i wanted to thank kevin mcconnell. he was our lead on that from the sheriff's department and he was stant afteric. it was kind of a young group that went with him and it was wonderful to have his tenure and experience and to lead them as they were there. i just want to say that in general, it is such a great opportunity. there is no better training ground than to deploy our staff to provide mutual aid when these incidents happen. and i'm very appreciative to the departments that sent folks, so d.p.h., sheriff's department, fire, police. people there in north carolina, tens of thousands remain without power. and our team really learned quite a bit. and we're looking forward to lessons learned when they come back. we encourage our city departments to have your people sign up for training and they can work with us and within your department, but to deploy. so we want to be good partners in the region and to other states and all of that helps our capability and response here in san francisco. looking forward to seeing ever

kevin: it sounds like what you are saying is senator mitch mcconnell, this will be his call. be his call and sure he is conferring with members of the white house and the senate, and the decision will be made. on theould push back process and understanding that the information came up in july to the senate democrats on the judiciary committee, and it was not acted upon. if they felt like a net the eye necessary at that point, they should have called for one. kevin: should there be a one-week long extension? >> i would support that if that is what the majority leader says we should do. we want to know what, if else, should be out there. but the public needs to understand that nobody can be compelled to answer questions asked by the fbi. the committee has done an investigation of dr. ford's accusations. they have spoken with her and various witnesses, and unfortunately the witnesses that she has stated were there when the allegation happened, they have not corroborated her story. now towould you vote confirm judge kavanaugh? >> yes, i would support judge kavanaugh. i understand

rise above it mcconnell's force because we should see what's happening as an opportunity we know there are problems with right wing extremists and nationalism and saxony because we know kevin that's was a stronghold of the far right in su cell so we need to launch an offensive against that often as you feel you know. the world is watching what's going on in kemet its future is at stake it could become a european capital of culture in twenty twenty five or it could become a byword for racism in germany. this year the joint european capital of culture. but some now regret the selection even members of the e.u. jury that made it a boycotting their celebrations. motto one of europe's most corrupt countries the investigation into the murder of an anti-corruption reporter has stagnated the capital of culture status was supposed to help boost bullet his image but that's backfired all right folks ran linson mar ses capital of culture programs and chaired the jury that selected valetta now he's boycotting it why. the scandal with the letter is that the whole project has lost sight of the original idea. it's been instrumental lies for political purposes. those parts and culture and

come mitch mcconnell's office feels confident that judge kavanaugh will ultimately beforeirmed if not october 1, sometime in the lame-duck session. sense that this helped him or hurt him? kevin: it was not the type of political pickup it could have been and did not provide additional fuel on a very controversial story. we will have to wait and see. a lot of pressure still on this intense eligible situation for thursday's confirmation hearings -- for thursday's hearings. london.et's go to a lot of drama on sweden. there really is political drama there. the prime minister has been voted out and won't leave. >> i think he may be back as well. this is a multidimensional game of chess. the opposition, the moderates, want to get rid of the prime minister. however, they don't have enough to build their own replacement government. more likely than not, this cathartic clearing out and it will still be the same prime minister may be back with a strange coalition of centerleft possibly with one or two others. david: we always look at how markets react. i was surprised the market reaction. the street is kona strengthened on the news. experts say that people are more -- the swedish krona

kevin: nine. i'm hard-pressed to find a republican in washington who thinks that kavanaugh will ultimately not be confirmed. mitchlly does appear that mcconnelltively ushered in the notion that judge cap not will be confirmed, if not ahead of october 1 when the supreme court reconvenes, sometime later. democrats pressing for an fbi investigation. again, i'm hard-pressed to find a republican who doesn't think that ultimately, this move will move in his direction. gop on the same page with the deputy attorney general? kevin: no. will be at the white house when the president returns from the unc a meeting on thursday -- unga meeting on thursday, same day as judge kavanaugh's hearing. we don't know whether or not the president will fire his deputy attorney general, but many folks in the conservative movement has effectively put out there that they believe this new york times report from friday which says he had advocated for putting folks in the cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment, which would remove the president from office, also recording the president with a secret recording device. francine: are we going to see more accusations for judge ka

