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You could say, step up his game as he went down to the carolinas? >> this is always a big test for presidents. it not only tests the competency of their administration. it can hang over their legacy forever even after they left the white house. youve seen it clearly with george w. bush whose name is synonymous with hurricane katrina. there is a lot on the line. making sure people have power and water but also the political aspect. were only a few short weeks away from the mid-terms. in south car...

Kavanaugh, but the problem with this new position is they believe what democrats want to do is delay the hearing and therefore possibly kick it closer to the midterms and past. >> thats exactly what democrats want to do, because if they delay this theres not enough time on the calendar for this to happen before the midterms, and what if after the mid-terms we wake up and democrats have control of the senate, then donald trump does not get a liking to his nominee ever. >> thats how that plays out...

Why expose myself to that? >> how could she not be? >> thats a lot of what victims have to consider. politically speaking, i think we have the answers to what abby was raising, and i think they made clear blasey should have a chance to speak, and if she chooses not to then they all vote yes. my question now, though, is if this is where we are theres no testimony and he gets confirmed, and who benefits in the midterms? do the democrats run on this? is this something they feel comfortable talking ...

>> shepard: the president is in south carolina. hes being briefed. the pool cameras are back. were going to listen in. >> welcome to horry county. if youve been looking for rain and water, youve come to the right place. were delighted to have the president here and others as well. we have not had a disaster like this before. hurricane hugo was a tremendous blow. it came in a hurry and left in a hurry. hurricane florence left record amounts of rain. so our problem has not been the wind and the ra...

And clearly what is driving this nomination are politics. right? >> shepard: of course. >> they have to get it done before the mid-terms. theres a risk that they could lose the senate and so mcconnell -- this is a legacy issue for him. its a legacy issue for the white house counsel. its very important to the president because this is one of his major campaign promises and hes on the verge of being able to deliver it. so those are the reasons that there isnt an investigation. in addition to the f...

Listeners to my radio show had a message today for republicans who fail to stand up for kavanaugh and a fair process. >> if the republicans dont do this, ill be voting, but i wont be voting for republicans. theyve done this so many times. they have no backbone. they have no spine. >> i am infuriated. the reason we voted for trump is because of his outstanding scotus picks. if they dont push kavanaugh through, they will never seat another supreme court judge, especially a man. >> i have been trav...

Can put somebody in that position that would not have to recuse himself and change the scope of the mueller investigation, so far at least its not working. >> its problematic. if thats what you want to do, firing him feels obstruction of justice doesnt it? so maybe you force him to resign. even there, the senate has said -- many in congress have said youre going to have a hard time getting a replacement from sessions through the congress, particularly in a dance of the mid-terms. so do you want ...

What they call a sham, even though doug jones said they would not be a mistake, then what? >> i think the left -- this to me is just yet another temper tantrum by the left, neil. theyre still struggling with the fact that they lost an election. elections have consequences. the president gets to nominate his supreme court justices. kavanaugh is well within the respected nomination. what is troubling about this, what is the precedent for the future? the last thing ill say this, neil, republicans h...

>> senator lindsey graham said a couple minutes ago he thinks democrats are trying to delay this after the mid-terms. it is time to take a committee vote on kavanaugh asap. >> sandra: are democrats satisfied with that timing? >> no. they think all of this is happening way too fast. >> from everything i can tell, they arbitrarily made a decision it would be monday. from everything i can tell the press conferences theyve been having they didnt coordinate with her and declared she should come on mo...

The rule of law that could do lasting damage. >> bill: you want her to go to an island? >> yes. buy an island and rule that. >> bill: keep dreaming. she isnt going to. i think its hard for hillary clinton to keep their mouth shut during a time like this. when you want to hold back because the resistance on the left is so strong against this administration and this president. >> it was from day one. the resistance continues but to no avail. if i were advising republicans i think the strategy for ...