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

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

, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ford mentioned kavanaugh as her assaulter years ago. a search for truth would have allowed the fbi to interview numerous high school and college classmates who have come forward saying they can provide information about judge kavanaugh's conduct during those years that was consistent with the allegations, but also, which contradict judge kavanaugh's sworn testimony. a search for the truth would have allowed the fbi to review a man who wrote a sworn statement asserting that he could corroborate ms. ramirez's allegations for two women who contacted authorities and evidence that judge kavanaugh tried to head off miss ramirez's story before a became public. that was an apparent contradiction, total contradiction with his testimony before the judiciary committee. in fact, a search for the truth would have allowed the fbi to at least speak with julia swetnick, a third accuser. it would have allowed the fbi to speak with mark judge's ex-girlfriend who recalled that mr. judge told her ashamedly about his sexual incident that eerily mirrors dr.

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

it's about judge kavanaugh. and for judge kavanaugh to get a fair vetting, we should not short-circuit the process. and that process requires the fbi to have adequate time and for the members of the senate to understand that report before they're asked to vote. >> the president was questioned about kavanaugh's drinking at a news conference earlier today at the rose garden. and the process of responding. and he also leveled a very serious accusation at an unnamed democratic senator who he claimed had been seen in what he described as very bad, somewhat compromising situations. what's your response to that accusation for president trump? >> well, that's president trump's playbook. he always tries -- when he feels he's being attacked, to attack someone else. we have seen that over and over again. we have seen how he's attacked senator flake at times. the late senator mccain at times. senator corker at times. so we know what he does in an effort to try to distract from the substance of disagreements he has. >> senat

the third former classmate of brett kavanaugh said kavanaugh was not truthful last week when he said he never blacked out from drinking alcohol. first this is the president from the white house just a moment ago. >> i don't think you should lie to congress, and there have been a lot of people over the last year that have lied to congress. and to me that would not be acceptable. i don't want to do anything to intersupt what's happening with judge kavanaugh. and i think the process -- i must say, hopefully as mitch said, they'll have a vote by the end of the week and it will be a positive vote. well, i say that it's a very scary time for young men in america when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of. this is a very, very difficult time. what's happening here has much more to do than even the appointment of a supreme court justice. it really does. you can be somebody that was perfect your entire life and somebody could accuse you of something. it doesn't necessarily have to be a woman, but somebody could accuse you of something and you're automatically guilty. bu

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

and from brett kavanaugh? >> i think the big question for what's going to happen here is whether or not we're going to see fence spending or more fire and fury. we expect the president to speak for about 20 minutes or so. we're expecting brett kavanaugh to speak. after we heard the president earlier today talk about the democratic forces aligned against kavanaugh as being evil, whether or not he's going to dial down that rhetoric. we know that brett kavanaugh put that op ed in the wall street journal, you can see people coming into the room right now. supreme court justices okayingen, sotomayor, ginsburg, roberts, breyer and so on. kavanaugh seemed to dial back a lot of that rhetoric that we saw during his hearing. some of the other notables we should mention in the room right now is justice kavanaugh's wife and children. also one thing i want to note, mitch mcconnell came into the room, i thought that was interesting because he actually came in to a standing ovation before the standing ovation that we're seei

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

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

that of judge kavanaugh. she showed a grasp of the constitution, supreme court precedent, and gave a chilling and sad description of the environment that we're all living in today. it was truly a modern day profile in courage. frankly, i don't know susan collins, and i don't know her well at all, i don't get impressed that often. the speech today, frankly, blew me away. she should be proud. frankly, it had a lot less to do with her decision, although that's very important in all of this. than the pure human decency, fairness, and process that she employed to get to her decision. let's take a look. >> today, we have come to the conclusion of a could be firmation process -- confirmation process that has become so disfunctional, it looks more like a character of a gutter level political campaign than a solemn occasion. judge kavanaugh has received rave reviews for his 12-year track record as the judge, including for his judicial temperament. the american bar association gave him its highest possible rating, in e

