right now in this moment in the united states senate what the president of the united states is saying a woman can't be trusted because she was drunk, while he was tweeting the dr. ford be trusted because people really bad as you said, she would've reported it back when she was 15 when it happened. well, republican leaders are saying they will quote, plow right through this. well, they are desperately trying to distract people are pointing to the process and the timing, anything but the substance. they hire a woman they are calling their quote, female assistant, the lord of the town to ask doctor for the questions they can't trust the republican meant on the judiciary committee to ask your the opry sweeping past this hearing and scramble to line up a committee vote right away while they're planning to stay through the weekend to rush to vote on the senate floor that their leader says is quote confident they will win. before dr. ford has even had a chance to be heard and the vote that doesn't need to be rushed for any good reason. mr. president, right now in this moment here in the unit

this is beneath the dignity of the united states senate. it is not just democrats, republicans as well. that needs to end. we have dragged america through this horrible spectacle in the united states senate. and who is doing it? 100 and the senate, 435 in the house. they are guilty in my perspective. here is what they are doing. they spent $17 million to quash accusations of sexual harassment against them, and now they are going after judge kavanaugh .36- year-old allegations, when he was in high school? who are they to judge? who are they to judge? 268 separate allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault and other misdeeds by the united states senate and they are covering it up. >> let me tell you, when doctor ford came out with her allegations, you said they were a bunch of --. you waited a day and then tweeted this out, what's next, will someone find that judge kavanaugh pulled a girls pigtails in first grade? there is no equivalent. to minimize the seriousness of these allegations. there are now four accusers. you are going after t

against you and the other members of the united states senate. why hasn't that come to light? >> ahaz. >> now it has not. [laughter] >> like every other member of the senate and house is trying to sweep this under the rug. trying to talk to us about everything going on with the judge, 36 years ago potentially. meanwhile, you are not linked to clean your on house. disclose the identity of the senate of the house who has sexually harassed and potentially been predators. >> 30 seconds. >> should all be disclosed. when they were refusing to disclose, it was my pleasure that was -- if there's additional facts that need to be exposed, let's have it all out there. but you cannot stand here after you've been accusing dr. ford and name calling her after you just said you don't support the amendment, and now pretend that you are a champion. >> as you know, northern virginia made a push to become a finalist for second quarters that would come with it. but some concern that it would draw away from existing businesses and further strain roads and metro. where

right now in this moment in the united states senate where the united s states the president says a woman cannot be trusted because she was drunk although he was tweeting she cannot be tweeted because were really that bad she would have reported it when she was 15 when it happened. republican leaders say they will plow right through this while they desperately try to do anything that the substance they hire t a woman that they are calling their female assistant they cannot trust the man on the republican judiciary to ask so they are scrambling to line up the committee votes and planning to stay through the weekend to rush through the vote that they are confident they will win. before doctor ford has even had a chance to be heard and a vote that does not need to be rushed. mister president, right now in this moment these are the questions. will women be heard? or will women be ignored? coming forward to share the most terrific one - - horrific experience of their life? will they be trusted? will they be respected or listen to or heard? so right now in this moment in the united states senat

what is this really about right now in this moment here in the united states senate? there's a lot of confusion, a lot of my being kicked up in a lot of distractions. but what is this moment right now really about? not the question of this confirmation, though that is clearly important. now whether or not we think judge kavanaugh would make a good supreme court justice or whether we can trust him despite the lies we've heard issue after issue. those are of course critical questions, too. and not even whether or not my colleagues will believe the allegations brought against them are true once all the evidence is weighed and all investigations are complete. so of course for many of us, that question must be dug into. mr. president, to me and millions of people across the country, this moment right now is about the hands are too a few simple questions. is this senate a place where women are listened to, heard and respected, or is it just still one more place where women's voices are set under the rug, where our voices are ignored, and attacked and undermined. right now i

