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Campaign rally in west virginia. check in with cnn ryan nobles at the white house. unclear, will the president actually talk about kavanaugh? this entire week. the process, et cetera, when stumping? >> reporter: definitely something to look for tonight, fred. the president has been uncharacteristically reserved. careful not to attack dr. christine blasey ford, the accuser of brett kavanaugh. remember, it was the white house that took the recommendation of the senate and ordered this investigatio...

You are looking for a fair process? you came to the wrong town, at the wrong time, my friend. >> martha: that was a moment that people are not going to forget for a long time. well discuss it in a moment. but lindsey graham was in the hallway moments ago and he commented on what happened in there. watch this. >> yeah. i thought what they did to kavanaugh was despicable. i feel sorry for dr. ford. it doesnt matter. i believe him. absolutely i believe him. i think she by abused by the process. i t...

They have to decide what works best. they have gone over and above to accommodate dr. ford. she had a laundry list of demands including for the first time in american jurisprudence being the accuser but going second. what is judge kavanaugh supposed to respond to? a "the washington post" report? media rumors instead of sworn testimony that she would give respond to? they have accommodated her request over the course of 11 days now. and i think that my boss moves at a pace that most people are no...

Thats what susan collins thinks. >> while we want and we fight every day for women to have their is voices and to understand that our experiences and stories will be not only understood, believed, valued, but also in a case like this, isnt it important that a woman has her voice but also has to have her questions. if she wants things to bearing out in the law or for something like a supreme court nomination to be considered, if you feel its your moral duty to understand your story and the proces...

This case and the seriousness of the actions being pushed aside by the political calculations? >> all i see, leland are political calculations in this, the democrats waited till the last minute to spring it on the world, judge kavanaugh has got this great record that nobody is talking about. i feel for judge kavanaugh, i feel for everybody involved in this. its just a typical democrat political trick. leland we saw this back in anita hill and clarence thomas, its a rerun of what we saw in 1991. ...

More should be on senator feinstein, somebody who has been in washington for 25 years and an 25-year-old senator should know better than to not kavanaugh in private about it. have an opportunity to share that letter with republicans on the committee and never do that and unveil it the week before the vote is supposed to happen. it was a political move. >> she was in an awkward position because professor ford said to her and said to others im telling you this, but i dont want to go public and i d...

Congress. the chairman has been exemplary in how he has handled this. he has that we will come to california, we will do this privately, but theyre going to have to hear from dr. ford in the end, and if she is not willing to come forward, these proceedings need to move on, and we need to nominate judge kavanaugh. >> bill: conversely, what do you think the deal is for democrats right now? if she doesnt show? >> i think they have turned this into a political parlor game. of the voters are looking ...

By the way, i want a full investigation. why dont you? when senator grassley says he wont even call or compel supposedly the third party in the room there, wont do anymore due diligence -- >> he doesnt want a full investigation. then we get all tangled in the midterms. heres a woman who, you know, is a victim and now her situation is being tangled in the timing of an election. >> one last point. shes being victimized a second time by the process. yesterday we had the president declassify informa...

>> do you think his confirmation is on track? >> i think hes on track. if they delay it just a little bit to make sure everybody is happy -- they want to be happy. the republican senators want to be 100% happy themselves. >> wow. >> wow, that made sense. >> a little restraint there, willie. >> on the sliding scale of trump being measured, that was pretty measured for donald trump saying theres a process. if we have to delay the process, im okay with that. but what were hearing despite that vocal...

But there has to be a hearing on it. and ron clain, he had a pretty sensible suggestion, i thought, that hes made in a few different venues over the past few days. and that was the senate judiciary committee ought to go out and retail a professional prosecutor to do the questioning of both witnesses rather than leave it to the extraordinary sweep of politics that you know is going to occur next monday. >> i wish the democrats could have done this a lot sooner. they had this information for many ...