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Ford? >> senator mcconnell likes to talk a lot about democrats wanting to move the goal posts backwards, in essence making it more difficult for judge kavanaugh. the white house has kept the goal post in the same place, but moved the football a lot closer to them, making it so very easy for judge kavanaugh the clear. the reality is that the fbi works here for their client, the white house. the white house is constraining the fbis ability to do a background investigation. and the follow-up on nat...

>> hours, a day is this. >> theyll read it as quickly as they can. that will not be used as another reason for delay, i can tell you that. >> that may not sit well is murkowski and sue can collins. murkowski appears in no her are you, even as mcconnell pledges to move forward with kavanaugh vote this week. he talked about a vote last week too. collins smiled and told murkowski, good answer. for more on the fbi investigation, what happens next, im joined with msnbc contributor joyce vance, and na...

I dont know that anybody knows. im not going to speculate. im going to wait. >> i was very troubled by the tone of the remarks. the interaction with the members was sharp and partisan and that concerns me. and i tell myself you give a little leeway because of what hes been through. but on the other hand we cant have this on the court. we simply cant. >> if it turns out kavanaugh lied about any -- >> that finishes everything. >> does it? >> if they can corroborate he was lying -- >> senate judici...

Alleged sexual assault before an all male republican panel. judge kavanaugh was angry, confrontational and defiant. who gets to be angry in our society and who doesnt? a book out today, "good and mad," rebecca tracer has a lot to say about this topic. joining me now is rebecca tracer. i love the book, it is phenomenal. i felt lucky to have ahead it before that hearing on thursday, which was just an object lesson in everything you write about in the book. >> well, its funny you say that, im glad ...

Getting by. i want to salute and congratulate the workers at amazon, for standing up and fighting back. and i want to applaud jeff bezos for doing the right thing. making sure every worker gets $15 an hour. taking a look at walmart, the fast food industry, mcdonalds, at the airline industry. we have a major crisis in this country, the tens of mills of workers are working at wages you cannot live in. bezos did the right thing. >> it will be interesting to see if they do. senator bernie sanders, t...

What i think we all need to do now is to wait and see exactly what comes back. i dont know whats going to be in it. i dont know that anybody knows. im not going to speculate. im going to wait. >> i was very troubled by the tone of the remarks. the interaction with the members was sharp and partisan and that concerns me. and i tell myself you give a little leeway because of what hes been through. but on the other hand we cant have this on the court. we simply cant. >> if it turns out kavanaugh li...

Moved the football a lot closer to them, making it so very easy for judge kavanaugh the clear. the reality is that the fbi works here for their client, the white house. the white house is constraining the fbis ability to do a background investigation. and the follow-up on natural leads in an unprecedented way. and there wont be any confidence in the integrity of this result when it comes forward, not because the bureau isnt doing a good job, but because they cant reinterview dr. blasey ford or j...

Give senators to read and digest the fbi findings before you vote? >> it shouldnt take long. as interesting as this all is, i cant imagine that any members who want to read it will not go over there and read it immediately. >> hours, a day is this. >> theyll read it as quickly as they can. that will not be used as another reason for delay, i can tell you that. >> that may not sit well is murkowski and sue can collins. murkowski appears in no her are you, even as mcconnell pledges to move forward...

He says he signs it off as bart okavanaugh, a reference to a nickname. he says, it would probably be a good idea to warn the neighbors were loud obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers among us. >> "the new york times" and the liberal media and the opponents of kavanaugh have just trying to shame him over high school high jinx. what do you think of that argument? >> i think initially i was troubled by notion that, you know, things that happened to you in high school or college

No matter how they may feel about kavanaugh, want to get at the truth of the matter. you know, dr. ford and the other women who came forward, a great personal risk to themselves. their lives have been changed and altered in a way that will never be the same. and they came forward as credible people and they deserve a thorough investigation as to the allegations that they are making. >> what about that final point about temperament, or partisanship that nancy girtner, former federal judge, just m...