judge kavanaugh, now justice kavanaugh was narrowly confirm on a largely part line vote. but it was a memorable fight, so why did you two choose to re-tell this story and n book lange form? >> carrie and i were both involved in the kavanaugh confirmation battles, we knew that we had a good story here. we knew that we had good access, and we wanted to lay it down, get the record down, and so we interviewed more than 100 people, including the president, and various other people at the white house, self supreme court justices, people in the senate, and we are so glad we did because this was something that gripped the nation last year, and when you're in the chaos of it in the moment, it's worth reflecting of after the dust settled about lessons to learn, some things that happened behind the scene busy we're glad we got to do it. >> i think for me in particular, having clerked for justice thomas, i saw the real replay of many of the events from the types of attacks going on before the confirmation got crazy to the allegations that followed a similar pattern and i knew the nex

don mcgahn says you are out of here and clears the room except for he, kavanaugh, and kavanaugh's wife. who, by the way, went to leave the room but don mcgahn told her to stay. justice kavanaugh said something to the effect, what do i need to know? you need to reboot the room. tell your story, push back. this is what your work has been for, and this will be decided in the next few minutes what will happen to you. they had had litigators in the white house to prepare him to push back. orrin hatch, a longtime former chairman of the 80 had said to mcgahn, at some point kavanaugh is going to have to show his metal and push back. that is part of the reason why you saw him go in so hot. not only a famous moment they on saturday famous night live. [video clip] effort whole two-week has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit, fueled with apparent pent-up anger about president trump the 2016 election. fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record. revenge on behalf of the clintons. millions of dollars in money from outside, left-wing opposition groups. this is a circus.

applause] >> last summer washington saw a particular fierce fight over the nomination with brett kavanaugh to succeed justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court it was mean and ugly at times and we know how it turned out as he was narrowly confirmed along the partyline vote. but it was a memorable fight so why did you two decide to kill the story quick. >> we were both involved in the battle we knew we had a good story and we had good access and we wanted to lay it down for the record so we interviewed more than 100 people at the white house and supreme court justices and those in the senate we are so glad that we did because in the moment reflecting on those lessons to learn what happened behind the scenes. >> and working to replay those events with those allegations of a very similar pattern so what we have seen since the confirmation so they believe thomas over hill but that constant drumbeat to rewrite the narrative it is important to make sure the facts are up there to get part of revisionist history to learn on both sides don't think the american people want to see this level of vi

justice kavanaugh was not participating. in an opinion by justice kagen she discovered based on the purpose of the statute that what it means is the attorney general doesn't have any discretion. he must register as soon as he can, everybody. now, it would be hard to get that out of any language anywhere in the statute. justice alee do did not join the opinion but gave the vote needed for the court, and simply wrote a concurrence saying i can't say that given the nonstandards the court has had for the last 70 years that this doesn't pass muster. if the court reconsiders, i would be game. it's anti-climactic, because i don't think they'll have a statute in which the wolf comes as the wolf, but he could have said that and said this case for reargument which justice kavanaugh being able to actually take part. so the whole thing is sort of a fizzle and a mystery. there it is. similar issue with the hour case. everybody thought it was going to be a big sort of issue as to whether we were going to get rid of our deference as a prel

mollie hemingway and judicial crisis network examined the confirmation of supreme court justice brett kavanaugh and future of the court court interview today "los angeles times" and david savage. this is a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest works. >>> last summer washington saul a particularly fierce political fight over president of trump's nomination of judge kavanaugh to succeed justice antonin kennedy on the supreme court. not always an edifying experience. it was a mean and ugly fight at a time. we know how that turned out. judge kavanaugh now justice was merely confirmed on a margin of a party vote but it was a memorable fight, so why did you choose to be tell the story at the link form plaques plaques >> we were both involved in the battles and working on the confirmation covering as journalists, we knew we had a good story and good access and we wanted to lay it down, get the record down so we interviewed more than 100 people including the president and various other people at the white house, several supreme court j

