more ahead. we turn it over to fredricka whitfield. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. it has been a busy one. >> it has been. going to be a busy afternoon, too. >> good to see you. >>> it is 11:00 on the east coast. i am fredricka whitfield. "newsroom" starts right now. we are hours away from the latest deadline set for christine blasey ford. she's accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault back when they were in high school. ford and republicans are locked in a tense back and forth as they attempt to hammer out details for a possible set of testimonies next week where both sides can share their story. if ford's attorneys do not respond by 2:30 eastern time this afternoon with terms for her testimony, the committee, senate judiciary committee says it will vote monday on kavanaugh's nomination. tensions are high. ford and her family have been forced from their home after getting hate mail, death threats, and harassment. and u.s. marshals are investigating death threats to kavanaugh and his wife. where do things stand right now as far as you know from

potentially impactful could this be? >> yes, fredricka. we have to keep our eye on the big picture here, just as you said. he's replacing a man who was the key fifth vote on abortion rights, on racial affirmative action, on gay marriage, and here is brett kavanaugh, just 53 years old, appointed to a lifetime seat. he could decide the fate of the law for a generation. >> and then the issue of these 100,000 pages that are being withheld by the white house, use of executive privilege, all spanning time when kavanaugh served in the george w. bush administration. so reportedly, "the new york times" is putting it as such that these documents reflect deliberations, candid advice concerning the selection and nomination of judicial candidates. so is this out of the ordinary to withhold or want to withhold that kind of information? >> yes, this is more than usual. let me just clarify a couple things here. what the white house and the george w. bush administration are saying is that they should be protected because they were part of deliberations, because they were part of -- they're characterizin

, hello again, everyone, thanks so much for joining me this saturday. i'm fredricka whitfield in washington, d.c. today the fbi begins its latest investigation into u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. his confirmation vote is now delayed another week as investigators look into sexual assault allegations against him. the investigation was sparked by a last-minute change of heart from key republican senator jeff flake. who was cornered in an elevator, hours earlier, by emotional protesters. >> look at me when i'm talking to you. you're telling me that my assault doesn't matter, that what happened to me doesn't matter, and you're going to let people who do these things into power. that's what you're telling me. when you vote for him. >> they were more than emotional. they were demanding and they were informative. after hours of heartbreaking testimony on thursday, senators like flake could no longer ignore the deep divide hanging over kavanaugh's confirmation. >> did the protesters that you encountered play a role at all? >> i think everything that i've seen and viewed and e

great one. >>> hello, everyone, it is the 11:00 hour on the east coast. i am fredricka whitfield. "newsroom" starts right now. the hunt for the anonymous op-ed writer who claims to be the resistance inside the administration. president trump is now calling on attorney general jeff sessions to investigate and a source tells cnn aides believe they are closing in on exposing the writer. the chaos unfolding as former president barack obama unleashes jabs on president trump, breaking with tradition after months of silence, and in a few hours obama will take center stage for round two. this time at a rally in california. >> it did not start with donald trump. he is a symptom, not the cause. he's just capitalizing on resentment that politicians have been fanning for years, undermining our alliances, cozying up to russia. what happened to the republican party? >> i watched it but i fell asleep. [ laughter ] i found he's very good, very good for sleeping. >> all right. cnn jeremy diamond joining us live from the white house. trump claiming obama's speech put him to sleep, what's keeping t

some of those protests took place. >> reporter: fredricka, this is the day football fans wait all year for, right. this is the first sundays of the nfl season, and things got a little crazy here today because we're in miami where the dolphins are hosting the titans. you can see how beautiful it looks here weatherwise, but there's lightning in the area, so this game was delayed. during that delay, colin kaepernick tweeted his support of two miami dolphins players. here's why. dolphins wide receiver kenny stills this afternoon became the first dolphins player to score a touchdown this season. he also became the first nfl player to kneel during the national anthem this regular season. stills wasn't alone. he was joined by his teammate albert wilson. they both knelt down right in front of the miami bench as that anthem was sung. this is something stills has been doing since 2016. he did it that entire season. he says he will continue it throughout this entire season. but here's what kaepernick tweeted in support. he said, my brothers, kenny stills and albert wilson continue to share t

