the fact is every single day that jon kyl represents arizona is a day when our state is being well served. at the memorial here in the state capital last week, senator kyl spoke of how senator mccain always put the interests of arizona and america before all else. done the sames throughout his own service to our state and nation, and will do so again. lastly, i want to thank carol kyl. she has been so kind and giving and selfless, and we so sincerely appreciate her. thank you, carol. no question, these are difficult circumstances, but we are blessed to have the leadership and statesmanship of jon kyl as we come together and move forward. thank you. >> good morning. i'm grateful for governor ducey's confidence in me and honored to accept this appointment. saddened by the circumstances that require the appointment. i appreciate there is only one john mccain. john and i served the people of arizona together for nearly 20 irit, alongn that sp with senator flake, i will do my best to assure the arizonans continue to be well presented in the u.s. senate. governor asked me to serve for the remai

you also have new republican senator jon kyl, actually a former united states senator appointed recently to fill john mccain's seat. jon kyl had been working as basically brett kavanagh's guide through the senate confirmation process as a friend of all the republican senators. any indication whether senator jon kyl or senator jeff flake were involved in the selection of an arizona local prosecutor to come 2000 miles to washington to do this job? >> you know, lawrence, there is no indication yet, but we're still reporting this story right now. and, you know, the senator that you mentioned certainly have played a key role in this overall process. as you mention, senator kyle was basically kavanagh's guide, attended meetings with him on capitol hill with senators. and jeff flake of arizona is a key swing vote in this nomination process.

jon kyl. there is no one in arizona with the stature of senator jon kyl.without comparable peer. with nearly two decades' experience in the senate, serving alongside john mccain, senator kyl is prepared to hit the ground running. over the last few months, senator kyl has been working closely with the white house on the senate confirmation of president donald trump's nominee to the u.s. supreme court, brett kavanaugh. now senator kyl can cast a vote for kavanaugh's confirmation. senator kyl's a beacon of integrity, highly regarded by people on both sides of the aisle, and able to work across party lines to get results. there's a reason he was considered one of the best senators in the country. it's because he was. he's an expert on the matters facing arizona, water, land use, and issues facing our native american communities. i want someone who can enter and lead on those conversations. for those reasons, i have asked senator jon kyl to step forward once again in the spirit of service to aid our state and serve in the seat vacated by arizona's most beloved

jon kyl. arizona withne in at the stature of senator jon kyl. he is a man, without comparable. -- comparable peer. with nearly does go decades in the senate, serving alongside john mccain. he is ready to hit the ground running, over the last few months, he has been working closely with the white house. ofthe senate confirmation president trump's nominee to the u.s. supreme court, brett kavanaugh. kyl can cast a vote for his confirmation. is a begin of integrity, highly regarded by people on both sides of the aisle, and able to work across party lines to get results. wase is a reason he considered one of the best senators in the country. it's because he was. he is an expert on the matters water, land use, and issues facing our native american communities. enter,someone who can and lead on those conversations. for those reasons, i have asked senator jon kyl to step forward once again in the spirit of service to aid our state and serve in the seat vacated by arizona's most beloved adopted son, john mccain. people automatically assume that this appo

he reportedly will name former senator jon kyl as a replacement for john mccain.antime, cindy mccain has tweeted that jon kyl is a dear friend and it is a great tribute to him that he is prepared to go back and the public service to help the state of arizona. it's not confirmed but the reports are that he will be nominated to replace john mccain in the u.s. senate. he served john mccain and he rose as the second highest level of republican the senate. and establish senator maybe going back. to first word news we turn to kaylee. rahm emanuel, near chicago, says he will not -- on 2019. the mayor has been a job of a lifetime but it's not a job for a lifetime, he was part of obama's former beat -- chief of staff, and he has been in office for more than seven years. the environmental protection isncy's internal watchdog criticizing the agency for spending millions of dollars around-the-clock security for former head of the agency's got prewitt. they say that they failed to document why he needed more than double the security of his predecessor. the iranian president sa

and now senator jon kyl is afraid to even say that he still supports brett kavanagh's nomination.ccording to politico, jon kyl declined to commit to a yes vote for kavanagh if and when the time comes. when republican senators are running scared, they don't want you to know that. they want you to think that they're confident, and so mitch mcconnell and chuck grassley are trying to pretend that the kavanagh confirmation is a done deal. but there is no reason to believe that. mitch mcconnell and chuck grassley are actually desperately trying to build confidence among republican senators by announcing the scheduling much a committee vote on brett kavanagh's nomination the day after the hearing, friday, at 9:30 a.m. scheduling of that vote. and it is actually the rescheduling -- it says it right up there -- the rescheduling of a notice of a vote on the kavanagh confirmation that chuck grassley had already scheduled for yesterday, for monday morning. this notice has no more validity than the first time that this notice was issued for yesterday morning. this notice simply means that the

