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i'm john king, thank you for sharing your day with us. president trump angers key republicans with his mocking attack on christine blasey ford. the big question is, does it just anger them or does it impact their votes on brett kavanaugh. the new fbi investigation is the other wild card, it could be wrapped up as early as today. and the senate republican leader wants to move quickly to a kavanaugh confirmation vote. the mood here in because is raw. worse, but one of the president's closest cabinet allies reminds us we have been here for -- or at least pretty close to here before. >> everything he said was fact all. he is frustrated his nominee has been treated so badly. >> it was personal degrading as heck. >> this is what you get when you go through a trailer park with a $100 bill. see, this is not the first time this has happened. >> that is actually a reference to something somebody said. >> james carville.

>> we begin there with what the president really thinks and whether that hurts where it matters the most, the jury of three that will decide if brett kavanaugh becomes justice kavanaugh. >> mr. president, it is time to put this embarrassing spectacle behind us. the american people are sick of this. the senate will vote on this nomination this week. the senate will vote on this nomination this week. >> that from the majority leader even as the fbi background investigation into the judge as of this hour still ongoing. senator mitch mcconnell wants to close the book and move quickly towards a final vote. but this morning new anxiety for the majority leader brought on in a familiar variable. the president's words and their ricochet effect on capitol hill. >> i had one beer. well, do you think it was -- no,

it was one beer about that oh, good. how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. >> the senate's top democrat chuck schumer says the president should apologize, are more importantly though two of the three republicans say that the president should not have said that. >> there is no time and no place for remarks like that, to discuss something this sensitive at a political rally is just not right. it is not right. i wish he hasn't hadn't have do and i'd say it is appalling. >> the president's comments were just plain wrong. >> will it affect your vote? >> manu raju is live on capitol hill. that last question, that is the key part. she doesn't like what the president said. jeff flake doesn't like what the president said.

the question is, will that impact their mood, will it impact their vote. >> reporter: yeah, no question about that. and we don't know the answer to that. but i think that from my discussions with republicans, republican sources, people familiar with their thinking, more likely what is going to impact their vote is the outcome of whatever fbi report eventually comes to capitol hill. what they find in these interviews with these witnesses about brett kavanaugh's past. that will ultimately determine those three key senators' votes. but no question about it, the president's comments at this time not received with open arms by republicans that the very sensitive time. at a time when mitch mcconnell wants to begin the procedural steps as soon as today to force a vote as soon as friday to end the democratic filibuster ahead of a confirmation vote potentially this weekend. but, john, that time table could be complicated if that fbi report is not provided to

capitol hill today. the judiciary committee is telling us just moments ago they have not been told by the fbi when that report will come to capitol hill. so will mcconnell still try to force this vote on friday if that report is not there, he will probably hold off if he gets resistance from those three key senators. so a lot of discussion about to happen behind closed doors. we'll see what mcconnell decides do. >> lunch hour now. be fascinating to know if by the close of business we have an update. appreciate the reporting. with me in studio to share their insight, kathericatherine phil mattingly, michael warren and mj lee. so the jury of three, collins, murkowski and flake, no fans of the president. so clearly when he does things like this, it annoys them. but back to the question, is that something that they then put asided because i think lost in this has been all three are predisposed to vote yes.

they just want the fbi do due diligence and if they don't see anything shocking, anything to corroborate ford or ramirez, they are prepared to vote yes, correct? >> certainly senators collins and flake. lisa murkowski has other issues that are specific to her state. but i think the interesting element is throughout the course of the last year and a half, those senators have been able to raise concern about the president's comments and then push them aside and make decisions on the merits that they see fit. what is most interesting is you have this almost like a dual prong game happening. on the ground a brutal bare nuknu knuckle because on the senate floor, you name it, and then these three snenators are almos in bubble wrap. the majority leader saying if you want changes, we will try to get them for you. i don't like this fbi investigation, but you need th

veneer is poked a bit or stripped down a bit. i think if the majority leader had his way, these those three alone, let them do their thing. and to your point, if the background investigation comes back with nothing damning or things exonerating, it is very likely that brett kavanaugh is confirmed. >> and one of the big debate as has been how many people should be interviewed and one of the big complaints debra ramirez eye lawyer saying we haven't interviewed some of the names we gave them. ford's team says why aren't the professionals coming to interview us. so far it seems that the fbi is prepared to just let her senate testimony speak for itself. one of the questions is would that be enough for this republican jury of three. jeff flake seems to indicate he is fine. >> we have a statement of dr. ford and then we have hours of system. so frankly, when enwe talk when

