i am not sure where brett kavanaugh is going to fall here. the end of the day you have to look at the chief justice. look at his record on issues like obamacare. didn't turn out the way conservatives hoped. republican presidents going back forever have a very bad track record when it comes to putting true constitutionalist on the highest court in the land. shannon: an opinion piece in bloomberg references the idea that robert and brett kavanaugh stuck together on this saying talk about thomas's fiery dissent, supreme court conservative revolution will wait another day. thomas is used to losing and it doesn't bother him but brett kavanaugh may think differently. this means roberts may exercise a moderating effect on the conservative wing of the court by having brett kavanaugh and a potential ally. >> my hope would be the court could follow the law. so many people in the right-wing are worried the court is an activist court and reset roe versus wade and undercut or overturn it. i would like to see them follow the law, that is a simple request.

brett: that is absolutelright. no timelines? brett: no timelines.ra: you mentioned the end of the caliphate. how do you prevent the jihadists from coming back? brett: it is one reason we talk about enduring defeat and we rkep pressure on these net the phenomenon we saw in 2014, 2015, 40,000 foreign fighters pouring into syria from over 11r cos around the world. we had to come together. it really is a global organization. that is why we built this globak coalition tosure we were stopping across borders. barbara: still quite a lot of them are out there the u.n. estimated 20,000 two to -- 30,000 in iraq. quite a high number. brett: some are hardened fighters. some ascribe to the ideology. tried to stay away from numbers and look at capabilities. the capability is significantly degraded. they at one point was controlling territory decisive -- the size of the u.k. barbara: but with the ideology out there, do you think it might be more of a threat to places like europe than the middle east in coming years? brett: we have definitely reduced the risk of the

brett: it is an open-ended commitment. very focused commitment to make sure that security forces are trained. in iraq, for example, we have trained thousands of members of the security forces, a coalition of 75 partners. we want to make sure this continues. barbara: the point is, the military commitment does not end with the end othe caliphate. brett: that is absolutely right. no timelines? brett: no timelines.ba ara: you mentioned the end of the caliphate. how do you prevent the jihadists from coming back? brett: it is one reason we talk about enduring defeat and we keep pressure on these networksn the enon we saw in 2014, 2015, 40,000 foreign fighters pouring into syria from over 110 countries around the world. we had to come together. it reallgais a global zation. that is why we built this global coalition to make sure we were stopping across boers. barbara: still quite a lot of them are out there. the u.n. estimated 20,000 two to -- 30,000 in iraq. quite a high number. brett: some are haened fighters. some ascribe to t

i sat next to brett cavanagh at rubber chicken dinners. we are not going to get into what i think of brett kavanaugh, but i was appalled by many parts of his testimony. he had not into of one to satisfy. he had to please be president who might have pulled his nomination but brett kavanaugh is suffering a price. even if he sits on the supreme court i think he will pay a brick greater price then clarence thomas is paid in 30 years. >> thomas is not paid much of a price and certainly hasn't paid it within the institution. within the institution apart from being below by court staff and others in the building, most of the justices will say we served together for decades, we put that stuff aside. he is an equal member of the court and i believed it even though you know there might have been a thought balloon going on that i remember that unpleasantness from 1991. microphone. >> thank you very much, very interesting. you were commenting how the film might have been a little early and i was wondering, would you agree kennedy was necessary and now

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that was good. >> thank you, brett.'ll have more from brett in a moment. >>> up next a new movie about ruth bader ginsburg. we're going to hear about what it was like. >> first a check on the weather. >> that's right. can you give me that move again? >> i don't know what happened. >> that's my introduction to brett. >> that's beautiful. >> let's show you what we have going on for your weekend. friday heavy rain along the southeast and atlantic coast. rain and mountain snow in the pacific northwest. warmer temperatures sandwiched between. it continues on saturday. the rain continues. ohio, mississippi, and under the mid atlantic states. then sunday, sunday, a wintry mix in the northeast. mountain, rain and snow in the pacific northwest into northern california. above average continues continue in t >> that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're seeing sunshine. here's a live look outside. oakland, as you get ready to hea

