fordan d judge kavanaugh. i've reviewed judge kavanaugh's opinions as a judge and his public record during his tenure in the white house. based on his record i cannot support his nomination for a lifetime appointment to the supreme court of thehe united states. i'd reached this conclusion before dr. ford's allegations were made, based on his court opinions and white house record. that conclusion was reinforced by judge kavanaugh's testimony and responsive dr. ford's powerful and compelling testimony raising very serious issues concerning judge kavanaugh's conduct. judge kavanaugh's response demonstrated his lack of impartiality and temperament, which is a critical qualification to serve as a judge. that view was reinforced by a letter written by over 1000 law professors and legal scholars reaching the same conclusion that i had drawn. i was very disappointed by the process on judge kavanaugh's nomination that was dictated by the republican leadership. for senator mcconnell, ten months was in adequate time for

let's start with judge kavanaugh's record. judge kavanaugh has spent 12 years on the d.c. circuit court. his rulings demonstrate why radical right-wing groups and their friends in the senate are so eager to give him a seat on the supreme court. pick an issue, almost any issue, and there is ample reason to be alarmed. a woman's right to make her own health care decisions. when the donald trump sought to block a young immigrant woman's right to access abortion care, judge kavanaugh sided with the government, claiming that allowing the woman who had done everything necessary to obtain access to an abortion, should be further delayed in obtaining that care, a delay that would likely have prevented her from obtaining an abortion. and when religious organizations challenged the contraceptive care requirement of the affordable care act, judge kavanaugh again opposed reproductive care, arguing that requiring religious nonprofits to submit a simple form allowing them to opt out of providing comprehensive contraceptive coverage but ensuring that the employees had access to that care

kavanaugh made under oath. i would like to back up these three points with statements made by the fbi document, explicit statements that should be available for the american people to see that the republicans have blocked the documents behind closed doors with no plans to reform the american public of any new information about the kavanaugh nomination. the kavanaugh nomination was a sham and that is the president's faultpresidentsfault because the president is the one who limited the scope of the investigation and refused to allow me to continue more than a few days and refused to ensure the fbi completed a thorough investigation including interviews with all relevant witnesses. the statements the president made about the scope of the investigation were false. and if that were not bad enough, the president viciously attacked doctor ford for coming forward briefly to tell her story. how could any senator accept this sham? republicans want to confirm judge kavanaugh to the supreme court coming and, and they will

judge kavanaugh claims that he and dr. ford quote did not travel in the same social circles, end quote. dr. ford says she dated chris garrett, reference as a parent interview book. in fact, she testified garrett introduced her to kavanaugh. kavanaugh claimed numerous times in response to dr. ford's allegations that quote, all four witnesses say it didn't happen, and that witnesses refuted dr. ford story. yet one of the witnesses simply said she didn't remember the party in question took place decades ago, but that, in fact, she believed dr. ford. kavanaugh testified that quote no connections to jail but, in fact, he was a legacy student whose grandfather attended the school. have also claims that he had no idea that his mental and good friend alex kozinski with sexual harassing his clerks and creating a hostile work environment. but it was such his behavior with such an open secret that some law schools were warning potential applicants to stay away from kaczynski. kavanaugh claims he is not on kaczynski infamous e-mail li

ford and judge kavanaugh. these hijinks in the weaponization of the confirmation process, we have bent over backwards to try to accommodate dr. ford once she said she wanted to come for the committee. we know she requested confidentiality answer allegations were investigated. she did not consent to -- or authorize the release of her letter. she did not want a public spectacle. judiciary committee staff has been offered to fight a california on a bipartisan basis and interview her confidentially. this offer was not even shared with her by her partisan lawyers. said she never understood that offer was on the table. she thought the only way she could tell her story was the midst of the three ring circus that the hearing became. after the damage was done to dr. ford when her identity became known, we invited her to testify. she came and did so and i respect and admire her courage. respect and admire her courage. it could not have been easy. we listened respectfully to her story. we took it very seriously. we treat

basic headline, it looks now almost certain that judge kavanaugh will become justice kavanaugh and the latest member of the supreme court. >> shepard: what is left undecided for viewers who have not been following? >> well, we don't know whether joe manchin is going to go along. if my math is right, this provides the 50th vote. this means judge kavanaugh gets confirmed if manchin and flake vote against. it would be 50-49. i think it means in addition that steve danes, the senator from montana that may be on his way to montana to walk his daughter down the aisle tomorrow may not have to fly back in the middle of the night because even if it's only 50-49, if not all the senators vote, a simply majority is enough to put brett kavanaugh on the supreme court. >> shepard: then there's the democrat, joe manchin of west virginia who know one suggested that he might be the one to be the decider in this matter, but if he wants political cover, he has it. >> that's right. he could become the 51st vote -- >> shepard: and there's breaking news on fox news channel. joe manchin is a yes on brett kava