an fbi investigation, it was to follow up leads that might corroborate her account. i'm not troubled by that as much as if we came back and found out that the fbi only followed a couple of leads or interviewed just a couple of people. >> to me that is a very important point because you will have a big debate in the next 24, 48, 72 hours and then onward that this wasn't fair, it wasn't comprehensive, they didn't go everywhere. and i'm not saying democrats' opinions don't matter, but what matters most is those three votes and senator flake seems to be okay with this. senator flake is talking more about this. let's listen. >> -- appalling frankly. no time or place, but particularly to discuss something so sensitive at a political rally, it is wrong. >> you said that there are dem n demonstrable and falls hohauls

lies would stop everything. if he told lies, does that bother you? >> i don't know specifically what you are talking about, but if you are -- if everybody, you know, accurately portrayed their high school years, you know, i'd say i gained more yards than i really did in football, you know. >> reporter: but he was under oath. >> yab s maybe so, but the drinking thing, i don't know thousand gauge that, i really don't, how many would admit to drinking in excess when they really haven't. that is a different world from what i grew up in. so i just don't know. i've said all along, you know, if somebody lies under oath, that that is not something that we can deal with. but exaggerating or diminishing your success or failures, that is something that a lot of people are used to and you take that in on to account.

>> reporter: do you think the fbi should investigate that? >> i think that what the fbi ought to do and i think is doing is looking at credible allegations to corroborate what dr. ford or debbie ramirez brought forward. and that i think was mostly what was hanging over that we hadn't done well enough. and so that is where they were headed and i hope that they are doing that. i'm confident that they are. >> reporter: has mcgahn been filling you? >> yes, i've been talking to them and we've been getting things to our office i think a lot of offices have, we've been passing them on. but the fbi is doing what they do. they are professional. i think people have confidence in what they do. that is why this is important. it was important to wait a week. we needed this. >> reporter: would you be comfortable with a friday vote before the report comes? >> we won't have a vote before

the report comes. that was the deal. so i would be you uncomfortable with that. but i'm fully confident that we'll have the confident by then. >> reporter: today or tomorrow? >> i would assume so. one week was what we agreed on, that chris and i had put forward and that his colleagues had expressed confidence in, that would be friday. so i'm confident that we can get that. the anita knenita hill investigatio four days. and they talked to i think 22 people. so the fbi is professional. they move quickly. they informed us that they could do this. >> reporter: did they talk to christine blasey ford? >> with that, she gave testimony before the committee. she gave a statement before the committee. for me, i was more concerned about corroboration. and people -- leads that she had mentioned, people that she had talked to, particularly mark

judge and others that she places in the room. that is where they needed to start and then follow those leads wherever they go. so i think that that is far more important in than going back to people who already testified for hours before the committee and have written extensive statements. >> reporter: thank you, senator. appreciate it. >> listening there to senator jeff flake of arizona. some key points from that. number one, democrats will like what he said about the timing. that we're not going to have a vote, it was part of the deal. no vote to move forward on this nomination until we get the report. the majority leader has suggested at times that maybe he will start the process away from the report. senator flake saying that won't happen. democrats will like that. what they won't like, and maybe many people viewing this won't like, he was pretty clear there that, yeah, he doesn't think maybe judge kavanaugh wasn't completely honest about his drinking, but he views it more as exaggeration about his high school days.

he wants to know can you corroborate ford or ramirez. that is where he draws the line. and the other stuff to him, unless the fbi comes up with something stunning didn't seem to him relevant. fair characterization? >> i think that is where this is all going and this is what jeff flake was asking for. essentially to have somebody independent, the fbi, to come in and try to figure out where the gaps in the story are. you have these two stories from dr. ford and from judge kavanaugh that are so different from each other. he denies it, she claims it, but there are missing pieces to about it. the fbi should be able to find the missing pieces or they can't. that seems to be what he is asking for and getting. i wouldn't be surprised -- and you mentioned the objection from democrats about who is not being interviewed by the fbi. sort of a process question, process argument about the fbi investigation. i think republicans, jeff flake, lisa murkowski, susan collins, are also frustrated with the

process on the democratic side going back to when senator feinstein got the letter, heard about this from dr. ford holding it back from chuck grassley and the rest of the committee. so there is a lot of frustration on both sides of this issue and i think that there is the sense that can we just finish, know what we know and make a decision. >> there is a big debate trying to move the goal posts. what is the fbi supposed to be looking at. to the people who matter most, those three republican senators, it seems to be can you corroborate either professor ford or deborah are a mooramire. they are less interested in how much he can drink unless you can connect to aggressive sexual behavior. a lot of democrats saying that is a question of temperament or honesty. >> and remember it was senator flake who said that he didn't want an fbi investigation that just provided cover for some of the republicans who are sitting on the fence.