the united states senate is broken. they're not talkingith one another. they're yelling at each other. democrats. blaming democrats blaming republicans. nothing is getting done. including with senator kane. senator kane is an automatic no to everything that president trump iproposes. bitter about 2016. when the president proposed increasing our military budget, rebuilding our military, senator mccain ved no. when the president proposed ncreasing the pay for our military staff, senator kane voted no. when president trump proposed increasing the modest houng allowance for military, senator kane voted no. when the president successfully fought for a tax cut for all of you, senator kane voted no. of actually getting things done. working across party lines, working across racial lines,rk g across ethnic lines to drop taxes, to rebuild our public safety, to build schools and roads and that is why i ask for your vote on november 6th. thank you very much. >> thank you all for doing this wrash i want to thank the sponsors, capital one for hosting. i'm thrilled tbe

it is unworthy of the united states senate. there is no way we should have this hearing without having a full fair investigation. there is no way to fairly have this hearing without the corroborating witnesses coming forward as well. what's been proposed is a sham and a mockery of a full senate hearing. i have written a letter today joined by senator leahy and senator jones to done mcgahn, white house counsel, asking him when he first knew about these allegations, what he did to investigate them and what other allegations there may be of a similar nature against judge kavanaugh. he has played a unique role in choosing and vetting judicial nominees. he was the one who recommended rob porter to his position as staff secretary, despite many people knowing about his domestic violence issues. we want to know when he knew about these allegations and what he did to investigate them. second, we want to know when the judge igned by 65 of kavanaugh's former school mates was first started. it appeared, as you recall, the day after the let

she comes up before the united states senate just a couple years before they tried to do too clarence thomas what are the republican senators say wait. she is outside the mainstream. and then with a bunch of republican senators. and to say i don't agree with you and to put onto the supreme court and then next time there is a republican president. and then with a confirmed of a vote 96 /-slash three. this is a travesty i cannot imagine what it has felt like for judge kavanaugh to be in that hearing room with the things. almost like political waterboarding that is the confirmation process. and almost all the people i am naming our people that believe they have a great chance to become the next leftist progressive president of the united states. look at senator booker who announced at the hearing he was going to break committee rules to be confidential documents that were supposed to be eyes only for the committee members. and then release the documents and the next morning then cnn not realizing when he released those there were already negotiations between the two staffs and they were

the hearing in the united states senate, the hearing is completed. one of the senators, the leading democrat on the committee, dianne feinstein, the ranking democrat has information that she does not reveal during the hearing, that she does not reveal during the visiting president where kavanaugh meets the united states senate, she keeps it in her back pocket. she doesn't want the information to be known during the hearing process. doesn't want it to be tested during the hearing process, she sits on it and she waits, and what exactly was she waiting for? and what exactly did the accuser accuse the nominee, mr. kavanaugh of. we're going to get into this in a moment. just remember, every week night you can watch me on levin tv, almost every week night, going to crtv.com/mark. join our wonderful community over there or give us a call at 844-levin tv. 844-levin tv. we'll be right back. your h h h h h 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico. goin' up the country. later, gary' i have a motorcycle! wonderful. ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby d

you also have new republican senator jon kyl, actually a former united states senator appointed recently to fill john mccain's seat. jon kyl had been working as basically brett kavanagh's guide through the senate confirmation process as a friend of all the republican senators. any indication whether senator jon kyl or senator jeff flake were involved in the selection of an arizona local prosecutor to come 2000 miles to washington to do this job? >> you know, lawrence, there is no indication yet, but we're still reporting this story right now. and, you know, the senator that you mentioned certainly have played a key role in this overall process. as you mention, senator kyle was basically kavanagh's guide, attended meetings with him on capitol hill with senators. and jeff flake of arizona is a key swing vote in this nomination process. he is seen a a republican who might vote yes, and he might vote no. and with the republicans holding on a 51-49 advantage in the senate, every single vote is important, including flake's so that's something that leadership in the party is certainly looking a