kavanaugh making allegations against brett kava naugh who then making allegations against brett kavanaugh judge on the supreme court. meghan markle isn't there! i actually hope that christine blasey ford does not disappear. the meat... you have personally experienced it once a month? sexual harassment? absolutely. recent occurrences are very fresh in my mind and raw. christine blasey ford, that dominated the news. i cannot wait to see dominated the news. i cannot wait to see the results of these on wednesday. meghan markle? she is not your first choice but she has dominated this year. what is the correct era? i initially also like raikkonen, 32—year—old director of black panther. —— brian. raikkonen, 32—year—old director of black panther. —— brianlj raikkonen, 32—year—old director of black panther. -- brian. i like the black panther. -- brian. i like the black panther. -- brian. i like the black panther. more than 2000 families separated at the us border with the trump immigration policy. interesting that donald trump is also on this list. we shall see. thank you for your company and have

you will see a cthe lawyers to try to pick off that vote from brett kavanaugh, make an argument thatl appeal to brett cavanagh. >> reporter: those include religious freedom, healthcare, executive power, abortion and transgender military members. brett kavanaugh grabbed the headlines but it is the man in charge quietly reasserting his authority. john roberts angered conservatives by siding with the court's liberal block turning aside separate appeals over efforts by 15 states to restrict medicaid funding to planned parenthood and trump's immigration asylum restrictions. and the federal judge who glossed the asylum policy nationwide. >> this was an obama judge and it is not going to happen like this anymore. >> reporter: that to defend the integrity of the judiciary. a risk between 22 separate branches of government that will carry over into the new year. the white house is building on two supreme court justices by getting a record number of lower court judges confirmed to the federal bench. we love this story, tonight's midnight hero, how long, a flight attendant was scheduled to work

rob: a big moment for brett cavanagh after all the criticism of him, many democrats maintain brett cavanagh massive threat to overturn roe versus wade and brett -- judge andrew napolitano will be here to talk about all this. jillian: first lady milania trump will attend the toys for tots event in washington helping young volunteers make christmas cards and sort presence at joint case anacostia bowling. rob: and donated 100 books to the university program that has given 39 million books to kids. jillian: it is 9 minutes after the hour, donald trump wants $5 billion were his border wall, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer sitting down. rob: what happens when they come face-to-face today? jason chaffetz is here to weigh in on that. ♪ the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (vo) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? (vo) a two-year study showed that ozempic® does not increase the

what can you tell us about brett mcgurk? >> we're talking about one of the u.s.st accomplished dip malomats and bt mcgurk has been working on issues related to iraq in the region for decades. he's been the envoy dealing with the 60-plus member coalition on isis for about five years now, and largely had been successful, but you know, you just remember in recent days the president had said that, you know, isis, the u.s. would stay and remain in syria to defeat those remnants of isis and also to counter iran, and brett mcgurk was talking to state department correspondents just a few days ago, and then went off to the region to brief partners about this policy assuring members of the coalition u.s. partners in iraq and syria, like the kurds, that the u.s. was going to stay. in fact, he was in iraq meeting with senior leaders when president trump tweeted that he was pulling out of syria. so according to sources familiar with his thinking, his colleagues, you know, brett mcgurk felt his credibility, his integrity was on the line. he could not defend this policy let alo

brett mcgurk told of his decision last night. mcgurk was set to leave his position early next year but will now depart at the end of this month after splitting with the president over syria just days after he defended the u.s. mission there. >> it would be reckless if we were to say, anyone who has looked at a conflict like this would agree with that. >> mcgurk's departure follows that of secretary james mattis who handed in his resignation on thursday. that's a day of the president's syria announcement. that announcement was reportedly sparked by a phone conversation between the president and his turkish counter part, according to "the washington post." joining me now, crihristopher hill, and michael alan, former special assistant to george w. bush and staff director for the house intelligence committee. and vivian salama, during the rise and fall of isis. ambassador hill, let's start with you on this. who is brett mcgurk and what are we lose something. >> well, you're losing a lot there. he's quite a dedicated public servant. h

thank you, brett. wow.. >> we will have more from brett in a moment. also ahead, fell it's ty jones, armie hammer, a new movie about ruth bader ginsberg. what it was like meeting the supreme court justice. >> first, a check of the weather. we have a few snowflakes. >>> that's right. for you weekend we, start out with friday heavy rain along the southeastern mountain coast. warmer temperatures sandwiched in between. that continues on saturday through the plain the rain continues ohio, mississippi, and under the mid-atlantic states. and then sunday, sunday! a wintry mix in the northeast. mountain rain and snow in the pacific northwest a into northern california and above-average temperatures continue in the central and nortrn plains. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in >>> good morning, everybody. i'm storm team4 meteorologist chuck bell. today may be one of our last times to g an extended period of sunshine for a while. make your plans to get out and enjoy it. we are in the

