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That is assigned to confidentially investigate these allegations. earlier tonight the senate passed a motion to begin debate on kavanaugh, largely procedural. nothing will happen as it is now in recess until monday, and a reminder the fbi has a week to do their work. let's bring in our lead-off panel on this busy friday night. maya wily is back with us, a former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, currently a professor at the new school here in new york. jill colvin back with us, white house reporter for the "associated press." we welcome back kelsey snell, congressi...

Will confirm him, and through this process that we've gone through it will ideally in their mind sort of lift at least some of this cloud over kavanaugh. if they can say, look, we have genuinely done this investigation, we've done what the democrats were asking for, the fbi investigated and at this point, you know, we're backing kavanaugh. >> kelsey, there is also, as a democratic operative reminded me tonight, there's a trap in here potentially. >> oh, sure. i mean it is very difficult because on the one hand if it comes back that the fbi is not able to find anything new here, it could give a...

Us all as republicans because this happens to us, it never happens to them, but let me tell you, my democratic friends, if this is the new norm, you better watch out for your nominees. >> yeah, democrats. if you're not careful, if you're not careful pretty soon there will be no accused section offenders in government. do you really want that? is that what we want! stephen colbert gets tonight's last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. ♪ tonight it is on hold, the vote on brett kavanaugh put off for a week while the fbi investigates. it was prompted by the actions of repub...

Veteran agent. let me ask you about a polygraph test for kavanaugh. is he under any obligation, and if he passes, -- if he says no, i don't want to take one, does it get noted somewhere? >> absolutely it will be offered, and i have seen it done. i have personally been involved in derogatory allegations against nominees where a polygraph was taken, and, in fact, in those cases it has cleared the nominee. so dr. ford took a polygraph exam. judge kavanaugh will be offered one, and if he refuses it will be noted. i'm going to tell you something. with the number of people believing that dr. kavanau...

Are forced to wait and president trump uses unusually measured words when talking about the woman who started it all, dr. christine blasey ford. all of it as the 11th hour gets under way on a busy friday night. ♪ well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. this was day 617 of the trump administration, and it appears that in the last 24 hours three women may have changed the course of history. they are dr. christine blasey ford, anna maria arcella and maria gallagher. dr. ford, of course, gave that emotional testimony yesterday, and the last two women's na...