, the united states ambassador to germany, and two separate chapters as united states senator, director advises the president and the national security council everyday on the threat landscape facing the country, a set of geo-strategic challenges. privilege tocular be able to introduce a leader who has set the vision for performance we all follow. ladies and gentlemen, join me in welcoming the director of national intelligence, the honorable daniel coats. [applause] dan coats: good afternoon. we're all coming from the three-day weekend, which makes live in francee because they take a three day weekend every week. i am honored to speak to you today. thank maria for the tiaerous introduction, leti for her efforts in pulling office together. and for the organization of this togetherringing academia and the private sector indeal with issues that are many ways overwhelming in the state of the world. i would love to be able to participate with you in the days ahead as you work through and talk about the issues we are challenges we have to reach in order to provide policymakers and our preside

so also to mention to former speakers of the house in the united states senator. people are called to account for their actions so i was on my way to the shuttle to new york and the cabdriver that i hop in the cabin the cabdriver i was going to say a west african country and said mister star is that you? >> he said in my country this never could have happened. our leaders can do anything they want they are never called to account. that is not america. >> you used to be president of baylor university. >> i was fired unfortunately i was dismissed not as chancellor i held two positions. the board of regents made a determination with possible violations of title ix which is an important law that they needed new leadership so i resigned as chancellor of the university because i felt i could no longer work with the board of regents so the fact downi did step voluntarily i was not fired but we need new leadership. so to complete the thought, ththe summer of 2016 so i wrote a book about my baylor experience. and then said this is a love story.y. and then hillary lost the

to be a united states senator. and immediately i felt that bond with john mccain as a fellow veteran. and it was one thing, but he was truly -- and it was one thing he was truly interested in. he had been through the political stuff with a lot of other stuff engaged in the united states senate. what it was like to engage in a campaign. what he really took an interest in was my experience in the war in iraq, and he asked me about my service, talked to him about the national guard. all of those things he truly understood and connected with, and he really enjoyed that aspect of our discussion. so it was that first meeting -- again, meeting with somebody that to me was larger than life, someone that really had truly served his country, and we felt that connection. so the months progressed and i got through the primary campaign and moved on into the general election cycle and during that time a number of senators came into iowa. they'd hop on my bus, which we fondly called the squeal mobile, and we would travel around t

i am a united states senator today because of the way anita hill was treated in 1991. i along with millions of other women watched in horror as an all-male judiciary committee interrogated, prorated and maligned a woman who was brave enough to speak up about an issue. it would've been far easier for her personally to remain silent on. some of them are still on this committee today. they called anita hill a liar. they said she was coached by special interest groups, they looked for ways to blame her, impugn her, and attack her. it was disgusting and motivated women to vote and run for office and fight for change. not a whole lot has changed since 1991. the "me too" movement has sparked a greater awareness of the issues of sexual harassment and assault. men and women across the country now understand more than ever that women give up so much when they come forward and that the presumption should be that they are telling the truth. a whole lot has not changed. republican side of the judiciary committee looks exactly as the committee did an 1991. those who led the attack a

>> well, it may or may not actually change any minds in the united states senate. but it certainly has repercussions in the court of public opinion more broadly. again, i think in 1991, some of those democratic senators were very uncomfortable with the way that they questioned anita hill and in the end, you had in the following spring anna dixon, an incumbent senator from illinois who actually lost his primary, a black woman became the first african-american woman elected to the united states senate. so even if kavanagh doesn't, you know, maybe votes don't change in the way that kavanagh answers the questions this week, but it could change minds when people go to the ballot box in november and democrats might be -- they might lose the vote, but they might claim the electoral victory in a few weeks' time. >> right. the aim of all of this is to get to the truth of the matter, isn't it, to determine what we're dealing with here and who is telling the truth. we will see. richard johnson, thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> well, the u.s.

