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>> also on their best behavior. >> but you dont know these people. you dont know what they do in the dark corners of theyre life. >> and i dont want to. >> and the answer to that is when the senate judiciary decides its relevant. >> we havent talked about how much power this gives people, individuals. you know, i could turn around and say anything. i could say anything about any one of us, about anyone ive worked with and people would say, well, you know, that certainly deserves a hearing. okay....

Supporting the brett kavanaugh? >> reporter: im not sure its the kind of ad that wins over conservatives. i think what jen said earlier is right. the mood has changed. we dont know whether this allegation is true. we will have a hearing on monday and programs more will reveal itself. but this is less i think about the actual allegation and more about what it says about kavanaugh as a whole candidate. in a time period when conservatives are losing female supporters and where the female movement t...

>> its disturbing to hear that and to understand that shes been having these thoughts and feelings for all this time. the best way to handle this is take out their partisan hats and take a look at this from a human standpoint. women deserve to be heard and have their full airing of whats going on. its important for us to do so. she deserves to be heard. at the same time, judge kavanaugh deserves to face his accuser. in my view, the best way to move forward with regard to this nomination process,...

How are you? >> reporter: mr. trump, who once bragged to "access hollywood" that he could grope women and get away with, has been cited with and been accused of this conduct in the past. whether it was his ex-aide, rob porter. >> he says hes innocent and you have to remember that. >> reporter: or senate candidate roy moore. >> he says it didnt happen and, you know, you have to listen to him also. >> reporter: the president may have learned to show some restraint. he has so far not tweeted about ...

They all i guess socialized together. but yeah. >> good point. >> i was going to say real quick, the root of this tree is he was nominated by president trump, who has faced the womens march from the first days of his presidency. democrats, i believe, have a record number of women who have been nominated in the house. in the governors races, they have been selecting women through this nomination process, driven by this backlash, particularly among professional white women where the polling has th...

Youve been reporting a ton on the developments within the last 90 minutes related to brett kavanaugh, related to the confirmation process, the nomination process that now seems to be on the verge of getting maybe derailed? we dont know. senator angus king was out as the story broke, right when dr. ford came out publicly telling her story to the washington post. heres what he had to say. >> lets pause, because there isnt any rush. theres no deadline here that would forestall a full investigation ...

Big bombshell news over the weekend, these allegations that came forward in the "washington post." how could this now play out for judge kavanaugh with all the revelations? youre getting some senators who are now teetering on asking for a delay in his confirmation. >> echoes of the clarence thomas confirmation where almost at the end of the nomination process we may see additional hearings or at least a delay. its looking like this scandal is the kind of thing that might cause at least two repub...

Annihilation she will be subjected to by those who want this nominee to go through. this is not a politically motivated action. she was quite reluctant to come forward and she was outed after she made the decision not to come forward. >> reporter: here is where we are. democrats are calling for a delay in the process t. white house is saying it deserves further scrutiny. the questions are when and in what form? >> jeff, there is a lot more to discuss on this. see you at the white house in a bit....

Grilling her. biden coming under quite a bit of criticism because he didnt bring forward some witnesses who could have corroborated her story so left anita hill there to be alone in front of this all male tribunal, and clarence thomas was confirmed a couple days later with the support of 11 democrats. the senate is much, much more polarized than it was back then. back then there was a sense of advice and consent. the typical senate role. thats what they do. allow presidents to confirm the judici...

Has to hold out there is the supreme court justices that hes gotten one on the court and one in nomination process. so i dont think theyre in a political position to back down from it. but as a lot of these things, you know, its the old hemingway thing. it happened slowly and all at once. if it does fall apart, it will fall apart quickly, but as of right now, it looks to me from the outside like senator mcconnell is going to continue to push this forward, and the white house, i dont think they h...