2:00 p.m. eastern. have a terrific weekend. big news week. up ahead. in the meantime, tucker is next. >> tucker: good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." this is the tenth day in a row that we have devoted a large portion of the show to brett kavanaugh's supreme court nomination. we have done that because the story matters. not simply because the supreme court itself matters. the way kavanaugh has been treated by the democrats in the senate as well as by the media and the left wing interest groups who do their bidding in concert gets the most basic questions about what kind of country we want to live in. does every american deserve due process? are the accused presumed innocent rather than guilty? does fairness still matter in this country? well, to all of those we

answer yes. the left argues no. to them acquiring power justifying anything. that is the real debate here. we thought you should know that. after the developments and there are many. after yesterday's hearing, the debate must be drawn to a close. it's hard to imagine watching what kavanaugh said to the senate yesterday without feel progress found sympathy. this is a deeply sincere man who believes his family has been destroyed by false and unsupported allegations. many wept as they watch him speak. democrats remained unmoved. some argue that kavanaugh's anguish was itself evidence that he is a monster. as if only a sex criminal would recoil at being called a sex criminal. >> a calendar and a diary. very organized guy to put it mildly. >> tucker: well, that was

the wrong sound bite but you get the point. barbara boxer explained today his anger on stage made her think he was capable of violence. would you be angry if they said it about you? no matter what they say, the democrats don't mean any of this personally. they don't hate kavanaugh or his family. they don't seek to destroy either one. they are just irrelevant. democrats just want to be in control. so yesterday they immediately began stalling for time and they did that demanding a seventh f.b.i. investigation into kavanaugh's life. the point is run out the clock on his nomination. they continued the tactic today at two hearings, especially in the afternoon when the senate judiciary committee reconvened. watch this. >> i cannot sit here. i cannot participate in what i know history will look back as a dark moment again in the way we look at the anita hill and clarence thomas hearing. i can't participate again relegate ourselves to what i believe is a dark, dark element of the society. to that, sir, i will leave.

>> tucker: that was new jersey senator cory booker, a man so oily he qualifies as an alternative fuel. almost nobody who knows booker takes him seriously. but today he found an ally, surprisingly among republicans. that was jeff flake of arizona. flake declared he would be voting for kavanaugh's nomination. then he was confronted by a mob of protesters, the youth wing of the democratic party. watch. >> you are allowing someone who is unwilling to take responsibility for his own actions. to sit in the highest court of the country. and to have the role of repairing the harm that has been done in this country to many people. no thank you. what do you think? you have the power. >> ma'am, do you want -- >> i want to talk to him. don't talk to me. i understand. but tell me i'm standing right here in front of you. what do you have -- do you think he is telling the truth? >> tucker: wow! that man looks afraid and

ashamed. you don't often see senators look like that. this kind of thing has been happening a lot in washington. i happened to ted cruz when he found himself surrounded by people at dinner and left the restaurant. jeff flake crumbled and announced he would not approve the nomination without additional f.b.i. investigation. democrats cheered his change of heart. i applaud senator jeff flake's decision to rise above the partisan circus on display in the entire process. joe manchin. but in washington when they congratulate you on leaving the partisan circus, chances are you are now the ring master of the for -- master of the circus. jeff flake is that. what does it mean? it doesn't mean a lot. the f.b.i. does not want the case. there is nothing to investigate here and they said that definitively already. weeks ago dianne feinstein sent them chrstine blasey ford's original letter and that was their response. this is not a federal criminal investigation. it cannot be. no federal crime has been

alleged. only police the maryland can conduct an investigation into this. they are not because strangely chrstine blasey ford never filed charges against brett kavanaugh in the jurisdiction where she said it took place. instead the f.b.i. will conduct what is called a supplemental investigation. agents will interview only those directly connected to chrstine blasey ford's original allegation. in this case, that would amount to chrstine blasey ford and brett kavanaugh, of course, along with the three people ford says were present when she was attacked in 182. that would be judge, p.j. smith and leyland kaiser. the problem is that all five of the people have already given sworn testimony. you are aware of what they have said. four categorically denied under oath ford's version of the story. if they deviate from the previous testimony, they could face criminal penalties. so what can we possibly learn from having the f.b.i. interview them? keep in mind that the f.b.i. makes no judgments in the investigation. it's not assessing credibility

