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Mcconnell. >> good afternoon, everyone. what we know for sure is the fbi report did not corroborate any of the allegations against judge kavanaugh. and the second thing we know for sure is that theres no way anything we did would satisfy the democrats. theyve always got a reason why the goalposts need to be moved further down the field, farther down the field, and nothing we could do would satisfy them. theyre dug in. youve seen it from the beginning. with that i want to turn it over to chairman...

But the third thing is something ive written about, which is his assets. i literally when i heard judge kavanaugh, i thought that i was -- i thought i was just listening to him on the radio, and i thought he sounded like a talk show host. it was so inappropriate for a judge. and i think that that raises questions about whether not just the actual partiality, which we care about, but issues like the appearance of partiality. whats it going to be like when democrats, clinton or any other people he...

Ford? >> senator mcconnell likes to talk a lot about democrats wanting to move the goal posts backwards, in essence making it more difficult for judge kavanaugh. the white house has kept the goal post in the same place, but moved the football a lot closer to them, making it so very easy for judge kavanaugh the clear. the reality is that the fbi works here for their client, the white house. the white house is constraining the fbis ability to do a background investigation. and the follow-up on nat...

Process on the democratic side going back to when senator feinstein got the letter, heard about this from dr. ford holding it back from chuck grassley and the rest of the committee. so there is a lot of frustration on both sides of this issue and i think that there is the sense that can we just finish, know what we know and make a decision. >> there is a big debate trying to move the goal posts. what is the fbi supposed to be looking at. to the people who matter most, those three republican sena...

Sides, they have threats and an incredibly stressful situation for anyone not drawn into it, and -- >> people cant believe this, this woman came forward and made a statement and i dont understand the republican talking points. is it mistaken identity. >> people think that. lets talk about senator coons. i would be concerned we might not get a thorough investigation these serious allegations the senate and the people deserve. he was the one making the deal and now he found it is not good enough. ...

The documents when interviewed. we have not heard from the fbi about scheduling an interview with her. if the report will be in the senates hands, its safe to say that that wont be part of it. right? >> i agree with mitch mcconnell. the goal posts keep getting moved. dr. blasey ford was interviewed extensively in a public hearing by counsel, by members of both parties. she had a very long time to make her point and did. and so i would urge here to go ahead and provide the copies. i cant imagine ...

Friends of brett kavanaugh to see as a transformation. the comparison im hearing with clarence thomas in 1991 when he did get angry and called it a high-tech lynching. it wasnt directing it at one party or the other. i think thats a distinction. to put the other side, you have republicans saying the goal posts are being moved. initially it was about sexual assault. now its his drinking. whether hes representing his childhood basaccurately. none of that is fair. they are doing a character -- they...

Kavanaughs nomination as planned would be, i quote, too soon, too soon. there go the goalposts again, mr. president, moving right on down. and in that same letter the democratic leader and senior senator from california called for the supplemental investigation because, quote, conducting background investigations on nominees has long been the f.b.i.s standard practice. >> bill: the headline from this for the third time now in three days mitch mcconnell says there will be a vote this week. its we...

Senators are republican -- as much as they want to focus on the hocus-pocus of the democrats and all of this stuff, its about the republicans who are on the fence. whether or not they can go home, flake is retiring but particularly collins and murkowski to a national campaign against and for his confirmation to their voters and defend the process. defend the fbi investigation. if it was just a routine background check and they didnt follow up on enough leads, we learned more about this, those tw...

Kavanaugh was being forth right with the committee or not. the circumstances surrounding these alleged activities, it would be helpful to have that information because it does effect judge kavanaughs credibility. the bottom line is many of us are not going to support judge kavanaugh because of his record as a judge on behalf of the special interest rather than on behalf of average americans. >> this started reopened based on the allegations from christine blasey ford. now there is discussion whe...