week. >>> thank you so much for joining me from washington, d.c. i'm fredricka whit 2350efield. we are gearing up for another high stakes week on capitol hill into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, quickly becoming the pressure point dividing washington. the big question, what is the scope of the investigation into the sexual assault and misconduct allegations against kavanaugh. they told cnn white house counsel don mcgahn is working with republican leaders to narrow the scope of the investigation as much as possible, but president trump and his team insist they are hands off in the process, saying the fbi has free reign. listen to what presidential counsellor kellyanne conway said. >> it will be limited in scope and meant to last for a week i believe beginning last friday. it's not a fishing expedition. the president very much respects the independence of the fbi and feels that they should be looking at anything they think is credible within this limited scope. >> let's begin with cnn's boris sanchez. what do we know about the discrepancy about the scope of the investigation. fre

describe it for us. >> right, fredricka. talking to you on the air in anticipation of this and recapping the ceremony the four f-18 fighter jets flew right over my head. our team looked up above and i was watching it live on the air when they flew right above us, and wu of them peeled off. and usually, they peel off to the side, but this is, this pilot peeled off almost directly above and he made a cut straight up. it was a really powerful moment. this may been one of the easily most powerful symbols of the incredible wee symbolism that we have seen. there is something about the flyover and you can't take your eyes off of it, and for the few seconds that you are witnessing it, you are moved by it. it is a wonderful sendoff and wonderful symbol for aviator and john mccain's family and those who knew him can appreciate pit most. you talked about the admiral chuck larson getting the wings at the pensacola naval station in the late '60s and they made a pact 20 years ago to be buried together. and the admiraled said to his wife i have gotten our burial place at the academy, and so j

all? >> well, fredricka -- >> it's all out there. >> i suspect that the attorney general sessions has a lot more important things to do than that. it would be a waste of his time. what's the crime here? there wasn't a leak of classified material. so of course the attorney general sessions should not investigate. that's not going to stop the president. >> yes. you heard lindsey graham who says, you know, the president feels betrayaled, you know, i don't blame him but, like you said, as far as we all know, there's no crime. that can't be enough, right, to push your attorney general or the department of justice to open up an investigation, to look for someone who exercised their freedom of speech? >> well, what's even more troubling about all this is the president of the united states should really not be intervening at all in terms of trying to encourage or discourage prosecutions of american citizens. we saw the other day he tweeted bout two republican congressman who were indicted and more or less suggested the attorney general should go easy on them. and he's talked about using t

thank you so much for joining me in washington, d.c. i am fredricka whitfield. today the fbi begins the latest investigation into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. his confirmation vote now delayed another week as investigators look into sexual assault allegations against him by multiple women. the investigation was sparked by a last minute change of heart from key republican senator jeff flake. the same senator cornered in an elevator hours earlier by emotional protesters. >> i have two children. i cannot imagine that for the next 50 years, they will have to have someone in the supreme court who has been accused of violating a young girl. what are you doing, sir? >> after hours of heartbreaking testimony from his accuser, and kavanaugh vehemently denying the accusations, senators could not ignore the deep divide beginning to swell over kavanaugh's confirmation. >> we are hearing those folks have come forward with allegations of sexual assault that we are respecting them and investigating. this thing is tearing our country apart. >> seeing yesterday and today just this is rippi

president of the philippines fredricka deter has laid a wreath at israel's holocaust memorial following a meeting with benjamin netanyahu the visit is aimed at boosting trade and defense deals it's a first visit to israel by a philippines a head of state since the two countries. established diplomatic relations more than sixty years ago. children in france go back to school after their summer vacation today with a new ban on cell phones in place the french education minister says the aims to help children socialize more aggressive focus was. a court in mid sentence to reuters journalists to seven years in jail they were convicted of breaching the country's official secrets act while investigating the alleged mass killing of a hinge of muslims by the military the two reporters deny the charges and say they were framed by police the un has called the trial a travesty of justice western governments say the ruling calls into question their most commitment to freedom of the press the next seven years in jail for breaching mammals official secrets act or as some would say for simply doing their

