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Yes, all of us who have been covering trump had been doing pieces of this. now we have trump naked in a whole coherent narrative about his presidency and recklessness and about his dishonesty and his lack of ability. it is a frightening, damning portrait. one question and it seems to be about general kelly, at some point the congress of the united states, general kelly, i would think, ought to resign for the sake of the country. its derelict to continue in that job knowing what he does. somebody...

That the president of the united states is a threat to the national security of the united states, thats what aide after aide, principal after principal in this administration will say about this book. and those who will recognize the truth about this book more than any others are republicans on capitol hill. because they have been sources for bob woodward in previous books. they know that bob woodward doesnt make these things up. so the question now is are some of the republicans on capitol hil...

Documents and protestors being go dragged out of the chamber while republicans defended the nominee. >> i welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of -- >> mr. chairman. >> brett kavanaugh to serve as associate justice. >> mr. chairman, i would like to be recognized for a question before we proceed. >> youre out of order, ill proceed. >> we cannot possibly move forward. >> we believe this hearing should be postponed. >> i move to adjourn. >> we will continue as planned. we...

He has the tendency to pronounce words like executive session to his penchant for keeping things on time. and trying to remain in order at all times. yesterday, despite the fact that there were, what? 60 people who on a regular basis stood up, interrupted the proceedings, were hauled out and arrested so hes there greeting senator cornyn, senator graham, senator hatch and one of the seats must be for the chairman. thats it right next to senator dianne feinstein and next to her pat leahy of vermon...

Motion before the committee. [ shouting ] >> mr. chairman, if there is no vote on this motion, which has been properly seconded and which could be given a vote in executive session, this process will be tainted and stained forever. im asking as a member of this committee, its my right to do so, that we vote on my motion to adjourn and senator harriss motion to postpone and that we do it in executive session which can be easily and quickly convened right now. >> the motion is out of order. >> sir...

We now have a picture of what weve all been dealing with here. i will be happy to appear before committees of congress, whether in executive session or whether in open session, and tell them what i have seen about this president of the united states and whether or not he is competent and able to lead the united states. i think hes in a position to do an act of great patriotism perhaps here, but for him to continue in this job given what he is quoted as saying by bob in this book. and the thing a...

That has not been the case here where 147,000 pages have been designated by bill bourke as outside the reach of the american people and the senate judiciary committee. thats a further example of why this whole process is gone astray and i think your explanation ignores that. >> mr. chairman? >> mr. chairman? >> who wants the floor? >> the new senator. >> go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, can you tell me again how many documents have been produced? >> 488,000 other than 28,000 p...

The floor. ive made a motion that is properly before this committee. the chairman said earlier that he has never been through a confirmation process like this one. the reason is, that no administration in the past has engaged in this kind of concealment. thats the reason. very simply. it is not the chairmans doing, necessarily, it is this administration that has concealed and hidden documents from us and from the american people and so i renew my motion that we adjourn so that we can access the ...

Without further debate passes with 11 votes in the affirmative, one of which must be cast by the minority. i ask for a vote on my motion to adjourn under rule 4, mr. chairman. these are rules that we are obligated to follow, the chairman has no right, with all due respect, to simply override them by fiat. >> we are obstacle its gaed -- obligated by that rule in executive session. were not in executive session. i would -- i would -- [ shouting ] >> i would respond to the issues brought up by sena...

Staff secretary? has he said anything on any of these issues? it was pretty clear the democrats felt they had no choice. that the process was their first opportunity. they felt they had no choice, that they needed to speak up. lets listen to the chairman, chuck grassley, essentially saying, you know me, why are you doing this to me. >> can i ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle how long you want to go on with this? because im not going to entertain any of the motions youre making. we...