prejudicing the results, prejudging the results by making statements like, we're going to plow through to a vote, or i'll listen to a lady but let's hear her out, is that due process for dr. ford? is it due process or fair process? it seems like republicans are making it up as they go along. they're saying they're going to have a prosecutor whose identify they won't release? it makes it seem like they can't help themselves. they can't help but say something sexist or insensitive to victims. and they realize that a big portion of america is finding these allegations credible so are they going to sit there during these proceedings, stony-faced? is this going to be an illustration to their base that white men are being silenced? i don't think anybody understands what this is going to be like. to me it does not look like a fair process, it does not have the markings of a fair process. >> speak to that, a town that you've covered for some time, that when a woman walks into this judiciary committee hearing on thursday as the first