linda tripp gives those tapes to paula jones' lawyers and kenneth starr's office.e president has to give a deposition in the jones case. >> part of the danger for the president lies in what he said under oath to lawyers for paula jones. mr. clinton denied in his deposition having a sexual relationship with monica lewinsky. >> did the president agree with lewinsky to deny their affair under oath? >> if the president, in fact, encouraged this woman to lie under oath or ask someone else to encourage her, that's a crime. >> it's a different order of magnitude than any of the previous charges that the president had to put up with for seven years. >> what the white house is in for is another legal nightmare. >> hey, ho, clinton's got to go. hey, ho, clinton's got to go. >> this was a howl coming up in the media and from republicans. people were horrified after this. it was overpowering. >> i want you to listen to me. i'm going to say this again. i did not have sexual relations with that woman, miss lewinsky. i never told anybody to lie. not a single time. never. these al

minutes away from ken starr.gh worked with ken starr on the investigation and not only does he have a keen sense of what mr. kavanaugh brings to the table, but maybe some insights into this investigation with mueller. and investigations that might go away from the origin tent. he's coming up. in the meantime, labor i -- larry sabato. we're looking at the developments, back and forth, should the president meet with president putin. should he not? generally it's better for world leaders, if they hate each other, even if they don't, to meet. but what do you think? >> i agree with that. i don't think you can cancel a summit just a few days before because of the new indictments of those 12 russians connected to russian intelligence. this is a perfect opportunity for president trump to get ahead of this story at last by confronting putin. you don't have to do it in a terribly nasty way, but you confront him, challenge him, not just to cooperate with whatever investigations we have or we know he's not going to extradite

in 1993 he met ken starr during a justice department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr the independent counsel investigating the white water and clinton/lieu ensky scandals. kavanaugh helped write the final report to congress that laid out 11 possible grounds for impeaching president bill clinton. he served as george w. bush's white house counsel and staff secretary before he was nominated to be a federal judge in 2006. he was confirmed at that time by a vote of 57-36. now, brett kavanaugh's nomination sets up an extremely consequential confirmation battle. within minutes of trump's announcement, several top democrats voicing their intention to vote against him. senate minority leader chuck schumer put out a saying that by selecting kavanaugh, trump has been reproductive rights on the chopping block. he went on to say i will oppose judge kaf kavanaugh's nomination with everything that i have. top republicans are rallying around trump's decision to nominate kaf now. mitch mcconnell called him a superb choice, but with a razor thin majority republicans have no room for er

what you read about, don, actually post dates his time with starr. he's on the bench and he says having spent time in the white house, he came to understand that he had been wrong in the '90s to be so vigilant and punitive in going after clinton. so there are two -- on this very important question, there are two brett kavanaughs. they will both have to answer in the confirmation hearing. >> i hear you, gloria, but how does he view presidential powers then? >> he is more than anybody of his generation, maybe any justice ever, bullish on presidential power. that is in many different ways, he's very strong on presidential powers for terrorists. very strong on presidential power against agencies. in general, he's an article 2 kind of guy. that's a very hard thing to explain to the american people. the consequences of it are huge, but that's probably his defining trait. >> i want to bring gloria in. >> that's why he's such a fit with donald trump because donald trump is all about presidential power. when it comes to the question that michael was talking a

on the ken starr committee. he wrote the report talking about things that bill clinton should face while in office. he flips around and talking more about the president almost the king. he shouldn't be touched in office because he has so many things he has to do. i think trump set him out on the field of battle in the field of process. by all accounts, he is guaranteed to face controversy. it took three years for him to get confirmed through his appellate court hearings. you will see that. there is no way for kavanaugh to step back now and say look. i don't want to talk about those issues because they may come up before me. we hear that line all the time in the confirmation hearings. the judges say i can't talk about them. i don't want to address something that may be before the court. he has written about it. we know what he thinks. he will have to answer the questions which will raise problems. >> will he answer the questions? we have become quite accustomed to the non answer. it is an art form at the hearings

