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But in addition to that you have to -- as congressman lou says you have to follow the witnesses. what were going to hear tomorrow is that theres no corroboration. but what is happening here is that the fbi is not being permitted to pursue corroboration or not corroboration because, of course, this could all come out that there is no corroboration and judge kavanaugh looks much better for that. >> right. lisa, theres reaction today to the presidents mocking of dr. ford last night. and it cleaves ...

Senators flake, murkowski, and collins, here, you happy? is this enough? lets get on with this. >> michael, should kavanaugh, should dr. ford, have been interviewed by the fbi? >> im not -- i dont know. i think that the fbi tends to interview the primary focuses last. it doesnt seem like theyre going to do that. ive had enough exposure to the fbi in the last 18 months to know that a team of fbi agents can do more in a week than most american teams can do in a year. im completely confident, havin...

Just say its kind of appalling. >> the presidents comments were just plain wrong. >> i dont approve of the comments from last night. i thought that they were wrong, and extraordinarily unfortunate. >> all right, so big questions remain at this hour. did the president make it more difficult for senators flake and collins and murkowski to get to yes? did he make other republicans think twice about their vote? and the biggest unknown -- what is actually in that fbi report? will it contain some trut...

Equal access to senators to study content from additional background info gathered by nonpartisan fbi agents. also earlier this morning raj shaw tweeting out this statement saying the white house has received the fbis supplemental background investigation into judge kavanaugh. it is being transmitted to the senate. the white house is fully confident the senate will confirm judge kavanaugh to the supreme court. now, the "wall street journal" is reporting this morning that the white house has foun...

Ear piece. f we are talking about collins, flake and murkowski. i dont think this will make christine fords testimony any more credible but do you think they will block the president on this for any reason at this point? >> i dont think they will do that at all. this is why the president got elected, its very important to the republican voters across the country, they sent donald trump to the white house. they are going to get kavanaugh through, and weve seen a bump with polling throughout the c...

You need to go to the fbi, ask you need to ask them did they feel like they were able to do their job without interference, and i think the answer is yes. they interviewed over 150 people have been interviewed throughout the course of brett kavanaughs life. to those who suggest he had a problem like this from prior interviews, no evidence of that. thats all manufactured. the senators who requested the supplemental fbi background check got what they requested, and i am ready to vote. >> are you c...

And that concerns me. if i was leader oconnell, i wouldve talked on two of them. i think they lost murkowski on other issues, but collins and flake are critical. on well see. i think hes making them take a hard vote ahead of the midterms. back to the original discussion of the midterms, laura, i really dont see this lasting, especially if he is confirmed over the weekend. i dont think that 30 days from now this is still an issue. i also do not think that scotus voters, people who come out vote f...

For the fbi. the fbi will go so far as the white house tells them. they can say lets look at x, y and z. we dont know the conversation with the fbi and white house. will it be too late for some who look at it and say if this information had come forward sooner or followed up on, this would have changed the course of history. >> in two hours, senators will go into the secure setting. first republicans, then democrats. they will look at this fbi report and have to make a judgment. we have been say...

>> the senate just got it tonight. >> why? because you know, maybe it ended early for good reason. >> they may have had some sort of evidence that disqualified her testimony or some evidence that proved her testimony. we dont know that right now. it is interesting they didnt interview her, just in terms of a sense of completion and thoroughness for sort of the public facing narrative, that probably would have been a good move on the fbis part. were going to know more tomorrow because the senate ...

Talk to them. that is not a serious investigation. this is a behind-covering exercise by the republicans who run the judiciary committee designed to say to -- to senators flake, murkowski, and collins, here, you happy? is this enough? lets get on with this. >> michael, should kavanaugh, should dr. ford, have been interviewed by the fbi? >> im not -- i dont know. i think that the fbi tends to interview the primary focuses last. it doesnt seem like theyre going to do that. ive had enough exposure ...