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Legal court and you have the court of public opinion, and republican senator lindsay graham, as you know, you know, was trying to go ahead with his resolution condemns your whole process. hes got 50 co-sponsors in the senate which means a lot of people are supporting what hes doing who really think what the president did was wrong. president trump bragged about it today. here he is, congressman. >> i havent even made a phone call. 50 out of 53 and they said you get to 40, thats pretty good or yo...

The process. >> but why is it a talking point that works, right? whenly children come back at me with a lie it does not become a talking point. >> i think it fuels some of the suspicions when hearings happen behind the scenes and i think that is what theyre trying to tap into. democrats have tried to tap into this. there is 40 plus members of congress that have the ability to do the questions on some of them. so it is the process, it is the one thing theyre trying to poke hols at because i think...

This process. >> neil: the president will be speaking in 15 minutes. he will want to mention when it comes to michael avenatti and his client with the latest charges. many of your republican colleagues have said please, sir, dont. how do you feel? >> its probably better at this point to allow the process to play out here on capitol hill. i think that its been a very -- as i said, a fair, open process. senator grassley has bent over backwards to accommodate anybody that wants to come forward with...

While they were in charge and julie swetnick, a michael avenatti client, they can do that but then it could concei conceivably become a circus. are you worried? >> i expect that will come up. democrats will use any and all means. they go into this hearing, a bunch of them tomorrow that are running for president, including the attorney of the latest accuser. this is all about politics. theyre going to do everything they can to try to turn this into a circus, try to discredit and launch character ...

Many democrats think its a combination of charges here that the judge is damaged goods and should step aside. how do you feel about that? >> i think its particularly disappointing that senator hirono from hawaii is fund-raising off of this. making statements about the appointment and using it to dry to generate campaign contributions. that is not helpful to the process were in. i also think its dangerous if we say that the sum of allegations, the volume of allegations is sufficient to not have t...

>> neil: explain the process. who is down to do what? >> well, the republicans are not going to say a word until after the prosecutor from arizona theyve hired to speak for them has finished interrogating dr. ford. they can still ask questions afterwards. but only when shes finished. they are going to confine their questions to dr. fords allegations. the democrats are going to expand their questions to the ramirez allegations, the one about the alleged gang rape, and the -- i forgot her name. mi...

This is something that hes heavily invested in. its his nominee to the supreme court. we appreciate and respect that. at this point, its a senate process and i hope we can let that senate process unfold tomorrow. >> neil: well see if the president heeds your advice. good seeing you. >> thank you. >> neil: well know in 15 minutes. did he or did he not listen to senator thune after this. from n. its kind of like playing your own version of best ball. because here, you can choose any car in the ais...

For this process to be a process, we have to have open minds. we must listen. we must do our best to seek the truth in good faith. that is our only duty. >> neil: was jeff flake signaling a "no" vote on this, when it comes to a vote, the supreme court. caitlin owens from axios. the man who has a different take on it, from "the daily caller." who says this could be jeff flakes way of providing a grudging. >> i think it was -- i think jeff flake is going to bas on this and i think ultimately what ...

Steps down. what do you think? >> i think thats been the strategy from the beginning from the democrats, neil. its been delay, block, obstruct, stall, try and push this off into next year. thats what theyve been doing from the beginning, which is why i think that this information which the democrats have had in their position going back to july was just launched at the last minute to try to drag this process out and sink this nomination. i dont think the democrats had a fair process in mind. the...

Say that with a heavy heart, tomorrow were going to have inconclusive evidence about what actually transpired but in the end, were going have to make a decision and yes this will forever be steeped in doubt, whatever decision we end up making. it sounds to me like he is preparing his watchers for his yes vote this week. >> i dont know, neil. this could go either way. i think some senators, some of these key swing vote senators, lisa murkowski, susan collins, jeff flake, i think they are trying t...