>> thank you. liz: on a day with 10-year yields at seven-year highs it is a record for the dow jones industrials. [closing bell rings] we hit the confetti. nasdaq eked out a gain of 26 points or a third of a percent. have a freight day. melissa: 103 and counting, and we're still winning, not nearly tired of it. the dow ending up at new record close. 103rd since the election of president trump. david: wow. melissa: subpoena 500 and nasdaq withins as well closing in on positive territory. i'm melissa francis. david: i'm david asman. this is "after the bell." phil flynn watching all action in oil where there was a big pop in the cme connell mcshane on floor of new york stock exchange. connell let's go to you first. >> this was better day for the stock market than we saw yesterday. it was interesting to see the way things pot started off with the news out of europe not as concerning as it has been recent

weeks. idea some report that is it tally is getting it act together as far as its debt. that started the thing in the right direction. economic data, adp on the jobs side, services report from ism all of that was very positive. by today being better than yesterday, look what happened with the 10-year treasury note went to highest point in seven years. you would have thought maybe that cuts into stocks. it did, right? the dow was up 178. only closing up 50 some points but it did close higher, so did the broader market but that is what we've seen down on the floor as a positive, able to with stand higher rates and still move to the upside with strong economic data being a driving force. financials will do well when you get higher interest rates and in that type environment. we saw many of the financials, on the list, jpm, morgan stanley, wells fargo, all in the green. up more percentagewise than the

market. was kind of interesting to see when the market came well off the highs. up 100 plus points than on the dow. some of the utilities. this makes sense, gave up gains and we saw weakness in those areas. there are three examples on the screen. these are all high dividend-paying stocks generally speaking. so the dividends not seen as attractive when you compare them to interest rates where they are in the bond market. so i leave you guys with this. as we look at the dow, it was driven by three big names throughout the day and there they are. boeing, caterpillar, goldman sachs. even at the highs of the session, those three accounted for more than half of the dow's gains. if you're a pessimistic person, take these three out. we're optimists, able to with stand higher rates and put in a good day on wall street. back to you. david: not hard to be optimistic about this market, connell. oil close to hitting a four-year high.

phil, i thought the saudis were supposed to be pumping more per order of the president to bring down prices. not happening today. >> it is not happening today and the saudis are pumping more. the russians are pumping more but the market is telling us quite clearly it is not enough. why isn't enough? i tell you a couple reasons, dave. one reason is the strong u.s. economy. the strong service number actually increased demand expectations for oil across the board. and not only that, you know, we shook off a huge build in oil inventories up almost 8 million bears of oil. the reason why they did that. because they looked at actual demand numbers. they see gasoline demand in the u.s. seen at record high. distillate demand continued to be strong. they are worried that eight million barrels in couple weeks when iranian sanctions before we go to play. big surge on late-breaking iran news as well. kept the markets very solid. david: phil flynn, thank you

very much. melissa. melissa: bring in today's panel jonathan hoenig from capitalist pig hedge fund a fox news contributor. carol roth, former investment banker and creator of the future file legacy system. thank you both for joining us. carol, i would point to you what federal reserve chairman jerome powell said, a period unprecedented in modern history as you look at another record today on wall street. can you believe it or do you think it's a little long in the tooth? >> no. i can believe it. i think that there are a lot of things that are going, that contend it is going to continue. if you look at the brett of the rally, it hasn't been particularly broad. so it was niece to see an industry like financials today, finally participating and i think that we do. we have a lot of good news ahead of us. so i think there is room to run here. melissa: jonathan -- >> i'm not a pessimist. i know -- melissa: i just want to ask you, so the president tweeted out the only reason to vote for a

democrat is if you're tired of winning. do you think that some sort of political changeover in the house or the senate would stall the market and the economy? >> could be one factor, melissa. a lot of factors playing into the market here, one of which has nothing to do with politics quite simply this market to use your own words, long in the tooth now. we're well into the area of the longest bull run history. we heard from phil flynn, oil at multiyear high. interest rates at multi, multiyear high. the average investor, melissa is exposed. the percentage allocated to stocks has only been higher back in the 2,000 before that collapse. melissa: oh. >> i'm bullish on economy. i think now is a good time to be cautious since in fact the brett was negative today. more new 52 lows than 52 highs. don't sell everything but be cautious. melissa: great points. david: if you look for a job you know you're bullish. the jobs market continues to

break all record. 230,000 private sector jobs added in september, according to adp, well above expectations of 179,000. carol, mark zandi said earlier today this is rip-roaring hot jobs market and it is getting hotter. do you agree? >> i do. certainly if you want a job there is a job to be found. i think one thing that could temper it is the potential mismatch of skills. there are certainly a lot of places that are looking for a wonderfully skilled individuals. if you look at trades like something like plumbing, for example, they are having a hard time filling those positions. i do expect we're going to get a good report at the end of the week. that being said if there is any downward pressure against that it will be the jobs miss match and skills miss match. david: jonathan we mentioned fed chief powell before, he doesn't think this will lead to more inflation. do you? >> we're seeing some indications, david.

