the u.s. senate judiciary committee has voted to move the head with brett kavanaugh a supreme court nomination it now goes to the senate for approval life. more details skeleton if in across there said the vote passed but not without last minute drama talk us through what happened. while the judiciary committee of the u.s. senate is going to move camera. nomination to the floor now brett kavanaugh is nominated for the u.s. supreme court however the hearings have been ongoing without allegations of sexual assault and such now in the last minute we heard republican senator jeff flake say that he would favor delaying a vote to confirm cavanagh as a nominee delaying an actual vote on the floor of the u.s. senate until the f.b.i. had completed an investigation this is the last minute statement from jeff blake kind of pushing to delay the final vote as the judiciary committee wraps up its work. i'd like to do think that we can. have a short pause and make sure that the f.b.i. can investigate that i underst

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to get the wherewithal he will true of attempted rape thirty six years ago testified before the u.s. senate judiciary committee it was a big draw on t.v. across the country with twenty million people shooting in. i recall saying that the bully who assaulted me could someday be on the u.s. supreme court i denied the allegation immediately categorically an unequivocal and here today not because i want to be and terrified my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed my family and i have been the target of constant harassment and threats i intend no wheel well to dr ford and her family the other night actually and my daughter lies assert their prayers and little lies all of ten years old. said to actually we should pray for the woman. it's a lot of wisdom from a ten year olds. we mean we know we're well. i believe that if i came forward my single voice would be drowned out by a of a chorus of powerful supporters this is a circus. well another round of hearings in the senate judiciary committee the us president then ordered an f.b.i. investigation into covenant insisting non

and the people of arizona deserve representation in the u.s. senate. the decision that i made with careful and thoughtful deliberation. as you can imagine i received a lot of advice from people about this selection and most of it unsolicited. the best piece of advice i received was from another governor who said just do the right thing. pick the best possible person regardless of politics. it was good advice and clarifying advice and made my job easy. as i contemplated who could best serve our state and the u.s. senate i kept coming back to one name and one person. john kyle. there is no one in arizona with the stature of senator john ky kyle. he is a man without comparable peer. with nearly two decades experience in the senate serving alongside john mccain senator kyle is the paired to hit the ground running. over the last few months senator kyle has been working closely with white house on the senate confirmation of president donald trump's nominee to the us supreme court, brett kavanaugh. now, senator kyle can cast a vote for cavanaugh's confirmatio

the u.s. senate judiciary committee has voted to meet the had it with brett kavanaugh a supreme court nomination and goes to the senate for approval cross live now to and he's kind of open for details so the cost but not without a last minute drama took us through what happened. well the u.s. senate judiciary committee has been conducting confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh nominated to be a supreme court justice by donald trump now in today we saw essentially what happened they took a vote to take the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the floor of the u.s. senate now as the vote was preparing we saw kind of a last minute proposal from republican senator jeff flake he proposed essentially that a final vote on the floor of the senate wouldn't take place until the f.b.i. had been able to do an investigation let's take a minute to just kind of take a look at this last minute proposal from republican senator jeff flake but i do think that we can. have a short pause and make sure that the f.b.i. can

live now to the floor of the u.s. senate. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on monday, september 17, 2018. >> senate leaders decided to postpone until monday, and a package of ipo issues and drug transparency bill. live coverage of the senate is here on c-span2. well, coming up at 12:30 eastern today, the house foreign affairs committee will consider legislation requesting the white house and the secretary of state to turn over all documents and records regarding the meeting between president trump and russian president vladimir putin. live coverage of that hearing is here on c-span2. again, starts at 12:30 eastern. today at 7:00 eastern, former british foreign secretary boris johnson receives the 2018 irving crystal award at the american enterprise institute's annual dinner. watch live coverage here on c-span2, on-line at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. our prime time programming tonight leads off at 8:00 with the house ways and means committee hearing on several tax c

i asked around the same time the battle a divided u.s. senateudiciary committee was pushing ahead with a vote to proceed to a calvinist nomination the democrats who wanted an f.b.i. investigation into allegations of sexual abuse against cavanagh were few ts. and the corridors outside the atmosphere was feeble and then a moment that me alter history senator jeff flake who had just declared his backing for cavanagh confronted by a sexual abuse survivor. i didn't tell anyone in your telling all women for that matter that piecing this thing quite. telling me that my phone doesn't matter don't worry me don't think. that you're the only. thing. that. hours later the republican senator was back in committee and had found his voice offering to back the controversial nominee under one condition. i think it would be. proper to delay the floor vote. for up to but not more than one week in order to let the f.b.i. . continue to do an investigation limited in time and scope. with not dramatic compromise another flare up in the room and perhaps the country had

of powerful supporters this is a circus following another round of hearings in the senate judiciary committee the u.s. president ordered an f.b.i. investigation into the supreme court nominee that insisting the nonetheless that his pick remains the best choice for the job after a republican senator called to postpone the full senate confirmation a launch a week long investigation however divide was evident among the committee members during what was a heated hearing. filter gallus from wonderland around here rather than working with us my democratic colleagues chose not to participate in this process and yet again and again their refrain has been the same delay delay delay i'm very disappointed that we are here today voting on this nomination this supposed to be an independent equal branch of government we're no longer that we are an arm in a very weak arm of the trump white house is the beginning. of a process. that will tear this country apart the u.s. senate judiciary committee has been conducting confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh nominated to be a supreme court justice by donald trump the

