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The soybean tariffs, retaliation, already cost him $100,000. >> how is it going to work out? i havent heard a plan yet. >> reporter: cramer says he opposed the strategy -- >> i think its better if we go ahead behind him, unify and win a trade war fast rather than undermine the entire process. >> reporter: six years ago heitkamp won by a single point. this year, the shrinking middle need more gridlock. >> if someone like me cant get reelected, what does that speak to others who want to be moderat...

Other law enforcement could. >> back on september 26th, you tweeted -- based on the numerous laelgz again judge kavanaugh, includes the new allegations, the house committee must immediately start an investigation to see if he should be impeached. do you still believe the possibility of impeachment should be there? >> it would depend on what the evidence shows. we should look at this investigation and abide by the central principle of any investigation, which is we should take the evidence where ...

Allowed to do. >> are you calling for impeachment proceedings? >> no, im calling for an investigation that is complete, meaning we need to interview the accusers and the accused and need to do an investigation that the fbi was not allowed to do. thats something the how judiciary committee can do. we have oversight over misconduct allegations. >> what would the goal of that be? a lot of people would say the process is over, hes on the supreme court. why go back and revisit if in fact the democrat...

Implications for power in the senate. >> reporter: in a big way. as weve been talking about throughout this whole kavanaugh process, the republican majority is razor-thin, just 51, which is putting some democrats in a position where theyre saying, well, maybe you can be aggressive in the house, could be aggressive in the senate as well. the senate is a very different situation, because a lot of the tough races are on republican ground. this is one of them. this one in particular i anderson, demo...

And with that i must state that you, sir, under historic scrutiny, were proven innocent. thank you. [ applause ] >> justice kavanaugh then offered his own take on the bruising confirmation process, and he also addressed concerns about his ability to be impartial while on the bench. >> the senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional. that process is over. my focus now is to be the best justice i can be. i take this office with gratitude and no bitterness. on the supreme court, i wil...

You want to be a democrat today, it looks like it still favors a shift of control to the democrats. if youre looking at the senate, it looks like the republicans still remain favored in the senate. we are 29 days away, anything can happen. but it looks good for the democrats in the house and it looks good for the republicans in the senate despite kavanaugh. >> i want to read you something about the toxicity of the kavanaugh process. this goes to the north dakota race. this is about kevin cramer ...

>> no, i dont think so, but as we get close, youll see both parties tend to pull back. donald trump has made every day the last two years about him, the news cycle about him. what he cant get away from is november 6 will also, therefore, be about him. we know in arizona, nevada, those are closer states. we know in west virginia, manchin might pull it out. the remarkable thing coming off all the intensity of kavanaugh, all the divisiveness of kavanaugh, i think from a macro level nothing really s...

Process was contentious and emotional. that process is over. my focus now is to be the best justice i can be. i take this office with gratitude and no bitterness. on the supreme court, i will seek to be a force for stability and unity. every american can be assured that i will be an independent and impartial justice, devoted to equal justice under law. >> kavanaugh is easily the least popular nominee since robert bourque. just 41% believe he should be on the court, while 51% say no. the presiden...

Another spin? >> yeah, i think so. i mean, its not just the senate and the disproportionate representation there. when you talk to people who are deeply hurt by this whole process, they would point out, correctly so, that presidents who have lost the popular vote have appointed the last four to six supreme court justices. so there is a minority rule overshadowing all of this. thats just how our system is set up. you can have far more grievances with how the house, which is supposed to be represe...

Kavanaugh, i think from a macro level nothing really shifted. if you are looking at the house, you want to be a democrat today, it looks like it still favors a shift of control to the democrats. if youre looking at the senate, it looks like the republicans still remain favored to hold the senate. but we are 29 days away. anything can happen. but it does look good for the democrats in the house and it looks good for the republicans in the senate despite the kavanaugh divisiveness. >> sabrina, i w...