but john roberts answered those questions about racial issues, about abortion, about women's rights.survived, was confirmed 78-22, but those same kinds of memos that brett kavanaugh wrote during his tenure that would correspondent to john roberts' tenure in the white house office are not available at all. further, a whole group of documents that we haven't even mentioned at all because they've been completely shielded were the documents from his three years as staff secretary to george w. bush where he served right next to him during katrina, during the supreme court nominations of chief justice john roberts and samuel alito. >> no wonder democrats are miffed. why is this acceptable? why is it acceptable to hold back documents that are relevant? >> it shouldn't be and there's a bipartisan standard as joan just pointed out that this violates. when elena kagan was put forward, the obama administration didn't exert executive privilege. the bush library tried to say, look, be as transparent as possible. it's apparently the trump team that dialed that back. the reason -- let's just look a

john roberts live at the united nations in new york. john, thank you. we should also note you missed the big headline there the south korean president was meeting with president trump and president trump said he would, again, be meeting with north korean leader kim jong un. the location, the time, still yet to be worked out. for some context in all of, this where things stand and where they could be headed, let's bring in the chief political anchor of "special report" bret baier. i guess you heard it there, bret. john roberts is a definite, i they that rod rosenstein is staying if the president's body language and he did use his first name which tends to kind of think that they are on a little bit friendier terms than we would have thought about this morning. >> i'm with roberts. i think that rod rosenstein sticks around, actually. and i think that this -- you know, there may have been talk about offering a resignation or not, but, there is no indication that the white house is taking it. if it was offered or was talked about. i have heard all kinds of

but, first, to the chief white house correspondent john roberts. is he live at the white house. hn? >> trace: trace. >> trace, good afternoon to you. i just received that letter in my inbox it says dear miswillie and duck staffers with the judiciary committee. i would like to set up a call with you later today to discuss the conditions under which dr. christine blasey ford would be prepared to testify next week. as you are aware, she has been receiving death threats which have been reported to the fra bureau of investigation and she and her family have been forced out of their homes. she wishes to testify provided that we can agree on terms that are fair and ensure her safety. a hearing on monday is not possible. and the committee's insistence that it occur then is arbitrary in any event. dr. ford has asked me to let you know that she appreciates the various options have you suggested. her strong preference continues to be for the senate judiciary committee to allow for a full investigation prior to her testimony, best regards, debra katz. who is the attorney for christine brazil

john roberts, thank you very much.much information from our chad pergram fox news senior capitol hill producer and his team. we want to bring him on now. chad, you were talking about that ante-room i know from notes that were making our way here to urgent cue here in fox news in new york that it was filled with democrats and jeff flake what was it like in that room? what have you learned? >> well, i wasn't in the ante room you could see people coming and going so much you knew something was up. and the something was. this no one quite saw this curve ball coming down the pike. they talk in the military a lot about mission creep. what we have here with the nomination of brett kavanaugh as a result is time creep. you know, john roberts talked about maybe they should have called for the investigation a couple of weeks ago. mcconnell said they wanted to get the justice, the nominee on the court by the first of october, the beginning of the term. that's obviously not going to happen at this point. we don't even know what's g

everybody is just kind of watching the wheels turn. >> trace: john roberts live for us on the north lawn. john, thank you. let's bring in chris wall lals the anchor of "fox news sunday." chris, you nailed it little earlier when you were saying look, all bets are off. chris coons came out and said he thinks that the evidence in this case, the one that's before the judiciary committee should be the focus of this fbi investigation. but, who knows if another allegation comes forward then all bets are off. >> well, first of all, you know, there is all this talk about it all depends on chuck grassley and it all depends on president trump. it actually doesn't. it all depends on the three moderate apparently wavering republicans, jeff flake, lisa murkowski and susan collins. if two of the three are demanding a week delay until there is at most until there is an fbi investigation of the allegations, then they are going to have to agree to that and have a week delay. because they don't have 50 votes plus the tie breaking vote of the vice president to put the nomination over the top. and, you are e

with reports from john roberts and mike emanuel.rough the entire testimony from the chief accuser of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, christine blasey ford, his response. all the questioning. it is going to be an interesting day. the story hosted by martha starts right now. tomorrow woul will be big. >> we thought it wouldn't come together it looks like it is. we have the statement now from dr. ford that has been put in. it looks like this whole thing is a go, bret. we are about to talk about it and you mentioned moments ago there is new information coming out potentially about another accuser. we are going to have a lot on our hands tomorrow morning. i look forward to see you tomorrow morning. >> see you tomorrow. >> martha: thanks, bret. brand new information just getting details on this one. get to that in a moment. it is a more recent 189990s allegation and when we get that we will bring that to you. so the president says that he will listen to what is said tomorrow at the hearing and that he could change his mind about br

