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Militants. but here's at question, are the attacks enflaming the passions of the taliban and giving them reason to try to hit us again? with me now is daily beast.com columnist who is the author of "cosmic war." and bret mcgurk with the council on foreign relations. he also served under presidents obama and bush. the drone attacks, they're controlled by people who are half a world away with joy sticks, looking at computer screens. it could be construed by some people to be almost like an impersonal video game with deadly consequences. is there a danker in taking the human element out of war an...

Two republican members said they want to hear more from the accuser. the chairman releasing a new statement saying ford deserves to heard. he did not say whether she will be called to testify before the committee. a big question is how will donald trump respond to sexual assault allegations against kavanaugh. jeff, let us start with you in front of white house where there's a lot of drama playing out inside the building. what's your sense of the attitude and for what id met me to get him confirmed. >> reporter: brett kavanaugh is still here in the building. he's been here for three hours

To stop calling, that's a problem for mr. trump. >> abuse of power? >> abuse of power. >> well, how will that be discussed moving forward? is that something that is in special counsel mueller's purview, which has been mentioned quite repeatedly? >> well, it's an extremely important brick in the wall. another brick in the wall, but it's an extremely important one because it's the first time what we would have is something direct. direct information to the president to stop doing something and he kept doing it. that would implicate everything else he did. before that. >> thank you for your exper...

Unemployment rate was trending downward, a good thing, loading into election day. so logic holds that voters would have been willing to give him four more years with the jobs outlook then improving. but in the crucial late spring months that we've highlighted here, the unemployment rate was rising, and according to the theory, it was that impression that voters took to the polls. same pattern for president jimmy carter. the unemployment rate was headed down in the lead-up to the november election, but in that april, may, june springtime frame, unemployment was rising and carter lost the reelec...

Because it was heading in the right direction, downward. voters gave him four more years. david corn, sounds like an s.a.t. question, i know. does it make sense to you because logic dictates that right now we're in the time sequence that matters most not post labor day. >> you know, i -- i -- i take that point. but also i think we live in a different world where information is absorbed and chewed up and spit out faster than back in those days. so people's impressions, i think, are subject to change. back and forth between now and the election. and also, i do think that the weakness mitt romney...