Bill judge kavanaugh wrote this, quote, i was very emotional last thursday, more so than i have ever been. I might have been too emotional at times. I know my tone was sharp and i said a few things i should not have said end quote. Sandra President Trump standing behind his nominee as lawmakers on both sides dig in. President trump democrats have been trying to destroy judge Brett Kavanaugh. [booing] since the first second he was announced. He was announced for one simple reason, an incredible intellect, person and incredible talent. This investigation was not thorough. It was not complete. And it did not get to the bottom of what happened and who judge kavanaugh is. Dont tell me we havent spent enough time. Judge kavanaugh should be confirmed on saturday. That report, if thats an investigation, its a investigation. They made up their mind to vote no before anyone said hello. What you all have done is [bleep]. We have analysis but we begin with Kristin Fisher back on capitol hill. Wher
I need help to do my job. I need to bring to bear whats going on some much more serious brain power than i can bring alone and in particular, some much more serious experience on National Security issues. So im going on explain here what is going on right now in the news that i think requires us to bring in the sort of experts who you are going to hear from. Then after i tell you why im approaching it this way, well stay here a while. This is going to be a slightly different way than we usually do things here. This bat time and this bat channel. Heres where it starts. It starts last week at the summit between trump and putin. Can you believe that was only a week ago . It was only a week ago. There was a landmark moment in the question and answer period where the two president s were asked questions by reporters and a reporter named jeff mason stood up and asked a very direct and a very important question to Vladimir Putin. You probably remember this moment. If you watched the summit th
Im john king, thank you for sharing your day with us. President trump angers key republicans with his mocking attack on Christine Blasey ford. The big question is, does it just anger them or does it impact their votes on Brett Kavanaugh. The new fbi investigation is the other wild card, it could be wrapped up as early as today. And the Senate Republican leader wants to move quickly to a kavanaugh confirmation vote. The mood here in because is raw. Worse, but one of the president s closest cabinet allies reminds us we have been here for or at least pretty close to here before. Everything he said was fact all. He is frustrated his nominee has been treated so badly. It was personal degrading as heck. This is what you get when you go through a trailer park with a 100 bill. See, this is not the first time this has happened. That is actually a reference to something somebody said. James carville. We begin there with what the president really thinks and whether that hurts where it matters the
That does it for us tonight. Well see you again tomorrow night. Now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Ow good evening and welcome to our special labor day edition of the last word. We are now 64 days away from election day and the latest nbc news wall street journal poll shows 50 of voters want democrats to take control of congress. 42 want republicans to keep control. We are now 64 days away from and eight of those 25 now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. That does it for us tonight. It is either that or an orange jumpsuit. The book comes two weeks to the day Michael Cohen testified under oath that the president personally directed him to break the law in an effort to win the white house. Wi yet in the White House Press no, but that is true. Mentioned it quickly. , not like, you know and i would certainly have thought that maybe you would have called the office. But thats okay. Ill speak to kellyanne. I am a little surprised that she wouldnt have
Her story forth if shes denying it if and that she knows to be true. He is not telling the truth. Also coming up tonight children abused and then accused a scandal in one english telling how the police and the public viewed the victims as criminals. People. We were seeing to child prostitutes is the calm. Which if. We was children. And we begin the day with a strong sense of deja vu in the United States now if youre old enough youll remember those televised u. S. Senate hearings back in one thousand nine hundred ninety one and they did hill testified before and openly hostile committee that Clarence Thomas president bushs Supreme Court nominee at the time had sexually harassed her despite the controversy thomas was ultimately converged now its difficult to imagine his nomination surviving those accusations today but that is where president trumps latest nominee Brett Kavanaugh is tonight a woman is accusing him of trying to rape her thirty six years ago when they were both teenagers ka