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Ford's wishes and delay the hearing. jo carrie, let me start with you. it's been a long day. what do you make of this desire by the attorney for professor ford and clearly professor ford to essentially say, look, no matter what, monday is a no go. there should be an investigation. even if there's an investigation that started, it's going to take more time than monday. >> i think what we have seen is a pattern of delay. this seems to be a moving of th most. they were talking about the normal process. the regular process is you update the background file with the background investigation.

Every single judicial nomination to date. you saw this happen with rob porter, with every single person who they are charged with actually trying to find out is there any reason to believe this person is not qualified. they hand that over. what the president is trying to do is be dismissive because it ended up in a background file. the amount of time they have to do so is going to be crucial. this is a decade's old allegation. they need time to investigate. whether they want to do it in a week, they probably have zero interest in that. not not investigating entirely. >> senator hatch said the ...

Pattern of delay. this seems to be a moving of the goal posts again. the democrats are the ones who seem to be doing it the most. we were talking about the normal process and the regular process is, you update the background file with the background investigation call. they've done one you have those to update it. the democrats boycotted the call. they say we want this process. senator grassley has bent over backwards to offer every possible thing they want. would you like to have a hearing in front of cameras or a phone call? would you liking to having it public and confidential? there's lots...

>> the president said the fbi doesn't want to be involved in this. i mean, is that. >> i would find that shocking to know that the fbi was not have had in doing that which it does with every single judicial nomination to date. their job is to conduct the background inquiry to figure out if this person has any skeletons in their closet. you saw this happen with rob porter and every person they are charged with actually trying to find out, is there any reason to believe this person is not qualified and they hand that over. what the president is trying to do is be dismissive because it ended up i...

Complete. if they have a background file and they have for everybody seeking a security clearance, and let's remember rob porter and the background information, they absolutely now have some indication that their investigation is not complete, their background check is no longer complete. even if the president stating they must continue, they have reason to believe there's additional work to be done. the reason there's not an interest in trying to have this case pursued, not just what christine was talking about, the notion of sexual assault, but the supreme court term is set to begin in octob...