we talked about interest rates and oil climbing and the fact there are so many jobs to be had. i have to give credit to the president, david. this is the tax cuts at work. turns out when you let people keep more money they earned they don't bury it in the basement. they put it to work and create the next job. we're seeing that momentum now. unlimited amount of jobs can be created in a free economy. let's keep it a free economy -- david: they may not get more money for the job they're doing and they can quit their job, a lot of people are doing that in order to bump up to a better-paying one. >> i think that people value a lot of things that are non-monetary today, david. they're evaluating working from home. evaluating free time and more perks. we measure things financial rates and wealth and income but we have to remember that there are sort of this whole non-financial piece as well. that creates a lot of mobility

and opportunity in the job market. david: more freedom. basically more freedom. jonathan, carol, good stuff. thank you both. good to see you. melissa: president trump ripping "the new york times" over allegations that he and his family engaged in questionable tax schemes that included instances of outright fraud in their words. the warning he is sending to the paper. david: meanwhile the senate and most of america anxiously waiting the fbi report on the latest kavanaugh investigation could be delivered as soon as this evening. maybe within the hour. a live report from capitol hill where things stand right now. melissa: after three-week hiatus, the white house press briefing returning today, pardon me. press secretary sarah sanders was loaded for bear after she shot back over questions of the fate of the president's supreme court nominee. here is a taste. >> this entire process has been a disgrace and the only reason that it has been that way because senate democrats didn't do this the way that it should

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>> what neighborhood was it? i don't know. where is the house? i don't know. upstairs, downstairs, where was it? i don't know. but i had one beer. only thing i remember. and a man's live is in tatters. a man's life is shattered. reporter: senator jeff flake called the president's comments appalling. susan collins said the comments were unacceptable and louis is a murkowski said the comments were appalling white house defending the comments. >> president sitting facts an included in special prosecutor rachel report. the senate has to make a decision based on those facts and whether or not they see judge kavanaugh to be qualified to hold the position on the supreme court. reporter: david, we were led to

believe the supplemental fbi investigation, the report could come back to the white house as soon at some point later today. the timing though on this still remains uncertain. david: we got 45 minutes for this show. may happen now. blake, good to see you. stay tuned. melissa. melissa: supercharged atmosphere capitol hill as rhetoric heats up around brett kavanaugh's nomination, new reports reveal some of the protesters are part of an organized group received funding from liberal billionaire george soros. guy benson townhall.com political editor, fox news contributor, host of benson and harf radio show. >> hey, melissa. melissa: this is the point of for viewers out there, when you see people on capitol hill, protesting, confront someone, looks like organic happening, they label the somebody victim of sexual abuse, wants to be there to tell her story, turns

out the woman who got all the attention for confronting jeff flake, she, for example, is the coexecutive director of the center for popular democracy, which was funded in the last couple years in large part by george soros. does this surprise you, or is this a theme we've been seeing, guy? >> no i think the professional left is professional and they deploy when they need to. some of this stuff is organic. some is astro turf. because someone works for a organization funded by a left-wing billionaire doesn't mean she doesn't deserve to be heard if something horrible happened to her. she can put that information out there, talk to senator flake about it. it is important for average people understand, sometimes what you see in the made-for-tv confrontations not what they might seem to be. that is important caveat. melissa: i think that is exactly the point is. it is made-for-tv. know what you're looking at. it doesn't undermine her

argument. you can think what she wants or her experience. just that it is not this thing where somebody was inspired to go all the way to washington, you know, on their own. these are, these particular people are on the payroll of this one group. in fact tracy corner is another woman who confronted mitch mcconnell during the same event. she is the group's racial justice campaign director. not just that i heard others saying these are people that choose to fill eight with a group. no, they're employed. they're, they have titles at these places. >> right. melissa: they raise money. they go and try to effect change which is fine. you should just know, kind of what you're looking at. i would also direct you to, so, hillary clinton yesterday making, kind of making a splash, talking about things, do we have -- hear the what she had to say at "the atlantic" events festival, guy. i will get your reaction. >> he has been racist.

