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Hard at work this week in ways that you might not even realize. From floridas governor stripping voters of their election voices, to a Supreme Court justice who is at the collapse were put on blast again. And also, a twice indicted former president looking for a special legal treatment just because he is a candidate. Why saying our democracy is in crisis is actually an understatement. Plus, the extent of the devastation from those Deadly Wildfires in hawaii is becoming clear today. We will have ...

verdicts. also this hour, as russia vows revenge for an alleged drone attack on the kremlin, its now casting blame on the united states as well as on ukraine. ill ask a key white house national security council official john kirby what the administration knows about the incident as hes accusing moscow of spinning lies. >> and theres breaking news were following. an arrest was just announced in connection with a series of brutal stabbings near a university of california campus. stand by...

Us says no american troops set foot in gaza during the the operation. Thanks very much for watching. I will flutter in this room bronk next, Justice Samuel alito, throwing his wife under the bus is calls grow for him to recuse himself from any cases related to trump. Those crucial opinions are expected any day and the nations top constitutional expert, laurence tribe, is out front plus mtg versus aoc Marjorie Taylor greene. Now, doubling down after a late night house for that played out on camer...

Get this right. -- supreme court by this nonprofit, horror shiro -- algerian association, horacio, part of, meghan say that five times. now, justice thomas is a member of that association. the group was charging 250,000 per table. help me understand this, brett. how exactly is that allowed? >> yeah, so this was something that the ethics experts we went to were really surprised by and a little incensed about. so the arrangement here is that the group founders was on the whole event, the event tak...

Through opposite lenses. >> i hope the chief justice roberts reads this story this morning and understands something has to be done. the reputation of the supreme court is at stake here. >> i know harlan crow, and i know clarence thomas, and theyre both honorable men. this is part of a 32-year smear campaign that started with his confirmation hearing. >> reporter: thomass grandnephew lived with thomas and his wife for a number of years. propublica cited a former administrator at hidden lake acad...

Because the grandnephew didnt qualify as a legal dependent. but a few years earlier, thomas did report tuition help from another friend. >> these arguments that the child was not a dependent are beside the point. this tuition payment was a gift to justice thomas. he has a legal obligation to disclose. hes disclosed tuition payments before. he needed to do it again here. >> reporter: harlan crows office told cnn that he and his wife help many young people with tuition and "its disappointing that ...

Thomas issuing another warning roe v. wade would be in jeopardy. >> one most interesting thing about it language shows how on the court the left and the right, are just as polarized as americans are throughout his concurrent upon justice thomas talks about mother and child, and just ginsburg explicitly pushes walk says a woman who terminates a pregnancy is not a mother some stark language is most interesting, but i think this will be back, indiana case is essentially that this is an issue not co...

Of our citizens the national medal of freedom, this is the highest civilian honor a president can bestow. before me is chris stirewalt. i remember these ceremonies as some of the best days at the white house, to celebrate the accomplishment and dedication that citizens have provided. interestingly, chris, the supreme court was invited today, was including justice kavanaugh, the new supreme court justice. just thomas and judge brier are not there and justice sotomayor is not there. justice ginsbe...

Sworn in by justice kennedy. thats so indicative. kennedy was a swing vote. kavanaugh is further to the right, and hes going to change the court for decades in the issues of abortion, lgbt rights, and other issues. i talked to the information officer, and we were talking about how will the other justices react to kavanaugh coming on the bench? they dont like the politicization. they know he talks during his opening statement using strong political terms -- >> at the hearing when they were asking...

Accusations, but look, were in a situation, a person being elevated to highest court in the land, he will never seek election, never be confirmed by voters and never have to stand before congress again. highest level of scrutiny needs to be applied in this situation and kavanaugh is receiving that scrutiny with peril. the presidents comments were as disciplined as ive heard him be, the white house knows this confirmation is in jeopardy and mondays hearing is a huge risk for kavanaugh and the whi...