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Nominee to the united states supreme court as a man of character and integrity. >> reporter: the presidents tweet should come as no surprise. mr. trump was already sending signals on fox news that he was finished biting his tongue. >> why didnt somebody call the fbi 36 years ago? i mean, you could also say, when did this all happen? whats going on? to take a man like this and besmirch -- with that being said, let her have her say, and lets see how it all works out. >> reporter: republican senato...

>> what about the presidents tweets today? the second one today this morning, i have no doubt that if the attack on dr. ford was as bad as she said, charges would be immediately filed with law enforcement authorities either by her loving parents. i asked that she bring the filings forward so that we can learn date, time, in place. you heard susan collins saying she was appalled by those tweets. are you okay with them? >> ive heard people ask the same question. what did the parents say? she mus...

They hear from her. and notably at the end of last week when it was a question whether or not -- excuse me, at the beginning of this week the question of whether or not she would appear and of course it still is an open question, susan collins saying she does need to come up here and if not essentially that is her chance. again, just underscoring how each and every word of these potential swing vote senators are so important here. erica. >> so true. sunlen, thank you. as negotiations continue ...

Mentality can be, on the part of mr. trump or those who are bitterly opposed to him. and theyre both equally wrong. >> leanne, i look add this supreme court essentially impasse that were at and look at it as it was harry reid and mitch mcconnell going, a lone can fix the judicial nomination process and they mucked it up even more. i feel like this is a disease that so many people have in washington, and it is why this place is beyond repair on days like this. >> i mean its instant gratification,...

Of anita hill, but rather the fact that it was a vote for a view of the constitution you disagreed with. to the kavanaugh issue too, lots of people oppose him over and above whatever the truth of the allegations and even before the allegations. >> well, thats correct. thats correct. but, again, without taking -- im not in the senate anymore. but having served on the judiciary committee, and had gone through the nomination process with other judges, you do your best to try to get at the truth. an...

Allegations. >> well, thats correct. thats correct. but, again, without taking -- im not in the senate anymore. but having served on the judiciary committee, and had gone through the nomination process with other judges, you do your best to try to get at the truth. and thats whats involved here. its to be an exercise looking for what is the truth of this mans background, how will he -- will it indicate how he will serve the country in this lifetime appointment on the united states supreme court?...

That was not the stop the presses moment in the anita hill/clarence thomas controversy. there was not any big fight about this. the white house learned there were new allegations, derogatory information about clarence thomas. since the fbi was in charge of looking into the nominee and documenting potential derogatory information about him the white house, naturally, asked the fbi to look into this new information, too. we actually spoke with c. boyden gray today about that moment in the clarence...

Hurricane to impact puerto rico in 85 years. almost the entire island, almost 3 million people were left without power. many for weeks. the recovery has been slow going ever since. to mark the anniversary, protesters plan to gather in new york for an interfaith prayer service. then, march to trump tower to denounce the administrations response to the disaster. a couple of senators are discussing calls for afternoon fbi investigation in the supreme court nomination process now. but thats not ho...

I think whats important to understand is that this is a suitability for employment investigation. so theyre checking on the nominees character and on his loyalty to the u.s. government, his trustworthiness, et cetera. the fbi takes the results of that report, they interview co-workers and neighbors and references, they do standard types of criminal checks, et cetera. they take that report, they send it to the white house. the white house reviews that for the nomination process. theres no crimina...

Consensus nominee. donald trump has not put any consensus nominees on his list so far. so then we get to this wild scenario where if democrats take control of the senate and breath kavanaugh fails, you could easily see at that point, and again were way out into maybe land here, you could see d democrats blocking a supreme court nominee all the way until the next presidential election. >> maybe land is always worth exploring. that was excellent. thank you so much. coming up next, president trum...