>> exclusive first look at program, justice on trial, kavanaugh confirmation and future of the supremeckly shot up to number one on amazon, mollie hemingway, coauthor which lobbied for kavanaugh's nomination, you report that the trump team healed back information on kristin ford because the white house felt that any criticism of ford would be victim shaming, my question isn't that true and isn't it the rationale that women who are victims of sexual assault or believe they are are reluctant to come forward if they believe their past will be picked apart. >> those are legitimate questions, not just the white house but also senate republicans had this information, they both had ways of people calling in and they were getting quite a bit of information of how kristin ford, what people were say to go these people, investigators, at odds with the media presentation. so i do think it's important to be careful. it's also important for the media to be careful in how they are telling a story and making sure they are not being one-sided or leaving out information or not becoming champions for one

ramÍrez had significant damps in her memories and took her 6 days to name kavanaugh.he most interesting figures in the book is kavanaugh's wife ashley. >> i've known him for 17 years and this is not at all character, it's really hard to blame, he's kind, he's good. >> the book says ashley kavanaugh who studied bible verses prayed that her husband wouldn't be nominated. >> joe biden defends himself in cnn interview and says he wasn't prepared for kamala harris ♪ ♪ >> the media went absolutely bonkers after democratic debate and finally he did a major interview with cnn chris cuomo. >> busing did not work, my state is the eighth largest percent. i wasn't prepared for the person coming at me the way she came at me, she knew bo, she knows me. >> joining us now from charlottesville, university of virginia center for politics, larry, why did joe biden, finally talking to cnn, here is a big mega phone and never uses it, why doesn't he he use more tv news? >> because she's stubborn and rusty and those are the two adjectives i'd ply to him, based on what i have seen so far on

ramÍrez had significant damps in her memories and took her 6 days to name kavanaugh.he most interesting figures in the book is kavanaugh's wife ashley. >> i've known him for 17 years and this is not at all character, it's really hard to blame, he's kind, he's good. >> the book says ashley kavanaugh who studied bible verses prayed that her husband wouldn't be nominated. >> joe biden defends himself in cnn interview and says he wasn't prepared for kamala harris debate attack the 12-hour pain-relieving strength of aleve. that dares to last into the morning. so you feel refreshed. aleve pm. there's a better choice. whooo! want to take your next vacation to new heights? tripadvisor now lets you book over a hundred thousand tours, attractions, and experiences in destinations around the world! like new york! from bus tours, to breathtaking adventures, tripadvisor makes it easy to find and book amazing things to do. and you can cancel most bookings up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund. so you can make your next trip... monumental! read reviews check hotel prices book t

you accuse the media of having irrational personal dislike of brett kavanaugh at that time and despitea guy who allegations aside coaches the girl's basketball team, why do you think that would have been? >> i'm not entirely sure why that was, but just looking at how they handled different stories or how at some point in the process you start seeing the media suggest being, you know, going through him being gang rapist and usa today running story that he shouldn't be around children as a coach. >> this is something i had missed, eric brady, kavanaugh should give up school coaching duties during the fight because he credibly accused sex offender should stay off basketball courts for now when kids are around. did the press call foul on that kind of -- >> they did pull back on some of that, over arching the story was one that any allegation against brett kavanaugh, seemed no matter how thinly sourced would be getting full treatment. you want to be careful about victims, that's true, reputation is also an issue and want to be careful about defaming somebody or going after reputation withou

of course, that was during the grandstanding during the kavanaugh hearings.y were trying to get to the bottom of unfounded accusations of against the now sitting supreme court justice, brett kavanaugh. despite kavanaugh's eventual confirmation, democrats and the media laid waste to the process. we were promised investigations into the bad actors and the leaks. remember julie swetnick? michael avenatti? whatever happened to those? joining me now, two people who know the real story, based on real interviews, real reporting with president trump and more than 100 others. gary severino, chief counsel of the dishes crisis network and mollie hemingway, fox news contributor. their new book, number one on amazon, "justice on trial." we are delighted, both of them, congrats to both of you. i know you worked hard on this book. mollie, let's start with you. we got a leaked letter from it looks like dianne feinstein's office. we were promised in letters from chuck grassley investigations into the leak. what happened? >> chuck grassley did do a good job of recommending to

wade," has been replaced by brett kavanaugh, who will vote to overturn it. >> stephen: so, this alabama case could overturn "roe v. wade," as long as it doesn't arrive at the supreme court during beach week. ( laughter ) obviously-- ( applause ) then-- obviously, when kavanaugh will recuse himself, which is the legal term for "boofing." "dude! dude, you were a monster! dude, you were a monster at the party last night. you recused yourself! i would have helped." the bill's proponents are very confident about its chances in the court, especially alabama pro-life coalition president and colonel sanders after he got his stomach stapled, eric johnston.

