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Chuck schumer just came out with a statement that is somewhat of an echo of dianne feinstein. feinstein had said we need to hear people come out, give their testimony. the fbi should be involved. schumer says the fbi should be involved before we vote. they cant control that. scott jennings, we touched on this but i want to get you on the record more specifically. that seems to be the best middle ground. put aside the fact that the presidents been beating up on the legitimacy of the fbi for the l...

>> right. >> because what part of what were dealing with here, look, whether this woman is speaking the truth or not, people will get a chance to judge for themselves. if shes not a credible witness -- >> true. >> -- then kavanaugh is -- >> although she is a college professor. but obviously he has -- and, again, not to prejudice him at all, but hes got a lot of advantages. one, hes got a lot of people invested in making him look good on that panel. and, two, he is very savvy in terms of going th...

Or what happens to her. they care about killing this nomination or at least delaying it to see if they can win this election because they. >> why would feinstein keep it quiet so long? >> block this thing out for two years. >> why did feinstein keep it quiet for so long? if she had a weapon, why didnt she use it? >> are you asking -- >> i agree with you. >> but youre saying two things, then. >> i agree with you. she should have brought it up and redacted the name behind closed doors if she reall...

We all know that what he was arguing for with respect to executive power does suggest that he does not think a president should be put through any of the paces that trump is being put through right now. but hes being cute because the process allows it. that doesnt necessarily give you a straight line to these allegations. but heres your bigger problem, and this was explained to me once by a survivor of assault that actually happened. you have to look at the lens of the allegation through the len...

Short amount of time to prepare for a hearing before the senate judiciary committee, or she wont show up and will know her accuser will be appointed to the supreme court. so this is really a rigged system, as anita hill points out in her op-ed. some things have changed since 1991. there is a heightened focus on sexual assault. the courts have had 17 more years to look at sexual assault cases and sexual harassment. but what hasnt change is that the accuser is still being put on trial on monday, i...

Feinstein had said we need to hear people come out, give their testimony. the fbi should be involved. schumer says the fbi should be involved before we vote. they cant control that. scott jennings, we touched on this but i want to get you on the record more specifically. that seems to be the best middle ground. put aside the fact that the presidents been beating up on the legitimacy of the fbi for the last ten months. but the republicans and the democrats cant handle this. they cannot handle thi...

That misconstruction of things is different than patent -- you know, a patent credibility issue where hes spoken on these issues before. >> he said, for example, he didnt see those particular members didnt know they were stolen. he may have been given the information through some other route, which is what seems to be the theyre attempting to show, but that has nothing to do with -- in every case, theres some misconstruction of what he said. >> thats because hes been clever with how he answers. ...

Truth, to not share documents, to actually oppose sharing documents, not being completely transparent, and then to have this particular issue. so im also again going back to what i said before about this sexual harassment allegations of his friend, im also interested to know how much he knows there. this could be a pattern, and the fbi doesnt find out everything. this may be a bipartisan point of agreement, scott jennings, even though you tried to youre likable enough hillary right before this. ...

Roger ailes himself, or many other men in his own white house like rob porter you just mention the. this is the thing he does, hes good at it. but will it work. thats the question. >> i think youre putting an important point on the frame, will it work in a fact finding process in that senate room with, as were told, its going to be monday with the whole country watching. that is a little different than a free wheeling campaign event. liz plank, thank you for being at the top of our show and clos...

Deal with the accusations. democrats pushing for a total delay until theres a fact finding process featuring both ford and kavanaugh. hes said publicly in a written statement today that he is ready. and within the last hour, the white house has dialed that up to ready for tomorrow. he spent several hours today huddling with trumps counsel, don mcgahn at the white house, working the phones and calling members of congress. while president trump is known for digging in his deals on all kinds of fig...