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Possible. her strong preference continues to be for the senate judiciary committee to allow for a full investigation prior to her testimony. so should grassly respect her wishes? he doesnt seem to want to do that, although its not his call on the investigation front if it involves the fbi. that would be the president. laura coates and ken cuccinelli. laura, the idea of these conditions from ford, if they are seen as a backing off an original intent to testify no matter what, is this a show of we...

As frustrating as all of that can be. if she gets up there, and shes credible and she can corroborate a little bit, but not everything, and there are holes, he gets up there, and he is credible. and he says, i want there and i didnt do it. what is the standard of judgmentment. how do you decide whether or not you vote up or down on this. what do you think the standard is? >> this is why its painfully obvious. former lawyers sit on the judiciary committee, this is not a court of law. im glad that...

Than 40 years and you put up with him the way that you do. if people only knew. >> its true. >> if people only knew. well do that story next time. thank you both. thank you. >> for the record, dr. jill biden is my favorite biden. kristen, one thing becomes apparent whether the bidens talk about cancer research, funding, a cure. they are all in on this. thats why me and my wife down here today for the biden cancer summit. theyre spending the day convening thought leaders, researchers, doctors, he...

Judgment on whether or not you decide this person should be elevated to the highest purpose of integrity in our democracy? >> yeah, i would take a little bit of issue with lauras exposition there. i think in a situation like this, the senate is a bit of a fact finder, and as ive said before each senator gets to set their own standard, i mean, thats the way this process is, and theres no one else to do this, i do not think -- >> youre not digging into the facts here -- >> theyre not digging into ...

Details. as you mentioned earlier she went to democrats saying i really dont want to do this, im anonymous, use it for what its worth. she wasnt looking to grandstand. >> and her friend posted on facebook and had to retract it because oh, no now people want me to go on tv and i have to back it up. >> heres my concern, this is struggle. this is hard. we dont have standards, we dont have rules. we dont know how to judge these situations. >> there is a process in the senate judiciary committee. the...

The struggle is real. how do we handle an allegation like the one against judge kavanaugh outside the criminal context? in what we call the court of public opinion we cant take comfort in accepted hurdles and protections of beyond a reasonable doubt, due process, the presumption of innocence. they dont apply here, in part because we cant test, we cant develop evidence, we cant put it to just one body to decide like a jury does. its tricky enough when this plays out in the media. too many allegat...

She been asked who else can we talk to? >> your station ran today a line under the zipper that her lawyers asked for no additional witnesses. >> theyve provides no names? >> i dont know what the process is, maybe youre right. maybe youre not. >> maybe the zipper was right? >> maybe i it was, i dont think so. >> i still think we all get to the same point on this, which is you want to show best efforts. youre right, you dont want to reward bad political behavior. do you want to irr on the side of ...

Four times more likely to be victimized by sexual violence than anyone else in the population. thats what were talking about. we are also talking about the fact that almost two thirds of people who have suffered sexual violence do not report. and one of the reasons they do not report is exactly the kind of response that dr. ford is getting right now. donald trump could have asked on monday after dr. ford came forward for the fbi to reopen the background check to get more information. doesnt matt...

So much has changed about how the public understands the pressure on women and ive learned a lot, as well, too. she should not have to go through what anita hill went through and the questions asked and the way the right went after her on national television and questioned her integrity and questioned her -- not just the integrity but the behavior. that is not appropriate. you shouldnt have to be -- shouldnt have to be twice put through the same exact thing. >> mr. vice president, thank you. dr....

>> one of the other problems is, its so late. and its already knocked the senate off the schedule. if youre the senate and you allow this to get knocked back any more. every single lets be clear, male republican nominee for the supreme court will have someone come forward? >> what? >> it will be the end. and well say, oh, gee, we should hear this out. >> time doesnt mean that youre going to have people jump out. that shouldnt be the risk of having more time in the process. >> i want to get your ...