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He's made it a priority to secure the release of prisoners and host nls. he's done it in egypt, afghanistan and north korea. so this was part of that approach. obviously unterms of the midterm elections, the kavanaugh appointment as been a reminder to republicans as to why they voted for trump. perhaps it spite of all the various antics they might be uncomfortable with and i think the kanye oval office speech, as it ended up being was really a case of i think two celebrities who like the media glare and i think kanye was being as tactical in get some attention as trump was in getting attention...

Has the kavanaugh debate made you more likely to support the democrats or republicans? what i'm getting out here is a gender gap among women, democrats, 40%. republicans 24. a lot of no response here in this poll, but cynthia, the question to you, coming from the law as you do, was this party willing to sow the seeds of an increasing gender gap to get the victory on kavanaugh? >> it looks like that but that's not really my lane. what i can say from a legal point of view as a woman and as a legal person looking at it, there was a lot at stake here in this kavanaugh appointment for women. there'...

Cynthia, the question to you coming from the law as you do, was this party willing to sew the seeds of an increasing gender gap to get the victory on kavanaugh? >> it looks like that but that's not really my lane. what i can say from a legal point of view as a woman and as a legal person looking at it, there was a lot of stake here in this cav vau th this kavanaugh appointment for women. if it gets in the way of power and there is also the real threat to women in roe v wade, justice kennedy was the swing vote on the cases that came after roe v wade that protected a woman's right to privacy and...

Anywhere, giving the numbers, what the democrats and republicans and the mid terms coming up. it's just a bad strategy, i think. >> do you think that it helps or hurts to get kavanaugh confirmed for president trump to pick away at deborah ramirez and christine blasey ford the way he's going after their allegations? >> it's not the strategy i would have chosen. but i think what he's reacting to, and i think there's a lot of frustration on the republican side at this point, that there is seemingly this outward strategy, as dictated by brian fallon this morning in the "new york times," who is run...

Appreciate you being with us. thank you. sam. i want to go back to you on that point, i don't understand why the democrats are showing up. they have been talking about this lack of transparency from the very beginning. they fire on the committee. one of the most important things that came before my committee in my career, which is this kavanaugh appointment, which could fundamentally alter the balance of the supreme court for the next generation, and the republicans refuse to be transparent about it. you know, i would certainly recommend everybody around me not show up for the hearing becaus...