jon kyl is a dear friend of mine and john's. it is a great tribute to john that he is prepared to go back into public service to help the state of arizona so jon kyl expected to step into that seat. the arizona governor will hold a news conference at 1:00 p.m. eastern time scott, back to you. >> sue, we appreciate it welcome back to "the halftime report." we're kicking off a special series today called the ultimate portfol portfolio. all week we're showcasing the traders' five best ideas right now, stocks, etfs, whatever they think would comprise the ultimate portfolio and how to invest in a market that is near all-time highs stephanie link, you are up first. do you want to give me the names? >> cisco, eog, southwest air, goldman and united rentals. >> talk to me about why. the ultimate portfolio for somebody that professionally has 55 stocks. >> yeah. and i own all five of them i was trying to find some laggards but also trying to continue on with some winners. i'm looking for best in breed in each industry. that's kind of my s

republicans, even with jon kyl's vote, don't have enough votes in the senate. host: as far as the timeline, walk us through these efforts and how soon we may see action. guest: with the house efforts, they are meeting later today to discuss how they are going to move forward on it. the senate this week is really focused on the kavanaugh nomination, as well as the opioid package. host: talk about the effort by the senate, what is being done on the front of opioids. guest: they have finally come to an agreement after months of negotiations on what they want to see in this bill. the opioid crisis involves overdoses from heroine, prescription painkillers, and an especially potent opioid, fentanyl. thousands of deaths every year, sort of an out-of-control public health issue that congress has tried to tackle. they have a lot of things they can do in terms of adding additional funding, removing regulations, speeding up the development of different drugs to treat addiction and pain. they have a giant package of 70 measures that they've cobbled together to try to reach

jon kyl is a dear friend of mine and john's and great tribute to jon is he prepared to go back into public service to help the state of arizona. joining me is former chief advisor to president reagan, ed rollins. he was one of the most powerful men in the senate. >> he was in leadership for a long time. cheryl: an immense help to governor ducey of arizona. what a pick. >> it's a great pick. it eliminates politics for short period of time. he is a good vote, good conservative. the fourth most conservative member in the congress. he just adds an adult in the room when they have tough negotiations on budgets and other things. cheryl: certainly are in particular as we monitor what is happening in washington with the confirm hearings happening with judge kavanaugh. this affects decades of our lives, beyond our lives, our children's lives. >> obviously kavanaugh is a great choice. at this point in time anybody that trump nominates is going to have controversy or vice versa. if hillary clinton would have got elected, same would have happened. just too bad they don't step back to measure the man o

speaker ryan: i'm a big believer in jon kyl. great guy. but i haven't even thought of that. never brought to my attention. reporter: is it something you want to see? speaker ryan: i want to pass it. i always wanted to. i don't know that we could -- i can't imagine -- i haven't even thought about it. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

speaker ryan: i'm a big believer in jon kyl. great guy. but i haven't even thought of that. never brought to my attention. reporter: is it something you want to see? speaker ryan: i want to pass it. i always wanted to. i don't know that we could -- i can't imagine -- i haven't even hought about it. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2018] >> house minority leader nancy pelosi also held her weekly briefing this morning. she spoke about health care and prescription drug prices and the unanimous "new york times" op-ed on the trump administration. this is half an hour. appropriations -- ms. pelosi: good morning, everyone. elcome back. in congress you're always an appropriator, the appropriations committee, left to its own devices, can act in a bipartisan way.

