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Forward with the story of inappropriate sexual behavior involving judge kavanaugh when he was in college, a claim he strongly denies and cnn has not spoke tone anyone willing to corroborate her story. lets go to phil matingly live from capitol hill. what are you hearing about the status of thursdays planned testimony before the senate judiciary committee? >> as it stands, it is still on schedule. you see the intensity of the protesters outside the supreme court making their way through the senat...

President trump is now on the offensive. a few days ago, he was saying we have to hear what she has to say and then make a decision. now she is saying she can testify or not, but either way he wants the nominee confirmed. going forward it will be interesting to see how the white house deals with this new tone. whether or not they will continue to strike a more measured tone. president trump is going on the attack as he has many times in the past. when it comes to accusations of sexual misconduct...

We do have breaking news on the republican counteroffer to christine blasey fords attorneys. two sources familiar with the negotiations tell phil matingly and myself that the following is the likely proposal. republican committee members want a hearing on wednesday of next week. ford would testify first. the supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh following her. the republicans are saying they are not willing to subpoena outside witnesses. those two would be the only witnesses at this hearing. al...

Number one, the republican side of the committee is all white men. republicans have memories of the anita hill episode in the clarence thomas hearing with boorish questions to her at the time. murkowski was asked because he was thinking about it and had not settled on how it was going to work and open to the idea of bringing in a republican woman to do the questioning. senator murkowski said dont do that. >> i understand that phil said he thinks this is just a 50-50 chance this hearing happens a...

Hearing or not? >> thats phil matingly on capitol hill. will the hearing actually happen? >> 50-50 at best from an aide working on this. this underscores how deep the divide is between the republicans and democrats just broadly, but republicans and democrats. you have to remember, republican leaders did not want a public hearing. thats what they had to do to assuage the members. they did not consult with democrats until after they made the decision. as the chairman said, they reached out after t...

The people who couldnt get to dialysis for treatment. the people who couldnt get health care because roads were blocked. conditions that lasted not weeks, but months. they didnt say mission complete on restoration until november. its the painful deaths that lingered for months after hurricane maria. those conditions led to the deaths that people are so upset about. thats where the number 3,000 comes from. >> appreciate that. not only the non-facts of this, but the timing of this is what makes it...

Support of president trump. thats where the divide happens. democrats have no trust in the president related to this. two of the four pillar ins the proposal they are opposed to. thats why were here now. trats are in the minority in the house and senate. particularly in the house. theres limited to no leverage at all to get anything they want. these moments must pass bills where democrats voted are needed to move things forward. those are the moments of leverage. democrats have been holding out ...

I will stay behind the scenes democrats in the house havent been whipping members to vote against it. not actively. they have told them the leaders will vote against it. the number two will vote against it. number three will vote against it. they havent been threatening or coax the members in to voting no. all of that leads to a simple reality. speaker paul ryan knows there are democrats who want to vote for this. he doesnt have a firm count of how many. given the fact that conservatives on his ...

Midnight eastern time. we are here in to the second hour. of this government shutdown. this was the vote was held up by rand paul. now we understand this vote is under way. lets bring back in cnn phil matingly. who is there. following this. phil, tell us a bit more about the nature of the particular bill. again it is bipartisan. there are things that democrats and republicans like about this bill. >> yeah. an idea that has been addressed too few times over the course of the last couple years. ma...

Thousand point drops in the stock market. one day after the next. >> all right, all right. im calling time. well continue the conversation. >> george? >> lets do bring in phil matingly. following the developments there on the senate floor. we understand the senate has enough votes to pass this budget deal. >> thats exactly right. they passed the threshold in terms of votes they need. the vote is open. it isnt final. the bottom line is the senate has enough votes to pass this $3 $300 billion budg...