but the reality is that it is going to provide cover for some of these republicans currently undecided because they get to use the report to say there has now you been an investigation and from that investigation i've drawn x, y and z conclusions and now i feel comfortable voting this way or the other. and the other thing i quickly want to say about flake too, when you were watch think the president last night and watching him openly mocking christine blasey ford, that creates a really problematic optics issue for someone like flake. i think he has to have been having sort of flashbacks of the elevator moment because he was confronted by sexual assault victims who specifically said to h him i feel like i'm not being heard if you support kavanaugh. if flake does decide to support kavanaugh in the end, i think that support closely associated with this very jarring and callus image of the president openly mocking this woman who says that she was sexually assaulted. >> and we'll pick up the conversation there. it is no surprise and perfectly within bounds for supporters of

judge kavanaugh to say she was credible but where is the corroboration. she was credible, we don't have any corroboration. that is one thing. do what the president said is something else. a tweet from the chairman, i have a long history of respecting people who step forward. we gave her consideration. people can decide who to believe, but i plead with all stop personal attacks and destruction of dr. ford and her family or judge kavanaugh and his family. so the chairman of the committee weighing in there on a debate that has divided the country. next the president changes his tone in tone. but in lindsey graham's view, so have the democrats. >> i don't like what the president said last night. i'm the first person to say i want to hear from dr. ford. i thought she was handled respectfully. i thought kavanaugh was treated like crap. >> boo. >> boo yourself. to look at me now,

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like a very fine woman to me. very fine woman. she was a very credible witness. she was very good in many respects. >> the question is why. we're five weeks from the midterm election. the president's own staff, they have been thrilled actually, they said to him mr. president trump, stay measured, don't stir this up, stay out of it. in part because there is an election coming, in part because you are a man and she's a woman and in part because of his history. he is the one on the "access hollywood" tape which would be felony sexual assault mind you what he said on that tape. but why now? >> you're right, there has been a big hold off until midterms push on a lot of issues with the president from his advisers trying to get him to halt any sudden moves on jeff sessions say or the budget and border wall. in this case what i'm hearing from folks in the white house is that a lot of time has gone by

since the credible comments, he is getting more frustrated, there is a feeling growing that the kavanaugh testimony and his past and his college and high school years are getting pored over in a way that her testimony is not. and so some of this reflects in a frustration. i would also say this came yesterday after a pretty explosive report in the "new york times" about his family finances and when the president is at a rally, as we know, he tends to say what he likes. and he is comfortable and you saw him really play to the crowd with this. and the crowd responded. and he knows that. he knows that taking this stance and taking this kind of posture is popular with his voters. >> and some of his more confrontation at advisers are telling him yes, suburban women are breaking heavily for the democrats and if you talk like this, you mayo depends them. but they are already offended, so let's ginn up your base. >> they can --

>> and you see that in the tweet. each time i go out to rallies, voters are angry very vicious and despicable way democrats are treating brett kavanaugh. he and his family deserve much better. there are people around the president who say you know what, you got to go -- yes, get the male dominated trump base to show up and start a fight. pick a fight. >> and i think absolutely not a coincidence that we heard him change his tone exactly as you said at a rally. we know that he tends to unleash and a tends to be much more animated and really i think we hear most of the time the truest version of what he is actually thinking when he is in a room full of his supportsupporters, is getting support from people in the room. you can almost imagine him saying this kind of thing at a dinner party when he knows that the people in the room are his friends and he is trying to impress them. and i want to say that obviously we're doing a lot of minute to minute coverage on the kavanaugh nomination.

