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American people information about a man who is seeking a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land? >> democrats making a very public show saying they would break senate rules and release the documents on their own. >> i understand that the penalty comes with potential ousting from the senate. i openly invite and accept the consequences of my team releasing that e-mail right now. >> republicans calling the move a political stunt to interfere with kavanagh's nomination and making clear the documents in question had actually already been cleared for release and calling out those acro...

The american people deserve it. and so far, we have yet to see all the documents we need. and chairman grassley has yet to provide, in my view, the kind of cooperation we need. if this nomination vote is delayed until literally the days or weeks before the midterm elections, it will be the height of cynical manipulation in a vote that is probably the most important that most of us will ever cast because these are lifetime appointments, the highest court in the land. and again, judge kavanagh has indicated in the writing you just mentioned, we just discussed as well as others, that he is an out...

And the result of vetting by extreme right wing groups, such as overturning roe v. wade and withdrawing protections under the affordable care act. so we deserve every document. >> what is the behind the scenes thinking of what kind of impact a vote so close to the election will have? there has to be some tension in the democratic caucus between those moderates facing reelection in red states who want to be out on the trail campaigning, and those liberal potentially 2020 candidates that, as we know, there are a number of them in your caucus. how is that playing out behind the scenes? >> what we...

Decided. you'll remember that decision led the supreme court to order president nixon to hand over tape recordings to a federal court. and ever since it has been referenced as one of the major cases that limits executive power. kavanagh's views on executive privilege are being carefully looked at as he makes his way through the confirmation process. joining me mao to talk about there and everything else that went on this past week, democratic senator from connecticut and member of the judiciary committee, senator richard blumenthal. senator, thank you so much for being with us tonight. i want ...