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Pose some questions to him and hear from him in his own words about what he saw in this report, stephanie. >> i want to bring in my panel. eli stockels for the "l.a. time times". noellle kampoor, branding america. and tim o'brien, bloomberg opinion. the fbi interviewed nine people. that's more than we originally thought. but it doesn't include dr. ford, and there's a number of other potential witnesses not involved. what's your take? >> it doesn't include dr. ford and it doesn't include judge kavanaugh either. this is a very narrow, tailored probe. it looked solely at her allegations, dr. ford...

Kavanaugh has possibly put himself in a position where he's going to have to recuse himself from all sorts of things that come before the court -- >> i adore you. you really think he's going to recuse himself? that guy started at 11:00 -- >> i think it's going to be an issue if he gets in. >> well, we shall see. eli, noelle, tim, thank you. check out ben sasse's comments. i found them extraordinary. seems like he was pulling away from the president. urging him to take a second look. saying he had hoped back in june the president would nominate a woman. i've got my eye on ben sasse. up next, ...

In his party, decided to come up with the rationale for getting on board and saying he's going to take the risk that while this could impact the deficit, he believes it could create more growth, economic growth, and be worth it in the end. it's really a tough call. that's another one of the things that republicans and democrats are going to fight about over the next, you know, 11 months or so leading up to the 2018 midterms. republicans finally do have a win, something to run on going into the next election year. >> i think the president would argue, eli, more than a win. he made the point of ...

>> after a year, katelyn, of many of those people who are standing on those steps either publicly criticizing the president or privately criticizing the president, yesterday, it felt like they were almost all going to take flight. they were so excited about what had just happened. is this the beginning of something different between the president and members of congress? >> well, this has been a long term goal for the republican party at large as the president said. a lot of these lawmakers have been working on this kind of policy for years now. the thing is that republicans in congress are go...

Is a budget rule that requires that tax cuts must be covered by tax increases or cuts in mandatory spending so they don't increase the deficit. so i am told the president is going to be trying to encourage republicans to get this budget deal done very quickly. we're anticipating it's going to be a short term measure and some of the thornier issues will be shelved into the new year, chris. >> kristen welkewelker, thank y. i want to bring in the political reporter for real clear politics. sell len ma maxwell is director of progressive programming for sirius xm. eli stockels is a reporter for "th...