john roberts is traveling with the president in new york city with the events surrounding the u.n. john. what have you heard and what can you clear up? >> bill, good morning. what we can clear up is that rod rosenstein, according to a source familiar with the matter, has not verbally resigned to john kelly has has been reported. he is heading to the white house expecting to be fired. thank you for walking through the shot. appreciate that. but we do not know if he is actually going to be fired or if he is just suggesting he believes given the circumstances that came out last week in that article that he likely would be fired. i do know a lot of people around the president have said we aren't sure about the veracity of this report. certainly rod rosenstein has denied it ever happened. but he is going over to the white house expecting that something is going to happen. but again, we have not heard from anybody at the white house that he is going to be fired. rosenstein simply saying that. we don't know, bill, if he is trying to get ahead of the story here or if he is -- sorry, thank

john roberts is at the white house, starting off with the meteorologist at the fox weather center in new york. >> i don't think we have any way out of that, there is the storm right now. it has strengthened throughout the day-to-day so it's a very large storm and it's getting very close. were going to be filling our first tropical storm force winds here. all of them are doing the same thing, where does it happen? you notice this northwesterly jog and then it gets stalls out and makes a little bit of a left turn before eventually going ou out. does that happen right on the coast, right off the coast, may be just inland? we still can't say, really big different impacts based on what ends up happening with that. one case as it stays out until water and stays as a very strong hurricane and shredding the shore for over a long time. the other option as it moves in land and would weaken faster which would certainly be in some ways good news. however you slice it, everybody here is going to get incredible amounts of rain and really problematic. this is thursday afternoon, friday afternoon lo

john roberts is live at the united nations with reaction from president trump directly. john? >> good afternoon to you, harri harris. listening to a background briefing with you there, the president alluded during a security council meeting. we will have more on that for you if you need it. the president also with an eye on what's going on with judge kavanaugh in these latest accusations coming from a woman named julie swetnick via michael avenatti. the white house still very careful not to criticize julie swetnick specifically, rather taking aim at michael avenatti who is the conduit through which this latest allegation came. the president waiting a short time ago... the president has also been careful not to criticize christine blasey ford and will be testifying before the judiciary committee tomorrow. he departed that theme yesterday when talking about deborah ramirez who leveled allegations about judge kavanaugh during his time in college. the president came out and did try to discredit her, saying she was drunk at the time, there were holes in her recollection, basically

john roberts would tell you, you covered the story where the women were paid to say bad things about me. sean hannity covered it. i will tell you, when -- i saw that on sean hannity, i actually called him. believe it or not. i don't speak to him very much. but i respect him. i called him. i said, this is the biggest story, this is a big, big story. he agreed with me. the next day, i picked up the papers, there wasn't one word about it. i watched abc news, jon, i watched nbc, i wcheds, idn't wc i will. watched one sryther than fox. and it's a big story. it's a shame. okay, thank you. thank you. >> is it okay if i give it to "the new york times" mr. president? >> that's enough. good job. >> mr. president, could i ask a question since i am from "the new york times" before this gentleman? >> since you're where? >> i'm actually from "the new york times." she is my former colleague, we miss her. but i was -- >> i don't blame you. i'll let you do it after he does. is that okay? >> that's perfectly well. >> in honor of a paper i once loved. thank you. go ahead. >> mr. president, i'm with tru

he looked through john roberts' confirmation hearing videos. he's practiced many, many answers here. and he has trying to get a good night's sleep before tomorrow. >> okay. >> let me, mark, to you move and then i have one more for you, joan. mark, the battle for control of the house, right -- we are looking past the kavanaugh hearings into the next, you know, two months before november 6th, and the battle for control of the house of representatives is coming into focus. we have new numbers today here at cnn. what races are shifting? >> there are 11 races right now that are shifting brooke, shifting towards democrats primarily. if we look at the overall landscape right now, you are looking at 11 seats right now that are in the tossup -- rather, are leaning democrat. these are 11 seats that are held by republicans right now or republicans are retiring. in addition to that, there is another 28 seats that are republican-held seats that are tossup seats. if you put that together -- i'm not very good at math but let me put it together for you, that's

