tests are this election and that you re just trying to make a splash. your response? i ve been making a splash for six or seven months. i respect the senator. i m not trying to tell her what the litmus test is. i m telling her what i think the litmus test is. and, you know, some of these folks that are going to run for president, where were they when they allowed the garland seat to be stolen from president obama? where were they on that seat? had they done what they needed to do in connection with the garland seat, then there wouldn t be so much angst over this particular seat. michael avenatti, thank you so much. i m very interested to see the um pa um pact you re going to have on this debate. they now see his nomination as too big to fail. and we ll talk about whether the fbi investigation gives undecided senators more cover to vote for brett kavanaugh when all is said and done. plus, is rod rosenstein going to be fired this week? we ll discuss his future and talk about why