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Investigations are done, before corroborating evidence is evaluated, this is a very painful day and a very sad day for our country. >> senator cory booker again, after a very long day, i thank you for making time this evening. >> thank you. i want to turn to bob bower. you were in the position to oversee judicial nominations, and that process. what did you think about what happened today? >> i thought, first of all, this hearing today underscored the mistake that the white house made early on by not reopening the investigative background process. i thought that was a big mistake, frankly eve...

But really that's a pretty slim hope. i don't think we'll see closure at the end of the day. maybe we'll be a little bit further down that road. we'll end today with more questions than we start today with, almost certainly. we'll have a sense of additional witnesses. we'll have a sense that there needs revitalized fbi background process. we'll have a sense we're not ready to have a vote tomorrow. this is so heavily reminiscent and john heilemann's comments made me think about what happened in alabama during the special senate election where allegations came forward to that roy moore one of th...

Possibly can that would enable you to ask the right questions? the same is true for those who believe her and have questions for the judge. for judge kavanaugh. which is you have to know what you're going to ask. you never base a witness testimony only on the witness, him or herself. you always have additional information. that's always the way it's done and that's why you have a background process and if you have new information that comes forward, you want to get additional background. >> ashley parker, two questions to start you off. is there a plan "b" in the west wing, and how tied is the...

Parents deported or otherwise n unaccounted for. here is tal kopan. >> reporter: the deadline has come and gone and we have new numbers on how many of those were reunited on time. the government last night gave us an update that roughly 1,400 of the families were eligible and reunited by thursday evening. they said another almost 400 of those children that they identified were released from health and human services custody. they did not specify if those were to a parent or some who went to families or friends in the country. that leaves about 700 children who were not reunited with a parent b...

The government last night gave us an update that roughly 1,400 of the families were eligible and reunited by thursday evening. they said another almost 400 of those children that they identified were released from health and human services custody. they did not specify if those were to a parent or some who went to families or friends in the country. that leaves about 700 children who were not reunited with a parent by the court deadline. that breaks down mostly with parents who are actually no longer in the country. presumably deported. there are parents they say declined to be reunified and t...