speaker ryan: i'm a big believer in jon kyl. great guy. but i haven't even thought of that. never brought to my attention. reporter: is it something you want to see? speaker ryan: i want to pass it. i always wanted to. i don't know that we could -- i can't imagine -- i haven't even thought about it. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> reminder that the u.s. house returns for legislative business at noon eastern. we'll have live coverage here on c-span. right now a look at the texas senate race. on. in the weeks leading up to the november elections, we are going to highlight certain races throughout the country. we start the texas senate race. joining us on skype to give us a sense of where it is is patrick of the texas tribune, the political reporter. good morning. >> thanks for having me. host: tell us about the texas senate race and why it is gaining so much attention. your republican ted cruz taking his second ter

jon kyl is wree replacing john mccain. jon kyl is committed to serving through january. vernor will have to pick another replacement to serve until 2020. kyl is expected to be sworn in today. he previously represented arizona for three terms in the senate. >>> ayanna pressley won the primary in the boston district once served by john f. kennedy. she upset ten-term incumbent capuano. the republicans are not putting up a candidate for the election. >> it was a big deal there. >>> mayor rahm emmanuel has announced he will not run for a third term. he abruptly dropped his bid for reelection after raising more than $10 million for his campaign. he was chief of staff for president obama and didn't give a specific reason for his decision, but he was plagued by chicago's persistent gun violence and police relations and troubled with the schools there. >>> now to an incendiary new book about president trump and a tumultuous white house. the president is attacking the author, bob woodward, the reporter who broke the watergate scandal. in the book aides scrambled to keep the preside

. >>> if you hours ago, we learned that former republican senator jon kyl will fill the seat left by john mccain. mccain's widow tweeted out the announcement this morning moments before the arizona governor, doug ducey, was due to make the formal announcement. jon kyl is currently shepherding the announcement of brett kavanaugh and this may make it possible for him to vote for the nomination but he is expected to be a placeholder, not a candidate for 2020. voters will decide who fills the remainder of senator mccain's seat through 2022. >>> we are following the latest developments from placer county. what we are learning about a wildfire burning close to a popular campground that forced hundreds to evacuate. >>> smoke from the fires in california means another error advisory for people in the bay area. we will bring in the bay area forecast when we come back. he could possibly... he likes to collect things. oh! wow, you got all this stuff from ikea? what do you like not let your kids in here? oh, no, they moved in here. here. this is where i hide all the cords and the remotes, and th

>>> former senator jon kyl tapped by arizona governor doug ducey to replace the late john mccain. ens to be the republican attorney who's been advising president trump's supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. now he gets to vote on his confirmation. >> it is my honor to be helping on the kavanaugh nomination. i believe in judge kavanaugh. and in that capacity, i've been able to support not just judge kavanaugh, but the administration, and i think the proper administration of justice. >> kyl is well liked by the president's political team and by the mccain family. he says he won't be running for re-election, leaving open the possibility of a bruising primary in 2020. >>> chicago mayor rahm emanuel says he will not seek a third term. he announced the decision at a city hall news conference alongside his wife. >> this has been the job of a lifetime but it is not a job for a lifetime. amy and i have decided it's time to write another chapter together. we have more to do. and from now until then, we'll do everything in our power to get it done and walk out the door, hopefully, leaving

senator jon kyl came in, 52- 49. two republicans would have to flip. all the democrats would have to stay together. i see a justice kavanaugh. >> thank you. >>> we have newly released video of an attack on a fox station in dallas. you can see the driver slammed his pickup truck into the k dfw studios in -- kdfw studios in downtown dallas this morning. no injuries, but the building was damaged. the driver started ranting and placing flyers on the ground. a reporter at the station said the man was saying something about high treason but a motive for the attack remains unclear tonight. police eventually arrested the driver, michael frye. the bomb squad was called in because frye had left a bag on the ground there and authorities didn't know what it was. it turned out not to be anything dangerous. >>> a flight from dubai was quarantined on the runway at jfk today after more than a dozen passengers and crew were sick. 19 people had flu like symptoms, all 500 passengers and crew eventually allowed off the plane and through customs. three passengers and seven

went someone who can enter and senator jon kyl to step forward once again in the spirit of service to aid our state and serve in a seat vacated by arizona's most beloved adopted son, john mccain. announcer: next, national intelligence director dan coats on threats to the u.s.. he addressed what he referred to as the big 4,, russia, china, iran and north korea. this 25 minute speech was hosted communicationse and electronics association and the intelligence and national security alliance. national security alliance into the armed forces in electronics association. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [applause] our mission is to lead intelligence integration and form an intelligence committee that delivers the most insightful intelligence possible. this is the mission statement of the officer of the director of national intelligence, integrating the incredible people abilities of the 17 elements of the u.s. intelligence community, forging seamless collaboration and innovation across intelligence intelligencehuman air, space, land, sea, and cyber-domains, and leverag

