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We want to get to our sources say segment. youve been working on stories related to this, exactly what were talking about here. >> on this topic of the kavanaugh impact. the white house thinks its going to help them in the senate. they now see picking up four senate seats in missouri, north dakota, indiana, and florida, which is kind of an interesting one. they also think new jersey they might have a shot at. >> do they think this enthusiasm can sustain for the next month? >> obviously theres so...

Find facts, speak truth. is a week enough time? >> if its done properly and it could be done properly. i have seen it done. the fbi excels at surging resources. they are in every state. you can see the new haven division surging agents into yale, pulling dorm records, find the out who lived there, matching parties, dates, posters on walls, finding advisors and talking about parties and drinking habits. go to the baltimore division and have them find that house in question. go into the house. see...

Brett kavanaugh and dr. ford. unfortunately well probably never get a conclude answer. whether its true or not. all well have is both the testimony. the american people are going to make an opinion. and theres going to be senators who are going to vote on what they want. what id like is for senators from both parties to go in with open mind, open ears and open hearts. to put ideology aside. you shouldnt be judging kavanaugh on whether you agree with him on ideology or not. dont judge him on whet...

They still need to negotiate >> the agreement is for her to testify along with judge kavanaugh on thursday and whats still being worked out is the format of that hearing. importantly who will be asking the questions. now, will this be outside attorneys which is something the committee has been asking for or will it be the senators themselves which dr. fords legal team has been asking for. who will be testifying first? the committee has asked for dr. ford to testify first to lay out her allegatio...

Treated with the most basic respect. >> what do you mean they have shut down the fbi investigation. the fbi has said that they did what they needed to. do they put the letter in the folder. the fbi has given the statement theres nothing for them to investigate. theres no federal crime. >> theres no federal crime. they are not doing a federal investigation, they are doing a background investigation, and in a background investigation you look into these allegations, and they are very clear things ...

Testimony, allowing judge kavanaugh to be heard in sworn testimony about the specific allegations would be added to the very considerable amount of evidence and considerations that folks will have when they weigh whether or not to vote for judge kavanaugh. >> melissa: peter doocy has more from capitol hill now. >> melissa, zero of the ten democrats on the judiciary committee were expected to vote for kavanaugh on thursday when they are expected to send his nomination to the senate, but all ten o...

Prosecute a sitting president. so this particular new allegation, the timing of it is fascinating. the fact that this has been known by senator feinstein since july kind of raises some eyebrows and some questions. but the reality is that confirmation will move forward on thursday. and lets look back a year, david, back in 2017, the filibuster that happened over justice gorsuch blew up exactly the idea that you had to have 60 votes to confirm a scotus nominee. with that the nuclear option was inv...

To craft the most effective response to a former presidential counsel, when only a fraction of his white house record is available, even after dozens of e-mails from that time were released this week. and as you heard at the top, democrat senators got no answers from kavanaugh on whether a president can ignore a subpoena or pardon ones self, a crucial question as the mueller investigation racks up indictments and guilty verdicts. joining me now is conservative radio host and msnbc contributor, h...

Throwing sand in the gears. this is a man who has a massive, massive paper trail who is being nominated. and scrutinizing that will take some time. mcconnell said he wants to hold a vote by september or october. that is a very, very fast track to put someone like kavanaugh on. so democrats, similar to the rationale for voting no, theres opportunity for delay here and scrutiny if democrats choose to take them. >> and briefly, in addition to his time on the appeals court, brett kavanaugh served fo...

In the senate. there are a lot of things they can do to delay this process as much as possible. and one interesting thing about kavanaugh in that front, he has a massive paper trail. y making sure that all the proper paperwork is delivered to the judiciary committee, the review the completed before the committee holds its hearings, there are ample opportunities. this is a man who has a massive, massive paper trail who is being nominated. he wants to hold a vote by september or october. that is a...