>> with trump's impact, that is the piece for republicans that they can't separate themselves. they are tied to trump. >> house republicans? >> yes, house republicans. so much to talk about this for the next five weeks. thank you so much for joining me on inside politics. wolf starts right now. >> i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. the fate of the u.s. supreme court justice on the line right now. will he be confirmed or not. the three key gop senators, lisa murkowski, susan collins and jeff flake are reviewing the report into the nominee, brett kavanaugh who has been accused of sexual abuse. we heard from two of them. senator jeff flake has seen no additional corroborating information against judge kavanaugh. susan collins said the report

appears to be very thorough. no word at this time from senator lisa murkowski. the senate judiciary committee saying there is nothing we didn't already know and no hint of misconduct. ranking member dianne feinstein said the white house obstructed a full investigation. >> democrats agreed that the investigation scope should be limited. we did not agree that the white house should tie the fbi's hands. in my view from what i saw, the investigation was very limited and it will be interesting after all of the members have an opportunity to read the documents and we have an opportunity in public to discuss our conclusions, what the findings are. >> outside on the streets of washington, d.c., protesters are marching in opposition to the

nomination of judge kavanaugh. we are going to go there live shortly. you can see lots of people have gathered in the nation's capital to protest. phil mattingly is joining us live from capitol hill. what are you hearing there, phil, especially from the three republican senators who were undecided, at least before today. >> basically the break down is this. 95 senators in the united states senate who made up their minds and their refrain splits perfectly down partisan lines. mitch mcconnell on down saying no corroboration. many allegations didn't learn anything that is problematic and they want to vote. democrats played the sound and dianne feinstein saying they are concerned it was straight jacketed. wolf, you hit the key point. what this all comes down to is a very small number of senators. if for republicans, the initial

returns seem to point in the direction of possibly getting brett kavanaugh's nomination over the finish line. you pull up what the three senators have said at this point. as you noted, all three are currently in the confidential room, reading this report as it goes through. two went to the briefing this morning. senator collins said she thought it was a very thorough investigation. senator flake said he had not seen additional corroboration. break that out a little bit further. there are two democrats who remain undecided. how they view the report will likely dictate whether or not brett kavanaugh is elevated to the highest court in the land. one thing that has been pointed out. jeff flake, lisa murkowski and susan collins reviewing personally. those initial returns while positive for the republican party don't mean a definitive answer. susan collins has paid attention to mark judge, the friend who is

alleged to have been a witness to christine blasey ford's alleged assault. i am total he was interviewed for more than three hours by the fbi. one of the key things all the senators will be looking for is reading through the transcripts. that will go a long way to whether they have more comfort with what they saw or what they expressed or whether there are problems. earlier returns from republican aides i have been talking to is they feel like the people who needed to see the report and be okay with the report, at least at this point they are. >> encouraging for the white house. relatively upbeat assessments. if they vote in favor, it's all over. he is confirmed because he has

at least 50 votes and mike pence, the vice president will break a tie in favor of confirmation. >> that's the ball game. that's why republicans have been moving by the initial comments. the five senators are not a monolith. they have been talking and going back and forth on what they are seeing and the concerns are. they don't see is one democrat as well. >> let us know what you are hearing. thank you. there is an air of confidence at the white house. senators get their looks at the fbi report on judge kavanaugh. >> we feel very confident without getting to the details that when the senators have an opportunity to review this material as they have already just beginning to right now, they will be comfortable voting to confirm judge kavanaugh.

