jan crawford, cbs news washington. >>oh man scted planning an attack during cleveland's 4th of july celebration is being held without bail. he was arrested sunday and arraigned yesterday. authorities say pitts expressed his support for al qaeda and talked to undercover agents about setting off bombs. he is charged with attempted support of a terrorist organization. >> in idaho a 3-year-old girl was stabbed at her birthday party over the weekend and died. 1,500 people turned out to remember the victims in the stabbing attack. he stabbed 9 people in an apartment complex where he stayed and was asked to leave. he made his first court appearance yesterday. he is charged with first-degree murder and is held without bail. if convicted he could face the death penalty. >>> harvey weinstein says he expects to be fully vindicating follg xumisconduct. a third woman says he performed a forcible sex act on her in 2006. he faces criminal sexual assault and sexual acts in the first degree. he's already indicted for alleged sex abuse

jan crawford has our report. >>> at the capitol with the vice president -- >> we look forward to the confirmation process and it will unfold in the next few weeks. >> reporter: nominated to replace the key swing justice he's considered a powerhouse with a conservative judicial philosophy and a lengthy record. with the court in the balance, liberal judicial activists were urging democrats to oppose the nomination even before the president nominated his choice. on the right, groups like the judicial crisis network are spending millions in advertising, targeting red state democrats up for re-election in november as senior democrats called for battle. >> we must defeat judge kavanaugh's nomination to the bench, to save women's reproductive womfreedom, to sav health care for million, to save the rights and freedoms ta all americans enjoy. >> reporter: he ruled against an immigrant teen seeking abortion while in federal detention, but while angering democrats he modete rlin susane had no collins noted his restraint. democrats also focused a law review article kavanaugh wrote in 2009 that s

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>> glor: jan crawford continues jr peerless supreme court reporting. jan, thank you very much.ublican congressman jim imrdan of ohio finds himself facing questions following his time at ohio state university, e deag former wrestlers say jordan rsd te hhat a univty doctor had ab athletes. that doctor, richard strauss, hammitted suicide in 2005. d vestigators say they want to y thrview jordan. he has not responded. the president is stepping up pressure on america's nato allies to increase their military spending, and he's putting it in writing. major garrett is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: ahead of next week's nato summit in brussels, xtesident trump sent a letter to the prime minister of norway that made clear, he will not ealent on his criticism of nato allies' lagging defense budgets. "norway," the president wrote, "remains the only nato ally sharing a border with russia that lacks a credible plan to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defense." norway is far from alone, and the president has reportedly sent similar letters to other countries. of the 28 nato

jan crawford is covering this. >> during the morning, i interviewed and met with four potential justices of our great supreme court. >> reporter: as the president weighs his choice, moderate republican senator susan collins said she was not comfortable with everyone he has considered. >> i would not support a nominee who demonstrated hostility to roe v. wade. >> reporter: sources say collins specifically opposes federal appeals court judge william pryor, who once called roe an "abomination." a top finalist to replace justice antonin scalia, sources say pryor has been eliminated this time. two leading contenders, sources say, are federal appeals court judges brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett. kavanaugh has the elite credentials the president wants, and is a favorite of the conservative legal establishment. at his confirmation hearing in 2006 to the prestigious d.c. circuit, he said as an appellate judge, he considered roe "settled law." >> if confirmed to the d.c. circuit, i would follow roe v. wade faithfully and fully. >> reporter: barrett is a favorite of the grassroots, and would

jan crawford has this story of music healing broken souls. ♪ >> reporter: backstage at nashville's grandt to remember. >> this is where josh, you come in here. ♪ >> reporter: but for retired army sergeant joshua gertz it's also a night he never thought he'd live to see. >> i feel like i won some kind of vip sweepstakes and i get to just be up there and watch. >> reporter: his long road to country music's hallowed hall started in september 2003, when he was finishing up his tour of duty in iraq. >> it was my last night in country. roadside bomb went off right next to my truck. >> reporter: he suffered a traumatic brain and spinal cord injury. but back home with his wife and two children in upstate new york the psychological injuries became far worse. >> i just felt like a burden. it was like i walked in the room and it sucked the life out of that room. everyone got quiet. >> and you thought they would be better off without you? >> yeah. >> you attempted suicide. >> yeah. i knew when i was going to do it again. >> did you have a specific date or -- >> yeah. >> what was the date? >> novembe

jan crawford at the supreme court. a little more than 14 hours until we get a decision. >>> krns will bring you a special report when president trump announces his nominee for the supreme court this evening. here is our anchor from washington. can you see it at 6 pac time here on cbs. >>> the trump administration says talks with north korea to get rid of nuclear weapon are on track. secretary of state mike pompeo reported progress durng his trip toening pyongyang but the regime issued a statement saying the u.s. was making gangster demands. pompeo dismissed that as bluester. >> if the requests were gangster like the world is a gangster. because there wasedition beu.n. >> pompeo is making an unannounced triev to afghanistan meeting with the country's president and u.s. embassy officials. >>> a new development in the case of the poison attacks in sout end british police laufrmd a murder investigation. a woman died. her friend remains in critical condition. charlie taggette sent this reporter report from amesbury. >> popu