i do think that it is worth just pausing for a second and remarking upon the fact that there this is the president of the yunkd with t united states mocking someone who says that she was sexually assaulted. i think that is a powerful and important narrative coming from the president that we should not let's get lost. >> it is a horrible when you lift your head out of the fight we're in about kavanaugh and about an election, it is a horrible big picture message. the tone of it. again, he has every right to defend his nominee and to say professor ford was credible but she has not produced corroboration. that is one thing. but the mocking tone and talk to the experts, a lot of people who are victims of sexual assault don't remember all the details, a lot of them do wait to come forward. so what the president said does not match up with real life experience of people. >> and it is also unnecessary. unless the fbi investigation finds something you new, i mean as i mentioned earlier, there were holes in dr. ford's

testimony. rachel mitchell, the prosecutor who the republicans brought in, her memo essentially says this doesn't rise to the level of preponderance of evidence in a sexual assault case. i think the raw politics of it suggested brett kavanaugh is on his way of getting confirmed unless we learn something new and explosive that contradicts or supports the testimony. so there is no reason for donald trump to jump into this because there is that raw political cal you could you race, but also sort of a broader optics i think you used that word. whatever happens at the end of this, and if kavanaugh is confirmed, he is tainted on that bench. the republicans don't need to be furthering the idea that they are and that they nominate to the bench, they nominate these judicial appointments people antagonistic to women who suffer sexual harassments. >> but we have seen before, this president trusts his instincts

and he listens to the quote/unquote establishment types up to a point about stay back, stay out of this, but then you mentioned the rally setting. at that point he trusts his instincts and he thinks that this is a big fight. he is trying to get his people out and some would argue that he is trying to hear some people around him saying create a white male race. listen to the president. >> it is a very scary time for young men in america when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of. somebody could accuse you of something and you're automatically guilty. but in this realm, you are truly guilty until proven innocent. >> look, i don't think that there is any question that that is his base. and you can go through polling there 2016 on and those are

people that will push him to a victory if they want any shot. but i do think the political side of this inks, the think th people making this case to him, and they feel like this is resonating with their base. they feel like the enthusiasm on their side of things, not sure if it plays out, but they feel like this is doing something and as everybody knows, the base is crucial in a midterm election. >> can i just quickly object and say there is an additional group of people he is trying to appeal to which is republican women. i do think that there is a segment, not as large as the entire female population, that does hear that appeal. they don't want to hear that their sons or husbands are falsely accused. i think that there is something a little more that he is doing. i don't know if -- i don't believe that it is visible for the president to make that appeal. but i think that is at least -- if there is a political calculation to appeal to women, it is republican women who might see brett kavanaugh and think of their own male relatives falsely

accused. >> and there was a way to do this without attacking christine blasey ford. and it was strategic and done kind of to a "t" by centsenate republicans which is take the allegations that have the least amount of merit, leave her be because she was credible, because she was a witness that people believed and because she had the courage to show up. president trump diverged and went the opposite direction of that last night. >> and his instinct is direct conflict. we talked at the top of the program senator flick and senatflake and collins did not like it. and murkowski says that i thought the president's comments mocking dr. ford were wholly inappropriate and unacceptable. that is from lisa murkowski. she was asked whether it would affect her vote. she said, quote, i am taking everything into account. what do we make of that?

careful, cautious, that is what she has been. again, the president, they get annoyed by the president, they think he is unhelp testimofulun. we believe at least two of the three want to get to yes, but they are waiting as we all are to see what the fbi hands them. >> and the president is not actively engaged in trying to with these votes bring them along, talk to them. they are not using him for that because he is not someone who has a lot of influence with these three. so they are trying to keep some distance from this. >> and like in so many other situations we've seen in the past, there are republicans out there who badly want to do right by their party and be supportive of the president. but i think that this is just another example of a moment where the president simply makes that very difficult for them instead of making it easier. >> for most of the republican party, the president wants to make this tribal. flake is retiring. collins and murkowski, it is a harder sell there. we'll keep an eye on this.

when we come back, read the "new york times" today. listen to donald trump over the years say how he made his fortune. somebody is not telling the truth.