we heard lindsey graham tell cnn over the weekend that he hopes john roberts takes a look at roe v. wade and considers reversing it based on principles that judge brett kavanaugh and other jurists have said allow the court to reverse precedent. >> everyone stay with me. we have a lot to get through as we await the hearings set to begin in a few minutes. >>> also new reporting on bob woodward's new book, "fear, trump and the white house." it won't be out for a week but we're learning from sources that the president is already getting more and more irritated about being left out of it. what does that mean? let's go to kaitlan collins who has new reporting on that. irritated, what? that dedidn't do an interview. >> irritated he didn't do an interview with bob woodward before it went to print. that's not for lack of trying on bob woodward's part. he tried to get an interview with president trump on a book that details life inside the trump administration but there were discussions ant whether or not the president should sit down with him, have a chance to tell his side of the story and

let's get to the chief white house correspondent, john roberts, he's live at the united nations in manhattan. john? >> trace, good afternoon to you. that was back in january, 2017. president trump was only president-elect the last time he visited with the press in an open forum like this afternoon. you can bet the majority of the questions will probably fall on judge brett kavanaugh and as well rod rosenstein issue. the president with a full frontal assault on attorney michael avenatti. comfortable not to criticize julie swetnick with her accusations. certainly wasting no effort to take on avenatti in a tweet saying, avenatti is a third-rate lawyer that is good at making false accusations like he did on me and like he's doing on judge brett kavanaugh. he's just looking for attention and doesn't want people to look at his past record and relationships, a total low life. in a bilateral meeting with shinzo abe the last hour, the president in full defense of his nomination nor the supreme court. listen here. >> this lawyer that came out, he's a low-life. he represents democrats. nobody talks abo

chief correspondent john roberts has that part of the story tonight.ood evening, john. >> good evening to you. it may change in the days ahead but currently the answer to whether president trump will ask for the fbi to launch an investigation into the allegations against judge kavanaugh is no. if and while it is still unclear whether there will even be a hearing on monday, judge kavanaugh is making preparations to be there. >> sources tell fox news that judge kavanaugh went through a so-called murder board here at the white house yesterday. a prep session where he was peppered with questions about the alleged incident. sources say he did well in the session, that "he was solid, there was no wavering." if leaving the white house for the storm ravaged carolinas, president trump for the first time indicated for the moment at least he believes brett kavanaugh over the judge's accuser christine blasey ford. >> if she shows up and makes a credible showing, that will be very interesting. will have to make a decision. but i can only say this, he is such an out

john roberts joins us tonight, from the north lawn, a little rainy tonight. good evening, john. >> rainy, we have thunderstorms, lightning, and a lot of loud bangs around here. if you hear one don't be surprised. president trump has said on many occasions that he believes the justice department should be investigating the myriad bad actors who have in his administration. add one more name, the name anonymous to the list. in an off-camera session with reporters aboard air force one, president trump took his outrage over the anonymous op ed to a new level revealing that he may want the justice department to get involved. >> president trump: i would think jeff should be investigating the author of that piece. i really believe it is national security. >> is there action taken against the "new york times"? >> president trump: i'm looking at that right now. i am looking at that. [inaudible] >> what about treason, are you serious about that? >> president trump: we'll look at what he had, what he gave, what he's talking about. also where he is right now. >> sources o

i will say i picked up on what john roberts said. he has made his point.e has certainly shown righteous a new -- righteous indignationa man who's been unfairly and unjustly accused of something terrible. may be a need to dial it back. i am not saying he needs to play rope a dope, but he made his point. >> saint to senator klobuchar, i'm thankful for the time we spent in your office. very respectful. i wonder if that's going through his head in terms of how he wants to approach the finish as he gets into, i don't know, another hour at least. >> i think that would be smart because think about the accusations, not just dr. ford, but the others that have come out. they all involve some sort of aggressive, being angry, especially when drunk, i think, again, i get why he's angry but it sort of reinforces the narrative when he has this hot that maybe there is an aggressive or angry side of him that maybe might come out when he drinks those beers he keeps talking about. i think he needs to end this much calmer, not interrupt democratic senators even though they ar

and including the chief justice of the united states, john rober roberts.with brett kavanaugh dating back to the early 1990s when they were both in the u.s. solicitor general's office. both of them had supported george w. bush. and then when brett kavanaugh was a top aide to george w. bush, he helped in john roberts' nomination first to the d.c. circuit and then actually to the u.s. supreme court. george w. bush has written about how brett kavanaugh actually advised him about the choice back in 2005. and he went to jornl town prep which is in the media glare right now where brett kavanaugh went to high school. on the other side, you have someone like ruth bader ginsberg who has talked about this #metoo moment and the importance of hearing from any women who might be accusing men of any sexual allegations. and finally i'll mention alana kagan who worked behind the scenes at democratic nominations, and she also hired brett kavanaugh, but she has an idea of how the nominations should go. i think they all have their stakes both political and constitutional. >>