, united states ambassador to germany and two separate chapters of the united states senator, director coates advises the president and the national security council every day on the threat landscape facing the country. a set of geostrategic challenges that are the most complex the nation has ever faced in decades. it's a particular privilege to be able to introduce the leader that has set the vision for excellence in performance that we all follow. ladies and gentlemen please join me in welcoming our keynote speaker the director of national intelligence, the honorable daniel coats. [applause] >> good afternoon. we are all coming from a three-day weekend which makes one want to think that we lived in france because they take a three-day weekend every week. i am honored to be asked to speak to you today and i want to thank maria for the generous introduction and for her efforts in pulling this together. and thank you for organizing this summit and bringing together both government, academia, as well as the private sector to deal with issues that are in many ways given the state of the w

there is big work to be done in the united states senate. no one in the state of arizona has the statute of john -- the stature of jon kyl. i asked and i'm grateful he accepted. >> why couldn't you commit to surpass the end of the year, and does you lobby work at does that indeed your ability to serve in the senate? >> the as a to the second question is no. and the reason i did not want to commit beyond the end of this congressional session is because when i left the senate, almost six years ago, i had no intention of returning. to be with my family to come back to arizona more and to be at their side. so, in that spirit, i am willing to serve certainly through the end of this session at least in order make sure ist the business that ongoing as taken care of but i do not want to make a commitment beyond that. >> should senator kyl step down before 2020, one, who do you think you would appoint been, or two, would you leave the seat open until 2020? gov. ducey: like i said, i am hoping the senator will consider serving longer. i'll fulfill my

and made their voices heard and moved the unmovable mountain that is the united states senate. they forced the president of the united states to do something he was never going to do, order a new fbi investigation of brett kavanaugh. the deal on the kavanaugh nomination was done, all done this morning when jeff flake became the final republican on the judiciary committee to publicly announce his decision to vote to confirm brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. senator flake's office announced that decision in a press release at 9:25 a.m. that announcemen d ended all hope that the brett kavanaugh nomination could be stopped or even slowed down. that announcement came as a blow to flake's closest friend on the judiciary committee who learned it from a news reporter. saying that reporters broke the news to senator chris coons about jeff flake's vote in the hallway as senator coons walked into the hearing. coons said, oh, f, then choked up. we each make choices for our own reason, i'm struggling, sorry. he was choked up. so delaware senator chris coons entered the hea

as a united states senator i face this on a number of occasions. there have been times when we've been called upon to vote on legislation literally at the midnight hour, sometimes much later than that that we haven't seen until moments before it was voted on. there have been other times and i kid you not, when i've been asked to vote on a piece of legislation that has an annex and i'm told i can't see the annex to the legislation because it's classified and i don't have access because of a committee assignment i do not have. it's incredibly frustrating. we look for demons. there are demons in those too many to name. this demon is a law of our creation. it's called the president's records act. that's the demon you're after here. that is the only reason we've got this issue. now, the custodian of those documents holds and exercises a privilege on behalf of the bush administration. these are documents we would otherwise not have access to because they are privileged. pursuant to an agreement with the senate as an accommodation to the senate, the custo

states senator to the financial and to talk about the process in washington dc with the united states from america to at the 1h hour that is the know that you should have. >> his book content. >>caller: good morning. i have a couple of points talk about morality i don't know why you continue on with the clintons and number two it's not to come out is not easy to say i was abused by somebody that into consideration? >> especially if you were raped. do you have a ounce answers for that quick. >> i understand it is not easy i'm not saying it is. any violation of human dignity is a very serious matter. and i did not do any such people say brett kavanaugh is not the person. accuser has had an interest but if they did have something happened to her about episode and then raises the question so who is brett kavanaugh? >> but first i want to come back to her first thing because she raised the question about essentially why don't i go away from the clintons? >> it is part of our history. this is the inside story why we chose not to seek the indictment of hillary rodham clinton and that needs t

