think homework is an emergency. anti-homework supporters say it also incorporate fringes on family time kids exflooring other interests. why wasn't i born 30 years ago. jillian: spoof neighbors into call the cops. north dakota man calling 911 after spotting. this we have got to go. have a good day. >> with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100 percent. >> i have never done this, not in high school, not in college, not ever. this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. you have replaced advice and consents with search and destroy. when it was needed, this allegation was unleashed and publicly deployed over dr. ford's wishes. >> let me be clear, i did not leak her story. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed. >> i cannot imagine what you and your family has gone

through. this is the most unethical sham since i have been in politics. if you vote no, you're legitimizing utmost despicable thing i have seen in my time in politics. you want this seat, i hope you never get it. ainsley: well, you heard from him, you heard from her and soon we will hear from the senate. steve: that's right, he said, she said. and now what will the senators say in a few hours. the senate judiciary committee will vote on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. ainsley: comes after nine hours of eye emotional testimony. brian: was that yesterday? i didn't even know. griff, was that yesterday, the testimony? griff: it was indeed. emotional, extraordinary, really i have never seen anything quite like that and i started my career in this town on senate confirmation. here is the deal guy, now it's time to vote. in over three hours they will go on record senator

mitch mcconnell 89:30 the judiciary committee will vote on kavanaugh. tomorrow procedural vote to launch debate on kavanaugh. then on monday, after that ripens as they say here in this town, they will vote to end debate on kavanaugh and then on tuesday, we're likely going to get the fate of judge kavanaugh's nomination. it's coming down to three key republicans. here they are, collins murkowski and flake all hanging in the balance. 47 other republicans are a yes. good sign for kavanaugh, previously undecided senator bob corker threw his support behind the nominee only after hearing the entire hearings yesterday. and one democrat, joe manchin of west virginia appears to be leaning toward a yes and that could be a huge factor. in fact, we're learning that collins, murkowski and manchin and flake may have huddled together and could vote as a block. then you see here the president calling for a vote and standing behind his nominee saying judge

kavanaugh showed america exactly why i nominated him. his testimony was powerful, honest and riveting. democrats' search and destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham and an effort to delay, obstruct, and resist. the senate must vote. you will hear more from democrats probably about delaying the vote. this morning the american bar association is urging the senate to postpone the vote until the fbi can investigate. that's not likely to happen because chairman grassley made it clear the issue is settled citing the former committee chairman joe biden's own words on fbi investigations. guys? steve: came back to hawngt joe biden. brian: he tried to qualify it last night stop using me. bottom line it totally applies and said we are just talking instead of 191. we are talking about 2018. quick thing on the vote. jeff flake said this. this is a tough one. lisa murkowski says i'm going to go home, have some dinner and have a chance to think about all that's gone on today. steve: they snow exactly what they are going to do. we know better later this

morning. brian: do you think so, steve? steve: we will know because they are going to have the meeting and take a vote. i think it's going to be close. but it looks like i heard a number of commentators last night it looks like he goes through. if you were basing it on what you saw on television yesterday, it was so compelling, dr. christine ford very compelling and heart-felt. she really looks like it believes like kavanaugh assaulted her. then had you judge kavanaugh he came out and his guns were blazing this process has not only tried to destroy me but my entire family. if you missed some of his statements. here is 1:31 of it. and it was something. >> this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. the constitution gives the senate an important role in the confirmation process. but you have replaced advice and consent with search and

destroy. this has destroyed my family and my good name. this whole two week effort has been a calculated and/or committees straighted political hit fueled with a apparent pent up anger about president trump and the 2016 election, fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record, revenge on behalf of the clintons, and millions of dollars in money from outside left wing opposition groups. this is a circus. the consequences will extend long past my nomination. i'm here today to tell the truth. i have never sexually assaulted anyone. not in high school, not in college, not ever. but i have never done this to her or to anyone. that's not who i am, it is

not who i was. i am innocent of this charge. i will not be intimidated. you may defeat me in the final vote, but you will never get me to quit, never. ainsley: when dr. ford spoke, you could tell she was fragile. you could tell she was very nervous and not used to being in front of the camera. she was surrounded by her attorneys. they helped her write her opening statement and prepare for this. she asked for coffee she needed caffeine after she spoke and continued to drink while she was taking the questions from the senators. when he spoke i was impressed when he said i have only showed this opening statement to one person. i have written all of this. he was very impassioned when he spoke. he has a lot of experience and he knows exactly how though do this not only is he an attorney he is a judge there were a lot of moments that really stuck out with me the very end when snearnght kennedy asked him had if he believed in god he said as god as my witness i have never done this to her or anyone else. senator graham, of course,

that was a moment a lot of people were talking about. everywhere i went brian and steve, all over my neighborhood even when i pick up my daughter i walk into the school and we're all sitting around waiting on our kids to come out and we had our apps open and all listening. the room was quiet. i went to the cash register to buy coffee, at a coffee bodega and a guy in front of me had his app. watching it with his headphones. brian: good for ainsley to pay for coffee we pretty much pay every day. ainsley: thank you. brian: huge mistake to bring up that arizona prosecutor miss mitchell? ainsley: you thought so. >> the wrong style for the five minutes. steve: it was jerky. brian: i never knew what she was getting at. it's impossible to look at dr. ford and say i don't like her. most likeable person you are ever going to see. the things that need to be answered before this started i said the republicans are really in a tough spot because if you want to get answers you don't want to

look as if you are dismissing her or being thuggish but once it started little things like how did you get to the party? how do you know brett kavanaugh? when did you first meet? how did you get home? why would you go to a party with people you barely knew in such a small setting? why is it that nobody can corroborate your story? and sadly, there is road kill. the road kill is mr. judge and the road kill is her best friend or formerly best friend lee land where he comes out and goes she has mental problems and they come out and say mark judge has been an addict and bouts with depression. that's why he doesn't want to come forward. they never mghted that to come public now everybody knows. steve: we have a sound bite with judge kavanaugh where he refers to his daughter -- you were talking about your daughter. here's the thing, because somebody essentially asked the question well how do you feel about the accuser? and then judge kavanaugh had this sound bite. >> i'm not questioning that

dr. ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person in some place at some time, but i have never done this. to her, or to anyone. the other night ashley and my daughter liza said their prayers and little liza all 10 years old said to ashley we should pray for are the woman. that's a lot of wisdom from a 10-year-old. ainsley: you heard her first and it was very compelling. it was very believable. then you heard from him and it was very compelling and very believable. he looked at each of the democratic senators. steve: you could tell. ainsley: you pointed out. steve: you called me evil, you called me this. ainsley: you would oppose me with everything you have got he said. you called me evil. those who support me are complicit and evil. worst nightmare you called me. then he said the former head of the dnc judge kavanaugh will threaten the lives of millions of americans for years to come. he says i have worked so hard for my reputation and

it is tainted forever. brian: my hope is it never gets worse than. this we went to the edge and walk it back on every level because this is out of control. how many people can pick up yearbook in the 50's and have to stand by every comment editor 16 or 17 years old. that's what we're discussing. ainsley: it was all over social media what he wrote in his yearbook and some of them are showing to me and explanations what some of these things mental i was just, what? this is awful. and then when they asked him. brian: you thought it was awful, right? ainsley: when some of my friends were telling me what the triangle, "the devil's triangle" means, what the rumor is that that means, i was like that is disgusting. they asked him to explain it, he said it's a drinking game, a quarters game we played. steve: when the senator of rhode island was asking him about one line. he said that was from my high school days and that's a joke about gas.

it just shows you how far we have descended. but, you are absolutely right. dr. ford went up first in the witness chair, she was compelling, she was heart felt she really believed what she was saying. listen to this. >> i am here today not because i want to be, i am terrified. i am here bowers i believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanaugh and i were in high school. but the details about that night that bring me here today are the ones i will never forget. they have been seared to my memory and haunted me episodically as an adult. >> dr. ford, with what drew of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100 percent. brian: of course, you listen to that and you say let's see what brett kavanaugh has to say. nothing against you, but it wasn't me, i wasn't there. i have no memory of it she also couldn't back up how she could possibly hear

voices downstairs laughing at her by the way the music was on and chairs were situated. i don't want to see her treated harshly. i don't want to see her story being cross-examined. but, you can't have it both ways because there is so much at stake for the reputation, the lives and the career of the person. ainsley: senator grassley was so nice didn't you think the way he was handling her. steve: he was trying to keep the train on the rails. brian: but he licensed out the questioning to her and finally lindsey graham and company and said i'm taking my minutes back. cornyn says i'm taking my minutes back. cruz says i'm taking my minutes back. what i mean by that is everyone gets five minutes. when it came to questioning ms. ford, they gave it to ms. mitchell to do from arizona. but when it came to asking brett kavanaugh, it was time to get to his defense. and lindsey graham let everybody know he had had enough. listen. >> if you wanted an fbi

investigation, you could have come to us. what you want to do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open, and hope you win in 2020. you've said that, not me. you've got nothing to apologize for. when you see sotomayor and kagan tell them lindsey said hello because i voted for them. i would never do to them what you have done to this guy. this is the most unethical sham since i have been in politics. and if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn't have done what you done to this guy. i cannot imagine what you and your family have gone through. boy, y'all want power, i hope you never get it i hope the american people can see through this sham that you knew about it and you held it. you had no intention of protecting dr. ford. none. she is as much as a victim as you are. god, i hate to say that

because these have been my friends. but, let me tell you when it comes to this, you are looking for a fair process, you came to the wrong town at the wrong time, my friend. to my republican colleagues, if you vote no, you're legitimizing the most despicable thing i have seen in my time in politics. you want this seat? i hope you never get it. i hope you are on the supreme court. that's exactly where you should be. and i hope that the american people will see through this charade. and i wish you well. and i intend to vote for you and i hope everybody who is fair-minded will. steve: and the vote will probably be in about three hours. that was one of the most impactful, passionate speeches ever in that committee. tom fitton was in the room at the time. he was the president of judicial watch. tom, we didn't hear any new

details, really. no new evidence. so where are we this morning? >> well, you know, despite this big circus of a hearing, it didn't advance the ball in terms of providing oh my gosh, he certainly did it or anything that would suggest that you can't trust anything this woman said, you know, other than the fact she had no corroborating evidence and no one supported her. of course we knew that the day before the hearing and we didn't need a hearing to now know what we know today which is why his case or his confirmation is going to go to a vote later today because nothing new happened yesterday other than the circus. and i'm glad the republicans are shutting the circus down. i don't think they have moved to the committee vote if they didn't think they had the votes to move him out of committee and ultimately to confirmation. so, despite the torture and it was torture and it was really unethical what the senate democrats put him through in league with heir

leftist allies it, looks like judge kavanaugh will be the next supreme court justice by the middle of next week. ainsley: tom, you were in the room, we can sit here on the couch and talk about this, but we weren't actually in the room. what was it like to be in the room when lindsey graham made those statements? >> oh, it was high drama. i could see senator graham even before that was reacting quite strongly. you are sitting there and can you see him almost popping out of his chair in response to some of what was going on. and going back to the beginning of the hearing before dr. ford testified, guys that tension in that room was incredible. and you could cut it with a knife. and everyone was paying very close attention to what she said. and then later in the day judge kavanaugh came in, and defended himself quite ably and went at the hearing, the senators there from the democratic side quite directly. you don't necessarily get that from the cameras, they were held to account.