the president and the white house are firmly behind judge kavanaugh and we believe the questions have been addressed in this investigation and to be clear, allegation, we cannot live in a world where allegation alone can sulley a man's reputation for life. >> jim acosta is over at the white house. the fbi report came out and senators are reviewing it right now. what are you hearing from sources where you are. if the president personally saw this report. >> reporter: we don't think he saw the report. he has been briefed on it and briefed on the fact that it has been delivered to senators on t capitol hill and he is getting updates, but they are getting increasingly optimistic at the white house and among the republicans on the senate judiciary committee as to how this is playing out mainly because of the responses you are

hearing from the republican senators, senator susan collins from maine and jeff flake from arizona. both of them making fairly positive comments this morning that harden the prospects for brett kavanaugh. one thing i can point to you from the source close to the nomination process, this person told me a few moments ago, i think both flake and collins set a bar for what they needed to feel comfortable moving forward and so far all signs point to that being met. what you are seeing is the process changing. a process from fact finding and democrats who say this was never a fact finding mission to a vote counting initiative. that is on the republican side, trying to find out if they have the votes to push brett kavanaugh over the edge. do they have joe man thin and heidi heitkamp and they are all talking about this right now. that is going to decide where things end up.

they can play a pivotal role throughout all of this. the president just left the white house for a rally in minnesota taking place later on today. there he is. joint base andrews and wolf, the president after really almost taking this whole process eafr t off the rails when he mocked christine blasey ford in mississippi, he was notably silent when he left the white house and as he gets on air force one. there is a recognition that i was talking to republican sources on the hill last night. there is a real recognition that the president almost threw this off the rails when he made the comments in mississippi. reassuring senators is what's in this supplemental background check on brett kavanaugh handed up to both democrats and republicans up on capitol hill. they are feeling better about the process not because of what the president has done, but

because of the supplemental report. >> the president is getting ready to fly off to minnesota and then rochester, minnesota. another campaign rally. he has been doing a lot in advance the mid-terms. thank you very much. democrats are slamming the latest fbi report, calling it incomplete. jessica schneider is joining us and we are told the fbi interviewed nine people in all. >> that's right. nine people. that was above and beyond the initial four people senators had requested. democrats saying it still wasn't enough. here's a composite of the people the fbi did talk to. first of all, someone considered a key witness here. mark judge. christine blasey ford said judge was in the room when she was sexually assaulted. republican senator john kennedy said that mark judge was questioned for three hours.

we don't know specifically what he told the fbi, but he denied a recollection of the party or the incident and vouched for kavanaugh's character. here's other people who were interviewed. first of all, leland kaiser, patrick, pj smyth. ford said that both of them were at the party and issued statements saying they had no recollection, but unknown what they told the fbi. there is chris garrett and tim gaud et. they were referred to a calendar interview. a gathering at tim's house, brett kavanaugh referred to him as timmy. chris garrett was also there. his nickname was squi. they pointed to this date as a possible party that christine blasey ford was remembering. she hasn't been able to pinpoint the date.

finally, deborah ramirez was the second accuser who claimed that brett kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a dorm room party at yale in the early 1980s. kavanaugh denied all of the claims and we do know three other people were also interviewed, but we don't know their identities. >> who didn't the fbi talk to? >> two big names not interviewed. christine blasey ford herself and brett kavanaugh. democrats including today, dianne feinstein said an investigation without their input was incomplete. the white house counsel's office pushed back in recent days, saying that all senators had the time to get their stories because the hearing was just last week and both of them testified. christine blasey ford's attorneys are not satisfied and released this statement. they said an fbi supplemental back ground investigation did not include an interview of dr. christine blasey ford nor the witnesses who corroborate

her testimony. they cannot be called an investigation. we are profoundly disappointed that after the sacrifice she made coming forward, those directing the fbi investigation were not interested in seeking the truth. they continue to hammer this point. in fact, ford's attorneys just released the letter to the fbi suggesting eight people the fbi should talk to. they are still pressing this point among the list of names that included ford's husband and the former agent who administ administered ford's polygraph and someone also dissatisfied is debra ramirez. they committed a list of 20 plus people who could corroborate the testimony even if they didn't get the testimony. none of those people were ever contacted. we could only conclude with the

fbi and those controlling the investigation did not want to learn the truth behind ms. ramirez's allegations. a lot of discontent and we are learning that the fbi report did include information that came into the fbi tip line and that can be seen by senators and we know the report itself is looking like more than 1,000 pages they are sifting through. >> hourly in the course of today getting ready for a procedural vote on the senate floor tomorrow. thank you very much. joining us now from capitol hill, the democrat from oregon. senator, thanks for joining us. >> you are very welcome. good to be with you. >> have you had a chance to go through the report on judge kavanaugh? >> yes, i have. >> what's your reaction? >> it's a complete cover up. just as it was explained that deborah ramirez's team, they provided 20 people who should be

