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Executive vice president john solomon. john, we read the quotes, you were there. i want you to tell me exactly what he said about jeff sessions. >> well, i look back at it and if youve ever been at a summer pool party and you see someone at the edge of the pool that doesnt quite want to go in and someone pushes them in, it felt like that is what president trump was doing. he sent a loud message of vote of no confidence in his attorney general. and for most of the last six months, its been about ...

Of the questioning. so it was not the actual senators or members of congress. they had very accomplished attorneys come in and serve as counsels to the committee and do the actual substantive questioning. so that is not unprecedented. i think senator collins has a very valid point to have a procedure and process set up like that. >> it is dynamic indeed, the story continues to change and morph again. the question, does she accept this offer to come to washington to testify or even allow the staf...

York. the nomination process for the supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh is up ended again. the california professor who accuses him of sexually assaulted her is now swelling the senate judiciary committee is saying she is not prepared to testify on monday at all. they want an independent investigation before, before any senate hearing. but last night, one of those lawyers seemed to acknowledge on cnn that ford herself needs some time. listen to this. >> since coming forward, her life ha...

Story saying, i cant say everything is truthful. in other words, she may be lying. this is the person who brought us the story, who suspended the nomination process because of the story, now saying she could be lying. i dont know what to make of that. >> what i make of that is she wants us to be investigated. they are calling for the fbi to investigate it and president trump said today he does not want the fbi to investigate that, that brett kavanaugh has been through enough already and that is ...

Hear you. you can do this privately. if shes not willing to do this, i dont know how you stop the nomination process for somebody that is not welling to come out publicly and share their side of this very serious allegation that shes pulling forward. >> neil: are you worried about the fallout from this, that republicans are feeling that they cant win for love or money on it, that if they vote for him, they look like they dont care about women and the me too movement. if they dont, theyll suffer ...

Investigation. the only person that can tell her side of the story is dr. ford. democrats put this off to the 11th to delay. these are tactics that they used all along. 451 interruptions with 201 arrests during the hearings. its shameful, degrading to our nomination process and they should be pushing to have an investigation. they should have done it two months ago and calling out dianne feinstein for sitting on this letter. >> neil: not all of your republican colleagues are -- jeff flake, susan...

We talked about how the nomination process got out of hand, especially with miguel estrada. a little bit of grace could not only help the people in this process, but help our constitution republic been stronger. >> still ahead on "morning joe," new polling shows texas is looking a lot more red than purple right now when it comes to the u.s. senate race there. weve got the latest numbers on the battle between ted cruz and beta orourke. plus, the president reportedly turns on his hand picked can...

Msnbc legal analyst danny c cevallos and got him back. does this seem like a strategy or, i mean, is it a negotiation on behalf of the chairman of the judiciary committee or more to it than that? >> it is. they could subpoena this witness and even hold her in contempt refusing to appear. this appears to be the good cop version instead of the bad cop version of trying to get her to appear for her testimony. its strategically and may be an effort to be complete, have a complete record so that ther...

Flip here. wouldnt that same argument hold here, particularly in light of new questions about the nominee? let the american people have their say on this? >> the hearings have already taken place or were already midstream through the hearing. i understand your point. and certainly there is a lot of democratic ire over the way this was handled. but republicans do control the senate. and republicans have put this nomination forward. were in the middle of hearings, and we have now extended i believ...

This, right? dianne feinstein gave this information to the fbi and then they passed it along with the white house, so unclear what the strategy is. >> i can think of one reason why democrats want to slow it down if they can and they may not succeed is to protect ford, to give her time to prepare, to get the witness in the right frame of mind to talk publicly. >> could it be as simple as trying to delay towards the midterms? >> i mean, clearly at this point the midterms are looming in the backgro...