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Strange, right . I mean, there will be in that hearing room, we expect, Democratic Senators asking questions of Brett Kavanagh and Christine Blasey ford. And then when its the republican senators time, they will not say anything and instead they will defer to this pinch hitter, this outside counsel who has come in. That does not happen in confirmation hearings. We think that it hasnt happened in decades, if at all, in modern times. That announcement that they were going to do that over the objections of one of the two witnesses at the hearing, and then the announcement that they had hired some...

That does it for us tonight. Well see you again tomorrow. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, rachel. Can i have all the scripts you didnt use tonight . Yeah. Thanks. It turns out we have an hour to fill and more things are happening by the minute here. This story about Rachel Mitchell being the mystery lawyer who is emerging tonight as the person who is likely the Washington Post uses that word likely to be asking the questions for the republicans. Its so fascinating that this was a and remains a closely held secret. Mitch mcconnell announced it publicly today...

I dont have anything. I dont need a backup plan. Well see what happens. I think hes going to be fine. Despite calling Christine Blasey ford a very credible witness, donald trump seems convinced his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will make it to the high court in no time. Perhaps thats because the white house put strict limitations on the fbi as they reopen their investigation into kavanaugh and his alleged Sexual Misconduct. On saturday an nbc news report citing multiple people familiar with the process said for now the fbi will look into the allegations made by dr. Ford and by deborah ...

Secret about it is there is something wrong with it. there is something -- they're defensive about in this person. why wouldn't they be proudly proclaiming, look who we got? >> why do they need an outside counsel at all, though? you know what i mean? it is the senate's responsibility to advise and consent. why can't senators ask questions of witness -- especially because they don't want it to be an investigation, right? they don't want the fbi to look into it. they don't want any sort of outside independent law enforcement standard investigation of these matters. we can do it ourselves. by whi...

Any committee. it is truly outrageous behavior. >> well, also what mr. klune told me -- not to get too into the weeds here. you worked in these hal owed halls. you know how this worked. we spoke with the committee staff, i clarified with him he meant the majority staff. the staffers who are reporting to the chairman chuck grassley. we set up a time to have a call where we would discuss how my client is going to convey her information to the committee, under what circumstances, how this is going to happen. and then they call in at the appointed time and it's only democrats there. none of the re...