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Senate to do impartial justice under the constitution and the law, to me it means that we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense. and so i heard what leader mcconnell had said, i happened to think that that has further confused the process. murkows >> murkowski is one of several wild cards in the senate. she stressed she takes her role as an impeachment juror seriously. >> i need to be able to sit back and look at both sides of this, both what the house managers wi...

Reelected. i can write an op-ed, theres opinion leaders and other conservatives who can opine and urge republicans to do the right thing, as hopeless as that may be. if jeff flake were still in the senate, if he fought to keep that seat, then maybe you could have a coalition of republicans, maybe a mitch mcconnell, maybe murkows murkowski, maybe jeff flake, get three or four of them together, team up with some moderate centrist democrats and demand that the senate hear witnesses. they can go to ...

Until any such presumption. in fact, under the rules of evidence, if they were applicable. everything he says is presumed to be false and falsely exonerateing. >> thank you for starting our discussion tonight. when we come back from this break, if you think that the united states senate did not serve the majority of the people today, you are right. and that is what the senate does all too frequently. and later, two women who traveled all the way to alaska to try to be heard by senator lisa murko...

Note here regarding senator murkows murkowski. apparently she just spoke outside the senate chamber after voting no on cloture. she called cloture, quote a mistake. then she went on to say well see what happens tomorrow. she also said shes not planning on talking to mansion unless he asks. what does that tell you, garrett? >> reporter: it tells me a couple of things. murkowski has been taking this very seriously. she met for hours behind closed doors with a group of women down from alaska includ...

Thats how i have to vote, to end of the day, is with my conscious, i could not conclude that he is the right person for the court at this time. and this has been agonizing for me with this decision. its as hard a choice probably as close a call as any that i can ever remember. and i hope, i hope and i pray that we dont find ourselves again. >> ed: republican senator lisa murkows murkowski. she made a little news that she doesnt believe that judge kavanaugh will overturn roe v. wade. she said she...

Independent counsel. and they refused to read it. not one democrat would read it. >> ed: so final question. what do you want all of these years later? what would be justice for you? >> justice would be for me to have an investigation. if theyre going to go back 35 years, 36 years for christine ford, they ought to go back 39 for me. and i would like to see, if they can -- if it can be proved that this happened, i would like to see president clinton perks as a former president removed. he receives...

Everything is really balanced on a knifes edge here, and we, again, want to underscore that the only people that matter are jeff flake, susan collins, lisa murkows murkowski, potentially joe mansion depending on how this breaks. those are also people who have been trying to basically avoid the cameras. senator collins has dealt with threats as of late. she had to be escorted from the capitol in a police car. we are waiting and watching. were going to hear from the democrats at 11:00 at a press c...

Fbi report. i took this pass through the basement of the capitol, through the visitors center and came out on the house side. thats where i talked to her about 1 1/2 hours ago. she says that she has not yet made a decision. she does say that it is decision time. what we think the math is right now, at a minimum, mitch mcconnell will get 50 votes in this nomination. if he gets collins, jeff flake, maybe lisa murkowski. if hes 50/50, the president have break a tie. never has a vice president broke...

Murkows murkowski. she says shes not made a decision and did not comment. democrats are crying foul saying their fears have been realized. the investigation not comprehensive. not enough people interviewed. the process limited and incomple incomplete. keep this in mind the way this works is true to form and by the book. the white house ordered the investigation. the white house set the boundaries and the parameters and the fbi set it out as ordered. thats how all background investigations of thi...

To your question. >> shepard: top republicans giving just brett kavanaugh their full confidence and in a sometimes fiery news conference on capitol hill. im shepard smith. the big news this afternoon is this. two key republican senators have signals they are satisfied with the fbi report on the sexual assault allegations against judge kavanaugh. and if each of those two ends up voting for the presidents supreme court nominee, kavanaugh confirmation assured, victory for the white house and game o...