what do you think the impact has been in the u.s. senate? i think senator king comes closer to more centrist independent. his impact has been to call the shots as he sees them. he currently caucuses with democrats. he has been a voice of common sense in the senate. more needed. that is our goal. if there were just a couple more independents, they could form their own caucus or coalition. it remains to be seen if senator king would join. this past weekend, we saw a lot of coverage around the fact that that everyday he wakes up thinking about leaving the republican party to become an independent because both parties are not having the kind of conversations or debates about whether country is going in the future. they are simply fighting and bickering over the issues. what if he were to leave his party? what if susan collins were to do the same? it takes a few to cut her -- catalyzed some tremendous change. we have seen that in the state legislatures. here in colorado, john has served in the legislature for 16 years. in her last term, she left t

u.s. senators only who ask the questions. your thoughts to all that? >> the senate has charged by the constitution to search for truth in this situation. my mentor, the late senator paul simon said the confirmation process requires examination of the head and the heart of the nominee. this is a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land, a court that will shape the direction our country will take for generations. in that examination, you have to look for not only credentials, but character as well. that's why this is so important. it does go to the character of judge kavanaugh and how he has comported himself in his life. how he treats other people and how he sees the issue of women and the receive they will receive from men. we just buried aretha franklin and she sang r-e-s-p-e-c-t. this comes down to respect for women. without having prejudged the situation, the senate will have to look into, what were the facts and the circumstances here and how will this man comport himself as the member of the highest court in the land? >> senator lindse

that will tear this country apart the u.s. senate judiciary committee has been conducting confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh nominated to be a supreme court justice by donald trump they took a vote to take the nomination of brett cavanagh to the floor of the u.s. senate now as the vote was preparing we saw kind of a last minute proposal from republican senator jeff flake he proposed essentially that a final vote on the floor of the senate wouldn't take place until the f.b.i. had been able to do an investigation i do think that we can. have a short pause and make sure that the f.b.i. can investigate that i understand it is that some of us would have to and i'm prepared to do it make a request to the white house to ask the f.b.i. to do that investigation it would be short. and limited in scope to the current allegations that have been made i would like to support the motion for that investigation i've explained many times a mother if the investigation is not necessary the nomination of brett kavanaugh has certainly divided the u

u.s. senator john mccain.hat focused entirely on his life as a politician, as an american hero, a man, father, husband, a son, it never deviated from that focus while at the same time the messages from this service seemed in direct contrast to the current commander and chief without calling his name, without saying his name, like this from meghan mccain. listen. >> the america of john mccain is generous and welcoming and bold. she is resourceful and confident and secure. she meets her responsibilities. she speaks quietly because she is strong. america does not boast because she has no need to. >> and i want to put this tweet into context. a moment ago we showed it to you, if we could pull it back to screen, the tweet from the u.s. president, make america great again, that tweet came out after meghan mccain said of america that john mccain has no need to be made great again because america was already great. >> that was donald trump's pushback, george. you've got it right. which is i don't want john mccain's fa

sides there he fired up about it and it appears that next week we will have a final vote in the u.s. senate regarding his confirmation as a supreme court justice in the united states the highest court in the land but it has been quite contentious protests all around capitol hill lots of accusations on both sides lots of anger but the last days of the hemings exposing deep political divides in the commission a top us t.v. has deepened times republican senator lindsey graham is being blackmailed by russia open because he backed into what you want to do is destroy this guy's life hold this seat open this is the most an ethical. sham since i've been in politics if you really wanted to know the truth you sure as hell would have done what you've done to this guy lindsey graham is so obviously being blackmailed by russia because asians are different than testimony under oath from a credible woman thirty five years time is an argument against an assault of a fifteen year old girl what may slightly surprise mishap of that though is that the senator is known for having one of the most extreme anti ru

the u.s. senate judiciary committee has been conducting confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh nominated to be a supreme court justice by donald trump today we saw essentially what happened they took a vote to take the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the floor of the u.s. senate now as the vote was preparing we saw kind of a last minute proposal from republican senator jeff flake he proposed essentially that a final vote on the floor of the senate wouldn't take place until the f.b.i. had been able to do an investigation i do think that we can. have a short pause and make sure that the f.b.i. can investigate i would like to support the motion for that investigation i've explained many times the mother if the investigation is not necessary there was certainly quite a bit of tension in the room and it feels like alice in wonderland around here rather than working with us my democratic colleagues chose not to participate in this process and yet again and again the refrain has been the same. way to sa

the u.s. senate caving biggest supreme court nominees.nd the brett kavanaugh accuser set to testify. carroll joins me onset. the china trade history, things are really heating up. is ready tos it retaliate for the traitor's washington announced on $200 billion worth of exports. shopping bags to industrial components, the tariff will eventually be lower-than-expected. trade talks next week, and a spokesman that they have to say earlier. >> in response to measures, china will have to take countermeasures to defend our legitimate rights and interests. >> these terrorists back in july, a final version has a clue some products from the original list. it is the latest escalation in dispute between the world's economic superpowers. >> relations at one point seems to be on the up. president donald trump and the secretary all smiles last november. >> the largest trade partner and the source of the u.s. trade deficit. they will end fair trade practices. starting with 25% on steal. unveiling tariffs in response. it june 15, trump upped the antete. a