he has been sexist. he has been islamophobic. he has been anti-lgbtq. there is a long list. i don't think it is youful to say oh, we figured it out, this is what he is. he has a view of america that is incredibly constricted and he talks to that america. melissa: so he talks to that america. the important part was after that she said you know, and, come alon long with him. he is inciting racist, homophobic, on and on. >> these deplorables. melissa: that is how he is winning. what is dangerous about what she has to say or is she right? >> i love this idea that donald trump is the only person who has a constricted view of america and speaks to a certain base. if you put aside all the isms and phobias that she kicks down, hear that a lot from the left anybody center-right, boy who cried wolf syndrome.

the left does this all the time. hillary clinton had restricted view of america, it didn't include wisconsin as place worth visiting. you mentioned mitch mcconnell a few moments ago. i want to call back to a statement he made today on the senate floor. talking about these protests from professional leftists and some of these orchestrated agitations, mcconnell in his speech earlier this morning talked about the onslaught of threats that have been directed at republicans in the senate trying to bully and intimidate them in this vote on brett kavanaugh. threats of rape. death threats, ted cruz hounded out of a restaurant. a republican congressman having his door effectively beaten down by protesters. we will not be intimidated. that is another very important lesson, as waivering senators on republican side looking at this chaos, are they going to reward the absolute worst kind of not just character assassination, but bullying and intimidation

we've seen from the hard left? i hope the answer is no. melissa: i hear hillary clinton say things like that, i think that so if you don't, if you don't like the outcome of their policies over the past eight years, which mathematically is greater divide between rich and poor, slowing gdp growth, if you don't like these out comes, you're automatically -- >> bigot. melissa: racist, evil, you're a bad person. does that help them, i mean painful because on both sides the rhetoric is getting so hot you are afraid someone will get hurt but help democrats in an election? >> it fires up their base but alienates a lot of republican voters. that were constantly being treated to these lectures about hand-wringing, about our politics being so divisive. this is part of that divisiveness. when people throw up their hands look to the heavens how on earth we have donald trump, when you write off half the country as a bunch of bigots because we have policy agreements, that is how we got donald trump, she still

doesn't get it lost to him two years ago. melissa: what is the chicken, what is the egg. he is causing it. >> no. symptom. melissa: symptom. guy benson. >> what a great point. very important. so has our system of justice and due process been indelibly changed by the showdown over judge brett kavanaugh? judge andrew napolitano here with his take on that after the break. ♪

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melissa: the fbi investigation of judge kavanaugh could be wrapped as early as tonight. edward lawrence live with what happens next. reporter: very tense atmosphere in the building and on capitol hill. senators dealing with protesters clogging the hallway. susan collins had to have capitol police escort her pro the office to hearing unrelated to the kavanaugh hearings. you see the crowd.

democrats taking offense to the president's comments from the rally last night where he talked about christine ford and her testimony. republicans also acknowledging that the president should not have taken that tone. >> it is audience of three we have to win over at least at the moment. you know, as usually the case the president sometimes, style and tone and approach perhaps not all that helpful. the point he was making is correct. that is that there are factual inconsistencies, factual inaccuracies in dr. ford's testimony, how you make the points does matter. but right now it is really about getting the fbi report in and assessing that and moving forward in the next couple of days with the procedural vote and ultimately a vote on the judge's nomination. reporter: confirmation could come down to three senators he is talking about. senator jeff flake, senator susan collins and senator lisa

murkowski. all three said the president should not have made any comments the way he did. >> there is no time and no place of remarks like that to discuss something this sensitive at a political rally, is just, just not right. it is just not right. i wish he hadn't have done it. i just say it is kind of appalling. >> the president's comments were just plain wrong. reporter: we have just obtained a letter that was sent to senator chuck grassley from the legal team from christine blasey ford. now in it is is a that she will not release the information that she had been requested to release to the judiciary committee but she would give that information to the fbi. now this letter does indicate that she has not yet been interviewed by the fbi even though we're hearing the investigation could be wrapped up later on tonight. the senate sources say that one fbi report will be taken to a safe here in the judiciary, with the judiciary committee. all 100 senators can look at

