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Historian douglas brinkley. david, ill start with you. the president says this fbi investigation will end up being a blessing in disguise. meantime, politico is reporting mcconnell told senators flake, collins, and murkowski, this investigation wasnt going to make voting for him any easier. so how are republicans feeling exactly about kavanaughs chances? >> well, look. i think were going to have to see how this unfolds over the next few days. something interesting, though, ana, on friday, before...

Thursday, of course, but even a bit earlier throughout this process. remember both thof womens senators expressed reservations about this candidate before these allegations even came to light. they have always been seen as the two swing votes, must-get votes. but theyre also meeting with senators flake and manchin, and theyre discussing the idea of moving forward as a bloc. it is important to look at the extended fbi background check now. certainly more information can be turned up. dr. ford cou...

Realize that this is about doing the due diligence that needs to be done. its not about guaranteeing any outcome. and folks who are hanging on a specific outcome could be very disappointed, and they need to understand thats part of the deal. >> you know the person who can talk to us about this investigation? >> if only we had a former -- >> philip mudd. so, phil, we learned tonight that senators flake, collins, murkowski, they gave some terms to the leader mcconnell, that the investigation would...

Allegations, can you explain what that means, what youre looking from, from the fbi? >> obviously that includes the allegations and also im sure that "the new yorker" piece has allegations. but theyll have to decide what that is and how far that goes. >> so lets talk about how this investigation might shape up with cnn national security analyst julia kayyem. and cnn legal analyst renato mariotti. i say weve got it covered here. you guys would know how this works. so thank you so much for joining...

Theres probably some fuming going on, but publicly more conciliatory. lindsey graham, probably the most outspoken, said these fine, we should allow this to proceed. of course, the president signed off on it. i think as aaron said, if the fbi comes back in a week and says we couldnt turn up anything, which is probably the most likely scenario, then flake, collins and murkowski can say with clean conscience were going to proceed and they have a strong talking point to throw back at democrats, we c...

That senators flake, collins, murkowski, they gave some terms to the leader mcconnell, that the investigation would be limited, right? current credible allegations. focus on -- should focus on mark judge, the friend, but not limit it to him. so considering what john just said, how does all of this play out? whats going to happen? >> i wouldnt pay much attention to that term limited. first of all, if youre the director of the fbi, chris wray, your responsibility is to conduct a professional inves...

Sarasota. >> great to hear their perspective. its going to be a busy week. dont miss our daily interactive newscast on facebook at 6:25 eastern facebook.com/andersoncooperfull circle. i want to hand it over to chris. "cuomo prime time" starts now. >> welcome to "primetime." another wild day in washington, and its only friday. it could really go all weekend long. so what happened today? the good news is senators from both parties found common ground on brett kavanaugh and called for further revie...

About-face. hey there, everyone. im alex witt, lets get to whats happening out there. we begin this hour with new reaction from one of the women who confronted senator jeff flake and may have played a key role in his decision to call for an investigation so heres anna maria archula, in an interview with my colleague joy reid a bit earlier. >> if we had an opportunity we wanted to make sure he heard us, he felt the rage and pain that women are feeling in these moments, watching the senate potenti...

The president, kavanaughs defenders make the point hes undergone six previous investigations, all of those turned up nothing. the expectations is the seventh one will turn up nothing as well. though i will flag that some legal experts could, if it chooses, in many ways determine the results of what the fbi finds by tightly controlling the process if they so choose. so well have to see how that plays out. when this news bros that jeff flake was calling for a short pause in this confirm ace proces...

You know, yeah, its great that theyre going to do the fbi investigation now. i give -- i did notice that mr. flake was -- did seem moved by her testimony. so i think this is a positive development, but its still been a very broken process. >> you saw what happened to him on the elevator today, right? >> i did. >> what did you think? >> mm-hmm. yeah. you know, the pain in that womans voice is -- is being echoed around the country by a lot of people. during this whole ordeal, i got texts. i talked...