it was judge kavanaugh's turn. and what did we hear from judge kavanaugh? we heard anger many we heard belligerence. we heard evasiveness. we heard disrespect. judge kavanaugh's testimony before the judiciary committee reinforced the old concerns about his credibility. he gave answers about his behavior in high school about supposed drinking games and about his yearbook page that simply defy credulity. recent reports from those who know him from high school and college contradict the assertions that he was never aggressive or belligerent after drinking or the terms in his yearbook had the meaning he ascribed to them before the judiciary committee. in fact, in a letter that brett kavanaugh wrote in 1983 that surfaced after his testimony, he described himself and his friends as, quote, loud, obnoxious drunks. the point is not that brett kavanaugh engaged in questionable behavior in high school, the point is that he was not honest about it with the judiciary committee under oath at his confirmation hearing. the point is that he was not credible. the point is t

the president nominated brett kavanaugh on july 9. within moments of that announcement, special interest groups raced to be the first to oppose him, including one organization that did not even bother to fill in the judge's name on its prewritten press release. they simply wrote that they opposed donald trump's thenation of "xx" to supreme court of the united states. a number of senators joined the ranks to announce their opposition, but they were beaten to the punch by one of our colleagues who actually announced opposition before the nominee's identity was even known. time, we have seen special interest groups with their followers into a frenzy by spreading misrepresentations and outright falsehoods about judge kavanaugh's judicial record. and-the-top rhetoric distortions of his record and testimony at his first hearing produced short-lived headlines which although debunked hours later continued to live on and be spread through social media. interest groups have also spent an unprecedented amount of dark money opposing this nominati

, which might be news to kavanaugh. do you think they should? >> absolutely. i mean, he is clearly important into this equation, and if there is anything they talked about in the previous investigations that doesn't cover either this time period or this event, and i would argue it doesn't, then yes, in fact, they should do that. and i'm going to disagree with the supervisory agent, josh, because we did these things in very short time lines when the bush administration came and we had very short deadlines, and what we did is schedule our resources according to the time that we had. and i think that you can do it. i think the democrats are going to come out with a list of whatever it is, 25 people they want to be -- the parties should stay out of the investigation. the time line can be completely appropriate. they will come back and say, if we don't think we got it right, here's some more interviews that we need to do. but, again, i think the fbi should be able to do it in the time they have been given, given the nature o

just as kavanaugh. i look at the opinions and writings of what he has done that the nomination could present a conflict of interest with an ongoing investigation in the 2016 presidentialntia election the supreme court could be asked whether the special counsel has a right to subpoena the president to testify. in his confirmation hearing he refused to say if he would recuse himself of this case should reach the court. i would hope the supreme court would indeed compel president trump to comply with ace subpoena from special counsel like richard nixon surrender tapes and other evidence during watergate. the supreme court ultimately held the president was not above the law but judge c kavanaugh believes the nixon case was wrongly decided. there is also concerns thean justice kavanaugh who prefers those prosecutions of misconduct after he leaves office those who use the presidential power have changed working with independent counsel kenneth starr on the whitewater investigation of president clinton. and in

those are judge kavanaugh's phrases. as the judge asserted to me, it is not something to be trimmed, narrowed, discarded or overlooked. its roots in the constitution gives the concept of... it cannot be trimmed or narrowed simply because the judge might want to on simply because the judge might want toona simply because the judge might want to on a whim. in short, his views on honouring precedent would preclude attempts by stealth that which one has committed not to do. noting that roe vs wade was decided 45 years ago and reaffirmed 19 years later, in planned parenthood versus kc, i asked judge kavanaugh whether the passage of time is relevant to the following precedent. he said decisions become part of other legal framework with the passage of time and that honouring precedent is essential to maintaining public confidence. every discussion then turned to the right of privacy on which the supreme court relied in griswold versus connecticut, a case that struck down a law banning the use and sale of contraception is. grisw

