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I saw him doing this or doing that, drinking with me at yale or at a certain type of party in high school. will that be investigated. thats the issue. >> were it the case that the white house were to say deliver a list of witnesses to the fbi and say this is the list, only these people and no one else, what would be your reaction to that? >> id be concerned that that was an attempt to really sharply narrow. look, if its a list of 75 witnesses, id say, okay, in a week thats a lot. but if its a li...

Yale or at a certain type of party in s high school. thats the issue. >> were at the case that if the white house were to deliver a list of witnesses and say only these people and no one else, what would be your reaction? >> id be concerned that that was an attempt to really sharply narrow. look, if takes list of 75 witnesses, id say okay, in a week that is a lot, but if takes list of three, that is an attempt to shut it down and not make this -- >> what is the back and forth now? i know these p...

Angry. he had rage. he cut off female senators, he was dismissive of the process. ramming through that confirmation bill. >> bill: you saw a man who was fighting for his life and fighting for his family. i saw a man who walked in yesterday with his wife and son listen, if youre going to burn down my house, im going to burn down yours as well. it was pointed, and many have suggested that supreme court nominees do not get political. his commentary was clearly directed at democrats for what he has ...

>> i want to get back whats been bandied about about the fbi process. i want to follow up on what senator lee and senator sasse have referenced. theres been a lot of talk about we need an fbi investigation. in these processes which youve been through a number of times, when the fbi does a background check with regard to a nomination, could you quickly describe that for us? what does the fbi do? >> the fbi gathers statements from people who have information. they dont resolve credibility, they ga...

>> no. >> why did you contact "the washington post" on july july 6th? >> i was panicking, because i knew the timeline was short for the decision. people were giving me advice on the beach. people who dont know about the processes that they were giving me advice -- and many people told me "you need to hire a lawyer." and i didnt do that. i didnt understand why i would need a lawyer. somebody said "call "the new york times," call "the washington post." put in an anonymous tip. go to your congressp...

>> no. >> why did you contact the "washington post" on july 6th? >> so, i was panicking because i knew the timeline was short for the decision, and people were giving me advice on the beach -- people who dont know about the processes but they were giving me advice. many people told me you need to hire a lawyer. and i didnt do that. i didnt understand why i would need a lawyer. as somebody said, call the "new york times," call the "washington post," put in an enormous tip, go to your congresspers...

Processes in our federal government. and we will do that in tonights d.c. sewer swamp opening monologue. the one we will go through all of this very, very slowly and precisely, lots of ground to cover, with even breaking news on the last 2 minutes. tomorrow morning we will finally get a chance to witness one of the most important hearings in history of supreme court nominations. as ive said many times, the 36-year-old allegation should be taken seriously. and it has been by republicans and the p...

Because i think -- i want to follow up a little bit on what senator lee and senator sasse have reference. theres been a lot of talk here about, we need an fbi investigation. in these processes which youve been through a number of times now, when the fbi does a background check with regard to a nomination, could you quickly describe it for us? what does the fbi do. >> the fbi gathers statements from people who have information. they dont resolve credibility. they gather the information and the cr...

Representatives or any congressional staff members about your allegations? >> no. >> why did you contact "the washington post" then on july 6th? >> so, i was panicking because i knew the timeline was short for the decision. and people were giving me advice on the beach. people who dont know about the processes, but they were giving me advice. people said you need to hire a lawyer and i didnt do that. i didnt understand why i would need a lawyer. somebody said call the "new york times." call "the...

Important processes in our federal government. and we will do that in tonights d.c. sewer swamp opening monologue. ♪ >> sean: we will go through all of this very, very slowly and precisely, lots of ground to cover, with even breaking news on the last 2 minutes. tomorrow morning we will finally get a chance to witness one of the most important hearings in history of supreme court nominations. as ive said many times, the 36-year-old allegation should be taken seriously. and it has been by republ...