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>> there are always concerns because these are very important positions. and so there will be a lot of questions asked. >> day two of the ruth bader ginsburg confirmation hearings. >> judge ginsburg did something no recent high court nominee has done. spoke at length about her support for abortion rights. >> it is essential to womans equality with man that her choice, that she be the decision maker. this is something central to a womans life, to her dignity. >> she was put on the court by a libe...

Calculus changes. everything that happened before, put that in context. what happens now means flake has power of when the timing of the vote is. he can persuade other colleagues and the decision maker is mitch mcconnell. what does he want? he wabnts brett kavanaugh to be confirmed. likely it will take jeff flakes vote. >> many people have been asking th themselves what would john mccain do. both very close to senator mccain. john, meachum what is your take here? just 20 minutes ago we were sayi...

Advisor. >> good to be back with you. brian: life used to be simple. come on have a few commence and go home. whats changed? >> this time it really matters. its not my opinions im talking about. its the president. i like to say im the national security advisor. im not the national security decision maker. steve: senator. in that soundbite from last year thats when the president referred to kim jong un as little rocket man. we havent heard much of him referred to as that anymore. why is that? >> ...

>> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh -- >> brett kavanaugh -- >> this context is critical. >> the behavior you described was wrong. >> runs directly counter to upholding the law and justice. >> he should not be confirmed. >> he should not be confirmed. >> he should not be confirmed. >> to have the chair on the national stage without your permission. >> you should be the decision-maker about how your story is shared. >> we applaud your courage in coming forward. >> we will be with you as youo...

Publicly sharing your story of sexual violence. >> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh -- >> brett kavanaugh -- >> this context is critical. >> the behavior you described was wrong. >> wrongs dont make runs directly counter to upholding the law and justice. >> he should not be confirmed. >> he should not be confirmed. >> to have the chair on the national stage without your protection. >> you should be the decision-maker about how your story is shared. >> we applaud your courage in coming forwa...

Agencies. they are acting as almost a subcontractor uncovering information and then providing to the decision maker in this case the white house to look at and then determine what to do with it. the fbi is not the adjudicator here. also the underlying allegation here is not a violation of federal law. so there is no independent authority to investigate it as a criminal matter. that is not something that they would do. >> but let me stop you right there. because if you read the anita hill opinion...

To who is the decision maker and how are we deterring them from messing in our elections. >> whereas the bill in congress would have imposed automatic sanctions at a higher level and this of course potentially gives the white house some running room to say, say we dont need that anymore while not making a huge difference. you mentioned the skripal poisoning. and vladimir putin coming out and saying, no, no, these two are just civilians. they should go and talk to the state-owned media and tell t...

He fell for her. >> literally within 15 minutes i decided i was going to name her. i am proud to nominate this path breaking attorney, advocate and judge to be the 107th justice to the united states supreme court. when i was nominated back in 1993 senator biden chaired the committee. the leading republicans member was orin hatch. >> do you have any concerns right now. >> there are always concerns because these are very important positions. and so there will be a lot of questions asked. >> day ...

Right now? >> there are always concerns because these are very important positions. and so there will be a lot of questions asked. >> day two of the ruth bader ginsburg confirmation hearings. >> judge ginsburg did something no recent high court nominee has done, spoke at length about her support for abortion rights. >> it is essential to womens equality with men that her choice that she be the decision maker -- this is something central to a womans life, to her dignity. >> she was put on the cou...

Amendment, on economic policies and he has them there in front of him, but ultimately president trump knows hes the democratically elected decision maker. u let me just say this, jake -- >> doesnt it say something about president trump that theres people around president trump that think way? >> in denying the statement attributed to him in the woodward book, he said, not only would he never disparage the elected commander, he wouldnt tolerate it from anybody in the very big department of defens...