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President run in his own defense. weve seen him attack other accusers. as we pointed out, roy moore. but that attitude also is something that really sticks out in the context of the me too movement. >> right. so i think you have to separate whats going to happen with the judge a little from the politics and take each one separately. i think kavanaugh could still get confirmed. but on the politics, it is -- a lot of people have been referencing back to anita hill and clarence thomas hearing. in 1...

Handling of the charges against clarence thomas, they tried to storm the senate. they didnt get in. >> i think this calls -- [ inaudible ] >> we should note those women in congress were storming a senate judiciary committee that at the time was made up of all men. today, there are women on the committee, at least on the democratic side. the republican members of this committee remain today all men. im know joined by ellenor holmes norton and lina totenberg. congresswoman, what is the right proce...

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...

The last 50 or 70 years of catholicism intersecting. one is the crisis of sex abuse and the srths this long-running conflict about basically how much the church can change to adapt to modernity, the sexual revolution, modern culture and everything else. and the two have always been intertwined in a sense so far as arguments about priest sex abuse have turned into arguments about whether priests should be ce celibate, or about whether the church should ordain women or have more women in positions...

Hard to see how they get someone else in and confirmed before the midterms and who knows what happens. >> it would be nearly impossible to confirm a different nominee before the midterms. how does the white house view 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 al...

In part through the more than 35 years we have known him brett has stood out for his friendship, character and integrity. a long time friend who is identified in the accusers letter has talked to the weekly standard quoted as saying it is just absolutely nuts. i never saw brett act that way. senator feinstein is being criticized for not coming forward with this information before kavanaghs confirmation hearing. a statement from her office reads in part it is critical in matters of sexual miscond...

We understand that a defendant has a right to confront and cross-examine his accusers, but ill tell you sexual assault victims are put through a whole lot trying to seek justice. so maybe she wanted to avoid that, but if you want to maintain anonymity, unfortunately that means nobody will be able to assess the quality and the nature of this accusation. so it does sort of hangover the head of both the nominee. so you have the victim who loses out, you have the nominee who loses out because of the...

Which you could have that conversation while still respecting the confidentiality of the accuser, and i think its a very complicated political situation. dianne feinstein is running for re-election this year. she has a challenge from her left. the memories of anita hill and the politics around it, the accusations against joe biden at the time, having chosen not to interview additional accusers against clarence thomas at the time. obviously the sensitivities around this in the me too era are high...

Their economy is struggling, the currency is in free fall, inflation is spiraling, food shortages, power outages, and civil unrest on more -- there is a struggle and the parliament, they gave almost a "no" vote of confidence to president rouhani two weeks ago. they are serious issues in iran and the pressure is on and it will get greater. it is possible that the iranians will pick up the phone and call and say, lets talk about this. in other words, what president trump has had all along. a lousy...

Bugler, who made it his mission. >> i sat with bishop hart in person and i said, this is where were at. >> reporter: what did he say? >> he didnt say much. he was disturbed, obviously. >> reporter: it took months of meetings and visits with accusers, investigators and boards and even going to rome to seek the vaticans blessing to go after one of his own. why do you feel like you needed to be proactive? >> for the diocese as a whole, it needed to be resolved. >> reporter: while some welcomed beag...