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Question. >> if youre not the candidate, have you ever heard anything about this person that would concern us if we heard it? can you tell us three other people that we should be talking to that we arent talking to? when we vote on brett kavanaugh tomorrow, he is likely to have been the most investigated nominee, not just for the supreme court, but possibly for any office ever with seven of these background checks, over 150 interviews, and over a long period of time. >> dana: it was only a week ...

Trump land ing ing in africa. did donald trump personally order his son to keep stormy daniels quiet. welcome to "the lead" everyone. im jake tapper. the politics lead. president trump laying down a red line saying it would not be acceptable if his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh lied in his testimony before the senate judiciary committee. not just about whether kavanaugh ever committed sexual assault, which the judge has vociferously denied, but his characterization of drinking habits a...

Word of caution. as he left the white house for philadelphia, the president telling reporters hes optimistic the senate can vote to confirm brett kavanaugh in the coming days. >> hopefully as mitch said, theyll have a vote by the end of the week, and it will be a positive vote. >> reporter: but trump making clear kavanaughs fate remains uncertain, as the fbi investigates the sexual assault allegations made against him. >> a lot is going to depend on what comes back from the fbi, in terms of thei...

Kavanaughs physical state that night. in the report, kavanaugh preferred not to answer whether he threw the ice. >> they saw in the report there is nothing that indicates whether or not he was inebriated. >> reporter: new havens police chief said the department was not contacted by the fbi about that incident. meanwhile, jake, michael avenatti, lawyer for the third accuser julie swetnick says she, too, has not been contacted by the fbi. jake? >> jessica schneider, thanks. simone, republicans s...

Him. theres also -- >> i dont think -- i do not think thats a fair characterization. >> smoimone? >> i dont believe brett kavanaugh, jake. shocker. look, if brett kavanaugh had told other lies under oath, ill call them lies, for example, i got into yale on my own. his grandfather went to yale. why are you lying about that? brett kavanaughs going to lie about that, lie about a devils triangle. not forthcoming and truthful how much he did drink, why is it hard for us to believe hes not telling the...

Out loud, that if you look at the numbers of how people are feeling about this, still a strong majority of americans believe dr. ford over brett kavanaugh, and a lot more women are engaged than men so far in the data we have. sbhan theyre seeing and going to see, but we havent seen that quite yet. >> josh, ask you right now. seems to be a battle playing out in public. majority leader mitch mcconnell says the fbi report will come in. senators can read it privately, they wont release it. others, r...

Got impeach for lying about a blow job. so, please. >> thank you for that. speaking to bill clinton. >> its true. >> i know. just didnt think its the first time that words been on the show -- speaking of the 1998-99, bill clinton. listen to video our friends at c-span put up. lindsey graham in the house. impeachment manager talking about lying and the importance of people not lying. >> when you found that a judge was a perjure, you couldnt in good conscience send him back in a courtroom, because...

White house. talk about it with experts. josh holmes, president trump laying down a line. saying if he lied, thats not acceptables does that concern you at all? >> not president trumps line. thats the law. right? you dont lie anywhere when talking to the federal judiciary committee in the senate? the house? saying, oh, thats movingal g t goal posts. >> now looking at whether or not he committed perjury, not being honest about drinking. mcconnells line. not mine. >> two extremely different things...

Anything wrong with kavanaughs college drinking habits calling it totally normal. president trump also as is his finding sympathy for those accused of sexual crimes saying reaction to allegations of sexual misconduct make it "a very scary time for young men in america." cat lynn calle kaitlan collins is at the white house. if this kwums a day after the president went much farther than kavanaugh describing him as having difficulty with drinking? >> reporter: jake, seems to be a guarded optimism o...

One low price. td ameritrade. ♪ interviewing four key witnesses in their investigation into potential sexual misconduct by supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh while democrats and republicans wait to see the results. more stories about kavanaughs actions in college, truthfulness about drinking habits as a young plan. right to jessica schneider.