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Those that attacked justice thomas. i told you this was coming. top democrats senators urging their colleagues in red state to risk their political futures by voting against kavanaugh. elections do have consequences. the 2018 mid-terms this november will be the most important mid-terms in history. these 6 senators from red states. they for a bind right now. what will they do? what will they do?. manchin in west virginia. north carolina. indiana. missouri. montana. are you going to stick with the...

>> maria: do you think well see a nafta deal before the mid-terms? >> i dont know the answer. i dont. >> maria: with the new president in mexico, you wonder if something changed. real quickly before we go are you going to vote yes for judge kavanaugh? >> im going to do my due diligence. ive not had a chance to complete that. that will include a sit down. let me be clear, everything ive seen so far is terrific. very pleased with this selection. im looking forward to completing the process. looks ...

Theres a disconnect that will wont do well. >> so youve seen a change in term of the blue wave to red wave in november then? >> yeah. mid-terms are rarely waves benefitting the party in power. but all of this talk that we had earlier this year about a huge gigantic tsunami have receded. reality is setting in that democrats have a very tough time grabbing control of the senate and that the race for the house is a coin flip that will depend on local campaigns and local candidates. the economy is d...

Other out rages will come forward. there will be 100 other things that happen between then and election day. i dont know the effect it will have on the mid-terms. >> i was watching the measured statement from bernie sanders last night saying the american people are on our side. that just isnt true, either. if you look at some of the polling. nbc has a poll out. 62% of americans want the nominee confirmed before mid-terms and some of these states, battleground senate states occupied by red state ...

Fire up their base in anticipation of the mid-terms. the same lines of attack weve seen against every other republican nominee. the same lines of attack that have been rolled out no matter who the president had gone with last night. >> bill: just go back to the last comment that kavanaugh made when we introduced you. inform by history, tradition and precedent. the last word precedent, thats code, right? that is roe versus wade. that is how he will likely answer that question during these hearing...

Of yale college and law school judge kavanaugh teaches at harvard, yale and georgetown, in keeping with president la*igs legacy i do not ask about a nominees personal opinions. what matters is not a judges political views but whether they can set aside those views to do what the law and the constitution require. >> the administration kept hitting those points this morning especially the issue of they say judge kavanaugh is the most qualified choice possible. the goal confirmation by october 1. i...

Days, we can win this fight, and i would make one other point. the number one issue for our party from the red states to the purple states, to the blue states is health care. particularly pre-existing conditions, protecting them. which is wildly popular and necessary in the reddest of states. this court battle highlights that. so this actually may help us in the mid-terms. any time health care is highlighted democrats win. >> senator, your task right now seems to be centered "today" robertson tr...

Right to pre-existing conditions or the right to protect pre-existing conditions, that well get a majority in the senate to vote against him. i know its an uphill fight but they said we couldnt do it with health care and we did. >> i understand that, and isnt it also fair to say, senator, this nominee is here because democrats lost the election? voters in 2016, they were looking for conservative judges. and they worked towards this. republicans got what they want. they won. here we are. i guess ...

Democratic strategy you could see is there is such a wealth of material, maybe you can play it out a little longer until its in the shadow of the mid-terms or the mueller report happens to come out. but that would be the sort of surprise you would need to change the dynamics. >> let me ask you about rudy guiliani. here you got the presidents lawyer in the room, front roy seats. what about these potential confli conflicts of interest, how can you have the presidents attorney in the high stakes ca...

One of the judges, justices had ever been a judge before before being confirmed. these are people who had big complicated lives, earl warren was governor of california and hugo black, senator from alabama. these people have long paper trails and could still be confirmed. today its become like this weird stealth process where if you actually have led a distinguished public life, you are less likely to be on the supreme court. and i just think thats an unfortunate development on the left and on th...