i have to say, i thought the democrats had the advantage, even through judge kavanaugh's opening testimony. it was dramatic but the democrats lost when they began opening their mouths questioning him because the vale was lifted. you could see they were dishonest. steve: fbi, fbi, fbi. >> one of the worst things is having him i forget who was questioning him about the yearbook. giants posters of the yearbook and you saw the absurdity. brian: senator whitehouse. >> all the credibility they thought they had just went out the door when you have this poor man's yearbook being raised as if it was a piece of evidence against him. it was absurd. brian: tom, the whole idea is this do you believe to believe ford or kavanaugh's authenticity. if ford wanted to keep anonymity that was thrown in the street against her will if we are to believe what we hear. dianne feinstein had it, held it and suddenly out there. why was it out there and why was her name released?

she could have been honest and gotten to the bottom of this. one on one they could have gotten allegations out and they didn't do it. here is senator dianne feinstein denying that she leaked the letter. >> mr. chairman, let me be clear, did i not hide dr. ford's allegations. i did not leak her story, she asked me to hold it confidential, and i kept it confidential as she asked. she apparently was stalked by the press, felt that what happened, she was forced to come forward, and her greatest fear were realized -- was realized. she has been harassed. she has had death threats and she has had to flee her home. brian: why was she stalked by the press? because her name leaked out. >> through the democratic side of the aisle there. you know what i think came out yesterday was senator feinstein's corrupt operation where they withheld the fact that they knew about these allegations

while they were questioning judge kavanaugh, so they knew they had this here. they could have asked the fbi to do a quick interview weeks ago. and, on top of that feinstein's staff is recommending her lawyers further undermining her credibility to the detriment of the accuser. since the corruption of the democratic side here was expose you had, and, you know, we have to remember they are also pushing out false allegations that came out subsequently against judge kavanaugh that were absurd on their face and i'm not going to repeat them because they don't deserve repetition. this man has had his reputation dragged through the mud enough. again, the democrats lost yesterday, thankfully, not because anyone opposes them in a partisan way, it's because this process would have ruined the senate if it was allowed to go through the way they wanted to go through, which is to raise

allegations without evidence. this woman they believe what she says they believe. you can believe her and have sympathy for her. it isn't enough to derail this man's nomination, destroy his reputation. this is why it should have been held privately. you could have evaluated her and said you know what? we appreciate you think that happened 35 years ago. there is not enough evidence to derail this nomination. we are not going to torture you by going through public recitation and him. both were abused. the senate owes judge kavanaugh an apology. the best apology would be to confirm him as quickly as possible though. brian: see what jeff flake and susan collins. steve: see what the vote is this morning. tom, thank you very much from judicial watch. ainsley: the media lashing out at brett kavanaugh for defending himself on capitol hill. watch. >> i thought it was a temper tantrum. >> most support san i have ever heard a judicial nominee. >> he looked unhinged.

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and sinking in the water after overshot a runway. thankfully no one was seriously hurt. this sad story the father of a missing boy with awesome speaks out after investigators find what is believed to be his lifeless body in a creek. ian ritch was the last person to see 6-year-old maddox before he vanished in north carolina. ritch writing on facebook, quote, for the rest of my life i will live with the not being there to save my son. police chief fighting back tears at a news conference. >> our communities are broken, our searchers, our investigators. this is not the end that we had hopes for. jillian: an up a is i is currently underway. rod rosenstein's job is safe for now. president trump postponing

his meeting with the deputy attorney general to avoid interfering with supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh's hearing. meantime, house judiciary committee chairman bob goodlatte issuing a subpoena for fbi deputy director andrew mccabe's memos. it comes in response to a "new york times" report claiming rosenstein suggested reporting president trump in a meeting with mccabe and others in the fbi. anxiously? ainsley: thanks, jillian. the media an in melt down mode or judge kavanaugh's spirited defense. >> i thought it was a temper tantrum. he wants to be on the supreme court answered ♪ going to be. he was angry and blue ridge rent and it was kind of scary and you have a side of him that you didn't expect to see. >> this is the most partisan i have ever heard a judicial nominee, talking about the revenge of the clintons. >> they see a guy who is supposed to be on supreme court who is arguing and yelling and screaming. >> the way he portrayed himself at the outset of

this hearing today he looked unhinged. >> he look passionate and unscripted. >> here to react to yesterday's meetings social media super stars and donald trump supporters diamond and silk. so, ladies, welcome back. you saw a panel of people like minded people saying how unhinged brett kavanaugh was. man, was he different than he was with martha maccallum. did he help himself? >> he helped himself because he spoke from the heart. >> that's right. >> he drew us all in and had us all crying. we felt everything that he felt and i believe that he should be confirmed. i believe him. and we stand with brett kavanaugh. that's who we stand with. steve: ladies, what about dr. christine ford? because she was first up and she testified yesterday she read her statement. it was heart-felt. and then she was asked a lot of questions about what happened. she didn't have any real new details and, in fact, the four people she quoted have in sworn testimony denied that it happened.

her best friend denied that she had even met brett kavanaugh and ms. ford had said that she was there that night. what about her testimony though? >> her testimony may have been heart-felt, there were too many holes in her story and her story was falling apart. i'm sorry, i didn't cry with her. i cried with him. i felt his pain. i didn't feel any emotion from her because she couldn't keep herself together. >> that's right. >> papers was all over the place. she had her lawyers dictating what she should say, what she shouldn't say. i look at all of that i paid attention to all of that. >> yeah. >> she didn't draw me in. he drew us all in and we believe him. steve: ladies, it seems like she believes that brett kavanaugh assaulted her back in 1982. >> okay. but, listen, i believe that she was abused and looking at her from yesterday, looking at her demeanor and disposition, i believe she was abused probably earlier than 15 years old. but i don't believe that brett kavanaugh did. this. >> right.

>> i don't believe that and shame on the democrats for exploiting her and exploiting her story. and if they really cared about dr. ford, why didn't they go to the police? why didn't they go to the fbi? >> exactly. >> the one thing that i need to say to all americans, yesterday it was kavanaugh. today it could be your brother, your son, your father or your husband. so vote right so you won't get left. vote republican because the circus and the charades that the democrats just pulled, i don't ever want to vote for another democrat. >> that's right. ainsley: it's an interesting time because it's the me too movement and if you are a man and accused a lot of people automatically assume you are guilty unless you can prove your innocence which is against what the law says. as a woman, what do you think is really happening then? i watched her testimony and thought gosh, this is really believable. we all know a lot of women that have been put in situations and damaged them for the rest of their lives.

so, very believable but then you heard from him and you saw how upset he was. and it was very believable, too. so what do you think the truth is? what do you think was happening? >> well, the truth -- first of all, you have to have evidence. kavanaugh had things to substantiate. he kept calendars. i was just so taken aback by that she couldn't keep her story together. >> that's right. >> she has no proof. accusations, allegations without accurate information is merely speculation. >> that's right. ainsley: do you think she is lying? are you saying she lied? >> i'm not saying that she lied. i'm not saying that she lied. i believe that she was abused somewhere but it was not by brett kavanaugh. >> that's right. >> it was not by him. >> yesterday, his father, brett kavanaugh's father saved his life and it was so good to finally see republicans saying and ban and not fall and go cold. it was finally good to see republicans call out the hypocrisy that's been going on in this country. brian: we heard from diamond and we heard from silk.

thanks, ladies. ainsley: thanks, ladies. steve: we had lindsey graham with that speech coming up. jonathan turley the law professor from washington is going to join us next. billions of mouths.