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john roberts is k.g. and the as theill only move -- chief justice wants.id: the use of the bill of rights to protect corporations from what legislators have done, state or federal. is that likely something to change with justice kavanaugh? >> i do not think so. whether citizens united with the first amendment speech rights or other rights, all rights apply to corporations because they do not make sense. kennedy was with the conservatives in this area and replacing him would not be a change. david: thank you to ilya shapiro from the cato institute from washington. more breaking news, president trump talking on air force one right now. suggesting they want more tariffs on china going beyond the $200 billion that have been imposed. now he is going after the new york times and says he wants jeff sessions to investigate the new york times to pursue possible legal action after the anonymous op-ed piece. president trump now saying that jeff sessions should investigate the new york times. and bring legal action to the anonymous editorial. shery: saying it is natio

the chief white house correspondent john roberts is live. hi, john. >> the president was on his way from billings, montana to fargo, north dakota. the rally you just saw. when he came back to speak with reporters and kicked this up to a different level suggesting that he wants jeff sessions to investigate who was behind this op-ed. as you pointed out, shep, they have to determine if a crime was committed for an investigation to take place. whether or not there was depends on what your perspective is. we'll get to that. the white house says they have a short list or at least people outside the white house that counsel the white house and say they have a short list of people that might be among the usual suspects that they think might be behind this op-ed. it's possible that that list was indeed one that previously existed from the investigations months ago into who was leaking from the white house. the president suggesting a short time ago that "the new york times" and the person that wrote this op-ed might be in some sort of jeopardy. the pre

judge jeanine: forget about john roberts.ouldn't the judge who signed the original warrant and three subjects subsequent warrants hit the ceiling? gregg: they should be angry they were deceived and defrauded. judge jeanine: unless they were part of the con. john solomon, are you going now? >> papadopoulos started this. i have a column in the hill this week showing the information given the court was wrong. judge jeanine: next we'll continue the conversation with new details from tom fitton of judicial watch. don't go away. (vo) when bandits stole the lockbox from the wells fargo stagecoach, agent beekman was one step ahead of them. because he hid his customers' gold in a different box. and the bandits, well, they got rocks. we protected your money then and we're dedicated to helping protect it today. like alerting you to certain card activity we find suspicious. if it's not your purchase, we'll help you resolve it. it's a new day at wells fargo. but it's a lot like our first day. judge jeanine: breaking tonight. the justice d

john roberts has details. >> meeting with south korean president moon, donald trump announced he willold another summit with kim jong un. >> the location is to be determined. we are both looking forward to having it, it will be between north korea, the united states, similar to the format we had before but in a different location. >> the white house remains concerned kim is not making enough progress on denuclearization. >> how long do you leave the door open before we >> to join our pressure campaign to thwart iran's torrent of district of activity. >> at the same time he is calling out he ran's continued bad behavior the president is leaving the door open to meet with iran's leadership. secretary of state mike pompeo saying donald trump is willing to meet with president rouhani and even the ayatollah amini. rouhani taking a not so veiled swipe at the president. >> we tend to build bridges instead of walls as racial discrimination in the no phobia make it easier to build walls and not bridges. >> the united nations in new york, john roberts, fox news. >> the suspect is in custody aft

one of the reporters -- i won't say it was john roberts. one of the reporters that was screaming asked about the one state-two state. i said i think the two-state will happen. i think it's in one way more difficult because it's a real estate deal. because you need metes and bounds and you need carve-outs. they asked me about that. i said i think the two-state will happen. and jared who is so involved, he loves israel, but he's also going to be very fair with the palestinians. it takes two groups of people to be happy. everybody has to be happy. that's why it's so tough. because there has been so much hatred and anger. that's the number one ingredient. but they asked me. i said i think it will be a two-state. you know what i did today? if you ask most of of the people in israel, they agree with that. but nobody wanted to say it it's a big thing to put it out. bottom line, if the israelis and the palestinians want one state, that's okay. if they want two states, that's okay with me. i'm happy if they are happy. i'm a facilitator. i want to se