interviewed because they had information and none of them were talked to. dr. ford provided eight names and none of them were talked to. this was a cherry picking of a few individuals to pretend to do an investigation. this is a complete embarrassment on the reputation of the fbi. if they did this at the direction of the president, it's a massive abuse of fairness and justice to the women who came forward to share their experiences. >> the senate judiciary committee and republican leadership said there is nothing in the new report that they didn't know before and you didn't know before either. what do you say to that there is nothing new to learn. >> there are a few details, but nothing new to learn because they didn't look for information. if thank you don't enview any of the 28 individuals, you are going to learn nothing.

they only talked to people in an effort to have a very, very narrow conversation with individuals who they felt would build their ways other than present information. let me give you an information. kavanaugh had a friend named kenneth and he contacted the fbi because he said i heard this story that year. he proceeded to make many efforts to contact the fbi and they did not respond. he is a professor at princeton theological seminary. he was not contacted. he brought it up because it bothered him so much, he brought it up with a roommate of his in graduate school. he brought it up with a roommate named michael who was not contacted. details that were shared long

before kavanaugh was ever up to be a nominee and the fbi did not talk to them even though they asked to be spoken to. this is an example of what a horrific cover up this investigation is. >> so what's your message to your republican colleagues, jeff flake and susan collins who emerged from the closed door room where they had a chance to go through the secret document and offered relatively upbeat assessments. >> we were briefed by a democratic staff when the democrats went in to see the documents. i assume that they were briefed by republican staff. that is not an honest examination of the issues. i would encourage them to look at the fact that these two courageuous women who came forward with stories knowing they themselves would probably be attacked have simply called for a fair investigation.

they have given ford names of 28 individuals. apparently at the direction of the white house they refused to talk to those individuals. none of my colleagues could possibly say that was comprehensive. none of them could say it was fair if they know this information. >> if these two republicans vote in favor of confirmation, it's over. are you going to directly contact susan collins, jeff flake, and explain what you sought and try to convince them to vote against confirmation. >> i certainly will share in a very polite fashion, this suggestion that this cannot possibly be construed as comprehensive. they are struggling to try to find a point of reason and a point of fairness. i want to make sure that they

have the full story, not a misleading briefing from a partisan perspective. let's think about this. senator flake really did something very important in calling for a fair examination of these women's experiences. this is not a fair examination. he said two things. he couldn't support the justice if the justice lied to the committee. second, he said it had to be an authentic investigation. both of those tests failed. they don't fail barely, they are completely failed. they get an f. the judge misrepresented many, many faxes before the committee has been well documented. and he certainly -- this is not a comprehensive or fair investigation. >> senator america merkley, tha

for joining us. >> protesters are marching against the confirmation. we will go live. stay with us. lots going on. come on dad!

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started out in federal court here in washington, d.c. now they are climbing capitol hill on the way over to the supreme court where they will hold a rally. it has been a bis disorganized in part because the word on this rally only went out on monday as protest organizers tried to keep up with the calendar as it developed for the final vote of the kavanaugh nomination. they started down at federal court. the significance of that is that that is where brett kavanaugh has worked since 2006 when he was confirmed to the d.c. circuit. the question for these folks is, given the fact that if you read the tea leaves on capitol hill, there are suggestions that it's hard to see how the kavanaugh nomination can be derailed. therefore, what are you fighting for? it's clear these people have been told by their organizers that even if the kavanaugh

nomination goes through, they are still fighting to get the word out. the next big fight they say is in november in the mid-terms. wolf, back to you. >> a few weeks away. back to you. up next, three key u.s. senators. they just left the room where the fbi's report on brett kavanaugh is being shared on a confidential basis with all 100 u.s. senators and a few staff members. the nomination hinges on their votes. what are they saying? new information right after this. ♪ ok here we go guys, you ready? hi! cinturones por favor. gracias. opportunity is everywhere. ♪