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are true. >> correct. >> no doubt in your mind. >> zero. 100 percent certain. >> not even a scintilla. >> not a scintilla. 100 percent certain, senator. >> do you swear to god? >> i swear to god. brian: over the question and answer period from the arizona prosecutor that was trying to elicit in a very -- actually looked more like a deposition trying to elicit some type of response in a respectful way that wouldn't be turned as a sexist attack. with us now jonathan turley constitutional law professor, first off, do you think, jonathan that it was a good move bringing in ms. mitchell? >> i think it accomplished what the members wanted. steve: right. >> they did not want to be in a position of questioning ford. they were willing to basically give that up opportunity. she was not there, i think, to try to really connect any

blows because they didn't want to see those optics. but, you know, it was frustrating for a lot of people dividing this into five minute increments did not allow for any real substantive questioning to occur. steve: okay. so after the 8 or 9 hours of testimony that we saw yesterday later this morning they are probably going to vote. where are we after having watched that? >> i think he did a lot of good for himself. if the vote had been taken after dr. ford's testimony, i think his confirmation would have failed. she was very compelling. there were even some statements from senators saying that they were persuaded. senators that are viewed on the fence. but then he came out and he changed that i do ma'am nic. this was really the two-minute warning in the fourth. and he sparked the offense, he went in there and instead of attacking her, he a attacked the democrats that was effective for the right group of people. not going to change the mind of people who believe

dr. ford. i think it did spark the base. they are going to have their voices heard this morning. ainsley: do you think after watching all of that yesterday that he is confident to be a supreme court justice? >> i think he -- i think there is no question about his competence. and what you saw yesterday was a human being, you know, a lot of people were taken aback by the anger. but, he was not going to be the next michael decaulk kiss who just sits there and gives a rather wooden robotic response. he is accused of being a rapist. most people would be quite angry that was a change for people to see greater emotion for them. for many people they thought that was quite genuine. ainsley: competency does he deserve it? >> i don't think his qualifications are really in doubt here. i mean, the question for the mexico is what standard of proof are you going to apply? have you got to apply some standard. it's not just a job interview.

in terms of where this hearing ended, it pretty much ended where it began. this would not satisfy a preponderance of the evidence standard, which is the lowest standard. at most these accounts are echo poise, they are even. so, evidentiary standpoint, many senators would feel they have to go back to the merits of the confirmation and whether he is qualified. there is not a lot of debate about that. brian: common theme for democrats kept calling for fbi probe. the bar association says they want to take time and investigate this more. listen to this theme. >> if you're very confident of your position, and you appear to be, why aren't you also asking the fbi to investigate these claims? >> are you willing to ask the white house to authorize the fbi to investigate the claims that have been made against you? >> judge kavanaugh, will you support an fbi investigation right now? >> i will do whatever the

committee wants. >> personally, do you think that's the best thing for us to do? you won't answer? >> look, senator, i have said i wanted a hearing, and i would welcome anything. i'm innocent. brian: already had six background checks. where do you think that was going knowing that he gave out same answer five times already, jonathan turley? >> well, quite frankly, i actually thought he flubsd that part of the questioning. this was a very likely question to come out. i think he should have just said look, i'm fine with an fbi investigation. but it's ultimately up to the committee. i would certainly support it if the committee feels it's going to go forward. he seemed. brian: do you think that would have been a mistake because the whole thing would have been delayed another week. and we have already seen these crazy accusers anonymous letter in colorado

and swetnick woman from avenatti. ainsley: he said that in the beginning, whatever you want. you are in charge, do whatever you continued to do. when they pressed him answered yes or no. >> i thought he started out strong and surprised the democrats. he was saying something that was manifestly true. the fbi does not come to a conclusion. they will issue these 302s that are basically the statements that the senate already has. that, i think, is quite true and it's demonstrably true. ainsley: how long would that take if the fbi got involved? steve: it could take a while. ainsley: all of my fears have come true that more and more women would come forward and say did he this to me, too and he did this to me too. when they asked about swetnick he said that's a joke, that's a farce. i don't even know that lady. >> the fbi can expedite it. you are right. they could take some time find themselves after the election in a really difficult period to get things done. can they expedite it? yeah. there is not a lot that they

do. there is not a lot of witnesses here. they can just issue the statement statements nut form of a 302. i'm not sure that would manifestly change anything. steve: now where we are we are to the stage where everybody is going to be put on the spot, first the committee and then after that the full senate where a number of vulnerable democrats in states that donald trump won are going to have to take a hard vote, jonathan. >> oh, i think that's true. i think he put them back on their heels yesterday. no one expected the brett kavanaugh that came out of that -- came into that room yesterday. and ucket you could see on the faces of democrats that the optics had just changed. people like manchin are under a huge amount of pressure this morning. brian: jonathan turley, thanks so much. i'm giving you word as a fox news contributor you are officially eligible for the christmas party. that's good news for him. >> finally. brian: free admission. ainsley: thank you. brian: still ahead on our show. steve: we have senator lindsey graham who made that impassioned speech yesterday on the floor.

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that's not who i am. it is not who i was. i am innocent of this charge. i will not be intimidated. you may defeat me in the final vote, but you will never get me to quit, never. brian: judge kavanaugh facing a brutal confirmation fight but doubling down yesterday or maybe tripling. next guest faced a similar fight as next guest ric grenell waited months just to be grilled. he is now the ambassador to germany. thankfully. welcome, for the longest time you got the confirmation that took a while. then you waited, waited, waited. did you feel akinship a little bit with what the judge was going through yesterday? >> look, i think the process is really broken at this point. they tried to turn me into a sexist. there were crazy things that were said. we have got to get back to the point where people want to serve and they serve because there has been an elections and we follow through. we have t got to take politics out of this as much as

possible. brian: it worries me because i don't think any agency is fully staffed. and there are nominees there. there are dozens of people who are just waiting for an opportunity to get in front of a panel to do their jobs. interior department the secretary is still waiting for four or five people. >> as you know, i waited a very long time. and there are issues that you want to get. to say there are issues that you want to make progress on. so we started. we hit the ground running as fast as we could. had to make up some time but we are trying. brian: america first agenda you united nations across town. how is that resonating. >> i served at the u.n. 8 years u it's amazing and comforting to have a president who doesn't give in to the roar of the crowd of the u.n. who doesn't give in to like the peer pressure to maintain the status quo. you can't blame many of the diplomats there, they want the status quo. they like the fact that they get to spend millions and millions of dollars, hundreds of millions of dollars from the u.s. taxpayer and they don't want

to be told how to spend that money. so, you can't blame them for wanting to take the money and do with it what they want. brian: one thing the president has done is empowered his ambassador to the united nations nikki haley. sometimes that's a low profile post like when susan rice was there not with this administration. quickly to you. in germany, looking out from germany in, the eu in particular, how were we viewed? i imagine the america first you are going to pay more for nato we are going to rebalance trade. that doesn't win you popularity contests. >> it's certainly a change of a status quo. i think the germans understand that they have to have a military. europeans understand they have to have a military that's ready they know we are not asking russia and china to increase their military. president trump is clear about increasing our defense but making sure our partners are also increasing their defense. let me say one thing it's been the u.s. policy for a long time to ask for more nato spending. we have been asking and

asking. only unpresident trump that it started to increase. this is hundreds of millions of dollars that will now go for defense throughout europe because of president trump's commitment to not give into the roar of the crowd to say talk more softly or don't press them. we have tried not pressing the europeans. it was the policy of george bush. it was the policy of barack obama. we have tried all sorts of ways to be nice to ask for increased defense spending. a firm commitment to say we are going to increase but we need you, too, to also be ready. right now the german military don't have working submarines. they don't have attack helicopters in the proper numbers. they just don't have a military to desmed themselves but, yet, americans are spending the tax dollars for 33,000 american men and women in germany alone. brian: ambassador, thanks so much. oil, energy from us from russia the people we are protecting them from. good to see you back in the

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ainsley: senate lawmakers set to vote today over judge kavanaugh. what kind of impact will all this have on our politics going forward? let's bring in constitutional law attorney jenna ellis. hey, jenna, thanks for being with us also works for dr. dobson. >> thanks for having me. ainsley: great to have you here. from a female perspective what did you think of her testimony. >> i thought she came across as very sincerely confused. when judge kavanaugh responded i thought he had such compassion for her because clearly she has been through something traumatic but ultimately she didn't provide any substantiation or corroboration for the allegations. it's not what we do in america to base our decisions on emotion or compassion but evidence and fact. ainsley: you know that going to law school and studying the constitution. as a constitutional lawyer, i wanted to get your reaction on this because judge kavanaugh said the constitution gives the senate the important role of choosing or helping to move forward the supreme court justice.

but he said have you replaced in the constitution advice and consent with search and destroy. do you think that this is the left hit job on judge kavanaugh? >> absolutely. i think that we have seen that from the progress left that they have opposed and would have opposed any nominee from president trump, even before they knew brett kavanaugh was the named nominee. they started out by trying to condemn him for having pasta, ketchup on pasta and ended up calling him a serial rapist. this is absolutely ridiculous. what we saw yesterday in his testimony was the righteous anger of an honorable man who stood up to defend his integrity and his family. and i think that this sets a really dangerous precedent if the senate is willing to take allegations that are uncorroborated and unsubstantiated when you have so much on the record that shows the impeccable credentials and integrity and character of this man. ainsley: that's kind of what he was saying yesterday, too. thank you so much, jennifer,

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>> the details about that night that bring me here today are the ones i will never forget. >> what w. what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100 percent. >> i'm not questioning that dr. ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person, but i have never done this. to her or to anyone. >> it's not that we are dismissing dr. ford but we are a system based on justice. you are innocent until proven guilty and there was no evidence. >> yesterday it was kavanaugh. today it could be your brother, your son, your fathers or your husband. i don't want ever want to vote for another democrat. >> this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. >> a lot of people were taken aback by the anger, but i think of being accused

as a rapist and most people would be quite angry. >> if you vote no, you are legitimizing the most despicable thing i have seen in my time in politics. you want this seat? i hope you never get it. ♪ steve: this is a fox news alert. you saw the testimony that we were waiting for after about 10 days. she said, then said and in a few hours. ainsley: they say. steve: they will vote. brian: they will have a procedural vote saturday and tuesday go right to the senate floor. the goal, of course, is just the 51. ainsley: started yesterday our coverage at 9:00. they started the hearing at 10:00. lasted all the way until 6:45. everywhere we all went people were watching even out on the streets people were walking around watching on iphone brian briewp the brian: the question is did

griff watch? steve: yes he did and is he here to explain. >> rest of the nation transfixed to that hearing and history will be being made in about two and a half hours. the judge's fate now ultimately is going to be determined by these three undecided republican senators. susan collins, lisa murkowski and jeff flake. the reason is the math. the g.o.p. can only afford to lose one vote, lose two and kavanaugh goes down. right now 47 republicans are a yes. a very encouraging sign for the nominee, a key holdout senator bob corker late yesterday threw his support behind him after the hearing ended. one democrat joe manchin of west virginia appears to be leaning towards supporting kavanaugh and that could be a huge factor. and here is the time line according to senate majority leader mcconnell. brian, you have got it right. the committee votes at 9:30 today. tomorrow the procedural vote to launch debate on kavanaugh. then monday a vote to end debate and tuesday the final vote for the history books and the president,

meanwhile, supporting the nominee saying this: judge kavanaugh showed america exactly why i nominated him. his testimony was powerful, honest and riveting. democrats' search and destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham, and effort to delay, obstruct, and resist. the senate must vote. finally we will probably hear from more democrats about delaying the vote for fbi investigation. that's not likely to happen. chairman grassley made it clear that the issue is settled. flake by the way one of our three undecideds is on the committee. it will be interesting to see what he does today at 9:30. guys? steve: that's right. especially after what linelsdz is i graham said. lindsey graham will be joining us in about an hour. thank you, griff. in the meantime we have newt gingrich, formerly speaker of the house, fox news contributor and author of the "new york times" best seller trump's america. ainsley: good morning. >> good to be with you. ainsley: do you think he will be confirmed. >> i think he will be, i think more than one democrat will end up voting yes. steve: they are in a tough spot. >> they are.