report and review it. again just one report. now if mitch mcconnell holds to his word there will be a vote this week which means in the next three hours he will have to file the process to initiate that process for a confirmation vote this week. timeline is tight. we'll see what happens. back to you. melissa: heed ward i can't wait to see 100 senators jammed in one safe. please take a picture for me. reporter: exactly. should be very interesting. david: here to react judge andrew napolitano, fox news senior judicial analyst. judge, we should mention one of the two lawyers working with dr. ford was the lawyer for andrew mccabe. that is the man with the beard that we all saw during the hearings. as a result of that relationship with andrew mccabe i assume he learned a lot the way the fbi works and this letter they put out seems to me to be an attempt to split the fbi from its, the orders it received from the white house to make it more an

independent operator now under the jurisdiction of the senate. i, seems like they're trying to divide and conquer using the fbi as a political teal again. >> i think they're trying to get the fbi to interrogate dr. ford and judge kavanaugh again because senator grassley, the judiciary committee, asked for documents. the response which is the letter to which you just referred was, we'll give you the documents you want when we get interview from the fbi. i have to tell you it is a head-scratcher to me that the fbi is not interviewing judge kavanaugh and dr. ford it has their testimony under oath. it has whatever the other witnesses have told the fbi agents about them. the interview process which i have personally experienced and which i have witnessed is a far more relaxed and conversational process than what we observed last thursday and as a result the persons to whom fbi agents

are speaking a lot more forthcoming on national television. david: what concerns me, once again the fbi is being dragged into the middle of a political whirlwind and it hasn't done so well in the past couple years when that happens. >> if they ask neutral and probing questions, and if the severity of their questions is equal, on the kavanaugh side and his witnesses, and on the ford side and her witnesses, that is really one of the things that we pay the fbi to do which is to gather facts and then let the people for whom the facts are gathered draw their conclusion. david: it is but everything is changing as a result of the process. you can't ignore the process that we're in the middle of. one thing that concerns me, i'm sure it does you as well, whether democrats say this is, this is a about, not about due process. this is not like patrol. that is true, it's not. on the other hand i'm wondering

about the effect that all of this is going to have judicial process on due process in the united states judicial system? >> i have to tell you from friends an colleagues in washington, d.c., just in the past 48 hours, the sitting eight justices on the court are most distressed at this process of the chief justice himself has been quoted as using phrases like, this is an outrage. this is a political taint on the court, which will take generations for us to remove. so this has harmed judge kavanaugh, whether he stays on the d.c. circuit, or when he is confirmed to the supreme court. and it has harmed reputation of the court because it has treated the court if it's a political body and it's not. the job of the court, the job of the court is not to do the people's will. it is to preserve their liberties under the constitution, even if that is unpopular. david: and to preserve the process of due process. >> yes of course.

david: you're not guilty just being accused of something, right? >> you're absolutely right, my dear friend. david: judge andrew napolitano. thank you very much. >> of course. melissa: president trump continues to praise his new trade deal, tweeting quote, mexico, canada, united states are a great participate and will be a very formidable trading force. dairy farmers in ohio are optimistic about the deal as well. here from ohio, republican congressman warren davidson on the financial services committee. thank you for joining me, tell me specifically how does this deal affect your state? how is it different from what was happening before? >> it is a big win for the make america great again agenda. the promises donald trump campaigned on are being delivered and this is a big win. specifically for dairy farmers it is important we had excess of supply. some of the things in the dairy market made dairy prices low and

having an extra outlet is a big win for dairy farmers. probably the biggest concern in the district, that the 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum reman in place. as i talk to leaders in the region it is important to see a path ahead to put an end to the 232 tariffs, with our new allies, the partners to the usmca. melissa: does it make them feel better if we get one win and there would be a path forward heading into the right direction? do they feel relief like that or still too soon to tell? >> i think everyone is excited because there is a little bit more certainty and the idea that canada's part of the agreement certainly avert as potential crisis. the big concern for people that are big users of metal though, is that metal prices are still up by about 33% for steel and 10 to 15% for aluminum. so you know, the uncertainty is that going to persist?

are we going to have the availability we haven't had as companies assess their supply chains and they're going into their annual operating plans, that uncertainty is causing a pause in capital spending and that's not good. do you, are you concerned about how this midterm election turns out and if the possible change in makeup in congress would stop these deals from going forward? >> oh, the makeup is incredit whether i important. you look how the economy is growing, even the path we're on. fundamentally recent presidents haven't worked to make improvements to our trade deals. i spent prior to the past coming in congress 15 years growing a manufacturing company, receiving on the bad end of trade policy. i'm enthusiastic with president trump on the trade deals. the challenge the way we're going about tariffs on steel and aluminum goes back to china really heavily. a lot of this is in place

