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Was quite perturbed what was going on, more so than president trump, i might add, who was kind of zen for him who said yeah, we can let this keep going and why not. but then mcconnell did say lets leave this to chairman grassley to figure out a good plan. and chairman grassley seems to be open to this testimony, as you said. whether or not its public of course is the big question because everybodys already heard from kavanaugh, not necessarily on this topic, but weve seen him. weve seen hours an...

To terrify somebody whos already been traumatized. >> lets bring in david black, founder and editor of above the law blog and andrean. she doesnt have to go back in history. anita hill in the clarence thomas confirmation. lets play a tiny bit of that from 1991. >> i took no initiative to inform anyone. but when i was asked by a representative of this committee to report my experience i felt that i had to tell the truth. i could not keep silent. >> well, today anita hill has given nbc a statement...

Administration. senator jeff flake of arizona, senator bob corker of tennessee. they are already part of this chorus of republicans not only democrats who are saying it is time to take a pause in this nomination. it is going to be interesting the see if the accuser steps forward and decides to testify or give a revelation about her experience in an interview. maw mcconnell handles that will say a lot about how this nomination moves. >> kissy hunt, if you have flake and corker and lindsey graham ...

Where the me too movement and the riptide that pulls under anyone thats done anything in this category collides with the political reality of republicans under donald trump. >> yeah, and its going to be ugly and its going to be messy. bad for the country. bad for the senate. bad for the court. >> lets talk about this woman. whatever happened was bad for her. >> right. >> and i just want to put out some more facts about what she did. she did not try to make a spectacle of herself. she is like man...

Experience investigating sexual violence because typically rape, sexual assault is a state crime. its not a federal crime. but what the fbi is good at is getting to the truth of the matter. so here we already know what the testimony of professor ford will be. and judge kavanaugh. shes going to say it happened. hes going to say it didnt happen. and so, nicolle, the most important witness is going to be a man named mark judge. you have something in this case that you almost never have in allegatio...

The headline. its not clear what democrats think of this. we heard from a senator who said this is too fast. this is also, however, what some of ms. fords allies said should happen, a public reckoning under oath for the accuser and the accused. anything that does happen this coming monday or later will have parallels to anita hill. that brings us to a question we want to probe tonight, should one allegation of sexual misconduct prevent a promotion to the supreme court? that was part of the issue...

What i would say is in broader context that as long as the letter is just at the letter of an anonymous letter where you dont have a specific accuser, i dont think it will carry enough weight to make a difference in the hearings. what i would say, however, two things, one is dont forget that i think there are standing issues that are arguably more serious. and that is there are some on the committee who say that brett kavanaugh gave misleading answers. for example, over the improper acquiring of...

The san francisco chronicle criticism of feinstein and how she handles this. if the woman wants privacy its hard for the senator, but also up for re-election, running as a democrat. the san francisco chronicle said it was unfair to kavanaugh, the accuser and feinsteins colleagues. feinstein did a disservice to her colleagues who might have wanted to determine if corroborating accounts were available or at least question kavanaugh about the accusation in closed session. is that fair? >> in the ab...

Woman did not want her name to be public. now only after it is been public, finestein is supporting her. she says she supports mrs. ford decision to share her story and now that she has, its in the hands of the fbi to conduct an investigation. remember, shes the top democrat on this committee. i talked to a republican source about an hour ago and that source said the vote is still going to happen on thursday but as you pointed out, theres a lot of voices going on right now looking into that. >> ...

Cnn senior congressional correspondent is standing by now on the phone with us. i know you are reporting that judiciary committee members are setting up calls with kavanagh now. >> also with the accuser. the chairman of the committee has announced he will have phone calls with judge kavanagh and with dr. ford sometime before the scheduled vote on thursday. diane feinstein who got the letter that she gave over tathe fbi that contained the allegations, she plans to have follow up phone calls with ...