Flashpoint

Host and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about the upcoming confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The Yale and Yale Law educated jurist has strong ties to the Bush family and is seen as a staunch conservative. Democrats have threatened to stall his confirmation in light of recent indictments following the investigation into Russian interference into the 2016 Presidential Election. A power panel of experts digs into the politics behind the Kavanaugh nomination, lays out what will happen during the confirmation hearings and predicts what the outcome of the next court session will be with Kavanaugh on the bench. Panelists include Larry Ceisler of Ceisler Media & Issue Advocacy, Lisa Tucker, associate professor of law at Drexel University and Linda Dale Hoff, partner at Dilworth Paxson who served as counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee for two years. The Newsmaker of the week is Kenneth Thomas, founder of Le