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how do you think kavanaugh will make us feel? >> have you made your final decision how you'll vote on brett kavanaugh? >> i will be -- i will be voting yes on proceeding to the final confirmation vote, and i will announce my intentions on how to vote later today. thank you. >> have you made your mind up, senator? senator, have you made your mind up? >> there you heard it, she'll vote yes on this procedural vote coming up in the next few minutes, but later this afternoon, we're told about 3:00 p.m., she'll announce how she'll vote tomorrow on the final vote for passage. let's go back to the majority leader. >> to public discourse. before the ink had dried on justice kennedy's retirement, our democratic colleagues made it perfectly clear what this process would be about. delay, obstruct, and resist. and before the ink had dried on judge kavanaugh's nomination, colleagues across the aisle, including democratic members of the judiciary committee were racing to announce they had made up their minds and were totally opposed to his conf

we don't believe that judge kavanaugh is there. that would not be unusual for a nominee not to be present when this is unfolding. i think part of what has to weigh in to what's happening today is typically when you have senators who voted one way for cl cloture to end a debate, often it's about legislation where there's an opportunity between votes one and two to change things. when it's a confirmation vote, it is still the same individual with the same facts and the same political atmosphere to be considered, so that weighs on this as well. as you very clearly explained, today's vote is not an absolute, a precursor to what we'll see tomorrow, but it is not the normal situation in legislation where there might be a reason to say, let's all consider it, but there's opportunity for change. at the same time, everyone wants to see a final vote, politically that is necessary. a final vote in terms of what all sides politically want to know. there has to be a real end point for brett kavanaugh whether he's elevated to the court or not. t

judge kavanaugh is anything but. republican leaders knew before he was nominated that judge kavanaugh was a very flawed choice, but once president trump selected him, republicans decided they had to rush him through. they became a steam roller over truth, fairness, and our traditions of bipartisan cooperation. any means necessary to reach their desired end. they blamed dr. ford and democrats for judge kavanaugh's flaws. they were intent on shrouding the truth because they knew that if the truth came to light, judge kavanaugh would be exposed as a truly flawed nominee. so, my colleagues, my fellow americans, what is the appropriate response? our country needs to have a reckoning on these issues, and there is only one remedy. change must come from where change in america always begins the ballot box. so to americans, to so many millions who are outraged by what happened here, there's one answer: vote. if you believe dr. ford and other brave women who came forward and you want to vindicate their sacrifice, vote. if you

but i know brett kavanaugh. he is going to be a great justice one of the greatest we've ever had perhaps. he will bring the integrity and honor and intellectual rigor he has demonstrated throughout his entire career. soon enough he will earn the respect of his colleagues and the american people through his writings and decisions. but unquestionably qualified to go through the most thorough vetting process we have ever seen. but then has come through hundreds of thousands of documents produced, hearing produced, hearings, background checks, we know what we need toey know it's time to vote for the united states supreme court. i hope this body will get to that decision-making process as soon as it can. is time to end the charade. and then to have the benefit of the doubt and i'm grateful for privilege of serving in the senate with those smears to a good man like judge kavanaugh. i yield the floor. >> the senator fromd. maryland. i have read the fbi repor report, listen to the judiciary committee hearing with doctor

the same thing could happen to judge kavanaugh. you had been discussing the last day or so the talk among democrats of having an impeachment proceeding if theat was the case. there's a real constitutional question about whether impeachment can be used before a person came into office. can you impeach someone for something they did before they became a supreme court justice or is it only to be used for punishment, official misdeeds while in office. that's an unresolved question. >> i've asked you this before. he's talk about the issue of recus recusal. something gets to the supreme court that has to do with sexual assault or something that has to do with other things that brett kavanaugh now seems to regret saying or has apologized for saying during his testimony about partisan politics and what he calls left wing groups that could bring a challenge to the supreme court. it's not easy for a supreme court justice to be recused from case. >> it's different on the supreme court. there are only nine justices. there's no spares. in the d

kavanaugh. that should have happened long before. but make no mistake, there would not have been a hearing with dr. ford were it not for senator flake demanding it -- republican senator -- demanding it. and there would not have been an f.b.i. investigation if he had not demanded it as well. i thank him for his leadership in doing that. those were two reasonable requests, and i'm glad that he was in a position to make it happen where democrats could not. it was the right request. of course it would have been helpful for senators exerciseing our advise and consent role if neutral investigators at the f.b.i. were allowed to question all the relevant witnesses, follow the facts wherever they may have led, and get to the bottom of the allegations brought by dr. ford, deborah ramirez, julie swetnick. unfortunately, the white house and senate republicans were determined not to let such an f.b.i. investigation go forward. white house spokesman shah has now publicly acknowledged that senate republicans w

