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Yeah, just hoping to bring that message and honor to serve this country still. >> we look forward to seeing you both tonight as were watching the coverage of the state of the union. representative chris pappas, democrat from new hampshire. thank you, both. >> thanks for having us on. next, a new investigation could hang a cloud over president trumps state of the union address this evening. details on trumps inaugural committee and how it spent the millions of dollars raised for the inauguratio...

Game of guessing when mueller is going to wrap up. thereve been predictions now for a year. that hes almost done. whitaker might know a little bit more than most people, so i pay a bit more attention when he says that, but, again -- robert mueller will conclude when that man decides that he is over with this process. and we are not there yet. >> katie: melissa, democrats on capitol hill are furious that he let this so-called timeline slip. they are very upset about that. why is that? >> melissa:...

Cases about the trump administration. so i think those questions would hang over judge kavanaugh. but whether he would actually recuse on political grounds if hes confirmed, i doubt it. >> that would be up to him, its not up to somebody else in. >> correct. >> all right. nicholas there are several issues. about a week ago there were people concerned about the abruptness of judge kavanaugh. but now there are lots of people who dont think it has solved anything. a week ago, or last friday, we were...

Investigated, then there will be a cloud over judge kavanaughs service on the supreme court if hes confirmed. >> certainly not a no, sir? >> thats right. i did not say no. >> just being clear. senator chris coons, thank you very much. and ahead, we have much more on the supreme uproar over brett kavanaugh as a new sexual misconduct allegation surfaces. protesters are sending a loud message to lawmakers. n to sign p for new insurance instead? for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutua...

Because democrats now do have a reason to not vote for this nominee. so i wonder how much are you going to worry about the red state democrats at this point, more so than their own conference. >> it if republicans go forward with this, they will be making the political risk that they can go forward without a full accounting, without calling in everybody they could call in. number one, if they cant reach an agreement with professor ford, obviously shes the most important player here. and they sai...

Investigation. and that doesnt look like its going to happen. where does that leave kavanaughs confirmation hearing, if it goes ahead, continues, without delay, leaving questions unanswered about the sexual assault allegations? >> when i think about this situation, its a sad commentary on the state of american politics and also the legacy of misogyny in the united states. theres no way we can get to the bottom of allegations that are 36 years old, unless both of the parties to this controversy...

Material of some sort, some information should be out there. why are going behind closed doors given the magnitude of whats happening right now? >> eric: is there an argument that there should be some release of material that is unredacted, protect sources and methods but let some of this unredacted material get out there? >> there is no question that ordinarily, i would agree. that sources, methods should be protected in order for the national interest. but not in this case where theres a cloud...

>> dana: and she said that she hopes that republicans are taking notes. i will give you the last word, sir? >> well, i think that, number one, it does not bode well on the democrats side in committee for trying to cover for a guy who has been exposed. weve seen the e-mails, everyone has seen the e-mails. there is no excuse for it. it is a disgrace and a cloud over the fbi that everyone ought to be working to clean up. the fact that the democrats are trying to be a cheerleader for this guy, is th...

This and people are not screaming this has to be stopped. >> melissa: this is frustrating because it is intentionally casting a cloud over the president. its frustrating because when you see the text messages that say we will stop it at the same moment, that agent who wrote the text is opening an investigation into the president. i mean that just, you dont even need to know anything else. >> we need an explanation on that and we need to know what that is about. when the same person disparages al...

The prosecutorial discretion idea is a red herring here because heres what we know. and by the way, the ig acknowledged he cannot say political bias didnt affect the decision. he said he found no direct evidence. here is the issue. the entire universe of evidence that the prosecutor had before them was of function of what these investigators who we now know had proven bias, what they decided to search out, what they decided to focus on, and what they decided to reveal and conceal. so to say the ...