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Information and they would to y typically forward that to the white house saying we have this new information about someone who's come forward. they'll see the back and forth whether or not the agents were precluded from following leads if they were doing a suitability inquiry. >> thank you very much, apprecia. protesters demanding answers after the disappearance of a journalist and critic of the saudi regime. now sources inside turkey are making stunning accusations claiming that he was killed at the saudi consulate. we'll look at that story next. .

This inquiry was insufficient. we heard joe manchin yesterday after the vote saying he only had to deal with what was in front of him. and you can always do more. the issue isn't that you can always do more, the question is whether you did enough. senator collins similarly said, this is premised on a lack of corroboration. a lack of corroboration from who? from how many interviews that were done, was it thorough or not? and more specifically, what were the parameters, why was this focused only on sexual assault. only on sexual assault allegations from certain people, and not on lying, and not ...

Hearings themselves is further corroboration as to why the rules need to be changed regarding background inquiries, the fbi and white house. why indeed this reopening of this inquiry was insufficient. we heard joe manchin yesterday after the vote saying he only had to deal with what was in front of him. right? and you can always do more. so the issue, chris, isn't that you could always do more. the question is whether you did enough in the investigation. senator collins similarly said you know, this is premised on a lack of corroboration. a lack from who? from how many interviews that were don...

Want people to know that as joyce said when you are doing a suitability inquiry, you are not focused on the criminality, but whether or not this person has the capacity, the character and the sbintegrity and the reputatn to do his job well. so all of this is fair game. i hear people saying, well, we only had to focus on the allegations of sexual assault, and that is not true. i have done hundreds if not thousands of background investigations or supervised them in my career, and you are absolutely -- you absolutely ask questions like does the candidate abuse alcohol. does he have a temperament ...

Put the brakes on some of these investigations or not. the agents in the course of their interviews would want to pursue allegations that appear to contradict what the judge said, if it's this suitability inquiry. we're not really clear on how they're being directed and guided, but i know where they'd like to go as investigators to get to the truth, to try and make a determination or to provide the facts that corroborate one way or the other what the judge's position is. >> thank you. greg, thank you. betsy, thanks to you as well. do appreciate your time. >> we're going to have much more on th...