former senator jon kyl will tee eat that mccain held for six years. the timing is wrategic. l give republicans another vote in the confirmation figh he will only serve through january 3rdiz after that, a's governor will have to appoint someone else to serve the final two years mfccain's term. >>> president trump is blasting teran journalist bob woodward's book about his presidency. it's called fear i trump the white house. on twitter, president trump said it was filled with so many lies and sources. >> he also quotes others who claim they james mattis had the prehengs of a fifth or sixth graders. he said he reached out to interview mr. trump for the b k book. >>> the board is considering hiring armed officers to patrol elementary schools. prince william county recently gave the district half a million dollars to test the new program. ithe allows district to hire five safety officers and one supervisor. they willmo rotate all county elementary schools. rhe county will use retired police officers he job. >>> 4:10 is the time now. a look inside a starbucks location unlike any y

mccain's wife cindy, tweeting, jon kyl is a dear friend of mine and john's. it's a great tribute to jon is he prepared to go back into public service to help the state of arizona. kyle is highly rehe can ifed among congressional republicans an helping guide kavanaugh through the process. david: that is great to have cindy's check-off. she should have a say. >>> brett kavanaugh expected to make some remarks soon on the first day of the his senate judiciary committee hearing. we'll take you back live as soon as this man begins to talk. tomorrow, heated questioning from democrats will start on his key stance on issues. why they haven't been given access to thousands of docuements. former assistant u.s. attorney to andrew mccarthy sounding off. melissa: new reports republicans may abandon a second round of tax cuts planned ahead of the midterms. no. new york congressman tom reed on if this is indeed the case and why. david: also president trump says he is ready to cut canada out of a trade deal if necessary as details emerge from a new book alleging a former econ

former arizona senator, jon kyl, was appointed by the governor today. he's actually been on the hill the last few months, shepherding brett kavanaugh through the confirmation process. >>> now the latest controversy for one of the world's best known brands, nike, tapping colin kaniad campaign. tonight the nfl is responding fo part, the social justice issues that colin and other professional athletes have raised zeb oraise raised deserve our attention and action. more from miguel almaguer. >> reporter: speaking volumes without saying a word, nike and colin says it means something believe in something even if it means sacrificing everything. the bold move coming with risk. kaepernick became a lightning rod in 2016 when the nfl quarterback took a knee to stand up against social injustice a silent protest he says that cost him his job. >> this country stands for freedom, liberty, justice for all. it's not happening for all. >> reporter: no stranger to controversy, having worn socks depicting police as pigs, kaepernick part of nike's "just do it" campaign. wi

no one in the state of arizona has the stature of jon kyl. i asked and i'm grateful that he accepted. >> woodruff: mccain's term runs until 2022but kyl says he will serve only through january. arizona's governor would then have to name a new, interim senator until a special election in 2020. louisiana, mississippi and alabama are under states of emergency tonight, as the storm dubbed "gordon" comes ashore. it drove across the gulf of mexico today, growing toward hurricane strength. coastal residents in louisiana readied sandbags, wh mississippi's governor warned that even a minimal hurricane can be dangerous. >> we want people to take this very seriously. it's not time to be playing in the surf. it's not bwindboarding. it is time to take this as a serious storm and be prepared to react to it. >> woodruff: as a precaution, the coast guard today closed the ports of gulfport and pascagoula in mississippi, and mobile, alabama, until the storm passes. a typhoon ripped through the western coast of japan today, the strongest to make landfall there in

. >> jon kyl a 76 years old and retired from the senate in 2016 after serving three terms. has served as a so-called sherbrooke for judge kavanaugh, escorting him and introducing them to senators in recent months. and soon kyl will be voting on kavanaugh's confirmation. so far, kyl says he's only committed to feeling mccain's seat until the new year. >> the governor asked me to serve for the remainder of the term and he's made some very convincing points. i have committed to serving at least through the second session of the 115th congress. i do know i will not seek the seat in 2020, nor any other office in the future. >> retiring senator jeff flake called jon kyl a worthy choice to fill john mccain's seat. >> they worked together for 18 years, they served together. so i think he'll fit right in. he obviously shared senator mccain's views on most things. perfect guy. >> i'm told committee assignments for kyl are still being worked out. bret? >> bret: mike emanuel ahmed hill. thanks. someone is lying. members of the trump administration are vigorously denying various insults

or someone like former senator jon kyl but people wondering what he'll do here, dana. >> it's diversityem an incumbent for the next election or someone like jon kyl a caretaker. >> reporter: placeholder, yeah. >> doug doocy with his own election coming up. the president endorsed him in the primary last week. is there any evidence of the white house swaging tying his decision? >> reporter: as we saw this past weekend, ivanka trump and her husband jared sat next to the governor and might have been conversations there and trying to thread the needle here, trying trying to please that pro-trump wing of the party and showing honor and deference to the family. so, a lot of pressure's weighing on him in his own re-election bid this november, da in. >> it really is among the toughest decisions. i mean, for anybody to be chosen to fill this seat and then when you have the divisions within the republican party you laid out so clearly it makes it so much harder and why he had a whole week to think about it and presumably will be hearing about it soon. >> reporter: keeping it close to the vest. tha

