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Should be confirmed. 42 percent did. but 56% think hes -- this is part of a political smear campaign. i cant remember the other number. youre going to see some more polling on this. there are basically four centers this comes down to. murkowski, flake, collins, and manchin. president trump was in west virginia. there is incredible pressure on senator manchin because his constituents, a number thats astronomical, want brett kavanaugh to be confirmed. i think a risk per brett kavanaughs nomination...

Giving people in the side the republican party more cover to support kavanaugh perhaps later in the week. there is still concern that judge kavanaughs answers has already raised questions among many democrats about possible perjury and the process itself, of the fbi investigation is continuing to come under scrutiny which could raise some alarms with people like senator murkowski or collins. >> here is what steve bannon said according to politico. theres no walking this thing back. you get kavan...

For esquire magazine. max is the senior. not ryan. maybe one of these days. >> everybody can be a senior for office. lets talk about the news. he thinks that given the limited scope and the whole thing can be done today or tomorrow. they set the stage for a full senate floor vote. >> danas reporting shows that trump was accurate when he said he was playing the senate aside to who to interview. he suggested that the three senators, flake, collins and murkowski. they said they wanted the fbi to in...

You want this fbi investigation, but there is nothing that is going to satisfy you, basically, because its going to be hard to get the answers. some of these things from his perspective are unknowable. but when you talk about moving the goalposts, hes aiming that at the democrats, but, again, the democrats are irrelevant here. because most of them have already said theyre going to vote no. these fellow republicans of mitch mcconnell make all the difference. >> and to be clear, mitch mcconnell di...

Underage drinking, but its hard for me to imagine the united states senate turning him down based on even inconsistencies about those kinds of things. >> isnt the other side of that that the republicans, especially the swing voters, collins, murkowski and flake, have already been asked to stomach so much. theyve been asked to give the benefit of the doubt to a man accused credibly of sexual assault. and now theyre going to be asked to do one more thing, forgive his lying? what do you think? >> r...

Now and friday? beyond any doubt? >> the fbi is going to turn in 302s which oar well go back to -- the analogy is, if whatever he answered is different from what 13 people they interview say he did, you have caught him in an inconsistency, otherwise known as a big fat lie. thats the question that -- >> and jeff flake said the standard will be, did he lie. not what did he lie about. >> jeff flake said that would cost him the nomination. were not moving the goal post. jeff flake said if hes found ...

Murkowski, maybe manchin. more issues seem to come out, but if mitch mcconnell feels he has the vote to push it through, he will push it through. so the deciding voices on this will be that said of three or five senators, if they feel satisfied with what has happened in the past week, then hell bring it to a vote. if jeff flake does not feel satisfied, then its hard to see how -- and then republicans are in a tough spot. >> right. and jean robinson, what lisa is referring to is the fact that thi...

>> i was going to say lets not lose sight of what were looking at. the majority of senators on the democratic side of the aisle were voting against kavanaugh. the majority of republicans were voting for kavanaugh. there are a few from each party that are on the fence. thats who this fbi investigation will either give cover for, meaning if theres nothing found then the republicans and maybe some of those democrats can vote and say, look, the fbi investigated, were going to vote for him. or if the...

Putting the brakes on this week? does it give you a sense of senator murkowski, collins, and flake, how they may all be voting? do you think kavanaugh gets confirmed? >> alex, it depends now on the fbi investigation. there are many reasons besides president fords comments that many of us have a lot of problems with judge kavanaugh. i think in regards to the individuals you mentioned, the investigation will be critically important, and well see what the facts are. if we see conflicts, and the fbi...

Happen with heidi height cam and murkowski and collins? >> i believe the senators in the red states, if they dont vote to confirm kavanaugh, i think they will be in trouble from this election. republicans are happy with the economy. every american should be happy with the economy. but what you are seeing is finally republicans are waking up -- everybody thought this was a joke. but they are starting to see now because of the situation judge kavanaugh is in what many of us have been dealing with ...