or render any conclusion. it just does interviews and summarizes them for lawmakers. the f.b.i. no matter what they tell you is not a tie-breaker in this or any other investigation. it's an investigative agency that will provide the senate with information that senators already have. so brett kavanaugh is going to get interviewed again. you probably have to get a prostate exam to be more thoroughly vetted than kavanaugh has been in the next 20 years. they may try that, too. if you are looking for truth this is a pointless exercise. you wouldn't consider it. but the truth is not what anyone is looking for here as you may have figured out. democrats are hoping more baseless allegations will emerge in the delay, during which the f.b.i. is investigating things that have long been investigated. perhaps another reptilian porn lawyer will come forward with another client with fantasies of gang rape or maybe ritual satanic abuse. who knows what it will be? when the charges emerge, the

democrats will demand new public hearings on every one of them. democracy hangs in the balance, they will tell us. meaning the access to power hangs in the balance. it's not a complicated formula. everyone in washington knows exactly what is going on here. except for maybe a poor jeff flake. people who know flake say he may believe democrats are acting in good faith. maybe he is auditioning for a new employer. he is leaving the senate early next year. either way you have to be an idiot to think caving to this demand will induce the democrats to call off the smear campaign against brett kavanaugh and his family. they won't. they will accelerate. why wouldn't they? it's working. but there is a cost. especially for republicans. at this point kavanaugh isn't just a supreme court nominee. he is a folk hero to many people. inspiration to millions. people who spent the last two years being browbeaten and bullied by the moral inforeyours were buoyed --

inferiors were buoyed by what he said yesterday. they are unfairly maligned because they in the way of other people gaining power and have been commanded to shut up and obey. kavanaugh stood up for the people yesterday and he raised a middle finger to the tormenters and they love him for it. kavanaugh is far more popular with the republican voters tonight than any single republican senator. hi is more popular than the senate as a whole. kavanaugh wouldn't describe it this way but he has a constituency, a powerful one and they will long remember if republicans defend him in the moment of need. shannon bream has followed this saga closer than anyone else has and she joins us tonight. what do you think will happen? >> shannon: we have a delay over the weekend because mitch mcconnell will not start with the senator vote and get it moving. we have a delay of the investigation. i have folks who think, i think you talk to people, too in the f.b.i. i think they can get it done more quickly than friday. we have a finite universe of

people who could be interviewed. unless we talk about throwing in the ramirez and the swetnick allegations. >> tucker: if anyone considering doing that? >> shannon: i think ramirez is being considered but swetnick is not falling under what the white house or the senate judiciary committee is calling credible so it wouldn't fall in this investigation. they can do it quickly. i have a friend close to an f.b.i. agent and says they are all praying and that they don't get it. nobody wants this to fall in their lap so they have to handle the investigation. they feel it's political. >> tucker: as a factual matter. take opinion out of this, have you heard anybody describe what we might learn from interviewing the five people at the center of the ford allegations who have given the sworn testimony? >> shannon: the 302s. this is where an agent interviews people. they make a summary of it and they will hand it to the committee and say here are the interviews. unless they don't match exactly what the sworn testimony they have given they are in trouble. everyone is giving this under the penalty of felony. if they say the same things they have said and mark judge and p.j. smith and brett

kavanaugh have all said they will cooperate, they sent out the messages through themselves or their lawyers saying okay. great. we want to talk to you. let's get this done. i don't know if we find out anything new. if we did it's a bombshell but it's like having someone repeat and be stenographer, to the testimony that you give and heard under oath. and the other statements we have. >> tucker: tiny fact set from day one. not that many facts. >> shannon: or people involved. >> tucker: thank you very much. >> shannon: good to be here. >> tucker: lou dobbs joins us tonight. lou, it strikes me that brett kavanaugh is far more popular than any sitting republican senator right now. far more popular with the voters that matter to republicans. what risks do they one playing with this tactic do you think? >> i think that jeff flake runs no risk because as you pointed out he is a lame duck. he found out that he couldn't possibly win a primary in his home state. and withdrew. and then upon learning that he

learned he is singular unpopular period. what are the risks here? the risks are that the republican party is unable to move his confirmation through. and that would be a devastating loss to the nation. tucker i truly believe what is going on here, what we are witnessing is not only corrosive political corruption of the left, and these radical dems who sit on particularly the judiciary committee. but we are watching a tenet of what has become democratic party's most important manifesto. to deny american exceptionallism. the man on that screen is extraordinarily exceptional. he is a man who took us through his life over the course of the hearing. this man stands for all that is good and great about this country. his commitment to his studies, to improving himself, his service to the community.