>> shepard: john roberts on the north lawn. as john reported, anita hill accused justice clarence thomas of sexual harassment and testified that during his confirmation process nearly 30 years ago. people of a certain age might never forget it. today she has advice for senators on how to handle this situation for judge kavanaugh. >> push the pause button on this hearing. get the information together. bring in the experts and put together a hearing that is fair, that is impartial, that is not biassed by politics or by myth. and bring this information to the american public. >> shepard: anita hill on abc's good morning america. chuck grassley of iowa says an outside investigation "is not necessary." team fox coverage continues now. mike emanuel live on capitol hill. mike? >> shep, good afternoon. main republican senator susan collins, a critical vote on the judge kavanaugh nomination tweeted this afternoon i hope that dr. ford will reconsider and testify before the senate judiciary committee monday. it is my understanding that the

>> john roberts live on the north lawn. john, thanks. we are now looking live. there is chad pergram, our senior capitol hill producer, but we are looking live at the senate floor because we are expecting majority leader, senate jordan leademajority leader mith mcconnell with remarks about what has transpired with this delay the fbi investigation what the president has now ordered once senator mcconnell takes to the floor, we will bring that to you live. we turn now to our senior capitol hill producer chad pergram. good evening, chad. >> good evening. >> what does this do to the timing here in the tha senate. >> there is an old expression on capitol hill that nothing is decided until everything is decided. any time you start to have another delay here that can open up a new can of worms. i mean debra katz the attorney for christine blasey ford indicated there should be no artificial stricters on this. so you don't know where this could go. if they find something else out. it's very unclear right now and it could bleed into next week or the week after that bret.

chief justice john roberts has said that it taints the court.nections to brett kavanaugh, so there's some differences around them that i think are worth exploring that we're not going to hear from them publicly, but we know. >> tell us about that. >> the chief has spoken about how, you know, if people see an individual get on the court through a very political process, people will necessarily think of the new justice as political. so he doesn't like this, but at the same time, he has a very deep relationship with brett kavanaugh. they knew each other back in the solicitor general's office, in the early 1990s. brett kavanaugh had a hand in his appointment, getting on to the d.c. circuit. and he also had a hand in his appointment to the supreme court, when kavanaugh worked for george w. bush. so they have a connection there. and i'm sure the chief is interested in kavanaugh as a new colleague. and then take two other people -- >> you're talking about john roberts, the chief justice. >> yes, the current chief. and take clarence thomas. he can't hel

john roberts, thank you very much.ust a short time ago, melania trump firing back, telling the unnamed writer of that op-ed that they are "sabotaging our country." let's bring in the former special assessment assistant to president trump. perfect to get you on on this day. let's start with the former vice president saying it's not him. >> it's absolutely not him, is deputy chief of staff says he puts his name on his beds. they often talk about how the vice presidents staff conducts themselves in the white house and also around washington, d.c.. it's foolish and completely false to speculate anyone associated with the vice president doing this. >> harris: is there a need from a media relations or public relations point with the white house to circle the wagons or do you make your statement and move on? you got the first lady now chiming in on this, too. >> i think to a certain extent you quickly push back, let people know it wasn't you or your staff, and then you move on which is what the president is going to do. i'll

john roberts is there. john?> fema director as well as kirstjen nielsen the secretary of dhs were here in the oval office a short time ago. neil, the president is trying to get out ahead of this storm knowing how far devastating that it's going to be. learning from the mistakes of the past with some other administrations already acceding to governors to both the carolinas and virginia to declare an emergency declaration. it allows them to take steps that they wouldn't normally be able to take to try to get ahead of this thing. the president suggesting as well that he is ready and that this is going to be a bad one. listen here. >> we are sparing no expense, we are totally prepared. we are ready. we are as ready as anybody has ever been. this is going to be a storm that's going to be a very large one, far larger than we have seen in, perhaps, decades. >> and a real warning this afternoon from the fema director brock long saying that, you know, as much as the wind is going to be a problem here, a bigger problem as

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court, john roberts didn't want to overturn obamacare because he shared the idea of stepping into the middle of a dispute between the legislature -- >> he is presiding at the trial. to impeach and remove the president only a president the chief justice decides. he's not an empty suit, not an empty robe. he will be making rulings. if i were the president's lawyer, the first motion i would make is mister chief justice, you are the presiding judge. this impeachment bill doesn't charge a crime. i make a mission to dismiss the impeachment bill in front of you, your honor, a judge. the judge says i am just furniture, not really a judge. read the constitution. they specifically made you preside. you have a job to do. what do judges do? judges have to rule on motions to dismiss. let's assume the judge does rule and he says your right, i dismiss and the senate says no, we are the senate, we overrule you and we are going to rule against you. these are hypothetical possibilities. ima law professor so i have a license to create hypotheticals. i have been doing it 50-50 three years. >> roberts sai