when heidi camp comes from north dakota which vote i had republican 16 out of the last 17 presidential races for the more conservative judges, donnelly comes from indiana voted 15 out of 17 times. you got tester comes from montana which voted 15 out of 17 times. did you go back and say every time voters choice between liberal and conservative judge, they voted for the president who appoints conservatives. now, is there enough evidence here to justify not voting for kavanaugh? and i think yesterday, i believe -- first of all, i believe dr. ford has been victimized by the democrats. brian: because the name leaked out? >> because they deliberately set this whole thing up. it didn't leak out. this whole thing was a setup. it was a deliberate staff driven effort to have something explode at the last minute. if senator feinstein had walked in with the letter the day she got it. it would have been part of the normal process. brian: right. >> it would have been part of the normal interviews. you wouldn't have had this

psycho drama of the last two weeks. the fact is when you get under the emotional moment and i think she was very effective emotionally. when you get in there and look at the facts. who corroborates, no one. when did it occur? not sure. where did it occur? not sure. brian: woman with ph.d. bright asking her beach friends what to do with it and june and july. senator feinstein one-on-one session you know her personally, i don't. if she said to brett kavanaugh hey, before we get started, i got this disturbing letter. and before i go public with it i want to hear what you have to say that's the way you do it. so much at stake. >> if i understood this yesterday, i was trying to follow it. if i understood it yesterday, she couldn't come 20 washington to be interviewed because the fear of flying but, in fact, she had been flying off on vacation and apparently the democrats had hidden her in

delaware. steve: apparently she didn't know that the staff made the offer we will go to california. we will come to you. that's one of the few new things we learned yesterday. brian: steve, we knew that because we read that grassley offered to go anywhere she wanted. steve: right. but she didn't know because she never heard from her attorney. >> if the staff had shown up in california it would have been an empty building. ainsley: if you missed it yesterday, we will play a little bit of brett kavanaugh and a little bit of dr. ford. start with brett kavanaugh. watch this. >> this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. the constitution gives the senate an important role in the confirmation process. buff you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy. this has destroyed my family and my good name. this whole two week effort has been a calculated and/or committees straighted political hit fueled with apparent pent up anger about

president trump and the 2016 election. fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record. revenge on behalf of the clintons, and millions of dollars in money from outside left wings opposition groups. this is a circus. the consequences will extend long past my nomination. i'm here today to tell the truth. i have never sexually assaulted anyone. not in high school, not in college, not ever. i have never done this to her or to anyone. that's not who i am, it is not who i was. i am innocent of this charge. i will not be intimidated. you may defeat me in the final vote but you will never get me to quit.

never. >> i am here today not because i want to be, i am terrified. i don't have all the answers and i don't remember as much as i would like to. but the details that -- about that night that bring me here today are the ones i will never forget. they have been cedar into my memory and have haunted me episodically as an adult. >> dr. ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100 percent. steve: so, newt, she believes that dr. kavanaugh assaulted her back in 1982. she was very heart-felt. then you have judge kavanaugh, some people on the political left said he was up hinged in his opening statement and how he fought back. but, at the same time, wasn't he fighting for his life? >> he is fighting for more than that. he is fighting for the united states. if he can be destroyed with his record, with his family, with his coaching the girls, with his being a devout

catholic, if he can be destroyed by a 36-year-old uncorroborated, let's be clear, she may believe in her mind what she believes and it may or may notten true. she is a psychologist. she ought to understand people often believe things 36 years later that just aren't true if this can be done to him why would any conservative again allow themselves to be nominated? why would you put your family through -- have you no idea what the next allegation is. and you know that the left is building a machine which they used on bob bork, they used on clarence thomas and failed by the way. 11 democrats voted for clarence thomas. 11 democrats. brian: he still didn't get 60 though, right? >> he didn't need to. brian: joe manchin, donnelly is considering it and doug jones of alabama going to be up for election in a couple of years he said basically the people of alabama bright red state, if he doesn't vote for this, which he says

i'm out, i'm not voting for him. >> i think jones is being honest. jones is a left wing democrat who got elected. brian: that's not the way he portrayed himself. steve: he wanted to win. >> he wanted to win. that's the number one thing. if senator feinstein had done her job, this would never have gotten to be a crisis. brian: i want to bring to you lindsey graham because he is someone who takes a lot of heat. people call him a rino because he wants to compromise on immigration. >> is he from south carolina. let's be clear. brian: sometimes he was with president bush and then he said i'm with donald trump and that ticked off everybody on the bush group. here is senator graham once again he stands on his own. >> this is the most unethical sham since i have been in politics. and if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn't have done what you done to this guy. i cannot imagine what you and your family have gone

through. boy, y'all want power, god, i hope you never get it i hope the american people can see through this sham. that you knew about it and you held it. you had no intention of protecting dr. ford. none. sheshe is as much as a victim as you are. god, i hate to say it because these have been my friends. let me tell you, when it comes to this: you looking for a fair process? you came to the wrong town at the wrong time, my friend. to my republican colleagues, if you vote no, your legitimizing the most despicable thing i have seen in my time in politics. you want this seat? i hope you never get it. i hope you are on the supreme court. that's exactly where you should be. and i hope that the american people will see through this charade. and i wish you well and i intend to vote for you and i

hope everybody who is fair-minded will. ainsley: mr. speaker, being from south carolina, there are a lot of people that were mad at him when he voted for sotomayor, when he voted for kagan. but yesterday my folks that i was talking to, my family and friends, they were very proud of him for the way that he responded. >> i have known lindsey since he had first came into the house. this was his best moment. this was a moment comparable to attorney welch putting down mccarthy in the 1950s. and this was an extraordinary moment and he ihas defined for the american what's at stake. have you despicable, dishonest, dlible deliberately destructive left wing party that will destroy anybody, lie about anybody, do whatever it takes and lindsey said the truth. it is that bad. it is that sick. >> he had a message for the republicans. what do you think. >> he also has a message for any decent democrat. why do we behave as though there are no decent democrats? not a single democrat

sick'ed by what their party is doing? ainsley: what's your prediction for collins, murkowski and flake. >> they are going to vote yes. there is no proof -- i mean for fair people, there is no proof, none. you have a person who is sincere about a 36-year-old high school event for which she has zero proof. doesn't know the house. doesn't know the date. brian: her friend can't verify it. 10 seconds. sheldon whitehouse says if he gets on the court i'm going to look to impeach him. >> of course he does because sheldon is engaged now in destroying the country if that's what it takes to make it a left wing radical country. steve: let's see what happens in the judiciary committee this morning. nurtd, thank you very much. brian: great to see you. steve: what are house republicans saying this mornings about the kavanaugh hearing? we will talk to house majority leader kevin mccarthy next. brian: plus. ainsley: plus john kerry has been secretly meeting with iran behind the trump administration's back. now he says team trump did

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his accuser dr. christine blasey ford. the senate judiciary committee scheduling first vote on kavanaugh's nomination in a couple of hours. here with reaction to the testimony house majority leader kevin mccarthy. mr. mccarthy, good morning to you. what did you think of the hearing yesterday? >> well, it was sad from the fact that the democrats played it in this order by holding the letter, what they put dr. ford and her family through and what they put justice kavanaugh through. but there was so many moments of history that you watched. but, to me, the one that spoke the loudest was when judge kavanaugh talked about his daughter praying for dr. ford. steve: yeah. >> that was really the spirit in what america believes in. but the idea that of what they have done for the whole world to watch. and i think when lindsey graham spoke, he spoke for millions of americans. this is a man who voted for sotomayor, kagan, he really summed it up advise and

consent to search and destroy? the nation is better than. this we deserve better than. this. steve: yeah. it was powerful stuff. i know you had a fund raiser last night with president trump. at the end of the night you totaled things up $15 million in there to help frequent the house for the republicans, right? >> that is correct. and this goes out to help all members across. it was a good night. a lot of good support. but the challenge we have is mike bloomberg wrote an $80 million check and he said is he going to give more just to defeat republicans. tom styer has spent more than 120 million because he wants to impeach the president. do you know with everything going on, the president was so poised. he was so focused on what more needs to be done. yes, we celebrated our accomplish manies more than 4 million jobs we talk about the challenge if the democrats did win. they recently voted that they wanted to keep illegal from voting in america. they want illegals to vote in our election system,

devaluing everybody's vote. steve: did the president mention the kavanaugh hearing? >> he did mention it. he said he watched it through. he came a little later because he wanted to make sure he watched it all. he thought kavanaugh did very well. his passion was for everybody involved. but, i thought from the standpoints i talked to him after the event as well. i think they have to move forward. i think america has been through enough of this. let's have the vote and move forward. steve: does he pass? >> i think he does. i thought yesterday if you -- sitting back and looking at is there any proof that he did something? my heart goes out for dr. ford. but i do not believe judge kavanaugh had anything to do with that. if i was a senator, i would vote for him. steve: well, he could be on the supreme court by tuesday if things go according to the production' plan. kevin mccarter thank you very much. i know you are going to meet with google later today to see if there is a conservative bias. good luck to you sir,. >> thank you.