with the appointment of brett cavanagh, roe versus lied -- roe versus wade is likely dead. is an opportunity to chip it away bit by bit. there will be a conversation to do that but he made a very fair decision. rob: an interesting day and you will not see a lot of coverage of this because it goes against many articles spent about how roe v wade is dead because of this justice's nomination, thanks very much. 53 minutes after the hour. he clung to the back of a bus risking the ride of his life. why this teen said he did this coming up next. uk lawmakers will decide the fate of teresa may later today but she has to get out of her car first. the hilarious moment that may be a perfect medicare for this. ♪ ♪ . . with my bladder leakage, the products i've tried just didn't fit right. they were too loose. it's getting in the way of our camping trips. but with a range of sizes, depend fit-flex is made for me. with a range of sizes for all body types, depend fit-flex underwear is guaranteed to be your best fit. jillian: welcome pack. chicago's liberal mayor think pot and gambling are

favre, says he was duped into making this video. >> brett favre here with a shout out. >> reporter: recorded message coded with anti-semitic statements. favre, who made references to patriots and the "uss liberty" says he was told what he was reading was paid for by veterans. it was instead tied to a hate group operating onheark web. >> bad actors can take the platforms and craft it and we have to be vigilant to make sure we're mitigating damages going forward. >> reporter: cameo, which allows fans to pay some 6,000 celebrities for personalized videos, has now banned the user who also fooled andy dick and soulja boy into making similar statements, all saying they were unaware of the subtext they were reading. favre, who is donating his $500 message fee writing, "i am sickened by what these groups stand for. had i understood the source of the request, i never would have fulfilled it." tonight a warning to read between the lines online. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> there is more to come here tonight. we're going to tell you about the "snl" star taking a stand and openin

brett mcgurk, the man the president put in charge of destroying isis, has resigned.cgurk is the special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter isis. mcgurk's resignation follows defense secretary james mattis's stunning resignation on thursday, that resignation shocking washington and stunning u.s. allies. with me now is arwa damon, cnn's international correspondent. what are u.s. allies saying? >> they're reeling, as you can imagine, because up until that moment, where president trump tweeted that he was withdrawing all u.s. forces from syria, everyone thought that america's strategy, a strategy that they had just recently also had emphasized to them by brett mcgurk himself, was to stay the course in syria, until isis was completely eradicated to. train up adequately the local forces there. and to continue to add a buffer to iran's influence. and now, none of that is anything remotely close to what america's strategy or should i say trump strategy seems to be in syria. and then you also have to look at america's adversaries in the region. i mean who

the significant point for me, we couldn't think more highly of brett kavanaugh. i told my democratic friends give me 10 years. you will agree with me. you would be very proud and very happy that he is there. if he goes down, watch out what comes after him. t will be a hard ideological be idate that will confirmed. kennedy kept saying to me, i just want the facts. wouldn't an fbi investigation give you more facts? for his reputation, they should do an fbi investigation. they did it for three days for .nita hill the notion that you want the facts but you resist an investigation does not make sense to me and sends all the wrong signals. yesflake has said i'll vote an f.b.i. as to be investigation. just looking to you, dan, this is what you thought as well, right? >> you want to control your own destiny. my fear was that this would not be the case. i felt like this was going to be difficult to sustain. as mark said, we had the opportunity to help assure two supreme court justices. the process you go through to prepare for this is intense. the amount of rigor that goe