. >> harris: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live from the united nations, this quite continues or marks to the american people. what is been the point with him today? >> the overarching theme here is that the president is trying to put the screws to iran, you're a member at the u.n. general assembly last year, the president all but threatened war with north korea, punitive sanctions putting on a program of maximum pressure, enlisting kim jong un's neighbors in the region to put as much pressure on him as possible. the president doing the same thing with iran now, accusing them of being the world's worst state sponsor of terror among other things, raiding the country's piggy bank to line their own pockets and the president saying the world has to come together to prevent iran from ever developing a nuclear weapon. listen here. >> we cannot allow the world's leading sponsor of terrorism to possess the planet's most dangerous weapons. we cannot allow a regime that chance "death to america" and threatens israel with annihilation to possess the means to deliver a nuclear w

i have to tell you that when john roberts was up for confirmation, he had also worked in the white house counsel's office during the reagan administration, and several of his papers on those exact same issues were made public. >> so the democrats are arguing unnecessarily too much is being withheld, and this represents a lack of transparency. so how important is that overall in the senate confirmation hearings? >> well, it's going to get a lot of complaint time from the democrats, but face it, fred, the republicans are controlling this process. and if they shut the door on these documents, there's really not much -- there's nothing democrats can do. >> what about on the issue of roe v. wade? could this issue, where he stands on it, his record on decisions, you know, be a make or break moment? even though republicans, you know, are in the majority, we've heard from some like susan collins who say, you know, there is legal precedence, in her view, as it pertains to roe v. wade. >> that's right. and here's what he's done before. first of all, fred, he sits on a court that doesn't handle muc

we bring in john roberts.d morning, or good afternoon i guess. >> good morning or good afternoon to you martha, whatever the case may be. we have things going on at the white house, any one of which i would have been doing breaking news coverage of, but the cavanaugh hearing is keeping things in the headlines at least for the moment. the white house is watching judge kavanaugh very closely on what i'm reading so far is that they believe he is doing a very good job. now to some of the other headlines coming out of the white house, we do know that the white house attorneys received a response to their august 6th response to robert mueller from robert mueller, in which he offered to ask questions about russia and collision in the trunk and pain. there was no request for any questions that would go to obstruction of justice or anything that would fall under the president's article to powers under the constitution. so the response has now gone back from the president's attorneys to say we may consider answering wri

at >> martha: john roberts standing by at the white house. john, wanting to check in with you and see if there are any new developments with what we have seen so far? >> the president has been watching all of the proceedings when he was on his way down here. he has been in residence of her sons, watching the proceedings as well. as for what is coming up, i was told a couple of minutes ago that judge kavanaugh, when he appears before the committee, has to be fiery, he has to be consistent. you know, martha, you had the interview with him on monday. i think there is a sense that he has to be more forceful, more emotional than he was on monday night during that interview because this is his one chance to try to win over enough republicans to get through the committee. but even if he doesn't get through this committee, he can get to the whole senate. he has to win over a number of republicans to get across the finish line. in terms of christine blasey ford's testimony, officials here at the white house told me that you know, there were a lot of in

one of the reporters, i won't say it was john roberts that ,hat that, so don't feel guilty john. one of the reporters that was screaming ask about the one state-two-state. i said i think the two-state will happen. difficultts more because it's a real estate deal. need lots of carveouts and lots of everything. another way it works better because you have people governing themselves. so they asked me about that. i said, well, i think the two-state will happen. i think were going to go down the two-state road. i'm glad i got it out, and jared, who is so involved, he loves israel, but he is also going to be very fair with the palestinians. twonderstands it takes groups of people to be happy. everybody's got to be happy, and that's why it's so tough, because there has been so much hatred and anger for so many years. that's probably the number one ingredient. i said i think it's going to be a two-state. you know what i did today? by saying that, i put it out there. if you ask most of the people in israel, they agree with that, but nobody wanted to say it. it's a very big thing to put i

>> shepard: john roberts live on the north lawn. while john was speaking, i was given word through producers who heard through pool producers at the white house that the president did, indeed, just speak on judge kavanaugh. the pool reporters are in the room for that in just a moment as they do each day after events such as, this they will play that video back for us and as they do, we will play it for you so you can hear it in context and with perspective. some lawmakers from both parties are calling for the senate judiciary committee to delay its vote on judge kavanaugh as we have been reporting until they learn more about this sexual assault claim and there's one particular member of the judiciary committee who may make all of the difference. team fox coverage continues. peter doocy is live on capitol hill. peter, jeff flake is very much in the mix today. >> he is. but, senator chuck grassley is the one who ultimately has more say because he is the chairman of the judiciary committee. so, grassley says that kavanaugh's accuser has