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? >> fredricka, it's true trump would have us to believe that ms-13 is a trans-atlantic enterprise. they are really such a pa eripan the trump administration. the reality is that ms-13 only count for less than 1% of the ganz gangs in america. many consist of members from south america. there have been some that appeared at the border of mexico. some of these kids are traumatized, they come to the united states to reunite with families who left central america many years ago, and they're prime targets for the gang. the gang has been in this country since the 1980s, and ms-13 is a very complex issue, and to really understand it, i hope you'll watch the episode tonight and read the piece i wrote on cnn.com, because the u.s. government has actually played a pretty big role in the evolution of ms-13. >> in what way? what do you mean? >> the u.s. funded and funneled billions of dollars into countries like el salvador and guatemala in the 1980s into the hands of corrupt dictators and human rights abusers. and then in the '90s, deported thousands of criminals, many gang members who began t

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much more ahead. we turn it over to fredricka whitfield. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. it has been a busy one. >> it has been. going to be a busy afternoon, too. >> good to see you. >>> it is 11:00 on the east coast. i am fredricka whitfield. "newsroom" starts right now. we are hours away from the latest deadline set for christine blasey ford. she's accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault back when they were in high school. ford and republicans are locked in a tense back and forth as they attempt to hammer out details for a possible set of testimonies next week where both sides can share their story. if ford's attorneys do not

about this fredricka this is something that we've seen at other far right protests what happened in court and well luckily no reporter was injured but we know of at least two german journalists who were intimidated they were pushed and eventually they were forced to stop their reporting essentially one of them is called martine khalil he is a journalist with germany's daily. and we have some scenes from a life stream that he posted yesterday. you can quickly see there he is. and so he was filming and commenting on speeches at yesterday's rally but then he appeared to be surrounded by several or several members of the crowd and we can hear him saying that he wants to leave but that's when things begin escalating you can hear people here shouting. or lying press which is a nazi era term and then the video cuts out. now later that journalist and martin posted in a separate twitter in a separate tweet that he was actually showed away from the scene people tried to take his phone and then at some point police had to intervene and then managed to pull him away and we also have a second in

who it is. >> let me tell you, fredricka, i'm fairly certain i know who it is. i've been going through this parlor game like everybody else has. i'm also completely 100% certain that the person who wrote this is on the list of people who said they didn't write it. >> all right. so who do you think it is? >> i'm not going to go into that. my attorney tells me it's a bad idea. but i can tell you this. i believe, first of all -- >> so you talked to your attorney. you've consulted your attorney. you've said, i think i know who this is based on certain language that was used, and you've consulted your attorney -- >> based on language. right, based on language, based on the fact that i believe that these kinds of people leave a trail of crumbs when they're trying to deceive people around them. that's the way it always is. >> cnn's ryan nobles is at the white house. the good old trail of crumbs. just like hansel and gretel apparently, which we know the white house has been trying to follow as well. they're talking about it a lot, ryan. >> reporter: yeah, they really are, erica. the qu

taking the lead here fredricka mogul ready to create this special purpose vehicle which is to inoculate buyers of iranian oil those who have put foreign direct investment into iran so they're not having to use the dollar and basically expose themself to u.s. sanctions now the question really is will that work the way that the sections are structured and going to be implemented it looks like that that might not work because any company having business in the united states would still be subject to sanctions no matter what the avenue of flow is into iraq even if they don't use the swift system for traveling funds and v.w. for example is already pulled out of iran washington has responded with disappointment to the e.u. announcement by rainy meanwhile the u.s. has issued new warnings to iran let's listen in now to trump's national security advisor john bull on that issue if you cross our allies or our partners you harm our citizens if you continue to lie cheat and deceive yes there will indeed be held. hell to pay does that apply to europe tyson what are america's options with eu

