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Majority. they think a couple red state dems will crossover. they are expecting major grand standing for lawmakers eyeing to 2020 presidential. >> the only drama that how they handle the hearing on the democratic side. well get this good man confirmed. >> judge kavanaugh spent the last week in prep sessions for the hearings, known in washington as murder boards. where close advisors grilled him on the toughest topics like toy is surface. a point of contention in washington today, the 100,000 pag...

Confirmation would not just shift the court to the right. it would also make chief justice roberts the swing vote, and hes a lot more conservative than justice kennedy. let me bring in jeff bennett at the white house for us. jeff, what do we know about how the sides are preparing? >> a white house official told us brett kavanaugh has done at least a half dozen prep sessions including mock sessions with interruptions. kavanaughs been preparing for this since prep school. he was born in washington...

By the end of september. mike: chuck grassley fired up for a huge week next week, looking ahead to the big confirmation hearings for judge brett kavanaugh. bottom line, hes set to start just after the labor day holiday. this despite a last minute push by democrats to delay those hearings. lets bring in ed whalen, former clerk to the late justice scalia and president of the ethics and public policy center. great to have you. >> thank you. mike: we know judge kavanaugh is preparing for what is goi...

Agreed to accept some of the answers to them in writing. but he still wants to ask some questions to go to the issue of obstruction, in person. thats really what the presidents attorneys are resisting here. the president is telling his attorneys to keep talking with mueller, to see if there is some sort of deal that can be struck. im told that one possible compromise might be ask the questions about russia, and possible collusion in person. and then have any questions about obstruction of justic...

Being with us. josh, let me start with you. once again, if one is to believe this reporting, the presidents team are not all on the same side about how this is going to go, and most importantly the client doesnt seem to be on the same page. he seems to be moving down the road of a public relations battle, generally speaking executed on twitter and at rallies. but rudy giuliani wants to say that the president cant be subpoenaed, but most experts i talk to say its just not that clear. >> right. gi...

Mimi rocah remains with us. thank you to all of you for being with us. josh, let me start with you. once again, if one is to believe this reporting, the presidents team are not all on the same side about how this is going to go, and most importantly the client doesnt seem to be on the same page. he seems to be moving down the road of a public relations battle, generally speaking executed on twitter and at rallies. but rudy giuliani wants to say that the president cant be subpoenaed, but most exp...

Have any sentencing given to you absolved. and we talked for our piece to roger stone, obviously famed dirty trickster and close presidential adviser, and he was fairly overt about it. he says he wishes the next pardon will be michael flynn. i guess this morning on twitter he decided he was going to ignore all evidence that he was clearly thinking of russia when he fired james comey. >> jill, i read the president is going to camp david for the weekend. i could suppose we could learn that theres ...

Pardon will be michael flien. flirn. th flynn. i guess this morning on twitter he decided he was going to ignore all evidence that he was clearly thinking of russia when he fired james comey. >> jill, i read the president is going to camp david for the weekend. i could suppose we could learn that theres prep sessions involved as part of the thinking behind that trip. have you lost all ability to predict what happens on a day like, oh, say sa, tomorrow, at white house? >> as everyone has been say...

>> jill, i read the president is going to camp david for the weekend. i could suppose we could learn that theres prep sessions involved as part of the thinking behind that trip. have you lost all ability to predict what happens on a day like, oh, say, tomorrow, at the white house? >> as everyone has been saying, i guess things are always up in the air and were always ready for it. tomorrow the president is expected to be speaking about north korea. there is a letter on the way from kim jong-un t...

Reporter john roberts. he is saying he has spoken himself with giuliani and he says that giuliani told him that they are not doing full blown prep sessions at the white house for this potential sit-down. rather, theyre discussing with the president ground rules for a possible interview with mueller. does all that make sense to you? i know you keep up with the president. >> well, what i do is i try to understand what is going all sides. i wouldnt be spending my time -- this president is focused o...