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

at this time tomorrow, judge brett kavanaugh is expected to finally be known as justice brett kavanaugh. the next justice on the highest court in the land as president trump apparently succeeded against all odds to reshape the supreme court. thanks to the support leaked from two king swing votes. susan collins and joe manchin. i'm ed henry in for martha maccallum. this is "the story" tonight. the republican from main with a big reveal this afternoon. liberal protesters tried to cut her off. >> thank you, mr. president -- >> vote no! >> collins making her case, laying out what she

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

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

just as kavanaugh. the senate confirmed him by a 50-48 almost straight party line vote. if kavanaugh is expected to take his place on the supreme court tuesday, cementing a solid 5-4 conservative majority. kavanaugh's confirmation is expected to shift the balance of power on the court for a generation and it is certain to influence midterm elections that are now just 30 days away. in a moment, we will speak with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, but first, let's bring in fox news correspondent kevin corke with the latest. >> the nomination of brett m kavanaugh of maryland to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirmed. >> just as brett kavanaugh's road to the supreme court is more than the culmination of years of hard work and months of political imaginations, its bond resistance moments on both ends of the political spectrum. resist trump and resist mob rul rule. from the halls of congress to the steps of the capital, to the shadow of the high court itself, prot

to which kavanaugh replied no. brett kavanaugh's friend sent a text message before the "new yorker" article was published saying kavanaugh asked her to go on the record in his defense. the same report says two other messages show communication between kavanaugh's team and former classmates ahead of the story's publication. nbc news national political correspondent heidi przybyla co-wrote the report. put this into context for us, please. >> the question is whether the fbi is going to look at this additional information at a time when so many feel that they are not being heard by the fbi. these are text messages from fellow classmates, between two fellow classmates. one is actually the wife of one of the men who debra ramirez puts in the room as having witnessed the incident potentially. as you see in these text messages, clearly brett himself, that's how she refers to him, as well as brett's team, brett's guy were in outreach to them prior to the publication of this article. and so the reason why carrie birchham, th

first, i know brett kavanaugh. i have known brett and his wife ashley for more than 15 years, since we worked together in the george w. bush white house. i have seen them in tough situations. i have seen them tested. i have seen their character. i have known brett not so much as a legal scholar or a judge or a professor, but as a colleague and a friend and a father and a husband, and i have known him as someone who is smart, thoughtful, and compassionate. among white house colleagues, i know that he is universally viewed that way. he was at the time and he still is today, as we have seen from the testimony of so many men and women who have worked with him. i also know that brett kavanaugh has been a widely respected public servant for nearly three decades, including the last 12 years as a judge on the d.c. circuit court. what most view as the second highest court in the land. i know that he has received praise from his fellow judges, his many law clerks, the majority of whom have been women. the students in his cla

judge kavanaugh and christine blasey ford, the whom testified kavanaugh assaulted her, are not on the list. kavanaugh's drinking history which has come up in the allegations, that is not apparently part of this probe. the fbi did talk on sunday to a woman who has alleged kavanaugh drunkenly exposed himself to her while at yale university years ago. we get more now from cnn correspondent boris sanchez. >> reporter: the ranking democrat on the senate judiciary committee dianne feinstein sending out a statement on sunday afternoon requesting the exact directive coming from the white house to the fbi outlining the exact parameters of the fbi probe into accusations made against president trump's pick to replace justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court, judge brett kavanaugh. dianne feinstein saying the stakes are simply too high and that senators on that committee should know exactly what the white house is telling the fbi to do. two sources familiar with the investigation have told cnn that the white house is sort of outlining the exact steps that the fbi should take, maintaining that