music. my colleague fredricka whitfield was there. ♪ home going fit for a queen. queen of soul, aretha franklin. >> gospel praise from the clark sisters to an aretha classic performed by pop princess ariana grande. ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ >> reporter: two weeks after her passing the 76-year-old in a gold-plated casket was celebrated as an artist, friend, icon, and inspiration. >> i've been watching the celebration of your life from everywhere. the world is going to miss you, and i know that i'm going to miss you so much, because i miss our talks. it's really going to be different without you. >> reporter: love and respect from the highest notes. ♪ lord >> reporter: to the highest elected public office. >> we started out as like aretha group byies or something. >> she lived with courage. not with fear, but overcoming her fears. she lived with faith, not without failure but overcoming her failures. she lived with power, not without weakness but overcoming her weaknesses. i just loved her. >> reporter: from former u.s. attorney general erik holder. >> she w

joining me this sunday. i'm fredricka whitfield. another high stakes week on capitol hill. the back ground investigation into u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh is becoming the latest political pressure point dividing this city. the big question, what is the scope of the investigation intoed the sexual assault and misconduct allegations against kavanaugh? sources tell cnn don mcgahn is working behind the scenes with republican leaders to narrow the scope of the investigation as much as possible. president trump and his team invest that they are hands off in the process, saying the fbi has free reign. let's start first with boris sanchez at the white house and boris, what's the president saying right now? >> reporter: it appears that line about the fbi having free reign was hyperbole from president trump because it's the white house with input from senate republicans that is guiding the parameters of this fbi allegations into allegations against brett kavanaugh who was replacing anthony kennedy. there are complaints about democrats on twitter. he wrote wow, just starting to h

. i will see you next week. >>> thank you so much for joining me from washington, d.c. i'm fredricka whit 2350efield. we are gearing up for another high stakes week on capitol hill into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, quickly becoming the pressure point dividing washington. the big question, what is the scope of the investigation into the sexual assault and misconduct allegations against kavanaugh. they told cnn white house counsel don mcgahn is working with republican

>>> hello again, everyone. thanks so much for joining me this sunday. i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> this just in to cnn, we're now learning that christine blasey ford will testify first about her accusations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. kavanaugh will testify after her. it is highly anticipated this this will set for this thursday, 10:00 a.m. eastern time. jessica snyder joining me now. what more do we know about the conditions? >> the judiciary in the past few minutes sending out a release confirming that this highly anticipated hearing will move forward on thursday at 10:00 a.m. it will be open to the public, but there are still details that haven't yet been determined, like if other witnesses besides christine ford and brett kavanaugh will transpire. other witnesses include trauma experts, and they also want the person who witnessed blasey ford's polygraph to testify. the attorney determines how many witnesses to call, in what order to call them and who will question them. these are non-negotiable. the committee standing firm there but seeming to leave a li

. what are you witness something. >> fredricka, it's remarkable to see a community here more than a week after hurricane florence made landfall still dealing with major flooding at that. we are high above one of the subdivisions that is one of the hardest hit in south carolina. it is worth noting that this water is about 8 to 10 feet deep and most of it is shallow water and starting to creep into the areas. some areas didn't expect any water at all. the river is cause all of thisro feet per day. at last check it's gone up about a foot, but 20 feet high and not expected to crest until monday or tuesday morning. the bad news is what you are seeing right now above conway is expected to hit georgetown sometime next week. this water is flowing downriver and all of this water is causing the waccamaw river is making its way to conway. the good news is there have been no injuries reported or water rescues. just water assists. we have gotten a perspective of how widespread it is up in the air. >> it's a powerful view of what people are up against. a judge in pennsylvania about to decide bill cosb