my god, how could you ask for anyone better to sit on the supreme court? as a matter of simple objective analysis. and to watch the dems foam at the mouth and blood drip from their fangs as they rip this man and his family apart. it is obscene what they have done. it's obscene that any republican would in any way enable and facilitate in the gruesome mission. >> tucker: if republicans can't get brett kavanaugh on the court do they have a hope of getting any right of center nominee on the supreme court ever again? >> i don't think so. i really don't. i think that is a great question because it is fundamental to what we are watching. if you cannot as a nation turn to your very finest people, those who have worked hard and

brought themselves through the life, to personify american exceptionalism, then we are truly lost. this man's family and children, my heart goes out to them. it is not tearing a nation apart. it's destroying a nation. it's not simply division. this is not about redistribution or a socialistic view. this is about rewarding effort and excellence. and applauding a man's success. to have a child, talking about praying for the woman who is bringing charges against her father. to encourage them to pray. to have a career that has, there is not -- as the president said, president trump said there is not a

blemish on this man's record. >> tucker: he is not a sex criminal. there are a lot of creepy people in d.c. that are sex criminals, a lot of them. but this guy is the bottom of that. this is ludicrous charge. thank you, lou. dr. ford wanted to keep her identity secret but someone close to her leaked her name and changed her life forever, not in a good way. who was that? why don't we know? where is the investigation to find out this we are on that after the break. experts say to eat a lot of fruits and veggies, but are you getting enough of their nutrients? new one a day with nature's medley is the only complete multivitamin with antioxidants from one total serving of fruits and veggies. new from one a day.

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three groups had this letter that was asked to be anonymous. dianne feinstein and her staff. congresswoman from california and her staff. and the lawyers. somebody betrayed her trust. if you can't figure out why, you shouldn't driving. >> tucker: chrstine blasey ford had wanted to remain anonymous. she didn't want to testify yesterday and didn't want anyone to know her name. she only went public with the allegations after somebody leaked them to the press. just a few weeks ago. only a few people knew about the letter that she had

written to congressman and that it made its way to senator dianne feinstein's office. from one of the offices her identity made it to reporters. who did that? and why aren't democrats interested in finding out the identity of the person who did that? since supposedly they care so deeply about christine ford. mccarthy was ans saytant u.s. attorney, and judge was a district attorney in washington and they join us. why wouldn't be so hard to find out how the information got from one of two congressional offices to the "washington post"? >> tucker, if we assume it had to be one of the two offices then it should be a small world of people. i think the problem we have, factually, is that the first press outlet who got it, the intercept now says that feinstein, senator feinstein was not the source. that doesn't mean that the other california congressperson could not be

the source or it could have come from the lawyers or what happens an acquaintance or friend of dr. ford. but while it is a small amount of people who are in the circle of the possible leaker, and if you made an aggressive investigation you might be able to get some leads quickly. certainly, if kavanaugh can be investigated seven times you think it might be worth a once over. >> tucker: you would think that. >> it's interesting. >> tucker: if you cared about christine ford wouldn't you care who betrayed her and overturned her life? >> of course you would. but this is not what it is about for the democrats. this is not about the ethics or morality or rightness. this is about power. the democrats leaked it, the lawyers leaked it, maybe she leaked it or someone in her family leaked. we know the republicans didn't leak it because they didn't have the letter. someone wanted to use her and make parrot of a process to flay away at judge kavanaugh.

this is part of the disgusting display that the democrats created. they are trying to make it look like something that is serious. in fact, it's awful. it is demeaning the country and demeaning the senate. i don't know what affect it is having on dr. ford or whatever her name is. the bottom line is that this is an attempt to destroy a good man and his family. and the democrats are succeeding. they got their delay on the vote on the state floor. they may ultimately win. >> tucker: you have been watching this and what do you make of all of this? what have you learned? >> that it is phenomenal that the democrats could not more clearly signal that what this is all about is the delay, delay, delay. no matter what they are talking about. whether it's the victims or the survivors or somebody privacy or the need for an f.b.i. investigation. it's all about delay.

and yet the republicans seem to think if we just give them a little bit more delay we can bring this thing to closure. for the life of me i can't wrap my brain around that. >> tucker: i can't either. have you seen anything this cynical? you have been here a long time. >> no. >> i came here in 1967. 51 years ago. i have never seen anything like this. to watch senator coon do an umptious description how wonderful it was to work with senator flake and all we want is a little more time. the goofy, gisting performance by the democrats. the senate used to be a beautiful place. now it's a very, very ugly place and the american people are being harmed by this. this is awful. democrats don't care one wit. they just care about power. >> tucker: true. thank you. i hope you get a weekend away from it. i'm going to try to.

