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Clearly the moment this afternoon i got everybodys attention and probably for the entire was senator lindsey graham in an impassioned push calling this a sham process, saying that brett kavanaugh is going through hell. pointing to his colleagues on the democratic side saying i hope you never get this seat. i hope youre never in power. really emotional moment. after which, the questioning continued, senator shelby white house continued with questioning and went deep into brett kavanaughs yearbook...

Gloria is right in pointing out he did make some rather interesting comments on rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, making it sound as if perhaps rod rosenstein may be staying on and that this phone call or this meeting, whatever theyre going to have, is going to take place friday or later than that because, you know, the president wants to be able to sit there and watch what happens in the senate judiciary committee tomorrow. but, wolf, just on a personal note, as i was standing in thi...

One was rising, one wasnt doing so well. the secretary general was pointing to the situation today where china is on the rise. china isnt sure, can it trust the united states? i was at a business dinner in beijing recently sitting next to a former chinese ambassador, still working for the government. he said we think the united states has been waiting to take this position against us because we are beginning to do better, because we are coming up. to the point of the secretary general and my int...

Probity, is not seen as likely to be true as when a pattern has been established. and so congressman, again, i know im throwing you on to the spot, because kasie and heidi przybyla at nbc news are breaking this story literally right now, but your view about how this fits into the analysis and whether this hearing is, in some sense, perhaps, too hasty to be scheduled for tomorrow, given whats coming in in realtime. >> it is too hasty. the best thing would be to put the brakes on it and investigat...

Order to make that clear, to make it clear what he said, and perhaps to try to unearth other things that they say prove their point about the way this investigation is going. exactly to what jeffrey was saying. >> its also worth pointing out that the house republicans who are engaged in this enterprise are generally incompetent. and they dont really do a good job at asking questions and every time theyre going to hold a big hearing, the witness winds up looking better than they do. but they have...

And you need his vote. >> sandra: thank you for coming on this morning. >> bill: over the weekend iran responding to the most deadly attack in its country. a top military official blaming the u.s. and israel for the attack on the military parade that killed several people on saturday. nikki haley rejecting the accusations. >> the united states condemns any terrorist attack anywhere. period. weve always stood by that. i think what rouhani needs to do is look at his own home base. he can blame us ...

If we came to that point, where the rosenstein was out, wolf, then francisco would take the reins. >> interesting. evan, the presidents personal lawyer, jay sekulow, suggested today that there be a pause in the whole russia investigation if rosenstein goes one way or another. is that likely? if he goes, would there be a time-out, as he suggested? >> i think there would be a natural pause if you have someone new coming in, it would take that person some time. in this case, noel francisco. it woul...

The white house. reportedly either being fired, resigning, or as our justice correspondent pete williams pointed out a few moments ago, this could be just a public dressing down and rod rosenstein might leave with his job. but we do know that he was summoned to the white house, and that was more than 45 minutes ago. we are still waiting to find out precisely what went on during the course of that meeting. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has been with me onset. hallie jackson h...

Used his wealth, he used his network of supporters to help him conceal his crimes. >> reporter: this next legal chapter is likely to bring new challenges for the cosby defense team. theyll argue their client should receive a short prison sentence, if at all, pointing to the 81-year-olds failing health and history of charitable giving, all pointing out the constand conviction was his first. witnesses can take the stand once again to give impact statements. the defense team would have the chance t...

A woman. they are set to begin the suspectsing phase and could be sent to prison for up to 30 years. convictions could be merged because they arise from a single incident. in that case maximum sentencing would be 10 years. >> he used his network of supporters to help him conceal his crimes. >> this next chapter is likely to bring you challenges. the defense team will argue their client should receive a short sentence if any at all, pointing to his failing health and history of charitable giving ...