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President trump saying, a delay is certainly acceptable. we have time available. we will delay the process until its finished out. >> thats right. and i think that that statement by senator graham and also the way that senator grassley set this hearing so quickly is really contempt with us of not only dr. ford, but of the seriousness of this matter. its certainly -- its certainly relevant to whether someone should be entrusted with a lifetime position on the court to examine this. and i think th...

Msnbc legal analyst danny c cevallos and got him back. does this seem like a strategy or, i mean, is it a negotiation on behalf of the chairman of the judiciary committee or more to it than that? >> it is. they could subpoena this witness and even hold her in contempt refusing to appear. this appears to be the good cop version instead of the bad cop version of trying to get her to appear for her testimony. its strategically and may be an effort to be complete, have a complete record so that ther...

Option >> if they him to -- they want him to testify, he will come and if not, they have a -- they have long had the power to hold individuals in contempt who defy a subpoena and thats in congresss power to legislate, deliberate and its separate and apart from the executive power to enforce laws. congressional contempt is a lot like judicial contempt. its part of the congresss own power to enforce its own integrity and so if he does not appear and they subpoena him, he can be held in contempt. >...

As quickly as possible, so we have time available. we will delay the process until its finished out. i guess we have invited everybody -- i know i can tell you this, that judge kavanagh is anxious to do it. i dont know about the other party, but judge kavanagh is very anxious to do it and a delay is certainly acceptable. we want to get to the bottom of everything. we want everybody to be able to speak up and to speak out. >> lisa, every democrat on that committee is going to be quoting president...

>> laura: someone would have heard it. >> yeah. >> laura: julie, any thoughts from friends or people you know who know the accuser or anything about the motivation on this? anything? >> i cant talk about it. >> laura: she moved out of town and, you know, people dont seem to know anything. it is the oddest, oddest thing. you guys want him to fight on; correct? >> absolutely. 100% behind him. >> laura: thank you for your insight into his character and the person he is. and again, we thank you and ...

Officers as terrorists, that hits close to home. i dont like people being represented who know contempt for law enforcement. thats why im voting for brian. >> martha: voting against his own brother. senator cruise getting a boost, we have those political stories of the night when we come back. we are the tv doctors of america, and we may not know much about medicine, but we know a lot about drama. we also know that you can avoid drama by getting an annual check-up. so go, know, and take control ...

Accuser, anything about motivation on this? anything? >> i cant talk about it. >> laura: she moved out of town and, you know, people dont seem to know anything. it is the oddest, oddest thing. you guys want him to fight on; correct? >> absolutely. 100% behind him. >> laura: thank you for your insight into his character and the person he is. we thank you and our viewers thank you for coming out, dont let anyone intimidate you from having your truth, that is what they want to do. thank you so much...

Sent or received an email, ever. he got immunity from the federal government. immunity so we wanted to talk to him. he didnt show up at our committee hearing twice. we held him in contempt. we sent that over to jeff sessions. when i sat with him he said no, i cant do it too close to hillary clinton. brian: too close tclinton.briano close to hillary clinton? >> has the gull to put out a tweet well i dont do anything politically. i looked him eyeball to eyeball and thats exactly what he told me. a...

Contempt for law enforcement and rule of law. it verges on obstruction of justice itself because he is continuing the assault on the investigation of himself as president. and he is abusing and misusing his authority to declassify documents. he has that power, but theres no justification for his abuse and misuse of that power, putting in danger brave men and women of law enforcement and our intelligence community. >> senator richard blumenthal of connecticut, i really appreciate your time on bot...

This selective review of sensitive and classified documents puts at risk our sources and methods, which means it endangers the very core means of our gathering intelligence. it also demonstrates total contempt for law enforcement and rule of law. it verges on obstruction of justice itself because he is continuing the assault on the investigation of himself as president. and he is abusing and misusing his authority to declassify documents. he has that power, but theres no justification for his ab...