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Republican democrat prism right now and look at it, what are the facts? >> whats troubling is the democrats keep this mantra that its not a trial and this is how you feel about the judge. they are acting as a fact finder. thats different from sitting on a committee voting on legislation. there is no element of fairness and decency coming in. whats your standard? even if you apply a clear preponderance standard it means you are about 75% certain of your decision. can you say that on this evidence...

>> anybody at the white house worried about this in. >> yes and no. the president was clearly paying attention.? in. >> yes and no. the president was clearly paying attention.in. >> yes and no. the president was clearly paying attention.n. >> yes and no. the president was clearly paying attention.. >> yes and no. the president was clearly paying attention. >> yes and no. the president was clearly paying attention. talking to people ntsinside the white house, its not their primary concern today. ...

>> harris: this is not being seen through the prism of a courtroom, this is an impression chamber, a job interview. and it does matter if details match. i am showing you details that dont match. >> look, i think theres been a lot of reporting about testimony from judge kavanaugh that is inconsistent with what this report will find. lets wait for the fbi report. we should have a full investigation. >> harris: sarah sanders inside the white house, white house press briefing. lets watch. >> secreta...

There is freedom in being totally screwed. i thwart move on to the process which the republicans are criticizing. how this is all unfolding here. here is tom cotton and lindsey graham. >> the democrats have disgraced this process and the united states senate in the orchestrated smear campaign of character assassination they have run against judge kavanaugh. >> it is clear to me something happened to dr. ford. we have to look at this through a prism. this is a serious accusation. 36 years ago. to...

Years would have uncovered this. what we will investigate is who in dianne feinsteins office referred dr. ford to miss katz. >> scott, your reaction? >> yeah. you know, this whole narrative has been driven by the gop. the democrats have been put in this political prism. but the reality is that dr. ford has been telling this story since 2012. and she reached out to the dems. she wanted to be anonymous. it was only until it was leaked at the end of the nomination here that dems then said, okay, we...

>> thats a very interesting point. yeah. let me get your thoughts really quickly. does all of this with judge kavanaugh help the mueller investigation in that it takes the spotlight off of him for a little bit? maybe even draws the presidents attention away from it whether it is on twitter or public comments? >> you know, i got to say that i think the kavanaugh hearing and the trump russia investigation, i think its hurting the institutions. all the names we hear, the names that we dont hear, th...

Each other? im so furious im screaming at the tv. psychologically and emotionally, how do you conduct yourself in that body with those twin impulses? >> yeah, so one of the first things i did when these allegations broke was i went to one of my friends is one of the most conservative senators in the place, just to sit down and hear him talk through how he was processing these allegations. and -- >> thats interesting. >> yeah. and so i think its important to put yourself in the shoes of folks who...

Think, who sort of harken back to those days and they really want to see the senate function. a lot of people were watching on the outside, a lot of citizens, very active citizens, how couldn these people be friends with each other? im so furious im screaming at the tv. psychologically and emotionally, how do you conduct yourself in that body with those twin impulses? >> yeah, so one of the first things i did when these allegations broke was i went to one of my friends is one of the most conserv...

In remarks that the white house aides have been trying to get -- throwing themselves at him to prevent him from saying. that if he were to go on the offensive against the kavanaugh accusers, its the worst thing that could have happened to the republicans cause to get him through. but he wanted to say it. he called the woman inebriated, he called her drunk. he said there were gaps in her story. basically said she was not credib credible. and that it was very clear he views the "me too" prism not ...

Look at the senate as a jury in a way they are, theres a risk of alienating people like lisa murkowski and susan collins, who dont want to hear these arguments weve heard in the past. oh, she was drunk. how much can you believe her? et cetera. >> ive got to tell you. its a white man strategy that is politically dumb, in my opinion. he needs these votes. that being donald trump. the senators need the votes of each other. and including women. and it just makes no sense. it has all been put through...