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speaker ryan: i'm a big believer in jon kyl. great guy. but i haven't even thought of that. never brought to my attention. reporter: is it something you want to see? speaker ryan: i want to pass it. i always wanted to. i don't know that we could -- i can't imagine -- i haven't even thought about it. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: house minority leader nancy pelosi also held her weekly briefing this morning. she spoke about health care and prescription drug prices and the unanimous new york times op-ed on the trump administration. this is half an hour. nancy pelosi: good morning, everyone. welcome back. we only have eight legislative days before the end of the fiscal year. the pressure -- and appropriations committee left to their own devices can work in an independent way. i do want to commend congresswoman nita lowey, our ranking member, on the appropriations committee, for the outstanding leadership she has provided there. and the victories that democrats ha

former arizona senator jon kyl has been chosen to replace the late john mccain in the u.s. senate.he appointment comes at a critical juncture since kyl will participate in the controversial vote for supreme court judge brett kavanaugh. here in germany, thousands of people urgently need a replacement organ, like a heart or a kidney. but fewer and fewer people are apparently registering as organ donors. currently organ donation is allowed only if permission has been given by the donor or if close relatives allow it. but that could change if the country's health minister gets his way. he has proposed that organ donations should be made automatic unless people explicitly declare that they do not want their organs used. 18 european countries have the so-called opt-out systems in place. spain is one of them, and last year it had the most organ donations in all of europe. some 2183 organ donations. germany with a much larger population did not even manage 800 donors last year. so, the hope is that by changing from opt-in to opt-out, organ donations in germany will rise. reporter: phillip

former arizona senator, jon kyl, was appointed by the governor today. te's actually been on the hi last few months shepparding brett kavaugh. >>> now the latest controversy for one of the world's best known brands, nike, tping colin kaepernick to a newd campaign and saying for the first time the socl justice issues that colin and other professional athletes have deserve our attention and action. more from miguel almaguer. >> reporteaking volumes without saying a word, nike and colin says it means something without sacrificing everything. the bold move becoming -- coming with sk. epernick became a lightning rod in 2016 when the nfl quarterback took a against social p injustice a silent protest he says that cost him his job. >> this country stands ib for freedom,ty, justice for all. it's not happening for all. >> reporter: no stranger to controversy, having worn socks depicting police as pigs, kaepernick part of ke "just do it" campaign. with its stock dropping 3%, the backlash trending on twitter. some destroying their apparel and others including high p

guest: not particularly about this effort, but jon kyl, replacing the late senator john mccain, has said that he would vote to repeal obama care. we don't know if that means he would vote for the repeal and replace bill, the skinny repeal, the different measures that republicans the forward. even if he were to do so, you still have two centrist senators, lisa murkowski and susan collins have essentially said they want to work with obamacare, want to make it better, or against repeal. kyl'sicans, even with jon vote, don't have enough votes in the senate. host: as far as the timeline, walk us through these efforts and how soon we may see action. guest: the house efforts, they are meeting later today to discuss how they are going to move forward on it. the senate this week is really focused on cap and on as well as the opioid package. kavanaugh nomination, as well as the opioid package. host: talk about the effort by the senate, what is being done on the front of opioids. come tohey have finally an agreement after months of negotiations on what they want to see in this bill. the opioid cris

neil: so, obviously jon kyl, being announced, the former senator to fill senator john mccain's seat,f course, when senator mccain was ailing, there were serious concerns whether he would be able to vote himself, if he had survived. now you have a guaranteed vote, in this case, for the judge, does that change the math at all, what republicans have to do to reach across the aisle to try to pick up a vote or two? because then you would be at 50 firm votes for confirmation, right? >> well, the margin now is 51-49, rather than 50-49. so as a matter of simple math, in theory, republicans can lose a republican vote to have enough votes to have vice president pence cast a tie-breaking vote. we will not see that scenario. we will see majority of all republicans hold together and a couple democrats come aboard. neil: in this process, i was told a vice president can't breaks a tie? you say i can? >> under the constitution the vice president has tie breaking votes on all votes. neil: on all votes, including for those on the supreme court? >> absolutely. neil: thank you very much. we'll watch clo