because china is dumping and subsidizing, and wto framework is inadequate to deal with that. the big deal, we get a pivot completed usmca to focus more broadly on china. and one of the wins in the language of this deal is that it basically says we're not going to do deal with nonmarket economies ie china. melissa: congressman that is important to know because they enter into all the deals from the outside. thank you so much. good luck, thank you, sir. david: remember when we had larry kudlow on, he said this is about getting the whole world against china. we do the deals with the rest of the world. it is united front against what china is doing is bad. melissa: lower tariffs and stop the intellectual property and everybody can trade freely and fairly once and for all. david: may happen. let's hope. coordinated smear campaign. the white house slamming senate democrats for trying to block judge brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. how will this affect the

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piece. kristina partsinevelos had unenviable duty to read that long piece details white house reaction to it. hi, kristina. reporter: did take me a lot of yesterday afternoon to get through because we know it is 1400 words long but nonetheless it is well-researched. they spent a year working on this. they had boxes kept in a room, going through all the paperwork. the latest is the new york state authorities, the new york tax authorities are looking into the matter. we reached out to them they issued a statement. i quote, the new york tax department is reviewing allegations in "the new york times" article and rigorously pursuing all appropriate avenues of investigation. for those that may have been working throughout the day and don't really know what is going on a recap of the article essentially they're trying to dispute the narrative that the president of the united states is a self--made billionaire. he only received a one million dollar loan from his father. if anything he received at least $413 million in money over the years. there is a shell company to pad

expenses. there was money transferred through property and so they are saying they haven't been honest with their tax forms. the third major import of that article that the trump family made a billion dollars. passed the billion dollars through all five children in gifts however they should have been taxed at 55% rate. that means paying taxes of $550 million. however the trump family filed taxes of $52 billion. according to "the new york times." white house issued a statement, sarah sanders calling it boring, 14,000 words and the counselor to the president, kellyanne conway saying that people have ulterior motives. listen in. >> they're just trying to go ahead the president into suing them so they can get his tax returns. haven't they learned yet that president trump always gets the last laugh and upper hand in all of this? reporter: i'm sure you guys will talk about what she means by the last laugh. right now potentially could be some tax consequences as well

the unraveling of trump's personal finances. again we do not know if what he did in his family did in the past is illegal. back to you guys. david: for all the words in that wordy article, not one word on russia. if there had been anything on russia you better believe they would have printed it. melissa: that's a great point. david: kristina. thank you very much. melissa. melissa: breaking news right now, shares of pier 1 sinking after hours following second-quarter earnings. the home decore store reported comparable sales down 11 1/2% from last year. yikes! the company's says the strategic initiatives were taking longer than expected to gain traction. david: i say. haven't been there in a while. a victory for american workers. president trump touting the strong economy with new trade agreement with canada and mexico. we'll talk to a key industry leader on the impact of the deal and what it means for businesses across the country. ♪

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less than two years we achieved the biggest comeback in american history. that is what happened. [cheering] the economy is booming, wages are rising, more americans are working today than ever before today, ever before. [cheering] melissa: president trump in mississippi touting a economy. our next guest epare cents 14,000 businesses in 150 billion-dollar residential kitchen and bathroom industry. he has his finger on the pulse of economy. i want to get his read. bill darcy, president of national kitchen and bath association. i love to talk to, everything we talk about here you live with all your different members.

i remember early on feeling effects of coming aluminum and steel tariffs, even anticipation of it. how dot members feel about the new deals we're seeing? >> thanks for having me on, melissa. great to talk to you as always. i think they feel good about the u.s. mca. they see positive traction in negotiations amongst companies. while this doesn't affect our industry directly it does affect the economy and positive for our members and kba members. we hope eventually it gets china to the table. that is what we're most interested in. melissa: that is what we heard from the congressman. he said steel is important that this worked out but the next step has to be, steel trade, what do you think about that? very important to your industry, obviously? >> what warren was saying is absolutely true. we represent a very diverse population. within the manufacturing, retail, design, modeling, even in manufacturing, we represent manufacturing and appliance and steel and aluminum.

very hard for us because of diversity of our membership. we're looking at everything. i think in the short term they're excited to see progress. we're happy to see the deal. melissa: what are spending and orders like? how people feel about their finances certainly impact what they do with their kitchen and bath? that is something they love to do but you have to have the cash around. >> our members are seeing positive growth into the fourth quarter, into next year. if you're going to work on a place in your house, where do you spend the most time? in the kitchen and the bath. our members, kbm members do great work. they're really excited to bring their creativity to the home. work on your space. even if you're flipping your house. you will still work on these areas. it is really great for the members. melissa: do they report it going up? is there confidence and sitting there and want it to keep going? how would you describe the change? >> it is going up. it continues to go up and continues to be positive.

