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Commentator and former special assistant to president george w. bush is back with us. welcome, everyone, to the conversation. scott, let me start with you. we've had a little more than 12 hours now since the president has ordered this investigation into these accusations. a little time to think of it. maybe a little time to sleep, not much for us these days. are you convinced that mitch mcconnell is right, that as this goes on, it will be more difficult to support brett kavanaugh, or will it be a good thing? >> it will be a good thing if it acheers the outcome of getting senators flake, collin...

Three people on the planet who know about it. "los angeles times" also reported as early as last night the fbi moved to speak to the lawyer of one of these other accuser. just for quickly clarify, it's mark judge. i know you know that. >> aaron blake, your piece headline -- jeff flake stumbles into taking a stand. how much was the senator as decision last minute? do you think he's expecting the outcome that we saw with the whole vote being delayed? early friday morning he came out with a statement he was going to vote for brett kavanaugh. that was supposed to be the nail in the coffin of the...

And let's face something here. it's a town of a lot of whispering and a lot of cynicism and people, as soon as they heard lindsey graham, thought this was an audition for a cabinet position, perhaps justice, perhaps pentagon at some point in the future. >> i'll tell you what it was, brian. someone who was at the capital all day reporting, it was revealing. it was revealing about the republican party. what a split screen. senator graham versus senator flake. senator graham just like judge kavanagh, taking the advice of president trump, following the model of president trump, defiant, fight, tot...

Have judge kavanagh, a man who until two weeks ago, was a pillar of the legal community. there's been no whisper of misconduct by him in the time he's been a judge. what we have are uncorroborated, unsubstantiated claims from his teenage years. >> after today's hearing, republican senator bob corker of tennessee announced as we said he would be voting for kavanagh. there are several other important votes we don't yet know about. as we mentioned, senators flake, murkowski, collins, joe manchin met in private tonight after the hearing, after their meeting flake told reporters he is facing a toug...

Decency and courage than every democrat member of the committee combined. god bless him. short time after graham's comments, senator orrin hatch of utah echoed some of brett kavanagh's testimony. >> this is a national disgrace the way you're being treated. and in the middle of it all we have judge kavanagh, a man who until two weeks ago, was a pillar of the legal community. there's been no whisper of misconduct by him in the time he's been a judge. what we have are uncorroborated, unsubstantiated claims from his teenage years. >> after today's hearing, republican senator bob corker of tennesse...