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Tell the truth in his testimony, specifically when he was asked about if he has ever drank to the point of blacking out. jeff flake was asked about it on "60 minutes," the idea of lying. hes obviously a key voice. i wont play the sound because were probably going to the president soon, but if he was lying, if he was shown to have lied to the committee, is the nomination over. and jeff flake says, oh, yes. did flake paint himself into a corner here, do you think? >> i think jeff flake, you know, ...

A lengthy investigation. one of the things that they have been pushing hard on is to try to prove that he blacked out. if they can prove he blacked out from drinking even once, i guess you can say perhaps he blacked out during these events? >> no. i think that their goal is to prove that he blacked out and thereby misled the congress because misleading the congress -- >> martha: there are two sides to it. >> of course there are two sides. first of all, blacking out as a student -- i dont want to...

Point of blacking out. >> reporter: trump, instead, turning to his own sobriety today. >> i can honestly say i never had a beer in my life, okay. it is one of my only good traits. can you imagine if i had what a mess id be? >> reporter: trump also suggesting that democratic senators who raised questions about kavanaughs drinking are being hypocritical. >> i happen to know some united states senators, one who is on the other side whos pretty aggressive. ive seen that person in very bad situations...

Meanwhile, a new claim from a former yale university classmate who said he saw firsthand many years ago what kavanaugh was like in at this time college days. chad ludington told cnn i can unequivocally say i can deny the possibility his blackout. he has not told the truth. that contradict what is he said under oath. >> i drank beer with my friends. almost everyone d. sometimes i had too many beers. sometimes others did. i liked beer. i still like beer. but i did not drink beer to the point of bl...

Kavanaughs nomination if its proven he lied, trump said -- >> this is not a man that said that alcohol was -- that he was perfect with respect to alcohol. >> trump adding he was impressed by kavanaughs candor, but not answering the question. >> i watched that hearing. and i watched a man saying that he did have difficulty as a young man with drink. >> though kavanaugh never described a difficulty with drinking. and instead attempted to downplay his consumption, characterizing it as normal. >> i ...

Remember. in fact, i was witness to the night that he got tapped into that fraternity. he was stumbling drawn north korea a ridiculous costume saying really dumb things, and i can almost guarantee that theres no way he remembers that night. >> if kavanaugh lied on thursday, does that make him a fit supreme court justice? >> look, i think its a very serious thing to give false testimony to the senate. i wouldnt blame senators for voting against him if they thought he did that flagrantly. i watche...

Dl bl belligerent. i cant attest to blacking out. thats usually someone that goes to brunch with him on sunday mornings. theyd be talking about the exploits and laughing about what they did and did not remember. i have witnessed it being very questionable. that to me was the part that wasnt credible, that he never drank so much as to not have any gaps in memory. i just found that not to be credible at all. >> yeah. let me play an exchange during thursdays hearing and get your response. and i hav...

Dont believe these allegations. so it makes the fbi investigation thing feel a bit like a rouse, no? >> i think on the julie swetnick question, if they are excluding her, there needs to be an explanation for why they are excluding her. i am most worried about if you are going to judge who is most in quotes "believable," one important way to do that is who told the whole truth and nothing but the truth and who shaded the truth or misled or lied. and the way this may be set up is there will be no ...

This process. >> he became unprecedently partisan. this was a job interview about a lifetime appointment to a court where youre supposed to be a judge. judicious, even tempered, even keeled. in a hearing thats focusing on your behavior, your conduct under the influence of alcohol you showed a broad range of emotion and let me tell you if dr. ford had conducted herself this way people would be calling her unhinged, unqualified, crazy. he went from yelling and ranting to crying to back to yelling ...

Actions. unfortunately the staff on the democratic side decided to hold on to a letter for six weeks and never tell dr. ford she could have done this confidentially because they wanted those theatrics. these are huge mistakes. >> youve litigated that on cnn on recent days. i do want to focus on the dishonesty at the hearing. many fact checkers have concluded kavanaugh was dishonest. >> you cant do that. what fact checkers? theyre furnd bid lended by lef donors. >> lets watch. >> i liked beer. i ...