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Look, this is fishy timing, this happened in the days before we are scheduled to have a vote when democrats knew about it for months. two, there is a lot of talk around kavanaugh that they want to try to force the accuser to go -- to be in public at these hearings to testify so that she can be under oath and that she can be grilled by republicans. and three, they are already whispering that, listen, if somehow you derail kavanaugh you will get an even more conservative republican put on the benc...

This? are they watching this with trepidation? whats the outreach to the hill right now? >> the folks ive talked to as this has come out and were all processing it, they are standing firmly behind kavanaugh. they dont want to see any delay and theyre strongly pushing back on the allegations. they are saying hes been vetted. hes denying it. and so i think for right now and i think we havent heard from the president yet but i dont see any reason why we may well here from him. its likely he will ha...

The senate judiciary committee is still set to vote on his nomination on thursday but that could change. two republican members of the committee, jeff flake and lindsey graham, say they want to hear more from kavanaughs accuser, 51-year-old psychology professor christine blazy ford. grant says that should happen immediately so the process can continue as scheduled. flake said, quote, we cannot vote until we hear more. this morning, fords attorney says shes ready to go on record on capitol hill. ...

>> she called the cops who arrested heather in the act of spending more of chris money. but somehow heather slipped off the hook. though lori pressed charges and pushed hard for a prosecution, nobody followed through and lori eventually gave up. lives with the guilt now. >> i think it was a month or so after i gave it up, thats when she came to d.c. and had met kate. and i always feel if i could have hung on one more month, i could have have helped them get her. >> now as she prepared to defend ...

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But a republican saying something similar. if you get republicans here saying they dont want to go forward until they have heard more from this accuser, would there have to be a delay because republicans dont have the 51 votes. would it be there are big public hearings. a lot of big questions hovering over this nomination with the judiciary committee pencils in for thursday. lets go to cap hol hill where the vote would take place. let me start with that bottom line yes and maybe we can build fro...

They want to avoid a public hearing. a risky drama that you would wo build sympathy. they are willing to accept a confidential inquiry. everybody thinks back.they are confidential inquiry. everybody thinks back. that clarence thomas and anita hill is a very public hearing. they are pushing to keep this behind the scenes? >> yes. they do not want public meeting. they could have this accuser story be told to the committee members was the type of compromise the white house was behind. they do not w...

Withdraw and get somebody in during lame duck. >> david, you wrote an op-ed and argue a hearing to be here, she needs to be heard but do you think the atmosphere exists really in this congress for a fair hearing? is this going to be an exercise in attack the accuser? >> this is about fundamental fairness to her and him. and i am a little bit more optimistic. i think we could have hearings to be fair to both sides. times changed a lot since 1991 and i think republicans who have elections looming ...

Against kavanagh is further investigated. well, obviously. with less than two months by the way until the midterm elections, how republicans handle this could have a significant impact, dont you think, on the election? lets bring in tonights round table michael steele, adrian elrod hillary for make. and jonathan allen. i want to go to adrian on this. how do you look at this? i think the republicans -- maybe im projecting where i think its going. we heard from anna eshu and what her accounting of...

According to one white house official, the trump team plans to try to discredit the charges for surfacing late in the confirmation process and to question the credibility of the accuser because she didnt tell anybody about the incident when it happened. for more im joined by jennifer rubin opinion writer for the washington post, and yamiche alcindor for the pbs news hour. its one thing could cover up something youre embarrassed by, you try to forget or successfully forgot. it didnt happen. thats...