ford as well as judge kavanaugh. dr. ford was sincere in her testimony, as was judge kavanaugh who emphatically denied the allegations. it's true that confirmation hearings aren't a trial. but trials have rules based on commonsense notions of fairness and due process, not the other way around. it's a fundamental aspect of fairness. a fundamental aspect of due process, that it is a cuser have the burden of proving allegations. judge kavanaugh was publicly accused of a crime and his reputation and livelihood were at stake. so it was only fair that his accuser have the burden of proof. the consensus is the burden was not met. ultimately, the existing evidence, including the statements of three alleged eyewitnesses named by dr. ford, refuted dr. ford's version of the facts. our investigative nominee counsel, who has experience investigating sex crimes, concluded that there was lack of strepecificity and simply too m inconsistency in dr. ford's allegation to establish that judge kavanaugh committed sexual assault, even under

. >> ninan: kavanaugh confirmed. the senate sends brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. >> he is an outstanding person, and i'm very honored to have choseep him. >> ninan: the narrow vote ends a bitter and partisan senate battle. and we'll hear from the lawyer for kavanaugh accuser dr. christine blasey ford. >> she's given a voice to hundreds of thousands of women across the country. >> ninan: also tonight, the family of laquan mcdonald speaks out following the murder conviction of a chicago police officer. >> this is a victory for america. >> ninan: san francisco's commuter nightmare. after cracks are discovered inside a new $2 billion bus station. and an iconic piece of street art is auctioned off for more than a million dollars, and then immediately shredded. >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. on a day of drama in the senate and demonstrations in the streets, brett kavanaugh was confirmed as the 114th justice of the supreme court. >> the nomination of brett m. kavanaugh of maryland to be an associate justice

that is exactly what judge kavanaugh did. and i think it was a moving, emotional defense of his good name and character. but her friends to make this accusation are ignoring his 12 years on the dc circuit court of appeals with the fact the american bar association found him well-qualified unanimously based on his good character and temperament. so this is a red hearing you just can't expect them to sit there and take it. that is illogical and unreasonable. and based on the yearbook if we go back to decipher like the judge said cringe worthy as they do in the eye high school yearbook all of those who are still in high school and if you have the opportunity to ascend to the highest court in the land the united states senate will scour your high school yearbook and ask you about inquiries made not by you but others this is a national embarrassment and what i read about the mccarthy hearings the senator from wisconsin riding high on the concerns but he went to four but was asked by one of the lawyers by a young man who was being

it is now official that judge kavanaugh will become justice kavanaugh. where does the resistance, the fight against this process as we saw it play out, where does it go next? >> i think senator schumer probably said it best and that is it's going to take place at the ballot box. i think, yeah, there will be -- i'm sure there will be protests, we were talking off camera about how there will be protests his first day seated. i would be surprised if there weren't. the place to affect change is at the ballot box. we heard people on both sides say elections have consequences. for those on the left who feel that this process was unfair, feel that judge, now soon to be justice kavanaugh is going to make rulings anti-thetical to what they believe, there is one recourse and that is to vote. chris: the judicial crisis network very supportive of judge kavanaugh. you have been out, speaking very much on his behalf throughout this long process. your thoughts now that it's official? >> i'm just so proud of how this process has ended despite the circus-like atmosphere

ford and judge kavanaugh. it was only when senator flake recognized what a sham the process was that he at least forced the republican leadership to do what they did not want to do and to dprea -- agree to a short f.b.i. investigation into the allegations of dr. ford and deborah ramirez. but the goal never changed. the goal of ramming through the nomination never changed. and that's why senate republicans in the white house dramatically limited the scope of the f.b.i. investigation. they tied the hands of the f.b.i. they told the f.b.i. who they could interview. an investigation that was already going to be short in about a week was cut even shorter and was finished up in a matter of days. and what's the result, mr. president? the result is completely predictable. the result is we have lots of key witnesses that say they have corroborating evidence to support the allegations of dr. ford and deborah ramirez who were not interviewed. and the country will continue to hear from these witnesses after today's vote b

another lie from brett kavanaugh. brett kavanaugh said that judge pickering's nomination was not one he primarily handled. well, let's just say this is less than the full truth. maybe if you emphasize the words primarily, you find some shred of accuracy, but certainly not a full and appropriate presentation because it turns out that he was involved in a number of critical aspects of the pickering nomination. brett kavanaugh said he did not see or hear anything about president bush's warrantless wire-tapping program before it was publicly reported. but in some of those other documents that slipped through, we find out that he did know about them and he e-mailed john yu about the warrantless wiretapping long before the program became public. brett kavanaugh said the bush administration did not consider ideology when selecting or vetting judges, but the truth is the documents show that they did consider ideology. why did this man, brett kavanaugh, feel the need to misrepresent the truth time after time after time? he imp

