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Nomination and the hearing process are an example, they're a pivot point. it is a warning moment for our democracy because to make a sham of the advise and consent role of the senate -- i was working in the white house when we turned over elena kagan's documents. we turned over every page. late on friday night there is an extraordinary assertion of sweeping privileges, unfounded, 100,000 documents withheld. then as we heard senator harris say, just a few hours before the hearing began, tens of thousands of pages dumped on the committee. i think they may have gone too far and the american peopl...

We're covering here every night? >> brian, i do think that we're seeing a threat. the same types of threats that the five people i write about in that book have seen over the past century, living in the house where i lived as united states ambassador in prague. like a giant ocean liner sailing over these choppy waters of democracy and we're seeing that here now. in some ways, the kavanaugh nomination and the hearing process are an example, they're a pivot point. it is a warning moment for our democracy because to make a sham of the advise and consent role of the senate -- i was working in the ...

Very kind chairman of the committee who really tries to let everybody have their say, was rattled at times. >> norm, this book, here's how i'm going to weave it into today's news, this book talks about you and your family and the czech republic of your family's roots, even the holocaust, but it gets back to the shining example of american democracy central to this tale. is that democracy, do you think, under any threat given what we see today, given this era that we're covering here every night? >> brian, i do think that we're seeing a threat. the same types of threats that the five people i w...

Operate on their behalf. the roberts five. talk about reckless language, and the reason it's so disturbing is that i want these people to be serious. i want to take him in the white house seriously but when he says things like that i can take them seriously. >> there's a reason why and public opinion polling right now, judge cavanaugh is underwater in terms of people out there saying that they are not supportive of his nomination going through right now. i think that's because there are so many swirling questions around us. a lot of democrats have said they are not going to move forward on thi...

Perpetuate that by creating irregularities here and releasing questions so that other potential future witnesses can read the question before they are asked, that is, in my opinion, exactly what many of the gentleman's side of the aisle has been about, attempting to disrupt this investigation and hearing process. >> reclaiming my time, mr. strzok -- >> mr. chairman, i object. >> would you object -- >> no. >> i would observe then that the minority -- the chairman says there was an agreement not, you know, on the conduct of that hearing. minority was not party to that agreement. there may have b...