justice kavanaugh: go ahead. justice sotomayor: it seems to me that -- why did the officer wait to take him to the precinct? meaning he didn't black out for an hour. if he thought that getting proof of this crime was critical, why wasn't he calling for a warrant as he was driving to the precinct, or why didn't he go straight to the hospital? i'm a little bit confused as to what was in their mind. ms. jurss: uh-huh. justice sotomayor: i think what was in their mind is we either get consent, and if we don't, they're going to suspend his license anyway, and it's only convenient for me now that i have to take him to the hospital to take the blood draw. ms. jurss: so the officer in this case first took him to the police station because he wanted to first offer the lesser intrusive breath test. so he took him there to do a breath test. but then it was at the police station that mr. mitchell's condition really began to deteriorate. he was having a hard time keeping his eyes open and head up. so it was at that point that

joe manchin voted for kavanaugh and that was key for his success. it is something cross spectrum, having support for principled judges is something that is a winner in the senate elections. host: carrie severino, thank you for being this week's newsmaker. alex swoyer, let's begin with where you began with the questions to carrie about the chief justice. what are you hearing from conservatives about chief justice john roberts? alex: a lot of them have said they think he is trying to take over that swing vote role that justice kennedy had played for so long but since his retirement, the chief justice might feel he needs to step into that role. i think there is also a little bit of hesitation because they don't know necessarily which way he is going to go and i think that is why they sometimes are fearful about his affordable care act ruling and what we just saw in the census case. presumably, what he could do in the future -- i know the court has granted review of daca. that could be on their minds as well. host: the reaction from his most recent ruli

kennedy: that is what politics is about these days that brings us to kavanaugh crisis.> that also involved michael avenatti. kennedy: he is reason that brett kavanaugh of confirmed. >> right, we had sources told us there were few people who were responsible for kavanaugh gets confirmed, michael avenatti is one of them, he was this attorney, who was represents stormy daniel, he also claimed he had someone who was credible who knew that brett kavanaugh of a leader, a cartel leader of a cereal -- serial gang rape clan, that was so outlandish people were beginning to wonder if the allegations against kavanaugh were real or part of a political. kennedy: because the allegations never materialized it made michael avenatti not only look like a kook but him a target for further investigation, now he has dug himself a prison hole, looks like he may be going where sun don't shine for a while, in your book, leland kaiser, christine blase ford's friend she named. she was pressured by a number of parties to change her story and essentially lie saying she knew brett kavanaugh in high

she herself came under fire for publishing one of the most flimsy allegations against bret kavanaugh.> the corroborating witness that you said has all the details including kavanaugh's name, where that witness come from and where that witness get the information about this from, if that person doesn't know? >> he remembers it. he was in the same dorm, the same little building on the old campus and he remembers it clearly. i asked him -- >> did he see a? >> he heard it from someone who was there. >> martha: that was an uncomfortable moment. later that day i asked bret kavanaugh to respond specifically to the allegations that have been made in her piece. >> i never did any such thing. >> given that outcome are you surprised that the new yorker published this account? >> i'm not going to comment on the new yorker's journalistic practices, "the new york times" that they could not work operate story and so the person making the accusation have been calling around last week to other classmates indicating her uncertainty about whether i had ever done such a thing. >> martha: so now, nearly t

we were concerned, one we learned that ashley kavanaugh.as literally praying that this husband when it get this nomination. she knew what was coming and that what it was going to be really hard on the family. >> tucker: i don't know the cavanaugh kavanaugh, but what at person. >> who would want to sign themselves up for this? what happens when you replace any other liberal member of the supreme court customer >> tucker: based on what you know about what just happened, is there any right of center nominee that when it be destroyed by the left at this stage customers to go i think we have seen the game plan. this was done before. this was not the first nomination where you have this. it happened in brutal fashion with kavanaugh. >> tucker: have republicans ever destroyed the life of the supreme court? >> it happened when garland was nominated. they said, we are not even going to consider the nomination. >> tucker: i hope our viewers by the book. it's worth it. thank you. >> tucker: america's top colleges are supposed to be. they are not. that