a former classmate of kavanaugh said on monday he watched as a drunken brett kavanaugh got into a bar fight near the campus of yale university after the pair attended a reggae concert in 1985. this is chad ludinington speakig on cnn.. you ort said [blee[] sosomething to that effectt ande guys understandablbly, even thoh he event aggressive in his respsponse, found that was one step too farar so he t took a sg at brerett and they were kind of two guys fighting. amy: the fbi is investigating the 1985 bar fight, in which kavanaugh was questioned by new haven police but not arrested. protests against kavanaugh's nomination continue to rage across the country. in west virginia, 17 women gatherered inside the charlesto, west virginia, office of democratic senator joe manchin monday, saying they'll occupy the space until manchin pledges to vote "no" on kavanaugh's confirmation. at washington, d.c.'s, national airport, women survivors of sexual assault tried to speak with senator mitch mcconnell monday as he walked across a terminal, but were ignored by the republican majority leader. >> why

those are judge kavanaugh's phrases. as the judge asserted to me a long established precedent, it's not something to be trimmed, narrowed, disguacarded or overlooked. its roots in the constitution give the concept of stare decisis greater weight such that the precedent can't be trimmed or narrowed simply because a judge might want to on a whim. in short, his views on honoring precedent would preclude attempts to do by stealth that which one has committed not to do overtly. noting that roe v. wade was decided 45 years ago and reaffirmed 19 years later in planned parenthood versus casey, i asked judge kavanaugh whether the passage of time is relevant to following precedent. he said decisions become part of our legal framework with the passage of time and that honoring precedent is essential to maintaining public confidence. our discussion then turned to the right of privacy on which the supreme court relied in grizwald versus connecticut, a case that struck down the law banning the use and sale of contraceptio contraceptio

justice kavanaugh: i, brett m kavanaugh, do solemnly swear. justice kennedy: that i will serve justice without respect to person. justice kavanaugh: that i will serve justice without respect to person. justice kennedy: and that i will faithfully and impartially. justice kavanaugh: and that i will faithfully and impartially. justice kennedy: discharge and perform. justice kavanaugh: discharge and perform. justice kennedy: all of the duties incumbent upon me. justice kavanaugh: all of the duties incumbent on me. justice kennedy: as associate justice of the supreme court of united states. justice kavanaugh: as associate justice of the supreme court of united states. justice kennedy: under the constitution and laws of the united states. justice kavanaugh: under the constitution and laws of the united states. justice kennedy: so help me god. justice kavanaugh: so help me god. [applause] justice kavanaugh: mr. president, thank you for the great honor of appointing me to serve as a justice of the supreme court. i have seen firsthand your deep appreci

kavanaugh, i was ashamed. dick durbin, the way he talked to kavanaugh like he was his pawn and he was supposed to bow down to him, give me a break. i will tell you, you ask people if it has changed the way they anticipate voting, i will never vote democrat again, period, until they get rid of people .ike durban and booker and i am glad to see flake go, for heaven's sakes. he has been more a liberal than a conservative this whole time and the only reason he is not running is because he only had a 17% approval rating at the beginning of this year in his own district. i wish kavanaugh and his family all the well wishes and i feel sorry for his daughters and his wife and his parents that have to listen to this garbage they are throwing at him just because democrats are trying to stall his confirmation until the next vote. host: bill mentioned senator jeff flake. he is one of the undecided votes and people will be watching him this morning. reporters likely following him, protesters expected as well on capitol hill

i have demonstrators in my office for two weeks now, both for kavanaugh and against kavanaugh. and one time, the people that were for kavanaugh wanted to be interviewed. and they said, we are only interested in interviewing people against kavanaugh. that is a bias that none of you should be proud of. >> sean: i was senator chuck grassley criticizing the liberal media for their shameful coverage of the kavanaugh nomination. as always, usually, one sided. here with more reaction, wall street journals, kimberley strassel. senior policy research, monica crowley. number one best seller, the russia hoax. it is either going to be one way or the other, 49 or 52. i don't think there's going to be any middle ground here. >> no, i think that is probably right. to go to your topic, we know which side the media is rooting for. this is really disturbing to those of us who started on the news. look, this used to be really simple beer there was a divide between opinions and new side reporters. everything i'm writing, i am an opinion writer. it is delineated in the newspaper as opinion. but on