reading that for the first time in 80 years the swing vote could become the chief justice now, john roberts. do you agree with that and what does that say about the e ideological shifting this court? >> absolutely. all the evidence suggests that the chief would become the swing vote. that is a very unusual thing to happen. over the course of this time on the court, the chief has moved over a little bit to the left. he's still to the right of where justice kennedy occupied a space. but there is no doubt that if judge catch gets confirmed roberts will find himself in that seat. what is interesting is i highly doubt you are going to see judge roberts act in a way that justice kennedy did in the sense that john roberts is more conservative than anthony k kennedy was. >> paul,an aryan, thank you so much. a reminder to all of you, please, please tune in tonight to the new cnn film, speaking of justices, supreme court film ruth bader ginsburg, rbg is the film, it airs tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific here on cnn. >>> still ahead cnn gets an exclusive new interview with taliban leaders abou

that's where we find john roberts traveling with the president. john? >> harris, good afternoon to you. appeared to be a lot of drama that rod rosenstein was leaving the department of justice, headed to the white house for a prescheduled meeting. we're told that he's going over there expecting to be fired. no one at the white house ever said that he was expected to be fired. rosenstein telling people close to him that he expected that this was going to be it for him. now we learn that the president had an extended conversation over the weekend about this and will meet with him thursday. we had an opportunity a short time ago to question some top-ranking white house officials, two of whom have been there since the beginning of the administration with about what they knew and what was going on with rod rosenstein. listen here. >> as you spent the morning with the president, do you have any idea what is going on with the deputy attorney general? >> we don't have any comment. ask the white house about that. >> so they left it to the white house to talk abou

. >> a recent judicial conference chief justice john roberts shared his summer reading list. >> as far as things to read i can tell you what i am looking forward to reading. there is -- as a christmas present i got a book called wife bob dylan matters. it's written by a harvard professor who has studied his poetry and i think it sounds as if it will be very good. that would be a serious level, not the entertaining level. jeff rosen has written a new biography of william howard taft that i hear is good but it's light but not a fixed tone. ... and i think it is a very important book. you know from your child doesn't have it be safe to read it. it makes interesting connections between good parenting advice and things like how you tell a sibling that their brother or sister is seriously ill, but what you can do to make that process go better. i've started in on that. [inaudible conversations]

chief white house correspondent john roberts begins our 9/11 coverage tonight from the north lawn. evening, john. >> bret, good evening to you. like two predecessors before him president trump stood on hallowed ground today defiant in the face of the ongoing threat from terrorism declaring that america's future will not be written by our enemies. america's future will be written by our heroes. like the 40 who died in that field in shanksville, pennsylvania. >> as commander-in-chief, i will always do everything in my power to prevent terrorists from striking american soil. >> in the past four decades, six american presidents have made that vow to keep the nation safe from terrorism. september 11th stands as the most visceral example of that threat, one that has evolved, changed to adapt to new intelligence and law enforcement techniques and tactics. >> today's terrorism threat still includes sleeper cells, al qaeda, all the kind of major terrorist organizations that you would think of. but we're also very focused now on homegrown violent extremists. >> radical islamic extremism. >>

john roberts has more on that and the attorney general to fibbed out what happened. john?ainly the president would like to find out sooner rather than later who the person is aboard air force one to fargo north dakota earlier today. the president saying he would like the attorney general jeff sessions to launch an investigation into who wrote this op-ed piece and put it in the newspaper under an anonymous name. the president suggesting this is a national security issue because if this person has a high level security clearance, that means that they could be going into a lot of classified meetings. the president doesn't want a person like that in those classified meetings. so the only way to prevent that would be to identify them. listen here. >> i think so. i think it's national security. i would think that jeff should be investigating the author of that piece. i believe it's national security. >> is there action that should be taken against "the new york times"? >> we'll see. i'm looking at that right now. i'm looking at it. >> is it treason what happened? are you serious

john roberts, thank you very much. melissa: a hurricane is a lot more important.ning to us react, dan henninger "wall street journal" editorial page. he is the deputy editor and also a fox news contributor. it is interesting to look how much they care about finding this person or not. if it is someone within the real inner circle, pence, sessions you really want to find them. if it's a low level person who cares. so how do they know? >> i don't think they have any idea where this person came from or where they might be a at this moment. i don't believe in the the least -- the "times" described it as a senior administration official. melissa: right. >> like a lot of other things that could mean anything these days t could be an sis is assistant secretary in the environmental protection agency. melissa: right. >> they have got to drop this and get it behind them. it is becoming a complete distraction. there is much better things to do including the hurricane. this is just turning into a wheel spinning exercise. melissa: so i love the president's tweet. it is third o

