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Majority. they think a couple red state dems will crossover. they are expecting major grand standing for lawmakers eyeing to 2020 presidential. >> the only drama that how they handle the hearing on the democratic side. we'll get this good man confirmed. >> judge kavanaugh spent the last week in prep sessions for the hearings, known in washington as murder boards. where close advisors grilled him on the toughest topics like toy is surface. a point of contention in washington today, the 100,000 pages of cavanagh's records the trump administration sided to withhold. a decision they announced frid...

Confirmation would not just shift the court to the right. it would also make chief justice roberts the swing vote, and he's a lot more conservative than justice kennedy. let me bring in jeff bennett at the white house for us. jeff, what do we know about how the sides are preparing? >> a white house official told us brett kavanaugh has done at least a half dozen prep sessions including mock sessions with interruptions. kavanaugh's been preparing for this since prep school. he was born in washington. he spent the vast majority of his career here working in the bush administration and now as an a...

By the end of september. mike: chuck grassley fired up for a huge week next week, looking ahead to the big confirmation hearings for judge brett kavanaugh. bottom line, he's set to start just after the labor day holiday. this despite a last minute push by democrats to delay those hearings. let's bring in ed whalen, former clerk to the late justice scalia and president of the ethics and public policy center. great to have you. >> thank you. mike: we know judge kavanaugh is preparing for what is going to be thrown at him and the senators on the judiciary committee are doing their prep sessions a...

Agreed to accept some of the answers to them in writing. but he still wants to ask some questions to go to the issue of obstruction, in person. that's really what the president's attorneys are resisting here. the president is telling his attorneys to keep talking with mueller, to see if there is some sort of deal that can be struck. i'm told that one possible compromise might be ask the questions about russia, and possible collusion in person. and then have any questions about obstruction of justice. and the answers be in writing. the president continues to insist that he is innocent of all of...

Being with us. josh, let me start with you. once again, if one is to believe this reporting, the president's team are not all on the same side about how this is going to go, and most importantly the client doesn't seem to be on the same page. he seems to be moving down the road of a public relations battle, generally speaking executed on twitter and at rallies. but rudy giuliani wants to say that the president can't be subpoenaed, but most experts i talk to say it's just not that clear. >> right. given the president's propensity to change his mind, it would be sensible of his legal team and ad...