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Moment. we start with the ever-shifting definition of a comprehensive fbi investigation into brett kavanaugh. just moments ago, some breaking news, nbc news reporting that the fbi has completed its interview with mark judge. thats according to judges attorney. that means the fbi has completed interviewing the four names initially approved by the white house, and after much criticism, the white house has okayed enlarging that list, but neither party is exactly sure of the goal posts here, especia...

Of behavior weve seen confirms what democrats own public statements have told us. they are committed to delaying, obstructing, and resisting this nomination with everything theyve got. >> the senate is starting this hour. >> bill: mcconnell says the goal hasnt moved but the goal posts have. >> first it was addressing the allegation from ford. then shift evidence to kavanaughs drinking as a teenager, some complaining about his fiery defense last week and now 9 out of 10 democrats are demanding th...

Record, his history, you know, as a judge. theres other republicans who say this is clearly now people are trying to move the goal posts, that what started out as one thing, they were opposed to the nomination, and then they were sexual assault allegations and now focuses on drinking and whether or not he mischaracterized his drinking 30 plus years ago. >> now, he has multiple sexual assault allegations against him. thats the most important thing is to get to the bottom of that, to find out whet...

Kavanaugh. then, delay over missing documents when that happened during the first round of hearings. then a delay they wanted because of christine blasey fords allegation when it came up. now they say now the democrats are just focusing on his drinking and high school and college. does mcconnell have a point on democrats moving the goalposts? >> certainly, they have, you know, gone to successive sort of points to say, you know, we dont have enough, we dont have enough information. but i think th...

Is this moving the goal posts? >> i think any reasonable person would say, if you are going to reopen the investigation and they are giving you corroborating witnesses, that the fbi would interview all of those people. they have a week. so, i dont think its moving the goal post. i think this is what -- im pretty sure this is what flake would have expected to happen. >> i understand the public may think that, but does it make sense that the fbi interview -- they already have her, they know the pe...

♪ >> the senate will vote on judge kavanaugh here on this floor this week. here on this floor this week. our democratic friends will try to move the goalposts yet again. >> the investigation itself, it should only take a week, we are not moving the goalposts back. we are looking at what judge kavanaugh says at age 53, not what he did at age 18. >> john: disagreement between a senate majority and minority leader over whether or not the goalposts are being moved. we do know that mitch mcconnell ...

Revolution on," on the fox news channel. mara liasson, national correspondent for national public radio and tom bevan, realclearpolitics cofounder and president. mara, are the goalposts being shifted? this was about a sexual assault, and i was about personal temperament, not just judicial temperament. its about judge kavanaughs tone and tenor at the hearing. >> democrats are trying to do what they can to stop this nomination. if they can use evidence of an accusation, they will, or the way he be...

Would cut him some slack on anyway, he might want to look at his record of 12 1212 years asa judge and avenge. he probably has, in fact, and i am sure he would agree that there have been no criticism of his judicial temperament as an actual judge. rather than a nominee under withering fire for violent crimes and being called evil. >> martha: what you think about the fact that there is a lot of criticism of brett kavanaugh for becoming too partisan in his remarks? hillary clinton is now speaking ...

Lot of people who thought that his testimony last week was just that, an act. he never answered the direct questions about what happened. >> so leader mcconnell just warned that democrats are moving the goal posts on the probe. that first its did he ever commit any sexual assault. then its, did he ever mislead how much he drank. that there is going to be another goalpost shift at some point. and theres never going to be enough time for this fbi investigation, because all you -- you democrats are...

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...