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Starters. >> right, and that's what she's resisting. she wants to be questioned by the senators themselves. also the optics of how she staffs up is really interesting. i was told by democratic operatives there's been a desire to keep her away from progressive activists. she didn't come through politics. they told me they're not -- saddling her with more strategies to make it more political and turn people against her. she did make one hire of ricky kleinman, a longtime democratic operative. i'm sure ron klain probably knows her from working together. she worked for biden and clinton and ted ke...

Committee hires as the outside questioning counsel for starters. >> right, and that's what she's resisting. she wants to be questions by the senators themselves. also the optics of how she staffs up is really interesting. i was told by democratic operatives there's been a desire to keep her away from progressive activists. she didn't come through politics, they're not saddling her with more strategist to make it more political and turn people against her. she did make one hire of ricky kleinman, a longtime democratic operative. ron probably knows her from working together as she worked for bid...

In that committee room. the optics are all over the place. this is so fraught depending on who kind of has the leverage at any given time and who the committee hires as the outside questioning counsel for starters. >> right, and that's what she's resisting. she wants to be questioned by the senators themselves. also the optics of how she stepped up is really interesting. i was told by democratic operatives there's been a desire to keep her away from progressive activists. shedon come to this through politics, they told me. they're not saddling her with many more democratic strategists could ma...

>> senator collins, if you vote for brett kavanaugh we will fund your future opponent. >> a vote for kavanaugh is almost certainly vote to reverse roe vs. wade. as a mainer who has preexistent conditions, if you vote yes, you are voting to kill me. >> harris: progressive activists taking aim in that ad and they have already raised more than $1 million to try to convince collins to vote against to the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. they are warning, if she backs president trump's choice, they will donate their money to her future democrat challenger when she's up for reelection in 2020....

We can help and respond as best we can. >> harris: lieutenant amanda faulkner with the u.s. coast guard today, thank you for taking the time to tell us what's going on and what you are prepared for and thanks to those military teams waiting offshore as you and i talked about, ready to step in as soon as the storm passes. >> thank you for your support, harris. >> harris: absolutely. let's flip now to the midterm elections, you know we are just eight weeks out. really, just under as voters cast their ballots in the last of the season's primaries. what can we expect in these silent races in these...