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Jeff flake was expected to speak as well. nevertheless, this panel is bitterly, bitterly divided over this nomination. it has been hugely contentious and the key question, where do the moderate senators come down and does jeff flake have a change of heard. we dont have any indication thats the case yet, but curious him not delivering remarks announcing support after he put out a paper statement earlier today. >> after he voted to confirm judge kavanaugh, he was going towards an elevator. let me ...

Accused to the victim? and how does that all shake out? as you see the really different and poignant powerful testimony from both people but on very, very different sides. its a very interesting question were left with. >> judge kavanaugh is back. i think grassley is again waiting for senator feinstein to come back and take her place as lead democrat. cynthia, until we reach that moment. >> you know, just for the viewers, you notice there is a big difference -- i think this would be interesting ...

So for the first time now, jim, we are hearing president trump actually saying it with his own words after issuing a two-sentence tweet over the weekend, then a paper statement this afternoon. finally hes saying it himself now. the question is what took so long? i think no one really quite knows the answer to that question. it is in some ways a self-inflicted wound for the white house who could have simply followed the basic protocol that most every white house before them has followed upon the ...

Incredible thing. steve: okay. so there have you got the attorney generals boss, bad mouthing him on television. essentially buyers regret. that was ainsleys question about there are rumors up on capitol hill that jeff sessions and rod rosenstein may get fired after the mid terms and he responded that way. well, mr. sessions, extraordinarily, issued a paper statement and, rachel, he fought back at the president. rachel: he absolutely did. he defended his position. he defended the people who work...

Brennan, the official statement was dated july 26th. that was three days after sarah sanders first said they were thinking about this. of course, that prompted a lot of people to ask the question, was the white house holding that paper statement until a day when they needed to turn the page. andrea. >> kristen welker, thank you so much. thanks to ron clan. thanks to rick tyler. coming up, craig melvins interview with omarosa manigault newman. she will be releasing a new audiotape with craig me...

Trump got updates on the whole of government approach his administration is implementing to safeguard our nations elections. the president has made it clear that his administration will not tolerate foreign interference in our elections from any nation state or other malicious actors. that kind of paper statement is a contrast to trumps actual words in helsinki where trump sided with the russian president over his own intelligence agencies on the question of whether russia interfered in the u.s....

Theyre similar cases. you have to do this out of judicial economy. this is where the witnesses are. heres the one thing they point to as an example of the kind of claims they could hear from the witnesses. they say stormy daniels managers boyfriend, former managers boyfriend refuted this idea that she was coerced into signing one of several denials she made of ever having had a sexual encounter with trump. he calls that claim asinine and said that daniels had no issue signing that paper statemen...

Something and hand it out in advance and say, ive already answered those questions. what else do you have? this is a very smart thing for them to do and frankly keep them out of a lot of situations like that. >> have you met donald trump? i mean, seriously eye? >> he clearly accepted a piece of paper with writing on it. why not just issue it? issue the paper. >> what about the facts? look. that excuse falls flat. for any other public, maybe plausible and thought he misspoke and unfortunately pre...

Adam schiff read from a statement. i dont remember a time when he has done that. he has made a lot of interviews and appearance hundreds reading from a paper statement and nunes and gowdy havent said a word. >> they didnt really want this meeting. they wanted the justice department to turn over all the stuff without the runaround of having to go to a meeting. since they did, there is a couple of possibilities. first of all, maybe they didnt hear what they thought they would hear or second, maybe...

Theyre sending this out to the whole system. this is a nationwide alert on this matter which is to suggest at least that they want to make sure that this is not something that might have other tentacles. catherine is with us. in the past, theres eventually a paper statement or some sort of official notice sent out. the island of people coming up and giving a news conference, thats something that normally happens later rather than earlier. >> what is clear from the brief news conference with the ...