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plane and water coming. in i was really impressed with the locals who immediately started coming out in boats. >> the plane landing and sinking in the water after pilots overshot a short airport runway. no one was seriously hurt. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley joining a protest against the venezuelan president. [chanting] >> i'm going to be loud. the trump is going to be loud. and the united states will be loud. the world will hear us. we won't stop in madd. keep your voices loud. >> the protest coming one day after nicholas madeira accused the u.s. of permanent aggression. vends is in a major economic crisis with severe food, power and medicine shortages. that's a look at your headlines. send it back to you. ainsley: thank you, jillian. supreme court justice nominee brett kavanaugh reflecting on his time as a federal judge describing his hiring a female law clerk. >> in my time on the bench,

no federal judge, not a single one in the country has sent more women law clerks to clerk on the supreme court than i have. i had to, in essence, contingently hire a first group of four law clerks who could be available to clerk at the supreme court for me on a moment's notice. if confirmed, i will be the first justice in the history of the supreme court to have a group of all women law clerks. that is who i am. steve: let's talk more about who he is with a former law clerk who served with judge kavanaugh sarah who joins us from st. louis, sarah, what did you think as you watched yesterday as your friend and mentor and boss at one point, brett kavanaugh, was fighting for his life? >> well, my overriding sense was sadness at the way that

this process, scorched earth politics have affected him and dr. ford. it was hard to watch without feeling a tremendous amount of sympathy for both of them. ainsley: sarah, lindsey graham had said something to the effect if he was a rapist or he had done this in his experience people that he knows have done that go on and do it and continue to do it. did you see any signs of that when you worked for him? >> of course not. judge kavanaugh was an exemplary boss. is he a tremendous judge. he was kind and respectful to all of his law clerks, male and female. there wasn't a hint, as he alluded to his testimony there never has been a hint in his long entire professional career anything like disrespect towards women. brian: you are the legal professional. who do you believe? >> i don't really think -- i don't really think there is

any way to answer the question of who is telling the truth. and i am not a legal professional in the sense of evaluating credibility of witnesses that often. all i can say is both parties seemed sincere u and that the credibility of the allegation seems like it has to turn on more than just sincerity. and all of the evidence that there is, from something 36 years ago, supports judge kavanaugh's account. as his entire lifetime of distinguished service and respectful treatment of women. steve: that's right. because dr. ford had said there were four people who were there. she named the people the investigators went and got sworn statements from all of them and they say this never happened. in fact, her best friend, who see seed, dr. ford said was at that particular event, said i wasn't there, that never happened. and i don't think i have ever met brett kavanaugh.

so, the legal standard, we have had experts on before, sarah, who have said if this were in a court of law, it never would have gotten to the jury stage because there simply was not enough evidence. >> that seems right. and even though we are not in a criminal trial, i mean, this man's life and good name are are at issue. and it does not seem reasonable to allow a charge like this to stand or to allow it to ruin a life of distinguished service without more. >> sarah, thank you so much for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> you are welcome. >> 29 minutes after the top of the hour. we are live from the white house with fresh reaction with senior white house advisor mercedes schlapp. that's next. owning your own thing is huge.

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>> i'm not questioning that dr. ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person in some place at some time. but i have never done this to her, or to anyone. the other night ashley and my daughter liza said their prayers and little liza, all 10 years old, said to ashley we should pray for the woman. that's a lot of wisdom from a 10-year-old. steve: it is. lindsey graham referred to that later in his impassioned speech. brian: he also said i don't think can i coach again. those girls probably thing i liked most in my life doing is coaching and i don't know if i can do it after what i have been through over the last 10 days not physically but the reputation. ainsley: that's definitely one of the moments people will remember from yesterday. there were several of them. i watched his wife in the

background when he was talking about daughter and they both got choked up. she started to well up as well. very emotional for their family. steve: it absolutely was. we had heard he had prepared remarks and reporters had been given those and he didn't actually deliver those. he delivered yesterday a speech he wrote and only one other person, a former law clerk actually saw what he was going to say. as i have said earlier, he was fighting for his life. and it's interesting because we had heard some of the analysis yesterday, even on fox where people said, well, you know, if the brett kavanaugh who martha maccallum interviewed a couple days ago a little stiff, a little nervous, if that guy shows up that could be bad that guy didn't show up yesterday. brian: i love this description. he might have been a bush appointee but he channeled trump. steve: very trumpian. brian: very trumpian and channeling one person, that's the president because he was watching.

steve: he loves a fight. brian: whether you love him or not that's up to you. the president fights for who and what he believes in daily he might have been watching the news out media was saying he needed to be different in that measured interview. he didn't say much for that interview because he was prepared for it many people say they wanting to seat clarence thomas come out. clarence thomas when he was in the same position he was heated defending himself. steve: imagine, if you were in that chair, you were him. would you be fighting for your life? he was apparently. but, a number you have mainstream media folks felt that he was unhinged in that approach. >> i thought it was a temper tantrum. he wants to be on the supreme court and he is not going to be. i was angry and belligerent and it was kind of scary and you got a side of him that you didn't expect to see. >> this is the most partisan i have ever heard a judicial nominee talking about the revenge of the clintons they

see a guy who is supposed to be on the supreme court yelling and screaming. >> he looked unhinged. brian: they could have wrote those comments before they went out there. they were just going to say that he was robotic like al gore or unhinged, too emotional. i would add this, i don't know if i thoroughly believe this but clarence thomas, according to the judge, never looked at what anita hill testified. he came in, he said not knowing what she said. he came out strong. brett kavanaugh said the same thing. i watched almost none of it i have been writing my comments. steve: i didn't watch any of it. brian: he was getting ready. really? to not watch any of it at all? ainsley: everyone watched her and thought wow, something has happened to her. she is very fragile. this is very believable. then everyone was waiting to hear from him. when he came out and defended himself and cried and was emotional, then everyone said who do you believe? they both seemed very believable. but if he hadn't had that --

if he hadn't acted like that, then no one would have 3w4r50e6d him. steve: he amped it up. mercedes schlapp is a senior white house communications director sheet joins from our nation's capital. i'm sure going are in i'm sure the white house had advice for him. was one of the pieces of advice you better look like you are fighting? >> you know what? i have known brett kavanaugh for a long time and he is a fighter. he knew so well that it was his moment. his moment to tell the world that he was innocent of this charge. that it is because of his fine reputation, one where he has served our nation honorably for over 25 years to be able to share his story. and the mere fact that you have had the democrats mistreat him in a way, mishandle this process is a complete outrage. the mere fact that senator feinstein sat on this letter for over 60 days and did

nothing sewed nothing and then all of a sudden there is this leak that came out right before this vote that was going to happen on judge kavanaugh and judge kavanaugh came with the facts he opened his heart and spoke the truth. from there it's just so telling the fact that this man deserves to be on the supreme court. brian: what we heard yesterday over and over again to brett kavanaugh as if they had short-term memory loss every democratic lawmaker, why don't you call for an fbi investigation? why don't you tell the white house. look at don mcgahn dick durbin said call for an fbi investigation. why wouldn't you? >> let's remember the people calling for the fbi investigation, they have already made up their mind. they have decided that they are voting no on brett kavanaugh from day one since he was nominated these democrats came out in full force. they said they would do everything, everything they could to stop him. and that's when they stearated to drag his name in the mud. that's when these sackizations came out i'm

very sympathetic to did dr. ford with that stead there was a lack of facts. and here came judge kavanaugh being able to talk about how many people who have known him for all of his life about his character. this has been a character assassination by the democrats. they should be ashamed of themselves on what they have done in terms of belittling this man, this fine man who has dedicated his life to public service who has been very good family man, a good friend to some of us. and has promoted women during his career. so, it's just outstanding that the democrats would go so low and that was the display that they showed, the public display that the democrats showed yesterday was the fact that we knew that this was a political witch huntington against judge kavanaugh. so, to say for them to say oh, let's go with the fbi investigation, why can't we do that? no. they want to buy time.

they want to buy two more months, get through this election. they are not interested at all on the conclusions or the results. let's remember that this committee, senate committee has sorely investigated. they have done what they could to depoliticize this process and the republicans as well have done what they could to reach out to dr. ford. even offered to go over to california and she wasn't even aware of it. why? because her lawyers are pro-democrat political operatives. of course, referred to by senator feinstein. ainsley: you know, did i like how they held the democrats accountable for things they had said in the past. lindsey graham looked at them and said you have even said, senator, that you wanted to delay. that you didn't want him to go through. you want to delay, delay, delay and then you want to win in november. kavanaugh actually looked at each of the democrats and said things about his character. he said you called me evil before. he said you are going to oppose me with everything you have. he said those who support me are complicit in evil.

