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May have been too emotional, he might have said things he shouldnt have said. and hes trying to drive home the point that he is impartial tonight. is he trying to have it both ways? what do you think of that? >> i think hes surrendered all aspects of impartiality during his testimony. he demonstrated quite clearly with a venom towards the left, wielding out tropes, clinton blames, invoking clintons name or her name, something he surrendered that ground. he does not have the temperament to be a j...

Nominee to the supreme court of the united states. the code of judicial conduct rule 1.2, this is one that many, many people in this body know. it states that, quote, a judge act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the independence, integrity and impartiality of the judiciary and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety. and i go back and i look to that. it is pretty high. it is really high, that a judge shall act at all times, not just sometimes when you...

Being questioned. this is a question on whether he gets promoted from the second highest court to the highest court. heidi heitkamp yesterday red state democrat questioned the hearing called into question judge kavanaughs temperament, hon neesty and impartiality, an this can what it will come down to. we dont know how jeff flake will go. flake traditionally votes with president trump and his party e especially on judicial nominations. >> you understand the relationships here. chuck todd spoke ab...

Right now for brett kavanaugh while shes being mocked, while shes being demeaned. the message were sending to folks in this country, men and women, boys and girls, is just to me outrageous. this whole process has been unfortunate. >> yeah. so listen, i have to ask you about -- you were there for the kavanaugh testimony. and then in his op-ed he said he may have been too emotional, he might have said things that he shouldnt have said. and hes trying to drive home the point that he is impartial to...

My mind. he has demonstrated a potential bias and that the senators should really pay attention to it. >> so, sabrina, weve mashed up the essence of what he was saying today. he has defended him as a jurist, as a lawyer, but once he saw the behavior -- and this is where so many people have hopped off -- he changed his mind. >> absolutely. there are two stories lines that emerge from last weeks hearing. and one was, of course, the circumstances around the alleged sexual assault and having dr. chr...

Evidence to support their allegations. including naming over two dozen witnesses each. unfortunately the limited investigation that was conducted by the fbi failed to interview any one of the witnesses these two women identified who could support her account. let me say that again, they refused to investigate, to talk with any of the 24 witnesses that could have supported their accounts. mr. president, i think its important to remember why were here today. were here to determine whether judge ka...

Rule, 1.2, this is one that many, many people in this body know. but it states that "a judge act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the independence, integrity, impartiality of the judiciary and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety." i go back. i look to that. it is pretty high. it is really high. that a judge shall act at all times. not just sometimes when youre wearing your robe, but a judge should act at all times in a manner that promotes public

No on kavanaugh, citing doubts on the temperament, honesty and impartiality and the force on dr. fords testimony. that leaves kavanaughs nomination in the hands of the same four senators who forced the investigation in the first place, republicans jeff flake, susan collins, lisa murkowski f and democrat joe manchin. garrett haake joins me live from capitol hill where senator murkowski has been meeting withi sexual assault survivors. >> reporter: lets go backwards. if youre a democrat right now y...

Over, producers. im sorry. what does his integrity have to do with impartial? hes saying this is retribution for the clintons. that is partisan. >> no doubt. >> he sat down and had days to write and think about. he said, i didnt show this to anybody else. i wrote this myself. this is how i feel. >> not sure he had days to write it. he wrote a response. he saw christine blasey fords testimony -- >> no, he said he didnt watch the testimony. >> i think what im saying is -- and he acknowledges and w...

Still lingering concerns about brett kavanaughs impartiality over his angry or sharply partisan testimony, but now in an 11th hour op-ed, he is trying to reassure senators that he does have the temperament to be on the supreme court. he wrote i might have been too emotional at times and my tone was sharp and i said a few things i should not have said. you can count on me to be the same judge in person as i had in my 28 year legal career. open minded and dedicated to the constitution and the publ...