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Do that. what this is all about, a tragedy with the 7-year-old girl or what you just heard from the secretary of homeland security, what this is all about is an administration that has no policy, that is flailing. we have a cruel and inhuman approach to these people who are not breaking the law. theyre presenting themselves for asylum and this 7-year-old girl is a victim to those cruel and inhuman policies. >> and i think also the politics of the presidents strategy on the shutdown welcoming it,...

Democrats accusing those who voted for kavanaugh as anti-women. capitol hill is quiet now but it wont be for long. many women who were sexual assault survivors who we saw and heard from firsthand in the halls of congress say they are coming back and that they will be heard and they have an impact and they vote. so 29 days from the midterm elections, well see how much. >> you look at generic ballot, other polls, the key races, the gap with women, women fleeing in many cases the republican party, ...

Like kirsten gillibrand, right? >> she has a safe seat and wins with 70% of the vote. people who have competitive races are talking about health care, theyre talking about trump. as i said get out the vote earlier. more specific, get out the womens vote. the gender gap is bigger than its ever been in history. last two weeks are going to add to that. >> theres a new washington post poll out this morning on 69 swing districts, most of which went republican. if you look at just women, 54% of women ...

Is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and their having fun at my expense. >> uproarious laughter, having fun at her expense. whether or not you believe that pain was inflicted by brett kavanaugh. republican senator jon cornyn said to the texas tribune, quote, i wish the president would leave this confirmation battle up to the senate and obviously, given the nature of the allegations and our desire to be respectful of dr. ford and the other woman who might make allegations, i d...

Support for jeff sessions among republican senators. republican richard shelby, the senior senator from alabama who was jeff sessions partner in the senate representing alabama before jeff sessions became attorney general, publicly turned on jeff sessions today, saying "nothing lasts forever" and that the president and attorney general have a "toxic relationship." jeff sessions strongest supporter in the senate is the most powerful senator, mitch mcconnell. >> i have total confidence in the atto...

Department headquarters and they all urged him "to resist any pressure to quit following criticism from president trump and to stay in the job at least through the midterm elections." so just a couple of months worth of encouragement there. the senators reportedly urging jeff sessions to remain on the job through the november elections where jon cornyn of texas, tom tillis of north carolina, jerry -- if donald trump does replace jeff sessions his new attorney general would immediately be able to...

Thats seriously mentally ill, thats on the terrorist watch list. mr. president, its going to have to be you that brings the republicans to the table on this. >> sure. >> right now the gun lobby would stop it in its tracks. >> i like that responsibility, chris. i really do. i think its time that a president stepped up. im talking democrat and republican presidents, theyve not stepped up. and maybe before i call on marco, i would like to have pat toomey and joe mansion, can you sort of detail your...

We saw vice president mike pence just use there, saying joe voted no. things like that. just going into places and reminding people about that narrow majority. >> as positive as those announcements are from all those companies, the fact is that polling still shows the republican tax plan is deeply unpopular among voters. it just hasnt taken on in the way that the white house would like it to. >> its not like the president has gone on the road to sell it. >> no. look, he typically does a whole ro...

Schumers move. this is jon cornyn. lets listen. >> thankfully the democrats realize the mistake they made in shutting down the government over thisresolved issue of daca, but theyve kept additional hostages, money that should be appropriated the rest of the fiscal year to support our military and to give some predictability to our nations national security. and also theyre holding hostage the money that the house passed, $81 billion for disaster relief for the victims of hurricane irma and hurri...

Majority whip senator jon cornyn of texas is saying there will be no reopening of the government tomorrow. thank you. >> thank you. arthel: so the question still remains, could there be a deal by tomorrow? or will the government shut down carry over into the work week? thats what majority whip jon cornyn is saying. we will talk about it more after the break. were still here, sorry. eric: thats okay. theres a lot of other news to tell you about too, besides that, arthel. the second consecutive da...