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Into what is a very serious accusation. >> and tim, the final question to you having studied this is the more cynical one. there's a lot of talk about process, facts, investigation. but what we are embarking upon is by definition a televised event on monday if she comes forward. how much at a disadvantage are these individuals who are not trained in public speaking, in media, in the hearing room? i was there watching kavenaugh and thinking, gosh, it is so overwhelming, even for someone accustomed to some of these things, let alone what we would call a civilian or a random, independent person l...

Back at what happened to professor hill. both in the press and on the floor of the senate committee hearing. she was denigrated in every which way. and there were -- there was almost nobody to stand up for her. so she knows that she would be putting her head right into the lion's den if she appears on monday. >> yeah. that i think goes to why there's a lot we still don't know about what's going to go down. tim phelps, professor r ruti aga gore, thank you so much. a former republican operative says they're going to defend kavenaugh at any cost. we're going to dig in with an expert on how to r...

But we also know that the senate didn't get it then. senate republicans don't really seem to get it now. we also know with anita hill that the court of public opinion was against her. she got very little support from quarters you would have expected. she pointed out in this recent op ed she put out in the "new york times," times have changed publicly. so dramatically in terms of how we think about support for victims, investigating accusations, as serious as allegations of attempted rape. who better to provide a lens, a very sharp spotlight onto injustice and imbalance of power within the sena...

Of similar allegations, "l.a. times" reporter tim phelps spoke about that second man. >> there were no payments going on between hastert and the second official we're reporting. >> and this occurred when hastert was a teacher and a wrestling coach at that high school? >> well we believe that's the case. we don't have a lot of detail on the second victim. in general, the charges made clear that it goes back before the time that hastert was in office. >> the school where hastert taught during the alleged sexual abuse said it had no knowledge of these accusations. still ahead, a kansas college st...

Elise labott cnn, washington. for more on how we keep track of the taliban, let's bring in former navy s.e.a.l. and former member of the fbi joint terrorism task force, jonathan gilliam and steven rodgers, a former member of the fbi joint terrorism tank force and a retired police detective as well. jonathan let me start with you on this one. is there really a way to track these prisoners, once the travel ban is lifted? >> i would have to say no. i mean there are ways through sources that we can track these individuals. but the reality is these five guys should have never been released. espec...