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No republican staffers were on tonight's conference call. we asked chairman grassley's office to respond. we received a chachb e-mails. this chachb e-mails here which goes back several days. got no direct answer to our question about no republicans being on the call. we have just been going through this while we were playing that interview and it seems like they're talking past each other. mike davis a number of times asks over the last several days mr. clune saying "before we discuss a phone call or any other next steps we need to have the following information. one, does ms. ramirez have any...

Serious about that goal, they would have asked for an fbi investigation. i know that it seems like common sense, but no prosecutor, and i was a prosecutor for many years before coming to this job, would put a witness on the stand, not to mention a crime survivor, without first investigating the allegation. and all of the facts. because we ought to have a common goal of investigating the facts. and this process now has become so partisan, sadly and regrettably, it is almost another nail on the coffin of a non-partisan supreme court. and it will i fear stain and cloud not only this nomination, b...

To say but it doesn't mean what debris disclosed is not true. >> what is the current status of any discussions or negotiations you've had with the senate judiciary committee? because as recently as a few hours ago chairman grassley said that ms. ramirez's legal team was just referring the committee to the "new yorker" article and giving no other comment. he also said and i'm quoting, "if ms. ramirez submits evidence and testimony to the senate judiciary committee which committee investigators have requested we can decide how to proceed." >> yeah, i don't know where the senator is getting that ...

Committee has now tentatively scheduled its vote for not even 24 hours after thursday's hearing, i'm wondering to you what does that say about this process? >> scheduling this hearing even before hearing dr. blasey ford on thursday demonstrates exactly the disregard and disrespect for assault survivors that shames and silences so many before they come forward. and the message, very clear. they are less interested in the truth, in the facts and evidence, than in putting ideological extremists on the court. and these insulting, demeaning, disrespectful comments by the president, by the majority ...

Thursday's testimony from judge kavanaugh and his first accuser, christine blasey ford. now, we should note just a few minutes ago they added a caveat. they're only potentially going to vote. but nonetheless, it's been added to the schedule, and it certainly tracks with what many republicans have been saying about the need to vote and the refusal to hear public testimony on thursday from anyone beyond those two witnesses. >> i'm glad we'll be able to hear testimony from both. and then i look forward to an up or down vote on this nomination right here on the senate floor. >> late today in a let...