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stand in a federal courtroom in manhattan today testifying in his own defense. a $250 million civil trial that legal experts have said technically have no victims. everybody got paid. he said that over and over again and consistent with the facts. new york's attorney general letitia james claim trump and his sons committed fraud by inflating assets to get cheaper loans and insurance policies. the former president denying those allegations. >> so while israel is being attacked, while ukraine is being attacked, while inflation is eating our country alive, i'm down here. we'll win the e...

Stops, but even with his recent supreme court pick hang in the balance, motivating the base doesn't seem to be the issue. it's everyone else. nearly half of all american voter says kavanaugh should not be confirmed, while women specifically are even more conclusive, opposing kavanaugh's confirmation by 20 points or so. to talk about how kavanaugh's nomination will affect the midterms we're joined by cornell belcher, msnbc political analyst, and ariel levy, polling editor for "huffington post." what is your read on what the polling says about kavanaugh right now? >> to pick up on "snl," i think...

I think when you look at the way women are breaking, democrats opening up a 20-point gender advantage among women, i think this story certainly does not help republicans shrink that. i think it helps democrats solidify and expand that. and when you look at the kind of districts the suburban sort of upscale districts most of this midterm is going to be fought over, those college educated women are breaking away from republicans in a way that, chris, we may not -- we haven't seen this in a generation. i think we could be seeing party realignment, particularly among white women in a way we have n...

Her dad is jamaican. her mom is native american. in many ways represents what this country is becoming. california is already ahead of the curve and we'll start to see that diversity in the rest of the country. >> we were talking about asian american women in congress. that being a record. but when we put it all together here, women did not gain or lose in the total count for january. women of color, as i mentioned, did make history. record 38 will be serving in congress. glass ceilings have been shattered, as well. this despite hillary clinton at the top of the ticket not winning. what do you...

Does well in press interviews and shined last night's debate no question. >> is shoe uniquely positioned to take on hillary clinton with a gender advantage? >> she is positioned to take on hillary clinton because she did well in the debate, regardless of her gender, and i think all of the candidates -- most of the -- >> regardless of gender. >> i don't think it should play a role. i don't even consider it. it was impressed with her and i don't need to grade her on gender. there might be a disconnect between what is hang with her ground game and her organization and the grassroots and how she t...