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most bitter in this nation's history. after one of the most intensely fought confirmation battles in a generation, brett kavanaugh now headed to the supreme court. >> i will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh. >> a key republican senator, susan collins, announcing she would vote to confirm kavanaugh for a lifetime seat. and handing president trump a historic victory. amid furious protests over kavanaugh's nomination and sexual assault allegations. >> we will be ill-served in the long run if we abandon the presumption of innocence and fairness, tempting though it may be. the facts presented do not mean that professor ford was not sexually assaulted that night or at some other time.
became famous all over almost a hundred years by defending due process and free speech. especially for deeply unpopular people. that long and noble tradition is over now in the name of left-wing solidarity. the aclu has been running an ad likening kavanaugh to bill cosby even though they have nothing in common, of course, judge kavanaugh has not even been tried. >> i did not have relations with that woman. >> i've never seen anything like this. >> judge kavanaugh: i categorically and unequivocally deny the allegations against me by dr. ford. >> is which choose a lifetime seat on her highest court, integrity matters and we cannot have any doubt. senator gardner, oppose the confirmation of judge kavanaugh. >> tucker: shakira is the aclu
>> tucker: the aclu became famous all over almost a hundred years by defending due process and free speech. especially for deeply unpopular people.de that long and noble tradition is over now in the name of left-wing solidarity. the aclu has been running an ad likening kavanaugh to bill cosby even though they have nothing in common, ofni course, judge kavanaugh has not even been tried.il here it is. >> we've seen this before. denials from powerful men. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> i've never seen anything like this. >> judge kavanaugh: i categorically and unequivocally deny the allegations against me by dr. ford. >> america is watching, and as we choose a lifetime seat on our highestt court, integrity matters. and we cannot have any doubt. senator gardner, oppose the confirmation of judge kavanaugh.t >> tucker: faiz shakir is the aclu representative who is joining us tonight.
yes, the fbi takes its direction from the white house. but when he said every background investigation has to be limited in scope, that is not true. in fact, we want the opposite if you are the american people, if you are the senate, if you are the white house appointing someone, you want to know everything about this person. are they suitable for office? you don't have to set a limiting scope, as he says. >> yeah. >> and the scope could have been the week that they had. i mean, that is a limit in scope. they could have said and at times they said this is what is happening. you have a week. go look into it and whatever you do in that week is fair game and then give us a report. >> please stay with us because we have more to discuss. let's go to the hill first because whether judge brett kavanaugh gets a lifetime seat and keep in mind, the swing seat on the highest court in the land or if he goes back to his already powerful position, the nation's second highest court. all of this will be decided today, and these are the senators that will likely
that one other republican, lisa murkowski of alaska, we have not yet heard since the briefing happened, if she were to vote no but those two vote yes, brett kavanaugh gets his lifetime seat on the supreme court. and it certainly appears by what they're saying this morning that they're probably more inclined to vote yes tomorrow to advance this nomination, having raised no red flags and talking very positively about this investigation so far. so very significant statements. they both said they want to read more about this report after getting just briefed by the staff. we'll see if anything changes their mind, but at the moment, it does not appear to be the case. >> manu, thank you so much. great reporting. thank you for jumping back on. manu and everybody on capitol hill, our entire team getting this reaction. we'll bring it to you because these are the important things because this is what's going to tell us what this vote is going to look like. let me bring in nia-malika henderson on this. david chalian very importantly reminds everyone when it comes to jeff flake, even as he says,
we have our eyes at this moment because we'll hear the first response from senate democrats after we assume they have viewed the report, been briefed on it. we will all see together. we'll bring that to you when they come out. they should be walking out any moment. it will be senator chuck schumer and other senate democrats coming out to give their assessment of the state of play. right now, we already know that some republicans are speaking out. manu raju is on capitol hill. he's following all this right now. what are you hearing right now? >> well, republicans are making it very clear that they have not seen anything in this report that corroborates the allegations made against brett kavanaugh. chuck grassley, the judiciary committee chairman made that clear after he got his own staff briefing and as he headed into a larger republican-only briefing that's happening right now behind closed doors. that briefing absolutely critical because the key senators who will determine whether or not kavanaugh gets his lifetime seat are in that
>> we did get to approach dianne feinstein, the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee. she declined to comment coming out of the briefing. we believe in the briefing in the democratic briefing, that it was mostly staff members who were reading it. we expect the staff members have a private briefing with other democratic leaders, including chuck schumer, who is expected to address the press in the next hour. and will certainly raise concerns about whey view as an investigate that was much too narrow. they also have raised concerns about other accusations that have come out. we'll see what they have to say about their latest understanding of this fbi investigation. but we are entering the critical stretch here over the next two hours, as republicans go behind closed doors. the full republican conference, 51 members, are going to be briefed on these contents, and that means the three republican senators who will determine whether or not brett kavanaugh gets that lifetime seat, jeff flake, susan collins, lisa
even a new claim from senator kamala harris that an unknown jane doe was raped in a car at an unknown time or place, that just came out today. and now the uclu, who is supposed to care about civil t liberties, are asking you to us is suspend all presumption of innocence. they want you to believe that kavanaugh is like bill comcast-n and are spending a fortune toru. take a look. >> we've seen this before, denial are from powerful men. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> i've never seen anything like this. >> i categorically and unequivocally deny the allegation against me by dr. ford. >> america is watching, and as we choose a lifetime seat on our highest court, we cannot have any doubt. >> aclu, civil liberties, no, just a national disgrace, part of the smear merchant campaign society.
maybe two fbi investigations because we need to know. the aclu has been around a long time and it's built its reputation defending free speech and especially due process especially for the politically unpopular. it saved the lives at the beginning of its existence, that's the whole point of the aclu. those principles are being washed away in the tide of derangement in the aclu has decided to join that tide. they are running an ad declaring him guilty without the need for a trial or any evidence, watch. >> we seen this before, denials from powerful men. >> i did not have relations with that woman. >> i've never seen anything like this. >> i categorically and unequivocally denied the allegation against me. >> america is watching and as we choose a lifetime seat on our highest court, integrity matters and we cannot have any doubt.
maybe two fbi investigations because we need to know. the aclu has been around a long time and it's built its reputation defending free speech and especially due process b especially for the politically unpopular. it saved the lives at the beginning of its existence, he that's the whole point of the aclu. those traditional principles are beingth washed away in the tidef derangement that has now seized the left at the aclu has decided to join that tide. they are running an ad declaring him guilty without the need for a trial or any evidence, watch.. >> we seen this before, denials from powerful men. >> i did not have relations with that woman. >> i've never seen anything like this. >> i categorically and unequivocally denied the allegation against me. a >> america is watching and as we choose a lifetime seat on oure. highest court, integrity matters and we cannot have any doubt.