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Donald trump is going to do whats in donald trumps interest. >> i us wanted to just, youre so right. you know trump very well. i also wanted to talk about the historical moment that were in right now. we are in the me too moment. and you have women who are coming out, telling their stories. you have dr. ford who gave this compelling just credible statement yesterday. and women are not going to forget what they saw yesterday and they are not going to forget what they saw in november. and so when ...

Were seeing these women lean into gender issues. were seeing diverse candidates leaning into the their opponents and ads against them. this is only adding to that. >> you talked about the potential impacts on the midterms. we learn overnight that senator mccaskill is a no vote. notable timing for her to come out during this and say that. >> yeah, its not totally surprising, but also i think what we all expected from those red state dems, especially before dr. ford told the story that she has bee...

Those states are a lot different than states such as massachusetts or rhode island, so, you know, if a red state democrat could come across and could support brett kavanaugh for this, you know, for this vote. so while we are focused on susan collins, we are focused on lisa murkowski, there are also those red state democrats that have to appeal to voters in their state. >> april, from the white houses perspective, how confident is the president going into this? >> well, those close to the preside...

Veterans are very important to us, very dear to the american public. we all believe they should be taken care of. if this becomes too much of a political football between the two parties, is that going to upset too many of the voters that say, look, youre not getting to the business at hand? >> look, it should because the focus should be on solving this problem. the problem is, of course, that weve had had decades of reports showing systemic problems in the v.a. we had a whistleblower say to the...

Hell no doubt be matched by others across the country who continue to double down on their science denial. some say the fight over these epa rules could "rival what we saw over health care." there a battle cry from some goppers about a democratic war on goal from florida governors rick scott and senator marco rubio to the koch brothers and the millions they are pumping into the science denial machine. were seeing a lot of preliminary movement on the right as they gear up for this clash of the ti...

Because theyre under government coercion and theyre confronted with something that poll after poll indicates they dont want to buy. so the bezos model, im afraid, wont work. >> back to the democrats who are coming out after this delay. this is what republican senator jeff flake said about this. this is back in september, the strategy about pushing red state dems. >> this is going to be a tough sell in those red state that is democrats have to defend anyway. i think it is quite possible. i think ...

Mccaskill, who is up for reelection and is seen as vulnerable in november, announcing that she will vote no on kavanaugh. the missouri senator is 1 of 5 vulnerable senate democrats to do so. she writes "while i am also uncomfortable about his view on presidential power, as it relates to the rule of law, , ad who position that corporations are people, it is his allegiance to the position that unlimited donations and dark anonymous money from even foreign interests should be allowed to swamp the v...

Him off the bench. jillian: good morning, gillian. >> good labor day to you guys, lawmakers hit picks with tough questions, judge kavanaughs tuesday kickoff expected to be especially grueling as democrats are aware this is the last chance to blocking him from high court, the numbers looking good for kavanaugh, republicans still have a 51-seat majority and capitol hill predict couple of red-state dems will cross over and throw support behind him. senator lindsey graham told fox news yesterday hes...

Legislative director for the white house, are you confident you can get collins and murkowski on board with kavanaugh? he said, well, we want a lot of senators on board. we hope that includes collins and murkowski. it wasnt a vote of confidence. >> if youre mark short right now, vice president pence, while the president is aboard, you have to focus on the moderate republicans. before you even start trying to poach a red state democrat to pull them over the line, you have to have the republicans....