chief white house correspondent john roberts has that story live from the north on tonight. evening, john. >> good evening too. it's rare that a white house like the content of a pop order book and this white house is no different. the white house and staffers today basically dismissing the new book, as a pack of lies. >> press secretary sarah zanders came out swinging today against the explosive allegations in woodward's book, saying this book is nothing more than fabricated stories, many by former disgruntled employees. in one of the most passages, hen kelly as saying the president, he's an idiot. it is pointless to try to convince them of anything. he's got off the rails. we are in crazy town. i don't even know why any of us are here. this is the worst job i've ever had. in response, kelly this afternoon fired back, "the idea i ever call the president and an idiot is never true. he is always known where i stand and he and i both know this story is total b.s.." the president's former outside counsel, john dowd, likewise a child to an allegation that he held a disastrous pr

>> john roberts had a similar job. he had to answer for what he wrote. >> 12 years on the d.c.ve more than enough information to understand this is a highly qualified jurist. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> welcome to nud"new day," it' tuesday, september 4. 8:00 in the east. democrats are upset that some 42,000 pages of brett kavanaugh's records inside the bush white house were handed over to the committee overnight. 42,000 pages. republicans said they've already had a chance to review them all in just that time. they apparently are very, very

john roberts joins us now from the u.n. tonight. good evening, john. >> good evening to you.y u.n. member nations thought the world was on the brink of war between the united states and north korea and while diplomacy still has a long way to go, president trump today said he is hopeful that peace will prevail. >> meeting with south korean president moon jae-in, president trump today announced he will hold another summit with north korean leader kim jong un. >> location to be determined, but we are both very much looking forward to having an. it will be between north korea and the united states. if similar to the format we had before, most likely a different location. >> the news marked a dramatic departure from last year's general assembly one president trump where the gold kim before the world. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> but the white house remains concerned that kim is not making enough progress on denuclearization. in a rare public appearance, cia director gina haspel outlined those concerns saying north korea believes nuclear

clarence thomas and john roberts. and now kavanaugh hopes to be the next one. a couple of other historical ones. a man whose vacancies, in the same class of clerks for justice kennedy. they both prepped here in the d.c. schools as well when they were much younger. so about two main issues. the two issues that will get the most questions are first of all a -- one that's become familiar, that's his view on roe v. wade. he's told some of the senators in his preconfirmation hearings that he thinks it's settled law. they want to explore that. so they want to go into that. and then i think the unusual thing is his views on whether a president can be indictmented, can be forced to respond to a subpoena. his views on that have changed over the years, brian, since he was a lawyer working for kenneth star and then he wrote a law review article, saying presidents should be above that. >> it is, to sum up, a fraught time for a confirmation hearing to be taking place. pete williams. we'll be relying on pete heavily for analysis as we go on through these hearings. now to the

>> john roberts had a similar job. he had to answer for what he wrote. >> 12 years on the d.c. circuit court, democrats have more than enough information to understand this is a highly qualified jurist. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> welcome to nud"new day," it' tuesday, september 4. 8:00 in the east. democrats are upset that some 42,000 pages of brett kavanaugh's records inside the bush white house were handed over to the committee overnight. 42,000 pages. republicans said they've already had a chance to review them all in just that time. they apparently are very, very quick readers. we'll hear from democrats coming up in just minutes when they hold a live news conference. the president launched a fresh attack against the attorney general. more importantly, a fresh attack against the idea of impartial and apolitical justice. he criticized the attorney general for investigations and charges that have been filed against two republican members of congress. the president upset because these investigations could cost republicans those seats

thank you, john roberts.gain, democratic staffers did not attend a lot of these chats back and forth with key players in this saga. a chief nominations council for the senate judiciary committee. what do you read in that aspect, greg? >> well, from the beginning, as you may remember in the first day of the confirmation hearings, the democrats engaged in orchestrated attempt to disrupt and delay the proceedings. and that's kind of been there modus operandi ran day all along. what's really unfortunate is that they had these serious allegations from from dr. ford. rather than trying to get to the bottom of that earlier on or even now they have chosen to use them as part of that delay and obstruct strategy. and i don't think it's working. hopefully the committee will learn what dr. ford has to say before long and be able to make a reasoned judgment on judge kavanaugh's nomination. >> neil: when christine ford talks about wanting to testify but those who are supporting her her trip to washington to look out for he