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>> tucker: well, the press has taken only two lessons from the persecution of brett kavanaugh. no a sophisticated group. the first lesson is he is guilty, no matter how little evidence exists against him. the second, a lesson they learned a long time ago. certain people are inherently bad because of their race and gender. if you don't believe us, listen to this selection. >> a panel of 11 white male republicans opted to have a female shield protect them. >> hang on, hang on. >> judge kavanaugh was the patriarch on display. >> white men need to stop passing judgment on sexual assault victims.

>> if you have a group of 11 white men on the republican side you have to ask do they get it? >> tucker: does dave gergen get it? open question. joy behar gets it. she went further and said if you don't support further investigation of kavanaugh which seems like a nonracial question somehow you want to institute apartheid. >> people on the republican side, it looks like to me, do not want to investigate this any further. they want to hold on to their power. they know the country is getting darker so they worry that all white people will lose all their power. pretty soon we will be like south africa, apartheid. where 10% are running the country. >> i know people who are fired than saying way less than that. i hope joy is not canned by abc but it is amazing if you are joy behar you can say

literally anything on your network and nobody does anything. there is no advertiser boycott looming in her future. it's unbelievable. senator lindsey graham, the new and improved version introduced yesterday responded to this madness today. watch. >> senator graham? >> thank you. i know i am a single white male from south carolina and i am told i should shut up. but i will not shut up if that is okay. >> tucker: professor jason nickels teaches african-american studies, from maryland. joining us tonight. thank you for coming on. >> thank you. >> tucker: as an almost 50-year-old american i was brought up to believe that you should not, this is a core principle, judge people on basis of their race. it's not relevant and not something you can control. is that still true? >> it's absolutely true that people should not be judged on the basis of their race. there are advantages that people have on the basis of their race, class and gender.

we need to acknowledge that. >> tucker: but, right, but i mean that could be true. in individual cases. >> could be? >> tucker: but in individual cases. but when you say it's true in every case what you are doing is judging people on the basis of the race which we agree is wrong. >> number one, i said race, class and gender. >> tucker: just stick with race. class is a fluid thing. i mean your class can change. i can. sure. >> it's rare. >> tucker: it can. it's not in your d.n.a. i can't study your bones and find out what class you are. >> race is not in your d.n.a. either. we can go on. >> tucker: i'm not a scientist but most people can't change their race and i don't think it's acknowledged that you can. if it's wrong to judge people on the basis of their race, and i think both of us agree we don't want to live in a country people make generalizations, negative ones especially about whole group of people. >> but we do live in a country that does that. >> tucker: we don't want to add to that because it's wrong. >> sure. >> tucker: why are all the dumb people on television in unison attacking people on the basis of their race and nobody

is saying anything about it. >> again, i think people are acknowledging that fact that tern people group of people have more advantages than others. be clear. judge kavanaugh was not in a criminal trial and he is not criminally investigated. this is basically -- >> tucker: but what are they saying? a woman of one race is accusing a man of the same race of a crime that has nothing to do with race, so why are again all the dumb people on tv making it about race? other than to divide and destroy america. >> you are simplifying it a little bit. >> tucker: tell me what i'm missing. >> it's not just race. it's race, gender and class. >> tucker: why bringing up race? why is it relevant? >> it would be different if judge kavanaugh were say native american. or if he were african-american. >> tucker: if they were both native american? >> or if dr. ford and judge

kavanaugh looked like dr. nichols it would be a different situation. >> tucker: but they are not. they are both the same race. >> right. but the fact is -- >> tucker: is there a suggestion of racial bias here? >> at the top of our society, as you said, as we spoke about earlier, usually educated, well-to-do white and male. >> tucker: like obama. the president. >> obama is not white. but obama certainly checks some of those boxes. >> tucker: i don't want to be bring up obama. i was being snarky. this is destroying the country. attacking people on the basis of race is immoral. we are pushing people in race conflict with each other and we should don't that if we can help it and we can in this -- we can help it in this case. >> there are a lot of thing destroying the country. >> tucker: there are but this is one. >> the inequality and the inequity we have in the society is what has always made america not as strong as it could be. >> tucker: i totally agree

