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It? i dont know. but i had one beer. thats the only thing i remember. >> lets put aside for a second the fact that such memory lapses are not even remotely uncommon for survivors of sexual assault and for one men lets ignore whether or not you believe that it was kavanaugh who assaulted christine blasey-ford. lets take a closer look at what president trump was doing here, provoking laughter, invoking a certain reaction from some of those in the crowd. take a closer look. >> i dont know. i dont k...

Pathetic, he was aggressive and belligerent after drinking. it was kind of bretts shtick. so not a one time, he was known for this. >> correct. >> most importantly he had memory lapses where he couldnt remember things, quote, many times. >> yeah, you know, theres sort of two categories of inquiry here and i dont know which -- you know, how this all plays out, but the sexual assault issues are obviously the most important and if there is proof of that that is, i think everybody agrees, disqualify...

Back to kind of his origin story as a person, not as a politician, but the problem for kavanaugh is that it really focuses attention on something the white house was actually trying to steer away from because they want to say that the drinking is not of issue here, the issue is whether he would be willing to engage in a violent act of sexual assault and they say the answer to that is clearly no. >> i dont know how they can say that. i mean, chad ludington who i believe we have sound from said he...

Its no longer alleged. there was a police report. police came to the incident. >> chris dudley was taken in for questioning, i dont think there were any arrests and certainly kavanaugh was arrested but there was questioning. >> fair enough. there is documentation about this. my point is that this is part and parcel of the same thing. if you are a mean and aggressive drunk, if you have repeated memory lapses, that does play into whether or not you can be trusted about these sexual assault that a ...

Did admit that he sometimes drank too much. what he did say or refused to say is that ever had any memory lapses. i dont know how youre going to prove that. that seems to me difficult to prove and charles ludington may be he thinks he had memory lapses is there any way to prove it? >> it comes down to who you believe. were not talking about the second in command at the commerce department, we are talking about a judge, someone who should inherently have those characteristics of fairness, of hone...

Limited time period, i think, are problems in terms of conducting a true investigation. >> i suppose the think something that because kavanaugh and ford testified before the senate the whole world saw it for hours they dont need to get more and they have their sworn statements that they made publicly so they dont need more. i dont know why not go beyond these four witnesses, right? everybody i was talking to this weekend who heard this testimony has questions about the honesty of brett kavanaugh...

Snowfall. >> there are at least six people who have come forward in the press to say that hes lied. hes lied. he did drink to excess. he did drink with memory lapses. he did drink to the point where he was staggering around, and he became aggressive and belligerent and was a mean drunk. how is that not relevant? >> i think it is. i think the problem for brett kavanaugh was in a trap. he couldnt say i never had anything to drink, right? theres overwhelming evidence to suggest he had. he also coul...

Anita practicing, chief of staff for first lady laura bush. i was giving you a chance to get into the chair but you are a pro. youre already there. >> im here. thank you. >> jeffrey, the fear is that this investigation is a sham because its so limited in scope. in fact, as we understand it, theyre not going to address issues of his drivenging. that is one of the big questions that, at least six people who know brett kavanaugh well came forward and said i have information that he did engage in ex...

Memory lapses because of drinking. so it will be very curious to see if the fbi can corroborate those accounts and even talk to those people. josh campbell, tom fuentes, thank you very much for all your experience in this field. >> youre welcome. >> thanks. >> john? >> the audience, for all of this, is really just a small, handful of u.s. senators. in particular, two. two senators. susan collins from maine, lisa murkowski from alaska. where do they stand this morning on the nomination of brett k...

Hed slur his words and stumble. its not credible for him to say he has had no memory lapses in the nights that he drank to excess. another friend from yale, lin brooks recalls seeing kavanaugh drunk at a party for his fraternity. after watching kavanaughs interview on fox news on monday she told "the post," hes trying to paint himself as some kind of choir boy, you cant lie your way on the supreme court. and with that statement out, hes gone too far. lynn brooks and lynn swisher will join us aft...