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>> thank you so much, micah. i look forward to seeing you in a few. we've got a lot to cover this morning, setting the stage, 25 hours away from the ford/kavanaugh hearing. we now know the details, republicans have appointed an arizona prosecutor as their questioner. as an optimistic grassley schedules a committee vote for friday with some republicans thinking kavanaugh is still a slam dunk. >> we're going to be moving forward. i'm confident we're going to win. >> the democrats are playing a con game-c-o-n, a con game. >> more and more republicans are signaling -- could his confirmation be in ...

At the same time, steph, look, i've been talking to folks here inside the white house. and just within the president's inner circle who say in the wake of that interview he did with fox news, they're a little concerned about the firmness with which he defended himself during that interview, by and large they thought it was a good thing. he's trying to get out in front of these headlines, go on offense. at the same time, i think during that hearing on thursday they're hoping to see someone who is sort of more passionate in his defense. now, president trump has made no mistake about where he sta...

Happen. and the dems -- the democrats are playing a con game. c-o-n, a con game. they know it's a con game. they know he's high quality. and they wink at each other, they're winking. they know it's a con game. >> all right. lease jordan, so this is fascinating on many levels, i think his comments about the accuser were disgusting. i also think that he -- we -- i think we're going to see a risk that the democrats completely overreact to this, that liberals overreact to this and that republicans some of them play into it too much. this is the kind of thing trump loves, sewing doubt about people,...

>> is the strategy that if the president comes out and calls this a con game and victimizes the whole scenario, victimizes himself saying they want to stop me, one of my picks that what he'll do is galvanize his base and republicans out there in the same way he did in 2016 by saying everybody is out to get me. they're all trying to stop me. is that the intended effect they want to have by saying the democrats are laughing in a back room about this? >> i think he genuinely seeing almost everything that happens through the lens of what it means for him and what people are saying about him or try...

Kavanaugh. president trump: i can tell you that false accusation and false accusations of all types are made against a lot of people. this is a high quality person, and i certainly hope, i -- it would be a horrible insult to our country if this doesn't happen. and it will be a horrible, horrible thing for future political people, judges, anything you want. it would be a horrible thing. it cannot be allowed to happen, and the democrats are playing a con game. c-o-n, a con game. and they know it's a con game. the accuser has nothing, second accuser doesn't even know -- she thinks maybe it could ...