. >> brett kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing orrepublicans will gavel in a hearing that will decide the future of the united states supreme court. >> the nation got to meet dr. blasey ford. that is the woman who says that when she was 15 years old, judge brett kavanaugh, as a high school student, sexually assaulted her in a room. >> an earnest woman from california came forward, reluctantly, raised her hand, was sworn in and gave for so many people what will always stand as some indelible testimony. >> the details that -- about that night that bring me here today are the ones i will never forget. i was pushed on to the bed and brett got on top of me. >> and remember, there were days between our first hearing the name dr. blasey ford and then seeing what she was like, what she looked like, taking her measure. >> with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> donald trump watched christine blasey ford in the morning. >> i thought her testimony was very compelling. and she looks like a very fin

in a tweet that he didn't know brett mcgurk. how is it possible that the president does not know the envoy that has been representing the u.s. for the coalition for the last two years? >> the president is dealing with the secretary of state and secretary of defense. despite what people think, the white house is in grand central station. >> reporter: people say to expect more and continuous resignations over the decision to withdraw troops from syria. jillian turner, fox news. >>> israel's prime minister says the decision to withdraw troops from syria will not affect israeli policy. benjamin netanyahu said that the u.s. withdrawal will not affect israel's efforts to counter iranian aggression in syria. israel was caught offguard by the abrupt move to withdrawal the roughly 2000 u.s. troops from syria in the coming weeks. israel routinely strikes iranian targets inside syria and is currently conducting an operation against the lebanese military group hezbollah which is a proxy of iran. >>> now to the deadly tsunami in indonesia. c

and brett ryan are with us.s playing a bigger role in takeovers, what does that mean in terms of how they recommend the companies finance their deals or how they come up with creative solutions? turmoil around the high space, financing options are different in 2019. robert: the volatility has been a factor. an't forget, we are in environment where debt capital, there are oceans of capital. step back from this. there is capital from almost anything. it comes at a price. there is no liquidity issue, nothing like what we had in 2008. it is a function of price. have financial capacity. know, you probably have a sense of this, how much equity has been bought back, $1 trillion this year is the pace for this year. capital is not an issue. that may in a general way have something to do with this reconfiguration of the tables in the middle. it used to be you went to an advisor and it was a one-stop shop. decades ago, the concept of citibank, everything under one roof. that is not the deal now. companies have their own ca

[woman 7] go to mypsaproof.com to see proof in action. >>> next tonight, brett favre issuing an apologyand other celebrities say they were tricked into recording antis-se messages. how with how the football legend says he got played. orter: one of the nfl's most recognizable stars hall of fame quarterback brett favre says he was duped into making this video. >> brett favre here with a sho out. >> reporter: coded with antis-semitics and made reference to patriotsn the u.s.s. remembererty was told what he was reading was paid for by veterans but instead tied to a hate group operating on the dark web. >> bad actors can take the platforms and craft it we have to be vigilant to make sure we're migating damage. >> reporter: cameo, which allows fans to pay some 6,000 celebrities for personaliz videos has now banned the user who also fooled andy dick and solja boy into making similar statements unaware of the subtext of what they were reading. favre, who is donating his $500 message fee ic writing i amned by what these groups stand for.d understand the source of the request, i never would have

was accidentally going to kill me" kavanaugh strongly denied the accusations...brett kavanaugh/supremet nominee: "i've never sexually assaulted anyone"and was ultimately confirmed by a 50 to 48 vote.natson north korea... the president going from tough talk in 2017...to a warm embrace this past june... pres donald trump/june 12: "we have developed a very special bond"...after meeting face-to-face with kim jong un in singapore.natsanother high- profile sitdown in july between trump and russian president vladimir putin shocked both democrats and republicansthe two held a private meeting before addressing reporters, with 2016 election meddling front and center.the u.s. president casting doubt on his own intelligence agencies by offering a stunning defense of putin.pres donald trump/july 16: "he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be."natsbut back home - special council robert mueller saw it differently - charging 13 russian nationals with conspiracy to defraud the united states in february. former trump allies michael flynn, michael cohen, and pa

supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. this is an hour. >>a >> i am the executive editor of the texas tribune. i would like to welcome you to the eighth festival. it is hard to believe that we have done it eight times. this is sponsored by encore. although -- although corporate sponsors underwrite the event, they play no role in determining the panel's content or line of questioning. we will include a 15 to 20 minute q&a at the end. good luck with that. silence your phones. if you are going to tweet, the # is tribest2018. this is going to refund three of be fun.this is going to there is nothing going on in the news. we're struggling to look at things to talk about. mark mckinnon is the one with the hat. he has served as a commentator and advisor for numerous companies and candidates, including a former texas governor and former president george w. bush. he is cofounder of no labels, and organization dedicated to promoting bipartisanship in politics. karl rove served as deputy chief of staff. and senior advisor. you can clap. [applause] my