here's jan crawford. >> reporter: at the capil the vice president, judge brett kavanaugh started meeting with senators who will determine his fate. ro we look forward to the confirmation process, and it'll unfold in the next few weeks. >> reporter: nominated to replace the court's key swing justice, kavanaugh is considered an intellectual powerhouse with a clear conservative judicial philosophy and a lengthy record. >> voters are watching you! >> reporter: with the court in the balance, liberal judicial activist groups were urging democrats to oppose the nomination even before the president announced his choice. >> the best of the best. >> reporter: on the right, groups like the judicial crisis network are spending millions in advertising, targeting red state democrats up for reelection in november, as senior senate democrats called for battle. >> we must defeat judge kavanaugh's nomination to the bench, to save women's reproductive freedom, to save healthcare protections for frllions, to save the rights and freedoms that all americans enjoy. >> reporter: on the flash point issue of abor

jan crawford begins our coverage. >> we're very close to making a decision. >> reporter: heading back to washington sunday, the president continued his deliberations. monday afternoon he had made his decision. in the eleventh hour, white house sources said the president had a short list of four but was focused on two, brett kavanaugh kavanaugh and thomas hardiman, both 53 years old and experienced federal appeals court judges, but very different contenders. kavanaugh is the favorite of the conservative legal establishment with elite academic credentials, he's been immersed in constitutional law and is considered an intellectual force. before becoming a judge, he also worked for independent counsel ken starr and served in the george w. bush white house, experience he has said made him more independent on the bench. >> independent, because working at the white house, at least in my view, helps give you the backbone and fortitude to say no to the government when the stakes are high. >> reporter: but sources say majority leader mitch mcconnell told the white house that kavanaugh's extensi

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jan crawford reports. >> reporter: at the capitol with the vice president, judge brett kavanaugh started meeting with senators who will determine his fate. >> we look forward to the confirmation process and it will unfold in the next few weeks. >> reporter: nominated to replace the court's key swing justice, kavanaugh is considered an intellectual powerhouse with a clear, conservative, judicial philosophy and a lengthy record. >> voters are watching you! >> reporter: with the court in the balance, liberal judicial activist groups were urging democrats to oppose the nomination even before the president announced his choice. >> the best of the best. >> reporter: on the right, groups like the judicial crisis network are spending millions in advertising, targeting red-state democrats up for re-election in november as senior senate democrats call for battle. >> we must defeat judge kavanaugh's nomination to the bench to save women's reproductive freedom, to save health care protections for millions, to save the rights and freedoms that all americans enjoy. >> reporter: on the flash point issu

jan crawford reports. >> i'm focused on my business. >> reporter: in the spring of 2016 her father, inthe middle of a heated presidential hething label, known for affordable fashion targeting young professional women, had $100 million in annual sales. and she told cbs's norah o'donnell what she saw as her biggest challenge. >> we live in a very fast-paced world, and i have very formidable competitors. >> reporter: but today she closed up shop, saying in a statement, "my focus for the foreseeable future will be the work i'm doing here in washington." as her father grew increasingly controversial the name of the label became more than a fashion statement. there were calls for boycotts. in early 2017 nordstrom was the first of several stores to drop her label. that prompted an angry tweet from the president, who wrote, "ivanka has been treated so unfairly by nordstrom." the public pitch by adviser kellyanne't shopping but i'm going to get some myself today. >> reporter: ivanka trump stepped away from her business and became a formal white house adviser. michael stone is a branding expert.

. >>> next, jan crawford meet as chef who found 40 years of inspiration in a virginia coide.es through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing, with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. . >>> just a rundown gas station in a town fewer than 200 people. now the world virginia eatery is celebrating its 40th anniversary. jan crawford sat down with the chef and founder. she's at the restaurant in washington, virginia. jan, good morning. >> well, good morning. so this is where the magic happen. in a world where diners are searching for the next hot thing, it's hard to imagine someone maintaining a standard of excellence for 40 years, much less celebrating that milestone at the home of one of our founding fathers. but chef patrick o'connell has never really cared about chasing what's popular, that's how tim accomplished what most people said was impossible. at ge

