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Lapse. >> it was a lapse, which he apologized for, but my gosh, not a window into -- not a window into his soul that he would want to show people. watch this. >> okay. drinking is one thing. but the concern is about truthfulness. and in your written testimony, you said sometimes you had too many drinks. was there ever a time when you drank so much that you couldn't remember what happened or part of what happened the night before? no. i remember what happened and i think you've probably had beers, senator, and so has -- >> so you're saying there's never been a case where you drank so much that ...

Drinking problem. is that what you want to hear from a potential united states supreme court justice? fair question. >> i totally hesitate to judge someone who's in the situation that he found himself in yesterday frankly. he -- i'm sorry, to judge just their tone or their tenor. he admitted that that was an inappropriate question or over the line and he apologized, but the fact that he was emotional and even, you know, resistant to some of the questions i don't think it surprising at all and i don't think should be disqualifying for a person who has 12 years of exemplary performance on the be...

Supporting was brought to back her account, kavanaugh's denials were just as emotionally effecting. i don't see any reason to suggest -- by the way, theon evidence is more on hers than it is. i don't have any reason to suggest that his nomination should end based on what should happen today. >> laura: were you happy with the democrats' performance?n. he didn't seem to be bolstering her factual remembrance of what happened. it seemed more like a bunch of little speeches. >> let's remember that this is a lifelong appointment. and don't we want somebody for this appointment who is squeaky clean? ...

>> yeah, and i'm curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem, judge. >> nor do i. >> pete williams, have you ever seen a supreme court justice ask a question in a supreme court hearing and have the lawyer -- >> yeah, but it didn't go quite like that. >> and have the lawyer throw the question back at the supreme court justice? >> i mean sometimes they get flustered and do ask the senators a question often rhetorical, but never quite like that. couple of things in context. first of all, after a break judge kavanaugh apologized for that and said he shouldn't have done it. secondly the back...

>> senator, mark judge was -- >> to your knowledge, is that you he's talking about? >> i'll explain if you let me. >> proceed, please. >> mark judge was a friend of ours in high school who developed a very serious drinking problem, an addiction problem, that lasted decades and was very difficult for him to escape from. he nearly died. and then he had leukemia as well on top of it. now, as part of his therapy or part of his coming to grips with sobriety, he wrote a book that is a fictionalized book and an account. i think he picked out names of friends of ours to throw them in as kind of close ...