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I mean this is not a man that said that alcohol was -- that he was perfect with respect to alcohol. >> so the interesting thing about that is brett kavanaugh didnt say he had difficulty with alcohol. if he had acknowledged that at any point along the way, whether in his first round of testimony, his fox news interview, his multiple statements, his testimony last week, we might not be having this conversation. remember with senator klobuchar, she said he asked her a question, and she said i dont ...

Goal posts about kavanaughs behavior have unfairly shifted from sexual assault to drinking too much, as republicans are saying, or if you think there is additional cause for concern over whether kavanaugh has been honest about his drinking as a young man, this is now topic "a" in washington, d.c., with at least one key republican senator saying if the fbi probe proves kavanaugh was not honest about this, it would be the end of his nomination. now, cnns kaitlan collins earlier today asked preside...

Your supreme court nominee? >> i watched him, i was surprised at how vocal he was about the fact that he likes beer. and hes had a little bit of difficulty. i mean, he talked about things that happened when he drank. >> during kavanaughs forceful testimony, youll remember he repeatedly talked about his love for beer. but was adamant that he did not have a drinking problem. >> youre saying theres never been a case where you drank so much you didnt remember what happened the night before or part o...

>> could you answer the question, judge? i just -- so you -- thats not happened. is that your answer? >> yeah, and im curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem, judge. >> nor do i. >> you know, tarana, i keep thinking, had that been a woman, with will it was dr. ford or some other female sitting in the hot seat, the way he spoke to senator kavanaugh and others, how do you think she -- how do you think she would have been labeled instead? >> oh, my god. if a woman had behaved the way tha...

About more time. a week might not seem like a lot of time in terms of an fbi investigation, but its a lot of time in terms of public talking about people coming out and snl doing a spoof on it. the idea that the president now is talking about his drinking in the way that democrats are talking about his drinking, that must be very concerning. we will see what his people come out and say. does he release a statement? does someone else try to tamp down on the question of a person who has a drinking...

Didnt remember happen the night before? >> youre asking blackouts. i dont know, have you? >> in mark judges book, he writes about a pledge he and his friends made in high school to drink 100 kegs before graduation. there was a quote -- >> theres also a 1997 memoir, where judge writes about a "beach week" and has this passage. do you know bart kavanaugh? yeah, hes around here somewhere. i heard he puked in someones car. yeah, he passed out on his way back from a party is the exchange. so is that ...

Kavanaughs drinking, and the disputes about how he characterized his drinking in his testimony to the senate, whether the fbi will be able to examine that question, or this question of whether kavanaugh lied about certain yearbook references that many people believe were sexual but he said were not. so, and those things, some people believe are important, because they go to his credibility and particularly if he did have a drinking problem and could be blackout drunk, that could go to the issue ...

Out in the justice system. >> trayvon martin, 17, his b boyhood was not an issue. i dont think their boyhood was ever -- or timmy rice. i want you to listen to one more piece from "saturday night live." >> i dont know if mr. kavanaugh actually has a history of assault or if he actually has a drinking problem. but i do know that he might. and you shouldnt be on the supreme court if you might. you shouldnt be on the peoples court if you might. sometimes might is enough. i mean, i dont want to pet ...

Remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> youre asking about blackout. i dont know, have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? thats not happened. is that your answer? >> yeah, and im curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem. >> the swetnick thing is a joke. that is a farce. >> would you like to say more about it? >> no. >> did the word ralph you used -- >> i already said -- answered the question. >> did it relate to alcohol? >> i like beer. i like be...

Question, judge? so you have -- thats not happened? is that your answer? >> yeah, and im curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem. >> the swetnick thing is a joke. that is a farce. >> would you like to say more about it? >> no. >> i was number one in the class. freshman -- >> no, no, no. >> i thought only the -- >> im going to talk about -- >> no, no. >> let him answer. >> im going to talk about my high school record if youre going to sit here and mock me. >> did the word ralph you use...