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>> he totally denies it. it seays it didnt happen. >> we wish him well. its a tough time for him. he did a very good job when he was in the white house. we hope he has a wonderful career and hopefully he will have a great career ahead of him. >> that was a small look right there at president trumps history of defending his aides and allies. now he seems to be continuing his pattern of rushing to the defense of men while casting doubt on allegations made by women with his supreme court pick brett...

Been engaged in full-on effort to prepare the judge for mondays hearing if it does happen. kavanaugh and white house counsel along with other white house officials met again monitoring news coverage and discussing a strategy. known as a murder board. balker says kavanaugh answered questions on his partying,dating and his accusers story. in addition, participants included bill shine, press secretary sanders. and meanwhile, orrin hatchs comments regarding what kavanaugh told him. hatch said kavana...

Self-evidently monstrous. >> it was monstrous then. >> right. heres what youre going to see. the change is tonal. you can see it. theyre going to respect the accuser. the accuser should have her fair say. i imagine that kavanaughs demeanor will be that, and i imagine to the extent they can control themselves, the republican senators will not be as -- the role of interrogator the way they went after anita hill. people remember they really went after her. >> they have also set up a situation, i th...

Hatch trying to discredit this accuser without even saying her name. dr. ford. hes not met dr. ford. hes not heard her story other than reading the news reports and hes already concluded that she must be mixed up and that her allegations are not true. if you see that in that hearing live from all 11 of those republican male senators, that could be a real political problem for the republican party which already is struggling to hold on in some of these suburban house districts that are going to d...

Supreme court confirmation vote. for good measure, in case you didnt get the idea, two more op-eds one of them comparing the accuser to women from the salem witch trials. not surprising. the last time republicans faced a nominee imperilled by accusations of sexual misconduct, the conservative media did everything it could to destroy her, a rising star in conservative circles, david brock wrote a piece viciously attacki attacking anita hill, a stance he has regret. i lifted the republican playboo...

Judge. now, they are middle aged men now and brett kavanagh has had a long legal career in his adulthood. but the memories they will be testifying to were memories recorded in the brains of drunk teenage boys. so you will be hearing basically the recollection and the voice of a drunk teenage boy telling you what he did when he was drunk at a party that he didnt tell his parents about. when is the last time anyone believed a drunk teenage boys version of anything? >> well, i suppose that you rais...

Brett kavanaugh, his accuser, christine blasey ford, both set to testify monday about the decades old allegations of sexual assault that is supposed to throw his nomination into a tail spin. female voters in particular galvanized by the me too movement. >> at the eye of the political storm, president trump showing noticeable restraint. instead of going on the attack, the president says he is open to delay to get kavanaugh confirmed the right way. >> id like to see a complete process. id like eve...

It wasnt a given. in fact, you could argue that president trump actually helped move the ball a little bit in the right direction. unusual on these issues for him. but him and kellyanne conway said exactly what should be said every time out, which is, hear out the person with the accusation. lets hear from the other side, and let decisions be based off information, at least in the court of public opinion. the law is different. do you believe that we are headed for a proper outcome starting monda...

Around that happens, to use the last segment, chris example, i think, was quite correct, about the political problems of reviewing kavanaugh information. we have similar problems in this arena, but the reason we have those problems is it was done around an example related to trump. this fisa warrant, you focused on page, was it used for criminal purposes? yes, indeed, it was. page was an avenue into the trump campaign. and we still have a special counsel who was appointed with no criminal predic...

Author and lawyer, you have covered the supreme court since 1989 including the confirmation of clarence thomas including when anita hill testified. now those parallels are being drawn. there are a number of differences, too. of course, this all comes in the midst of the me too era, but how likely is it that the outcome will be any different? >> i think we just dont quite kn know. well know much more once his accuser, christine blaise ford, has a chance to testify and we get a chance to see what ...