went someone who can enter and senator jon kyl to step forward once again in the spirit of service to aid our state and serve in a seat vacated by arizona's most beloved adopted son, john mccain. announcer: next, national intelligence director dan coats on threats to the u.s.. he addressed what he referred to as the big 4,, russia, china, iran and north korea. this 25 minute speech was hosted communicationse and electronics association and

>> today we had the announcement that jon kyl is going to be replacing the late john mccain. that will get the majority in the public's hands gun-49. if republicans vote for this democrats have no way to win this vote. so what they're trying to do is bring any of those republican senators showing hesitancy on kavanaugh back to their side. there's two senators that might be more on the side of resisting kavanaugh. but democrats are thinking if they can get those votes they might be a chance. but this is about making sure that democrats voices are heard and letting folks know going into midterms 2020 that their base is fired up. >>> the father of a girl who was shot to death at a school in parkland, florida had a tense moment. on the video you can see gotten gottenburg approach judge kavanaugh. he was trying to introduce himself. he tweeted kavanaugh turned his back to me and walked away. i guess he didn't want to deal with the realty of gun violence. >>> the execs of facebook and twitter are testifying tomorrow. operating officer released her opening remarks. saying that the g

over former arizona senator jon kyl has been chosen to replace the late john mccain in the u.s. senate the appointment comes at a critical juncture since kyle will participate in the confirmation vote on the controversial republican choice for supreme court judge brett kavanaugh. well here in germany thousands of people urgently need a replacement organ like a heart or a kidney but fewer and fewer people apparently are registering as organ donors currently organ donation is allowed only if permission has been given by the donor or if close relatives allow it but that could change if the country's health minister sean gets his way he's proposed that organ donation should be made all the magic unless people explicitly declare that they do not want their organs harvested eighteen european countries have these so-called opt out systems in place spain is one of them and last year it had the most organ donations in all of europe some two thousand one hundred eighty three organ donor nations have germany with a much larger population didn't even manage eight hundred donors last year. s

d izona's governor today topointed former three-term senator jon kyl to replace the late john mccain. at leastst until the end of this orar. tol is expected to be sworn in ioter this week in time to vote on brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. 50,000 students in detroit went back to school today carrying bottles of water. oountains and faucets in all 106 public schools were shut off after high levels of lead and lypper were discovered in the water supply. detroit is not alone. fountains at most schools in baltimore have been shut off for more than a decade, and lead contamination at schools in portland, oregon took nearly two years to fix. up next here on the "cbs evening news," colin kaepernick does not have a team, but he does have a big deal with nike. why the company chose him. and later, japan is hit by its worst typhoon in 25 years. it can happen anywhere, anytime. but during a suspected heart attack, immediately calling 911 and chewing bayer aspirin can help save a life. carry bayer aspirin. help save a life. make a smart choice. replace one meal or snack a day wi

and with jon kyl, a conservative stalwart from arizona, former senator who has been shepherding the nominee, kavanaugh, through the nomination process, he's now taking john mccain's seat. the odds got even longer. david? >> terry moran, who will be watching this again for us tomorrow. terry, thank you. >>> there are new developments coming in after that deadly labor day weekend boating accident. a collision on the water. the sheriff's department reporting just moments ago that a third body has now been thcolorado river. one boat plowing into another after sunset on saturday, tossing 16 people into the water, sinking both boats. those three people were killed and the search continues tonight for one more still missing. >>> there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday. the backlash. some americans setting their sneakers on fire tonight after nike names colin kaepernick the face of their campaign. the famous names tonight coming to his defense. >>> the crane collapse in an american neighborhood. you can see that house there split in two. >>> also tonight, respect for the

