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>> we needed to have the vote in order to bring it to a conclusion. plus, today theres new reaction from one of the lawyers representing christine blasey ford in an interview with msnbc last night. >> there was no effort to leak this letter and have this unfold as it did. thats an absolute falsehood. >> we keep hearing there are no corroborating witnesses, but, affect, there are corroborating witnesses who have havent been interviewed or talked to, and those witnesses can say several years ago...

Had supplemental fbi investigation, accusation that was never corroborated, why do you think he, brett kavanaugh if confirmed to the senate today in a couple of hours goes to the supreme court with a dark cloud over his head? >> well, the investigation wasnt going to find any corroborating information if they did interview of any of the people that were put forth in having corroborating information. you cant find what you dont look for in the first place. i think brett kavanaugh having given the...

Left out. and as far as the corroborating witnesses and anyone to back up these allegation, they simply werent there. in this country, while we need to hear women who are victims of sexual assault, we also have to believe in the presumption of innocence and with all of the information we had before us, it is critical that we make sure and look, not just be driven by emotion but also by the facts at hand and the other evidence that we have and judge kavanaugh with his life of integrity and charac...

It was not the right standard. and susan collins today said it wasnt a beyond a reasonable doubt standard. she used a much lower standard and then gave him a pass on it. but no one would have believed them. people believe that men who come forward saying they were attacked in a sexual manner by a priest, they come forward 30 years later and no one questions whether theyre telling the truth. so why is it when a woman comes forward and has a very credible case to make and says things, they wont ev...

They inspired kavanaugh and didnt support ford. what are the main reasons? >> quite a few. i think senator collins did a great job today of explaining that. first and foremost, she said the me, too era is real, it matters and its long overdue. its something that its a good thing out of all this weve started this conversation. as far as dr. ford versus judge kavanaugh, look, it is no doubt that dr. ford suffered something many years ago a sexual assault and has traumatic consequences from that an...

Well before she even knew about the nomination. and of course, other corroborating witnesses that were never interviewed. that point is tremendously important. corroborating evidence would have been available if the investigation had not been straight-jacketed, and curtailed by the white house. so the presumption of innocence is central, but there was a lot of powerful proof here. and the investigation into why that investigation was curtailed, in other words, why the united states senate was de...

Anita hill had more of a sympathetic hearing in a sense that at least the fbi did more of an investigation, not adequate, and the senate didnt allow corroborating witnesses who were there to testify. here they did want even look for them. of course you cant find evidence if you are told not to interview the people who have the evidence. that was wrong. >> and the senate brought in 22 witnesses to testify about anita hills accusations. and of course we saw they didnt bring in any witnesses beyond...

But this is the way politics works and there will be a shift and if the democrats get elected there will be a shift back. thats the way the supreme court has operated for generations. shannon: professor, thank you very much for your time today, sir. we appreciate it. right now, minority leader chuck schumer is speaking on the senate floor. we want to take you there live. >> least fair, most biased processes in senate history. slanting the table from the very beginning. to produce their desired r...

Nbcs kasie hunt on capitol hill. >> as well as a long week. >> thank you. joining us now is nbc legal analyst katie phang. good to have you. you heard some of that with dr. fords attorneys revealing a statement from a corroborating witness who was told of the kavanaugh assault allegation back in 2016. what do you think about that? whats your reaction to this statement? is this a little too little, too late? >> of course, i think it adds to the frustration of the american public who wanted to k...

Deliver some more facts on the core allegations. i am not satisfied with the scope of who was questioned. i expected there would be follow-on investigations, questioning of corroborating witnesses so that, for example, if debbie ramirez was questioned and at the end of her questioning she said, heres a dozen people who can offer corroborating testimony, i had expected that those sorts of interviews would take place. i know people have contacted my office. many other senate offices who were tryin...