some of you said that some of you called me your worst nightmare. he said i'm a guy who has worked so hard my entire life and you are tainting my reputation and it will never be the same. >> he is right. ainsley: what was your reaction when he was calling people out face to face? >> you know, he was so transparent and so honest and so right. it's exactly what we all needed to hear u which is the fact that he called the democrats out. he called the liberal media out. why? because for 10 days there are these stories that have actually been out in the media that have been completely false, that they just run with on brett kavanaugh. going as far as as basically saying that he is running some sort of gang rape circle is just outrageous, outrage jus. and so what you have had is so many of his friends who knew him back then. when you are talking about the fact that democrats are talking about a high school yearbook, are we kidding ourselves? how far is this getting? and so for brett kavanaugh to bring it back to what

really matters, which is the supreme court, which is this institution of respect, of professionalism, of the fact that he said that he will be an independent judge, and. brian: gotcha. >> he had all the qualifications for it it's his time and time for the senate to vote. steve: well, and it looks like the judiciary committee is going to vote today. mercedes we have breaking news. apparently fox is confirming that the house conservatives and the republican leadership have reached a deal to bring in rod rosenstein to question him about that "new york times" article. not clear if rosenstein will respond to the request but fox is told the judiciary committee and/or oversight could subpoena him. what does the white house think of that? >> well, we will see. the president will be talking with rod rosenstein, i believe, next week. and i don't want to get ahead of any of those conversations. brian: the president will be talking to him next week? >> i think that is the plan, yes. brian: they spoke yesterday? >> i am not aware. steve: but the president was busy watching the hearing

all day instead, right? >> yes. he did come back from ungla incredibly successful trip and watching the hearing. the president is very proud of brett kavanaugh as he made very clear this was a search and destroy mission by the democrats. and just watching judge judge kavanaugh's powerful testimony sharing that with the american people. ainsley: what was his reaction to senator graham? did he say anything about that. >> i'm not aware. i haven't spoken to the president. there was a moment here where senator graham really hit a home run and he really expressed all the outrage that so many of us have felt for so long watching the democrats tree to destroy kavanaugh. very proud of what senator kavanaugh did u. steve: sarah sanders tweeted out god bless him. thank you very much, mercedes for joining us from the white house. steve: coming up lindsey graham is going to be with us and geraldo rivera and john cornyn and michelle malkin and gregg jarrett in the next hour and 15

minutes. ainsley: and, hundreds of women rally in washington to support judge kavanaugh during his hearing. one of the women who led the march is going to join us live. >> we care about the constitution. we also care about due process and what we're seeing right now is just a circus. w we are athene, and we are driven to do more. breathe right strips are designed to simply when nighttime nasal congestion closes in, open your nose right back up. ♪ breathe better. sleep better. breathe right. s

. >> we take allegations of sexual violence very seriously, we want to see wrong doers held accountable. >> yes. >> but, we also take rule of law seriously. we take the presumption of innocence very seriously and we take fairness seriously. >> yesterday the concerned women for america gathered for judge kavanaugh and presumption of innocence. joining us to more due

process. jenny beth martin the chairman of the tea party patriots citizens fund. thank you so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me, ainsley. ainsley: you are welcome. why was it important for you to be there. >> tea party patriots citizens fund wanted to join concerned citizens for america in this rally. we wanted to show there are women who are supportive of judge kavanaugh. we had the opportunities yesterday throughout the hearings and prior to the hearings as we learned about the evidence that the senate jewish area committee was receiving, we learned that it wasn't just dr. ford's word against judge kavanaugh's word, but it was dr. ford's word against judge kavanaugh's word and then you look at the additional witnesses who she named who all say this event, this gathering or party never took place. we feel like we need to stand up for this man who is being so maligned in the media right now. ainsley: people who supported him on social media were doing #confirm kavanaugh. the folks on the left from

hollywood on social media they were saying believe survivors, #believe survivors. did you get any blow back from any of them? >> yeah. you know, that's social media. the fact is she sounded credible and i think that something tragic happened in her life. and judge kavanaugh sounded credible. and when you have two witnesses who come forward and they both sound credible you have to look at the other evidence. the other evidence from the time of the incident back in 1982, the other witnesses he named her calendar all go with what he is saying. and that the event did not happen. and so, when these things happen, that's where you -- how you have to look at it all. i don't discount the fact that something terrible happened in her life and i feel terrible for her about that. ainsley: what do you think the truth is? she sounded very believable. most people were like wow, her story seems accurate and

believable and obviously something has happened to her like you said. but then you heard his speech and he was very impassioned and he was crying and dechingding himself. who is right? what is the truth here? >> all i know is that you can look at what she said and what he said and then the four other people including mark judge and also her best friend from the time -- her friend says she never even met kavanaugh. so, the event apparently did not ever happen. ainsley: yeah. maybe it's been so many years. it's been decades. anyway, thank you so much for being with us jenny beth martin thank you. what dr. geraldo think about kavanaugh hearing? he calls it an attempted coup by the democrats. he will join us live at the top of the hour. some senators on the fence about if they will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh. who is in? who is snout and will he get through? we'll talk about it next. like you, your cells get hungry.

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steve: 9:30 this morning senate judiciary have a meeting and take a vote and move to the whole senate if it passes big question is how will these moderate republicans vote. in fact, there was a 20-minute meeting yesterday with the three moderate republicans and joe manchin a democrat. after 20 minutes joe manchin said no decision yet but apparently susan collins raised some concerns about mr. kavanaugh. ainsley: first three, they are the republicans and they are on the fence. but, we in newt gingrich sits here earlier he thinks they will vote yes. manchin is a democrat from west virginia. president trump won by more than 40% there. brian: keep in mind, he would never decide if he gets in or not he wouldn't be the deciding vote he

would be the easy vote. they have 47 republicans they say on board already. jeff flake has quoted. this this is a tough one. senator murkowski says this, i'm going to go home and have some dinner and have a chance to think about all that went on today. so, i think it's up in the air. people could say well, the republicans have it, it really comes down to these people, the four you are looking at right now. ainsley: lindsey graham had a message for them. he reminded them yesterday he said i voted for sotomayor and kagan and i voted for them because they're qualified. republicans need to vote for him because kavanaugh is qualified. brian: will they deserve to lose the senate? steve: his confirmation could be more likely why do i say that the democrats are already talking about if he gets on the supreme court, they would move to impeachment. in fact, senior democratic strategist said the only question is who is going to call for it first. and, according to axios, it looks as if the president is going to make his possible

impeachment if the house is taken over by the democrats. one of the corner stones of the campaign going forward and what happens there then is that animates both sides. the democrats are going to be -- we have got to take it, and the republicans are going to say we have got to defend it. ainsley: everyone wanted to hear from him yesterday. yesterday was judgment day for him and he defended himself. brian: only one on the committee is jeff flake. if jeff flake is for gets out of committee 11-10. even if it gets out of committee vote. ainsley: 11 republicans and 10 democrats. >> go tuesday and saturday a procedural vote for tuesday. keep this in mind. the bar association is calling for more investigation. alan dershowitz calling for more investigation. a leading jesuit magazine has rescinded their support of jesuit school brett kavanaugh. so there is some reason to believe that maybe not everybody is on board. ainsley: but republicans say what are you going to investigate? there is no evidence. steve: right. ainsley: why know everything. steve: that's what we heard yesterday from the republicans. so stay tuned.

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20 do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> i have never sexually assaulted anyone, i intend no ill will to doctor ford. my daughter liza said their prayers and said to ashley, we should pray for the woman. a lot of wisdom from a 10-year-old. >> that was the spirit of what america believes in. >> what we saw in his testimony was the righteous anger of an honorable man who stood up to defend his integrity and his family.

>> he came with the facts and opened his heart and spoke the truth. >> you have nothing to apologize for. this is the most unethical sham since i have been in politics. you have no power and hope you never get it. rob: fox news alert, two hours in and one hour to go, two hours from a crucial vote on the supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, in committee. it before the senate judiciary committee making a decision after hours of emotional testimony from 10 am to 645. ainsley: how will it work? griff jenkins has details. >> reporter: it was all about emotional testimony yesterday but today it begins in 90 minutes with the fate of the nominee in the hands of the kavanaugh three, undecided senators susan collins, lisa murkowski, and jeff flake of arizona who appeared to be

struggling with his decision. we might get some insight where he stands. it is the math that is significant. 47 republicans are yes, an encouraging sign, a keyholder, bob corker joined the year as after the hearing ended. republicans can only lose one vote and brett kavanaugh is done unless they pick up a democrat. one democrat, joe manchin is leaning toward the yes. that could be a huge factor. newt gingrich sat on the couch in the last hour, he things brett cavanagh will be confirmed by more than one democrat. >> i think he will be. more than one democrat. every time your voters have a choice between a liberal judge in the conservative judge the voters of the president appoint conservative. >> reporter: according to mitch mcconnell, at 9:30, a procedural vote to launch debate on brett cavanagh.

on monday a procedural vote to end the debate. on tuesday a vote for the history books. we are watching the kavanaugh 3 with cameras, no indication before they stand. we learned that collins, murkowski, flake and manchin are huddled together. we may see a block vote. all eyes on the hill right now. pete: bill nelson from florida is a no but that is not surprising. geraldo joins us. ainsley: good to see you. my daughter started yesterday morning. bill nelson is up for reelection. >> every democrat with the exception of manchin will vote no. that was expected but last night we went over a very profound home and it is very clear that brett cavanagh will be confirmed. >> is a hump? the country or confirmation?

>> first of all, what the democrats did in this process was totally premeditated. what i'm about to tell you is my opinion of a scenario that happened. they were holding an extremely weak hand, the democrats, minority in the senate, minority in the house of representatives, they do not control the white house, this nomination was -- this epic nomination was steamrolling to a conclusion and then they dropped the letter from doctor ford that they had had so many weeks before. they did it intentionally, they did it to get the nomination withdrawn. the midterms happened, no time for the president to nominate another alternate jurist, then the christmas holidays, then the new government takes place, hoping against hope they would take one of the houses, maybe the senate, they are working hard to do that and would deny

donald trump indefinitely the opportunity to name the ninth crucial jurist. i think this was a plot from the very beginning. and attempted coup. dianne feinstein when she had the golden note from doctor ford went to chuck schumer and they said we've got it, here's how we will use it, we will whack it at the last moment so the process is blindsided. it is how -- i am not faulting it, i am suggesting it did not happen serendipitously. ainsley: feinstein said she didn't leak it and no one her team leaked it. >> maybe literally true, the dog ate my homework. pete: the whole idea is she gave them the letter and was assured anonymity. >> your moralizing, i am ruthlessly giving my streetsmart analysis of what happened. >> we like to live in an

idealistic -- there are two friends of these two, eileen ford's best friend has problems, mental problems. why did you bring her in and mark judge, the friend of brett kavanaugh, he is an addict and has depression issues. two people's privacy by nothing they have done themselves are put out in the public so they are roadkill in this. >> it is interesting but irrelevant. i believe absolutely christine ford was telling the truth, those gutwrenching allegations, so so vivid and sincere, i believe she believes she was telling the truth. i also believe brett kavanaugh was telling the truth. there are two truths here. it may be something happened as brett kavanaugh suggested, i think something awful, whether or not he was involved i don't know. he has no recollection of that.

