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Tell the truth in his testimony, specifically when he was asked about if he has ever drank to the point of blacking out. jeff flake was asked about it on "60 minutes," the idea of lying. he's obviously a key voice. i won't play the sound because we're probably going to the president soon, but if he was lying, if he was shown to have lied to the committee, is the nomination over. and jeff flake says, oh, yes. did flake paint himself into a corner here, do you think? >> i think jeff flake, you know, ever since he made that decision in the committee hearing to delay the vote basically on judge ka...

A lengthy investigation. one of the things that they have been pushing hard on is to try to prove that he blacked out. if they can prove he blacked out from drinking even once, i guess you can say perhaps he blacked out during these events? >> no. i think that their goal is to prove that he blacked out and thereby misled the congress because misleading the congress -- >> martha: there are two sides to it. >> of course there are two sides. first of all, blacking out as a student -- i don't want to get in trouble for saying this -- it's not a crime, it's not a good thing, but it's not a crime. b...

Point of blacking out. >> reporter: trump, instead, turning to his own sobriety today. >> i can honestly say i never had a beer in my life, okay. it is one of my only good traits. can you imagine if i had what a mess i'd be? >> reporter: trump also suggesting that democratic senators who raised questions about kavanaugh's drinking are being hypocritical. >> i happen to know some united states senators, one who is on the other side who's pretty aggressive. i've seen that person in very bad situations. >> reporter: the white house has given the fbi a week to investigate kavanaugh, and trump says...

Meanwhile, a new claim from a former yale university classmate who said he saw firsthand many years ago what kavanaugh was like in at this time college days. chad ludington told cnn i can unequivocally say i can deny the possibility his blackout. he has not told the truth. that contradict what is he said under oath. >> i drank beer with my friends. almost everyone d. sometimes i had too many beers. sometimes others did. i liked beer. i still like beer. but i did not drink beer to the point of blacking out. >> back with us, did the supreme

Kavanaugh's nomination if it's proven he lied, trump said -- >> this is not a man that said that alcohol was -- that he was perfect with respect to alcohol. >> trump adding he was impressed by kavanaugh's candor, but not answering the question. >> i watched that hearing. and i watched a man saying that he did have difficulty as a young man with drink. >> though kavanaugh never described a difficulty with drinking. and instead attempted to downplay his consumption, characterizing it as normal. >> i liked beer. i still like beer. but i did not drink beer to the point of blacking out. >> trump in...