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Doubt and im confident that t f anyone other than a sitting president committed this conduct, that person would be charged with crimes. >> tucker: it sounds so official. as expected, mcquade read from the improved script on sunday. she may have no relevant knowledge or expertise, none whatsoever, but she is neverthelessss very certain that donald trump is a criminal. t >> it could be that president trump procured the presidency by fraud when immigrants cure their citizenship by t fraud, we strip...

Assessment about whether or not charges should be brought but that wasnt the inquiry that republicans were there for today. >> joyce, what do you think the value of todays hearing was? >> i hope it was helpful for some of the legislate tors. i hope that the people that were watching us on c-span got the opportunity to hear a little bit about how prosecutors operate in the real world because we understand you know, one of the things that prosecutors offices dont necessarily do a good job of is ta...

That wasnt the inquiry that republicans were there for today. >> joyce, what do you think the value of todays hearing was? >> i hope it was helpful for some of the legislate tors. i hope that the people that were watching us on c-span got the opportunity to hear a little bit about how prosecutors operate in the real world because we understand you know, one of the things that prosecutors offices dont necessarily do a good job of is taking to the public how we work. so often, the evidence that pr...

I can troubleshoot. i can schedule a time for them to call me back, its great! you have our number programmed in? ya i dont even know your phone anymore... excuse me?! what? i dont know your phone number. aw well. he doesnt know our phone number! you have our fax number, obviously... todays xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. ill pass. were back with our politics lead. nothing is wrong with your c-span feed. thats not a rerun. right now the house judiciary committee is holding a hearing wi...

Chaffetz who served on on the e judiciary committee for eight years before becoming a fox news contributor. jason, as a former house judiciary committee member and former chair of the oversight committee, what do you think jerry nadler is going to accomplish? >> nothing. this is made for a c-span event, sensationalism at its best. start to bring -- the hill seems to be bringing convicted felons to somehow get testimony that somehow compelling. can shed no light on the immediate situation, no lig...

For so many listening to the heart-wrenching testimony of christine blasey ford has reopened some deep and very painful wounds. people across the country are now sharing their own stories of swu sexual assault on social media, women even calling into c-span to talk about their experiences. watch this. >> im a 76-year-old woman who was sexually molested in the second grade. this brings back so much pain. you never forget what happened to you. >> you can hear her pain. and the national sexual assa...

Thursdays hearing gripped the nation. womens marches and protests against kavanaugh and some in support. took place in cities across the united states. millions more watched from their homes as others watched from airplanes and from classrooms. a north carolina teacher tweeted this photo. saying her advanced placement students were writing history while watching history. >> calls to the national sexual assault hotline increased after christine blasey fords testimony. as well as calls to c-spans ...

What unequivocally it meant for women is that you are free to speak out. it broke the dam on young rape and young assault cases in the way that harvey weinstein did in the professional front. what you saw was a flood of people trying to get it out of their system, needing to vent and needing to share it, and not feeling shamed anymore, not being silent and wanting to tell their story, knowing that they would be believed, wanting to get it out of their hearts. i think there were victims of sexual...

People who were so moved and who say that some of their own old wounds were re-opened. heres a 76-year-old woman that called into c-span. listen to this. >> i am a 76-year-old woman who was sexually molested in the second grade. this brings back so much pain. i thought i was over it but its not. you will never forget it. you get confused and you dont understand it, but you never forget what happened to you. >> your thoughts about what we heard yesterday? >> well, i have to say, and i assume othe...

I mean, nothing that is going on is normal. we had women calling in to c-span this morning sharing their stories of sexual assault. and they think tomorrow there are noon rallies at every senate office in every state. this is just building so organically. and i think that the gop is so not even just perilously out of touch. what youre seeing from their reaction, what you saw from lindsey graham today, thats not normal. that is actually a response from men who are terrified that they are losing t...