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guest: even though the senate majority for republicans is a lot mourn arrow, 51 to 49 with jon kyl joining the full last the from arizona, here's reality. of the seats up for election this year, 10 are currently held by democrats in states that donald trump carried in the presidential election. but republican seats, only one in a stateght -- is that is hillary clinton kerry. carried. you had people like heidi heitkamp in north dakota, joe manchin in west virginia, claire mccaskill in missouri, joe donnelly in indiana. these are democratic senators reelection in seats that were carried by donald trump in double digits. ,ome are holding up pretty well heidi heitkamp is not holding up as well, claire mccaskill is essentially tied with her democratic opponent, joe donnelly might have a slight lead over his republican opponent. these are places where democrats are on defense and the idea of trying to win the majority while defending those seats without as many offense of opportunities is going to be hard. holdingse joe manchin his own in a conservative state that donald trump one in 2016 -- why

we got governor ducey's announcement with jon kyl by, ad you can watch the announcement there.ack to our question, bob woodward the new book. -- bob woodward's new book. our next caller, go ahead. caller: good morning, thank you for taking my call. c-span -- you guys are probably the most respected because of your format in terms of reporting the news and events. but you have the responsibility to help end this confusion that is going on in this country. for example, when the president tweets out a cryptic attack on sessions and says the obama administration had these two investigations and now sessions took these investigations and two arrested republicans -- that is not true. you have to point that out. and if you do not do that, you abdicate your responsibility. and this is why you have all this confusion from people, they do not know what to believe and went to believe it. trump lies, and you have to point that out on c-span every time he does. thank you very much. host: there are a lot of websites out there that fact check the president and fact check members of congress,

with senator mccain having been passed who is replaced by jon kyl. now, it is back to 51-49. if only two republican senators peel off on any one vote or one nomination. as long as the democrats are unified. that vote or nominee is toast. after more than 31 hours of confirmation hearing for brett kavanaugh's nomination for the supreme court this week, it is becoming clear that democrats are proceeding on the nomination of brett kavanaugh with that very, very narrow vote margin in mind. there have been some -- forgive me, i think there has been some quite a lot of commentary. i don't mean that to be snarky, and some headlines you may have seen suggesting that democrats are trying to make a big spectacle out of the kavanaugh's confirmation process. the democrats are in the minorities and no way they can stop this nomination. they're setting off fireworks pointlessly to try to make attention and make a scene. you have see reporting and commentary and that's particular of what democrats are doing, releasing documents from kavanaugh history. you know what -- if democrats knew it wa

that will be jon kyl who is a former senator who was hired after three terms.e's 76 years old, agreed to serve through the end of the current senate term. he says he will not run for the seat when it opens in 2020. john mccain's family says they support kyl's appointment. >>> the book schbt even on store shelves, but the white house pushing -- they reported on the watte president's men. this reveals details about president trump's inner circle and it describes a white house in disarray. >> the book is full of scenes, vivid scenes about top advisers to presi papers off of his desk, trade agreements, to try to keep the president away from making decisions they find alarming. >> president trump was not interviewed for the book and says he wasn't told woodward requested an interview. the white house calls it nothing more than fabricate stories. >>> we're tracking a fire in the tahoe national forest. the north fire broke out yesterday afternoon near immigrant gas. firefighters evacuated three campgrounds and some homes. the u.s. forest service says the fire burned a

remainedder of mccabmccain's term, that seat wl be up against for 6 year term, political stakes are high, jon kyl's first vote could be on whether or not to confirm kavanaugh on the supreme court. checking on your money. markets en on the down side. september is historic well -- a bad month for stock, amazon hit trillion trading mark today. let's get to the nicole petallides on the floor of the nyse. reporter: first trading day in september, we did come up off lows. dow finished down 12. lower by nike. colin kaepernick the new face of nike. and verizon and walgreens alliance. amazon hit the 1 trillion dollar mark. by comparison apple needed 183 sessions to hit that trillion mark after piercing 900 billion in november. you have jeff bezos gains in worth as well. back to you. liz: all right. thank you nicole. >> coming up bob woodworth anti-trump tell-all back next week and it is trump versus trumka, who is right? who is wrong? who won. liz: a nationwide boycott nike campaign, launching after they announced kaepernick as their ad face. customers are posting videos of themselves burning their nike pro