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click, call or visit a store today. questions today over just how thorough the latest investigation of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh actually was. several key republicans say the fbi did its job completely. >> they're followed leads from interviews that made sense to me. it's a complete report. it's a background check. i'm confident the fbi did a good job. they were not hindered in any way. >> but democrats call the investigation incomplete. >> the most notable part of this report is what's not in it. it looks to be a product of an incomplete investigation that was limited, perhaps by the

white house, i don't know. >> joining us now, the host of cnn's se cup unfiltered. also former prosecutor, laura coates. julia davis and april ryan is the author of a new book, under fire. reporting from the frontlines of the trump white house. guys, thanks very much for joining us. this report and there may be 1,000 pages that the senators have a chance to go through. this report is not public. there is no sign it will ever be made public in a redacted form. who are people supposed to believe. you hear one thing from republicans and a totally different thing from democrats. >> as a member of the media and a conservative, i am not satisfied by this investigation. as a member of the public, have very few answers.

as a member of the media, we are more curious for more answers and as a conservative, i'm not sure that culling for an investigation and putting a time limit on it helps judge kavanaugh, but this order was not ordered to satisfy us. it was ordered to satisfy a few very particular members of the senate judiciary committee. we will all have to sort of say theiate our curiosity and desire for justice of some kind or some kind of conclusivity in other ways. i will say though to democrats who are accusing the fbi of a cover up, rk,up,that's really dangerous. be critical of the white house for limning the scope, but we would trust that the fbi did their job and did it to the best of their abilities. >> as instructed. that's a good point. laura, nine people were interviewed in the kous of these

few day says of a supplemental investigation. two people were not interviewed. judge kavanaugh and professor christine blasey ford was not interviewed. they did spend hours answering questions you should oath before the senate judiciary committee. >> for makes a huge difference. you think about the questions that were not asked. five minutes at a time. the purpose who was the hired gun and the prosecutor who came in did not ask questions to move the needle in the direction either under mining or bolstering the credibility. to make the needle and at the end, it was a wash. there were a number of questions they could have investigated. questions like you both have said you are 100% certain that the other person is not telling the truth. your truth is the truth. how about testing dr. christine blasey ford's statement as far as how many times did you see

him before. why were you certain it was brett kavanaugh and were you certain that leland was there. questions could have been asked that were beyond what was in front of the actual committee. it seemed as though they are all fearful that one question too many. if you want to have a complete investigation, you have to also ask questions that may undermine the narrative or conclusion you would like to draw. you are even asking the husband of christine blasey ford who they say it came out in a couples therapy session or was he coached through the polygraph or two dozen people whose names were derived. you want to ask the questions unless you have no intention of moving the needle. >> in the last 24 hours or so, at least three people have come forward saying they were more than happy and wanted to testify and wanted to be interviewed by the fbi including jamie roach

was was brett kavanaugh's freshman roommate at yale. listen to this. >> i saw him coming home from parties, unable to speak coherently. i saw him when he was vomiting in the bedroom and in the bathroom in the suite. i saw him the next morning when he couldn't get himself out of bed. i'm not a doctor and i don't know how you define blacking out, but i had beer in college as well. those things are consistent with blackout. >> how are republicans going to deal with this statement and a bunch of other statements from individuals who wanted to be questioned, but weren't. >> what you have the top was a few senators for whom this is going to matter a lot. jeff flake and susan collins and lisa murkowski have been

focussed on the allegations at hand that christine blasey ford made and whether it was possible to get more clarity about the allegations. it seems like from what we are hearing, they haven't gotten that clarity. they say there is no corroboration and the democrats said there is no there there and they haven't questioned the people coming forward in the last several day about how brett kavanaugh has mischaracterized how he behaved and what happened to him when he was drunk would add to that, but there are more and more of these people speaking up. the question is what matters for the vote. jeff flake made it clear he wanted to know about the specific allegations and if he didn't see anything that satisfied him, that they had merit, he wanted to vote yes. that seems to be the track they are headed down, not withstanding what cast doubt on

