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Were something that could happen. instead this odd thing he couldnt talk because he couldnt do speaking in public. he had ptsd or depression, but hes listed as a public speaker by his agency online. >> about his book. >> im glad we have the week. more than just the assault, i think its nice to put a couple days between the kavanaugh testimony and when they have to vote. some very disturbing things happened yesterday. he lied repeatedly in front of the senate judiciary -- >> the alleged assault. ...

You see the red on the right under kavanaugh. there were also these exchanges, sharp exchanges between a federal judge and sitting u.s. senators. >> youre saying theres never been a case where you drank so much that you didnt remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> its -- youre asking about a blackout. i dont know. have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? just to -- you -- thats not happened, is that your answer? >> yeah, and im curious if you have. >> i ha...

In blue. you see the red on the right under kavanaugh. there were also these exchanges, sharp exchanges between a federal judge and sitting u.s. senators. >> youre saying theres never been a case where you drank so much that you didnt remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> its -- youre asking about a black youpt. i dont know. have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? just to -- you -- thats not happened, is that your answer? >> yeah, and im curious if you h...

He ptsd or -- but hes listed as a public speaker on lune. more than just the assault, i think its nice to put a couple of days between the kavanaugh testimony and when they vote, because disturbing things happened that have nothing to do with the assault. he lied repeatedly >> the alleged assault. >> alleged assault, yes, im sorry. saying over and over that witnesses said this never happened when of course thats not what the witnesses said. he asked the senator if she had a drinking problem afte...

Drunk." he references a bart okavanaugh vomiting in someones car in beach week and passing out. is that you hes talking about? >> senator, mark judge was -- >> to your knowledge, is that you that hes talking about? >> ill explain if you let me. >> proceed, please. >> mark judge was a friend of ours in high school who developed a very serious drinking problem and addiction problem that lasted decades and was very difficult for him to escape from, and he nearly died. and then he had leukemia as we...

>> could you answer the question, judge. so 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. no, no, no. im going to talk about my -- >> 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 used in your yearbook relate to alcohol. >...

Sporting terminology, but dick durbin came into the hearing with two of them in mind. his first one highly effective. whats your degree of certainty? his second one was to kavanagh about the fbi, im going to play it. well talk about it on the other side. >> so youre saying theres never been a case where you drank so much that you didnt remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> youre asking about black out. i dont know, have you? >> could you answer the question, judge?...

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, judge. >> nor do i. >> okay, thank you. >> judge kavanaugh actually came back from a break after that moment and apologized for what he had said there to senator klobuchar. its not clear to me why he said it and why he was going there. well talk with senator klo...

Amy klobuchar, your colleague, and himself, a back and forth precisely on a topic that you asked many questions about, about his drinking, he said under oath that it was never the case that he drank so much he forgot events from the night before, never the case. and senator klobuchar had some questions for him on drinking. take a listen to this. >> so youre saying theres never been a case where you drank so much that you didnt remember what happened the night before, or part of what happened? >>...

Only were doing it to make political points and political speeches and turn this into a partisan fight rather than trying to get to the truth of the matter. and that was revealing. >> lets listen to one more moment, the likes of which we really have not seen before, and this is when brett kavanaugh actually asks senator klobuchar a question along the lines of what lisa mentioned about the contemptuous attitude. lets listen to this. >> youre saying theres never been a case where you drank so much...