would be replacing a judge who was conservative but also seen as a swing vote on all issues that mr kavanaghkava nagh would not swing vote on all issues that mr kavanagh would not be, his positions are kavanagh would not be, his positions a re clearly kavanagh would not be, his positions are clearly conservative from gun rights to abortion, and so, this is something that mr trump felt was very important to deliver to his supporters, even though —— even those who voted for him. it will be a su ccess those who voted for him. it will be a success for him, and it will have cemented his legacy because the impact of this will go on for generations. barbara, for the moment, thank you.. we will be live in washington as the vote takes place and later tonight we will find out how the story is covered later on in the papers. air pollution in parts of england is much worse than previously thought, according to new scientific data released by the government. it shows that nitrogen dioxide , which is emitted from vehicles and can cause heart and lung disease , will not fall to legal levels for another ten

positive fully into the future so he's confident that he gets the vote off miss collins and with that mr kavanagh's fate will be he will be the next or another supreme court judge but that all waiver of those talk us through the. republican senators and which way they are likely to go. yeah the waivers were jeff flake that's the senator you remember who was confronted in the elevator very impressively by two women by two survivors of sexual assault he already announced that he will actually vote for the confirmation of mr brett kavanaugh so there is no weakening anymore. by jeff flake lisa murkowski the g.o.p. senator from alaska she also came out with a decisive statement and said she will vote against mr cavanaugh so the question is and the wiggle room here is with susan collins who is speaking right now and who will decide if she goes with or against mr given all and last but not least joe mentioned democratic senator who voted in the last vote today to get the vote out to the senate floor tomorrow for that to happen so that's the democrats senator democratic senator from west virginia and he is

witness she's a sexual assault victim the case in point it certainly appears likely based off of mr kavanagh's of vaunted calendars that it most likely happened on july first one thousand nine hundred eighty two at his friend i think it was to me as house. to me or squeeze house it's on his calendars and if we had a real f.b.i. investigation we could talk to squeeze we could talk to timmy and p.j. and find out which one of kavanagh's buddies had a get together that night and then we could sort of pinpoint where this likely took place gen-u. certainly would all of the things that have happened in happening there's so many candidates who could have been appointed. don't yeah some doubts about this. well you. every human being of intelligence you have no doubts about jamming on oh i certainly as a woman look i take any allegation and that's the word that was missing and they statement just late allegation we are a country where there is still a presumption of innocence until proven guilty it was in a trial this is a job interview correct and the reason it's not a trial even though there is no sta

he spoke briefly before the vote on mr kavanagh, he said he would be watching it on television.e said judge kavanagh would make a great supreme court justice, the week's delay in the vote because of the fbi investigations into the sexual assault allegations had been a positive outcome, so we may hear more of that when he speaks formally, but certainly this is the outcome he very much wanted and, as discussed earlier, is a political victory for him. barbara plett usher on capitol hill for us there, summing up and giving us that analysis on what we have seen here. these are the protests outside of the senate. you can see a number of people gathering who have been there for a number of hours. we believe they are anti—kava nagh for a number of hours. we believe they are anti—kavanagh protesters. during that whole senate vote, people in the public gallery were interrupting that vote, crying out and it called to order had to be said a number of times by the vice president, mike pence. it has been a divisive day, a controversial day, and no doubt a day that many will not forget on both

mr. kavanagh, justice kavanaugh gave us their defense. it's hard to sort out who to believe. i will say that i thought the way he comported himself in the second round that they had in the judiciary committee, did not defend that supreme court justice. it is what it is. we are past that on the positions justice kavanaugh takes. some of those i support. i am pro-life. i am pro-gun. i think he is. and also i don't have any problem with that. the way it was played out, it was just not good for the country. >> dave hughes, response. >> use of the women need to be believed in it your best friend in congress, keith eller center were supposed to -- with regard to your question, and the kavanaugh situation was a debacle. the democrat don the senate majority -- the senatete judiciy committee behaved in a way that's despicable. they mistreated dr. ford. they mistreated justice kavanagh and this whole scandal is the reason why the american people and the people of western minnesota ought to not vote for collin peterson because to vote for colonists but another democrat back in the end o

