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Report. at the top of the show, we promised to give you the new look at harvard-harris poll where the public stands on the kavanaugh nomination. mark penn posting analysis at the hill.com. he shared it with fox first. bad news for kavanaugh. after the testimony, the poll found only 37% say confirm him. 34% say reject him. 23% undecided. the news got better for kavanaugh for no evidence of sexual assault. 60% of respondents said if the fbi finds no corroboration, they would favor his confirmation...

Notice, potential executive meeting for friday so potential. still taking this one step at a time after hearing dr. ford and judge kavanaughs testimony if were ready to vote, we will vote. if we arent ready, we wont. committee rules normally require three days notice so were following regular order. brian: what he means by ready is what kind of impression did kavanaugh make if i feel like can i get this out of committee and if i have the support when it gets out of committee, we will go forward....

Moments of the day. president trump leaving for north carolina in a moment. he is taking questions from reporters. well have that tape turnaround in a moment. the various questions he is fielding about north carolina, about judge kavanaugh and that process and also about attorney general jeff sessions. there was an interview at the hill.com where he said, quote, i dont have an attorney general. it is very sad. im not happy at the border, im not happy with numerous things, not just this. im sad b...

>> jesse: i did the only thing i know how to do went back to the streets and asked some basic questions of average americans. heres a taste. who is the vice president? >> i dont know. and i really dont care. >> oh -- oh my god. >> oh, man. [crickets] >> can i give you a hint mike? >> bloomberg. >> jesse: 8:00 saturday night 8:00 eastern. check me out. >> kennedy: no shortage of dumb dumbs. >> jesse: makes me feel better about myself. >> juan: i got good news this weeks i won the society of journ...

This is nonsense. this is outrageous. it should end right now. >> sean: former u.s. attorney joe digenova on the program eviscerating the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and robert mueller. the mainstream media deserves blame. joining us the law professor jonathan turley who had a great comment on the hill.com. "when will the media accept that trump is not a criminal target?" i will let you answer your own question. they seem to not want to accept the reality. its been over a year. we hav...

Doesnt read and he doesnt study and he doesnt prepare. david: this president doesnt read? joe from the hill.com joining me now on this. its extraordinary. i mean the president doesnt read? these comments are so beyond, joe and whats interesting is it was only 12 hours earlier when everybody was saying that this is one of the best things that any president has ever done with regard to north korea. >> its almost as if, david, a memo went around like you guys are being a little bit too nice to this...

Doubt was a 23,000 and unemployment is at a record low and gdp, economic growth in our nation, is at 3.1%? i mean, these are cold, hard facts pointing to very positive things. but they dont want to tell that story, bob, bob. >> thats right. the hill.com has talked about these economic issues and how they are a benefit to the presidents because its fair. the economy is down, we write that, if its up gumbo it something that helps the president. no matter who the president is. that is how bill clin...

We are very happy that u.n. reform is on the agenda. and this president, mr. trump, is certainly open to u.n. reform. and were very happy that recently by 15-0 twice you had a unanimous vote agreeing to sanction north korea. so we know that there are aspects of the u.n. in that case the u.n. security council that work well in times of criticize. but thof -- times of crisis. the u.n. should be very responsive to its member states. the member states also should be responsive. there are some big th...

Investigation >> you cant be serious. youre not going to let the special counsel turn into a fishing expedition? sir, it already has. this whole investigation was supposed to be about president trump, his campaign supposedly colluding with the russians. this has gone on 11 months. no smoking gun proving it ever happened or anything was done in terms of law breaking. but in instead of ending it there, there are reports that mueller is now looking into the finances of president trump and the trump...

Now sources that spoke to the free beacon said this is unprecedented. and we also learned congress is questioning other former obama officials, suzanne rice, john brennan about unmasking. on top of that we have the issue of intelligence leaks, also the hill, john sol man reporting, the former obama director of national intelligence, james clapper, remember him? he made it easier for those officials in the executive branch of obama to unmask members of congress and their staffers. why are special...