>> they knew each other, never asked the question. >> they could both pass a lie detector test in my view. it doesn't matter. you had brett kavanaugh on the ropes, doctor ford slamming the testimony, ripping him to shreds. to the toxic analogy he was on the ropes. somebody got to him in the intermission and said your whole life is at stake, the future of a trump supreme court is at stake, you better man up, get out and come off the cameras and knock this guy out like a rocky movie and he came out and did it. pete: i want to bring you to brian fowler, spokesperson for hillary clinton, a leader of the democratic party, who ignores

doctor blasey-ford and tries to muscle in an attempted rapist onto the supreme court, they will pay dearly this november. senators up in 2020, collins, gardner, will feel intense heat for the next two years, brett cavanagh will not serve for life. he is predicting impeachment. >> what he is really predicting is the backlash from the me too movement directed against donald trump and republicans come the midterm elections. the thinking is i believe that the brett cavanagh nomination fails, the election helps the republicans, the brett cavanagh nomination is confirmed, that helps the democrats. i believe brett kavanaugh will be confirmed and ultimately the die is cast on the me too movement's impact on the midterm elections and will see which base. ainsley: what did you think of the opening statement? was released, his was released at his was different, he said at the beginning of the testimony, i showed it to a former law clerk and no one else has seen it. >> he was too whiny and crying for my taste.

i know i am a sexist in this regard released an old-fashioned relic of a man, i believe you've got to control those kinds of emotions. i would have preferred he had more swagger but he was definitely sincere. not my kind of guy but definitely sincere, definitely credible. there is no doubt but i believe this man will be confirmed and this woman has done the best she could to recount something she definitely believes happened to her as an example to women everywhere. they are both winners. pete: if you were in front of a body, and pleading for your career and your life, his entire life was destroyed, doctor ford's life has been destroyed by this as well in many ways, there are getting death threats, we would be emotional. when he recounted a story about how his daughter said daddy,

let's pray for the woman and -- ainsley: geraldo -- pete: you are emotional. >> you know me very well but i think that stuff is interesting. >> is not a robot, he is a person. >> we experienced a hinge in history. i want to be clear what happened here. a woman's right to choose versus the pro-life movement was decided for the next generation yesterday. this is a very big deal. this ninth justice, the swing vote in roe versus wade, this is what motivates everybody on both sides with you have abortion rights, pro-life, protect the unborn, class that happened yesterday, was decided yesterday, generational thing, will all be impacted by what happened yesterday in the judiciary committee and will happen as they vote this morning at 9:00. >> no way he is going to

overturn roe versus wade. >> he could do it very easily. roe versus wade balances the equities between the mother and the unborn child and at a certain point the unborn child is not yet born, has rights. those rights can be balanced against the privacy rights of the woman. all you have to do to the road roe versus wade is save a child is viable earlier and earlier and earlier in the pregnancy, so now abortion is only legal when the child is not yet viable. liability will continue to shrink it will be at 6 months, 5 months, 4 months, 3 months and in some states, you're absolutely right, it will be a conception. this is a watershed moment lose half the country is absolutely struck in -- stricken by what is happening. and the others related. it defines the division in this country, right, left, blue, red,

conservative, liberal, huge. pete: i think you are overstating it a little bit. i enjoyed the boxing analogy. i have bad news, hbo no longer carrying boxing, can you believe that? >> 20 other channels -- >> not like hbo. so sad to me. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. >> another sports anchor. >> north of the news. in that tangerine. you are allowed. >> we have a fox news alert. a story we are following. house conservative and republican leadership reach a deal to question deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. it is unclear if you will respond to requests for a closed-door meeting to discuss the new york times report the claims he considered reporting the president. he could be subpoenaed. donald trump pinned a meeting with rosenstein to avoid interfering with the brett kavanaugh hearing.

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>> the us senate judiciary committee set to vote on brett kavanaugh starting an hour from now. the married multiple forgetting the vote with the senate judiciary committee, ask questions to brett kavanaugh but not to doctor ford. senator cornyn, do you have the votes as of right now to get out of committee and do you have it over 50 for the confirmation? >> i'm optimistic but i've been in constant communication with my colleagues, some requested additional information for them. i'm optimistic we will confirm the judge.

pete: why are you optimistic,? flake, murkowski, collins, all not committed. >> they have not publicly committed to we have been engaging in personal texts, conversations, face-to-face visits, it is the norm for how things happen. so much of what is done is done person-to-person and i respect their right to make their own announcement which i sure they will do in due course. >> they wanted more information and last night they got a statement from mark judge who was named by brett kavanaugh as one of his friends, doctor ford, his statement was to his lawyer, directly, was he has 0 memory of that. we understand there was also a meeting with republicans and joe manchin. doesn't look like you have democrats who might come to your side come tuesday? >> i read the same reports and

i'm hopeful that senator donnelly and senator manchin, and senator heitkamp will see their way to vote for this nominee. i'm optimistic we will have a bipartisan vote. pete: do you regret licensing out your questions to doctor ford? when did you make the decision to directly question brett kavanaugh? >> i don't regret it. i spent 13 years as a judge in texas and i recognized the need to have somebody who does this for a living day after day carefully question somebody who has claimed to be a victim of sexual assault. i thought she did a good job getting the basic facts out. obviously later on senator graham and i and others decided other arguments needed to be made. pete: senator graham coming up shortly. he had reached his boiling point, he was so angry at your colleagues across the aisle.

how mad were you about what they had done over the last 7 weeks? >> this is been shameful the doctor ford, shameful to brett cavanagh, this has not been a search for the truth. this is about search and destroy. unfortunately here in washington that is all too common. it reminds me of what i read about the mccarthy hearings in the 50s when the question was asked have you no sense of decency? because the way both doctor ford and brett kavanaugh were treated was indecent and cruel. pete: it passes out of committee today? >> i do. pete: thanks for joining us today, appreciate it. forget his long record. many democrats were more concerned about what was written in brett kavanaugh's high school yearbook many years ago. >> don't know if it is. 's or booth?

how do you pronounce that? >> a burst of flatulence, we were 16. pete: michelle mauk and his life, they made a mockery of the process. see a little blood when you brush or floss? you may have gum disease and could be on a journey to much worse. try parodontax toothpaste. it's three times more effective at removing plaque, the main cause of bleeding gums. leave bleeding gums behind with parodontax toothpaste.

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>> you used -- >> i already answered the question. >> the next one -- >> how do you pronounce boofed? >> the first of flatulence, we were 16. ainsley: i never thought we would be doing this. i will say when i was watching, on social media they were posting pictures of what he wrote in his yearbook and declarations of what they mean, the triangle, what they thought and it was disgusting stuff. i wanted to hear his response and he said it was not that disgusting thing, it is a drinking game. i'm glad to hear him answer questions.

>> and backed down all the insanity that has clouded the process and you have these senate democrats don't want to turn the fbi into freshman booze investigators. i would recommend to senator hirono that she stepped down from the senate and run for hall monitor, they are all detectives gleaning information from the yearbook. >> i would like to talk to her. >> set up. i really do think senator hirono poses a minister the bedrock constitutional principles people of all parts of the spectrum should adhere to and embrace. this is a woman who wants to up in the entire presumption of innocence. my feeling about this, it is not a feeling, it is a conclusion, we have to get back to a place

in america where we believe evidence and not gender. just because somebody shares our pronoun doesn't mean we automatically assume they are telling the truth. the lack of real expertise and experience on the senate judiciary committee, that is the reason why they chose rachel mitchell. you talk to anybody who spent any time in the control justice system and they will tell you people lie all the time. we are so detached from reality, the default that all women should be believe for all reasons at all time. pete: she seemed very earnest, she seemed like she believed something happened with brett kavanaugh. >> we are not experts in this is the problem with all of these lay punditry, she seems -- why not deal with people who lie all the time? they feel sincerity seeming people too.

there are so many motives. i interviewed forensic experts for the work i have done on wrongful convictions and false allegations particularly of rape. there is an excellent textbook written by a retired nypd guy who headed the sex assault unit, and this statistic literally 2% of women lie about rape is a figment of the imagination of the feminist left. actual empirical studies published in peer-reviewed journals show that the actual rate of lying about rape or sexual assault is anywhere between 8%, and 41% and in some precincts in new york city it is 90%. it is astonishing that people lie about rape. you have hollywood and academia brainwashing generations of women to believe they should always be believed. she may be deceiving herself and others. pete: we don't know that she is lying. that is your opinion.

it was sworn testimony yesterday where she said i'm going to tell the truth and she said it happens. >> we don't know if she is and don't know if she isn't and that is why assertions are not proof until they are established with facts and corroborated by evidence. he could be lying to. ainsley: he has presented of innocence. she is making the accusation. brian: the thing i don't like to fly really was knocked out of the park but they didn't follow-ups with you are saying you do like to fly because you go to tahiti for asian studies, they named ten flights she was just on including a summer visit to the washington -- the maryland area. >> you are going to what is supposed to happen with you in the courtroom of public opinion or courtroom of law. to test people's assertions and if they start showing inconsistencies, if they have gaps, memory lapses it affects

their credibility. this is not oprah. this is not a soap opera. you have to judge people and match facts and forensic evidence and independent corroboration. >> thanks for joining us, good to have you on the couch, always like your show, see you on tv. meanwhile, 8:30 in new york, he delivered the most fiery moment of the brett cavanagh hearing, lindsey graham will join us live next. >> this is the most unethical sham since i have been in politics. i'm gonna regret that. with liberty mutual new car replacement we'll replace the full value of your car. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪

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>> i cannot imagine what you and your family have gone through. you want power, i hope you never get it. i hope the american people can see through this sham, that you knew about it and you held it.

