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Investigations are done, before corroborating evidence is evaluated, this is a very painful day and a very sad day for our country. >> senator cory booker again, after a very long day, i thank you for making time this evening. >> thank you. i want to turn to bob bower. you were in the position to oversee judicial nominations, and that process. what did you think about what happened today? >> i thought, first of all, this hearing today underscored the mistake that the white house made early on ...

But really thats a pretty slim hope. i dont think well see closure at the end of the day. maybe well be a little bit further down that road. well end today with more questions than we start today with, almost certainly. well have a sense of additional witnesses. well have a sense that there needs revitalized fbi background process. well have a sense were not ready to have a vote tomorrow. this is so heavily reminiscent and john heilemanns comments made me think about what happened in alabama dur...

Possibly can that would enable you to ask the right questions? the same is true for those who believe her and have questions for the judge. for judge kavanaugh. which is you have to know what youre going to ask. you never base a witness testimony only on the witness, him or herself. you always have additional information. thats always the way its done and thats why you have a background process and if you have new information that comes forward, you want to get additional background. >> ashley p...

Parents deported or otherwise n unaccounted for. here is tal kopan. >> reporter: the deadline has come and gone and we have new numbers on how many of those were reunited on time. the government last night gave us an update that roughly 1,400 of the families were eligible and reunited by thursday evening. they said another almost 400 of those children that they identified were released from health and human services custody. they did not specify if those were to a parent or some who went to fami...

The government last night gave us an update that roughly 1,400 of the families were eligible and reunited by thursday evening. they said another almost 400 of those children that they identified were released from health and human services custody. they did not specify if those were to a parent or some who went to families or friends in the country. that leaves about 700 children who were not reunited with a parent by the court deadline. that breaks down mostly with parents who are actually no l...

Some 700 remain in government custody as a court ordered deadline to reunite families expired. the group that brought the lawsuit, aclu, disagreeing over eligibility points. the hard work beginning. the government not offering a timeline to track down the parents deported or otherwise unaccounted for. here is tal kopan. >> reporter: the deadline has come and gone and we have new numbers on how many of those were reunited on time. the government last night gave us an update that roughly 1,400 of ...

Ubers background checks are failing. when colorados public safety commissioner heard about a man who was allegedly assaulted by an uber driver, he demanded a list from uber of all its drivers with disqualifying records. >> frankly, we were shocked by what we found. >> the list he got from uber included 12 uber drivers convicted of felonies and others with duis or driving on suspended licenses. what does that tell you about the background process? >> tells me that the background process as it is ...

Driving on suspended licenses. what does that tell you about the background process? >> the background process as it is in law now doesnt work. >> reporter: according to uber, the companys policy disqualifies drivers with claims like these. but in case after case, convicted felons have been approved to drive anyway. in maryland, massachusetts, and california, governor agencies found what add up to thousands of drivers with disqualifying criminal records, even sexual offenders, approved to work f...

Abusing passengers. cnns senior investigative correspondent drew griffin broke that story for us and hes continuing to look at ubers practices and whether your ride home is safe. drew, what more are you learning? >> ubers background check system is failing and in thousands of cases, criminals are behind the wheel driving for uber. when colorados public safety commissioner heard about a man who was allegedly assaulted by an uber driver, he demanded a list from uber of all its drivers with disqual...

Was last month. since then, as you know, the whole issue of security clearances has blown up into a full scale disaster for the trump white house. following revelations about rob porter, the white house staff secretary who lost that job following news reports about serious domestic violence allegations against him from both of his ex wives. those news reports about those domestic violation allegations, those were revelations to all of us and the public but it turned out the white house had known...