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>> i think that is why conservatives are happy to have judge kavanaugh be justice kavanaugh. a lot of the rollback of economic, environmental and consumer protection, healthcare, civil rights litigation can often only be rollback through litigation with conservative judges. as we have seen with the affordable care act the american public supports most of those. you are not going to achieve it through the political process. they look to conservative judges who want the smaller government to be in place and will strike down the regulations. >> this is a rare opportunity for this president to res...

They want to defend brett kavanaugh. the whole temperature in this, there are death threats towards kavanaugh's family and ford. this is a difficult situation, and words are being thrown around, not only death threats but calling the judge a rapist which have no basis in fact, and if both sides argue in good faith find a way to get to something close to the truth. >> i just want to throw it out there, because she said i knew them both, the other person who alleges -- who somebody is sort of floating the other it was another person, i knew them both and socialized with them both and she says th...

Lying, and that is a part of this entire process. >> the american people are saying a little bit different, right? nbc "wall street journal" did a poll about approve annual of th nomination of brett kavanaugh. >> 38% oppose and 34% support. >> you can see the big swing since august. the number there that really changed, the don't know changed substantially and the opposition has grown. politics, i don't know that politics is at all involved, and it's there among what both parties are doing, and the democrats we have learned that there was a fund-raiser canceled, and that's interesting, and the...

Questions the integrity of the court. they have to get it right now. >> they have to try and get to the bottom of this, even a 35-year-old allegation of something that happened in high school. the stain will be on the entire court. republicans are saying there's urgency and have to get it through, and then you didn't have urgency about merrick garland. >> isn't it interesting how the administration has handled this one? he has bench more measured and has not gone after it, it just has been a different tact than what we have heard in the past? >> i agree with you on monday he had the best messa...

Issues are nonstarters for republicans. >> should mr. judge testify? >> at this point we have two people testifying. >> reporter: ford's lawyer also insisting kavanaugh is never in the same room as ford, and opposition to an outside lawyer questioning her rather than the snowshowe senators themselves. a spokes man for chairman chuck grassley tells cnn he remains committed to providing a fair forum. the white house releasing a letter from kavanaugh in which he insists i will be there. kavanaugh denies ford's accusations, and meanwhile president trump forcefully defending his supreme court nomin...