so, mcgahn when we was sworn in on the fec was sworn in in kavanaugh's chamber by kavanaugh in 2006. and he's walk out with shannon, i his wife, who i've known for a long time. he said that guy is going to be on the supreme court some day but didn't know he would be the go to put him on the supreme court. so, this was the beginning of the famous list for trump. the idea of putting forward some names to reassure conservatives. conservatives were really worried but trump. been a democrat in new york, contributed to plant parentedhood, his sister was federal judge in the new jersey-pennsylvania district had ruled on some abortion rights issues that were -- so cruz was running around, spreading the idea that trump was going to either appoint his sister, who is proabortion, or somebody like his sister and he was using this pretty well in south carolina. so trump and mcgahn are trying in figure out a way to stop this and one way to stop it was to start throwing out names of conservatives. trump, because after his sister being there he kind of got the federal judiciary and get a little more

brett kavanaugh was confirmed barely but his name was tarred forever.arn anything from what happened? mola hemingway is a senior editor at the federalist, and chief counsel and policy director of the network, co-wrote a book, justice on trial, we just spoke with them. here's what they said. >> tucker:ing looking back now that you have time to digest that, what are the lessons? >> we thought this was the most important thing the country went through last year. as we were researching and reporting on it we did draw a lot of lessons. thus far a lot of people haven't been held accountable. we look and go through detail of different people who fell down on the job, whether we talk a little bit about how the media covered the story, how the senate broke down in various processes, if we want to avoid it from happening again we have to be knowledgeable about what happened and we also have to hold people accountable for what they did. >> tucker: there were among other charges, charges of felony rape made, a lot of them. and the people who made them, at least in

what struck me was, on page 20, i believe that kavanaugh's wife was prescient about what would happene learned she was praying for the nomination happened he would not get nominated. she thought he was most qualified but she had been through two bruising confirmation processes before, democrats did not top confirm him to his first posted, she thought, we have a great life ewe're doing well, this will be difficult are in the family, she could not have known how difficult, it was a bles pleasee learning about details, she was a strong woman supported her family through a lot that many would not have been able to come out on other side of as strong as this family did. gregg: thank you so much for sharing some of your books -- your book, on-line or buy on a local bookstore. >> thank you. gregg: coming up in, president trump pounces on radical dimms as party comes closer to all out civil war, we'll have more on dow up 27 points s&p hitting its 11th record close of the year up halflf a point, and nasdaq also hitting new record close of 14 points volume of the big board 2. billion shares. re

trump was shaky on kavanaugh. this was another example of you go out there and you defend yourself and we will see how you survive. it's when kavanaugh became angry, started fighting back, that i heard some people in the white house saying he's loving it. this is what he wants to see. this is the demeanor he was hoping for. and completely loved kavanaugh's performance when he became angry and shouting and belligerent. we didn't see that kind of angry performance from acosta. he was measured. he was soft spoken. he laid out an argument. his voice didn't tremble and he seemed confident, but it wasn't the same kind of how dare you challenge me pose kavanaugh took. so it's not the same style that appealed to trump in the past. >> i guess i only bring this up, i'm not advocating for rage, i am just saying i accept your reporting this is for an audience of one. you shake your head. do you disagree? >> well, i don't think trump was as shaky on kavanaugh as suggested. he was inclined to think the whole thing was a hoax, t

who explained his theory why he is not inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame and the brett kavanaugh book and new details, shannon bream, take it from here. >> reporter: that might team to come with a parental warning. shannon: we will take it out. a fox news alert. another provocation by iran. believed to be connected to iran's revolutionary guard attempted to seize a british oil tanker in the persian gulf. live look at what is next coming up. the labor secretary faces the media in criticisms over his role in a plea deal. alex acosta says a former prosecutor is the reason for the sweetheart deal. that prosecutor is speaking out and another victim comes forward. donald trump is celebrating what he calls a major legal victory over the deep state. welcome to fox news at night. we begin with breaking news out of the persian gulf. allison barber has details about the latest provocation. >> reporter: according to us officials this all happened 10 hours ago. a senior us defense official says iran's islamic revolutionary guard tried to seize a british oil tanker in the persian gulf. the off