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learn more about why you should choose an aarp medicare supplement plan. call today for a free guide. welcome back. president trump today being accused of, quote, outright fraud. that is in the pages of mihis favorite newspaper, the "new york times." they published a wide reaching investigation into his father's real estate empire complete with photos, documents, detailed records. the "times" alleges that donald trump helped his parents hide millions in gifts and dodge taxes. and he received a present day

equivalent ever more than $400 million from the empire starting when he was a toddler. the president tweeting today criticizing the "times" for publishing a quote very old, boring an often told hit piece. but the "times" account is meticulous source with business, real estate and tax records. read it, look at the documents, then you will laugh when you remember all this. >> it has not been easy for me. you know, i started off in brooklyn. my father gave me a small loan of $1 million. i came into manhattan and i had to pay him back and i had to pay him back with interest. but then i have all these people writing books about i got this, i got that. i got peanuts. i started off with 1ed million and now i'm worth over 10 bhld. before my father died, he said everything donald touches turns to gold. it is absolutely -- he was so proud of me. but i borrowed very little money from my father. >> everything turns to gold that

his father funneled into his account apparently. >> look, god bless fred trump and miss suppohis support. the idea that the president was supported generously by his father, there is nothing wrong with that. the president has created this myth that i got peanuts. if i do the adjustments for inflation, $400 million, you don't think that is peanuts? it is more than a million. and the story says that his father stepped in repeated throw bail him out when he was younger. and a lot of his early enterprises failed. this is what gets under his skin. he does not like to be daddy's boy. >> that's right. this is a classic sort of were you born on thursday, did you hit a triple situation. and the president has long held that he is self-made, there have been books and tv shows and it is part of the mythology about who he is and the persona that he sold during his campaign all along, that he was someone who

made himself. and so this has to be cutting him today because he does not like anything to suggest -- >> and the question is does it matter. if you don't like trump, you say i knew this all along. he is a fraud, it is a myth. he ha he was born on third base. if you like donald trump, you beat up the "times," does it matter. >> so there is nothing that we can say that would do justice to the 13,000 word piece. but here is why it matters. this provides more ammunition should democrats take over one or both chambers of congress to try to go after his tax returns which they can. and i think more importantly, the idea of really good dedicated deep dive reporting with facts, with data, with very few off the record sources or background sources. just really doing the work and laying out in detail things that are true.

look, tax evasion and tax avoid dance, it is a very murky line. i have no idea where that lands on this. but there is such value to laying out detail like this about anybody's life who is in a prominent position let alone a president who refuses to release his own tax returns. >> i think the question of whether it is going to matter for the president's supporters and the really fierce supporters, that is an open-ended question. you just think back to the 2016 trump rallies and talking to the voters who were very fiercely behind him, they didn't always necessarily care about the details. they had this image of him that they had known for a while for a number of years by watching "the apprentice" and they had decided that he was a very shrewd and skillful businessman who knew what do about money in a way that they felt like people in washington, d.c. didn't. i don't know that they are necessarily going to appreciate the 13 thourks words that are in this story and necessarily change their minds of this image that they have of the president. >> but that is not necessarily

the metric. changing the minds of the president's diehard supporters shouldn't dictate whether or not you do a story. >> oh, no. the story is incredibly well done and again in part because the president raises questions you say that doesn't add up, you do the reporting and is he right, is he wrong. just read the story. look at the signatures of fred trump on the checks. to the point about the democrats, if they take back the house, there is no question elijah cummings who would be the chairman, are we going to be the nightmare? it is in the eyes of the beholder. that is what the democratic congressman from mayor laryland. a bit of tongue and cheek. but you can be sure that they will use their subpoena power. my other question though, if this is a past practice and it is laid out in such meticulous amazing riveting detail, we know robert mueller has looked into the trump organization. we know that they handed off to the southern district of new york a case in which the chief financial officer of the trump organization and michael cohen

are cooperating, the question is, if spas prologue, are there people who are looking at this and saying okay, this is the '90s when fred trump was in failing health and the family was trying to decide thousand handle the fortune. what about after that, did this practice continue.thousand handle the fortune. what about after that, did this practice continue. >> this is what i'm interested in. it is clear that there is a source or multiple sources in the trump organization. so somebody is out there talking and sort of opening up the books and showing the "new york times" all of this. wi wiseleburg is the long time accountant. this could be problematic for trump now and more recent as you point out, more recent decades of his activity. >> you don't think that would get under his skin? >> maybe a little bit. up next, expect an important phone call 2:18 today eastern time from your government.

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off. things got even testier in the florida senate race when the two candidates squared off last night. rick scott describing bill nelson has a failure, the incumbent calling scott a liar. and judging from this photo on the left, actor christian bale certainly studied the posture and mannerisms of the former vice president he plays in an upcoming movie. 9 first trathe first trailer fos been released. amy adams is lynne cheney. sam rockwell is president george w. bush. >> vice presidency is a mostly symbolic job. however, if we came to a different understanding, i can handle the more mundane jobs. >> so we going to do this thing or what, is this happening?

