Page 43 - Hot Button Issues News Today

Much. appreciate it. be sure to tune in sunday morning to "state of the union." ill have republican senator ben sas. and sunday evening, ill be moderating the florida gubernatorial debate between mayor andrew gillum and congressman ron desantis in tampa, florida. that happens live here on cnn at 8:00 p.m. eastern. our coverage continues right now. happening now, breaking news. russian charged. a russian woman is charged with conspiracy to interfere in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections. feder...

Now its something that people really want. they expect that pre-existing conditions ought to be covered and republican attempts to fix it are falling flat. >> and, che, something you know from working directly on campaigns, a lot of the stuff that political activists, political nerds like to talk about are not always the things that are moving voters. joe manchin is known to be a little more conservative or a little less democratic on some of the hot button issues. when you get to obamacare out ...

. ♪ welcome back, everyone. im ayman mohyeldin. it is the bottom of the hour. newly minted supreme court justice brett kavanagh is set to begin his first full day on the job. hell join his colleagues in issuing decisions on a number of hot button issues. pete williams has more from the supreme court. pete? >> reporter: brett kavanagh will hear his first cases as a justice today. hes lucky this term is off to a low key start with no blockbuster cases on the docket. after he was sworn in over ...

Vote. she said he was too biassed. but the best thing for heidi hidecamp would be talking about these other things like for example the presidents tariffs in the coming weeks. so whats on deck this week and this year as justice kavanagh takes his seat on the supreme court, hearing his first oral arguments tomorrow? for that i want to bring in our chief justice correspondent pete williams, and jeffrey rosen, also a law professor at george washington university law school. pete, i want to start ...

Today? >> unlike frank i can speak to this but only as a reporter. ive been covering washington for years and covered the 2013 immigration gang of eight deb e debate. one of the things that became clear was that lindsey graham is an extraordinarily politically savvy politician. he has this way of sort of straddling the line when it comes to some of these really hot button issues. he will take steps that frustrate his base. pushing for comprehensive immigration reform that included a path way to ...

>> theres no one making up -- >> the fact checks dont necessarily stop trump. >> the context here thats important to remember, women arent a monolith when it comes to these hot button issues. remember, a significant number of women voted for donald trump even in the wake of that access hollywood tape. christian evangelical women are going to find a lot to like in kavanaugh. its not just a battle of the sexes. >> i have been listening around my world. this upper middle class crowd around kavanaug...

Comparison to what china is doing. this is a plan to interfere in the election and sway the voters from donald trump. these are hot button issues, christine. >> fascinating. thanks for that. will ripley. a reprieve for hundreds of thousands fearing deportation. a federal judge blocked for now the temporary protected status from immigrants from sudan and haiti and nicaragua. tpp protecting people hit from countries dealing with dire circumstances. the trump administration saying the dire circum...

His challenger came off as passionate and likable. one thing for sure, the debate was fiery. there hes no question the senator and congressman have opposing views on just about everything. -- theres no question they have opposing views on just about everything, all the hot-button issues. take a listen to this exchange over police brutality and kneeling over the national anthem >> too men unarmed african-american men losing their lives in this country to peacefully protest that injustice, non-vio...

His challenger came off as passionate and likable. one thing for sure, the debate was fiery. there hes no question the senator and congressman have opposing views on just about everything. -- theres no question they have opposing views on just about everything, all the hot-button issues. take a listen to this exchange over police brutality and kneeling over the national anthem >> too men unarmed african-american men losing their lives in this country to peacefully protest that injustice, non-vio...

Issues, abortion, guns, dana mentioned healthcare. i think your executive power and privilege. and there will be a list of questions. each senator gets 30 minutes on the first round to question and it will also come down to the strict constitutionalist interpretation of the constitution as brett kavanaugh walks into the senate judiciary committee room and how democrats see this supreme court nominee and what he should do. >> i think back to ruth bader ginsberg. no forecasts, no signs from me abo...