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Claiming that his trouble stemmed from pent up anger over president trump and revenge for the clintons. after his rant, kavanaugh will never be able to judge a case without the -- what he expressed. this is not the road we want to take. again, that is coming from the hometown paper "the portland press herald," which is read by necessity and presumably avidly by hometown senator susan collins of maine. tonight, i should also tell you that just before we got in the air, "the new york times" publis...

Explosive temper. he was under stress and fighting for his reputation, but his temperament was tested during the hearing and he failed the test. we have never had a supreme court nominee who ripped off the nonpartisan mask the way kavanaugh did thursday and identified himself as the enemy of a political party that represents the policy preferences of millions of americans. he blamed his predicament on conspiracy theorys. after his rant, kavanaugh will never be able to judge a case without the --...

He wanted a delay and an fbi investigation into the current credible allegations against him. if his colleagues pushed through and scheduled a final vote with no investigation, jeff flake would be a no vote on sending brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. jeff flakes stop the presses moment today set in motion two major things that have changed the course of events for brett kavanaughs nomination, possibly for good. for one, democrats and dr. ford have now gotten what they asked for, what they h...

And while acknowledging the impact of dr. fords words, republicans were projecting absolute confidence they would hold this vote and kavanaughs nomination would head to the full senate. as mitch mcconnell put it, quote, in the coming days. this morning, even moderate republicans who were still on the fence about brett kavanaugh appeared to be falling in line. senator jeff flake, who was as of last night telling reporters that this was a tough decision for him and who was reportedly visibly torn ...

Judge you. cant say here at the beginning i welcome any kind of investigation -- >> this thing was sprung on me. this thing was sprung at the last minute after being held by staff, you know. >> judge? >> and i call for a hearing immediately. >> why would you resist that kind of investigation? whoo nguyen would you resist that kind of investigation? >> senator, i welcome -- i wanted the hearing last week. >> im asking about the fbi investigation. >> the committee figures out how to ask the questi...

>> you think it could move the ball in a week or not? >> it certainly can. the fbi is going to put a lot of resources on. this. >> let me go to you and look at how the judge, who knows more than most people about fact finding in investigations, how squirrely he was. thats the nicest way i can put it. take a look at him in the testimony, in the hearing. look. >> the committee figures out how to ask the questions. ill do whatever. ive been on the phone multiple times with committee counsel. >> jud...

Judiciary, which in my judgment is the crown jewel of our constitutional democracy. >> at all times includes yesterday. and whether youre impressed with kavanaughs credentials or not, whether you think his rulings are solid or not, and people disagree, when you see these direct attacks on democrats yesterday, you know he is not maintaining the commitment he made. he has departed from what he can call tonight old kavanaugh who talked about, quote, the absolute independence of the judiciary, end q...

I think he went more than 20 deep in terms of questions. it was up there for over an hour. so first formal one on u.s. soil in a long time. what we expect to get to today will be a lot of questions about his nominee for the supreme court, brett kavanaugh. of course with three women coming out to level allegations against him and that judiciary committee hearing tomorrow. this is top of mind for the president. when he sat down with shinzo abe of japan, the president weighed in on the latest accus...

Because if they truly believe in what they were saying they would have the same moral outrage against the allegations to keith ellison, thats been kept very quiet, this is just to tarnish kavanaughs name and im really sorry for it. i really hope that what happens is the seeking for the truth and not making everybody look terrible. arthel: i understand -- >> its not good for the american people. arthel: i understand your point michael if youre saying that you want to seek the truth then how is it...