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And now lets go to one of the senators who put judge kavanugh over the top today, senator joni ernst of iowa. good to have you with us. >> thanks so much. great to be with you. chris: what do you hope the impact of justice kavanugh is on the court? how do you hope with this what appear to be a solid five vote, five justice conservative majority, how the court will change? >> well, i think with any justice that has been confirmed to serve on the supreme court of the united states, hope that they ...

Conclusions. senator collins felt in the end there wasnt sufficient corroboration for one of kavanaughs accusers, christine blasey ford. both said they struggled and agonized over the decision. heres both of them yesterday. >> my fervent hope is that brett kavanaugh will work to lessen the divisions in the supreme court so that we have fewer 5-4 decisions, and that public confidence in our judiciary and our highest court is restored. >> i believe that that judge kavanaugh is a good map, but in m...

Of a personal affinity for brett kavanaugh the man. he referred to him as a bush guy having worked in the bush white house. but president trump was told that given brett kavanaughs partisan past, having his career been cooked in the cauldron of the ken star impeachment era, that he would be acceptable to the far right, and given his background having traveled in elite washington circles, that he was also acceptable to the washington establishment. that is how the counsels office and donald trump...

It was capitol this after emotional testimony of both the accused and the accuser, it really rocked the nation and in a moment we will talk to senator in the sense of whats happening this hour. countless moments in the past 10 days, here is just one of them. >> the details about that night that bring me here today are the ones that i will never forget. they have been sered into my memory and haunted me episodically as an adult.

Felony, its a felony. you may not do hard time, but you certainly should be severely fined and should be recognized as such. we continue to tell the american people these statements are made under penalty of felony. when someone makes a mockery of it, you should be penalized and punished. what is at stakes is the faith in the american process. >> tucker: i cant think of a false accuser ever being punished. the woman that did the duke lacrosse accusations just went back to prison. have you ever s...

Back bench low profile go along to get along everybody likes him senator. listen to his anguish when the time came for the senate to figure out what they were going to do with these allegations against that nominee. >> good evening. clarence thomas swears hes not guilty. his accuser is standing by her charge, and tonight the united states senate decided to delay a vote on his supreme court appointment to try to resolve what has become a super heated washington controversy. the specific issue is ...

Played this thing wrong. they slouhould have started thi way earlier than they did. they thought in the back room of the senate where they were high fiving, they had something that it is going to stop the nominee, it really fired. i cant tell you what would have happened to number two or three or four if the president would have nominated them. as barack obama told us elections have consequence as a donald trump won and hes going get the second supreme court court. >> does not matter who is pres...

Just listen to the howl of anguish here from senator alan dixon, from al the pal, this back bench, low profile, go along to get along, everybody likes him senator. listen to his anguish when the time came for the senate to figure out what they were going to do with these allegations against that nominee. >> good evening. clarence thomas swears hes not guilty. his accuser is standing by her charge, and tonight the united states senate decided to delay a vote on his supreme court appointment to tr...

He announced his plans yesterday. good morning to you, are you hearing this hour? >> democrats have spent all night criticizing this nominee and supporting the accuser as she said in her sworn testimony that brett kavanaugh tried to rain her when they were teenagers. these are words that there being sited throughout the night, including senator jeff merkley. this is not going to change the outcome of todays vote later this afternoon when the senate is expected to narrowly confirm this nomination...

Their party. the biggest question in a few weeks is going to be how suburban women respond to the party, and i dont think they did themselves any favors over the last couple of weeks here. they had to be dragged kicking and screaming to approve -- to go along with an fbi report based on sexual assault allegations from an accuser that even president trump found credible. you know, the senate shows up an average of, what, a few days a week to work in a given year. the one moment this year that the...