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Are true. >> correct. >> no doubt in your mind. >> zero. 100 percent certain. >> not even a scintilla. >> not a scintilla. 100 percent certain, senator. >> do you swear to god? >> i swear to god. brian: over the question and answer period from the arizona prosecutor that was trying to elicit in a very -- actually looked more like a deposition trying to elicit some type of response in a respectful way that wouldn't be turned as a sexist attack. with us now jonathan turley constitutional law professor, first off, do you think, jonathan that it was a good move bringing in ms. mitchell? >> i think...

Information that you have now, and then we can talk about scheduling a phone call. that's just not, you know, the kind of partisan game playing that, you know, our client deserves. that's not fair to her. >> someone's not telling the truth. and there is one more piece to all of this. it turns out republicans are bringing in a woman to help with the questioning tomorrow. chairman chuck grassley announced the hiring of rachel mitchell who's worked on sex crimes for decades in the state of arizona. she brings tons of experience and helps the republican men on the judiciary committee avoid the opt...

Served as white house counsel under president clinton senior writer at the federalist. welcome to both of you. and jack quinn, with your legal hat on here, what's your reaction to this outside counsel questioning ford and kavanaugh on behalf of the republicans? >> you know, i understand why they're doing it. they're really concerned about the image of having a bunch of white men sitting there asking tough questions of a woman who is testifying to the effect that she is a victim of sexual abuse. i get that. but i think having an outside counsel come in and do that is not going to cure the probl...

Questioning ford joining me is daniel litman from politico what are we now learning about the terms of thursday's hearings are we expecting to see things go smoothly? are we going to see this appear to be a contentious senate judiciary committee hearing? >> i think they're trying to avoid this woman getting basically attacked by the 11 republican members of the committee, because they have a problem with women voters that, if this is the outcome of the hearing, then it is very hard for them to make the case to women in the november midterms that they're looking out for their interests. but i t...

Talk about kavanaugh being peppered with questions, some meant to go over the line, and in some questions, him saying who will be questioning ford when she does get to the hill. jeff also mentioned this earlier on in the show, that the optics of old white men questioning a woman at her most vulnerable point telling a most vulnerable story is not a very good thing for people to see. it does hearken back to what we saw in the anita hill trial, so there is that. and there are women across the country who are. there is concern, i think, on the part of republicans i've spoken to -- women more as a ...