. >> our chief legal correspondent jan crawford now has more on the nomination of judge brett kavanaughsupreme court. >> i brett m. kavanaugh -- >> reporter: in his 13 years as a federal appeals court judge brett kavanaugh has earned a reputation as an intellectual force with a clear conservative judicial philosophy. >> read the text of the constitution as written mindful of history and tradition. don't make up new constitutional rights that are not in the constitution. >> reporter: the 53-year-old father of two grew up just outside washington with his elite academic credentials he is a favorite of the conservative legal establishment. before becoming a judge he worked for independent counsel ken starr and served in the george w. bush white house. and for three years senate democrats blocked his appellate court nomination. in speeches kavanaugh has talked about how his experience shaped him as a judge. >> it also helps white house experience i think, and history shows and executive branch experience, when judges need to show some fortitude and backbone in those cases where the independe

ramesh ponnuru a columnist and jan crawford is our cbs news chief legal correspondent. redibly busy this week. first with the travel ban now with the list of contenders it sounds like you see five main names of the president is focused in on. >> president has said narrowed down this list of 25, big list that he had down to just a handful. right now the two leading contenders, both federal appeal court judges, one here at the dc circuit. he has the lead credentials he says he wants, yale, clerked for justice kennedy. he's been on appeals court here for 12 years a lot of experience, highly regarded both sides of the aisle but has that regular guy persona. coaches his two daughters' basketball teams. then the other potential leading contender federal appeal court judge, amy barrett, she would bring diversity, first conservative justice only justice who is not from the ivy league. she went to netter dame, clerked went back to teach at notre dame. conservatives like her because she ha a brutal confirmation hearing she really turned the tale on democrats. they were trying to s

jan as we watched people everyone wrap up here jan crawford back with us and margaret brennen. what does this pick tell you? >> well, i moon i think this pick shows this is a president who is not going to pull any punches. he was going to have a fight to get a nominee he believed was going to be a conservative intellectual force on the supreme court and he is going to take that fight to the democrats who certainly opposed him for his applate court fume nation. >> and he has a record and it could be a fight now. >> absolutely. but the president is saying i am willing to do it. i am going to make this supreme court and i campaigned on this and i am delivering and there's no question i mean with this nomination, president trump may well do what republican presidents tried to do for 40 years and failed and that is to turn the supreme court into more clearly solidly conservative direction and away from what they see is the real excesss of the -- this is a generational pick that could affect generations to come. >> and because of appointees des appointed republicans president. >> and

we know according to our own reporting at cbs from jan crawford that there are three contenders now,avanaugh, raymond kethledge, and amy coney barrett. with kethledge it appears now in the first-place position. of those three, are there any that you would support, or are you opposed in principle to all three? >> well, margaret, first, i don't think we should be having this conversation, because we seem to be playing by different rules with different presidents. i'll remind you that the republican majority refused to even hold hearing for ten months on an emanyonely qualified, confirmable moderate judge who was nominated by president obama. we're just four months away from an election now, an we should be playing by the same rules. i'll do my job on the judiciary committee and i will assume president trump will nominate someone of that short list prepared for him by two right-wing activist group, the heritage foundation and the federalist society. i meet with his nom know, review their record and ask them tough questions to try to get to the core issue here, which is how will this nex

i'll adopt the line that jan crawford used. used a filibuster. a place can't use it in that matters. you know, moving in the court the right. one thing we know is that wii trumpy judge.et a meaning i don't think we're it's going to be a very different court in terms of the chief justice being the median justice. we have not had that in a very long time. tom: i didn't have the understanding that you did that the filibuster of gorsuch accomplished a lot. rick, do you want to take us into what we saw justice kennedy was seen as being important? rick is one of the nation's leading experts on voting, campaign finance, elections. >> i'm a pessimist by nature. i've become much more pessimistic over the last term and last few days. what i was going to say until yesterday was that there were three significant election law cases of the term. i now think we had three conservative victories in hindsight. the most important case by far was the partisan gerrymandering case out of wisconsin. of maryland which involves the democrat gerrymandering. but the main a

. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," jan crawford, nashville. >> what a way the two complete each other need to get the hell away from the surface. >> dep deeper. on a day like today. >> since jan thought schott that story this past spring, josh geartz's rehabilitation is awe-inspiring. thanks to weekly visits to a n to rely on the wheelchair a couple of times a month. what progress. >> that's so, so great. >> you can hear more on "cbs this morning." find extended interviews and podcasts on itunes and apple's ipodcasts. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing, with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. family is. we became citizens in northern california... the city of santa rosa is deploying enforcement teams today... to be on the lookout for illegal fireworks... >

jan crawford is on capitol hill with a look at the nominee and the next steps. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. judge kavanaugh is going to be escorted by vice president pence when they come here later this morning. he is 53 years old. former law clerk for justice kennedy. he's considered a conservative intellectual powerhouse. his nomination could give republicans a chance to change the direction of the court for years to come. >> this is the most important decision a president will make. >> reporter: a prime-time address monday, president trump introduced judge kavanaugh to the nation. >> he is considered a judge's judge. a true thought leader among his peers. >> reporter: he has a clear conservative judicial philosophy. >> a judge must be independent and must interpress the law, not make the law. >> reporter: a favorite of the conservative legal establishment with his eleite academic credentials. but he loves coaching his young daughter's teams. >> margaret loves sports and she loves to read. liza loves sports and she loves to talk. >> reporter: b