we have brett kavanaugh in his first term. we have just as gorsuch -- justice gorsuch beginning to settle into the supreme court. because of the departure, justice kennedy who we missed terribly. we begin to see the hardening perhaps of an even more supreme court majority and start to look forward into the future about what that means. it has been an interesting term. justice kavanaugh settling in without breaking new ground. he was the justice and the majority most of this term. 90% of the time. the two justices who agreed the most was the chief justice and justice kavanaugh. we start to see if they will form a center-right or conservative coalition with justices further to the right in justices alito and thomas. wonderful things about doing this is we are doing things a bit in real time. the supreme court has just issued orders in the past few minutes. granting the last cases before the justices leave the very important chamber music festival in salzburg. they have agreed to hear the dr. -- daca cases. the court is going to

a lifelong democrat who did not want kavanaugh confirmed to the supreme court, and she was pressuredpport a friend. she was unable to. if you remember that summer very well. she does not remember anything that would help out christine was a ford and ended up having to tell the fbi that. that's amazing courage given her political views. >> martha: carol, what about you? >> so many exciting things. we were both involved in this process, or as a journalist covering it, me working a group that was really supportive of his nomination. we kind of thought we knew it all. one of the fun stories without trust of the mike justice kennedy retired, able to do so without anyone finding out. not only coordinating this, he had a former clerk of his who worked in the doj will be met secretly with that wanted to see the smithsonian sculpture garden to tell him get this to the white house. don mcgahn has to get this to the president somehow. he wasn't even officially told kennedy was retiring. the first person kennedy told bill he was the president himself and what was even more interesting to us is f

and that's exactly what the new yorker piece was for brett kavanaugh.l franken is a defense of him. >> with people's lives, you've got to be careful and you have to make sure that you have your evidence as down package you could possibly say. >> the franken situations is an example of the frenzy that happened in the immediate aftermath of the #btoo movement. it works for the politically. they came out of a party that we are going to believe all the women and they couldn't say that with franken still in office. so i know a lot of people have issues with this piece, but i'm glad i know that democrats feel bad about what they did to franken because he didn't have a chance to defend. >> it was his choice but he could've gone -- >> after three doesn't democrats put pressure on him. >> said it was important to establish a pattern of behavior so if you want to look at the motivating factor behind the brett kavanaugh piece, that was it. not because deborah ramirez's story was credible, she said she was drunk and didn't remember most of it. >> a lot goes on. >>

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he talked about politics, gerrymandering and the nomination of brett kavanaugh. >> well, as i said i am thrilled and delighted to see such a handsome crowd for this fundraising event that sponsored by the institute for learning and retirement. we are a not-for-profit volunteer education organization and we meet today at the fellowship at boca were taught and thank them for the use of the hall. and c-span is here, so this is an historic occasion. i'm tony laduca, i am the chair of ilr. you've encountered several of the board members when you're checking in today and making your way into this room. i want to acknowledge carol who is where? where are you, carol? doing a lot of heavy lifting associate with this. [applause] a couple of business items i have to address. photographs, recordings not permitted. we've already turned off the cell phones, okay. some business about ilr. we're beginning our full session on monday the 15th, less than two weeks, about ten days. we have an open house scheduled for next week, the tenth, at 1:00 at the boca raton community center, which is right near t

it's thanks to justice kavanaugh, whose entire staff is all women.t time in the history of the united states that there have been more women working at the court than men. [ applause ] >> she says there's more to be done but it's a noteworthy moment that she's complementing him on this. >> it is. in june she said this but not on camera. she was talking to judges in new york when she said that. saying look, justice kavanaugh and justice ginsburg rarely agree on the law in tight cases and certainly her idea of equality for men and women is a much broader concept than justice kavanaugh's would. but she's saying look what he has done in practice, and that's important. you might remember when he was nominated and he vowed to have four female clerks and has made that a point of pride. i've seen him speak himself. i thought it was good to give him credit for that, especially when his confirmation hearings still cloud where he's at. >> sure. let's talk big picture about the supreme court. it has this conservative majority. you look at the recent rulings, it

