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Nomination and the hearing process are an example, theyre a pivot point. it is a warning moment for our democracy because to make a sham of the advise and consent role of the senate -- i was working in the white house when we turned over elena kagans documents. we turned over every page. late on friday night there is an extraordinary assertion of sweeping privileges, unfounded, 100,000 documents withheld. then as we heard senator harris say, just a few hours before the hearing began, tens of tho...

Were covering here every night? >> brian, i do think that were seeing a threat. the same types of threats that the five people i write about in that book have seen over the past century, living in the house where i lived as united states ambassador in prague. like a giant ocean liner sailing over these choppy waters of democracy and were seeing that here now. in some ways, the kavanaugh nomination and the hearing process are an example, theyre a pivot point. it is a warning moment for our democr...

Very kind chairman of the committee who really tries to let everybody have their say, was rattled at times. >> norm, this book, heres how im going to weave it into todays news, this book talks about you and your family and the czech republic of your familys roots, even the holocaust, but it gets back to the shining example of american democracy central to this tale. is that democracy, do you think, under any threat given what we see today, given this era that were covering here every night? >> b...

Operate on their behalf. the roberts five. talk about reckless language, and the reason its so disturbing is that i want these people to be serious. i want to take him in the white house seriously but when he says things like that i can take them seriously. >> theres a reason why and public opinion polling right now, judge cavanaugh is underwater in terms of people out there saying that they are not supportive of his nomination going through right now. i think thats because there are so many swi...

Perpetuate that by creating irregularities here and releasing questions so that other potential future witnesses can read the question before they are asked, that is, in my opinion, exactly what many of the gentlemans side of the aisle has been about, attempting to disrupt this investigation and hearing process. >> reclaiming my time, mr. strzok -- >> mr. chairman, i object. >> would you object -- >> no. >> i would observe then that the minority -- the chairman says there was an agreement not, y...

Opinion exactly what many on the gentlemans side of the aisle have been all about, attempting to disrupt his investigation into this hearing process. >> reclaiming my time, mr. strzok -- >> chairman, i object. >> do you object to the release of the transcript from that hearing? >> i would not object. >> i will observe that the minority, the chairman says there was an agreement on the conduct of that hearing, the minority was not party to that agreement. at no point were we asked -- >> it is stat...

As well, lying under oath is an impeachable offense according to kavanaugh. so if the president gets interviewed and lies, then you have a justice who if he gets confirmed has said thats an abuse of office and impeachable defense. -- offense. the thing that i think that really needs to be fleshed out through the hearing process is whether kavanaugh should be required to recuse himself from any matter that becomes a part of the litigation that mueller brings. that is whether a president can be in...

Theres an opportunity for democrats to slow walk the process. dont forget, you only have 83 days between now and october 1st, which is when the next term for the supreme court begins, and when members of congress typically start focusing on the midterm elections to get a supreme court nominee through the interview process, through the hearing process, and through the confirmation process. there was also a knock on cavanaugh coming from some conservative circles as well, and opinion that he autho...

>> sure, i like-- >> bush, sr.? >> look, i like everyone. debate folks across the aisle, i debate folks across the aisle and across the nation and i have respect and consideration for all of them and i think that if we had more of that in our politics and focused on the issues instead of personalities wed be better off, again, lets look at john tester. he took and attack with false information an admiral in the united states military and destroyed his character rather than allow someone to go th...

Outside groups have told me they want the president to make the decision sometime today. the timetable to get a nominee through the visiting process up on capitol hill with all the senators and through the hearing process and then to a confirmation vote is extraordinarily tight. there is literally no room for error here if they want to get this done by the last week of september because if they dont and it is likely will get pushed until after the mid-term election. there is a lot of pressure on...