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Brett kavanaugh engaged in this behavior, it would be disqualifying. essentially two things would be true. one, that he was dishonest. and it's critically important that you have judges on the bench being honest. two, as a judge, your responsibility is to uphold the law. and what essentially would be true then was that he himself had violated it. so the trust that the public holdings in the supreme court is about the ability to trust that that very powerful body, that third branch of federal government, has the ability to operate at the highest integrity and with the law of the nation at its c...

Great to he see you senator, what the mood is on capitol hill. have you house members leaving today. >> yes. a lot going on. of course, on the hill today. we do see a lot going on with the confirmation hearings and senate judiciary. i think chuck grassley has done a phenomenal job moving through this process. the feeling is one of a little bit of chaos right now because we have to turn to our leaders and see what is going to occur in the next week. >> harris: you know, they went into this little ante room. what i have love about having you on is you can help feel the gaps. it's described as a ...

As well as the reality, that we have done our job. that we have given people -- given the american people the opportunity to participate in the debate, to -- and in this case, to get all the information, to go through the regular channels, and that we shouldn't be shortcutting things, because it undermines the -- the institution. and i think they're very concerned about that. and they should be concerned about. so look, this was an important thing for the leadership to hold back on. and to be able to offer to senator murkowski, to senator manchin and collins and as well as senator flake. it's ...

To diligently pursue an fbi investigation within the next week, not for the purpose of delay but for the purpose of investigating further either allegations made by dr. ford or others with a goal towards demonstrating a bipartisan commitment to diligently investigating these allegations. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, senator flake. >> senator feinstein. >> thank you. i would support that motion. i sort of misunderstood, senator flake, what you were doing. i thought it included a one-week investigation. so i would like to support the motion for that investigation. >> mr. chairman? >> we'l...

Closed-door talks between flake and the panel's democrats, starting right here as flake departed the hearing room in order to meet with delaware democrat, chris coons, who later praised flake's move. >> it is my hope that we could work together on a bipartisan basis to diligently pursue an fbi investigation within the next week, not for the purpose of delay, but for the purpose of investigating further either allegations made by dr. ford or others with a goal towards demonstrating a bipartisan commitment to diligently investigating these allegations. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, senator...