Dan is joined by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof to discuss Jamal Khashoggi, the White House reaction, and what comes next.
"What we’re doing now is operating on, call it, best available information, which includes the stark fact that Khashoggi hasn’t contacted friends, family of coworkers for weeks. And, largely in the absence of White House leadership, business bigs are trying to walk the tightrope of moral responsibility and fiduciary duty."
A fresh Joe Biden ad, "New Start," signals an effort by his campaign to make unity a central theme, underscoring a new passage in his stump speech that says he won't be a president just for Democrats but for all Americans.
What he's saying: The ad — which began Friday night, and is a follow-up to "Fresh Start" — draws from a Biden speech earlier in the week in Manitowoc, Wisconsin:
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Photo: Matt Cashore/Notre Dame University via Reuters
President Trump is preparing to nominate federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett of Indiana, a favorite of both the social conservative base and Republican elected officials, to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Republican sources tell Axios.
Why it matters: Barrett would push the already conservative court further and harder to the right, for decades to come, on the most important issues in American politics — from abortion to the limits of presidential power. If confirmed, she would give conservatives a 6-3 majority on the high court.
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