i know brett, i work with him and know of his reputation. he's been working this issue for many years for obama and trump. by the way, the president is wrong. isis was not going wild until he came to power. there's something called operation inherent resolve that started in 2014, and it continued under the trump administration and has been successful. but you just heard and thank you for playing a clip from an expert on the issue. this fight is not over and it is naive beyond measure to think that pulling out now will make us more secure in the long run. >> chris, what is your reaction to brett mcgurk now moving on and the importance that he clearly played in strategy against isis here? >> well, i think brett mcgurk feels that he just cannot go and face america's allies and say to them i wanted to you trust me, i told you this was the policy, this was my word and the word of the administration, that we were going to keep fighting isis, we were going to stay on the ground in syria and now it turns out all to be a lie or at least completely re

strongly denied the accusations...brett kavanaugh/supreme court nominee: "i've never sexually assaultedy confirmed by a 50 to 48 vote. natson north korea... the president going from tough talk in 2017...to a warm embrace this past june... pres donald trump/june 12: "we have developed a very special bond"...after meeting face-to-face with kim jong un in singapore.natsanother high- profile sitdown in july between trump and russian president vladimir putin shocked both democrats and republicansthe two held a private meeting before addressing reporters, with 2016 election meddling front and center.the u.s. president casting doubt on his own intelligence agencies by offering a stunning defense of putin. pres donald trump/july 16: "he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be."natsbut back home - special council robert mueller saw it differently - charging 13 russian nationals with conspiracy to defraud the united states in february. former trump allies michael flynn, michael cohen, and paul manafort also facing varying charges. president trump insisti

the brett kavanaugh delivered on that. the brett kava naugh example is delivered on that. brett kavanaugh example is the extreme but it is not the first. he has delivered conservative judges and thatis delivered conservative judges and that is what republican activists say they want. he uses his power where he can. the power of patronage is huge. he is heavily constrained in some areas but that is an area where he isn't. let me say some of the things which make me feel warm to him. this will be counterintuitive. you were talking about leadership, one of the things that protects an american president from intense scrutiny at times is the order of the presidency. he has humanised the presidency. i like the way he does two our press conferences. in the past it was three questions each if you are lucky. he is there for hours. i don't mind the fact he attacks journalists or political leaders. there is a transparency. but weeds are beyond belief, what you read, but i think that meshes of communication has changed the way president will have to engage with the people for ever. i

however, i am skeptical of brett kavanaugh's position. am not sure if this is his first vote that he did. of him to vote in opposition it, clearly making a lot of conservatives upset. i believe it gives the appearance if you want to call it, the slanted court has been reset to a more balanced court. justices have to talk to each other. robert, someone said just come out in support of this and everyone will be surprised that you did and it will give maybe he will, vote with us sometimes, that is unexpected and conservatives are like, i can't believe he did not vote to hear the case, this is so unexpected. call me cynical, i expect a lot more conservative votes coming from justice kavanagh in the future. hold onto your seats. host: not brett kavanaugh's first vote on whether to take up a case, but certainly one of the early notable decisions by him. what are your thoughts on john roberts? on the chief justice? caller: he seems to have taken the helm of -- if you want to call it steering the ship. he calls -- comes from the bush administrati

brett, stick around.e other side of this break talk about another article that you wrote april of this year where you looked at the similarities or shall i say differences between the current administration and george h.w. bush. we continue to keep a close eye on the airfield here in houston where a plane carrying president bush's body will soon take off bound for capitol hill where we will lie instate. a former president long time spokesman jim mcgrath posted this photo. it's gotten a lot of attention. it shows the 41st president's service dog, sully, keeping a close eye over the president's casket. sully will now help people at walter reed national military medical center. that will be his job now. we opened our doors with 70-megawatts, 35 mules, and an ice plant. but we brought power to the people- redefining what that meant from one era to the next. over 90 years later we continue to build as one of the nation's largest investors in infrastructure. we don't just help power the american dream. we're pa

