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Fbi on september 12th, over two weeks ago. If the president and the republican majority had asked for the fbi to do an investigation at that time, like we asked, it would likely be finished by now. Most importantly, when judge kavanaugh talked to republicans repeatedly, none of us have spoken to or questioned mark judge, patrick smyth, leland keyser. None of us approached james roche, lynne or chris. Not one senator, as far as i know, has had the opportunity, from, opportunity to or question Deborah Ramirez or julie swetnick. My colleagues are right, we should not rush to judgment. Its not fai...

Allegations, can you explain what that means, what youre looking from, from the fbi . Obviously that includes the allegations and also im sure that the new yorker piece has allegations. But theyll have to decide what that is and how far that goes. So lets talk about how this investigation might shape up with Cnn National Security analyst julia kayyem. And cnn legal analyst renato mariotti. I say weve got it covered here. You guys would know how this works. So thank you so much for joining us. Chris, we know that senators flake, collins, murkowski set the terms of this investigation. Source tel...

Donald trump you heard senator hirono separating children at the border. The more they make this seem this is antitrump, the more it will hurt their efforts to say kavanaugh has a serious credibility problem. They need to keep the issues separate, focus on kavanaugh or risk making it look incredibly partisan. Martha the horse is out of the barn on that. Senator hirono has said that she doesnt care what happened that night. She said what she cares about is based on his judicial decisions in the past, she thinks hes guilty. Senator koonce has said the burden is on him to prove he didnt do this. ...

Republican senator bob corker who is often critical of the Trump White House is supportive of Brett Kavanaugh. He echoed that. For me, again, no corroboration of any allegation that has been made. Not any corroboration. Very clear. There are many unknowns at this dramatic hour. Amid all of this, the only unknown that matters in the shortterm is this. How will the new fbi background check that senators are reviewing affect the decisions of five key senators it. The doors that you see on the screen there, they lead to a secure room in the capitol. Inside is the key to judge kavanaughs confirmati...

Right now. I have a great team here to help break all of it down. First, i want to explain exactly where things stand. For the second straight day, all eyes are on room 226 in the Dirksen Senate office building. Thats where the Judiciary Committee will gather at 9 30 and well bring it to you live. Were expecting all senators may want an opportunity to speak but were not sure if thats going to happen before or after kavanaughs confirmation. No matter what the results are, it will still goal to the full senate for a vote perhaps as early as next tuesday. Why does todays vote matter so much . Bec...