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Strange, right . I mean, there will be in that hearing room, we expect, Democratic Senators asking questions of Brett Kavanagh and Christine Blasey ford. And then when its the republican senators time, they will not say anything and instead they will defer to this pinch hitter, this outside counsel who has come in. That does not happen in confirmation hearings. We think that it hasnt happened in decades, if at all, in modern times. That announcement that they were going to do that over the objec...

That does it for us tonight. Well see you again tomorrow. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, rachel. Can i have all the scripts you didnt use tonight . Yeah. Thanks. It turns out we have an hour to fill and more things are happening by the minute here. This story about Rachel Mitchell being the mystery lawyer who is emerging tonight as the person who is likely the Washington Post uses that word likely to be asking the questions for the republicans. Its so fascin...

I dont have anything. I dont need a backup plan. Well see what happens. I think hes going to be fine. Despite calling Christine Blasey ford a very credible witness, donald trump seems convinced his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will make it to the high court in no time. Perhaps thats because the white house put strict limitations on the fbi as they reopen their investigation into kavanaugh and his alleged Sexual Misconduct. On saturday an nbc news report citing multiple people familiar w...

Secret about it is there is something wrong with it. there is something -- theyre defensive about in this person. why wouldnt they be proudly proclaiming, look who we got? >> why do they need an outside counsel at all, though? you know what i mean? it is the senates responsibility to advise and consent. why cant senators ask questions of witness -- especially because they dont want it to be an investigation, right? they dont want the fbi to look into it. they dont want any sort of outside indepe...

Any committee. it is truly outrageous behavior. >> well, also what mr. klune told me -- not to get too into the weeds here. you worked in these hal owed halls. you know how this worked. we spoke with the committee staff, i clarified with him he meant the majority staff. the staffers who are reporting to the chairman chuck grassley. we set up a time to have a call where we would discuss how my client is going to convey her information to the committee, under what circumstances, how this is going ...

Want that and apparently these negotiations having started and then republicans essentially not following through on these discussions, them saying they want all her information, but not necessarily to talk to her. i mean, the question about whats going to happen to her story and whether it will be investigated at all is absolutely completely up in the air and theyve already scheduled a vote on his nomination for the end of the week. >> what i heard attorney john klune tell you about the way the...

Not corroborate what it is that she says happened. thats what she wrants. the question of whether or not shes going to talk to the committee itself is all over the place. with the white house saying they want that and apparently these negotiations having started and then republicans essentially not following through on these discussions, them saying they want all her information, but not necessarily to talk to her. i mean, the question about whats going to happen to her story and whether it will...

At something. you may never see this again in washington, rachel. rachel, i want to go to john klune, attorney for deborah ramirez, second accuser of brett kavanagh when she was a freshman at yale. she said they were at a party together both drinking, brett kavanagh very drunk and sexually assaulted her, as she tells it, and very, very aggressively. brett kavanaghs freshman roommate says, i believe debbie ramirez. he also says brett kavanagh was incoherently drunk much of the time freshman yea...