the fact is everything all day that john kyle represents arizona in the united states senate is a day when our state is being well served. at the memorial here in the state capital last week senator kyle spoke of how senator mccain always but the interest of arizona and america before all else. senator kyle has done the same throughout his own service to our state and nation and will do so again. lastly i want to thank carol kyle. she has been so kind and giving and selfless and we sincerely appreciate her. thank you, carol. no question these are difficult circumstances but we are blessed to have the leadership and statesmanship of john kyle as we come together and move forward. thank you. >> good morning. i'm grateful for governor duties confidence in me and work hard to accept this appointment. we are all saddened by the circumstances that require the appointment and appreciate there is only one john mccain. john and i serve the people of arizona together for nearly 20 years. in that spirit, along with senator flake, i will do my best to assure that arizona continue to be over prese

states senator. the united states of america deserves not just a good nominee, but the best person for the job. the person that we saw come before us yesterday was filled with such ranker and such anger that i cannot accept that he would be an impartial and objective justice on the united states supreme court. to describe members of this committee as a left wing experience to threaten, literally to threaten united states senators, i simply cannot accept. we are interview iing judge kavanaugh for a position that is a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. he cannot be removed except through impeachment. he will be there for decades to come. i made no secret of my opposition to him based on his out of the mainstream views and judicial philosophy. his apparent goal to chip away if not overturn roe v. wade and the guarantees that allow women when to decide whether they become and have children. the decision by millions of americans to marry the person they love, consumer's rights, worker'

you are sitting here before members of the united states senate judiciary committee because you had the courage to come forward because as you have said you believe it was your civic duty. i was struck in your testimony by what you indicated as your intention when you first let anyone associated with these hearings know about it. and what you basically said is you reached out to your representative in the united states congress hoping that person would inform the white house before judge kavanaugh had been named. that's extremely persuasive about your motivation. i believe you and i believe many americans across this country believe you. what i find striking about your testimony is you remember key searing details about what happened to you. you told your husband and therapist, two of the most intimate of your con fidaunts and you told them years ago. you shared your experience with multiple friends years after that and before these hearings ever started. i know having personally prosecuted sexual assault cases and child sexual assault cases that study after study shows trauma, shame an

it is quite disturbing, and today the senate nominee, republican nominee for the united states senate, mr. kramer said what's the big deal in essence, they were drinking and nothing came of it. it's astonishing to me we live in a time with the me too movement, with all we're doing trying to change this world, that we're seeing even worse behavior than we did in 1991. >> lisa graves, i want to get your reaction to where the nominations stand now. attorney katz in representing dr. ford in her response to committee tonight did for the first time use the word "bully." that republicans and the republican staff on the committee speaking for chairman grassly have been trying to bully dr. ford every step of the way. >> i think that's an accurate description of what's going on, and i would go a step further in trying to say this is an effort to railroad her or create some situation in which she doesn't testify. i think a fair reading what's going on this week is terror on the part of the white house, on the part of the nominations team for kavanaugh at letting her testify fairly. they've throw

senator mccain violated no law of the united states or specific rule of the united states senate. therefore, the committee concludes no further action is warranted with respect to senator mccain on the matters investigated during the inquiry. >> i was found guilty of bad judgment. that will always be a black mark on my record, even if it was only using, quote, bad judgment. it was wrong. >> until we abolish soft money, americans will never have a government that works as hard for them as it does for special interests. that is a sad but undeniable fact of contemporary politics. >> i think campaign finance reform was a result of what happened. he saw a system that was really corrupt and really needed to be reformed. >> the process must begin. campaign finance reform has contributed to the level of cynicism that is prevalent in the american citizens today. >> he stepped out, he stepped away from most members of his party. he formed a bipartisan coalition with russ feingold and others. and he fought like hell for it. >> i think we're doing the right thing by trying to do this on a bip

