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Shielding a sitting president from criminal proceedings, his confirmation is a constitutional crisis in the making. >> a hawaii democrat complained around 3 a.m. that republicans should have found a new supreme court nominee after judge kavanaughs emotional response in last weeks high-stakes, high-pressure hearing. when kavanaugh had to defend his name and integrity after allegations were made against him. the whole thing was an emotional mess and that actually should have been disqualifying, an...

Process? how would he deal with that? how would he deal with that kind of -- what did he call it? orchestrated political hit, once hes sitting on the court? joining us now is democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut, a member of the judiciary committee. senator blumenthal, i know this has been a difficult and intense week. thanks for making time to be here. >> thank you, rachel. >> first, let me just get your response to the state of play right now and what were expecting in terms of...

Down or at least used a republican argument to knock them down. she ignored the kavanaugh outburst, the one he essentially came a little short of apologizing for but backtracked in the "wall street journal" overnight beak saying had he gone too far in his senate testimony. she ignored all of that. i think the two the most takeaways are there. she had a line in there where she said that dr. blasey fords allegations failed to meet the likelier han not test. and therefore, the judge couldnt be stop...

An intergalactic freak show. chris: the bitter confirmation battle over supreme court nominee brett kavanugh takes a new turn involving an allegation of sexual misconduct decades ago. >> her name is christine blasey ford, now a 51-year-old professor at pa lea alto university -- palo alto university in california. she reportedly says kavanugh pinned her to a bed and attacked her. >> i never sexually assaulted anyone. i was not at the party described. i was not anywhere at any place resembling tha...

Thing is a problem for the supreme court. he knew he had to do a cleanup job to convince folks, no, im not hike that. i will be an impartial arbiter of the law. but ive had my other issues with the way kavanaugh and the republicans have behaved with this entire incident. but his behavior during that hearing, in and of itself, was disqualifying. you cannot be that much of a partisan and bring that to the supreme court and expect people to think the integrity of the court has been maintained. you ...

Sworn testimony last week or his partisan belligerent performance. according to a report, retired supreme court justice, john paul stevens, a lifelong republican said today that kavanaughs performance alone should be disqualifying. tonight on the eve of that key procedural vote it all comes down to four undecided senators, heidi hidecamp announced shes a no on kavanaugh, citing doubts on the temperament, honesty and impartiality and the force on dr. fords testimony. that leaves kavanaughs nomina...

Saying, this temperate, this is a problem for the supreme court. he knew he had to do a cleanup job to try to convince folks that, no, im really not like that. i will be an impartial arbiter of the law. but ive had my other issues with the way kavanaugh and the republicans have behaved with this entire incident. but his behavior during that hearing, in and of itself, was disqualifying. you cannot be that much of a partisan and bring that to the supreme court and expect people to think the integr...

Convince senators that he has the right temperament to be on the supreme court? >> well find out in about 24 hours. its clear what that op-ed indicates as he knows he screwed up and acted indiciously before the committee. a lot of people had the same reaction as the retired justice john paul stevens who said i was okay up till that point but he lost me there and his performance was disqualifying and hes trying to address that. but hes undercutting himself because look where hes addressing it in ...

And what he did in that testimony was show someone who was angry, vengable, self-pitying and threatening. literally, he looked at the democratic side of the committee and said, "what comes around goes around." he blamed the witness testimony before him, the brave survivor who offered credible and powerful testimony about the sexual assault, blamed that testimony on left wing cabal and the clintons. so this op-ed in no way removes the issue of temperament and it is the reason that former justice ...

Page posted an op-ed by kavanaugh, expressing regret for his behavior on thursday. i was emotional on thursday, i was there as a son, husband and dad. is that good enough for you? >> not good enough by any means, chris, because that performance was so filled with arrogance and acrimony, rage and revenge, literally threatening senators. it was a kind of unmasking, a revelation. and it is the reason that john paul stevens, a former justice of the supreme court said it was disqualifying. why other ...