. thanks for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. the fbi's latest background investigation into brett kavanaugh is quickly becoming the latest political pressure point dividing washington. many questions still remain about what and who the fbi is looking at. we're just learning that kavanaugh's first accuser christine blasey ford has not been contacted yet by the fbi according to two sources. meanwhile sources say senate republicans are working with white house counsel don mcgahn who is trying to narrow the scope of the investigation as much as possible. but president trump and his team insist that they are hands off in the process saying that the fbi has free rein. let's go to boris sanchez at the white house. so the president is waeighing i. what are you learning? >> reporter: that's right. president trump tweeting in light of some complaints that the white house may have too much influence oefrver the prob. quote, wow, just starting to heart democrats are starting to put out the word that the time and scope of fbi looking in to judge kavanaugh and witnesses is not enough. hello, fo

physical violence and forced sex. brian explains why this case takes on so much stature. >> fredricka, this is the 50 time we have seen a fortune 500 ceo stepping down amid allegations of harassment and assault in this almost year that has passed, we talked about the me too movement. we have seen many hollywood stars and journalists and others lose their jobs. this is differently. a ceo who runs a giant company who makes hundreds of millions of dollars. >> thanks so much. cbs is likely to announce the deal by tomorrow morning. president trump has agreed to provide written answers in the defamation lawsuit that's according to court documents obtained by cnn. she say former contestant and said trump defamed her after she accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2 thousand 7. cnn is following the developments.07. cnn is following the development07. cnn is following the developments. >> they have until september 28th to submit the answers. both sides have to respond to the questions and answer to them under oath. that means any potential false answers could lead to charges of perjury. so

to speed. >> fredricka, we're in a situation here where environmentalists fear that coal ash is getting into the cape fear river, while duke energy, the power company that owns the property that's home to two coal ash basins, on a plant site that was formerly a coal burning power plant that's now a natural gas plant, say that's probably not happening, at least not yet. you have both sides being very careful with their verbiage because the fact of the matter is, it is just too early for anyone to be certain one way or the other. the reason being, that sampling of this water just began yesterday when a dam was breached on the cooling lake after it was being flooded by the waters of the cape fear river. samples are expected to have resulted returned to duke energy tonight. those first results will give us a clearer picture of the danger the people in wilmington could be in if this coal ash was to get into this river. at this time, duke energy maintains that the coal basins are secure. they say when the cooling lake started taking on water, they began excavating even before the stor

fear that shark stocks in the atlantic are already endangered. fredricka crema walk from the organization shark project visits the shark all frequently to monitor the size and weight of the animals. they're getting smaller and smaller a clear sign of overfishing. the sea also a lot of these mako sharks aren't sexually mature so they're clearing out the north atlantic so why do they do that and gets to make money on their fins of the gold of the ocean swells. these assessments are not carried out by the embassy itself but by external certification agencies in this case bureau very ties. the fisheries are allowed to choose the agency themselves and also pay their assessors directly. so how impartial is this agency. the reported minutes that overfishing occurring could not be ruled out yet a few pages on it says the stock is unlikely to be overfished. and the final assessment this fishery should be certified according to the m.s.c. standard. the captain of a shark fishing boat tells us business is bad because there are fewer and fewer sharks. to make ends meet the laws aren't al

, how potentially serious is it? >> very, very serious. fredricka, we had a quiet first half of the season. the peak is tomorrow. we had too much saharan dust. temperatures in the ocean have been cooler than they were this year. now things are changing. we have an up tick. the storm is far away and if you look at history, at any other storm where the position is of florence, not one came to the u.s. coastline. they went to the north. the effects are already starting to be felt and we feel them each and every day. landfall and where that may be is too soon. the impacts are going to be broad. up and down the coastline. we are looking at thursday night into friday morning. now that the storm is getting into warmer waters, we expect in the next 24 hours, a major hurricane. that means significant explosive development to category three, four, or five. again, we are watching the carolinas. this is going to change throughout the week. each time we get the information from the hurricane hunters, it goes into the computer models and we break it down. just to give you an idea of the impacts w

