I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked
@KamalaHarris
— a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate.
NEW: Sen. Feinstein, D-Ca, just told me "I have no way of knowing" if Dr. Ford is actually going to show up to Kavanaugh hearing Thursday - if outside counsel is asking the questions
NEW: Brett Kavanaugh will speak at 5:30pm to judiciary committee staffers with new questions about allegations of sexual misconduct, per a source familiar with the confirmation process.
none of the democratic members of the committee plan to participate, per statement
NEW: minutes after getting word that FL Gov Rick Scott (R) never got a call from Sen Bill Nelson (D) conceding, we get this from Nelson:
"We are proceeding to a recount"
MCCONNELL, at
#VVS18
in DC just got a standing ovation when he declared:
"in the very near future, Judge Kavanaugh will be on the United States Supreme Court"
BLACKBURN
@VoteMarsha
gets loud applause at breakfast in Lawrenceburg, TN with this: “if I were in the US Senate today, I would vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh”
New recount reaction from SCOTT spox
@ChrisHartline
“This race is over. It’s a sad way for Bill Nelson to end his career. He is desperately trying to hold on to something that no longer exists."
EXCLUSIVE: Manafort juror Paula Duncan, who drove to court every day w/ MAGA hat in car (pic below, w/ her juror notebooks) yet still voted to convict Manafort, tells FOX she spotted Mueller team “CATNAPPING”
My story w/
@JakeBGibson
&
@LucasFoxNews
Huge applause when DESANTIS says he would have removed Sheriff Israel (Broward Co.) in wake of Feb Parkland shooting
Moments later, PUTNAM agrees Sheriff Israel has “got to go”
#FLGov
compliments about Kavanaugh got much louder applause than normal go-to lines about tax reform, obamacare, or even building the wall, when VP Pence visited Montana today.
what does that mean for Rosendale's bid to unseat Tester?
my report from Bozeman:
NEW: Judge Roy Moore wants to wait - in 1st remarks to election night HQ, says votes are still coming in. Campaign chair says it could soon be close enough for recount
NEW: as you can see in video below, Graham event in Nashville had feel of Kavanaugh confirmation hearings - angry, physical protestors disrupted
Afterwards, Graham told me: “The only people wanting to yell at me would turn the country into a mob”
STORY:
“We put a businessman in the White House, let’s put a businessman in the Governor’s mansion!” John Cox just said in San Diego, after finishing 2nd in primary - setting up fall race vs. Dem Gavin Newsom
.
@VP
: “what the president of Honduras told me is that the caravan was organized by leftist organizations, political activists within Honduras, and he said it was being funded by outside groups and even from Venezuela”
MORE:
Roswell, NM crowd breaks out in “build the wall” chant when VP Pence warns migrant caravan:
“To those that are in the caravan I say simply: turn around”
TEMPE: GOP Sen primary winner McSally asks supporters to join her in a moment of silence for the late Sen McCain, after saying its difficult for her to celebrate anything right now
one name that was never mentioned on the opening day of Manafort trial in federal court by the Mueller team, or the Mueller witness, or the Manafort defense team:
Donald Trump
my report from Virginia:
NEW: I asked
@VP
why GOP deserves another 2 yrs in majority if they haven’t fixed immigration loopholes attractive to migrant caravan.
@VP
: “well the message to voters is: we’ve been blocked by liberals in the United States Senate who have stood in the way of immigration reform”
“If it doesn’t say Men’s Wearhouse, I don’t know it”
That’s what Judge T.S. Ellis told Mueller’s team of Manafort prosecutors as he denied a request to enter a photo of Manafort’s high end clothing into evidence
My report from Virginia on trial day 2