Trump land ing ing in africa. Did donald trump personally order his son to keep Stormy Daniels quiet. Welcome to the lead everyone. Im jake tapper. The politics lead. President trump laying down a red line saying it would not be acceptable if his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh lied in his testimony before the Senate Judiciary committee. Not just about whether kavanaugh ever committed Sexual Assault, which the judge has vociferously denied, but his characterization of drinking habits as a young man. Denial he was aggressive or ever passed out or memory loss under increased scrutiny particularly in the wake of a Police Report revealing kavanaugh was questioned by police after allegedly starting a bar fight while a student at yale in the 1980s. Some republican senators said if kavanaugh was not honest in front of congress they will have trouble voting for him. Today President Trump seemed to agree with that assessment and voicesing strong support for his pick saying he did not find anything wrong with kavanaughs College Drinking habits calling it totally normal. President trump also as is his finding sympathy for those accused of sexual crimes saying reaction to allegations of Sexual Misconduct make it a very scary time for young men in america. Cat lynn calle Kaitlan Collins is at the white house. If this kwums a day after the president went much farther than kavanaugh describing him as having difficulty with drinking . Reporter jake, seems to be a guarded optimism on the president s part. A far cry from what we saw when the president first nominated Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee, bragging the ideal candidate for this position. Ivy league educated, a family man. Now jake, seems to be hoping that his nomination can hang on. President trump voicing confidence in his Supreme Court nominee today, but not without a word of caution. As he left the white house for philadelphia, the president telling reporters hes optimistic the senate can vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh in the coming days. Hopefully as mitch said, theyll have a vote by the end of the week, and it will be a positive vote. Reporter but trump making clear kavanaughs fate remains uncertain, as the fbi investigates the Sexual Assault allegations made against him. A lot is going to depend on what comes back from the fbi, in terms of their additional number seven investigation. Reporter trump implying even he could be swayed by the outcome. Were going have to see what the fbi says. Theyll come back with a report. Reporter amid questions about whether Brett Kavanaugh was truthful when he downplayed drinking in high school and college, the president drawing a line at lying to lawmakers. You shouldnt lie to congress. To me that would not be acceptable. Reporter trump, sources say privately voiced suspicion an the Metoo Movement claimed today its a scary time for young men in america. Its a very scary situation where youre guilty until proven innocent. Reporter outing, he believes the outcome of all of this will be bigger than judge kavanaugh. Whats happening here has much more to do than even the appointment of a Supreme Court justice. It really does. Reporter those statements echoing what donald trump jr. Said about the allegations against kavanaugh in a recent interview. Who are you scared most for . Or sons or daughter . Right now, my sons. Reporter asked what message for young women . Trump only offering this [ inaudible ]. Reporter we know White House Counsel Don Mcgahn is being kept updated into the investigation of Brett Kavanaugh. What we see from President Trump, hes continuing to grow more and more frustrated as this entire process is delayed. Jake . Kaitlan collins apartment the white house. Talk about it with experts. Josh holmes, President Trump laying down a line. Saying if he lied, thats not acceptables does that concern you at all . Not President Trumps line. Thats the law. Right . You dont lie anywhere when talking to the federal Judiciary Committee in the senate . The house . Saying, oh, thats movingal g t goal posts. Now looking at whether or not he committed perjury, not being honest about drinking. Mcconnells line. Not mine. Two extremely different things. Were talking about whether youve mate a factual misrepresentation about an allegation that has come upon you. I think on that, judge kavanaugh is in the clear. Where weve gotten wrapped around the axle over the last week, a constant conversation whether or not hes been at frat parties. Thrown some thats not, its not whether he threw beer. The debate is not whether he threw ice or not whether he was at a frat party. The debate, did he lie to congress denying all of that kind of activity . Thats why i think what the president is he said he never blacked out, never got really drunk. He said sometimes he had too many beers, but also did say, scott, that he never got aggressive. He didnt say he never got aggressive as, drunk. Never got aggressive and now evidence he got aggressive. The