mr. president. judge kavanagh said he was being targeted by democrats. has he made the process overly political and how can you assure the american people that he'll be able to deliver impartial decisions. >> you'll have to ask him that question, but i can tell you he's been treated horribly. he's a good man with a great family, i think he's been treated horribly. lindsay graham i thought was terrific the other day. and he brought up one point that is now being discussed by a lot of people, and that's who is going to want to run for office, be in office, take an appointment -- not just to the supreme court. but many positions. i have right now 360 people that aren't being approved, they're very qualified, nobody says they're not qualified. but senator schumer is not approving them because of resisz aresisz -- resist and on strubbstruct. it's far more people than in the history of our country. these are people who gave up jobs, gave up their life to come and szczerbierve our country. and schumer and his group won't approve them. everything is going 30 hou

reserve themselves some wiggle room in decision making if they want to go with kavanagh meaning voting yes for the nomination of mr cavanaugh that is jeff flake from arizona susan collins from maine and lisa murkowski from alaska now susan collins the senator g.o.p. senator from maine said she will decide today at three pm local here in the afternoon if she's going to vote tomorrow if this vote happens tomorrow and it looks like it will now. she will vote and she will decide by three pm today our time here in washington if she's going to vote yes or no so this is going to be exciting and ongoing drama here in washington so ongoing drama on capitol hill but outside have been people who've been demonstrating do you think this will stop the demonstrations. well no and yes so it won't the demonstrations will go on protests will go on until saturday this is very clear because protesters tried to really hammer home for the republicans and for the republican senators. from the states the voters are coming from too that if you vote for kevin or we will pay you back in november they chanted yesterday and said all along nov

mr. crowe: i came out after i reviewed judge kavanagh's record and saw that he stood for, after he was nominated, i said he was not the right choice for america. whether you are talking about the issue of gun violence in america, women's health and reproductive rights, environmental protections, he takes this court drastically to the right and he is a step back in time for this country, in my view. this process was bungled from the beginning. the process was not followed. we did not go through due diligence that i thought was appropriate for a lifetime appointment in the supreme court. was also very important to say is that i believe dr. ford. i believe the starting point has to be to believe women. i believe her testimony and i found it compelling. i found a deeply troubling and yet, the senate still crammed through the appointment. shaun: but democrats are talking about impeachment proceedings, would you support that? mr. crowe: right now, i wouldn't and i would have to see the facts. i'm somebody who has taken numerous oaths to defend the rule of the and due process, so we have to see the fac

mr. president, i will vote to confirm judge kavanagh. >> that was the windup line to susan collins' long senate today. here to talk about just what we witnessed all day long. our presidential historian, john meacham, his latest book "the soul of america, the battle for our better angels." there sure was a battle today. i was watching your live contemporaneous coverage when collins stopped. you said on the air that you thought she moved this nominee to the center. she kind of made him a moderate on the fly. explain. >>> if you look at the opening section of the speech, she walks through issues and she turned judge kavanagh into a susan collins republican, about roe v wade, about gay rights, a whole host of issues, almost as though she were talking herself into the candidate she wanted to vote for. the irony here, the tension is he is a strong judicial conservative, he's not a judicial moderate. in many ways, this nomination was the fruition of a strategy that's really from the 1950s when republicans realize that they have not gotten what they really wanted from the eisenhower appointment.

support kavanagh on saturday unless quote something big changes toward a popular republican susan collins of maine chose to end debate and late friday announced how she'll vote court is three stone. mr president i will take him her chads cap and. cuteness to fasten all that piles the pressure on renegade democrat joe manchin who supported kavanagh on friday and he confirmed he'd be denying his party colleagues in saturday's vote and that's really what i'm waiting on so republicans look likely to garner enough votes to assure cavanagh's nomination as long as they keep the support of mention meanwhile thousands of anti kavanaugh demonstrators in washington protested outside the supreme court and even entered a senate building confronting senators several hundred demonstrators were arrested that prompted president trump to issue a tweet saying the very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make senators look bad don't fall for it. don't use to phone simone's has been giving us more on what was the last day in the u.s. capitol the confirmation battle over brett kavanaugh seems to be lost for the democrats the republicans and the white house carry a significant v