will be justice kavanaugh. john roberts joins us now from the north lawn. john, looks like the president's feeling pretty good. >> reporter: yeah, sunday morning paper, such a quite idea in this electronic world. chris: i'm an old guy, what can i say? >> reporter: i've got two questions for the president. the first one is, how are you feeling about the vote and what do you think of the pros that's the nation went through to get to where we are and that was the driver of his first answer there where you heard him say he's looking very much forward to judge kavanaugh, doesn't think the process was a good one, though, but in the end some positive things happened. my second question to him was you and senator collins have not always seen eye to eye. earlier this week she said what the president said at the rally in northern mississippi was absolutely wrong. but that she came out so forcefully in favor of judge cav you gnaw. and that's when the president said what he did about senator collins. for the president, thi

that wasn't judge kavanaugh, that was brett kavanaugh defending his wife, daughters and extraordinary reputation. i think he did a great job there. he has great temperament and demonstrated it on the bench with over 300 opinions. he has two unanimously well-qualified ratings from the american bar association with the democrats say is the gold standard. it is time to confirm this judge and end the nonsense on the judiciary committee. >> bill: you believe they'll pass cloture. will he be confirmed tomorrow? >> i do. i believe that he will pass cloture and get confirmed. >> bill: thom tillis, thank you, the republican from north carolina. thank you, sir. dianne feinstein now on the floor. >> if adopted this argument could rewrite supreme court precedent and require courts to determine whether a young woman had a sufficient support network when making her decision. even in cases as in this one where she had gone before a court. his reasoning demonstrates that judge kavanaugh not only is willing to disregard precedent, but his opinions fail to appreciate the challenging realities women fac

mark judge, kavanaugh's alleged accomplice in the sexual assault of christine blasey ford, kavanaugh and judge both deny the assault took place. also p.j. smith and leland kaiser who both attended that same gathering where -- college in an interview with new yorker which kavanaugh also denies. that list did not include a number of other potential corroborating witnesses who could verify the women's stories or testify to kavanaugh's whereabouts or his conduct at the time. it also did not include a third woman accusing kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, julie swetnick. adds of morning according to her lawyer michael avenatti, their attempts to you can that the to fbi were unsuccessful. they may be tying the fbi's hands, the white house authorized the bureau to expand its kavanaugh investigation and follow any leads while maintaining the same friday deadline. >> i want them to do a very comprehensive investigation, whatever that means according to the senators and the republicans and the republican majority. i want them to do that. i want it to be comprehensive. i actually think it's a goo

if there is a kavanaugh clerk who applies, we hire that person, end quote. 34 of judge kavanaugh's law clerks wrote a letter on his nomination which said in payroll tax relief part, -- said in part, and i quote, our views on politics on many of the important issues faced by the supreme court and on judicial philosophy are diverse. our ranks include republicans, democrats, and independents. but we are united in this, our admiration and fondness for judge kavanaugh run deep. for each of us, it was a tremendous stroke of luck to work for and be mentored by a person of his strength of character, generosity of spirit, intellectual capacity, and unwavering care for his family, friends, colleagues, and us, his law clerks, end quote. supreme court justice elena kagan, surely not someone democrats think of as either evil or an extremist, hired judge kavanaugh to teach at harvard law school where he has served as the williston lecturer on law. both inside and outside his profession, those who know him praised his character. 84 women who worked with him in the bush administration sent a letter pr

now, that is what a vote against judge kavanaugh implies a vote against judge kavanaugh is a yes vote for more search and destroy efforts against those judicial nominees and ambushing of the nominees after crucial information is withheld weeks at a time.ll people know how the senate operates on the basis of precedent. want something has been done , it is precedent for things that will be done in the future and if this is the new precedent for the united states senate then a vote against kavanaugh is a yes vote love these despicable tactics time and time again in the future. coathanger sent to the offices of some o colleagues fundraising bribes being offered mobs attacking senators and their families at restaurants. the american people deserve final and definitive resolution to this t process. judge kavanaugh deserves the same thing as does the supreme court. this week after the investigation wasckgr supplemenl investigation from the fbi there will be a vote and i trust that judge kavanaugh will then finally be confirmed. and then hopefully the senate will come to its senses to realize