not the civility should expect from the united states senate. but chairman grassley has done then best anybody could do under difficult circumstances. this hearing was notot easy for doctor ford or judge kavanaugh. it has been painful for everybody involved. but looking closer to a resolution on this nomination. today with the judiciary committee i'm glad we could pass that nomination to the senate floor. summer saying we are moving too fast. to them i would say it is clear what the objective of the opponents of the nomination is. the objective is delay. delay. delay. some have said their goal is to delay the confirmation past the midterm electionso to hope it turns out well for them and essentially defeat the nomination to keep the supreme court vacancy open until president trump leaves office. first there was a paper chase that they needed more documents or perhaps they said you have too many. but if you have already announced your opposition to the nominee why do you need more information unless you are open to changing yourin mind? but that

states senator. the united states of america deserves not just a good nominee but the best person for the job. and the person that we saw come before us yesterday was filled with such rancor and anmous, such anger that i cannot accept he would be an impartial and objective justice on the united states supreme court. to describe members of this committee as a left-wing conspiracy, to threaten, literally to threaten united states senators i simply cannot accept. we are interviewing or we were judge kavanaugh for a position that is a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. he cannot be removed except through impeachment. and he will be there for decades to come. i made no secret of my opposition to him based on his out of the mainstream views and judicial philosophy, his apparent goal to chip away if not overturn roe v. wade and the guarantees that allow women to decide when and whether they become pregnant and have children, the decision by millions of americans to marry the person they

states senator. united states of america deserves not just a good nominee , but the best person for the job. the person we saw come forward yesterday was filled with such anger and animus, such that i cannot accept that he would be in impartial and objective justice on the united states supreme court. to describe members of this committee as a left-wing conspiracy, to threaten, literally to threaten united states senators, i simply cannot accept. interviewing, judge kavanaugh for a position, a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. he cannot be removed except he willimpeachment, and be there for decades to come. i made no secret of my opposition to him based on his out of the mainstream views and judicial philosophy. goal to chip away if not overturn roe v. wade, the guaranteed to allow women to decide when and whether they become pregnant and have children, the decision by millions of americans to mary the person they love, consumer rights, worker rights, the powers of the president

and the united states senate shouldn't either. more than 40% of those documents we received, almost 190,000 pages, are considered to be confidential by chairman grassley. for the vast majority of them, does not even conceivable argument to restrict them. compare this to the near 860 documents that were designated committee confidential or justice kagan, and that request is made by the nonpartisan archives, not by this committee. on friday we learn president trump is claiming executive privilege over an additional 102,000 pages of your records. such a blanket assertion of executive privilege is certainly unheard of in the history of this country. the reason it is unheard-of is because it is so outrageous. the last time a president attempted to write a supreme court nominees records by invoking executive privilege was when president reagan did this for justice what you rehnquist. but then republicans and democrats came together. we demanded the documents be released, and president reagan okay, and they were released. boy, how times

at that point in time, if i understand the process correctly, the united states senate judiciary committee has legal authorities if it receives information in an fbi report and it wa nts to information in an fbi report and it wants to further investigate, the senate has legal authority to conduct further investigations, is that correct? that is my understanding. and that is what has been referenced here many times of how some of these witnesses that we re how some of these witnesses that were identified late in the information that we received, they we re information that we received, they were under penalty of felony. that isa were under penalty of felony. that is a felony for lying to the senate judiciary committee. and as i understand it, what happens is the senatejudiciary understand it, what happens is the senate judiciary committee, which has authority under law to conduct those kinds of investigations, follows up on the fbi reports to finish out the investigation that it wa nts finish out the investigation that it wants with regard to any information it receives, it needs further in