he was on kenneth starr's staff. >> supposedly the author of the infamous starr report.e spent five years trying to prosecute a president and trying to get a president impeached. after that was over, wrote an article saying, hey, i changed my mind. turns out presidents should be exempt. >> there is a big record. >> what is so fascinating about this 2009 law review article is just how juvenile it is. when it comes to describing the presidency. because he says he had no idea. >> yeah. >> that the presidency was a really big job. when he was trying to prosecute the president through the impeachment process and kenneth starr, he didn't realize this president had all these issues like national security. >> it has a big aw shucks quality about it. but since then donald trump has shown us presidency isn't a big job. but i think judge kavanaugh will have to be asked about this and whether or not donald trump truly is too busy to be asked questions. in the end, judge kavanaugh may be willing to shield for donald trump. rudy giuliani continues to say these ridiculous things. it is

you know well, judge starr. he transformed that court with his nominations. >> laura, this is not in fact what the founding generation intended. when we go back to alexander hamilton, the alexander hamilton of broadway fame, and we read his federalist 78. what he said so eloquently any scented in the about four pages. every school child in america should read it and now every grown-up shed. that this, the judiciary is the least dangerous branch. why? because it's not going to be imposing its will on the american people. it is simply going to be exercising judgment. that's what i call the grand tradition in american constitutionalist law. john marshall all boy through so many justices who are revered even to a great extent by the left, like louis brandeis and benjamin cardozo. they would not in fact count on the scare tactics. this is beyond the pale. but also the jurisprudential approach that we just care about results. we are here to make what we believe to be the most humane and compassionate public policy. th

of course, the solicitor general who appointed him, ken starr. who later became independent counsel. >> as i'm reading this 2009 minnesota law review, basically what it's saying is the president's job is so unique and so unusual, it's seemingly saying he's above the law or should not be indicted or even brought up for trial or criminal investigation. >> i think he is saying that. he's saying mea culpa. i hounded clinton to death ten years ago, but now i understand. >> but the caveat is what? >> there's one caveat, which is he's saying congress should pass legislation to make this law. he's not saying that the constitution inherently -- that presidential power prevents the way the question would come up now. >> what he's saying also is that the president is so malevolent and terrible, there's a political solution. there is impeachment. so if you feel that's the case, then impeach the president, but what ken starr did was not the right thing to do. >> let my give you the quote, gloria. he said, a possible concern is that the country needs a check a

i believe that judge starr tried to do it thoroughly.but to go back to the core problem there was too much jurisdiction that created a istake and created harm in the investigation. sen. feinstein: thank you very uch. >> mr. kavanaugh, thank you for your thoughts on the senator feinstein question about the starr investigation. i think you've provided some good insight, and i think that probably is the reason why your putation as a member of that prosecutorial team was very high. and people had a clear impression that you were a cool head and a wise member of that team and that's the reputation i've heard. i can see why you had that. i would note that ken starr was united licitor of the states. a man of legal skill. anyone would have been proud to answer his call to serve him. looking at the a.b.a. evaluation, i think first of l, you did extremely well, extraordinarily well. in the sense that you were relatively young and were working in an administration, the bush administration. you were given the highest possible rating by them. and you

he did write the ken starr a part of the ken starr report. people are going to start looking at whether he would be a critical vote against the president having to testify or -- >> i think that is right. there are two brett kavanaughs here, the warrior and attack dog in the ken starr report and the 2009 law review where he sort of rec recants. one thing, remember, mcconnell didn't want caf narcotic. he was one of the two candidates he thought would be tougher and the one kind of glimmer? democratic strategy you could see is there is such a wealth of material, maybe you can play it out a little longer until it's in the shadow of the mid-terms or the mueller report happens to come out. but that would be the sort of surprise you would need to change the dynamics. >> let me ask you about rudy guiliani. here you got the president's lawyer in the room, front roy seats. what about these potential confli conflicts of interest, how can you have the president's attorney in the high stakes case, couldn't be higher, still representing including clients c

laura: that was ken starr speaking earlier. in other news, the new look british cabinet has met following the resignation of senior ministers. foreign secretary boris joson and brexit secretary david davis on monday. prime minister theresa may wasted no time in reshuffling. boris johnson will be replaced by jeremy hunt. rape,t accounts of gang perfecting death -- accounts of gang rape and throats being slit are described in the recent u.n. report on south sudan. udan army said it had not received the reportom and cannot cin. hollywood star george clooney has received minor injuries in a scooter crashnside in you. in scooter -- scter crash sardinia. he is recovering at home. president trump has arrived in brussels ahead of a much-anticipated nato summit. he has been trying to persuade european nations to spend more money on defense, taking to twitter before he left and once he landed to make the point. mpted a rebuke from the head of the european council, who told mr. trumphi to valu allies, because he doesn't have that many. ap

