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Against judge brett kavanaugh have polarized our nation weeks before the mid-term elections which will decide who controls the congress. we have team fox coverage of breaking news this afternoon. the chief white house correspondent, john roberts is live on the north lawn. first to mike emanuel live on capitol hill. mike? >> shep, good afternoon. a democrat up for re-election in a conservative state, heidi heitkamp of north dakota came out and said she is a no saying "in addition to the concerns ...

Ford alleges is an incomplete investigation. thats just very sad. >> you know, that letter is interesting, dan, because ive been speaking over the last day or two with a variety of people sort of embedded in the federal judiciary, whether these are people who have clerked for federal judges, or current members of the courts, who move through that world or have been in that world. and theres a real sense that what happened on thursday crossed some real lines, not just the evasiveness, but that op...

Whole career as a litigator in federal and state courts, and i have argued four cases before the united states supreme court and i clerk ed for a supreme court justice, and i know that the judges are sometimes angry, but the issue of the temperament goes to self-discipline and sel self-control and a sense of impartiality and objectivity, and the judges are supposed to maintain that sense of fundamental fairness, and this report only deepened my doubts about temperament and trustworthiness and hi...

Kavanaugh to the supreme court. correspondent peter doocy has a look from fargo. >> four weeks senator heidi heitkamp has been hush-hush about kavanaugh. but today, north dakotas democratic senator said she is a "no," saying in addition to concerns about his past conduct, at last hearing called into question his current temperament, honesty and impression impartiality. the whole time he has been deciding, a republican counterpart has been surging. >> that spectacle proved to be the most politica...

Jeff stone, argued for a moderate judge? were looking at the last branch of the three-branch system where many of us who are lawyers who care about the system were counting on judges to behave themselves with impartiality and the events of this week really put a serious dent in our optimism. >> all right, dan goldman, lisa green, thank you both for your time tonight. for more on the political implications of this epic battle im joined by a congresswoman from florida, including this bar, hooch,...

Temperament, honesty and impartiality. >> all qualities you want to have have somebody who judges other judges. and the judgment of all things important in our society. >> and remember, murkowski has a lot ride thong based on fourth coming supreme court decisions in the near future. she won based on indigenous populations in alaska who are supporting her and you have spikes in domestic violence and sexual assaults in the communities. they talked a great deal about that so that same calculus heid...

Professors that he did not display the impartiality and the temperament to sit on the highest court of our land. allies tried to explain away the presidents shameful and vile attack on dr. christine blasey ford last night with more lies. >> the president was stating the facts, he was stating facts. it seemed to me that he was stating facts. >> everything he said was factual. >> shes been treated bic a fab -- hes pointing out factual inconsistencies. >> that in point of fact is not true. those ar...

Mocking sexual assault survivors i get upset. >> when "all in" from florida starts right now. good evening from orlando, im chris hayes. we are now 34 days from the midterm election. weve come here to florida which has some of the most closely watched competitive races in the country and where the right to vote is literally on the ballot this fall for more than a million and a half people. my interview with john legend about that issue and more coming up. but first, "the new york times" has ju...

Judiciary that is judging that is necessary to be a good judge. >> kavanaugh wrong to say recusing from the case means you dont have the ability to be a good judge. its actually the opposite. being a good judge requires you to aim for impartiality and then recognize when youre in a situation that makes that impossible. when youre part of a campaign under investigation or when you publically prejudged a case. jeff sessions knew that. a anthony scalia knew that. thats a question the veracity senat...

Into the truth of what judge kavanaugh was saying with regard to the attack that dr. blasey ford alleges is an incomplete investigation. thats just very sad. >> you know, that letter is interesting, dan, because ive been speaking over the last day or two with a variety of people sort of embedded in the federal judiciary, whether these are people who have clerked for federal judges, or current members of the courts, who move through that world or have been in that world. and theres a real sense t...