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Wade. his court just a few months ago did rule in favor of an undocumented teen who sought an abortion, and he dissented. susan collins, whos a republican and supports abortion rights -- it doesnt -- thats why its really not saying much. >> interesting point. amy, senator lindsey graham, of course republican senator, hes predicted that some democrats will in the end vote to confirm kavanaugh. have a listen to how he said that. >> if he does well at the hearing, he will get my belief is 55 or hig...

Those red state democratic senators in re-election races, joe manchin, joe donnelly of indiana, and heidi heitkamp of north dakota in particular are the ones to watch. they need those trump supporters. >> absolutely. manu in washington, thanks very much. for more on the kavanaugh confirmation hearings, what we can expect, what to look for, lets bring in our guests. >> gloria, if i could begin with you, justice kennedy was for years the crucial swing vote in this court between left and

It this way, i push back at that, you made statements that he -- >> at the meeting, i pushed back. >> of course, george papadopoulos says now in this memo filed to the court that that is not exactly what happened. he says that president trump seemed a little open to it. here is part of what he says in the court filing. while some rebuff georges offer, mr. trump not in approval. a by the way, there are other people, jim in that meeting who back up jeff sessions version of events. and we should al...

V. wade, executive privilege, a host of other hot-button political issues. already a partisan fight has erupted over documents from kavanaughs time as staff secretary to former president george w. bush. the trump administration is withholding more than 100,000 pages of those documents. cnns senior congressional correspondent manu raju is with us now live from washington. manu, when you look at this, the democrats clearly at a disadvantage. are they still going to put up a fight during the hearin...

Right conservative and more liberal justices. kavanaugh more cut from the traditional conservative cloth. is it correct to say that this turns the court to the right for many years to come? >> definitely. i mean, if he is confirmed, not only does it turn it to the right, it turns it to the far right. at this moment, justice clarence thomas is the most conservative justice on the court. however, when we talk about justice kennedy, there were things that he did with social justice, for example vot...

Answer those questions, that his evasiveness could be enough to get some republicans to defect ultimately. >> certainly a personal interest to president trump as well. on the republican side, you have the two senators, senator susan collins, lisa murkowski being most skeptical. we dont know how theyre going to vote. heidi heitkamp, joe donnelly. at the end of the dame, in terms of vote counting, is it a done deal hes confirmed? >> its going to be hard for democrats to stop kavanaugh unless he ma...