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Democratic congressman would be running the house judiciary committee and in that capacity, he has already said in a number of interviews he would pursue an investigation of brett kavanaugh when he gets the gavel. what we dont know is what that means, what is an investigation of what and into what? harvard law professor and author of the case against impeaching trump, alan dershowitz with that alan very good to have you. thank you. neil: what do you make of what hes getting at here? what would h...

Thank you very very much. good catching up with you. all right were focusing on not only inside the senate but outside the senate where protesters are gathering, making one last protest clear, that they are not happy with this process, that it wasnt fair, it wasnt balanced, after this. >> [chanting ] in-laws were coming, a little bit of water, it really- it rocked our world. i had no idea the amount of damage that water could do. we called usaa. and they greeted me as they always do. sergeant ba...

The house, and he would run the judiciary committee pursuing an investigation of presumably by then associate justice kavanaugh so the back and forth and back and fourth. where does it end? >> i dont think its going to end unfortunately. i think that this is going to continue as were seeing it continue with these protesters out in the street. we already know they have the votes and we already know hes going to be confirmed and yet people arent letting this know and they arent letting this go and...

Roberts would report swearing in would be monday or tuesday. where does this all stand? a familiar face to all of you, and a breath of fresh air for us, because he can answer our dumb questions and put this in perspective, the former u.s. chief attorney andrew mccarthy, without revealing anything, you dont count your chicken before they hatch. weve seen a lot of twists and turns here. is there anything that you enqvist that could disrupt this process? >> no, but what this process, i think, has t...

Theres enough blame to go around whether you like this process or not, but i believe harry started it. >> yeah, its just so ugly and so sad that it got so divided that the country is so divided and whats going to happen, whats going to happen, who is going to be fired up for the midterms. neil: who is? who is more fired up? >> oh, my gosh, im willing to think that those who are comfortable and happy are perhaps the winners in this, who are the republicans. neil: but if youre comfortable and happ...

I was talking to a protester a few moments ago and i want you to listen to what he had to say. >> to me, that investigation is representing a sham. theres no access to look through the results of the investigation, not sufficient access. >> then how can we believe that this is okay now? the fact that kavanaugh is being-- judge kavanaugh is being confirmed today? how can we believe, right, as a nation that this is happening, that this is happening in a legitimate process? >> neil, i have to tell ...

Continuous problem that seems to be existing, not only in america, but around the globe and thats sexual assault and not wanting to believe or who to believe and how to treat the situation and to be more open about it. and so i think thats the bigger issue and thats why people are so angry. several people have come forward, whether theyre right or wrong or memory may be off, we cant discount people that have gone through that experience. and i think thats the most important part here. by nominat...

That michael avanati presented who it may be that she never even met this man. it may be im not saying she did but she made up the whole information. and if were going to have an investigation let it me non- partisan and broadly based but i think if theres an investigation its much better to look forward, see if we can improve the process rather than just relitigate the past. neil: it seems like a good man it are trying to re-litigate the past, allen, theyve even gone on with dr. ford to say sin...

Street i feel like you can do what you got to do until youre stopping me from getting where i need to go. went ever protesters lay in the street i hope i have the guts to walk up to them and say you know youre making everyone hate you. neil: but you alluded at the outset this is narrowing the preference gap between republicans and democrats and who takes over washington and weve seen that because it fluctuates wildly. in a mid-term election normally its the hate that gets out to vote. its that y...

If you had a right-leaning judge replacing a left-leaning justice. it would be no holds barred. and i expect on other circumstances wed have the more traditional process. neil: i dont know, i think now that weve opened that gate, you know. >> again, if a right-leaning judge is on the court especially to replace a left-leaning judge, i donten that high school will be far enough back to go. neil: all right. you have to defer to my legal expertise. >> i do, i do. [laughter] >> like i know what im t...