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>> its scary because orin hatch said some of these same things during the anita hill hearing. >> its the fear of what needs to happen. >> cheryl stolebering reported in "the times" theres questions to have outside counsel doing questions. >> is that worse? >> i dont think so if they find a female attorney and create some separation. the people you quote are really kind of irrelevant to this situation. there are three people relevant, murkowski -- and flake. she wants to hear from blasey ford and...

Point, top republicans tell me they would, but theyre so far trying to balance all these different agendas, all these different dynamics. >> and people are asking, which collins are going to show up today, which flake, which murkowski, for that matter, because all of them seem to have quotes all over the spectrum on this. >> to that point, folks that ive talked to, particularly democrats, are really puzzled at this idea that there are four republican lawmakers that hold the fate of judge kavanau...

If someone is going to a could you see man of they need to come forward. already spoke to the "the washington post." already talked to the press about it then she should come forward and speak to these senators so we can get to the bottom of this. thats very dangerous to accuse someone of that and then not follow through with it. steve: its unprovable. its 35 years ago. its how do you prove it? thats the hard part. brian: when it comes to the actual voting. if they had a vote tomorrow, would he ...

Collins has said -- we havent heard from murkowski yet. >> heres a bad question, okay? this sounds nasty, but we just lived through an election where a number of credible women made allegations that were dismissed by republican leadership, republican lawmakers that supported the president and the people who voted for him. so why would i be surprised if republicans are willing to look past maybe credible allegations from one woman when they were willing to overlook many women? >> i dont have the ...

President away from this situation, not to get too close because its a fragile nomination. if they need to pull it at some point, top republicans tell me they would, but theyre so far trying to balance all these different agendas, all these different dynamics. >> kim, to bobs point, people are asking, which collins is going to show up day to day, which flake, which murkowski, for that matter, because all of them seem to have quotes all over the spectrum on this. >> to that point, folks that ive ...

Her voice should be heard and asked the judiciary committee to delay its vote on the judge. a senator not loyal to president trump, bob corker. dr. ford and judge kavanagh have a right to be heard. if we dont hear from both sides on monday, lets vote. so republicans at the moment have their ducks in line, their votes in line, its a risky strategy, but theyre prepared to go forward. >> with respect to senator corker and senator flake, neither of them matter, this is about sus san coan collins and...

Politically for both sides if they dont. >> well, absolutely. this puts a lot of pressure on more -- more pressure on senators collins and murkowski. theyre going to be confronted with the choice of having to vote yay or nay on a nominee with this allegation against them. they dont know if its true or not. in addition to that, judge kavanaugh will -- if hes confirmed will join the supreme court and it will be unknown whether he ever did this or not. its never been investigated. >> shepard: peril...

Pulled, if he were to withdraw, the president, the white house, would immediately turn to that list that was made public in the campaign and expanded early on in the presidency for replacement. there were a few judges who were on the short list behind kavanaugh that would get consideration. but i think the key player in all of this is probably going to end up being senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. kavanaugh was not mcconnells first choice for trumps pick, but trump went ahead and nominate...

Brian. i think certainly, if kavanaughs nomination is pulled, if he were to withdraw,a the president, the white house, would immediately turn to that list that was made public in tht campaign and expanded early on in the presidency for replacement. there were a few judges who were on the short list behind kavanaugh that would get consideration. but i think the key player in all of this is probably going to end up being senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. kavanaugh was not mcconnells first ch...

Digging in. i asked the senator about it a few minutes ago. >> i think the american people need to hear from both dr. ford, who is obviously an intelligent lady, a ph.d., professor at a mayor university, and you need to hear from judge brett kavanaugh. the allegations were made. you cant put the genie back in the bottle. the american people are entitled to hear from both of them. >> reporter: they said brett kavanaugh was resolute. you mentioned murkowski and collins, i think its bigger on this ...