would you have voted to confirm brett kavanaugh to the supreme court?ould have. then a very quick retreat on twitter. upon further reflection and further understanding on his record, i would have voted no. i will make mistakes and always own up to them. the priority is defeating mitch mcconnell. today's headlines a campaign nightmare. would amy mcgrath have voted kavanaugh onto the supreme court? depends on when you ask her. you're running for senate against mitch mcconnell. you've got to have an answer on brett kavanaugh. that's campaign 101, right? >> if you're running against mitch mcconnell, judges is the thing you're going to want to be talking about. what a disaster. this is just a disaster. i'm not sure what was worse, being for kavanaugh or having to flip so quickly and say you weren't. >> you're not going to raise any national democratic money if you're for kavanaugh and that's her only hope. >> and she had raised a bunch of money already. i mean mitch mcconnell and his people are ruthless. she was going to have a really hard time anyway with t

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i should explain that with , iard to judge kavanaugh have a picture of him in my book. i have written a book called which iendment in recommend fundamental changes to our laws, and one of them is to reverse the citizens united case , which allows unlimited political contributions to candidates. [applause] feel as apparently some few do that my dissent had the right in that particular debate. in my book, i describe some of the reasons for the rule that i think should apply, and which beforely for many years that case. describeiscussion, i an opinion written by judge thenaugh on that very issue issue in the case was whether a canadian citizen and a citizen of israel living in new york temporarily could make expenditures in the elections that were going on at the time. united, theyizens brought a proceeding in the federal court asking for an injunction against enforcing the statute that prohibits expenditures by foreign cynicism's in american elections. judge kavanaugh wrote the opinion upholding the statute and holding that they could be barred from making contributions t

we did the kavanaugh book, shannon bream and the "fox news @ night" team take it all from here. >> shannon: i feel like ted nugent might need to come with a parental warning. we'll take it out, thank you so much. another provocation by iran tonight, we are learning that boats believed to be connected to the revolutionary guard attempted to connect with a british oil tanker in the persian gulf. plus the president's embattled later secretary attacks the media over criticisms of his plea deal over and accused trafficker. tonight that a prosecutor is speaking out and another alleged victim comes forward to. president trump is celebrating what he calls a major legal victory over the deep state. stick around for his attorney. welcome to "fox news @ night," i'm shannon bream in washington. we begin tonight with breaking news out of the persian gulf. according to a u.s. official this all happened about ten hours ago, a senior u.s. defense official tells fox news iran's islamic revolutionary guard tried to seize a british oil tanker in the persian gulf. the official says there were five iranian boa

people see it's just or there they go again be one quickly, i want to ask you about brett kavanaugh'supreme court. build your expectations and particular, as often has he agreed with chief justice roberts, does that give you pause? >> notice that it's generally the times when you have justice alito agreement chief justice roberts and there are times when he and the other the more conservative justices have diverged from the chief on cases but there are great wins where we have chief justices vote as well whether on gerrymandering or keeping the court out of what is an inherently political question and religious freedom and pushing back on the concealed jurisprudence that has been there for a long time and inappropriate deference to administer the agencies where reports have exceeded their proper role and the court is finally moving back in the right direction. a lot to be grateful for. paul: so you're happy so far? all right. thank you. appreciate it. thank you for coming on. still had, joe biden, bernie sanders square off over their healthcare plans of the former vice president defen

[laughter] we know that brett kavanaugh replaced justice kennedy, previous king vote, but kavanaugh's [laughter] who decides these 5-4 decisions. it's probably going to be john roberts going forward. paul: what do you think, though, about -- was his decision justified or not? >> well, i think the question before the court was whether the administration had the authority to do this. and they clearly do. and for justice, chief justice roberts to get into the motives, i think, is not something that was really part of what should have been under consideration. and that's a very slippery slope when you go down that route, because a lot of these decisions made by administrations are politically motivated. and so if they're going to get into discussions of what the administration was thinking or strategizing about, i don't know where that leads them. paul: he did the same thing he did on obamacare, which is to give the conservatives some of the law, but he gave the liberals on the court the policy victory, which is what those liberals really wanted, and that is kicking the census, citizenshi