to her providing tapes of her speaking with monica lewinsky the former independent counsel kenneth starr and the pushback she and her family face from the president and his associates. here's a look. >> i know what it's like to be in the crosshairs of the most powerful person in the world. viciously, not because i said something untrue, but because i said something people did not want to hear. and it was about a popular president. to politicians, only size matters and the truth becomes the casualty. i think we are all of the different. whistleblowers believe truth is not disposable, not dispensable.

kavanaugh met kenneth starr during a justice department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating t investigating the white water and monica lewinsky scandals. he became a white house counsel and top aide to george w. bush and met his wife ashley while working in the white house. they have two daughters. president bush nominated kavanaugh to the federal appeals court in washington, d.c. at his senate confirmationf another mr. >> reporter: he was confirmed made him a better one. in a 2009 law review article, he said that experience convinced him that presidents should not be subjected to lawsuits or criminal investigations while in office, but said congress should change the law to provide that exemption. republican leaders in the senate had told the president that kavanaugh might be harder to get through confirmation because of his extensive paper trail as a judge in the bush administration and working for kenneth starr. resident trump apparentlye trouble. frances? >> we will see. pete, thank you. >>> hopes are high in northern thail

i believe he was the lead author of the ken starr report. this would seem to have implications for the president's potential liability not just for the mueller investigation, but also for any liability that may attend to the trump foundation, or the zervos lawsuit, or the emolument cases that have been brought over the last year and a half. >> we know this president is already nose deep in legal matters before he even became president and was settling with millions of dollars beforehand. now he has a lot of legal trouble. the challenges that this president could have caused for himself, now he has that insurance policy. he has this get out of jail free card. and sifting through 20-plus names, as well as all the others he could have considered, he picked the one, it's not just that he said a president couldn't be indicted or held accountable for his actions. he goes as far as to say even an investigation. even being in the midst of a larger investigation. this could distract a president from other urgent work. you're right, rachel. it's a cho

there's a distinction between bob mueller or ken starr.e governed under a different set of regulations. however, because of this morrison ruling that kavanaugh had concerns with, special counsel robert mueller cannot be removed without good cause. if it were overturned, presumably he could be removed for any or no reason whatsoever. in 2016 judge kavanaugh said this when speaking to a conservative group here in washington. >> i think justices of all stripes agree that stare decisis is important but not an inexorable command. if it were, we'd still have horrible decisions still on the books. >> can you think of a case that deserves to be overturned? >> yes. >> would you volunteer one? >> no. >> pending confirmation hearings, yes, sir, right here. >> thank you very much. >> i was going to say one, morrison v. olson. that's the independent counsel statute case. >> it's been effectively overruled but i would put the final nail in. >> again the ultimate question is how that -- what that means about the mueller investigation. how he views a spec

i believe he was the lead author of the ken starr report. this would seem to have implications for the president's potential liability not just for the mueller investigation, but also for any liability that may attend to the trump foundation, or the zervos lawsuit, or the emolument cases that have been brought over the last year and a half. >> we know this president is already nose deep in legal matters before he even became president and was settling with millions of dollars beforehand. now he has a lot of legal trouble. the challenges that this president could have caused for himself, now he has that insurance policy. he has this get out of jail free card. and sifting through 20-plus names, as well as all the others he could have considered, he picked the one, it's not just that he said a president couldn't be indicted or held accountable for his actions. he goes as far as to say even an investigation. even being in the midst of a larger investigation. this could distract a president from other urgent work. you're right, rachel. it's a cho

all right let's got much more on this and bring in kristen starr the professor of strategy management. thank you very much for joining us so americans having me so americans must pay ten percent tariffs while europeans must pay for their acts first to the s. only two and a half percent of course in these numbers the mind one can say trump is right this is not fair or is it. well that's a sort of narrow view on terrorists. it's not as if the individual products iraq. having the same type of carrots for example the u.s. charges higher tariffs on trucks. and it's an overall balance which surely has to be there but i don't see one should do product by product trump also was still not a factor in the european especially the german car exports but at the same time the entire cot and supply firms all of the united states takes into streets what is your concern. well actually you know us common effect was we would be hit quite heavily just look at g.m. g.m. sold roughly three million cars in the u.s. last year but it only produced two point two million cars in the u.s. so that means around ei

