not credible. and there are reasons for that, and one of those reasons is because he's been misleading and had a hissy fit on national television. that is not what we want in a supreme court justice. and i think that, you know, we should kind of remember that, because rather than fall into the trap of, let's see whether it's possible to prove that dr. blasey ford is telling the truth -- it may be there's no evidence 36 years later that can prove all of the claims that she's brought up. but yet there are lots of reasons to find her testimony credible, and frankly brett kavanaugh's not credible. >> lisa, doesn't that go to the very peculiar maleness or male privilege that he would seem to inhabit, which has been a part of the discussion for many days now, which is, it is hard to imagine a female judge, candidate, nominee, or senator, necessarily being given the same dispensation if they comported themselves over self-hours like that. >> i'm smiling, because it's not hard to imagine, it's impossible t

certainly brett kavanaugh could go that way. he expressed some partisan anger in his hearing, but he has hired four law clerks for his first supreme court term, all of whom are women, and he was very explicit in saying that during his hearing, he said this is who i am, and both susan collins and lisa murkowski who voted differently on him but are the two moderate republican women in the senate have said after meeting with him that they do not think he would overturn roe v. wade. so i think kavanaugh has been giving hints that he is going to want to protect his legacy with women. >> what about this "washington post" headline, erin, which i want to get your reaction to, with kavanaugh confirmed impeachment could follow and it points to murmurs of impeachment even before the allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced where opponents were fixated on whether he lied under oath. specifically democrats have sidestepped the issue of impeachment, but do you think it's likely there could be a renewed investigation of him? >> there could be