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Acceptable. we want to get to the bottom of everything. we want everybody to be able to speak up and to speak out. >> reporter: as democrats call for the fbi to investigate the allegations, republicans along with the president disagreed. >> i dont think the fbi really should be involved because they dont want to be involved. if they wanted to be i would certainly do that but as you know they say this is not really their thing. >> reporter: second straight day, kavanaugh hunkered down inside the ...

In the land. and just weeks before the midterm elections where control of congress is at stake we have team fox coverage this hour beginning with the chief white house correspondent john roberts who was in the briefing and joins us from the briefing room now. john? >> shep, good evening to you from the east room of the white house. judge kavanaugh has been here all day today as he was yesterday meeting with the confirmation team, trying to find a way forward through all of this. as the senate co...

Womans letter with the accusation in judge kavanaughs background file, but all 10 democrats on the judiciary committee on the nomination and they say they want an fbi investigation before the panel even moves forward. we are waiting to hear more from the fbi, but typically they dont comment on investigations even if there was one here. >> thanks for the update. the white house meanwhile is defending brett kavanaugh and officials tell cnn president trump is upset and annoyed. our senior correspon...

Manager is useful. >> and he knows something about sherpas. he was chief justice for john roberts and harriet meyers that with drew. so gillespie understand what kyle is looking for in the meetings. >> he will get a read, an objective read from the meetings of body language and knowing his former colleagues as he does and report it in to the process as the white house team, the confirmation team tries to assess the standing and where they are in terms of the whip couldnt. >> other sherpas includ...

Is already making up his mind on who he wants. a confirmation team of top republican advisers is prepared for a possible announcement. the president had originally planned to reveal the name on thursday. he had been tweeting it all last week. get ready for my supreme court pick on thursday. now the white house eager to change focus from all of this controversy with the travel ban to something else. if he makes a supreme court pick today, people will talk about it. they will not stop talking abou...

Supreme court pick will likely being moved up. two officials say the president has made the decision. that a confirmation team made of top republican advisors is prepared for a possible announcement as early as today. the president has been tweeting and saying he would make the announcement on thursday. clearly the white house wants to change the story that everyones talking about. they want to change the white hot focus on the travel ban to something else. that announcement could come. we sha...

At a party, groping her and trying to take her clothes off. when she tried to scream, she told "the washington post," "he put his hand over her mouth. i thought he might inadvertently kill me." she says a friend of kavanaughs, mark judge, was also in the room. but in a statement tonight to the senate judiciary committee, judge says, "i have no memory of this alleged incident. brett kavanaugh and i were friends in high school. but i do not recall the party. more to the point, i never saw brett ac...

That the judge says he does not know chrisitine blasey ford. the source added that people may come forward in the next few days to fill in some of the gaps that exist in fords recollection of the alleged incident. kavanaugh spent another day at the white house huddling for urgent meetings with his confirmation team but he has not come by design, spoken with president trump about the political firestorm swirling around him. >> why not? >> specifically, i havent wanted to. i think it is something ...

Hearing is a go. hes arrived this morning at the white house for a fourth straight day, and cnn learned hes continuing with practice sessions toprepare for possible questioning from lawmakers. kaitlan collins is there. what is the word there this morning? >> well, kate, we saw judge kavanaugh arrive here a little over an hour ago. he had a bag and he was with an aide. we saw him walk the to the executive office building, and thats where hes been huddled for four days straight, speaking with aide...

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