last week, one of them, kavanaugh's classmate at yale, withdrew her support for kavanaugh. she is been featured in an ad by the judicial races network that has been running on television. in indononesia, the coconfirmed dedeath toll from frida's earthqua a and tsunamimi has reached 84844 and is expecectedo ririse into the thouousands as rescuers are just beginning to reach some of the more affected areas on the island of sulawes the 7.5 magnitude quake toppled hotels, mosques, and shopping mamalls in the city of palu. landslidides buried entire neary villages. the united states and canada have reached a tentative deal to save nafta, the north american free trade agreement. the new trilateral deal will be known as the united states-mexico-canada agreement. in a victory for american n daiy farmers, canada has agreed to open part of its dairy market to u.s. imports. the new deal does not resolve a dispute overer u.s. tariffs on canada's steel and aluminum exportrts. the proposed deal must now be ratified by lawmakers in the three countries. lori wallach of public citizen's glo

they didn't hate kavanaugh. they knew kavanaugh in college. but they had a very different reckoning of his habits that he offered up to all of us in the senate. when does it matter, when does it not? and how come, quickly, sorry, we haven't heard whether the third allegation from miss swetnick is being heard from the fbi? is she hurt from a credibility standpoint? is she unbelievable? her lawyer, michael avenatti, is here to be tested. >> look forward to that in about nine minutes. >>> up next on "360," why a group of people living nearly 4,000 miles from washington in a remote village in alaska could be a key role in whether brett kavanaugh is actually confirmed to the u.s. supreme court. we'll explain, with ahead. so why not bundle them with esurance and save up to 10%? which you can spend on things you really want to buy, like... well, i don't know what you'd wanna buy because i'm just a guy on your tv. esurance. it's surprisingly painless. . >>> well, the fate of brett kavanaugh's nominations to the supreme court could come down to just a

kavanaugh is inside right now. what are you hearing about all of this from where you are at the capital? >> yeah, it's a continuation of what we've seen over the last couple of days, s.e. senators followed by protesters. it's obvious the impact this has had on people around the country. if you want to know where republicans or democrats are on the nomination itself and confirmation itself, it's obvious. republicans are elated, it's an enormous achievement. democrats clearly recognize that and the only thing they can do now is more or less try to get people out to the polls, win elections, win majorities. i think the bigger question, you got to this as did susan colle nls on tcollens on the floor, where do we go from here? they both seem to agree based on senators i've spoken in the last 24 hours or so, the chamber isn't a great place and the country not in a great place and what happens next. the obvious point. midterm election coming up but beyond that even, where do they go from here and i don't think anybody has

but in that meeting with judge kavanaugh, the first meeting with the ranking member and judge kavanaugh, she didn't mention the letter one time. that's in the testimony. she elf hold on to dr. ford's letter before it was leaked to the press. again it's clear that senate democrats, this is all a well orchestrated effort to cause delay, and push this decision hopefully in their mind past the election. shame on any member of this body, republican or democrat, that puts self-interest and political interest before their constitutional responsibility. the committee has voted favorably to move judge brett kavanaugh's nomination forward. it's time to take a full vote before this body, before the united states senate. we hope in the next few hours, next day, to have this fbi report and to put this sad saga to bed. it's time to put partisan politics behind us. it's time to confirm judge kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. i want to say one more thing. it's time for this body to reread their oath of office. to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states. to make sure that wha

. >>> so exactly how much brett kavanaugh perjuring is too much brett kavanaugh perjury? >> if judge kavanaugh is shown to have lied to the committee, nomination's over? >> oh, yes. i would think so. >> joining us now john heilemann, national affairs analyst for msnbc news and nbc. and ruth marcus, at "the washington post" and an msnbc contributor. and john, you got in a word with jeff flake today in boston where he was making a public appearance. where is he as of tonight on this nomination? >> i got a lot of words with him, lawrence, for about 20 minutes in manchester. i know you're familiar with that institution although i'm currently in boston. we talked about a fair number of things including his concerns. he voiced them at an event earlier here, and to get there about things where currently stand with the investigation and the ways in which the fbi was initially circumscribed in terms of the way they were going forward, he said to me it was not this notion of there being only four witnesses and those four witnesses, the fbi not being able to go take what they learne

seen a said that brett kavanaugh —— has seen a brett kavanaugh first—hand. we have seen his brilliance, his painstaking thoroughness, for 12 yea rs, painstaking thoroughness, for 12 years, judge kavanaugh painstaking thoroughness, for 12 years, judge kava naugh excelled painstaking thoroughness, for 12 years, judge kavanaugh excelled on the bench that many experts see as the bench that many experts see as the second important court in our nation. we have seen his geniality and kindness first—hand in our meetings with the nominee. precisely the approach that is necessary in the approach that is necessary in the court. we have seen his excellent as we reviewed more pages of documents pertaining to his career than for any other supreme court nomination in our history. pages that detect a meticulous and dedicated public servant. and yes, we have now studied the results of seven, seven, fbi background investigations, enquiries that have produced no evidence whatsoever to corroborate any prior misconduct. but rather, they are consistent with all we know about th

