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Democrats handling. >> i hope senator grassley will do what i suggested, investigate the abuse. who leaked anonymous letters, who referred dr.ford to a lawyer who was a political activist? anybody in the community betray her trust send it to the hearing so the hearing was delayed? why did she not know we were willing to go to california. how did that happen? could her lawyers have told her that. >> dr. ford not knowing the senators themselves would go. that was her question. what do you think ab...

Shes in a state of shock. >> i know you are not thinking. you never do. >> excuse me? >> go ahead. >> you said you are limiting the scope of the fbi investigation. >> what are does it have to do with trade? it has to do with the headlines. >> do you think the trade will pass through congress? >> if it doesnt, we have other alternatives. i think if they are fair, the republicans love it. industry loves it. our country loves it. if its fair, it will pass easily. its a great deal. nafta passed. its...

Manufacturing jobs coming back. on paper, great democratic bipartisan deal. with politics and congress in the new year, probably when theyll bring it to a vote. >> president saying hell probably hear crickets from democrats on board. what about the enforcement is complicated or not? >> they still need to sign it, take place in november. congressional approval in january. i dont think it would be that big of a question. all sides have been playing together since 1994. canada wanted a way for arbi...

Point in time. the haste involved here, if they do not have a confirmed supreme court justice by the term in october beginning, you are going to have 4-4 splits. the haste is much less about the decision to go forward, its more geared towards getting somebody who can be in the supreme court to have these liberal judgments that were rendered in the lower courts not stand. that will be the case. >> this may be a dumb legal question. what if kavanaugh is confirmed and then there was an investigatio...

Other investigators investigate her sexual assault allegation. the letter they sent to chuck grassley speaking of death threats directed at dr. ford, e-mail hacking, online harassing. we are hoping to hear from chairman grassley or other members tonight. so laura, if both ford and kavanaugh stick to their stories and there isnt some kind of investigation, it basically just -- both testify publically, it ends up being a question of who do the senators believe. >> correct. again, this is not a fac...

To lead healthier lives and thats invaluable. ♪ theres no question president trump is shattering precedence. hes ordered the justice department and national intelligence to declassify portions of a highly secret surveillance application on former campaign aide carter page. hes ordered text messages about the russia inquiry from former fbi officials including james comey and lisa page be declassified. all of this for one reason -- to support his political allies in congress who said that a de...

Community exists. the president said hes doing it for transparency. the author of "the assault on intelligence: american national security in an age of lies" is with me. is this about transparency, do you think? >> no, of course not. and, anderson, thank you for having a few moments here tonight. i know how important the kavanaugh question is to the future of the country, but this is an important issue as well. >> why is this important? >> its important, number one, you said its unprecedented. f...

If she doesnt show on monday, it sounds liking from what ive heard senator graham suggested theyll probably have to move forward without going into it. its too bad. it would have been bet fer she would have been willing. >> to her point, if its the fbis job to be do a background collect, can they accurately say they have completed a background collect if there is this allegation out there? >> i think its reasonable they should do you some follow-up to previous collection. hes been through severa...

Theres no question that president trump is shattering precedents. and now hes done it again. hes ordered the justice department to declassify things on carter page. hes ordered that text messages about the investigation can also be declassified. all of this for one reason, to support his political allies in congress who says a deep bias on the president in the part of the intelligence community exists. the president says hes doing it for transparaphernalency. is this about transparency? >> no. o...

Anderson, thank you, for having a few moments tonight. i know how important the kavanaugh question is to the country. this is an important issue, as well. >> why is it important? its unprecedented. for folks like me when my personal e-mail lit up. it is breathtaking and chilling to cese see this in the intelli community. not everyone gets to play in fisa applications. and we limit on who gets to see intelligence reports that are derived from fisa warrants. and now, you have the president demandi...