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>> sure. so, again, the president's mindset is that he wants this done and he wants it done quickly. and that's what we reported, he conveyed. a pretty frustrated call with leader mcconnell on saturday that he basically said you need to hold this vote and you need to hold it now. and of course, leader mcconnell as bob was saying is in a tough situation of trying to explain to the president that look at my public comments. look at my very vigorous floor speech yesterday. i'm with you. i want judge kavanaugh to be confirmed, too. mcconnell has to deal with senate procedure. and he's had to expla...

Believe will bring him out to the camera you're seeing on the left side of the screen. ron is back with us as well. ron, court is back in session at 2:40, we're told. what is going to happen next? >> reporter: the judge is researching his options in this particular setting, whether he can order cosby directly to prison or whether there's a possibility of him getting bail and perhaps a sentencing date or a date to show up at a prison some time in the next couple weeks or so. the judge is trying to research what his options are, which echoes what we were saying earlier, how this judge is being v...

But in as far as i may talk about the judiciary. this hearing is not a trial. the rules of evidence do not apply. i'm paraphrasing the exact words of senators from the clarence thomas hearing. that's important to remember because cross examination may have few of the strictures we see in court. in many ways it is a free for all and a political process. >> i think a lot of people are saying that's why you need an investigation to try to ascertain some facts. one of the main focuses of this week's u.n. general assembly is the situation with iran. president rouhani said he has no intention of m...

Whalen at the ethics and public policy center the tweets ed produced with another high school classmate and suggesting that that person was the one who actually was the attacker. there's so many avenues for serious, respectful but legitimate questioning of brett kavanaugh. and also, you know, you did a very good job of showing brett kavanaugh talking about the need for a fair process. well, a fair process would include questioning relevant witnesses, and clearly one relevant witness is the other person besides dr. ford who was alleged to be in the room at the time. just because he says he does...

I'm not going to let false accusations drive us out of this process. i'm not going anywhere. >> is one of the tools that would help judge kavanaugh with his goal, which is obviously for the process to be fair and his stated goal is to clear his name, would be to have sort of a seal of approval from an fbi investigation that is thorough and in-depth and that isn't a hostage to the political whims and calendar. >> it does strike me that in talking to folks on the hill that there are two ways forward for him to get confirmed ultimately. the first is to degrade the accuser. she was confused. she h...