on judge kavanaugh's nomination this evening so the process can move forward. >> the senate. poised for final vote on brett kavanaugh's supreme court nomination on saturday. the fbi report will be in the hands of senators at 8:00 a.m. this morning. the show of force says the u.s. tries to counter china's military aggression. the vice president will declare russia's action pale in comparison to beijing. one officer dead and six

others under fire in south carolina. and here come the yankees. there goes that ball. the bombers headed for a showdown with the red sox after disposing of the cinderella a's. i'm dave briggs. welcome to "early start." >> i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. senators starting the clock on the final vote on the brett kavanaugh nomination to the supreme court. mitch mcconnell filing a motion to end the debate. that move will come to an end this week with the final vote as soon as saturday. >> the timing driven by the fbi renewed background investigation on kavanaugh. senators will read the investigation at 8:00 a.m. the white house has the report already. "the wall street journal" reports that the white house

finds no sexual misconduct allegations against the nominee. >> that doesn't an address the judge misleading the senators. the white house privately restricted the fbi from looking into kavanaugh's youthful drinking and if he lied to congress about that specifically. all that while the fbi could follow any leads as it saw fit. >> the fbi wrapped up the investigation on wednesday and having ten people in total. now it moves to undecided senators and what they make of the fbi report. correspondent phil mattingly with the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: christine and dave, this is something republicans have been asking for for weeks and now it is on capitol hill. the fbi supplemental background investigation. this report will dictate whether or not brett kavanaugh is elevated to the highest court in the land. at this point, republicans do not have the votes to confirm

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votes. undecided senators have not seen anything damming. otherwise, you can draw your own conclusion. dave and christine. >> thank you. one classmate suggested the nominee lied under oath. several senators would oppose kavanaugh if he lied to the committee. here is what james roche told anderson cooper. >> within that environment, there were loud drunks and sloppy drunks. even by those standards, my memory of brett is he was on the far edge of this. he was notably heavier in his drinking than other people. it was a long time ago. i can't say he was drunk in the state or not. i can tell you my experience with him he was drunk frequently. >> roche wrote this, in his

words, kavanaugh shown contempt for the process and rule of law. his willingness to lie to avoid embarrassment throws doubt on the larger questions of sexual assault. roche believes his friend deborah ramirez. roche says he has not been contacted by the fbi, but willing to tell agents what he knows. president trump mocking impression of ford. the white house denying he mocked her when he was mocking her. >> how did he get home? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago? i don't remember. >> that was tuesday in mississippi. press secretary sarah sanders held a white house briefing to rebut complaints and that there was a briefing at all is news. sanders defending the president as simply stating the facts.

>> every single word that judge kavanaugh said has been looked at and examined and picked apart by most of you in the room. no one is looking at if the accusations made are corroborated or evidence to support them. the testimony by dr. ford was compelli compelling. you cannot make this decision based on emotion. it has to be based on fact. >> sanders defense followed senators taking issue with the president's tone. several crucial to confirming kavanaugh. >> it was insensitive and appalling. >> i don't approve of the comments of last night. i thought they were wrong and extraordinarily unfortunate. >> the president's comments were just plain wrong. >> nebraska senator ben sasse expected to vote for kavanaugh. in a speech from the floor, he criticized the president for his

tone toward women. >> we all know the president cannot lead us through this time. we know he is dispositionally unable to guide us. >> and senator lindsey graham would say knock it off. you're not helping. and the u.s. navy to respond to the chinese aggression. officials describe it as a global show of force. the war ship came within 45 yards of the american ship in the south china sea. the near collision is one of many troubling developments with china. let's bring in will ripley live from hong kong with the latest. will, where are we headed? >> reporter: we just don't know, dave. first of all, the u.s. navy has yet to decide if they will go through with the show of force which would occur on one week in

november with the freedom of navigation patrols. the u.s. flying planes and has ships near the spratley islands. the u.s. does this on a regular basis. that is why there was a near collision over the weekend on sunday. what they are talking about potentially is more frequently in a concentrated period of time than what we have seen before, for china to respond. we don't know how they would respond. there certainly is the risk of more close calls or worse in the south china sea. vice president pence is expected to talk about this and express outrage over the incident. aggressive in that noumaneuvers chinese is harassment and the u.s. is not intimidated through the patrols in what the u.s. considers as international waters and china claims the

waters. the vice president is expected to attack china on a different level. i'll bring up a quote on his speech. quote, what the russians are doing, election meddling, pales in comparison to what china is doing across this territory. he is targeting red states. the trade war with beijing and washington saying china an targeting -- china is targeting the voters. china has a detailed plan in place to meddle in the u.s. elections and threatening to deny business licenses to companies that don't speak out against the administration. there is a lot in the speech that could make beijing angry. >> well beyond a trade war. will ripley, thank you. a reprieve for hundreds of thousands fearing deportation. the judge had blocked the

