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And gloria brown marshall, she wrote the book "the voting rights war" and a constitutional professor at the john j college of criminal justice. gloria, lets start with you. once judge kavanaugh is seated, becomes justice kavanaugh, how does the court improve its appearance of impartiality and can the court even do that? >> i think it is nearly impossible for the court to keep the same level of credibility and neutrality that it appeared to have before this fiasco around judge kavanaugh. and one ...

Washington. shannon: lets bring back our panel in washington as we have just watched this moment in history, mo, start with you. we talked a little as we were waiting for this vote to go forward, there have been strenuous protests at every turn. it is now official that judge kavanaugh will become justice kavanaugh. where does the resistance, the fight against this process as we saw it play out, where does it go next? >> i think senator schumer probably said it best and that is its going to take ...

Record and everything that has happened to him during his confirmation process is despicable and its all falling apart and its always another reason. if you dont believe hes a gang rapist, if you dont believe is a stumbling, bubbling drunk, how about this, he just doesnt have the temperament to be a judge. this is the one that offends me the most. how would you react if somebody destroyed your life and you found yourself in front of the entire nation being humiliated, what would you do? >> shann...

Staff members i think have a lot to account for. brett kavanaugh is the man. ive known him for 20 years, everything that happened to him during this confirmation process is despicable and has all fallen apart and always another reason. if you dont believe he is a gang rapist or sexual predator, if you dont believe he is a drunk, he just doesnt have the temperament to be a justice. how would you react if somebody destroyed your life and you found yourself in front of the entire nation being humil...

The message centered around the idea of truth and truth in america, quote, today we thus call upon the spirit of truth to enlighten us more deeply in the truth and those self-evident truths upon which our nation has been formed and is based. and while four members of the supreme court were there, the man who nominated to join them, judge brett kavanaugh, was not. protesters were chanting we believe christine ford outside on the street and there were some seated in the church. thhomily called for...

>> i suppose that applies to when he also said that he left the door open to the possibility that he could withdraw the nomination after watching tomorrow. >> look, anderson, this is where i think were at. full disclosure. i announced publicly in vermont that i would be voting against kavanaugh very shortly after trump nominated him because i think he would, if seated, become part of a hard-right majority voting against the environment, voting against womens rights in roe v. wade. voting against...

Do you swear that the testimony youre about to give before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? thank you very much. please be seated, and before you give your statement, i want to say that to everybody that she has asked for any time you ask for a break, you get a break. any time theres something that you need you dont have, just ask us. and you can have as much time for your opening statement as you want. and just generally, let us know...

There they are, seated. thanks for the highlight, guys. senator collins on the right, senator flake on the left, huddling. who knows what exactly theyre talking about. presumably something related to this. julie, go ahead. >> so much drama happening in washington, not just this week but today alone. a lot of senators voting whether or not to confirm have already made up their mind. theres only a small handful on the fence. its the same people on the fence before. >> hang on, heres senator graham...

President trump has just arrived, has been seated at a luncheon in the united nations. there was an awkward moment when the president addressed the u.n. general assembly. the audience laughed when he bragged about his time in office. >> my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. americas -- so true. didnt expect that reaction but thats okay. >> for the rest of his speef, speech, the president con domed terrorism. >> i would like to thank

Roberts appointed a committee to look into how federal judges ought better deal with sexual harassment claims from their law clerks. so theyre aware of what goes on. and surely they recognize that times have changed in 30 years. but they wont say anything publicly. once kavanaugh or someone else is seated, they move on. they live up there at the court for decades at a time, and they have to get along. so even clarence thomas who had those rough hearings 30 years ago, once he was on the court, pe...