brett cavanagh's situation has been decided.eed to look into other than those. heather: last word. >> it is all about 2020. that is what i am saying, from the perspective of the democrats that is what they will focus on. they will focus on trump's tax returns and brett kavanaugh and issues that are personal with the president. they have shown that in the last few weeks with the shutdown. jillian: thanks. rob: christmas may be over but the shopping definitely is not. jillian: melissa breaks down where to get the best deals, you don't want to miss her, stay right there. building a better bank starts with looking at something old, and saying, "really?" so capital one is building something completely new. capital one cafes. inviting places with people here to help you, not sell you. and savings and checking accounts with no fees or minimums. because that's how it should be. you can open one from right here or anywhere in 5 minutes. seriously, 5 minutes... this is banking reimagined. what's in your wallet? rob: hundreds of migrants w

for all of the sympathizers out there brett mcgurk obama appointees loading up airplanes in $1.8 billion in cash and sending it to iran as part of the horrific iran nuclear deal, now terminated approved by quote little bob corker.

if we have the brett mcgurk sound, i would like to play it now.kay, well, we don't have it, but this is exactly what they were concerned about, a premature withdrawal. so when you have all of this going on and the president makes a decision to go, can you at all take it out of that context? do we look at this, mac, and just say, okay, the president has made a decision as presidents have beforehand, there are troops who are serving abroad in harm's way, we're going to go there for the holidays and let them know that we appreciate them, or do you have to look at it in a political context, as well? >> i think you have to look at it in a broader context. politics is part of that. but chris, the most sacred responsibility of any president of the united states is commander in chief, to keep the american people safe and we entrust that responsibility to the brave men and women who dedicate their lives and their careers to doing just that. so this needs to be a consistency in the policy, and certainly, secretary mattis was highly respected, as was special

fight against isis has quit over president donald trump's sudden decision to pull troops from syria brett mcgurk departure follows the resignation of defense secretary james mattis who had opposed withdrawing from syria and cutting the u.s. presence in afghanistan a partial shutdown of the federal us federal government has began after politicians failed to end their dark deadlock over spending trump refused to back down on funding for his border war forcing the congress to adjourn without a budget deal. the head of the u.n. team tasked with monitoring a cease fire in the city of data has arrived in yemen on friday the security council vote to send observers to oversee the truce between the rebels and the saudi and iraq backed yemeni government. at least ten people have been killed in sudan in protests against the rising cost of food and fuel schools and universities are closed in the least five states cities of bata and get out of the state to right now under emergency rule inflation is at seventy percent among the highest in the world. at the head of the sudan opposition party and maddy

>> brett mcgurk is washington's leader of the anti-isis coalition.has been the person knitting together the more than 70 countries who have been united with the united states to fight isis. so, he's a presidential envoy. while the president may not actually know who he is, he claims, that actually underscores that perhaps the president wasn't involved in the details. if this isn't someone he knew and didn't care about, well, he seemed to care enough to tweet that it didn't matter to him, which only drew more attention to the story that this diplomat who was hired by the bush administration, i should point out, was resigning in principle because of his syria policy, the second high level u.s. official to do so in the past week. >> quijano: alright, margaret brennan, margaret thank you. >>> overseas, a desperate search for survivors is underway in indonesia after a massive tsunami that killed at least 220 people. officials say more than 800 were injured, with dozens more missing. the powerful waves destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings. it struck t

that brings us to brett kavanaugh. less said about recent events the better as far as i'm concerned. but i would like to highlight two points about the kavanaugh confirmation. first it represents a sort of culmination of everything that the confirm wars had been building to over the past 30 years. the bourke hearings gave the villification and defamation coupled with gross distortions of the nominee's record. the thomas hearings gave us character assassination and the politics of personal destruction. we saw elements of both of these approaches in subsequent confirmations, particularly the alito confirmation. but the kavanaugh confirmation is when everything finally came together. yeah, the outlandish misrepresentations of pretty much everything the nominee had ever said coupled with the most vile personal attacks imaginable. it is no coincidence i believe that this confluence of events occurred during the battle to replace justice kennedy. the man who for many years held the key to critically important 5-4 decisions.

