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>> shepard: the democrat senator mazie hirono from hawaii says her colleagues need to focus on getting control of congress. >> and i said to the women who are justifiably angry but determined i said they should focus like a laser beam on the elections because they have connected the dots. they know the senators who are making these confirmation decisions are the people elected by their voters. >> shepard: a deeply divided senate confirmed justice kavanaugh 50 to 48 on saturday in the closest vote to put a supreme court justice on the bench since 1881. at the center was dr. dr. christine blasey...

Making these confirmation decisions are the people elected by their voters and as voters they have a role to play. >> senator, thank you so much. appreciate your time this morning. voters across the country head to the polls in one month and president trump is on the campaign trail, telling his supporters, quote, in a certain way i'm on the ballot. is president trump hurting or helping his party? joining me now is republican governor john kasich of ohio. good morning, governor. let me get straight to it. the senate has confirmed brett kavanaugh. he is now a justice. are you happy about that?...

That occurs and people make their own decisions. if they violate the law, they have to account. >> on that some of your democratic colleagues have been saying that the democrats, your fellow democrats' case was weak understand by michael avenatti, the lawyer representing a woman who claimed kavanaugh facilitated gang rape? >> there were other aspects and allegations and reports that we wanted the fbi to investigate and they did not, why, because the white house very much limited the scope of this so-called investigation which was a sham. >> should brett kavanaugh be impeached if democrats take...

They know the senators are making this confirmation decisions of the people elected by their voters. reporter: house minority leader nancy pelosi on kavanaugh's confirmation now vowing to watch further investigation if the democrats are able to retake the house majority in november. my good train to midterm is 30 days from today. get ready. gary tenney, thanks a lot. >> judy miller is an adjunct fellow at the manhattan institute for policy research pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author as well. let's get your take. who's going to be more galvanized, judy? >> that is the key question for...

Maine have trusted me to exercise my best judgment. that's what i did in this case. >> she said that she thinks that -- she said that dr. ford thing thinks she was assaulted which is more insulting than saying she gave a very credible account. i certainly believe dr. ford. the senators are making these confirmation decisions are the people who are elected by their voters. and so as voters they have a role to play. >> with control of congress on the line, the president's base is hoping to ride his wave of victories all the way to the polls. but fired up democrats are vowing revenge come novembe...