someone who has known cavanaugh for 26 years, ken starr, he worked under starr when starr was the independentl leading the investigation in to then president, bill cl-- bill clint clinton. thank you so much, great to have you on. i know you have a close relationship with cavanaugh, you have remained in touch over the years. was he surprised that he got the final nod? >> no, i was pleased, because there was this sort of backlash saying well, he is in washington, d.c., and the usual kind of montra about the swamp, i was pleased and proud of the president for overcoming those kind of head wins, and looking at the record, which was just an extraordinary error, which i think speaks for itself. obviously we will have the confirmationer hearing. judgeated by the fact and there's many, one of my favorites is that justice kegan, recruits him to come teach at harvard law school. it suggests to me that he will be held in high respect bythe court once that i hope and pray he will be confirmed. >> have you spoken to him since the announcement? what is his reaction? >> no, no, i have not. he has been busy

court clerk, and he went on to write some of the most salacious parts of the independent counsel ken starr's report on president clinton, he joined the george w. bush presidential campaign, and took a job in the white house and staff secretary for bush 43, and he later nominated brett kavanaugh to the circuit court. he is the consummate dc insider and the establishment favorite. some conservatives blamed him for saving obamacare, when he wrote an opinion in 2011 that his court didn't have jurisdiction to decide the issue. but his allies point out that he wrote that the affordable care act could be challenged as unconstitutional. get used to that sort of back and forth, it is a taste of what will likely come in a confirmation hearing. now imagine the weight of the moment, a decision that will affect some americans who have not been born, the next justice on the united states supreme court is to be chosen. and now, the president of the united states, with the person he plans to nominate.>> [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] >>> my fellow americans, tonight i speak to you from the east room

he served in both bush administrations and helped write ken starr's report outlining grounds for bill clinton's impeachment. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell calling kavanaugh a superb choice despite cnn learning that mcconnell advised the president to choose a nominee with less obstacles to be confirmed. senate minority leader chuck schumer declaring i will oppose judge kavanaugh's nomination with everything i have. as opponents express concern that kavanaugh will vote to overturn rulings protecting minorities. >> are you ready for a fight! are you ready to defend roe versus wade! >> reporter: kavanaugh has not outrightly opposed roe v. wade or same sex marriage, but he sided with the trump administration last year to block an abortion for a pregnant immigrant teenager, siting the government's permissible entrance in favoring fetal life. kavanaugh addressed the landmark abortion ruling during his confirmation to the d.c. circuit. >> if confirmed to the d.c. circuit, i would follow roe v. wade faithfully and fully, binding precedent. >> what is your opinion? you're not on the be

he helped investigate president pill bill clinton along with kenneth starr.t was kavanaugh who helped lead the investigation into the death of vince foster. a clinton aide. and helped write the starr report to congress which outlined ground for president clinton's impeachment. >> some one who tries to ensure the range of policy views on various subjects in the administration are presented to the president in a fair, even handed way. >> with president trump's administration under investigation for colluding with russia during the campaign. no doubt kavanaugh's writings from 2009 will be getting a closer look. that year he wrote the nation's chief executive should be except from time consuming and distracting lawsuits and investigations. which would ill serve the public interest, especially in times of financial or national security crisis. some have interpreted this as opposition to the indictment of a sitting president. skrch cnn has learned the trump team was aware of the comments during the vetting. on health care and abortion, kavanaugh has made controvers

saul, he was 33 years old when he became a lead author of the starr report.f it to you and to our viewers. here's what he said. the president has a manifest duty to ensure that his conduct at all times complies with the law of the land. in sum, perjury and acts that obstruct justice by any citizen, whether in a criminal case, a grand jury investigation, or civil discovery are profoundly serious matters. when such acts are committed by the president of the united states, we believe those acts may constitute grounds for an impeachment. very tough words for the responsibility and role of the president, which i can get to in a second. what was your experience with him in those days on this issue? >> i don't know what you mean by he changed now. he would absolutely agree with that statement today. who could disagree with that, that a president committing perjury and obstruction of justice, that it may be grounds for impeachment. i think it was right then and it's right now. >> right. i guess my point is that in 2009, he wrote an article where he said i guess more