>> i believe we can make this work. >> hot damn. >> christian bale has already played a shadowy figure who has to protect citizens with manners that many might deem, you know, uncivil. so the perfect -- in a bat suit, but basically the same role. so i think this is not much of a stretch. >> bat cave undisclosed location. >> there we go. >> i want your opinion on this, based on your initial read, is this going to be accurate, entertaining and do you think -- >> well, i have to see the movie to see whether it is accurate, but in terms of the body language and mannerisms of cheney, that little clip there was damn on good. w. i'm a little more skeptical. but just the way -- look, dick cheney was the sphinx, right? toughest interview in town.

>> there are so many political movies coming out. there is no relief. it is constant. >> you wanted relief? >> sorry, what town do you think you you're in. what business did you get in to. >> i want to go see another tom cruise movie. >> good for you. when we come back, the massive amount of tv ad spending in the high stakes supreme court battle and just 34 days until you vote. . so why am i sliding into this ski lodge with my mini horse? because hotels.com lets me do me. sorry, the cold makes him a little horse. hotels.com. you do you and get rewarded. ...to give you the protein you need

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of money spent on tv ads targeting the brett kavanaugh supreme court fight. that covers spending by pro and anti-kavanaugh groups. shows how expensive the battle has become for both sides. significantly more spending in support of kavanaugh than against him. one of the biggest xwlups grou kavanaugh kavanaugh kavanaugh's corner, the group responsible for ads like these. >> a smear campaign, delay by personal attack. disgusting accusations. unproven. deposit credited. kavanaugh denies them. don't let a last minute smear campaign negate a lifetime of excellence. it never happened. confirm kavanaugh. >> not a surprise, and many if not most of these ads targeted the red state democrats for

example for those pushing in favor of kavanaugh. but a lot of this isn't it a waste of money? i understand the groups need to show that they are in the fight. but a lot of these ads are being sent when a lot of these senators have already made up their mind. >> and when you are targeting people like susan collins or lisa murkowski or heidi heitkamp, they are used to it. i spoke to senator collins about this. and her point is like i've been through you this in health care, i went through it on tax, that is not how i make up my mind. there are ways to reach these senators, often it is a lot more with honey than vinegar, but yeah, i think to some degree they just cancel each other out while these senators are watching hearings or trying to go through judicial decisions. >> one thing that has been impactful is not necessarily ads, but the real people that we've seen emerge. obviously jeff flake was very

moved by these two women at the elevator. so i think those -- i don't know if they have impacted more, but those are really had -- sort of captured the moment. >> that is what happened on repealle a land replace, not th advertising. it was the individuals, their statistics. >> and judicial crisis network is from the right. this ad from the left has generated a little controversy. >> we've seen this before. denials from powerful men. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> i've never seen anything like this. >> i categorically and unequivocally deny the allegation against me. >> integrity matters and we cannot have any doubt. senator gardner, he possess the confirmation of judge kavanaugh. >> that is from the american civil liberties union which we all view as left of center. but has a tradition of saying you're innocent until you are proven guilty, of defending some pretty nefarious characters

saying they innocent until proven guilty. they have decided that brett kavanaugh is guilty. >> and on much less than the other men who were in that ad. bill cosby i think is the most obvious one. scores of women who came out with much more credible allegations. that seems to be a little bit -- they sort of got out of their skis. although i guess this is for all the marbles which is why all of these political groups are spending so much money because for better or worse, the courts are what matter now in our politics. >> and some groups try to hide this thing that we are nonpartisan. and that answers your question. sorry, but that answers your question, whether are you in favor or opposed, a lot of these groups say we're just good sifrk peop civic people, we don't take sides. but that is taking sides.

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seen. a picture of the briefing room. september 10th was the last time and that was the only press briefing of the entire month. the press secretary says the president often speaks, so they are not as necessary as in the past. john bolton will make a statement at well. have a great afternoon. i'm wolf blitzer, it is 1:00 p.m. here in washington. thanks for joining us. take a look at this live pictures coming in from the white house briefing room. any moment now, we're told we will be seeing the press secretary sarah sanders begin taking questions from the press, john bolton's national security adviser will make a statement, answer reporters' questions. and by the way this will be the first briefing by sarah sanders in nearly a month. and it comes as criticism glow s