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Investigation was done really calls into question that confirmation process. we need to get for clarity on this about what happened, what should happen, and what will happen for future confirmation processes in order for me to rest more easily for and the public to have more confidence in the senate. >> senator chris coons from delaware. thank you so much. have a good weekend. >> thank you. delayed and different, the olympic games are underway in tokyo. well take you there live next.

Names going forward. tonight we are seeing impeachment being weaponized and used as a political tool in a way that it will change how we do this going forward: the standard that democrats set during the clinton impeachment and frankly the standard that they set only months ago was an impeachment needed to be bipartisan. and the only thing that is bipartisan tonight is a vote against impeachment. there is at least democrats joining republicans voting no. there are no republicans joining the democ...

>> so inspired by the dissent that he decides to put into music. >> oh my gosh. walker worked in the white hous counsel office for for former president george w. bush and fo my former boss, justice clarenc thomas. we certainly wish justice ginsburg while and a speedy recovery. she had lung surgery, on module on her lung test in december. she is recovering. she is at home. after the cavanagh hearings wil the country be ready for anothe confirmation battle? >> you would hope that people what kind ...

Worth mentioning theres a natural sort of, theres a natural connection there between being chief of staff and being omb director because you work with all of the cabinet agencies, you work with the heads of those cabinets about their budgets. arthel: right. but maintaining both positions? >> is going to be a tricky job, a very tricky job. arthel: meanwhile, of course, as you know, jeff, the white house chief of staff does not require senate confirmation. however, considering that confirmation pr...

Countrys politics right now. the nations deeply divided. the senate is deeply divided. i think as long as the two parties are so closely aligned in the senate in terms of their numbers, youre going to end up seeing these sort of partisan confirmation processes. for example, if president trump were to get rid of jeff sessions as attorney general next year and nominate a new attorney general, i think that confirmation process could be very partisan and very ugly. its just the reality of the sort o...

Divisive, hurtful confirmation processes and hearings that weve been through. it not only taints brett kavanaugh it taints the supreme court, which should be one of the most venerable institutions we have in the country. my question to republicans is, couldnt you find somebody else who was equally as experienced and equally as -- as capable as they believe he was, but without the atrocious black cloud that is going to be following him into one of the highest institutions in the land? one that ac...

How hes going to conduct himself as a judge. he was talking about confirmation processes in the future and that there are going to be democrats that will be coming before that body again and what goes around comes around, meaning that vitriol that was so dead set against him in those hearings, that had nothing to do with how he was going to act as a justice. >> the problem with the way that judge kavanaugh, now justice kavanaugh comported himself at that hearing, the difficulty is what it does t...

Of the tension and bitterness from both sides. >> even ruth bader ginsburg complained about the system. she was an aclu lawyer and she said it got out of control. she has not dawk of talked directly on this, but she lamented how these confirmation processes have changed. >> any future senate will go back to that 60 number you need which generates support for more moderate middle of the road candidates as opposed to the 51 that is the requirement right now. up next, a republican senators reaction...

Confirmation. so thats their defense. they say they might not have an objection to it. they just want to move and they dont want to do anything that is going to slow this down. that turns out to be probably the most critical mistake throughout this entire process, especially this week as its apparent going into tomorrow that they could use anything, any facts, any evidence to bolster their own case. you look at the second mistake it was that fox news interview, choosing to go on a partisan outle...

Same biography. >> you worked directly with justice alito, justice thomas, through those confirmation processes, what did you learn from each in their different personalities how they come to this >> i think authenticity is important. i think both of those nominees did very well. in very different ways >> theyre very different. >> chief justice roberts is a charming urbane washingtonian. i think trying too hard to play a role that doesnt reflect you, doesnt work. >> knowing what you know about j...