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Offense to the court as well as an offense to the truth during his confirmation hearings. my offense to the truth, im not going to address the specifics of dr. ford but rather about his life. there was an fbi investigation that has been constrained by the white house and the republicans on the judiciary committee. and like the mueller investigation, the president of the united states does not want to see the truth, whatever it is, wherever it leads, and im not going to say where it leads because...

>> reporter: good morning. >> you say she was courageous. tell us why you admire that courage. >> i was so proud of her yesterday because shes one of the most thoughtful and well reasoned and bipartisan working senators who has been representing main for over 20 years and when she made that speech i think she did main proud. is a woman i was just so thrilled to hear her layout her case and draw her own conclusions and show -- >> sometimes we get frustrated but the senate is about process. they h...

Conclusions. senator collins felt in the end there wasnt sufficient corroboration for one of kavanaughs accusers, christine blasey ford. both said they struggled and agonized over the decision. heres both of them yesterday. >> my fervent hope is that brett kavanaugh will work to lessen the divisions in the supreme court so that we have fewer 5-4 decisions, and that public confidence in our judiciary and our highest court is restored. >> i believe that that judge kavanaugh is a good map, but in m...

And, honestly, disingenuous. ive never heard republicans speak so passionately about the presumption of innocence more than i have the last few weeks. honestly, i hope they can keep that same energy with regards to people who continue to sit and ross away in our -- rot away in our jails for charges they havent been convicted of, who simply cant afford their freedom. therein lies the difference between judge kavanaugh and those who come into contact with the criminal justice system. we have to re...

But the thread that you see that runs through it is questions from these women who got -- were the recipients of these text messages as to whether there was a "anticipatory narrative" about debbie ramirez and her story coming out as early as july. that was months in advance of when the story about debbie came out. one part, for instance, thats really telling is that days after christine blasey ford contacted "the washington post" anonymously, she was an anonymous tipper at that point, days after...

Committee is not being very effective in vetting. that is not a new phenomena. people are slipped through the process. and the examples i used were bill reign kwis. . and clarence thomas. i was warning the committee dont let it happen again. it tarnishing the justice and the court. and hurts the american people. >> one of the points, senators collins and murkowski. came to opposite conclusions. but the same reality about the process. it cant be like this anymore. heres my question about that. th...

Past. what i understand if i understand it, the allegations by dr. ford, ms. ramirez and miss swetnick are wrong? >> that is emphatically what im saying. im innocent of this charge. >> and youre prepared for a fbi investigation? >> they dont reach conclusions, you reach the conclusions. >> youre saying theres never been a case where you drank so much that you didnt remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> youre asking about blackout, i dont know, have you? >> that was...

On that committee, on the republican majority, did not want that fbi investigation to go forward in an open way to whatever conclusions it should have by talking to the proper people, including kavanaugh and ford. >> yeah. as i said in the open, no one really came out of this looking good. >> my colleague bob woodward has called this a war on truth in this presidency, and this is part of it. we had the opportunity with what flake and his colleagues did by calling for this investigation to find o...

Because id be breaking the law and im not going to do that. >> can you give us a sense of the general topic area? >> well, i think -- i think -- i think you could see some politics involved in this. look, the fbi interviewed nine witnesses. one wouldnt talk. they were the five witnesses suggested by dr. ford and by ms. ramirez. there wasnt any corroboration. i know dr. fords attorneys wanted her to be interviewed, but the fbi reached out to her attorneys and said, please submit to me any new evi...

Arrive at her own conclusions. >> neil: well-put as were her remarks. karl rove. speaking of senator collins, were understanding right now and shes telling reporters, i came to my conclusions last night. she made up her mind last night. more after this. when youre looking for answers, its good to have help. because the right information, at the right time, may make all the difference. at humana, we know thats especially true when youre looking for a medicare supplement insurance plan. thats why ...