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Decision. if this were a political decision for me, i certainly would be deciding this the other way. i cant get up in the morning and look at the life experience that ive had and say, yes to judge kavanaugh. >> so heres where we are. two story lines have emerged following the release of the fbi report on kavanaugh. first the republicans. top members of the judiciary committee walked into a press briefing with reporters today. and while no one wanted to sound like ageism, some couldnt help but d...

I cant get up in the morning and look at the life experience that ive had and say yes to judge kavanaugh. >> so heres where we are. two story lines have now emerged following the release of the fbi report on kavanaugh. first the republicans. top members of the judiciary committee walked into a press briefing with reporters today. and while no one wanted to sound like ageism, some couldnt help but do the simple math here, a combined age of 416 years, an average age of 69 years, and as a group tod...

Course, you know, that tells you everything you need to know about what their aims are here and its about abortion politics. you know, something joan said that i think is interesting, i see this in my twitter feed all the time, this ageism. in a midterm election, older voters make up a larger proportion of the electorate than they do in presidential elections, and i keep hearing people say, old white men, old white men. guess what? theres going to be a lot of older voters go to the polls and i t...

Was changed except that people watching this took a look at congress and said come on, folks. how can you operate like this? >> how can you operate like this? and listen, this is -- dont take this as ageism. but people who are out of touch with the culture of the society now. people who no longer know where the country is going or may now be behind the curve here. i was sitting there watching who do you believe, do you believe the woman who sat there and gave an account of something thats very d...

Judge kavanaugh is qualified to be a supreme court justice and this should have had support, bipartisan support and he should have been confirmed with, if not a unanimous vote, that. >> we have one of the lawyers for dr. ford, debra katz is on tape in early 2017 at a resist rally saying weve got to stop president trump at all costs. youve got rosie odonnell weighing in, tweeting, grassley and hatch, too old, they should be done. come on. at thanksgiving we dont let the 85-year-olds carve the tur...

>> im not taking anything away from her. i dont think the 50 people are coming out against sexism or ageism. i think theres people who -- i agree with you from an apolitical viewpoint. no nancy pelosi was an effective speaker and could be but its not where the party is going now. >> my friends, well have to go from there or levave it there. thank you. appreciate your time. ivankas trump on racism and how they compare to the presidents remarks. do they have any impact on anything? some are requ...

Going into 2020. >> governor, youve heard those who are saying why are these questions being asked about leader pelosi. is this about ageism, sexism. shes highly effective as a fund-raiser. when it comes to whipping vote, theres nobody better in the house. how would you react to those who are saying hang on, a second, this is sexism? >> it is absolutely sexism. absolutely its sexism. the republican default position is lets talk about race, immigration, because they have no substance on anything ...

Result? >> certainly does. cant say it insulates them. he is trying to put distance between these events and what his behavior is now with other examples of this kind of behavior. it doesnt mitigate the event. and really the part thats questionable i think going forward is the part where he says he never interfered with anyones career. that part of it gets to be dicey if women come forward and you try to say he made a pass at me, i said no, then my career went downhill. thats kind of hard to poi...

Last nights victorious 28-year-old candidate here in new york is, and forgive ageism, generationalism, 50 years younger than nancy pelosi, 51 years younger than pelosis deputy in the house. so the question to you is when do you start thinking about new management in the house of representatives for the democrats? >> you know, brian, im going to try to walk and chew gum here at the same time. im going to try to take on two things because i think theyre related. the supreme court fight, you know, ...

>> so the always understanding cornell belcher. heres the question. nancy pelosi is the greatest single fundraising tool the republican party has. last nights victorious 28-year-old candidate here in new york is, and forgive ageism, generationalism, 50 years younger than nancy pelosi, 51 years younger than pelosis deputy in the house. so the question to you is when do you start thinking about new management in the house of representatives for the democrats? >> you know, brian, im going to try to...