two wavering senators firmed up in favor of kavanagh on friday republican susan collins of maine announcement of her intention effectively broke the deadlock. mr president i will take him her judge. that piles the pressure on democrat joe manchin who had not declared his position but soon after collins announcement he said he would also support cover law defying most of his democrat colleagues. of the republicans only lisa murkowski of alaska looks likely to vote against governor today who are republican jeff flake of arizona said he would support kavanagh unless quote something big changes he's the senator who was confronted in a lift by undercover no protesters and subsequently proposed the f.b.i. probe into judge kavanagh's alleged sexual misconduct so the republicans looked likely to garner enough votes today to confirm the judge's nomination. meanwhile thousands of demonstrators protested outside the supreme court where they even entered a senate building confronting senators several hundred demonstrators were arrested at responding to the ongoing outcry president trump issued a tweet saying the very rude elevator screamers are paid profe

kavanagh be confirmed? about thencerned impression the world has about the united states? mr.tewart: what's happening in the united states senate is a national disgrace. here's the thing, so while you have these guys who are listening to these unfounded accusations rumors and innuendo ago tote back 36 years when he was in high school they are not looking at their own senate. what we just found out was that the united states senate and the rest of congress paid $17 sexual and 268 separate harassment and racial discrimination claims against united states members of the senate and members of congress. that did not happen 36 years ago. that happened at lake -- that happened as late as this year. $900,000 paid out last year to settle sexual harassment claims and racial discrimination claims against united states senators. when i challenged senator kaine to release the names of the members of congress who have been accused and settlements resulting who have been accused of racial discrimination, accused of sexual harassment, he refused to release the names. he said he asked for more

mr president i believe opponents missed the mark on this issue the fact that judge kavanagh offered this legislative proposal suggests that the print he police that the president does not have such protection currently sag and there are some who argue that given the current special counsel investigation president trump should not even be allowed to nominate it just sets that argument ignores our recent history president clinton in one thousand nine hundred ninety three nominated just it's ginsburg after the white water and best gauge she was already underway and she was kept for ninety six to three the next year just three months after independent counsel robert fiske was named to lead the whitewater investigation president clinton nominated justice brier he was confirmed to eighty seven to no supreme court justices have not hesitated to rule against the presidents who have nominated them perhaps most notably in the united states versus nixon three nixon up point tease who heard the case joining the unanimous opinion against him. judge kavanagh i had spent unequivocal in his belief that

mr. president, to the great state of iowa. on behalf of all iowans i want to say thank you for cutting taxes, for eliminating senseless regulations that stifled and jobs, for standing strong with justice kavanaghppointing conservative judges to the court. [applause] usmca.ou, thank you for mr. president, thank you for year-round e-15. iowansmers thank you, thank you, and we are grateful. promises made, promises kept, the midwest has a partner in the white house with president donald trump. whoo! [applause] it is an incredible honor to serve as the 43rd governor of my story istate and the iowa story. it is a reflection of the opportunities that exist here. a small-town girl, daughter of a factory farmer who waited tables, checked groceries, and never gave up on her dream of getting a college degree is standing before you as the first female governor of iowa. [applause] i understand the challenges that owans facei because i faced them myself. i am glad we are cutting taxes, addressing health care needs, and creating strong and safe communities. iowa is working, the midwest is working, and we are getting things done. second lowest unemployment. wages are going up, taxes are going down, our budget

mr. bredesen: that was the shortest civil debate we have had in a long time. to finish my thought on judge kavanagh, i really believe that it is vitally important that this subject of sexual harassment not be weaponized. i thought both parties did not advance the cause at all. i wanted to take my time, came to a decision and i am satisfied with it. >> congressman, you get to respond. ms. blackburn: phil said he did not think that when men and women were in the workplace together you have issues of sexual harassment. i think that is something that is an insult to women in the workplace. maybe he thinks i ought not to be on the stage tonight. the point is, you need to be certain that judges who are constitutional judges like judge kavanagh are going to be there. if phil had his way you would not have this. >> as a follow-up, you said there was really no politically good answer. some in your party are now criticizing you for supporting kavanagh. your opponent is saying you only came out in support of kavanagh after it was a done deal. if you had to do this again, with more information, would there be