>> well, i've known brett mcgurk since we started working together in iraq in 2007.ed public servant. and i can only imagine that this was a very difficult decision for him. but as we talk about syria and the way forward, and admiral kirby made good points, the global coalition to defeat isis isn't just about boots on the ground, they have many musions ahead of it, like countering the extreme rhetoric that isis continues to spread online. and when you think about someone like brett mcgurk, if he had to go back and talk to the 78 other countries and organizations that still comprise that coalition, he would be in a much more difficult position today, when the u.s. is withdrawing. >> right. >> we cut off stabilization assistance that the state department was supposed to deliver. how is he going to ask other coalition members to continue the fight if we're pulling back? >> admirable kirby, is there any hope in your view of holding bashar al assad accountable for war crimes and maybe international courts? or do we just now live in a world where the genocide of a million

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joe, first, about brett mcguirk, it is shocking. brett mcguirk is this president's point man against isis. he doesn't seem to realize it, but he is the person who leads our global coalition to fight this deadly adversary in the battle that trump just claimed spuriously that he had won, that he didn't even know who his principal diplomatic adviser was tells you everything. so i wanted badly because, as you know, i've had the good luck to be able to travel in syria a number of times, to talk with the person who is most affected by trump's decision and that is the commander of the syrian-led, kurdish-led, syria democratic forces militia that's been doing the fighting against isis. so i arranged through our special forces to call him last night at his headquarters inside syria, we talked on an encrypted line for about an hour, and, joe, even in this period where just so many things that we see break our heart, i found that listening to this man talk in this quiet, careful, dignified way about a betrayal by the united states, which had p

when we reach, brett, january 3rd that's 13 days. right now based on that polling, of course, president trump seen as the responsible party for this shutdown. at what point does it take that turn where people view both parties as important? you know what? this thing has gone on way too long if it extends beyond january 3rd. >> no. i think they always look at the republican party and, of course, essentially donald trump as principally responsible. he wanted this. the fight that he's picked. the real issue's going to come for republicans, jennifer alluded to it with the comments of marco rubio to come to a pass there and ask themselves whether their allegiance to donald trump and that side of the republican party that's his hard core base is worth sticking by. right now the republican party reminds of scenes in the roadrunner cartoons where the coyote has one foot on one side of the -- on one side of the cliff and another on the other and trying to figure out which way to stretch. he'll fall in the abyss if the shutdown lasts that much

brett: you know, i believe that in a place where it is poised to retrace here. nd if you believe that and combine that story, i believe the real opportunity for 2019 is in the international markets and i think you can look at both developed international, emerging markets. i think they have been decimated will be a 19 different story. uy: europe had horrible 2018, do you want to put money to work over here? brett: you know, relative to the u.s., i would take a look at europe because i think the aluations and a lot of the equity markets are at a place, how can you not take a look at getting know, without into individual names, i think ook at consumer staples over there in europe relative to the u.s. consumer staples. take a one place to look. guy: you think they are cheap enough already? you could have made that of last throughout much year, almost as much as this year, 2018. wondering, is where is the point europe becomes cheap enough people take it seriously or believe the risk of not getting involved is too grate? the short run, you are always going to take th

. >> brett favre here with a shout-out. >> a short recorded message coded with anti-semitic statementsvre says he was told what he was reading was paid for by veterans. it was instead tied to a hate group operating on the dark web. >> that video was made with the website called cameo. it's a new platform which allows people to hire celebrities to record personalized shout-outs. favre announcing that he and cameo would donate that $500 he received to charity. >> this makes no sense. why would anti-semites spend $500 on favre, when they can get mel gibson to record a video for free? >> that's true. this cameo business is crazy. these celebs that make these videos, to me, they just seem desperate and sad and small-minded -- >> actually, that reminds me. >> no, no, roy. >> hey, what's up. it's roy wood jr., i want to tell my man phil, happy prostate exam, man. hope you have a good prostate exam, bro. >> tell me you got paid a lot for that. > 20 bucks. >> 20 bucks? >> anyway let's move on from pfootball to the beautiful game. >> the sport the whole world plays. >> now to the international o

the president now saying you are out now, you cannot quit, i'm firing you. >> well, brett mcgurk was supposed to leave his job be in februaryand president trump tweeted, mcgurk, who i do not know, how do we understand thispresiden thispresident? >> pretty mcgurk is washington's leader of the anti--isis coalition. he has been knitting together the countries to fight isis. he is a president ial envoy. the president may not know who he is, he claims, that underscores that perhaps the president was not involved in the details. if this was not somebody he did not know or care about, he seed to that drew more attention to the story that this diplomat, who was hired by the bush administration, i should point out, was resigning in principal because of his syria policy. the second high had level u.s. official to do so in the past week. arthank you. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> overseas, a desperate search for survivors is under way in indonesia, after a massive tsunami that killed at least 220 people, 800 injured and dozens missing.

