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>> youd have to ask him. he was said to have vomited in a car and passed out. lets bring in digital director zach wolf -- >> on that note. >> live in washington. good morning. 5:33 in the east. vomiting and passing out in a car -- >> 5:30. >> what in this fbi endeavor could change the minds of senators flake, collins, and murkowski? >> you know, we heard flake earlier this week saying it would be something definitively lying if he had misled the senate judiciary committee, that that might disqua...

Senators are republican -- as much as they want to focus on the hocus-pocus of the democrats and all of this stuff, its about the republicans who are on the fence. whether or not they can go home, flake is retiring but particularly collins and murkowski to a national campaign against and for his confirmation to their voters and defend the process. defend the fbi investigation. if it was just a routine background check and they didnt follow up on enough leads, we learned more about this, those tw...

Account of the majority, nowhere referring to the past six fbi reports which the committee has reported on a bipartisan basis was there ever a whiff of any issue related in any way to inappropriate behavior or alcohol abuse. senator dick durbin said this tweet is not accurate, committee republicans must correct it. eight of the ten democrats have sent a letter saying youve got to fix this. in the senate judiciary tweets back nothing in the tweet is inaccurate or misleading, the committee stands ...

Mcconnell could try to do the first vote before the fbi investigation is done and start the clock on the final vote. unless and until the senators flake, murkowski and collins are satisfied with what the fbi has produced, mcconnell doesnt have the votes to get kavanaugh confirmed. were all waiting to see that fbi report. theres this question of political gamesmanship or brinksmanship on the typing of the vote to qualify. mcconnell wanted to see kavanaugh on the bench yesterday. he wants to get t...

Even if there is a full investigation, its going to be hard to get at an objective truth. thats the way a lot of people felt. they felt it was unfortunate. thats how they felt. but there is now this other issue of just pure credibility. lets remember, there was a time you could not be a nominee and go and potentially lie before congress and then get voted into a supreme court seat and if people do believe that he is lying, not about the sexual misconduct at all, but about, quote/unquote, smaller...

The investigation is limited to as dictated by the senate, senator flake, collins, murkowski, these senators asked for this investigation in the white house is accommodating them. it is limited to current credible allegations. ed: how do you define that? >> it is not about relitigating brett kavanaughs behavior in high school and college the current credible allegations as dictated by the senate, they set the parameters. ed: i got an email from of you are saying why we going through brett kavana...

>> brett cavanagh is attacked every day with these allegations and doctor ford, no one wants to attack the victim the questions are not being raised about what happened to her. >> we are leaving this to the fbi to do their job, accommodating the senate and talk about what we do now. the allegations as alleged by doctor ford completely uncorroborated. the people she describes have no recollection of such a party and her lifelong best friend since she doesnt know brett kavanaugh. ed: doesnt know h...

It is not a government-funded fishing expedition. collins, risk our ski and flake want to make sure the fbi looks thoroughly. we interviewed most people involved, theres not a lot new i would expect them to find. ed: some say he will not be interviewed by the fbi because he artie talked to them. >> the same penalty, same federal statute says you cant lie to the fbi or senators. we will end this in the same place we started except some of those senators have an extra vote of confidence. ed: we ta...

Energize republican women to say why respect there more republican women sitting on that other side of the senate judiciary committee, or in the senate, period? so i think that is a very important issue here, >> thanks to both of you. i want to turn now to "the new york times" editorial board. a sexual assault survivor. and lisa lara and gene robinson for "the washington post." my thanks to all of you. lisa, starting with you. what do you think is important now? we are a long ways, as i mentione...

Clintons and what not i didnt like, that either. it seemed partisan but boy i had to put myself in that spot. i think you give a little leeway there. >> i want to bring in cnns senior political analyst david gergen, the adviser to presidents nixon, ford, reagan and clinton. david, senators flake and coons showing rare bipartisanship there. but realistically, do you think well ever see a supreme court nominee with bipartisan support again? >> yes, i do. i think well get back but it may take longe...