melissa: that's great. one issue you were on top of i was surprised relates to you so much had to do with labor of course. all the leaders in the industry we need to know what the rules are, we need more skilled workers we need a system that works. what are they saying about that right now? >> even though tariffs and trade are important, skilled labor is the biggest issue in our industry. melissa: the biggest issue? >> attracting labor in various forms for us, a lot of very highly-skilled labor. we're trying to do all we can in partnerships with members, partnerships with other trade associations. bringing high school students to las vegas in february. we're trying to do all we can to really introduce this dynamic, growing industry to young people jo in trying, that is part of what you're industry does. when you can't find enough employees. you need so many workers trying to attract them to the big festival you're having to show them what great jobs they are.

how much money you could possibly make. why it is continued employment over a lifetime. >> there are lucrative careers in the blue-collar skilled trades and the professional trades, by the way there is vacancy in. melissa: yeah. >> we need trades all along. we want to continue to see growth. we don't want to restrict, have prices rise and slow down projects. >> your group helps facilitate the partnership between the guys that need workers and good stuff. >> thank you so much bill. david: it is all about the contractors. we need contractors. the fight against kavanaugh reaching a fever pitch inside the beltway. are americans rejecting a mudslide of disinformation? could all this backfire on democrats as we head into the midterms? ♪

melissa: breaking news. utah man has been arrested in connection with the ricin mailed to president trump and the pentagon on monday. this is according to local police. the fbi says they are conducting an investigation but cannot confirm the arrest. we will bring you more on this developing story just as soon as we get it. >> one thing is clear, democrats want to block kavanaugh and hold the seat open until the 2020 election. this is about politics. this is about power, pure and simple. david: white house press secretary sarah sanders saying what many americans now perceive, this has less to do about judge kavanaugh than it does with holding up any progress by republicans to fill the empty seat on the supreme court. is she right? here is gianno caldwell, fox news political analyst, robin biro former obama campaign

regional director. good to see you both. robin, avoid the blame game, isn't this whole process beginning to hurt democrats as they head into the elections? >> you better believe it. and the reason being is that we decried republicans when they obstructed so much. you know mitch mcconnell said that his proudest accomplishment was telling president obama to his face he would not fill that supreme court seat with merrick garland. here we are, again, you know, donald trump is criticizing us as the party of obstruction. i'm worried what he is saying is true. we can't just be obtuse and obstruct. we have to give americans our ideas about what we can do better. david: it is beginning to give some republicans like lindsey graham an opportunity to shine, to show his backbone as he did today at "the atlantic" conference. let me play the sound bite. >> so president trump went through a factual rendition i

didn't particularly like i would say knock it off. you're not helping. 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. yeah. [booing] boo yourself. david: giving back the catcalls to the protesters. you don't normally see republicans stand up like that. >> lindsey graham is standing up. i'm very proud of him. lindsey graham, if he believes president trump is doing something incredibly, call it out and come on fox news and do it. my problem with the process, blame aside, democrats made this process completely political from the very start. what is really problematic about it, they're disenfranchising a lot of not just judge kavanaugh but professor ford as well. so when we think about what's coming next we know this midterm election i think is going to be very different than what the

democrats are expecting. they wanted to really tap into the 52% of suburban white women which president trump won. hillary clinton was supposed to win the group and he did. that was their aim. this will play out much different than many people expect. we'll wait until november to see what exactly it will look like. david: robin, quickly, one of their hopes i think, or at least people who are leeing the charge against kavanaugh is maybe the senate will be taken over by democrats but they don't have a chance for that by which they would hold up the whole supreme court for two years. >> right. that's ridiculous. you know the truth, the truth, honest to god truth that strategically speaking we need that seat filled because if we have an open seat going into the midterms, all it will do will turn out more evangelical voters which will hurt democrats. so, the politics and strategy, it does not work in our favor to leave that seat open. david: gianno, you have 10

seconds, this whole process may end up helping pub be ins a big way? >> i think it will. lend sy gram says if it doesn't work out, renominate kavanaugh. that would certainly be -- that would get people out to the polls for sure. david: that might be too much for everybody. thank you very much guys. terrific stuff. appreciate it. melissa: once upon a time three little bear cubs got more than they bargained for when they went out for a midnight snack. ♪

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