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the way the suspect was positioned. his view of fire was several hundred yards. he had an advantage. the officers could not get to the ones that were down. >> the florence officer killed was identified as 30-year veteran terrence caraway. president trump tweeting condolences to officers in florence. coming up, in arizona, a dam could fail after record rainfall. a michigan cheerleader took the high road in the bid to become homecoming queen.

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lady is walking in the footsteps of obama. good morning. >> reporter: that is right, dave. good morning. she is on the way to malawi. the second country on the four-country tour through africa. as you say, she was in the cape coast of ghana paying tribute to the chief there in obama hall where president obama and his family visited. it was a poignant moment. melania trump walking through the slave fortress. she said the visit was impactful. very quiet scenes there looking at the horrific trans atlantic slave trade which departed africa at that point in ghana. here is what she had to say about that visit. >> this is very special place. i will never forget. incredible experience. and the stories i heard from the gentleman is really, really

touchi touching. and the dungeons i saw is something. people should see and experience and what happened so many years ago. it is really a tragedy. >> reporter: well, dave, she will be next on to malawi. she will focus on education for youth. the president has tried to cut the budget of u.s. aid. congress has stopped that. there is a sense that melania is using the distance from washington to chart her course through africa. dave. >> stepping out on her own. david mckenzie in johannesburg. thanks. the white house says the fbi report on brett kavanaugh's conduct and the senate gets to start reading at 8:00 a.m. now maybe a final vote by

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showdown after disposing the oakland a's. i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. senators starting the clock on the final vote on the brett kavanaugh nomination to the supreme court. mitch mcconnell filing a motion to end the debate. that move will come to an end this week with the final vote as soon as saturday. >> the timing driven by the fbi renewed background investigation on kavanaugh. senators will read the investigation summary starting at 8:00 a.m. the white house has the report already. "the wall street journal" reports that the white house finds no corroboration of sexual misconduct allegations against the nominee. >> that doesn't an address the -- that doesn't address the judge misleading the senators. the white house privately restricted the fbi from looking into kavanaugh's youthful drinking and if he lied to congress about that specifically. all that while the fbi could

follow any leads as it saw fit. >> the fbi wrapped up the investigation on wednesday and having interviewed ten people in total. now it moves to undecided senators and what they make of the fbi report. congressional correspondent phil mattingly has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: christine and dave, this is something republicans have been asking for for weeks and now it is on capitol hill. the fbi supplemental background investigation. this report will dictate whether or not brett kavanaugh is elevated to the highest court in the land. at this point, republicans do not have the votes to confirm brett kavanaugh. that isn't stopping them from moving forward. as it stands, the first procedural vote on the nomination will be set up for friday. that would mean a final vote on confirmation could come as soon as saturday. what the republicans don't have is the 50 votes needed to move it forward. the expectation is what the fbi returns to help get them over the line.

three undecided republicans. two undecided democrats. all five weighing their options. multiple of those senators have said this report will go a long way to how they vote. it all relies on what they see here. the big problem is we won't see it. it won't be released publicly. no summary. the staffers and senators are not allowed to talk about it at all. what does that mean? it will be open to interpretation of what the fbi found in the interviews in the supplemental background investigation. a good metric is look at the votes. if republicans have the votes to move kavanaugh through, they or the undecided senators have not seen anything damning. if they don't? draw your own conclusion on that one. christine and dave. >> phil, thank you. how thourough was that backgroud check? well, see for yourself.

