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Instead, they are playing the hardest of hardballs to try to pack the port with another nominee regardless of the question. >> even though the fbi could not launch a criminal investigation into what allegedly happened more than 30 years ago, its possible they could reopen the background investigation. they would need to get a request from the requesting agency, and that agency is the white house. so far, shep, again, no indication that they feel any need to do that. shep? >> shepard: john robert...

Have it done. >> shannon: this is what anita hill had to say about what she thinks needs to happen here. >> my advice is to push the pause button on this hearing, get the information together, bring in the experts, and put together a hearing that is fair, that is impartial, that is not biased by politics and bring this information to the american public. >> shannon: the calls are for the fbi to get involved with this. they are saying thats not what we do, we prepare the file, we give it to the w...

And brett cavanaugh will be voted out of committee and approved by the senate. even jeff flake, bob core ker or others, if after all of this and the long delay between dianne feinstein getting information about this letter months ago and here we are today, if after this entire process the accuser still doesnt want to go on the record closed or open session i think theyll say all right, this is another level of the stench of the democrats timing and tactics. were voting to proceed. >> bill: anita...

Pause button on this hearing, get the information together, bring in the experts and put together a hearing that is fair, that is impartial, that is not bias by politics and bring this information to the american public. >> so, joining us now is tim felts, who broke the news for anita hill in 1991. hes the author of "capitol games." here on set, think contributor. tim, im dpougoing to start wit you. you broke the news anita hill was talking to the fbi. if hills story had been handled properly ea...

Outrageous, and all women of america should be paying attention because what is happening is not right. >> and this is another part of what the president said on the south lawn today and our kristen welker was there, and take a look at this. >> look, if she is showing up and makes a krcredible showing, that is going to be very interesting, and we will have to make a decision, but i can only say this, he is such an outstanding man, and very hard for me to imagine that anything happened. >> so, ho...

The statute of limitations for criminal proceedings is completely out the window. does the accuser have any legal recourse here? >> no. not only has the statute of limitations expired, there isnt any argument for tolling. tolling is basically hitting the pause button where a victim hasnt rememb cant remember or is jostled back into memory of the incident. it appears so far that shes been aware of the attack the entire time. what about brett kavanaughs case against the accuser? that is never goin...

Pete: known about this since july. letter came out from 65 women he has known then. that is not kavanaugh. this feels like political trash. katie: democrats are maybe seems like feinstein had this in the works. they keep repeating aç similar phase. >> in my view the senate judiciary committee should immediately pause the consideration of the kavanaugh nomination. >> i think we need to push a pause button right now, let this play out a little bit. >> judge kavanaugh, i think it is up to you. i ...

And then kind of walked it back. ed: now hes against bullying. katie: joe biden is not known ed: do you think the presidents ever used his twitter account to bully anyone? pete: no be. ed: really? katie: i might disagree with that. [inaudible conversations] ed: you really think hes never used it to bully. bullying. katie: the beat goes on. life is tough. get a helmet. and be now we have to -- [inaudible conversations] we want to know what you think about joe bidens comments. please e-mail us at ...

Legitimacy that surrounds this particular nomination. first of all, it is not clear to me that when you have a president whose close associates are under intense criminal investigation that now is the appropriate time to be able to make an appointment that will affect the lives of the american people not just for months or years, but for decades in the context of the kavanaugh nomination. these allegations also illustrate the problem with the rushed hearings. they are trying to jam this nominati...

>> we met some undocumented residents here in north carolina yesterday. they said that theyre scared of going to the emergency shelters. i want to play what one person said through a translator and then what the mayor of wilmington told me after. take a listen. >> my concern is we heard rumors that immigration was going to be at the shelters and im sure theres other families that have the same feeling as me. theyre thinking maybe i.c.e. in the shelters. >> what would you say to those people who ...