more people believed christine blasey ford than believed brett kavanaugh.ta hill, more people believed clarence thomas. i think you can make the argument that the kind of movement and fierceness and anger that arose from brett kavanaugh's nomination hearings led to that democratic wave that we saw in november where you had a record number of women who were elected. >> beyond the kavanaugh hearings can't you also make the argument that there has been a real cataclysm in terms of the me too movement and the huge names, certainly in tv news and beyond that it brought down. i mean, people that were once seen as truly indispensable lost their jobs because of credible allegations. >> yeah, i mean, i think that there was so much reporting in 2017 and i remember thinking, wow, is there going to be more? is this just a couple weeks or a flash in the pan? 2018 we saw that there were still so many stories left to tell and they were stories of hotel housekeepers and they were stories of farm migrant laborers and they were also stories of people working in the most powe

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plus, brett mcgurk the u.s. diplomat among our allies quit. kentucky republican rand paul supports the president's decision the new number three in the house republican leadership wyoming liz cheney opposes it. we'll talk with them both. delaware democratic senator we'll talk about what happenedo it'sll comingn "face the nation." good morning, welcome to "face the nation." congress has gone home for christmas but president trump has cancelled his trip to florida and will stay at the white house as almost 400,000 federal workers are now on furlough and another 400,000 are working without pay until at least thursday. when the senate returns. some national parks and tourist sites have been affected but other government services will continue including tsa screeners and postal service. we begin today with kentucky republican senator rand paul he sits on the homeland securiro waa lot autag2n dollar debt. with this in mind, do you intend to vote for any kind of spending bill that includes billions of dollars from u.s. taxpayers without any offset? >

brett bruen, thank you very much. good to be with you.allied following a volatile day which saw their european counterparts lose ground as global political and economic uncertainty continued to haunt investors. the dowjones, which fell by 1.8% earlier on thursday, finished 1.1% up. our business reporter samira hussain has the latest from new york. if you were suffering from whiplash watching the financial markets over the last week, you are probably not alone. what fuels this volatility? investors like certainty and right now there is not a lot of it around. some of that uncertainty is coming from washington. we have the partial shutdown of the us government, the continuing trade tensions between the us and china and us president donald trump's continued criticism of the federal reserve, investors were happy to see holiday sales were strong and that the price of crude oilfor a big jump. but there are still some concerns about america's overall economic growth. the economy is growing but the pace of that growth, that is expected to slow do

have been supporting they too say the war against arsenal has not ended well just eleven days ago brett mcgurk was updating the media about the importance of the u.s. staying in syria to combat eisel is what he said. well we multiple objectives in syria so the military objective could very clearly the military objective is the enduring defeat of isis and if we've learned one thing over the years and during defeat of a group like this means you can't just defeat their physical space and then leave you have to make sure the. internal security forces are in place to ensure that those gains security gains are enduring we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past and we know that once a physical space is defeated we can't just pick up and leave us or we're prepared to make sure that we do all we can to ensure this is enduring no sign of that areas that we have cleared of isis that they have not returned or actually seize physical space there's kind of stunned cells nobody is saying that they're going to disappear nobody is that naive so we want to stay on the ground to make sure th

brett mcgurk is the us special envoy to the global coalition fighting the so—called islamic state groupignation letter, he made clear his concern is that the presidentposmac claims that ifa being defeated were premature. 0nly a week ago, he raised fears of an early end to the campaign in a bbc interview. the point is that military commitment doesn't end. that is absolutely right. there is no timeline on that. no timeline. washington is preparing for a short christmas break. goodwill is in short supply. with the government shut down, this seems a less than happy holiday for donald trump. chris butler, bbc news, washington. it was the biggest factor in his decision to go. earlier, i spoke to andrew tabler, from the washington institute for near east policy. i asked him about what effect that departure would have. mister mcgurk was quite controversial in the us system because he aligns the united states with the democratic forces, an offshoot of the pkk, which is the archenemy of turkey and is designated as a terrorist organisation. it was a bit like playing with fire, but it was a strateg