you had no intention of protecting doctor ford, none. she is as much of a victim as you are. god, i hate to say it, these have been my friends and let me tell you, when it comes to this, you are looking for a fair process, you came to the wrong town at the wrong time, my friend. pete: senator lindsey graham decided to take his time from miss mitchell, the arizona prosecutor, and go ahead and let everyone know what he thought of this process. senator, did you know you were going to say that? >> know. i knew i felt that. i didn't know what i was going to do. i thought miss mitchell did a good job. the whole goal for me is to get doctor ford, walk her through her testimony, what you can't say, she is 100% confident but let me tell you i'm 100% confident that brett kavanaugh, something did happen to miss ford but after her testimony, i

don't know who took her to the party, i don't know who drove her back but somebody did. i do know this. we offered to take her testimony in private in california and if her lawyers didn't tell her that, they have a problem. i know her letter was given to 3 groups of people and the person who leaked it to the press intended for this to happen. it was a political decision by somebody to betray her trust, to slow down this nomination, destroy brett kavanaugh and try to hold his seat open. ainsley: why did you do it? you said what a lot of people wanted to say but haven't been able to say. >> there was a line of questioning, why don't you turn to don the gone -- mcgahn so the fbi can do a thorough job and here's what got me. how dare you ask this man if he is innocent, to do anything.

he is before you, denying it in every detail, we still don't know the date, the location. it is not he said she said, she said, they said. it was an effort politically to delay the hearing, to put the burden on him, to make it look like he must be guilty if he doesn't want to delay this hearing past the midterms. i had it with this process. the person who leaked this letter did it on purpose to create a political problem, to slow down the hearing, to start a narrative, to destroy brett cavanagh, they could give a damn about doctor ford. if she was not told we were willing to go to california, i find that hard to believe. pete: your colleague diane feinstein was queried by john cornyn, did you leak it?

she said no i didn't. but i haven't asked him, i trust him. the past staff said we didn't do it and she said probably came from one of doctor ford's friends. do you buy that? >> know. i by diane feinstein, i like her and trust her. somebody did it in the circle of the california congresswoman in her office, diane feinstein's office, the lawyers, the lawyers were recommended by feinstein. when you look at where she is coming from, she is not exactly apolitical. somebody leaked this anonymous allegation for the very purpose we see today, to delay this hearing to destroy brett kavanaugh's life and they never intended to protect miss ford. >> used up for yourself, looked at the democrats and said you are friends and you actually

said you wanted to lay this and then you want to win, what is your message for your friends that are republicans? >> if you legitimize this by voting know you are setting up the destruction of all future nominees, you're denying a good man, highly qualified who led an incredible life, the chance to serve the country in the position he is qualified for, legitimizing the politics of destruction. you are missing a lot if you don't see this as a political hit job. the accusations of fall apart. if he has to prove himself innocent, he did for me, what standard would we use in the future for a republican, if you legitimize this, our party is going to look at you as having lost your way and if you legitimize this i don't know, what would you say to his daughters you i cannot do that.

>> what about senator whitehouse? if he does get confirmed by tuesday they will start impeaching. they will look to impeach him. >> he brought to me the allegation about the incident in rhode island and we went together to the fbi and the guy withdrew the accusation. it was false. he did the right thing. let me tell you what could happen. there is no statute of limitations and maryland for sexual assault. i would tell senator whitehouse and everybody else if the police department or any other agency opens this case and there is a conviction i will gladly reopen this matter but i will be in the nba before that happens. i don't like my chances. pete: yesterday you were so passionate. >> i was pissed.

brian: it looked to me like you had it up to here with how things are working in that room. >> i had it up to here because i voted for sotomayor and kagan, some accused her of being a racist because of a single speech or kagan being un-american because she supported kicking the rotc unit out of harvard. that is at harvard. they are good liberal judges, good women and i can't imagine i would have done this to them and what was done to brett cavanagh was planned, orchestrated, politics at its worst, the accusations offends my sensibility. i want women to be heard but i will not be played and i will not have my intelligence insulted. ainsley: i remember when you voted for kagan and sotomayor and some in your state -- to you think now is paying off? your message to the democrats, this guy is qualified, you

better vote for him? >> they are not going to vote for him. >> you don't think any of them will? >> strom thurmond voted for ginsburg. she is highly qualified and very liberal, 96 people voted for scalia. trying to be the way it used to be, elections have consequences, honor the results but when it comes to trump the election didn't happen. what you see here is undermining the election, no holds barred politics, the politics of destruction and delay, not advise and consent. if he loses, if brett kavanaugh loses, we will be on to the next group to come forward. >> what was your conversation with the president like last night? >> it was long. i said i have a new number. you didn't give this number out. i got a new number and a bunch of people beating on my door last night. pete: you have been talked. you and senator hatch.

>> i told the president i'm going to give you my number, the new one. he was very complementary and he said milania said, please tell me she was very proud of the fact that i push back and stand up for this good man and that meant a lot to me that the first lady felt that way. pete: somebody using a congressional computer put your personal information on wikipedia so people could call you. i imagine there will be an inquiry into where that particular machine is. >> i tell you what. when it comes to computers i'm the perfect guy to ask about them because i don't use them a lot. i'm not worried about that. if people think i have brett kavanaugh, i am proud he deserved to be helped. this is about him. he has led a life i couldn't begin to imagine in terms of who he is coming in terms of intellect and his goodness.

i never met a more capable, good person. i have known the guy for 20 years and i am in a business where you can say what you want to say, i am fair game but this guy did not deserve this. his two daughters if nothing else it should be the parents of the year, that 10-year-old, she has it within her ability to pray for the lady and they raised a fine young lady. ainsley: his parents sitting behind him. >> broke my heart but it is what it is. we are going to win. he is going to be on the court and hopefully the senate will pull out of this ditch we are in. pete: you got to go because you have a vote this morning. they were waking him up all night, home address and all that material. a congressional computer, really. ainsley: you heard senator graham's take, one of brett cavanagh's closest friends who works with him is here to react

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pete: of next guest is democrats conduct victimize not only brett kavanaugh but doctor ford and all-americans. greg jarrett, fox news legal analyst and author of the russia hoax joins us live right now. how victimize? >> severely. brett kavanaugh put it best, this became a national disgrace. they transformed advise and consent into search and destroy. the plane truth is the president could have nominated a saint and the democrats would have spared no backwash to stop him. doctor ford was a very sincere

authentic individual, credible witness, but so was he, very powerful, real, raw emotion. when someone is falsely accused they react with outrage and indignation and we saw that yesterday. when two people tell conflicting different stories that the benefit of the doubt should go to the accused. here it is brett kavanaugh. that is not just a fundamental principle of the court of law but a guiding principle in life, the presumption of innocence. ainsley: we heard lindsey graham say the democrats were even using her as upon. she was a victim for the democratic party. what does he mean by that? >> the abomination rests squarely on the shoulders of diane feinstein. i think she abuse -- pete: she was called out multiple times. ainsley: and acquitted herself poorly. ainsley: people were calling her out. >> for the better part of two months she concealed it.

it could have been handled privately and confidentially because there's a process for that. it is utilized quite frequently and was utilized here in private session for sensitive information at the hearing. diane feinstein has a lot to answer for and she embarrassed not just herself the democrats. then there is blumenthal, sheldon whitehouse, that was also an abomination. pete: sounds like there is going to be another hearing that republicans, house freedom caucus members and the leadership have reached an agreement that they will call rod rosenstein to capitol hill to ask about a new york times article about the 25th amendment, uncertain whether he will come with a will sit behind closed doors. >> they were probably subpoena him and it will be interesting to see how he responds. they needs to get her hands on andrew mccabe's documents that

are evidence of rosenstein's attempt to solicit people to secretly record trump and depots him as president of the 25th amendment. those are serious charges. rosenstein has a lot to answer for. he signed off on the fisa renewal without evidence and he refused to recuse himself even though he is a witness in a case that he oversees as chief prosecutor. >> can we point to the russian hoax, the book? >> number one bestseller the russia hoax. ainsley: congratulations. pete: that is it for greg jarrett, we are done with him. our next guest has known brett kavanaugh for 20 years, worked with him in the white house and she is going to join us live to defend her friend. brian: bill him are in control of the channel in ten minutes. >> reporter: the same senate committee meets again, all 21 of them, republicans and democrats to vote on this nomination. they will likely be more twists in the story today, we have a

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ainsley: our next guest stands by brett kavanaugh having known him for 20 years and call the attacks on him grotesque. here to react is a former white house colleague, friend of brett kavanaugh's and former us ambassador to the eu. thanks for being with us. what did you think of yesterday's testimony on both sides? >> i was proud of brett, it has been heartbreaking to see what they had to go through over the

last couple weeks but they have drawn on their faith and close friends and each other and i was proud to see brett defend his integrity. jillian: what you think the truth is? doctor ford seemed so believable and most to talk to when they hurt her testimony it is believable, she had been through something that you heard his testimony and he seemed believable too. >> i don't know doctor ford. i have known brett for 20 years, i have seen him in every kind of social setting, i have seen them on dates, i know his ex-girlfriend, seen him at parties and weddings and never seen anything remotely approaching the kind of behavior alleged here. it is completely inconceivable to me that he did the things she is alleging. i have to say we are talking 35-year-old allegations. i don't trust my own memory after 35 years and particularly don't trust memories bottled in someone's head. she said she didn't talk about these allegations to anyone for three decades and we have a lot

of reason to question whether her memory is reliable. i thought the hearing, republicans were appropriately respectful and listening to her. i would have liked to see a little more questions just probing on the reliability. ainsley: if he does get confirmed, many people who are voting, planning on voting for him and they think he will be conference. what is he saying? is he fearful about the backlash? fearful about impeachment? or how his family will be treated? >> i think he is looking ahead. i think he will be confirmed. i'm confident he will be a fantastic supreme court justice. he will judge with a lot of integrity. ainsley: thanks for serving our country, appreciate it. more "fox and friends" just moments away.

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