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Asks tonight, will the kavanagh-ford hearing be a where-were-you moment? i would argue it already is. still with us, joyce vance, eugene robinson and michael steele. mr. chairman, i heard kasie hunt report tonight that part of what is motivating the clock, the 9:30 hearing, the word that there may be a full senate vote as early as saturday, is that they don't want her story to sit with people that long because it may, it may come back and resonate. >> right. >> her decency and her obvious expertise in her field may rattle around in folks' heads. that's prut sad. >> it's sad, and i think largel...

One is reading a magazine, no one is talking. a woman from new york sent this out. when other women on your jetblue flight are watching an at cavanaugh hearings with you it's hard not to feel the impact dr. ford's testimony has on the greater american public. and there was the daughter who shared the picture of her father watching the kavanagh hearing while undergoing chemotherapy treatments. oh, americans watched and listened today, but political divides as we have chronicled here tonight, being what they are, people saw and heard different things today. that conversation continues tonight. i...

Today's discussion. >> it was. others have said this, but i'll say it again. it is clear he is lying about the degree to which he did drink and frankly probably the degree to which he drinks now. whether or not he drinks alcohol isn't the central issue of whether he should be a judge, but whether he's lying about it is. and it goes to the truth of the main issue here, which is did you sexually assault dr. ford. and if he was so drunk that he couldn't remember it or couldn't control it, or, you know, just doesn't want to admit all of that, that goes to that central issue. and there is no doubt ...

Lens, this is all part of, to quote my favorite american, now we are engaged in a great civil war, right? this is a war between the america that was and the america that will be. and this is a very, very difficult transition. this war has many theaters, many fronts, race, diversity, age, urban/rural, there are lots of fault lines here. and it's becoming more like, to mix my war metaphors, like world war i. we're dug into trenches. today dug those trenches deeper because dr. christine blasey ford was credible. i mean, she was totally credible. there's no mistaken identity. she happens to be qua...

Fbi did conduct a background investigation into you before we were aware of these most recent allegations. so, are you willing to ask the white house to do that? and say yes or no and we can move on. >> six backgrounds over 26 years -- >> sir, as it relates to the recent allegations, are you willing to have them do it? >> the witness testimony is before you. no witness who was there supports that i was there -- >> okay, i'm going to take that as a no. did you watch dr. ford's testimony? >> i did not. i plan to. >> thank you. >> i plan to, but i did not. y i was preparing mine. >> at the end of...