and the first words i hear on the floor of the united states senate are, from the southern senator, "george bush couldn't sell (bleep) on a troop train." ( laughter ) i swear to god. and--... ( laughter ) i said to myself, i-- i -- >> stephen: god, i hope we have to bleep that. >> i said to myself, i said, "i know that doesn't come from federalist 85. it's not from the declaration of independence." it was stunning. >> stephen: still is! still is! gotta say! yeah. >> but there are great stories. they're in my book. i have a lot of these stories i. >> stephen: you have a book right here, and the book is "every day is extra." it's not a campaign book, you say. >> no, no. this is a-- this is a memoir of my entire life. it's very personal. i lay out a lot of things i've never talked about before. and i tell a lot of stories of the senate and stories about strom thurmond and -- >> stephen: stories you'd like voters to know about? >> yeah, that's why i-- no. voters-- i mean, we need more voters in america, frankly. >> stephen: anyone who might vote for you in, like, three years? >> i have no

and the united states senator people are -- senator. in washington, d.c. i was teaching at the unit -- a new york university and i was on my way to get to the shuttle and the cab driver turned around and , and it turns out that this cap driver is from a west african country. starr, is that you? in my country this never could have happened. our leaders can do anything they want. they are not called to account. but that's not america. host: he said one of the reasons you wrote this book was because you had, -- because you had the time. he used to be the president at baylor university and you no longer do? guest: i was dismissed. i was not fired as chancellor positions.a two in light of issues of sexual violence and the like, and possible violations of title ix which is an important law that they needed new leadership. as chancellor of the university because i felt i could no longer work with at the board of regents at that time. it's not a criticism, it's just the fact that i did step down voluntarily as chancellor. i was not fired for ca

on the veterans committee and and the united states senate heard. >> mr. rosendale like you to have the last word. mr. rosendale: we have to look at the administration and the leadership that is installed in these places right now and make sure that we are staffing properly. our veterans deserve to have care they want, when they want it and where they want it. period. >> gentlemen, we are going to move forward to another complex and multifaceted issue, that is the topic of immigration. i think each of your parties love to throw around the stereotypes of each party for this. eventually, that becomes personal. either you are too soft on this or you are heartless about this. you are both here and you are both on the record saying you want to protect the border. you obviously want to do it in different ways. let's hear from you tonight, what is the best way to secure our borders and how do we go about paying for that? we will start with you mr. rosendale. mr. rosendale: this is a very critical time in our nation's history. we have to secure our border. we have

they have produced and besmirched the united states senate. this is being done for pure political purposes, for delay, to prevent a vote to put it off until after the election. the democrats are entitled to do whatever they want, they know mike and they are in fact doing exactly that, with no concern whatsoever for the constitution or the senate. shame on them all. >> laura: tammy baldwin is already sending out a fund-raiser today, she's going to do this fund-raiser at the lawyers office for the accuser. this is taking place in early october, october 1st. oh, now it is candle know my counsel because they got so much bad publicity. but they were already fund-raising off it. if it is not politics, protecting a woman, standing up for justice, then why are they fund-raising on it? tammy baldwin, a woman. >> that is every g.o.p. commentator, anyone else, presupposes that this is all rooted in politics. but what is disappointing and shameful is no one on the senate judiciary committee has commented about getting to the truth and the accuracy or just

before representatives of the united states senate. and then, they will vote. we will see what happens. >> reporter: so far, he's been uncharacteristically silent, not tweeting or talking about the accu accuser, christine blasey ford, who says she was sexual assaulted by kavanaugh three decades ago. but privately, they tell cnn that the star pick of the supreme court, could be in jeopardy. the president bit his tongue, for now, at least. is this all politics? >> i don't want to say that. maybe i'll say that in a couple of days but not now. >> reporter: kavanaugh's confirmation battle is awash in politics. amid a deeply serious discussion against allegations lodged against a federal judge with his appointment in to supreme court. it's the biggest momt ent of th #metoo aeera. >> a delay is acceptable. we want to get to the bottom of everything. we want everybody to be able to speak up and to speak out. >> reporter: as democrats call for the fbi to investigate the allegations, republicans, along with the president, dilssagreed. >> i don't think the fbi wanted to b