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

having said that, justice kavanaugh -- justice kavanaugh. i love that. he said during his testimony that he believes roe v. wade is law. i would refer you to 2016 when candidate trump turned to hillary clinton and did something that pro-life candidates didn't do and should have. he said you're the extremist on abortion. you would rip the baby out of its mother's womb moments before the last hour before its birth. that was donald trump. a lot of people in the country say oh. a lot of people looked at it and said to be pro-choice, you're for sex selection abortion. late term abortion, pax payer abortion. >> back to my question -- >> that's the issue. those cases will get to the supreme court one day. >> the president promised that he was going to appoint justices that will get roe v. wade overturned. is that the expectation now? has he fulfilled his promise? does the president expect to see roe v. wade overturned? >> both justice gore such and justice kavanaugh said that roe is settled law. >> but the president promised to -- so was that a broken promise?

for kavanaugh. what brought you to this point. >> it was the hearings last thursday. it was the demeanor on the bench and the way he treated a coequal branch after government with disrespect. it was very hard to watch. another thing, too, that the other classmate who signed the letter with me, mike proctor and i are both criminal attorneys. i was a federal prosecutor. he was a federal defender in los angeles. and we know that when poor people are in court, that even if they are innocent and sometimes they are, if they show demeanor like that, there are consequences that are far greater than not getting a job that you want. it's a loss of freedom in a place like texas, it can be worse than that. >> in fact, you wrote a letter to the senate judiciary committee with another law school classmate explaining the reason for our withdrawal is not the truth or fasity of dr. ford's allegations but rather was the nature of judge kavanaugh's testimony. in our view, that testimony was partisan and not judicious

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

and i would not take one of those glasses from mark kavanaugh -- brett kavanaugh, excuse me. i saw him around the punch -- i won't say bowls, or the punch containers. i don't know what he did, but i saw him by them, yes. >> now the sworn statement, let's put up, just so that we remind people, obviously, you know. "i became aware of efforts by mark judge, brett kavanaugh and others to spike the punch at house parties that i attended," we'll leave it there. >> can i explain that? >> but i argue that they're different. >> well, what her testimony stated and the declaration, i understand, you are used different, one of her friends informed her of what she just put in the declaration or what was attested to in the declaration. and last night at 10:40 p.m., i had a telephone conversation with a woman who will go unnamed, who lives in florida, who told me directly that mark judge and brett kavanaugh would spike the punch with grain alcohol and quaaludes. >> and she knows it because she's seen it or she's heard it? >> she knows it because she saw it. and it's about the fifth conversa

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ford and democrats for judge kavanaugh's flaws. they were intent on shrouding the truth because they knew that , judgetruth came kavanaugh would be exposed as a truly flawed nominee. , my fellowes americans, what is the appropriate response? our country needs a reckoning on these issues, and there is only one remedy, change must come from where change in america always begins. the ballot box. and so many millions who are outraged, there is one answer. .ote if you believe dr. ford and other brave women who came forward and want to vindicate the sacrifice, vote. if you believe the supreme court should uphold women's rights, vote. if you believe the supreme court must protect health care and our pre-existing conditions that are protected now, vote. court believe the supreme should defend consumers, workers, the environment, civil rights, populations, vote. if you believe the supreme court should be a check on an overreaching president, vote. if you believe the process here in the senate was a sham and you believe americans deserve bet

whit ease wrote in a column i know judge kavanaugh but won't confirm him, judge kavanaugh's statement was an outburst of emotion from a would-be judge. i do not begrudge him the emotion, even the anger, but i cannot condone the partisanship which was raw, undisguised negative conspiratorial for somebody who asks for public faith as a dispassionate and impartial judicial actor. his of performance was wholly inconsistent with a congress we should expect from a member of the judiciary. that's from somebody who is abconservative and a -- a conservative and kavanaugh supporter. the courage that both kavanaugh 's friends and observers like whitease is showing realizes this guy is too much. i wish we saw a little more from the republican side because they know deep in their hearts this guy shouldn't be on the bench. we know they know. now the judge's partisanship at hearing raises questions, as i mentioned, but the biggest issue against judge kavanaugh, in my judgment, is credibility credibility, the number-one issue. does kavanaugh always tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the

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