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Said in the course of the confirmation hearing process. i think there's plenty of evidence out there that should give someone real pause about supporting the nomination of judge kavanaugh. >> well, we'll all be watching. this has been some process to behold. you were one of the bright spots. you and jeff flake. you did something that was about more than just partisan advantage. senator -- >> and i'm grateful to jeff for that. >> and he, i'm sure, is grateful to you for making your side agree to it. we'll see what happens when the report comes out, what's in it, how people feel about the timing...

Political confirmation hearing process, it increases the danger that who ever comes out of it will be viewed in those terms. so if justice -- or judge kavanaugh is confirmed by the end of this week, he could conceivably be sitting on the high court as early as october 8th. if throughout the fbi investigation some new revelation occurs or some damaging information and he is not confirmed, then the process will start all over again, throwing into doubt whether they can have a new justice seated before the midterm election. but given the republican anger and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell...

Wait a minute. reportedly she did hand the letter over to the fbi investigative body. from there, we don't know what happened until her name became public and then her story was out there. >> then they used leaks and reports in "the washington post." >> it brings us to right now and whether she will testify and whether conditions are there for her to testify. do you see it beneficial when you talk about the character in which someone is asked about during this confirmation hearing process, do you see it is important to hear both sides, from her, from him? >> i think that's what chairman grassl...

On end when it came to merrick garland. it is up to the chairman of the judiciary committee to determine how fast or slow this should go. in the name of justice, should time be valued here? >> this was an about seg raxecc process, too. >> if we can agree that the confirmation hearing process thus far has afforded both sides the opportunity to ask whatever questions they would like to ask and at this point in time the sole remaining issue is now something that could have been handled confidently. >> if i -- if i understand correctly, the documents they are claiming they did not get to see are d...

Who has denied it but also said he doesn't remember what was going on. he's also quite a colorful character whose testimony would be quite interesting. >> so much would come up. would they have to call the therapist, someone who has the notes saying she talked about it in 2012? it would be a massively viewed hearing, that's for sure. >> one other element, joan, if you can help me out quickly. senator mcconnell, he could skip the committee vote altogether. he could take this straight to the floor. what would that do to judge kavanaugh's chances if the republican leader did that, do you think? >...