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Through before real allegations could be investigated and that the fbi probe didn't go far enough and republicans will always say this is just an effort by democrats to delay all along both before dr. ford's name surfaced and after and it was also not a search for the truth. so it's almost amazing. partisan characterizations of the other side are like a mirror of each other. we know that the senators that tried to push for this, senator flake with senator coons, the democrats backing. so in an effort to bring integrity to the process. in the end, the republicans that vote that were on the fenc...

The reporter who later wrote the story. that was long before any democrat knew what was going on. she felt a sincere need to come forward. to call her political, which is what by ricochet the leader is doing is so unfair and so wrong. to call all three of these women who came forward, whether you believe them or not, as political actors is treating women in the same way that unfortunately too many women, as we've learned over the last few years, have been treated in the past. that doesn't mean allegations shouldn't be proven. that don't mean there should be a discrete fair process to try and g...

Used for political purposes. i think again, that's what the democrats have been doing from day one. >> neil: they say the same of republicans. that might shock you. let me ask you about the timetable for this, senator. mr. connell has said likely a friday vote out of committee. setting the stage for everyone staying in town for debate that would end with a tuesday vote in the full senate. is that doable? given these other women's charges? >> you know, from a timing standpoint, it will depend on what happens tomorrow. as of right now, the process that the leader has laid out, we'll see what hap...

Misconduct but they're not accusing them in a criminal setting, not in a court setting. >> yeah, it's really a challenging question for me to answer, and it's a challenging thing for the senate to deal with. one of the reasons there are no rules for the senate, there's no burden of proof, there are no rules of evidence determining what they're allowed to consider versus not. and no doubt they will look to civil and criminal rules for guidance, but they're not bound by them, and that's because there's no liberty at stake. due process is not required. this is not a hearing about a man who may go...

Minorities in the house of representatives for democrats make up something like 32% and 42% of lawmakers in the house respectively. we have seen how women and minorities have been rushing it in elections this cycle. it is no secret because of that that congress will look more diverse after november. i don't think that means we'll be a gender parity. but at least on the democratic side, we could expect it to be more loose and more women. >> it will be interesting to see that composition and whether or not it reflect as a greater diversity. great to see you, alexi. signup.axios.com. that does it...