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Announced her opposition yesterday. with the mid-terms less than seven weeks away "the washington post" reports republicans fear the push to confirm kavanaugh will come at a political cost. one senior republican involved with the national campaign planning for the house tells the "post" several top republican leaders told colleagues they hope she fails to show up for the hearing helping the gop avoid a risky televised drama and make it easier for a vote next week. you have a lot of republicans h...

And both the republicans and the democrats can use this as a rallying cry ahead of the mid-terms the they play their cards right. the president is trying to strike the balance. >> i appreciate it. so far, and could it challenge, this is the case of he said, she said. it all comes down to memory. it is something that happened more than 30 years ago. how that will play a factor if there is a hearing on monday. well talk about the science of it ahead. you wouldnt accept an incomplete job

Draws out people who had not voted in previous elections and got people to switch parties. many obama voters voted for trump. whether that can happen in the mid-terms, those voters tend not to vote in mid-terms and it will be more challenging. >> sometimes they said hes an independent president going after his own voters. thanks for joining us. quick break and wolf starts. have a great day.

There are these very serious allegations hanging over the head of a nominee who has emphatically denied them, and thats just not a good way for us to end. so, i think she needs to come forward, and i think we need to provide her with any protection that she may ask for for herself and her family. >> thats senator susan collins. senator lindsey graham, another republican, pushed back against fords calls for an investigation into her allegation against kavanaugh. graham tweeting, "requiring an fbi...

No, not enough time, too long ago. with anita hill they took two days. that was recent. they came back and said they couldnt corroborate it. here likely where theyd come out as well. at least you know people made their best efforts. at least you know they made an attempt to get it right outside just pure politics. the negative? the republicans dont like this. why? well, its a delay tactic. who cares about the delay? they do. why? because the delay is a loss of control of the process. you get clo...

Want wants. >> and in is partly again what chris christie had to say this morning about all of this. >> it is untenable for a bunch of reasons. one, because of the presidents feelings toward the attorney general which are obvious. but also because we are in the midst of a very serious investigation, and that is being conducted by the justice department and i dont think that the president has an option to the fire jeff sessions right now, because if he did, it would create a political and legal f...

Lot of other republicans are doing as well. >> the only question i have about the role of the supreme court vote in the mid-terms is we are still a long way away. given the propensity we have seen to overshadow other issues, i wonder how many other controversies will they be between a potential kavanaugh vote next week and november. it seems likely to me and certainly possible if not likely that there will be many other issues that arise between now and then. they become more important than on t...

The best way, mike barnacle to prevent a kangaroo court with republican senators who are scared just as "the washington post" has said and as ive heard and im sure youve heard as well from republicans who fear that an overreach on their part actually damages the party a great deal a month before elections, before the mid-terms, the best way to do that is to have televised hearings and be in a situation where republican senators will have to show her a great deal of deference and respect. if they...

>> and i think you have to take the overwhelming amount of evidence that anyone who knows judge kavanaugh and there are so many people who do, none of them believe this is a credible allegation. >> laura: what happens friday? >> i dont know. well see day-to-day. i think people on the committee still want to hear from -- >> laura: she has a friday deadline. were going to vote. >> hold the vote. >> laura: id do the vote on friday. you have to end the game. you have to teach your kids a less son so...

Hopefully it will change after the mid-terms. >> meaning you think jeff sessions will be removed. >> i dont know if he will. i dont work in the white house. i think it would be interesting to hear what jen says. i really respect her honorable service to the presidency. i really wish jeff sessions would serve our president as well as jen served hers. >> so jen? does this make sense? >> the reaccusal on the investigation, am i wrong? isnt sessions doing a lot on the presidents agenda? >> absolutel...