issue, will the fbi, when the fbi looks at these sets of facts, do they look at credibility of Brett Kavanaugh and does the senate look at credibility and the fact he misled the senate in a number of statements i think is important that its per touching team members of the senate like senator flake as well as donald trump. You dont agree . No. He clearly said how many times have we seen it played over and over again. I like beer, yes, i had too many beerss sometimes others had too many beers. Clearly admitted he was ene inebriated in college. Do you know he was violent . I dont. The president says, ever aggressive, he said, no. His opinion and swore under oath. Youre saying that, because i dont like his politics he must be a liar . Im not saying that nap is false. He told the truth we have it on, guys, a question four. We have the video of the specific question when senator chris cooms asked about this. There had been a roommate saying sometimes he gauss belligerent. Heres the question and exactly what was said. Let me, if i can, return to a line of questioning my colleague was on before. Which was about whether youve ever gotten aggressive while drinking or forgotten an evening after drinking. Those are two different questions. Already answered the second one. As to the first, i think the answer to that is basically, no. The quote that jumped out at me was brett was a sloppy drunk and i know because i drank with him. Theres also i dont think i do not think thats a fair characterization. Smoimone . I dont believe Brett Kavanaugh, jake. Shocker. Look, if Brett Kavanaugh had told other lies under oath, ill call them lies, for example, i got into yale on my own. His grandfather went to yale. Why are you lying about that . Brett kavanaughs going to lie about that, lie about a devils triangle. Not forthcoming and truthful how much he did drink, why is it hard for us to believe hes not telling the truth here . What i saw in the excontaining, someone who was a judge, who was a skilled attorney, who was Walking Around the words to try to constrain himself to this little thing right here. Brett kavanaughs not believable in this scenario. So i know it might feel unfortunate. The thing that saved Brett Kavanaugh, the fact he lied about getting down in college. I remind everybody, bill clinton got impeach for lying about a blow job. So, please. Thank you for that. Speaking to bill clinton. Its true. I know. Just didnt think its the first time that words been on the show speaking of the 199899, bill clinton. Listen to video our friends at cspan put up. Lindsey graham in the house. Impeachment manager talking about lying and the importance of people not lying. When you found that a judge was a perjure, you couldnt in good conscience send him back in a courtroom, because everybody that came in that courtroom thereafter would have a real serious doubt. Do we all agree that a judge perjury consult is a disqualification . You just say, he didnt. I think its a perfect illustration of a circus this has become. We started out with a very serious allegation of Sexual Assault. We had dr. Ford in front of the Senate Judiciary committee three hours documenting in dwhetail wt her claims were. All senators are available to review the fbi report over the course of the week and hope they take it seriously. All of us gather talking an whether or not Brett Kavanaugh had a good time in college or whether or not these characterized his drinking one way or the other. Nope. Thats not the issue here. Sum it up, and then well go to you. The reason were doing that, is because nobody has any corroborating evidence for the initial claim, not a single bit of it. Nope. Heres the issue its an entirely different issue. The issue is, if its true that he did get so drunk that he forgot, when he testified to the Senate Whether this happened, he could not give an answer of, no, he absolutely knows did not happen with dr. Ford. This is why these issues are connected. I know that people, i know its maverick of the morningmitch. L itsofMitch Mcconnells strategy talking about beers and drinking, but were not. Talking about credibility whether or not when Brett Kavanaugh said to the senate this did not happen, he could be 100 honest. Just a second. Dr. Ford asked for an fbi investigation. She is the one who said, let us pursue this, get all the facts, have the fbi do this. Thats why i think were getting that. I think we should see credibility against credibility. His credibility is at stake here. How would anyone in the world except brshg Bett Kavanaugh wer kwpkwp kwp be qualified to say whether he forgot . You have nothing else. End of the week, you want a conversation about perjury. What will happen, friday, democrats, well i guess we need another week and another week. No. The name of the game, delay. A quick break. Former nba journeyman, in the 80s factoring in the Brett Kavanaugh report and President Trump given more than 400 million, todays dollars, from his father mostly through tax schemes. What about the president who said he could save america because he said he was a selfmade billionaire . After this. E. Thats why verizon lets you mix and match your family unlimited plan so everyone gets the plan they want, without paying for things they dont. And right now, the whole family can get six months of free apple music on verizon. Oh. So lets play that reggaeton. 