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>> this whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fueled with apparent pent up anger about president trump and the 2016 election, fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record, revenge on behalf of the clintons, and millions of dollars in money from outside left wing opposition groups. >> and this. >> you're saying there's never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> you're asking about black out. i don't know, have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? just ...

Question, judge? just -- so, you -- that's not happened? is that your answer? >> yeah, and i'm curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem, judge. >> reporter: today, stevens said kavanaugh does not belong on the supreme court. >> i think that his performance during the hearings caused me to change my mind. >> reporter: kavanaugh himself has spoken about the importance of nonpartisanship and temperament for a judge. >> it's important to have the proper demeanor, to be calm amidst the storm. on the bench, to put it in the vernacular, don't be a jerk. i think that's important. >> jon karl...

Testimony when kavanaugh got into a back and forth with senator klobuchar. >> you're saying there's never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> you're asking about blackout. i don't know. have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? i just -- you -- that's not happened? is that your answer? >> yeah. i'm curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem, judge. >> nor do i. >> i want to point out as rich also pointed out when he came back from a break, he apologized for that exchange. she accepted that apo...

Inconsistent. i think i'm somebody who a week ago was very happy when the senate paused and agreed to do this fbi investigation. but i think it was a complete sham. i think it was actually worse than doing nothing at all. dr. ford had several people that she wanted interviewed, they were not. debbie ramirez, the other credible accuser, had 20 people she wanted interviewed. they were not. i think the most telling fact is that judge kavanaugh himself was not interviewed, because he was treated -- he was given foot rubs by the republicans last week, and it would have been really useful to have fb...

Let's go back to the hearing room to see the way brett kavanaugh handled that question and his demeanor in the face of that question. >> so you're saying there's never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> you're asking about blackout. i don't know. have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? just to you, that's not happened? is that your answer? >> yeah, and i'm curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem, judge. >> lisa, it's hard to think of a worse answer. >> i don't think you'd actually script...