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Commentator and former special assistant to president george w. bush is back with us. welcome, everyone, to the conversation. scott, let me start with you. we've had a little more than 12 hours now since the president has ordered this investigation into these accusations. a little time to think of it. maybe a little time to sleep, not much for us these days. are you convinced that mitch mcconnell is right, that as this goes on, it will be more difficult to support brett kavanaugh, or will it be a good thing? >> it will be a good thing if it acheers the outcome of getting senators flake, collin...

The homestretch. voters cast the fate of congress in 51 days. one of the fearest battles in the senate, senator ted cruz and democratic challenger o'rourke agreed to hold three debates. the latest poll shows a dead heat. leading o'rourke by four points. that's within the margin of error i the hill reports that democratic voter turnout increased 40% from 2014. republican turnout 20%. on capitol hill, the republicans on the senate judiciary committee plan to head to a vote despite a report that an anonymous woman came forward accusing him of sexual misconduct back in high school. here's what o...

But no matter what park you live on, one of 10,000 local allstate agents knows yours. now that you know the truth, are you in good hands? new developments in the controversy surrounding an allegation of sexual misconduct against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. jane mayer, who reported for "the new yorker," tells this about the woman making the allegations. >> this is not somebody who was smoked out by people trying to sort of bring kavanaugh down. this is someone who just wanted -- she was troubled by what she knew.

Smoked out by people trying to bring kavanaugh down. she was troubled by what she knew. she thought she had information that was important, that she wanted to share with the authorities. >> do you see anything beyond what jeff and i were talking about, whether or not this presents a problem to brett kavanaugh's con firmation. >> congress, i remind you that it's a body that has not yet passed legislation presented earlier this year to overhaul it's own really convoluted system of women and men reporting harassment or assault. and if anything, congress treats cases like these within its own rank...

Feinstein took to enter into the record in the senate. let's take a look to what she had to say to my colleague chris hayes. >> sure. >> this is not somebody who was smoked out by people trying to sort of bring kavanaugh down. this is someone who just wanted -- she was troubled by what she knew. she felt she had information that she thought was important, that she wanted to share with the authorities. >> scott, let me turn to you just to get a sense of the reaction to this on capitol hill. that memo that's been tendered is now available for those senators, all senators i gather, to review in t...