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The question here has to include the information from mark judge about all the drinking that they did and how possibly they dont remember and that maybe possibly they had blackouts and probe that area. i would also like to know -- i noticed in a statement he didnt say whether or not he knew her. it would be nice to know if he even remembered her and what he remembered about her. there are a lot of things you would want to know that you would actually prefer to do in private and not on national t...

Someone who the accuser says was in the room, mark judge. >> that is not going to fly. you cant exclude someone who is a witness if the issue is credibility. he would be the tie breaker. second problem, at this point theyve done no factual preparation. this is going to hurt republicans frankly more than it will hurt her. because they dont know what her answers to questions are going to be. you never ask a question as a lawyer unless you know what the answer is. so theyre cutting their own necks ...

And the committee has agreed to do it the way i just outlined. i think that gives her ample opportunity to express her point of view, and judge kavanaugh, of course, has been anxious for days to discuss the matter as well. thank you. >> well, that certainly was quick. mitch mcconnell taking questions from reporters. the brett kavanaugh hearings and what will or will not happen with the accuser, christine ford, at the top of conversations among republicans, among democrats, at the white house as ...

She passed that polygraph. in fact, i would love it if maybe judge kavanaugh wants to get -- we call it getting on the box. maybe judge kavanaugh wants to get on the box, and while hes there, lets ask him if hes going to overturn roe v. wade. >> wow. cynthia alksne, thank you. peter baker, on to you. to what we witnessed at the white house today. i think youll agree that was as controlled and as on message as weve seen the president in recent memory. what do you think is going on in the west win...

He painted kavanaugh as the victim. >> im totally supportive, yes. im very supportive. hes a -- i would say few people that ive ever seen that ive ever known, and i know people of great success, have been so outstanding as judge kavanaugh. i feel so badly for him that hes going through this, to be honest with you. i feel so badly for him. this is not a man that deserves this. >> well, the accusations left republicans defending the presidents nominee ahead of a midterm election that could see, as...

Priority right now is the supreme court seat, not protecting judge kavanaugh every news cycle. from mitch mcconnells perspective, hugh, is this less about kavanaugh than filling that supreme court seat with a conservative? >> reporter: well, i think its definitely about his legacy. he told me last week for msnbc his record on court appointments is his greatest legacy. he doesnt want this one unfilled. i dont think they will lose the senate and you can get a second with unthrough, probably judge ...

The senate judiciary committee and was a deputy assistant attorney general in the department of justice. and ron, lets start with you. i know youve been thinking about those days 27 years ago, and those of us who were watching from the outside couldnt quite believe what we were seeing. what one of the reasons for it it seems to me is the committee like all the rest of the committees in the senate have never quite figured out how do you decide in that room whether an accuser has reached an adequa...

Will have a decisive impact for decades. and we need to make sure that people are of upright moral character that we put on that court. so this needs to be thoroughly vetted. and they need to be respectful of this witness who did not choose to put herself out this way. this needs to be thoroughly vetted by the senate. >> and as a former federal prosecutor yourself and an experienced congressional investigator, would you -- if you remember the senate judiciary committee demand the testimony of th...

Abuse or assault by people until power. they should put in a process anyone with a complaint of this nature to be heard. i have seen fir hand when such a pro is weaponized against an accuser and no one should have to endure that again. so, natasha, lets talk about the era of #metoo. do you think that will make things different from when anita hill accused a nominee of sexual harassment? >> definitely. i think this a completely different era than when anita hill came forward and people werent t...

Attempting to scream and having a difficult time breathing. and she believes that but for his inebriation and his inability to take her clothes off, he would have raped her. >> we learned this morning, nia-malika, that ford is willing to tell the story, to testify under oath in public before the senate. if that happens, you have the remarkable circumstances where you will hear that account from the mouth of the female accuser in public. i mean, arguably -- >> under oath. >> under oath, more dram...