mcconnell had hoped to have a vote by the end of this week. that of course has since been delayed into next week. that's where things stand. vonnie: thank you, kevinilli. julie: take a look where european markets are trading as we head to the close. .ere's the picture we have a mixed picture. the ftse had been barely higher now it is barely lower. basic resources stock have been stemming some of the declines today both here and in europe. this is bloomberg. ♪ xfinity mobile is a new wireless network designed to save you money. even when you've got serious binging to do. wherever your phone takes you, your wireless bill is about to cost a whole lot less. use less data with a network that has the most wifi hotspots where you need them and the best 4g lte everywhere else. saving you hundreds of dollars a year. and ask how you get xfinity mobile included with your internet. plus, get $300 back when you buy a new smartphone. xfinity mobile. it's simple. easy. awesome. click, call or visit a store today. euro stoxx 600 barely posting some gains. taking a hit off the china trade headlines. traders to digest. we did hear from the finance minister today at

kevin deleon running agains dia diane fieinstein in california s arguing this, stop playing polite country-clubli pcs with a supreme court nominee. i guess the basici question if in a similar situationtcwhat would mcconnell do? >> we know what he did, but that was because he had thewe to me, the first answer is we need a check and balance. >> some folks a suggesting you should walk out of the hearing. you have heard that. >> that's interesting. you have incredible senators like corey booker and harris and dick durbin, dick blumenthal, diane, you name it. chris coons. patrick leahy. we need the opportunity to ask the questions. if we walked out, it would one side asking the questions. i don't think that's the way you examine a nominee and get the facts out. >> you wouldth have ability to get all these papers public if there was a threat they needed 60 votes. if democrats get control of the thate back, should principle be that the filibuster should come back? >> first of all, we would have not supported changing that. >> i understand that. if you get the power, would you support bringing the filibuster back if you get power in november? >> ihink we shouldave had the filibuster in place. by the way, that so

kevin, you just have to turn down your tv. caller: third of all, the hypocrisy coming out of mitch mcconnell would not even give obama a supremeourt hearing and now he wants to push all this through. -- hypocrisy is really just the republican party the past two years. .et over it, republicans we are not in office. you have all three branches of government. if something is wrong, it is because of you all. host: this question we have been asking, should rod rosenstein be fired. also asking on our facebook page, some 2000 american viewers watching across the country and maybe around the world, perhaps listening on the radio app have participated. should rod rosenstein not be fired. fired.ing he should be we will check in on that in 30 minutes. rita in illinois on the line for those who say he should be fired. good morning. caller: good morning. i believe he should be fired and hung from the highest tree for conspiracy against our government and not only does the democratics want socialism, which is an open day for want tom, they eliminate our rights to private property and dissolve family units and the destruction of our religion

kevin kramer north dakota, indiana, marshall blackburn, tennessee and now they are in the lead slightly in their states. this comes after mitch mcconnell be a knife fight for the replicants to keep control of the senate. what is going on here? >> mcconnell is probably smart to make that point because republicans should be worried in this environment. obviously democrats are enthused right now and house is the greater danger but if republicans lose the senate they would be - it would be the worst case scenario. stuart: do you think bill lose the senate? >> i do not but the only way they don't is by keeping people on their toes. the thing that should worry republicans is yes, all those candidates and it's good news but all those candidates are in the lead but the problem is they are - they are leading by smaller margins much smaller margins than donald trump one oh states by. that means there is an enthusiasm gap between donald trump and the generic republican candidate. republicans have to do something to make sure they get those orders out. it's the missing trumpeters from 2016 and every single election since then. that keep republican

kevin: the democrats have argued that there should be an fbi investigation and this process should be slow down -- slowed down. the republicans said that is not the case. senaterassley as well as majority leader mitch mcconnell with this process. unknown right now were some of the centrist and even some centrist democrats, where they will vote on this. tom: give us a window into how some of the senators, maybe the alaskan senator, the arizona senator, how will they come to this decision before the 9:30 meetings today? kevin: the committee vote at 9:30 is just whether or not to move this along to a floor vote. it's not the first -- final vote, just the first step. the on the swing vote is retiring senator jeff flake, republican from arizona. can tell youts i there is an infinite amount of pressure coming from the right on him to move this along to the floor. last night reportedly senators michalski of arizona -- alaska, flight of arizona -- jeff flake of arizona, and susan collins of maine huddle together about this process. the president's tweet just moments after this hearing in which he backed judge kavanaugh was seen as a massive, massive sign of an endorsement for judge kavanaugh, in which he reiterated