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Colleagues, co-workers, supervisors, people involved in those kinds of formal relationships, and then individuals who are submitted as references by the nominee himself. so you know from that general practice that pointing to lack of information about alcohol abuse or sexual contacts or experience might never be covered by those six background investigations because as a general practice the fbi would not go back earlier than 18 or cover those kinds of friendships that might give rise to that in...

Rally, is just -- its just not right. its not right. i wish he hadnt have done it. its kind of a folly. >> the presidents comments were just plain wrong. >> at the same time, all of this is going on, the judiciary chairman chuck grassleys pointing to a sworn statement from christine blasey fords former boyfriend who says she was not afraid of flying, had no fear of closed or confined spaces, and helped prepare a friend to possibly take a polygraph test which directly contradicted what she told t...

It didnt sound to me like anyone could say that he learned it by reading it in a steer. its clear now he knew about it before. i also dont think -- this -- this is not a criminal trial. he has a right to defend his reputation. he has a right to coordinate, to help get his side of the story out. whereas in a criminal trial this would be witness tampering. >> it makes me wonder, though, what exactly what was the white house doing in all of this. why is brett kavanaugh taking it upon himself to rea...

Make certain that the senate begins to act like the majority that it is. it is dysfunctional and it is time for them to get busy, get the presidents agenda done and get it to his desk. >> sandra: whats the biggest focus for you? >> the biggest focus for me is every single day im out there working getting votes. asking people for their vote. and pointing out the differences, the contrast, between my opponent and me. >> sandra: which is what? >> as i said, he has called the tax cuts crumbs. i know...

>> jeff to the first part of that. the president saying this could be a blessing in disguise. what do you make of that? like so many times during the last couple of years, were trying to process what the president is thinking. what do you think he means by that? >> i think its important note the republicans did not want an fbi investigation and the white house was not offering it until jeff flake intervened and the other democrats, along with -- jointly after having made that call led to the whi...

Larry thought whatever came next would be admissible in court. >> detective angel had been letting larry do the talking. >> nobody likes to be labeled a monster. in this case, thats the way its pointing. only you have the other side of theon story. nobody is going to be able to speak for you. thats why were here now. the reason everything happens. im sureen there were circumstances that happened that night or that morning. >> he laid out his story. >> all right. what happened was --

Was accusatory and finger pointing. soi so if anger for men is effective, was his type of anger effective in the way he wanted it to be? one thingee did do well i thault. he was careful not to afrack defending himself against having attacked her, that would withant have worked well. he was attacking the democrats and using a common energy strategy to the group whos aup probably going to vote himg in. >> can i show the interaction. >> youre saying theres never been a case where you drank so much ...

Hes starting his mornings at the white house. thats where we start with cnn correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. and make no mistake, this is not the position that president trump expected to be in on saturday morning. he expected the confirmation of judge brett kavanaugh to sail through after kavanaughs performance in front of the senate judiciary committee. unfortunately was turned for a line when senator jeff flake suggested an fbi move forward. pre...

Probably be some kind of e.u. deal when you imagine that in terms of financing or some kind of financial support here at the moment the situation is quite clear the german in terms of any kind of economic assistance economic aid economic funding any kind of bailout deal the germans the pointing in the other direction theyre saying. go to the i.m.f. knock on the door there thats the right address there are people who deal with these kind of problems with problems that have this kind of scale that...

Parties where they drug and rain people. i dont believe that one bit. >> senator lindsey graham defending brett kavanaugh and pointing out the democrats were opposed to him. is that the best defense to be offered at this moment. >> is the only way you begin to turn this around. to begin to pick apart the story that was told, a compelling story told by dr. ford. there is a way to pick it apart. you have four people who have come forward and said that didnt happen. >> thats not what they said. the...