how judge kavanaugh testified originally and last thursday. >> i will be anxious to get your thoughts. >> i hear everything that is being laid out, but what my thought is that this is straight down party lines. i talked to steve bannon and this is beyond we the people. they were seen marching in the streets and very upset. you are hearing women relating to dr. ford tryout about past instances and senators are still talking about moving this forward. just before we came on the air, i heard from a republican source saying they have got the votes. this is going to happen no matter what. this is overwhelmingly about the president of the united states. it's not about kavanaugh and going into the mid-terms and going into the next presidential election. how can he soiledify. this is beyond kavanaugh. this is one of the reasons why it is as it is. there was a limited fbi

investigation and they're not listening and taking in what we the people are saying in the streets. >> the bottom line right now, how does it look? the confirmation? >> i think odds makers would say it's going to go through. april is right to a certain degree, that this is a lot about trump and republicans and in a way, kavanaugh will mobilize republicans in terms of the elections in ways that i don't think a lot of democrats anticipated. kavanaugh and skoet us in general unites diverse factions from never trumpers and pro trumpers all together. this i think will have a huge impact on november. as we the people, there are plenty of people who think brett kavanaugh has been a victim in this, whether they are right or wrong, they think that.

that might have a big impact in november. >> thank you very much. april and julie and laura, thanks as well. an important note. make sure to catch the program saturday night at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. protesters are marching in the streets of washington, d.c. right now against the confirmation of the supreme court justice brett kavanaugh.

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alaska and collins's home state of main, what kind of pressure has lisa murkowski been getting from constituents? >> the pressure is intense. how will she vote? figuring out the answer is a popular partic popular. >> parlor game here in alaska. if anyone knows the answer, they are lying. she is very popular because she has bipartisan support. she had her own me too moment. more than 100 women from alaska are in washington, d.c. going to capitol hill. they have a scheduled meeting and have been invited to meet with her about an hour from now and it will be a significant meeting because senator murkowski is reviewing the fbi report. these women are mostly democrats and independents, but every one

voted for senator murkowski and support her and are going to implore her not to vote for brett kavanaugh. every one said they like her, but would never support her again. >> what kind of pressure is senator collins under in maine? >> the constituents of susan collins are watching her very closely. here in portland, maine, we heard from the democrats who voted for the republican senator to pass. if she votes yes, come the mid-terms and come 2020, they will vote no. that's what we are seeing here on the ground and did spend time

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they speak to a kremlin that is pushing the boundary of what we thought of. we know from mueller they sent operatives into the united states to gather intelligence on our own political climate befor and disinformation. >> what are their objectives? >> manifold, to undermine democracy, to give the u.s. a black eye, to take it down a notch so it can lecture vladimir putin. they have more specific targets, including electing president trump in 2016. >> you take a deep dive in this book on what the russians were doing in the 2016 election. i take it putin, a former k.g.b. operative was personally involved. >> he was for the cia. in the late july time frame, this prompted john brennan to run over to the white house, new intelligence from inside the

kremlin that said putin specifically authorized this operation to target the 2016 campaign but also to back donald trump. >> the vice president, mike pence, today delivered a major speech saying the chinese were engaged in all these kinds of activities, maybe even worse than the russians. >> it's just astonishing the language they use against china. it's such a contrast with how they describe or fail to describe what russia has done. i think that most experts believe that there are many, many actors who are probing and penetrating american systems, but in a white house that refuses to point a finger at n china -- i mean russia, i should say. >> why? >> part of it comes down to trump's world view and what he thinks a leader should aspire to. and there's the huge unanswered question that we're waiting for robert mueller to help us out.

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moments from now we're about to hear from republican leadership and chuck grassley and mitch mcconnell. and we'll bring to you the nomination as soon as it begins. it all comes as senators are viewing that report that has consumed the nation. the seventh fbi background investigation of brett kavanaugh. but after one week of waiting, as the fbi worked, the nation