. >>> hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me this sunday. i'm fredricka whitfield. president trump will get a second opportunity to make a lasting impact on the united states supreme court when his nominee, brett kavanaugh, goes before the u.s. senate for confirmation hearings this week. it will be the second such showdown over a justice since the president took office in january of 2017. this as the white house says it is using executive privilege to hold back more than 100,000 pages of documents related to kavanaugh's time as a lawyer in george w. bush's administration. senate minority leader chuck schumer calls the decision a friday night document massacre, a reference to watergate. democrats claim republicans are trying to force through kavanaugh's nomination without the proper scrutiny. for more, let's go to cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez. so what is the reason the white house is giving for not turning over these documents? >> reporter: they thehey there,. yeah, lawyers citing constitutional privilege as the reason to hold back these 100,000-plus pages relat

fredricka back to you thank you thank you. police in western germany have begun removing dozens of environmental activists from a force that is due to be cleared for coal mining activists have been living in tree houses in an effort to prevent the forests destruction despite being removed by state protests on the way. this is what the escalation of a long running environmental battle looks like. police officers drag out activists from the humbucker forest in western germany near the city of cologne dozens of activists have called this forest home since twenty twelve now it's set to be cleared to allow for the mining of brown coal no mountains in sight and it's absolutely useless to clear the forest said this point the call that lies beneath us probably won't have to be mined anyway so i founded negligent that people are being put at risk right now on all sides. for years these activists have been holed up in some sixty three houses protesting the expansion of one of europe's largest lignite mines the mining company r w e owns this forest and is legally allowed to cut down the trees

or threatened during yesterday's match and not they've been documenting that treatment fredricka but you know from de to be such. we. welcome. we've seen the press straight out of the protests in germany tell us what's happening. well we just heard also from fog and he also faced some intimidation he just said and this also happened to some other journalists yesterday. they were not injured but at least we know of at least two german journalists who said they have been pushed and intimidated and eventually were forced to stop their reporting one of them for example is martin cow he's a journalist for germany's daily. that's him and he was life streaming during yesterday's protest and commenting on some of the speeches that took place about rally. but then he appeared to be surrounded by several members of the crowd we can hear him saying that he wants to leave the scene and things then began begin escalating and you can hear people shouting you can press a or line press which is not the area term and then the video cuts out but we know from from the journalists martin cow who lat

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for being with me. i'm fredricka whitfield. a source telling cnn president trump is obsessed with finding the writer of the anonymous op-ed who claims to be part of the resistance inside the administration. trump is now calling on u.s. attorney general jeff sessions to investigate and a source tells cnn aides believe they are closing in on exposing the writer of that "new york times" op-ed. this chaos unfolding as former president barack obama unleashes jabs on president trump, breaking with tradition, after months of silence and, in just a few hours, obama will take center stage for round two, this time at a rally in california. >> the claim that everything will turn out okay because there are people inside the white house who secretly aren't following the president's orders -- that is not a check. i'm being serious here. that's not how our democracy's supposed to work. [ applause ] these people aren't elected. they're not accountable. they're not doing us a service by actively promoting 90% of the crazy stuff that's coming out of this white house. and then saying don't worry, we

