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We probably spend more time with each other than most justices spend who have spouses, with their spouses. >> david axle road is joining us host of axe files. thank you for that. we look forward to hearing that more tonight. did justice sotomayor express any concern about the bench leading right. >> she didnt express those concerns. she resisted those characteristics but she did allow she expects she might be descenting more in the future. shes very concerned, however, about how the country sees...

With her. i dont know. but i tell you this. i do respect him as a conservative for taking the positions that hes taken. hes been faithful to his principles rather than a political patron. and under very difficult circumstances. and you have to give him credit for that. i think hell sleep better in years to come. >> add this in to the fascinating times. fascinating times we live in. i want to talk about this axe files. you had a fascinating conversation with supreme court justice sonia sotomayor....

American, do you think you could have been president? >> announcer: welcome to "the axe files." >> and action. thanks, governor. good to be here with you in this office, which is as colorful and as eclectic as your amazing life. were here just days before a really consequential election, and i want to talk about that, but i have to take advantage of being here with you to talk about the issue of celebrity and politics, because we have a celebrity president now, and you, in certain ways, were a t...

Party. hes really a moderate republican. he kind of acknowledged the only way he could have gotten elected back in the day was in the runoff election where he didnt have to run in a republican primary because he would have been attacked from the right. but right now he is in that group. hes very close to governor kasich of ohio and he is in that group that donald trump has said basically hasta la vista, baby to in the republican party. >> that was good, dave. ive got to give that to you. by the ...

The president thinks hes found a formula for increasing republican enthusiasm, particularly in red states where there are consequential senate races, something hes deeply concerned about. i agree with chris that he may be trading those red state senate seats for house seats in suburban areas around the country. he may be cementing the result for democrats in the house even as he saves the senate for himself and perhaps adds a seat or two. >> so ive got to ask you, your upcoming episode, david, o...

Republicans. the president thinks he found -- hes found a formula for increasing republican enthusiasm, particularly in red states where there are consequential senate races, something that hes deeply concerned about. i agree with chris that he may be trading those red state senate seats for house seats in suburban areas around the country. he may be cementing the result for democrats in the house, even as he saves the senate for himself, and perhaps adds a seat or two. >> so, i have to ask you....

Its a vanity project. this was being done essentially to please one man. people were going along with it. but when the price tag rose and rose, what really killed this was the fact that the costs -- the estimated cottss of costs d >> exactly right. too much to bear. david gergen, amanda carpenter, thanks very much. >> thank you. a quick programming note now. tomorrow night on cnn, the executive editors of both "the new york times" and "the washington post," they will join david axelrod for "th...

Profiling was about. back to what you and i started off with. youve asked about president trump. the same rules allow to him as the young african-american kid on the street. judge him his behavior. dont judge by race, creed. party affiliation. if he is engaged in bad behavior. you use the power that the state gives you to protect, security. and civil liberties. >> onto people that want to take a short cut that are not concerned that want to put us in position of weakness. if you dont do it right...

Michael cohen is going to vindicate him possibly, but sources are telling me colleagues at cnn that thats just not the case, and that this reporting is not good for the president, and that there are multiple other recordings of him and michael cohen that are now in the hands of the fbi. >> well done. speaking over the rotors of marine one. well see the president at joint base andrews in a moment. off to new jersey he goes. up next, new details how the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh feel...

How much support he has from republicans and look at the independents here. 29% approve. 53% disapprove. >> yes. >> thats important to note. >> thats a big number. that is a big number. i dont think -- we should always go back to the reality that the republican base, which is dominant in some republican primaries, isnt enough to win a general election for president and its not enough to win some of these swing districts that are going to be up for grabs in the fall. so i dont think the president...