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Hallie? >> we are going to have a busy day. see you there in a bit. thank you. lets set the table on where we are at the moment as it relates ka brett kavanaugh. republicans are taking a tougher tone saying the process should move forward, whether or not ford appears before the senate judiciary committee on monday or not. you have lawyers asking for an fbi investigation first, after saying shes received death threats and ha hassmerassment. anita hill in the hearings for clarence thomas backe...

Kavanaugh and that unblemished record. not closing the door to saying, hey, if she says something and makes a credible showing, that would be interesting, which is an interesting comment. >> this is the position republicans are on. they cant move forward without hearing her. jeff flake divided 11 republicans, ten democrats. clear the republicans cannot move forward without hearing her out. they are going to allow her to speak. they are not going to ask brett kavanaugh comment and have a cross-ex...

>> annan -- >> that was pretty good. >> an author of a new book i started so fantastic. its called "winner take all: the elite charade of changing the world." well talk about the book in a moment. while i have here, you want your take of the news of the day. how do you think it plays out? a public hearing come monday in the judiciary committee with the accuser and accused with the version of the events or do you think its something to be resolved before then? >> look. i cant provide the kind of ...

Said, "i dont care if he raped her, got up and shot her dead. youre not going to get the vote." that was in the shippers book that especially if out. >> martha: you talk about the allegation and when it was. its only four year different than the allegation against brett kavanaugh now. >> exactly. >> martha: you tweeted out if the want f.b.i. to go back that far, basically lets investigate my situation as well. right? >> exactly. why not? everybody says it was litigated and adjudicated. my case w...

Reaffirmed that he stands behind judge kavanaugh, and when asked if he has any concern about dr. ford and the accuser in this situation, the president said, well, i want to hear from her before i can weigh in on her account. so the president really digging in on this situation despite the fact that you do have dr. ford saying that i want an fbi investigation before i come to capit capitol hill to testify, and the president is giving no indication that he is going to call for that, and as you sai...

David brock joins me now. he now has an nbc news think piece predicting that kavanaughs accuser should unfortunately expect the anita hill treatment from republicans. that is a perfect segue to the fact that she seems intent on avoiding precisely that. >> yes. well, thats what shes learned a lesson, clearly. and there have been warnings and i issued a warning myself. because what she will face is a full scale smear campaign. people have to understand the mind-set of these people. i knew brett ka...

Talk about that part of it. the other side of it is ive been so impressed from the moment she was released and became a public figure how poised elizabeth smart always is, the poise with which shes carried herself. she turned it into a life of activism. one of the most impressive women ive seen. >> no doubt about that. and also living with something that will haunt her forever. it will come back with the potential release of wanda barzee. and we have to ask ourselves as a culture and as a countr...

Meaning of large breasts was not in anybodys favor. >> no. it was widely mocked at the time. not something we need to repeat. same time theyre the senators, the men and women have to make a decision on kavanaughs nomination and i agree that committee counsel is probably the best way to go forward. publicly, privately, however they want to do it. we are at this point because committee democrats, senator feinstein particularly, have so badly mishandled the situation up until now. hiding the allega...

They can take it or leave it as they please. >> right. theyre not charging, theyre not convicting or doing any of those things. theyre using this information to provide as the constitution calls for advise and consent to a nominee for the supreme court. whats interesting it starts to have a legalistic sound to it in the senate but theyre not a court of law. >> that is the key to surviving this attack by senate republicans. they have to frame this inquiry as a criminal trial because if they do, a...

Anita hill testimony that anita hill cross-examined and documents tossed in, affidavits of other people accusing her of things, not subject to cross-examination. its a free for all in the senate. the rules of evidence dont apply. so as an attorney for the accuser, she has to be very, very cautious about what she exposes her client to because the world in addition to the senate will be watching. >> if she does not get this fbi investigation before monday do you suspect that she will still show up...