circuit dissented during judge kavanaugh's time on that court more than judge kavanaugh, and some of those dissents were pretty creative dissents. some of the things that we are most worried about with respect to the friendliness of judge kavanaugh to corporate power, his distaste for regulation comes from those dissents in which democrats and republicans, or put better, judges appointed by democrats and republicans on the d.c. circuit, found a way to agree, but judge kavanaugh stood over here with some novel theories of the case as to why regulatory bodies couldn't get into the business of big corporations. his history in the appellate court is not of being a bridge builder, it's of standing outside of that mainstream, challenging the consensus. that's who judge kavanaugh is going to be on the supreme court. i'll give you an example, something that's close to my heart. i have a lot of arguments back in connecticut about the future of gun policy in this country, just like we have a lot of arguments here. but by and large people in my state, even the folks who don't agree with all the

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this on the brett kavanaugh vote. joe manchin, senate from west virginia, a deeply red state saying that he remains undecided on this and we're going to give you more details on that. >> we know he was going to go down to read the rest of this this morning, so he may be there finishing this. but he could make or break this for the republican party. >> remember, because they need -- well, they don't need, but if they lose a republican, they will need -- well it depends if they lose a couple republicans they may need some of those red state democrats. >> much more on the breaking news next. >>> cnn business now brought to you by fidelity investments. visit cnn.com/business for your guide to investing in your financial future. funds direc. and now we have zero account fees for brokerage accounts. at fidelity, those zeros really add up. ♪ so maybe i'll win, saved by zero ♪ at fidelity, those zeros really add up. i think it will fit. ♪ want a performance car that actually fits your life? introducing the new 2019 ford

the opponents have placed ads denouncing kavanaugh. more than 2400 law professors signed a new york times op-ed denouncing him. retired justice john paul stevens who previously praised kavanaugh told a florida audience after last week's hearing he cannot support him. >>> sponsors are expressing concern about one of the world's highest paid athletes, cristiano ronaldo after he was accused of rape. jamie yuccas has more. >> cristiano ronaldo. >> reporter: cristiano ronaldo earned more than $108 million this year from his skills on the soccer field. but his billion dollar sponsor nike said it is deeply concerned about allegations of sexual assault against him. kathryn mayorga claims the soccer star raped her in 2009 in his las vegas hotel room after they met in a night club. photos show them partying together that year. lawyer leslie stovall says it dramatically altered her life. >> depression, suicidal ideation, abuse of alcohol. >> reporter: mayorga reported the incident to police and took a medical exam, but refused to name the soccer

, not judge kavanaugh but brett kavanaugh who assaulted her. when i watched her testimony from beginning to end, the conclusion i reached was she was both credible and persuasive. i believed her. and i think a lot of americans did as well. maybe more than half of americans did. but i know i did. and i also believe that judge kavanaugh's response, his response that same day on thursday to these credible allegations has cast even greater doubt on his credibility also cast doubt on his temperament and his ability to serve as an impartial jurist. i think anyone, even a supporter of judge kavanaugh's nomination could have been troubled by his demeanor. and i'll use the word again, temperament, when he came before the committee. after dr. ford presented her moving testimony, judge kavanaugh responded with explosive anger and partisan attacks on virtually all democrats. i was surprised that he did that. no one would begrudge him the opportunity and the necessity if he felt it were necessary for deny these -- to deny these allegations aggressively. no

at the end of the day, judge kavanaugh judge kavanaugh's hysterical political rant confirmed what many of us already knew about this man. he's a political operative cloaked in judicial robes. as kavanaugh said himself, quote, what goes around comes around. does this souped like the words of an impartial, independent judge? never before in my life have i seen a nominee let alone a supreme court nominee behave as though he was entitled to this lifetime appointment. he's not. it's the american people who are entitled to a justice who tells the truth, who conducts himself in a dignified manner, a justice who doesn't face credible accusations of sexual assault. the supreme court deserves better than brett kavanaugh and so do the american people. and more than a thousand legal scholars and counting agree, coming out against kavanaugh's nomination because his partisan and venomous rhetoric has no place on the supreme court. this process has pursuant to poisoned the confirmation process. it was senate republicans who orchestrated the theft of a supreme court seat with more than nine months lef