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The hands of this defendant, required her to pull back that hammer fire, pull back the hammer, fire each and every time for these six times as she aimed that weapon at her husband and shot him. >> like this, said the prosecutor as he played a video of a woman firing that very gun. but said the defense attorney, thats not the only way to fire the gun. >> you hold the trigger down, you can pull the hammer back to fire. >> this is called fanning the gun, the sort of thing in an old western. but a p...

Side say those cases are coming. >> shannon: sure. but what we saw from the hearings is a lot of people trying to pin kavanaugh.. make and answer questions he know he is not going to ask answer. this is every member of the court has had the standard of they are not going to answer those questions. when people come up, asking them to effectively give campaign promises in exchange for their vote, that is not something kavanaugh can do. he has to defend in the independent of the judiciary. it is an...

And i have to say that in fairness hes not unique. there are others that feel the same way, people selling out their country for us. and thats true. we recruit people who for a variety of reasons, some altruistic talk to us. and theres those who have an aversion to if, we didnt dwell on it at the time. and we went on with the briefing. he didnt just say it to me, he said it to all four of us in addition to his own people who were in the room. five of whom are no longer in the administration. >> ...

Democrats needing -- knowing they dont necessarily have the votes to stop brett kavanaugh -- >> diane feinstein is reading an important e-mail having to do with roe versus wade. >> if you could, do you believe it is correctly settled? >> thank you, senator feinstein. in that draft letter, it was referring to the views of legal scholars. i think my comment in the e-mail was that might be overstating the position of legal scholars. so it wasnt a technically accurate description in the letter of wh...

Fairness hes not unique. there are others that feel the same way, people selling out their country for us. and thats true. we recruit people who for a variety of reasons, some altruistic talk to us. and theres those who have an aversion to if, we didnt dwell on it at the time. and we went on with the briefing. he didnt just say it to me, he said it to all four of us in addition to his own people who were in the room. >> so this is accurate. >> pretty close. >> so much has been made about the acc...

Scholars and i think my comment in the e-mail is that might be overstating the position of legal scholars and so it wasnt a technically accurate description in the letter of what legal scholars thought. im always concerned with accuracy. i thought that was not quite accurate description of all legal scholars. >> so his answer there essentially being its not a personal opinion. im just making sure -- editing a potential op-ed piece about a bush nominee. trying to be accurate. another point he sai...

Court can always overrule its precedent. kavanagh down played the e-mail exchange and tried to clarify. >> i think it was overstating something about legal scholars. i am always concerned with accuracy. i thought that was not quite accurate description of all legal scholars because it referred to all. to your point, your broader point, roe v wade is an important precedent of the supreme court. >> reporter: kavanagh faced further questions with an exchange from harris, also a possible 2020 candid...

Cross-examine witnesses? why do we have the right to confront our accusers? why do we make children testify in a courtroom feet away from the people that they alleged abuse them. that is how much we value the power to cross-examine and confront people who make accusations. you can do that with an anonymous source. if you really think this president is unfit, if you really are contemplating the 24th amendment, then resign from your job or go public. if you think the fate of our republic hangs in ...

What legal scholars refer to. so please once again tell us why you believe roe is settled law and if you could, do you believe it is correctly settled? >> so thank you, senator feinstein. in that draft letter, it was referring to the views of legal scholars and i think my comment in the e-mail was that might be overstating the position of legal scholars. so it wasnt a technically accurate description in the letter of what legal scholars thought. at that time i believed chief justi justice rehnqu...

With obama. every time he wrote a book they complained about the lack of accuracy. >> reporter: woodward tells nbc he stands by his reporting. the president in response it seems to the anonymous op-ed tweeting a single word, treason, adding a question mark. his press secretary called whoever wrote it a coward who should resign, all of it capping yet another extraordinary and explosive day inside the west wing. back to you. >> extraordinary and explosive, an understatement. our thanks to hallie j...