>> a stark contrast to raj shaw's view. he tweeted a short time ago. this was the most comprehensive review in history with over half a million pages of documents. he is confident they will vote to confirm kavanaugh. >> the white house standing by the mocking impression of christine blasey ford by president trump. >> how did he get home? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. >> that was tuesday in tennessee. press secretary sarah sanders defended the president as simply stating the facts. >> every single word that judge

kavanaugh has said has been looked at and examined and picked apart by most of you in the room. no one is looking at whether or not the accusations made are corroborated or evidence to support them. the testimony by dr. ford was compelling. you can't make this decision based on emotion. it has to be based on fact. >> her defense is not factual. ford did have answers to most of the things trump mocked. senators taking issue with the president's tone. senators crucial to confirming kavanaugh. >> it was insensitive and appalling. >> i don't approve of the comments of last night. i thought they were wrong and extraordinarily unfortunate. >> the president's comments were just plain wrong. >> nebraska senator ben sasse expected to vote for kavanaugh. in an emotional speech from the senate floor, he criticized the

president for his tone toward women. >> we all know the president cannot lead us through this time. we know he is dispositionally unable to guide us. >> and senator lindsey graham would say knock it off. you're not helping. a classified proposal is drawn up by the navy for the aggression of the chinese military. on sunday, a chinese war ship came within yards of the "uss decatur" in the south china sea. that is one of many troubling developments in china. i want to bring in will ripley in hong kong. the u.s. and china in a trade war, will. you have two high profile visits canceled. you have the sign of aggression on sunday and today we expect to hear from the vice president

about what he thinks is happening with china. >> reporter: let me plant this seed, christine. there is a growing feeling within beijing leadership under the chinese president xi jinping. the president through the trade war is trying to contain the rise of china. that does not bode well where a president for life is bound to increase the china presence and influence and power on the global stage. they will not respond kindly to the speech that the vice president is expected to make in the coming hours and talk about the close call over the weekend when the ships came within 45 yards of each other. the vice president will call it reckless and harassment and the united states will not be intimidated. no decision on the show of force they are talking about. if they do it during one highly specific week in november where they launch all of the freedom of navigation patrols, one after

another after another, there is no telling how beijing will respond. the south china sea and election meddling and the vice president is expected to say what the russians are doing pales in comparison to what china is doing across the country. the vice president is talking about chinese plans to disrupt the midterms. claiming that china by targeting red states and trying to turn those voters against president trump. there is a lot in the vice president's speech to make beijing very angry at a time when tensions are already especially strained given everything happening with the trade and geo political situation. >> we know "the des moines register" ad. is that election meddling or politi politics? >> reporter: that is the big

question. china is strategic with the response to the trump administration tariffs. how do you square that and say china is far worse than russia with election meddling? we don't know. >> clear this white house wants to reset the china/u.s. relationship. thank you, will ripley. a reprieve for hundreds of thousands fearing deportation. the president planning to end the protected status for immigrants. those from sudan and nicaragua and haiti. those admitted from countries with dire conditions with natural disasters or war. the trump administration ended tps for migrants saying the dire circumstances have passed. the judge says that decision may have been based on hostility toward quote non-white and non-european i mmigranimmigrant. navy veteran in custody this

morning. william allen iii arrested in utah in connection with the suspicious letters sent to president trump and top officials. allen was a sailor in the navy from 1990 to 1992. the envelopes thought to contain ricin. the preliminary investigation found the substance was a crude castor bean. seven sheriff's officers shot trying to serve a search warrant at a home in south carolina. the suspect barricaded himself in the home with children prompting a two-hour standoff. officers were shot trying to help. officials did not realize how much fire power the suspect had. >> fire was being shot all over.

the way the suspect was positioned -- his view of fire was several hundred yards. he had an advantage. the officers could not get to the ones down. >> the florence officer killed identified as 30-year department veteran as terence caroway. >> tragedy there. all right. 42 minutes past the hour. harvard's diving coach put on leave after claims of sexual misconduct. and police say a michigan cheerleader to be the high road in a matter of speaking in a bid to become homecoming queen. i'm alex trebek here to tell you

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stories i heard from the gentleman is really, really touching. the dungeons i saw is really something that people should see and experience and what happened so many years ago. it's really a tragedy. >> reporter: well, the first lady now on the way to malawi and southern africa. we believe she will focus more on education on that part of the trip. malawi is a major resipcipient u.s. aid money. this is a disconnect with the president's policies to cut foreign aid and melania trump's visit where they are pushing the assistance of u.s. in africa and the countries in africa. dave. >> not the first time we have seen her step out on her own. david mckenzie. >> the president rejects the

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