mr. ellison, is there a double standard?there was an allegation against justice kavanagh. he denied it. there was an allegation against you. you denied it. many democrats believed brett kavanaugh's accuser, but do not believe yours. is there a double standard? >> no, there completely different cases and should be evaluated -- they are completely different cases and should be evaluated accordingly. brett kavanaugh is a conference -- is a justice of the united states supreme court today. it is mr. wardlow who is on tape saying that he would fire democrats in a political purge. that's political. >> i would like to ask about that. >> you're getting to that topic. >> thank you for that segue. you have campaigned for months saying your opponent would campaign -- would politicize the office of attorney general. you were heard saying you would fire democrats and get republicans in there. >> it should come as no surprise that when a new person comes into office, we have to shake things up. we can't take the politics out of attorney general. it has been thoroughly politicized. we cannot take the

boasted about having ruined kavanagh's life whatever happens i'm just not bieber and brett kavanaugh and i kill you. and children stop raping them and stop starving them mr clooney actually got detained for that your favorite t.v. or music stars are all over the place with their movements campaigns charities some end up in the news for their political messages more often then for what they're famous in the first place and damn it within a matter of weeks society is not working the way you used to think me to for a sec sexual abuse has been institutionalized in this country i think women i think survivors i think men are are not going to allow this to continue and we're going to take back the house and maybe even the senate some of their efforts might crack you up a bit and what about free stuff about gender equality yeah you know it's winter and how can. we like. i'm so embarrassed right now where they meant to be funny. for most of the word and i will have mexican they. read. but it all seems to be from the bottom of their heart white man's. right. to. create propaganda as you. would. when the lines between politics and showbiz are blurring for good it

mr mcconnell. what. are you. sorry. for your comment like that was the senator majority leader mitch mcconnell after his call for the senate to vote on kavanagh asap he was a likely target for enraged activists take another republican senator jeff flake who was ambushed in an elevator i'm going to. leave me i didn't tell anybody and you're telling all we need they don't matter what you want to tell you don't tell me that might have something down or don't want to meet don't think those are your only. things. pretty awkward elevator moment there's also republican senator david purdue who ran for the restroom after he was confronted by the asian games project we turned it on how can you not talk to women who have been assaulted how can you ignore our pleas the thing is though these are not random incidents they were all organized by the very same angio the so-called center for popular democracy and its sister organization and harassing politicians isn't the only thing in their arsenal they've also organized a number of mass protests. that protest alone resulted in over one hundred arrests but liberal organizations aren't only taking direct acti

kavanagh question. >> we'll do that later. thank you very much. >> thank you mr. president, you have described -- >> india charges tremendous tariffs. when we send harley davidson's motorcycles, other things to india, they charge very, very high tariffs. and i spoke with prime minister modi and he's going to look at it. nobody's ever spoke to me. we have had leaders here, i'm not trying to be overly dramatic, we have had presidents of the united states, and trade representatives. they never spoke to india. braz brazil's another one, that's a beauty. they charge us whatever they want. if you ask some of the companies, they say brazil is among the toughest in the world, maybe the toughest in the world. we don't call them and say, hey, you're treating our companies unfairly, you're treating our country unfairly. to india, they really charge tremendously high tariffs. on motorcycles, it was 100%. so you send a motorcycle into india, there's 100% tariff. that's so high that it's like a barrier. in other words who's going to buy it, it costs you so much. >> they have al

