mr. stewart: mems ofmr. ewart: the judiciary committee behaving like the phones and are embarrassing the entire country over this despicable act of taking down the character of a good man after accusations of 36 years ago. that is how my opinion changed. april: what were your impressions of dr. christine blasey ford? mr. stewart: clearly she is troubled. clearly something has happened to her that is terrible and distressing. was a judge kavanagh? is it ok to just assume these accusations, these rumors are true and just convict him based upon these accusations? think the united states judiciary committee has not just tracked judge kavanagh through this but her family and all of america through this circus. it's time to confirm him. i would vote to confirm him. april: do you feel there were inconsistencies and what kavanaugh had to say? mr. stewart: when you are talking about something that happened recollections from 36 years ago this is why we have a statute of limitations in this country. a presumption of in

mr. stewart: yes, i would confirm him. april: did your opinion change? mr. stewart: my opinion is that members of the judiciary committee were acting like buffoons and taking down this entire country. april: what were your impressions of dr. christine blasey ford? mr. stewart: the fact is she is clearly troubled. clearly, something has happened to her that is terrible and distressing. but was it judge kavanaugh? is it ok to just assume that these accusations, these rumors are true and just convict him based on these accusations? i don't think that's right. i think the united states senate judiciary committee has not just drug judge kavanaugh through this, but her as well and all of america through this circus. it's time to vote. it's time to confirm him. and yes, i would absolutely vote to confirm him. april: do you feel there were inconsistencies in what kavanaugh had to say? mr. stewart: i think when you're talking about recollections from 36 years ago, this is why we have a statute of limitations in this country and day presumption of innocence. recollecti

mr. corey stewart right after this break. pplause] april: our townhall continues now with the challenger, please welcome to the stage mr. corey stewart. [applause] . les: how are you doing? -- april: hello, welcome to hampton university. stewart: thank you for having me. april: the world is watching the kavanaugh hearings and the new york times did an article that featured the opinions and perspective of the international world. one of the people from new zealand said, i watched in despair, as america slides back into the dark ages and loses its reputation in the international stage. changer opinions at all based on what you saw at the hearings? should kavanaugh be confirmed, and are you concerned at all about the impression the world has in the united states? mr. stewart: it is an absolute circus. what is happening in the senate is a national disgrace. here is the thing. 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 n

mr. stewart: i was able to do that through cooperation and moving. april: so, we can move on. , i stewart: on the monuments don't want to look back. i want to look forward. some want to take down monuments and say that is going to solve a problem. it won't. it's racially divisive. that's the only thing it does. a symbol of heritage or hate in your opinion? mr. stewart: in my opinion, it is a symbol of heritage. some have a different opinion, i understand that. april: i appreciate your answer. let's move on. we are right down the street from the va hospital, walking distance, and the v.a. mission act was supposed to improve access to v.a. health care. i have interviewed families who have said they have not been doing well with the v.a. health care, that they are still struggling, that they see a different doctor every time and the doctor doesn't know their history. in addition, the hospital is no longer at risk, but it is ranked two out of five stars, which is still subpar. what do you propose to do to help health care for military? of stewart: i am ve

mr. stewart, you're talking about going to the u.s. senate.ually saying that they might have dismembered him, might be one human rights violation, but we don't need to break with them? so are you now saying if you go to the senate that human rights violations whether it's one or 100, doesn't matter, that we ought to engage in relationships with people even if they dismember people for their freedom of press or their use of it while they're living in virginia writing for one of the most prominent american papers? is that your position? >> it matters and it's terrible what they did. it's gro theesque and gruesome and it's murder. but what are our options? ov overthrow the regime? >> you want to do something to show them we will not do business with people that engage in that kind of activity. that's one option. >> we've had sanctions against cuba since 1959, no effect. we had sanctions against iran since 1979, no effect. sanctions don't work. >> and we're we were not doing business. we do business with the saudis. it's one thing to have sanction

mr. dreiband will comes james stewart, the president's choice to serve as assistant secretary of defense for manpower. mr. stewart's experience managing military manpower runs deep through his distinguished career in the u.s. air force from which he retired as a major general. he has most recently served on the north carolina military affairs commission and on the secretary of defense's reserve forces policy board. each of these nominees deserve confirmation, and i would urge our colleagues to prove all of them. it has been more than nine months since republicans passed the most sweeping tax reform in a generation. here are just a few of the economic headlines we have seen minutes it took effect. consumer confidence at an 18-year high. faster year-on-year wage growth than at any point since 2009. the lowest national unemployment since 1969, almost 50 years ago. behind all these numbers are middle-class families whose lives are changing for the better, and the effects are reaching all kinds of communities, even the places most neglected for nearly a decade by the obama administration's

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stewart have to say about that. and also with me to talk about that and other news is mr. fareed zakaria. >> really? >> yes. he's staying up late. >> very well done. and just for you. >> yeah. we're going to hear what he -- you know, he is very plugged in on what happens overseas. he is an expert. and he's going to talk to us about this "washington post" reporter khashoggi being killed and what happens with our relationship with saudi arabia right now. >> great guests, d-lemon. i'll see you in a second. >> see you. >> so she is president trump's voice around the globe. for a little while longer at least. so what happened tonight when nikki haley spoke for herself at one of the most famous dinners in politics? it's a big stage. the ambassador unplugged. next. how can we say when you book direct at choicehotels.com you always get the lowest price on our rooms, guaranteed?