>>> hello again everyone. thanks for being with me this saturday. i'm fredricka whitfield in washington, d.c. the fbi's background investigation into u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh is now underway. the "washington post" reporting that the fbi has already started to reach out to people including debra ramirez. the second woman accusing kavanaugh of misconduct. and delayed another week as investigations are under way. a last-minute change of heart from key republican senator jeff flake. the same senator cornered in an elevator hours earlier by emotional protesters demanding that he listen when women come forward with stories of sexual assault. all of this after a long day of heartbreaking testimony from christine blasey ford and brett kavanaugh vehemently denying the accusations. so where do things go from here? we know the fbi is focused on this week-long probe into the recent accusations and sources tell cnn three senate sources and a probe available to senators not to the public and then senators will move forward towards a yea or nay vote. president trump waveri

sue herera with your cnbc news update fredricka mogherini, the european union's top diplomat says the bloc remain as staunch supporter of the international criminal court despite u.s. condemnation of the tribunal >> today the existence of the international criminal court is being questioned and i think it is important to say in this cycle formally and clearly that it is not questioned by the european union. and that we will continue to strongly and fully support the icc and its work >> philippine authorities beginning to evacuate thousands of people from the path of the most powerful typhoon this year. rescuers and troops have been placed on full alert in the country's north. schools were closed and bulldozers were ready for landslides, it is expected to hit on saturday. >>> in a tweet this morning, amazon's ceo jeff bezos is announcing the bezos day one fund beginning with a commitment of $2 billion he said the fund will focus on funding nonprofits, helping homeless families and creating preschools for low-income communities. >>> you're up to date and now we go over to kaitlyn from w

saturday from atlanta. i'm fredricka whitfield. a final farewell to senator john mccain after a week of honoring, mourning and celebrating his life. colleagues and friends said their final good-byes today during an emotional service fit for a true american hero. that service radiated the values close to john mccain's heart, pride, patriotism, his strong relationships as a beloved colleague, father and husband. and a reminder that there's more to washington than your personal politics. his daughter, meghan mccain, giving a heartfelt, powerful tribute to her father. that sentiment echoed throughout the service. >> i am here before you today saying the words i have never wanted to say. giving this speech i have never wanted to give. we gather here to mourn the passing of american greatness. the real thing. not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly. nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who live lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served. america does not boast because she has no need to. the america of john mccain has

this saturday. i'm fredricka whitfield. we're just hours away from the latest deadline set for christine blasey ford. she's accusing u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual and physical assault back when they were in high school. ford and republicans are locked in a tense back and forth as they attempt to hammer out details for a possible hearing next week, where both sides could share their story. if ford's attorneys do not respond by 2:30 p.m. this afternoon, the committee says it will vote monday on kavanaugh's nomination. tensions are high. ford's husband, in a tell all interview to "the washington post," says his wife moved to california to reinvent her life. but it wasn't far enough. and when kavanaugh's name was mentioned for the u.s. supreme court, he recalls, and i'm quoting now, the husband of miss ford, she was, like, i can't deal with this, if he becomes the nominee, then i'm moving to another country. i cannot live in this country if he's in the supreme court. she wanted out. cnn's boris sanchez joins us now from berkeley heights, new jersey, not far f

, fredricka. there should be an fbi investigation prior to the testimony. people are not talking about the reality that in the prior hearing with anita hill and clarence thomas, the fbi did an investigation. only took three days. that's it. three days. that's it. and secondly, there's been no discussion about standards. the fact is there are no standards when it comes to these kind of proceedings. and we don't know what the conditions are. we will soon learn what they are. i must say it is premature to set this hearing. i'm glad there's going to be a hearing. there was a real question about this. there are a lot of conditions that remain unknown, and i think it is premature to go forward. >> richmoard, do you see it as disservice that there might be testimony without an fbi investigation similar to that of the anita hill accusations with clarence thomas hearing? >> yes, fred. someone has to alert the president when he stands up and says that the fbi does not investigate potential supreme court justices that the i in fbi means investigation. once we get over that and grassley real

the east coast. i am fredricka whitfield. "newsroom" starts right now. the hunt for the anonymous op-ed writer who claims to be the resistance inside the administration. president trump is now calling on attorney general jeff sessions to investigate and a source tells cnn aides believe they are closing in on exposing the writer. the chaos unfolding as former president barack obama unleashes jabs on president trump, breaking with tradition after months of silence, and in a few ho