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Acceptable. we want to get to the bottom of everything. we want everybody to be able to speak up and to speak out. >> reporter: as democrats call for the fbi to investigate the allegations, republicans along with the president disagreed. >> i don't think the fbi really should be involved because they don't want to be involved. if they wanted to be i would certainly do that but as you know they say this is not really their thing. >> reporter: second straight day, kavanaugh hunkered down inside the white house preparing for a public hearing on monday where officials say he wants to defend his in...

In the land. and just weeks before the midterm elections where control of congress is at stake we have team fox coverage this hour beginning with the chief white house correspondent john roberts who was in the briefing and joins us from the briefing room now. john? >> shep, good evening to you from the east room of the white house. judge kavanaugh has been here all day today as he was yesterday meeting with the confirmation team, trying to find a way forward through all of this. as the senate continues to discuss what they plan to do. right now senator charles grassley the chairman of the judi...

Woman's letter with the accusation in judge kavanaugh's background file, but all 10 democrats on the judiciary committee on the nomination and they say they want an fbi investigation before the panel even moves forward. we are waiting to hear more from the fbi, but typically they don't comment on investigations even if there was one here. >> thanks for the update. the white house meanwhile is defending brett kavanaugh and officials tell cnn president trump is upset and annoyed. our senior correspondent is here and jeff, we know judge kavanaugh made a trip to the white house earlier in the day....

Manager is useful. >> and he knows something about sherpas. he was chief justice for john roberts and harriet meyers that with drew. so gillespie understand what kyle is looking for in the meetings. >> he will get a read, an objective read from the meetings of body language and knowing his former colleagues as he does and report it in to the process as the white house team, the confirmation team tries to assess the standing and where they are in terms of the whip couldn't. >> other sherpas include dan coats for sam alito and chuck schumer guided sonya soto mayo throw her confirmation process. ...

Is already making up his mind on who he wants. a confirmation team of top republican advisers is prepared for a possible announcement. the president had originally planned to reveal the name on thursday. he had been tweeting it all last week. get ready for my supreme court pick on thursday. now the white house eager to change focus from all of this controversy with the travel ban to something else. if he makes a supreme court pick today, people will talk about it. they will not stop talking about the ban. the trump administration with the stunning reorganization of the national security coun...