i believe that judge starr tried to do it thoroughly. but to go back to the core problem there was too much jurisdiction that created a istake and created harm in the investigation. sen. feinstein: thank you very uch. >> mr. kavanaugh, thank you for your thoughts on the senator feinstein question about the starr investigation. i think you've provided some good insight, and i think that probably is the reason why your putation as a member of that prosecutorial team was very high. and people had a clear impression that you were a cool head and a wise member of that team and that's the reputation i've heard. i can see why you had that. i would note that ken starr was united licitor of the states. a man of legal skill. anyone would have been proud to answer his call to serve him. looking at the a.b.a. evaluation, i think first of l, you did extremely well, extraordinarily well. in the sense that you were relatively young and were working in an administration, the bush administration. you were given the highest possible rating by them. and yo

worked on the starr investigation and strong proponent of executive power. will he energize trump's base? >> i think he will energize it enough. he is well qualified. when you are dealing with qualified nominees, those are the nominees that get confirmed overwhelmingly. >> gorsuch, as in past times, could get 90 votes. they do have 51-49 advantage and mike pence if they need it. this looks like a safe confirmation as far as getting republican votes. what about the red-state democrats that boris mentioned? will they get democrat votes? >> it is plausible. it is the same path with gorsuch. the three red-state democrats and doug jones in alabama. i would say looking back at past nominations if you look at the qualifications and the ideology, you are looking at the area of 52 or 53 or 54 aye votes. >> you can put jon tester in that category. tester is under a lot of pressure to vote. >> he leans to the constitution. he is there to interpret the law, not make the laugh. we lashz not -- not make the law. do you think he will be careful to not tip his hand to roe v

acting unbecoming someone in the position and i'll say this to echo barbara starr earlier. this is a disservice to the country because if you're an analyst at cia and nsa and think the person is someone with knowledge one of the former directors, i can no longer tap into the people without the clearance. >> all right. josh campbell, mike rogers, thanks so much. >>> a judge delaying the trial of president trump's former campaign chair paul manafort. does this help or hurt the government's case against paul manafort? stay with us. man 1: this is my body of proof. woman 1: proof of less joint pain... woman 2: ...and clearer skin. woman 3: this is my body of proof. man 2: proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis... woman 4: ...with humira. woman 5: humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further irreversible joint damage, and clear skin in many adults. humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for psoriatic arthritis. avo: humira can lower your ability to fight infections,

any mood to bring any of the early just hardcore radical factor to the national assembly of barbara starr. thank you very much indeed for taking the time to talk his spirit out is here. in just a little while we'll have the weather with richard also coming up on this out here in the south working three statement the new laws being considered in senegal which aim to get more people with disabilities into work. and in sports will hear from and then pick swimmer ryan lochte after his suspension from the sport for a day. i . mean the weather sponsored by. well unfortunately it seems that much of europe at the moment is on fire are the literally or metaphorically starting with the literal sense the problems we have increased at the moment with athens imagery shows a few thunderstorms build a particular course towards turkey so the moment i think i can't really put a. little context on the greece wildfires of the five of us has been very drawing on very hot and it's going to stay dry it's going to stay hot water will say is that the winds that we've got there when you see the pictures you see t

aaron starr, manager of legislative affairs on behalf of the planning department. the proposed modifications are, one, to retain the original height and bulk districts for eligible parcels, two, to remove the term habitable and replace it with clarifying language and three, clarify that surface parking lot eligible for 100% affordable housing projects may be permitted or unpermitted lots. that concludes my presentation but i'm happy to answer questions. >> thank you so much, and i do support these amendments and also understand the importance of permitted and unpermitted as a number of these parking lots are not necessarily permitted. so that distinction, i think, was very important to include. i have no further questions comments or questions on this item, so madam chair, if we can open this up for public comment. >> supervisor tang: thank you. any members of the public wishes to speak on item five, please come up. >> good afternoon, members of committee. peter smith to support the legislation. as the need for affordable housing gets more acute, a lot of us in the

