host: nan aron?: i don't know if any of us know what happened between that father and brett kavanaugh. i will say this, this was not an issue engineered by the left. the media picked it up, they saw the father of a parkland victim go up and try to shake his hand and he turned his back. the white house put out a statement saying that security interceded, there was no security around. this is indicative of anything really. i do think an important issue raised by the collar is --caller is brett kavanaugh's views on presidential power. they will very much be on display, clearly senators are worried about his views on presidential power, i'm sure we will get into a discussion of that over this time period. just to say, you do have a president in deep trouble. you have a nominee, and it's no accident that brett kavanaugh is the nominee, who is very extensive views on presidential power. sure, he's as president should not be indicted and there's a healthy debate about that, but he also says presidents shoul

wednesday morning, on the second day of brett kavanaugh's , nan aron and ed whelan. watch washington journal, live at 7 a.m. eastern wednesday morning. live wednesday on the c-span network, the u.s. house returns to10 a.m. eastern on c-span talk about cyber attacks against the united states. c-span2, the senate considers eight district court nominations. ofc-span3, the second day confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh at 9:30 a.m. announcer: the c-span bus is traveling across the country on the 50 capital store -- capitals tour. join us as we feature our 40th bus stop in des moines, iowa, live on monday with washington journal, with senate president charles schneider. >> next, the national intelligence director on threats to the united states. he addressed what he referred to as the big four, russia, china, iran, and north korea. this 25 minute speech was hosted by the intelligence and national security alliance into the armed forces in electronics association. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [applause] letitia:

for more on this, we're joined now by nan aron, an american lawyer and founder and president of alliancehis point that it will be extremely difficult to prove conclusively whether it is ms ford or conclusively whether it is ms ford oer conclusively whether it is ms ford or mr kavanagh who is telling the truth in this incident because he has denied these allegations? well, first of all, i don't think this is a criminal trial. in virtue, first of all, i don't think this is a criminaltrial. in virtue, —— number two, we have been treated to a committee of republicans who have done everything possible to hide the fa cts done everything possible to hide the facts from the senate and the american people. senate republicans on the shared 7% of his records with the public, so who knows what is in the public, so who knows what is in the rest of his background and experience. there are very serious claims that brett kavanaugh misled the committee and several different issues, so this comes before a committee, number one, where doctor ford is very credible, telling the truth. two, he has come before