frank: not clarence, i'm talking about justice kavanaugh. hon. stevens: oh, i am sorry. it is an important thing, yes. frank: is it disqualifying? hon. stevens: not necessarily. i don't know, but i would think in this case, there have been enough people put in categories where he would be unable to sit as a judge. frank: you have been a gigantic proponent of the three branches of government. you almost didn't participate in the swearing-in of justice roberts because the george w. bush administration wanted that in the white house and you firmly believed it should happen in the supreme court. i want to talk about why you think the supreme court should not see themselves as aligned with any particular president. hon. stevens: i think it is important. in my particular case, jerry ford came to the supreme court -- he participated in the ceremony, which i thought was appropriate, because it is a supreme court ceremony, not a presidential ceremony. in my own case, everything went beautifully. for sandra day o'connor, reagan came to the court, but in later cases, they decided t

republicans read the mood of the people really wanted kavanaugh. everyone's pumped,m

-- brett kavanaugh. i have seen -- change the direction of the country. get it done. promises made and kept. now the focus is on trade and infrastructure. early in the morning. he calls later tonight. i spent time at the white house. works and he cares about america. isn't it great to have somebody in the white house who focuses on getting it done? most proud of.am he will never articulated this way. what we believe in actually works. had 100crats have years. they failed every time. we have done it in two years. we are proving that what we believe in works. he is returning to the principles that made america great and made this economic miracle in history and economic opportunity for everybody. personal responsibility, limited government. individual liberty, something we cannot take for granted. look at the national news. the democrats are on a mission. this is obstructionism on a historic level. look at last night. i have never seen 20 people, 10 people, more out of touch with reality in my life. we hav

but kavanaugh and gorsuch and perhaps others may interpret the second amendment moving forward as to allow zero regulation or restriction from congress or state legislatures, allowing private citizens, even criminals, to obtain any kind of weapon that they want and that, i think, would be an abandonment of the founding fathers' understanding of government intervention on the question of second amendment rights, but it would make our country an even more dangerous place than it is today. i am very worried about the future of second amendment jurisprudence. >> you look at the weapon used in gilroy. it was a semiautomatic. thanks very much. >> skepticism is running deep in flint michigan was several candidates make promises to help the city. the reaction from flint's mayor is coming up. and night one of the presidential debates will begin at 8:00 moderate by dana bash, don lemon and jake tapper, of course only here on cnn. to a single defining moment... ...when a plan stops being a plan and gets set into motion. today's merrill can help you get there with the people, tools, and personal

wade," has been replaced by brett kavanaugh, who will vote to overturn it. >> stephen: so, this alabama case could overturn "roe v. wade," as long as it doesn't arrive at the supreme court during beach week. ( laughter ) obviously-- ( applause ) then-- obviously, when kavanaugh will recuse himself, which is the legal term for "boofing." "dude! dude, you were a monster! dude, you were a monster at the party last night. you recused yourself! i would have helped." the bill's proponents are very confident about its chances in the court, especially alabama pro-life coalition president and colonel sanders after he got his stomach stapled, eric johnston. >> stephen: so he's pro-life, unless it's ruth bader ginsburg. quick, justice ginsberg, get pregnant! it's your only chance! ( laughter ) now, now, the lack-- ( cheers and applause ) the lack of exceptions in the bill has troubled many, even those who voted for it, but that shouldn't be a problem according to the bill's sponsor, republican state senator and undertaker's first pass at giving your loved one a smile, clyde chambliss. chambliss ex

why she is defending brett kavanaug kavanaugh. >> i go what's going on in our country? what's going on in our state? >> julie: time for our friday e dig of campaign trail mix. today we have 2020 democrats making their pitch to the urban league. mayor pete targeting big tech. peter doocy is targeting it all for us live from indianapolis. hey, peter. >> reporter: julie, kamala harris came here to try to cool concerns that her career as a prosecutor in california makes her the wrong person to reform the criminal justice system. >> why do we always have to be on the outside on bended knee trying to break down the door. shouldn't we also have a role on the inside, where decisions are being made? >> reporter: gillibrand also here today, attempting a different line, which signals she might be going for laughs in detroit. >> okay. so on the first day that i become president, after i clorox the oval office -- [ laughter ] which, as a mother, i would do. the second thing i will do -- the second thing i will do is restore our moral leadership on the world stage. >> reporter: butti