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More stories about kavanaughs actions in college, truthfulness about drinking habits as a young plan. Right to jessica schneider. The latest incident involve as bar fight kavanaugh is accused of starting in 1985. Republicanance say, a nonissue. Exactly right and blasting what they say is an unrelenting Smear Campaign is against Brett Kavanaugh, but cnn obtained that Police Report documenting kavanaugh and close classmate chris dudley involved in a bar brawl near yale in 1985. Where might turn its focus next. Wrapping up an interview with mark judge, four of the key witnesses republicans wanted investigators to talk to. Man, the old gem. Here at georgetown prep. Reporter judge is is a filmmaker, Christine Blasey ford says was in the room when she was assaulted at a High School Party in 1982. A couple of times i made eye contact with mark and thought he might try to help me, but he did not. Reporter both judge and kavanaugh denied allegations. At least three others talked to the fbi. Leland keyser and p. J. Smyth at the party, both have no recollection, and deborah ramirez, accusing kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a yale party. Blasey fords team says they have not been contacted by the fbi as questions mount about the extent of the agencys investigation. Republican senator jeff flake said the fbi is questioning more witnesses. They interviewed the first four that were named, and have branched off from there, my understanding, and are interviewing additional individuals, and as it should be, and i hope that they follow leads that come from those first interviews. Reporter this as cnn obtained an unredacted Police Report substantiating a claim made by chasemate chad peddington that he start add brawl in 1985. He said [ bleep ] you, or something to that effect, and threw the ice at the guy, and the guy understandably, even though he had been aggressive in his response, found that was a step too far so he took a swing and brett and kind of a, two guys fighting. Reporter telling cnn he contacted the fbi alleging kavanaugh misrepresented his College Drinking habits to congress. Definitely some aggression that did come out quite often when brett was drinking. Reporter the Police Report shows kavanaughs close friend chris dudley was detained. His lawyer says, to be clear, after investigation, chris dudley was never arrested by yale or new haven police, never charged with a crime and never set foot in court. Dudley, a former nba player defended kavanaugh saying he never saw him black out during this time in college together. New haven police say the report is inconclusive regarding kavanaughs physical state that night. In the report, kavanaugh preferred not to answer whether he threw the ice. They saw in the report there is nothing that indicates whether or not he was inebriated. Reporter new havens police chief said the department was not contacted by the fbi about that incident. Meanwhile, jake, michael avenatti, lawyer for the third accuser Julie Swetnick says she, too, has not been contacted by the fbi. Jake . Jessica schneider, thanks. Simone, republicans seem to be getting very excited about this issue, in a way that might hurt democrats in the midterms. Take a look at the quinnipiac poll. In september, democrats had a 14point lead. Now democrats have a 7point lead. Republicans are getting motivated and its hard to escape the conclusion that this might be part of the reason. Kavanaugh. Look, i think my polling friends here would agree with me that a Midterm Election is not a generic ballot. Its about specific house races, specific senate races, gubernatorial races. Not surprising thats shrinking. I care what the people are saying in specific districts and folks saying the fact is democrats are out there running on issues across the country. I am not concerned. I think if we continue to talk about the things that resonate with folks. How the tax cut was for billionaires and millionaires, not regular folks. How democrats are the folks that are going to, if you put us in charge, we are the folks that are going to hold this white house accountable and get something done for you. Talk about the economy. Things democrats are talking about and what will resinate. And President Trump is out there on the campaign trail talking about kavanaugh. Talking about how democrats are smearing him. And of course, if i were simone, my party was tanking because of the ish issues i would say exactly what she just said. The reality, sweet jesus, the republican party, first time in Donald Trumps tenure, the never trumpers, lukewarm trumper, allin on kavanaugh. Never seen a galvanizing bar fig