when i welcome judge st -- we now welcome judge starr.is also the author of a book coming out this month. welcome. ken: good to be here. david: we have heard a lot about brett kavanaugh, so we know a fair amount about his track record. you have worked closely with this man. tell us what we don't know about him. ken: we began to see this last night, that he is first and foremost, a great human being and what you saw last night is really what you get in brett kavanaugh. he is intellectually honest. he is not full of himself like some people in washington, d.c. and everywhere. he has this wonderful spirit and kindness but he is always worried about the other person. that heng about him is is so incredibly hard-working. he paid tribute to his father last night. he is smart. to say he is smart is an understatement. ands as prolific a worker prodigious a performer as i have ever worked with. david: one of the other things you get a glimpse of is what i would call the judicial temperament question because anyone it comes to the bench comes with

starr. were there comment outreach or comments that the commission or department received on the potential extended hours of operation? >> there were no comments during the planning commission hearing. >> supervisor tang: supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: i was curious what other types of uses fall under this category. >> supervisor tang: mostly, it's like your corner store that you see in residential districts. sometimes a restaurant or an architect's office. >> supervisor kim: legally nonconforming but grandfathered in in the '70s? >> right. and the board passed something that allowed them to be re-established if they go out of business. so then conditional use authorize can be obtained to open up in the commercial spaces again. >> supervisor kim: retail, low-impact office and spaces like these that are arts and -- is it general assembly, too? >> i'm not sure what chicken john's is considered. it must be a general entertainment or something like that. >> supervisor kim: thank you very muc

alberto gonzalez and also working with independent ken starr. he is an historic figure who has made some historic mentions and decisions. they will be reviewed and scrutinized awed nauseam. -- ad nauseam. get ready, the battle is on. kennedy: you've heard it, the supreme court pick is in, president trump moments ago announcing he has chosen d.c. district court judge brett kavanaugh to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy, and it is a decision that could change everything. if confirmed, conservatives would hold a very comfortable 5-4 majority on the high court, potentially for decades. judge kavanaugh was a clerk for justice kennedy and was nominated to his current position by president george w. bush in the 2006. now, less than an hour ago the president explained why he picked judge kavanaugh. watch. >> judge kavanaugh has impeccable credentials, unsurpassed qualifications and a proven commitment to equal justice under the law. a graduate of yale college and yale law school, judge kavanaugh currently teaches at harvard, yale and georgetown.

he was one of the prime authors of the starr report. and in that report he grounds for impeaching a president and in this was president clinton. he included lying to yo aids or liing to the american public or misleading the american public. the concern that some around president trump have is that a lot of theseds same gro could be applied to president trump in the russia case. an i think that the fear amongst some is that if he is the nominee and sits through a nate confirmation hearing, democrats will seize on this to turn the hearing into a referendum on what are the standards for impeachment and could the standards you laid out 20 years ago apply to the president who nominated you? i don't think it derails his candidacy by any means, but it is a red flag to some people. robert: kavanaugh's experience in george w. bush's. should he pick someone with that bush link? does thatliatter to repns? ost t matters to republicans. they don't like that very close alliance with the bush family. but on the other hand, president trump, we know lik

neil: but democrats are going to make a big deal over his role working with ken starr -- >> yes. neil: -- the investigation of bill clinton. nevertheless, that is all going to come out. >> he's made two very controversial systems, one is the president can be impeached for lying to the public. that is not accurate. the other is the president can do no wrong. that's utterly nixonian, and in fairness, he needs to dial back both of those statements. but democrats -- neil: dialing back those statements, i don't want to look at this sinisterly, if there's such a word, but dialing back in his thoughts on that clinton investigation and everything else, did that come into this play for this president who's no strange stranger to an investigation going on? >> yes, it came into play, i was part of the e-mail crosses-currents. i was privileged to be asked my opinion, my personal opinion on the final four, and i shared it with the people that asked me. i wasn't the president himself, but it was people around him -- neil: who were sending it back to the president. >> yes, presumably. neil: not

