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Washington seasoned skepticism is apt, which is to say this hearing could be a joke and farce based on the trickery. it could also be the thing, potentially, that changes everything if some of these swing senators on the republican side see and their constituents see enough evidence -- this is not the criminal standards, we emphasize, nobody is up for going to jail here. just enough evidence to say, this promotion should be in doubt. to that effort, i want to show susan collins, i want to be cle...

I think expediting this process would be in the best interest of all involved. >> can you, john avlon, i want your take, and i also want you to weigh in on how thursday moves forward if it proceeds as it is planned for now. if thursday is simply, not simply, if thursday is only ford and kavanaugh telling their stories, well see if republicans bring in outside counsel to question both of them or not. how does that look if senators then vote on that without hearing from ramirez, without hearing fr...

Going to even listen to this person and that she should not be heard, and if she is, we should still confirm him no matter what she says that raises a lot of questions among people who want the supreme court not to be just a partisan institution, but to have independent voices. >> obviously theres been some criticism among some that this is just purely for theatrics, that republicans and congress are hearing these testimonies purely for the sake of saying, look, we did our job, but in reality th...

Harder and more so on these few swing senators, particularly on the republican side to decide who do i believe? >> to the point of an investigation first before testimony, there are other people who have been identified as having knowledge about the facts here. they are not even scheduled for testimony, no less investigation steps. to set it up as a he said she said is unfair as legal process when other witnesses can be called. >> i will leave it with the thought that if she testifies one thing ...

Democratic women in the 1992 elections the following year. it was a real consciousness raising that took place. it was still basically a he said, she said swigs. this is as well. at that time most people believe charns thomas including and this is very important, african-american democrats. brett kavanaughs base is basically the trump base. the question is, does that include the trump women? all of these senators who are will be sitting in judgment of this, they have to be wondering how are wome...

Confirmed last year and nominees that the white house and mitch mcconnell have been shepherding to the senate. we reported not only that tid bit but mitch mcconnell and donald trup p were on the phone before the kennedy retirement talking about the prospect of a kennedy retirement and immediately after. don mcgahn started to make phone calls and brought up see key senators to the white house on thursday evening. youll see a lot of attention paid on swing senators and a lot of coordination with l...

And this is what should worry republicans right now. i write about it this week, but just in the last couple of months in those states that you have been mentioning where theyre the swing senators, almost 6 smlds has been spent on ads saying this bill is terrible, vote against it, senator. there has not been one piece of advertising saying why its good, not one. >> strategicly whoever is in charge of this, this has been a big bung elit seems. >> the messaging has been poor. put the politics asid...

Going to get worse for the white house as just about everybody v.a. facility in the country is under some form of scrutiny in the local media. >> growing outrage this morning surrounding the scandal involving the phoenix v.a. >> workers are accused of, quote, inappropriate scheduling practices. >> charges of a coverup, and they include the v.a. hospital here in san antonio. >> the president has never been willing to sacrifice someone at the alter of washington scandal, even if its most political...

Henderson, nevada, outside las vegas. he has been introduced by harry reid. chuck todd is going to be joining us out there. this is the presidents sweep through the swing states, trying to save some swing senators, harry reid the majority leader perhaps the most endangered of them all. >> the president is a mixed bag in nevada. if you look at his approval ratings, they clearly want to get him in early so he can raise money. >> lets hear what the president has to say. >> i love you back. weve got...