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Of days, shepard, this is just a big, big event and probably peaking on wednesday. >> shepard: adam klotz wrapping our coverage. breaking news straight to the floor where mitch mcconnell is speaking on kavanaugh. >> bring some accountability. we need it. >> chose to keep secret until the 11th hour. neither she nor any of her democratic colleagues chose to raise this allegation during the committee staffs bipartisan background calls with the nominee. they did not raise it even when the name -- ev...

Minute in an irregular manner. it is an accusation which judge kavanaugh has completely and unequivocally denied. this is what he said -- this is a completely false allegation. ive never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or to anyone. it is an accusation which the ranking member of the committee of jurisdiction has known about for at least six weeks. known about for six weeks yet chose to keep secret until at least the 11th hour. neither she or any of her democratic colleagues...

Defending pr defending brett kavanaugh. i think very notable tactic here, kellyanne conway saying, look, christine ford deserves to be heard. she deserves to be taken seriously. so, i think that is quite notable. in terms of what we are hearing from capitol hill, chuck grassley, the chairman of the judiciary committee, through a spokesperson saying the committee will start with follow up calls to set one up with kavanaugh and one with ford. the background calls are a first step. democrats saying...

T -- talking the same way he was back then. immediate presumption ask the man is telling the truth, the woman isnt. >> orrin hatch was here then, and leahy. senator boxers point the senate changed on the democratic side is a good one. i also think you saw a very quick evolution of thinking on this topic and it evolved away from where senator hatch started the day. and frankly where mitch mcconnell started this afternoon around 3:30. he went to the floor and said, you know, chuck grassley, the ju...

But thats up to the senate judiciary committee. they need to decide the forum. she should be heard. i talked to lindsey graham and he said that could be done tomorrow so that we can proceed forward. >> it seems like were in a window of what the definition of heard is. the gop strategy is background calls. i think there are others who believe she should be seen and heard for the public to let public pressure and public opinion help shape the path forward. >> and thats a struggle with moving forwa...

And having some sort of long debate. theres been no movement over the the last several months to bring them together on this for an actual deal to come together. >> there is not a story thats being brought up. the president is tweeting about it, the white house is holding background calls for reporters about this topic to push ideas. >> the warehouse did do this. >> they want to be talking about it. >> this is also something weve seen play out over the el palas year. the president want to talk a...

Said in fact he was cooperating and that made kit bond angry. i thought we werented supposed to tell anyone. that got a lot of people talking about whether this is being politicized. didd d did the administrations do this on purpose? >> did the administration accuse kit bond of blabbing, gibbs wants an apology and he said so yesterday. >> the white house in conjunction with agencies involved in this interrogation gave out classified information? yes. i think an apology on that is owed because it...

House juciciary -- senate judice democrats dont want this to happen. they got a last-second reprieve from the arizona senator jeff flake. watch. >> i would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week. in order to let the f.b.i. to do an investigation, limited lid in time and scope. >> late this evening, kavanaugh releasing a statement saying, "throughout this process i have been interviewed by the f.b.i., i have done a number of background calls directly with the senat...

Within minutes of a call for a delay on a vote of judge kavanaugh. chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us live from the north lawn with what the president had to say today. good evening, john. >> bret, good evening to you. ever sings the allegations against judge kavanaugh first surfaced, president trump has resisted the idea of reopening the fbi background investigation into the judge. even at the very beginning saying its not something that the fbi does. but when it was requeste...