and mrtrump is kavanagh is a supreme courtjudge. and mr seized on this caravan of central american migrants who say they are trying to reach the us to escape poverty and violence at home. and in that caravan, you have some very bad people. this will be the election of what the caravan, cavanagh, election of what the caravan, cava nagh, lalla na election of what the caravan, cavanagh, lallana in order, tax cuts and common—sense. cavanagh, lallana in order, tax cuts and common-sense. hello, they do sex matter after many months, the previous president is campaigning hard. -- hello, vegas. the consequences of anybody here not turning up and doing everything you can to get your friends, neighbours, family to turnaround, the consequences of you staying home would be profoundly dangerous to this country. our democracy. the backin this country. our democracy. the back in houston, trump supporters also think the nation is under threat from invasion. there is a ca rava n threat from invasion. there is a caravan full of refugees, i did not see that,

mr. representative, one minute. rep. diehl: senator warren was just at a rally against justice kavanagh, with linda so sore, one of the mostnti-semitic voices in the u.s. right now. that is who she hangs out with. just so you know. senator warren herself is one of the main reasons that we have this lack of dialogue, this poisonous political environment. talk about pitting people against them. there are law enforcement officers in this room who you called racist from front to back. you said the criminal justice system is racist from front to back here you try to back away from that statement, whether lawmakers to make the laws, the judges, the prosecutors, the law enforcement officers, the corrections officers sitting right here, which one of them is racist in which one isn't? you said they are all, and that creates division and anger in our country, state and undermines law enforcement, puts their lives at risk. we have had four law-enforcement officers shot. ms. saldo: we have to leave it there. sen. warren: so i didn't call anyone a name like that, and you know that. here is the deal though. we have heroes who work in la

mr. malinowski, you are first. in light of the need to movement during the confirmation hearings of justice kavanagh and now due to allegations within governor murphy's administration what can be done at the federal level to improve reporting and handling the cases of sexual assault? >> thank you for that question and for moderating the debate today. i very much look forward to a wide-ranging discussion. when i worked for human rights watch dedicated to promoting civil rights and human rights in the united states and around the world, one of the causes we took up the victims and survivors in the united states. around the country rather than tested and used in those terrible situations we led a campaign to try to fix the problem. that was several years ago and we still have a long way to go. if i am elected, one of the things we can do at the congressional level is to set a good example they are not taking the steps they need to fix this. >> thanks to you for moderating the debate and my thanks the house of representatives has taken action saying moving forward there can be no public funding regarding sexual abuse

. >> judge kavanagh's nomination is out of committee. we're considering it here on the floor. a mr.sident, we'll be voting this week. >> that plan depend on whether the fbi completes its investigation into these allegations by tomorrow. if that doesn't happen, there's the possibility this timeline may slide a bit. >>> president trump announced he will be replacing nafta with a revamped trade deal with canada and mexico. while the new agreement may benefit farmers, it could have a damaging effect for american car buyers. >> reporter: it's nafta 2.0. president trump praising his new deal with canada and mexico, announced just an hour before a midnight deadline. its official name the united states mexico canada agreement. >> this landmark agreement will send cash and jobs pouring into the united states. >> reporter: most of the deal doesn't take effect until 2020. for the president, it's a campaign promise kept. >> i promised to renegotiate nafta and today we have kept that promise. >> reporter: dairy farmers could be among the biggest winners with canada agreeing to open their market

kavanagh to be approved? your thoughts on the whole procedure and where we are. mr.othstein: let's talk about the procedure. it was an embarrassment. we as a nation are better than this. to make a circus out of the appointment of our supreme court justice, judge kavanaugh, was something we should all be very embarrassed about. i think was mishandled by both sides. i think to have judge kavanaugh's life put out there as it was was something that we should, again, be embarrassed at as a nation. i think he is well-suited for the supreme court. applause -- boos and applause] ms. wild: i noticed my appointment mention what mr. capitol had to go through without mentioning dr. ford. [applause] ms. wild: she would go out on a wouldnd speak -- and speak publicly and was annihilated. she and her family have still not return home because of death threats. i think the entire process was overly politicized. i don't like the way it worked. i thought it was an example of a lack of civility and proper discourse in washington, and i do think the appointment of a supreme court justice