. >>> but first, happening now, senator jon kyl is sworn in as an arizona senator. kyl is taking over the rest of senator john mccain's term. the 76-year-old will be entering a narrowly divided senate race and republicans could gain or lose seats in november. >>> australian scientists discovered a new super bug that's resistant to all known antibiotics. researchers have described their new findings as a major medical public health threat. they say that the bug was spread for years without detection though many hospitals around the world. we'll have more for you after the break. an iconic san francis neighborhood. the reason business owners say construction may hurt their bottom line. and kari )s preparing her forecast for all of the big weekend events. today in the bay. tomorrow - from 4:30 to 7. (jfk airport in new york get to the ross fall fashion event... ...and get the brands you want... check this out. ...at "oh, yeah" prices. from the latest trends to your favorite brands, it feels even better when you find them for less. at the ross fall fashion event. yes fo

is about two people, really, it's about two people, especially now that arizona's former senator jon kylack to the senate to take the mccain seat. he's a reliable deputy of mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell knows he has the vote. he was brett kavanaugh's sherpa. he was helping guide the nomination so we know where he'll come out. this comes down to susan kosan s and lisa murkowski who have said i respect judge kavanaugh, i've had good meetings with judge kavanaugh, on the issue of roe v. wade he says stare decisis. if the democrats can not swing those senators, brett kavanaugh will be the next supreme court justice. >> there's also a couple democrats who are also in a very difficult situation to vote against. >> i think there are three or four red state democrats up for reelection this year. they're going to wait. those democrats will hold back hoping that either collins or murkowski cracks but if they don't i believe you'll see -- >> it used to be only one. >> if they stay sand say they'll vote yes i suspect you'll see two or three of those democrats say i'll vote yes, too. >> we see sen

former senator jon kyl will take over the seat that mccain held for six years. the timing is strategic. kylays he will only serve through january 3rd. after that, arizona's governor will have to appoint someone else to serve the final two years of the term. ru >>> president is blasting veteran journalist bob woodward's new book about his presidency. t's called "fear" trump in the white oouse. in the bk, woodward quotes officials who heard john kelly calling the president an idiot and that, quote, we're in crazy town. he also quotes others who heard jim mattis sayhe president has the comprehension of a fifth or sixth grader. woodward said he reached out to interview the president but never heard back. the book will be released next week. >>> it's 5:11. the prince william county school board will meet to discuss students safety. they're considering hiring retiredolice officers to patrol. the officers will be armed. prince william county recently gafr the school district half a million dollars to launch a pilot program that allows the district to hire five safety o

former senator jon kyl is picked from 1995 to 2013 he served with john mccain as a united states senatorr john mccain's funeral happened over the weekend. >>> plus, chicago's mayor rahm emanuel announced he won't seek re-election and not seeking a third term after serving since 2011. he was president obama's chief of staff before running for mayor of chicago. we're coming back after the break. we )re getting more compl about stolen mail - from porch delivery thefts to mailbox burglaries. how you can see what )s coming n the mail, and when - from your phone! and any breaking news from overnight. when you join us tomorrow from 4:30 to 7. >>> we are in the operation center here at nbc bay area with your question of the day. now, earlier in the show kris sanchez explained about the talker. .of nike of colin kaepernick and had controversial views and brought a whole new discussion to the nfl and beyond and today we are talking about that beyond. her poll of the day as she mentioned it, what would you think of the new nike ad featuring former quarterback kaepernick? some folks applaud the move

today former arizona united states senator jon kyl was sworn into replace the late arizona senator john mccain. the administration hoping to have judge brett kavanaugh confirmed by the start of the next supreme court term which is early october. >> thank you. >>> let's talk more about the top moments from the first day of questioning. let's bring in our law professor. most of the questioning as you heard centered on his views on the limits of presidential power. you heard his response, do you think it will satisfy senators? >> senators who wanted to vote for him already will say they are satisfied. the ones incline to vote against will say it is not enough. >> why do you think the senators were focusing on that issue? >> because we have the president who is an undenited coconspirator. we have a president who says alarming things in tweets every day. what are the limits of presidential and our how would a president respond to the supreme court are key at this time. >> do you see those issues going before the supreme court? >> many could. depends on what robert mueller does with his inves

apparently the governor of arizona has decided to go with a veteran former arizona senator jon kyl. the man who, as a veteran of the senate, has been sherpaing the nominee around the senate. it's already been pointed out on social media of course no more dependable a republican vote than the man whose job it has been to show him around. ari melber has been watching the hearing from just above the hearing which must have given you an interesting vantage point on the protests. >> certainly true. as you pointed out, we don't typically count those type of protests. we see them in other hearings. not typically in these. from our view, we saw several different protesters as you mentioned being removed. some being carried by capitol hill. that being a point of frustration for the senators. big picture, i think what we saw here was the most contentious beginning to a supreme court nomination hearing in the modern era. not only because of those protests but because of the fireworks that you've reported on that kicked off this hearing that was very unusual. those procedural efforts to try to