stewart of north carolina to be assistant secretary. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of james m. stewart of north carolina to be an assistant secretary of defense. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the mandatory quorum calls be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business it adjourn until tuesday, 3:00 p.m. i ask that the time for the two leaders be reserved for use later in the day and morning business be closed. finally following leader remarks the senate resume consideration of the house message to accompany s. 3021 and that notwithstanding rule 22 the senate vote on the motion to i

stewart. this question is for mr. riggleman. >> has the mueller investigation handled fairly? >> mueller? i think so. when you're talking about the f.b.i., nobody -- he hasn't been fired yet. but we need to make sure we look at russia. the reason i would is based on what i do with russia every day. when you're looking at intrusions -- definitely russia has an ability to do this at the infrastructure level. when you're looking at meddling, russia's been doing it since the communist national. this is something we do. we need to investigate whether anybody has been obstructed with. i think you're seeing some of that as far as collusion ice happening in the trump administration, i just don't think it's happened. >> ok. >> giles this question would be for mr. co-burn. >> the fifth district is largely rural. democrats have had a hard time winning it. they've had a hard time winning congressional seats in rural districts. do you think there's a credibility cap for democrats outside of urban areas? ms. cockburn: no, i don't. i live in a rural county. there are only 7,000 people in my country. is

mr. mueller in his investigation and i want it to forward. emily: representative chris stewartutah, thanks for you.ing by, good to have at the center of the chinese hardware hack is a san jose-based company super microcomputers. it's one of the world's biggest server mother boards, but what more do we know micro?uper tom giles is here and this truly appears to be the mother of all all true ndeed it is as we have found, what do we super micro, tell us more about this company. tom: they are as you said, one makers of mother boards, a crucial component to the servers that they also and these end up in data centers around the world. there has been so much demand, as so much more digitally, is sent more information scored, more computing down in the cloud. these companies around the world like apple and amazon have had really beef up their data centers which includes buying thousands and thousands of centers. one of the providers is super micro. are : and their servers manufactured in china? tom: that's right, that's right. ometimes in their own factories, sometimes by subcontractor

stewart have to say about that. and also with me to talk about that and other news is mr. fareed zakaria. >> really? >> yes.e. >> very well done. and just for you. >> yeah. we're going to hear what he -- you know, he is very plugged in on what happens overseas. he is an expert. and he's going to talk to us about this "washington post" reporter khashoggi being killed and what happens with our relationship with saudi arabia right now. >> great guests, d-lemon. i'll see you in a second. >> see you. >> so, she is president trump's voice around the globe. for a little while longer at least. so what happened tonight when nikki haley spoke for herself at one of the most famous dinners in politics? it's a big stage. the ambassador unplugged. next. ordinary eggs? not in this house. 'cause that's no ordinary family. that's your family. which is why you didn't grab just any cheese. you picked up new kraft expertly paired cheddar and swiss for eggs. beat that! kraft. family greatly. >>> by day she represents the united states on the world stage. but tonight she's trying her hand at comedy. outgoing ambassador nikki hal

stewart -- the way in which the johnsons took office, which was through tragedy. and you mentioned a quote, which i had forgotten, until you recited it yesterday. mrs. johnson described that period after president kennedy's assassination as americans looking at the living and wishing for the dead. >> yeah. >> boy, that real estate puts in perspective the difficult situation that she walked into as first lady and her husband as president. >> talk about death and grieving, and these are important times in our nation's history, when a president passes. tomorrow, most of our group will be going up to washington national cathedral, which has been the stage and setting for a number of presidential funerals. this saturday, senator mccain's funeral will be in that cathedral. to think of our presidents, eight of those have died in office. that's a significant number. and there have been elements of their state funerals that take place in the white house itself. tonight will be in the east room, where kennedy and others laid in state and others. but there have also been the post-presidency funerals. we remember reagan and ford and recently mrs. reagan and mrs

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stewart is here. halloween is two weeks away. she's going to share creative and creepy ideas for the kids. >>> mr. along the west coast. plenty mild through the plains. lake-effect snow through the eastern great lakes. more flooding through texas tomorrow. sunshine out west. the sunny skies continue in florida. look for sunshine in mississippi and ohio river valleys. >>> we're in the 40s and 50s, but your microclimate highs for today will be in the upper 60s for san francisco with a predicted high of 60 degrees, 74 for oakland. in through concord. 85 and through the south bay, about 80 degrees. overall our skies will be clearing out nicely. make sure you're careful if you're heading to the beach. there's a beach hazard statement in effect and this is because we're dealing with our first northwesterly swell of the fall. we're dealing with waves up to six feet. >> hey, as you head out the door, you can take us with you. you can tune into "today" sirius/xm 108 and have "today" show radio with you. >> thank you. >>> now, to our biggest "steals & deals" ever. we're talking about the super bowl of "stea

mr. isakson: i ask that the senate vote on the stewart nomination and if confirmed, the senate be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: , nomination, department of defense, james m. stewart, of north carolina, to consistent secretary. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of senate's actions. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in mornin

mr. president, i rise today to recognize the arkansas black hall of fame class of 2018 inductees and celebrate their contributions to our state, country, and literally the world. founded in 1992 by charles stewart and patricia goodwin to recognize the gifts of africans with arkansas routes, the first induction ceremony horned six individuals including acclaimed poet and activist maya angelou and civil rights advocate in little rock -- and little rock nine mentor daisy bates. we are probably all familiar with arkansas' role in the movement for public integration. the african american students who were threatened and intimidated by fellow classmates and community members is as they tried to enter little rock central's school quickly became icons of the civil rights movement because of their courage in the face of overwhelming adversity. these nine students known as the little rock nine were inducted into the arkansas black hall of fame in 2007. they along with other individuals were members of the arkansas black hall of fame, represent the diverse areas of advocacy, interest, and expertise. more than 150 people are part of this select group because of their contributions to american culture and a