kavanagh. you made the choice after dr. ford's testimony. why did you decide to support him? mr. hugin: we should support judges with intellect and experience in the law that are committed to interpreting the law and not legislating from the bench. the kavanaugh circumstance was a disgrace. i hope it's a low point in the partisanship that went on. justice scalia was confirmed 98-0. i think justice ginsburg was 96-3. i don't support a lot of hurt -- i don't support a lot of her political views, but i think you are supposed to bring it back to the way it was. look at the people's quality. what i understand about justice kavanaugh, he voted in line with merrick garland 90% of the time, so i don't view him as an extremist. i was one of the first to call for an fbi investigation. i continued to call for the full disclosure of the investigation to ensure there was no corroborating evidence of any of the claims. sexual misconduct is very serious and we should investigate it fully and beat transparent. we should make sure fbi investigations are available to everybody. >> let's turn to sa

mr. dufault first. here's question number one. it is 1991 and you have just watched the enemy that he'll clarence thomas hearings. you just watched the birds kavanagh hearings and the subsequent vote confirming the justice 50 to 48. your reaction is? >> thank you to the host and local 12 and thank you so much for beating here. my reaction to the confirmation is one of disappointment. unfortunately it is more evidence of our country utterly being torn apart with a divisiveness and cynicism with the negative rhetoric. i agree with senator murkowski on this i think that the justices confirmation works to continue to undermine one of our greatest democratic institutio institutions, that is the supreme court of the united states, a body that should frankly be above politics and unfortunately, the confirmation of this people uneasy and unfortunately it undermines the idea that our supreme court should be objective. what i've seen the past two years with the need to movement and brave women and girls coming forward to talk about the harassment and abus abuse debate experience throughout their lives no longer being silenced by coming forward and bravely sp

mr. kaine: april, i am always concerned about how the world views the united states. the hearing did not change my view because i met with judge kavanaghfter reading his opinions and law articles and decided after the hearing to oppose his nomination for a couple of important philosophical grounds, mainly that he was too willing to defer to the executive and not be an independent check. but the allegations that then came up from dr. ford i think were very, very serious, and i thought it was important that the hearings be held, so that we could send a message to women, or anybody who has suffered from sexual assault that this is a serious matter and we need to get to the bottom of it. i think it is very important that we have these hearings. apparently, an fbi report is now available for us to review and i will be reviewing it. i think the important thing is to send a message that we take claims of sexual assault seriously. my opponent indicated when the allegations were made by dr. ford -- he called them a bunch of crap. that was his quote. he said what next? will we say that judge kavanaugh pulled the pigtails of a girl in first grade

kavanagh. the senate will likely flip toward republican. tom: i want to dovetail this into mr. hudak.? was the the discussion idea the democrats do not have a plan. democratic candidates have to have a plan or is it about the president? kevin: they have to. of the house races, you've got different democrats running. you have got folks like alexander castilla cortez who are more centrist. when the republicans would say obama care bad. they take control of the house of representatives and the senate and the question is, what is the plan? this is a dangerous political tightrope for democrats to be walking down, something republicans struggled with. it is different to govern. tom: thank you. it is gridlock in the philadelphia eagles coaching office after a loss. john hudak is with us. are we going to get gridlock? john: the republicans controlled the house, senate, and presidency and there is gridlock now. imagine in a few months if the democrats take the house back, gridlock will increase. very little will pass congress and very little will be entertained in the senate. how does the u.s.

kavanagh's nomination is out of committee. we're considering it here on the floor. and mr. just one point, this is still not outside the range of a usual time period for a supreme court confirmation. but what you saw there from senator mcconnell was a continuation of the strategy that this is inevitable. the reality is all that matters is whether or not susan collins, lisa murkowski, jeff flake and perhaps joe manchin believe this investigation is legitimate. >> it will strike many as rich hearing mitch mcconnell on the floor yesterday talking about endless delay and obstruction. he'd like to vote by this weekend maybe even for confirmation or early next week. they don't seem to think this investigation will change their minds one way or another. >> whose minds? >> mitch mcconnell and republicans, how they vote on kavanaugh. >> that's been the problem all along, is we don't know who to believe. is the fbi investigation going to change things? why don't we wait for the fbi investigation and see what's in it? my suspicion is they're not going to find very much. i do think it'