he worked for ken starr. he worked at an elite law firm. decade, on this last the d c circuit, the second-most powerful clerk, where he was antagonist of environmental regulations, where he said he would have -- he did not just say he would strike down net neutrality, he's that it violates the first amendment where he was a big proponent of gun rights and moved to strike down d.c. gun laws. issue after issue -- abortion, birth control. record andly thick consistently voted with the right on issue after issue. amy: if you can tell us the positions also that he has occupied over time, specifically, working with president george w. bush, involved in his actual election. >> i believe he may have even worked on the bush v. gore case. he was the staff secretary. they handle every piece of paper that crosses the president's desk. i think that is significanant because ththe thing about judge kavananaugh is not that he is jt right-wing and wants to dismantle much of the federal government, it is that he is extraordinarily smart. and through that exp

my bad on the ken starr thing. he was for criminal investigations and civil pursuits when the president was a democrat, and then against it when appealing to the current president. i am joined now with senator cory booker. let me start on this. that instantly infamous law review essay from kavanaugh, his defenders saying no, congress should change the law, not that the current law prohibits it. what is your response? >> president trump chose the one on the list who he knew would choose immunity. can choose the judge that might have to preside over him. that is not our criminal justice system. and the president is not above the law and the absurdity of that. th this is not a partisan issue. if you look at the fact pattern, here is an investigation that has led to 70 plus charges, 20 plus organizations. five people have been indicted and one is already been sentenced. it is clear to me that this is a point where matters in this case all of these people swirling around the president being charged and pleading guilty a

this may be as judge starr suggested an edifying process in which that will be able to occur. i hope so. but i'm a political reporter and i'm telling you what i see out there and it looks rough to me. >> chuck schumer was there today, he basically was up there -- he was right. it was like hitting the gong about how this is an alarm bell for the left and for the democrats. this is do-or-die, you have to stop this. but my question is, if brett kavanaugh is solidly conservative but, maybe not answer and then skinned scalia. but if he is solidly conservative, replacing someone who is usually conservative, or traditionally conservative, is it that big of a swing on the court, is it really given especially the last years of opinions by this court where anthony kennedy was with a 5-4 majority on every opinion of great consequence? >> that's a good point laura, you will see a lot of scare tactics. kennedy was not a moderate or liberal, he was for the most part a conservative justice especially in issues like separation of powers, federalism, areas of religious freedom, free exercise i

i spoke with ken starr -- david: it is sent in washington. with ken starr, and a young brett kavanaugh worked with him on an investigation. i asked him what we can expect from a justice kavanaugh. >> i think he stands in the grand tradition of constitutional law in modern constitutional law. lmes, and whato were they saying? that is, let's allow the legislatures and we the people to govern ourselves, but then let's take the bill of rights seriously. i think you will see a capacious interpretation of the bill of rights, not grudging. people were surprised about justice scalia being such a robust defender of fourth amendment rights that no, the government always wins, but, no, not at all week, the people, free from unreasonable seizures. the interpretation of that was given a number of decisions on the supreme court, very broad. will fit into that kind of -- i should a judge kavanaugh will fit into that some kind of mode of someone who takes democratic process is seriously and yet is going to be the defender of individual rights. david: because

when he worked with the ndependent counsel, ken starr, back in the 1990's, he sought president clinton's records. three times to get access to president records. to getfought really hard the president to turn over a whole slew of information. interestingly, when he went to work for president bush right after the clinton administration administration, interestingly, brett the first things kavanaugh did was push for an would have der that papers, presidential george bush's presidential papers, even though there was a law requiring those papers to be released. it is his early action with administration and then from then on he took the position the president should be criminal m prosecutions, investigations. he's talked about the xtraordinary power that a president has. he appears to be very player.a partisan when president clinton was in office he sought disclosure. president bush came in office it was the opposite. and on what he has said ritten and his actions, it appears that he would very much ide with president trump in trying to shield all of his from thememos, papers, american peopl

kavanaug met kenneth starr during a justice department fellowship and became a key staff member when starras t independent counsel investigating t investigating the white water and monica lewinsky scandals. he became a white house counsel and top aide to george w. bush and met his wif w ashlele working in the white house. they have two daughters. president bush nominatedva ugh to the federal appeals court in washington, d.c. at his senate confirmation hearin democrats said he was too partisan. >> you could not think of anotheromination given mr. kavanaugh's record more designed to divide us. >> after theha hearing about senator, my mom said to me, thinke really respects you, as only a mom can. >> reporter: he was confirmed 57 a6. he's been judge for 12 years and says w the yearsh bush made him a better one. in a 2009 law retiew e, he said that experience convinced him that presidents n should be subjected to lawsuits or criminal investigations whilen office, but said congress should change the law to emovide that ion. republicanen leaders in thee had told the president that kavanaugh

barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> barbara, thank you. president trump talked about north korea during a campaign rally in montana. on thursday night he says kim jong-un sees a very bright and different future for his country. >> i got along very well with chairman kim. i got along very well. that's a good thing that i got along well. now, what hasn't happened in eight months? in eight months, first of all, we got our prisoners back. it was a very smart deal for north korea. goodwill is very important, but we signed a wonderful paper saying they're going to denuclearize their whole -- it's going to all happen. >> let's bring in cnn's andrew stevens following the story live in seoul, south korea. andrew, we just heard the president there moments ago talking about the status of these negotiations, a rosy picture he paints of goodwill, of good deeds, good paper that was signed between he and the north korean leader. but the truth of the matter here intelligence agencies of the u.s. government tell a very different story that is raising conce

and have an opportunity to review the thousands of pages of documents describing his work with ken starr, independent counsel, once they have an opportunity to review his records, when he was in the white house and the white house counsel's office, and other offices, there is just a trove of documents. our belief is that once the american people have an opportunity to come to understand his full record, they will convince, persuade, reach out to their senators both on the democratic and republican side, and ask them to oppose judge kavanaugh. mark: i would like to turn to one of the issues it has gotten some attention already in the process, the idea of his view of presidential power, and your group's view that he would not stand up to donald trump, particularly in relation to the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. , thatw from the past clinton appointees voted against the president in the paula jones case. the next and appointees voted against him in the watergate case. why are you persuaded that justice kavanagh would not stand up to donald trump if it came to th

read and have an opportunity to eview the thousands pages of documents describe be his work with ken starr, independent counsel, once they have an pportunity to review his records when he was in the white house counsel as office, staff secretary, and other offices, there is a trove of documents, and i believe once the american people have an opportunity to come to understand his full record, they will convince, they will persuade and reach out to senators both on the democratic side and republican side and ask them to oppose kavanaugh. mark: i want to turn to one ssue that has gotten attention already and that is the idea of kavanaugh's view of presidential power and your view he won't stand up to donald trump especially in relation to the meddling in the 2016 election. we know from the past clinton appointees against in the ball la jones and watergate tapes case. why are you persuaded that a justice kavanaugh wouldn't stand up to donald trump if it comes to that? nan: mark, it goes back to brett kavanaugh's whole record. it is interesting. when he worked with the independent counsel, ken

kenneth starr prosecuted president bill clinton and what that does is it gives the democrats a paper trail and a lot of questions that they can ask him delaying this whole process and the republicans really don't want this to be delayed because in november are midterm elections and control of congress could change hands so that something that will be thinking about catholic church is considered safe likable but according to those who know president trump dull and personality mean so much to this president and then of course there's barrett the social conservative she would be also another controversial pick because she's had a lot of academic writings about abortion the democrats would definitely seize on that a key issue for them and then there's talk that trump is actually considering a fourth candidate one who was the runner up last time around and that is thomas hardiman he's got a few things going for him one of them that trump likes his sort of personal story he was the first in his family to graduate from college once drove a taxi and was recommended by trump sr who happens to

kavanaugh was a top aide of ken starr, that's starr and kavanaugh together back in 1996.heir investigation of bill clinton was criticized for being overzealous and it backfired on republicans politically in the 1998 midterms. and by 2009, it was pretty clear that kavanaugh had soured on their work, too, especially in lieu of what happened on september 11, 2001. as kavanaugh noted in 2009, the nation would have certainly been better off if president clinton could have focused on osama bin laden without being distracted by the paula jones sexual harrassment case and its criminal investigation offshoots. guys, there is no way kavanaugh could have predicted in 2009 that there would be a special counsel investigation into whether or not president trump colluded with a hostile nation to help himself get elected. ultimately it's not crazy to wonder, though, if kavanaugh still believes now what he wrote back then. it's also not crazy to wonder if kavanau kavanaugh's writing about presidential immunity back then motivated the president to pick him now. >> was that a consideration