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Question. >> if you're not the candidate, have you ever heard anything about this person that would concern us if we heard it? can you tell us three other people that we should be talking to that we aren't talking to? when we vote on brett kavanaugh tomorrow, he is likely to have been the most investigated nominee, not just for the supreme court, but possibly for any office ever with seven of these background checks, over 150 interviews, and over a long period of time. >> dana: it was only a week ago when the senator had found -- senator jeff flake kind of in their cross hairs. like why are yo...

Judge kavanaugh, are going to suggest what you are doing now smacks of desperation. >> you know what's important here, wolf, is the facts. we have an interest as the united states senate to uncover all of the facts, to give the fbi the time that it needs as well as the authority and the resources to uncover all of those facts whatever it may be. and the person who is responsible for this fbi investigation, jeff flake, correctly and courageously asked for a fair, full investigation, ought to join us i think in asking for all of the facts. >> but senator jeff flake, the republican who pushed for...

Capitol hill. >> laura jarrett, you cover the justice department. amidst all of this, all of a sudden think eight democrats on the senate judiciary committee are raising a very significant new, potential threat to the confirmation. they're saying that in the previous six background checks by the fbi of judge kavanaugh, there may have been some disturbing information about sexual misconduct or alcohol abuse, although they're saying they can't discuss this because it is confidential. >> it makes you wonder why are we hearing about in just now when they've had him on the hill repeatedly and it ap...

All of those people at that political rally laughing and it reminded me of one of the most poignant moments in her testimony last week. watch this. >> what is the strongest memory you have, the strongest memory of the incident, something that you cannot forget? take whatever time take whatever time you need. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and their having fun at my expense. >> i can only imagine how painful for her to hear the president of the united states ridicule her and mock her like that. >> but what's more telling, that he said it...

Murkowski. senator flake told us today that he is not as concerned about the lack of candor, the drinking allegations as he is on dr. ford's allegations. that appears to be at the heart of this. unless something explosive comes out it doesn't seem to change where he stands at the end of the day. >> rebecca bird posted this tweet. nowhere in the six fbi reports which the committee reviewed on a bipartisan basis was there ever a whiff of any issue at all related in any way to inappropriate sexual behavior or alcohol abuse, to which these eight democrats on the committee wrote to chuck grassley, ...