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The truth or becoming completely forthcoming about what his yearbook jokes meant. it doesnt seem to me that any of that necessarily, especially when it comes to the memory loss, it be proven. and if you cant prove hes not telling the truth, is that enough -- even though you opposed him on policy, is that enough that his nomination be withdrawn, based on suspicion? >> again, i dont want to engage in hypotheticals here. in the end it will be the decision of senator flake and senator collins and se...

He was in the room with flake, collins and murkowski, talking about this on thursday, trying -- conceivably trying to find a way to vote yes. he wouldnt have been in the room if he was a solid no. this brings up a solid question as to how kavanaugh plays going into the midterms. sarah sanders talking about what republicans want to focus on when it comes to kavanaugh and the fbi, take a listen. >> dianne feinstein and her staff knew about these accusations. they could have done all of this in a p...

>>chris: wait a minute - - he has written a letter under penalty of perjury. >> thats not the same thing as that the agent showing up at your door and asking you specific questions. i think that has to be done. the fact is in most instances of sexual assault, theres not another witness. i think that it was appropriate for jeff flake to do this. lets keep in mind, the votes were not there because clearly, senator collins and senator murkowski were not on the same train without this fbi investigat...

Interesting to me about the kavanaugh debate, the kavanaugh allegations against him is, there are a lot of suspicions against him about whether or not he ever had memory loss, about whether or not hes not telling the truth or being completely forthcoming about what his yearbook jokes meant. it doesnt seem to me that any of that necessarily, especially when it comes to the memory loss, can be proven. and if you cant prove -- and i get this is not a court of law, but if you cant prove that hes not...

>> lets hope so. >> joe manchin. >> he hasnt been on the senate judiciary committee. those who have been saying, if only there had been an fbi investigation. okay, here it is. >> at least four senators are up in the air, collins, murkowski, manchin and heitcampf. so you said that don mcgann has not said interview these witnesses, dont interview these witnesses. is the fbi permitted to look into the testimony judge kavanaugh gave? some democrats think he wasnt honest under oath about the extent o...

The independence of the fbi and said feels, as he said last night, that they should look at anything in this limited scope. >> what does that mean? >> i dont know. >> did don mcgamn say you can interview these witnesses but not these witnesses? >> i dont think he would do that. were not trying to interfere. the republican senators, including senator flake and others who have said please go forward with this fbi investigation. their incentive may be a little bit different than the democrats on th...

Lets remember, they were all fighting an independent fbi investigation tooth and nail. and it wasnt until they realize that had they didnt have the votes to confirm judge kavanaugh that they finally succumbed last week when jeff flake made that very sort of dramatic announcement. but the reality is i really dont believe that if senator flake, senator collins, senator murkowski, those votes that they need that they dont currently have right now, if they think this is a checking of the box or if t...

Videotape, it wouldnt have mattered. all because of this, get your pen out, tribalism. this is what controls politics today. behavior and attitudes that stem from strong loyalty to ones own tribe or social group with strong negative feelings for people outside the group. thats it, fred. hes in. theres nothing thats going to change that. no fbi investigation. and the three votes, those republicans, flake, murkowski and collins, theyre absolutely going to vote for kavanaugh, 100%. >> so avery, dur...

Realize that this is about doing the due diligence that needs to be done. its not about guaranteeing any outcome. and folks who are hanging on a specific outcome could be very disappointed, and they need to understand thats part of the deal. >> you know the person who can talk to us about this investigation? >> if only we had a former -- >> philip mudd. so, phil, we learned tonight that senators flake, collins, murkowski, they gave some terms to the leader mcconnell, that the investigation would...

Allegations, can you explain what that means, what youre looking from, from the fbi? >> obviously that includes the allegations and also im sure that "the new yorker" piece has allegations. but theyll have to decide what that is and how far that goes. >> so lets talk about how this investigation might shape up with cnn national security analyst julia kayyem. and cnn legal analyst renato mariotti. i say weve got it covered here. you guys would know how this works. so thank you so much for joining...