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Evidence is sufficient to satisfy the preponderance of evidence standard that is a lower standard. so will our democratic colleagues listen to this expert opinion, although it conflicts with their political mission? dont hold your breath. nor am i optimistic they will stay consistent and accept the conclusions of the supplemental background investigation the fbi is now conducting on top of its six prior investigations of judge kavanaugh. democrats demanded a supplemental investigation. they proc...

>> bl sachasey-ford? >> yes. >> were at a period of massive social and national change and its painful and its traumatic, but im very optimistic that its going to move forward for women and for the country, as painful as this is. and i think her coverage is not to be diminished. >> im sorry. i didnt mean to interrupt. after all this, brett kavanaugh gets confirmed and youre going to take an optimistic message out of womens empowerment out of all that? >> of course. look at the national dialogue ...

A compromise how address it? >> its not a compromise. what did the democrats give? compromise, both sides give. flake gave the democrats what they wanted and got zero in return. thats not a compromise. >> sandra: republicans continue to use the words of joe biden from nearly 30 years ago, governor. watch. >> f.b.i. explicitly does not in this or any other case reach a conclusion, period. when people wave and f.b.i. report before you, understand they do not -- they do not -- they do not reach con...

Clob er clobe clobecar. >> there were inconsistencies about his drinking and information we have from various of his classmates, that he was a very belligerent, aggressive drunk. so i would like the fbi to go and interview all of these people and we have to draw our conclusions, but it was unbelievable, the portrayal of himself as some kind of a boy scout, all he cared about was studying, going to church, doing projects and playing basketball or sports. it was pretty unbelievable to me. and very...

The bureau. with me now is one of the reporters who just broke this story, nbc news national political reporter heidi prisbella. heidi, first, run throughpresbe. run through your reporting. >> reporter: this is someone who did not want to go public but who has pertinent information who has been attempting to get through to the fbi, has made several attempts, and finally hired a lawyer yesterday. but is get nothing guarantees. hes tried contacting a local field office and told this is not their a...

Its done? it cant be that a few senators look at the fbi report in a smoke-filled room and the american public never hears what is in there. i understand the 302s are co confidential, but how is that known to the public? we are going to reopen the hearings? that would be something that would be warranted when they find new information. s >> thats where i want to go, danny, with you. if you are -- we have heard from attorney avenatti, his client has not been contacted yet. this is two days after ...

Vote but you will never get me to quit, i have never done this. to her, or to anyone. that is not who i am. it is not who i was. i am innocent of this charge. >> a dramatic day of testimony thursday from both supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and accuser christine blasey ford, bring in "the wall street journal" columnist deputy editor dan henninger columnist marianna ogrady kim strassel at hearing thursday kim lets start with you were you there when a what conclusions the end of the day did ...

In the southern district of new york and legal analyst. the fbi has a week. what are they going to do? >> so, lawrence, i think theres about four categories just right off the bat that the fbi should and probably will focus on with respect to the ford allegations. the first is obviously mark judge. a probing interview needs to be conducted of mark judge. the statements through lawyers are obviously not enough. i think kavanaugh said during the hearing fbi agents dont draw conclusions. yes, but t...

Remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> youre asking about blackout. i dont know, have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? thats not happened. is that your answer? >> yeah, and im curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem. >> the swetnick thing is a joke. that is a farce. >> would you like to say more about it? >> no. >> did the word ralph you used -- >> i already said -- answered the question. >> did it relate to alcohol? >> i like beer. i like be...

Week with a, b, c, d and you make your own conclusions and its no different than people concluded going in friday to the senate session and the republicans take their stand, democrats theirs. unless somebody has moved on either side, we end up with a week delay of the same vote we would have gotten. >> there are two things that are contrary. one is limiting their time. the other is limiting the scope of their investigation. the way the fbi and the doj does investigations is they take months, if ...