with you. i just wrote a book on that. but it's not about attacking people as a group for their skin color. this is wrong. >> it's about recognizing that certain people have advantages and trying to fix it so we have a more equitable society. >> tucker: right. race hatred will not help. >> i don't think anyone hates white men. [laughter] >> tucker: i'm going to let you stew in the disingenuousness of that remark. we can meet next time. >> absolutely. thank you. >> tucker: dillon is an attorney who join us now and perhaps to say what is going on here. i'm sincerely confused. i noticed a trend going on for a long time. i notice everyone is too intimidated to say anything about it. i don't think we should be because i think it hurts the country and it increases the tribalism beyond where we are. people are doing this to maintain power and divide the country. as a logical matter what the hell does race have to do with this case? >> it has nothing to do with it, tucker. but there are a couple of things going on here.

number one what we are seeing is a phenomenon happening in the last few years and it's fashionable now to be beat up on the white men and the whites more generally because we have the culture of spoils where we are told that you are entitled to tern things in society and tern jobs and -- certain jobs and certain places. in california you are entitled to board membership on corporate boards if you're a woman. that is part of a cultural shift. i was taught with my faith and upbringing we don't judge people according to what they look like or how they were born. we only look at people according to the merit. we treat everybody equally. that is unfashionable concept now. unfortunately, you know, if you believe in hate speech what you heard yesterday would be the most vicious type of hate speech. not just from the senators on the dais but from every democrat group and all the talking points. it was all hateful toward people like judge kavanaugh, which is silly as you point out. both he and his accuser are

from the same class and the same race. >> tucker: it couldn't be weirder. are you worried that if dumb people like david gergen or the rest at cnn keep up with the race hatred it will encourage some kind of conflict? you see this in a lot of countries. we really don't want it here. could we get there if they don't stop? >> we have it, tucker. my gosh, on berkeley campus across the street where i'm helding with the litigation -- helping with the late gation over there, -- helping with the litigation over there where there are places whites are not supposed to go. that is apartheid. to step back from the cultural disintegration of the phenomenal, the democrats are seizing on any club handy. if you have a white man in front of you beat up on him for being a white man. >> tucker: you are right. maybe it works for a term but it seems like the long-term cost is way more than we'd want. >> corrosive. absolutely. >> tucker: thank you very much. >> you got it. >> tucker: well, the

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gavin newsom, it happened on your watch. so, yeah. it is time for a change. time for someone new. >> tucker: two weeks ago one person accused brett kavanaugh of accusing a sex crime in 1982. four other people present deny it happened. those are the facts we have on the table. for this, the left has called

him a sex criminal and an attempted rapist and tried to destroy his life. he fought back yesterday. now his persecutors have a new argument. watch. >> we know one thing, he does not have the temperament to be a judge. >> he basically had a tantrum and showed that he doesn't have the temperament to be a supreme court justice. >> felt like oh, that is what he is like when he is angry and belligerent when he is drunk. >> his temperament is not suited. >> my opposition solidified because of temperament and fitness, which i believe he lacks. >> tucker: senator blumenthal delivering his verdict here. chris hahn an attorney and radio host and former aide to senator chuck schumer and he joins us tonight. this is the most or wellian argument i have seen. you attack a guy, an attempted rapist and a drunk, someone unfit. not just to be a supreme court justice but to live in this country. when he gets mad about it and he defends himself, you say

look at him. he is an abuser because he got mad. what? that is too unfair, actually. >> well, when you are weak on the law, -- weak on the facts, pound the law. if you are walk on the law, pound the facts. if you are weak on both, you pound the table. it was a disappointing display by judge kavanaugh, judge would accept. i worked in the federal courts and i worked in the state courts. i have never seen anything like that. that is not something you accept from a level-headed jurist. >> tucker: okay. but the level-headed jurist was just accused of a sex crime. he says he didn't commit. his reputation has been destroyed. he will never work again unless he gets this job. you know that to be true. if i said hey, chris -- >> no, this is a lifetime

appointment. >> tucker: if someone said anonymously that you are a rapist. i will tell your kids about it and they won't speak to you and your neighbors won't speak to it. this happened to me. i was upset. is it okay because it's legitimate to be upset. >> i would not be behaving like a supreme court judicial nominee. he is a supreme court judicial nominee. who should always present himself as -- >> tucker: how should senators behave? especially the members of the judiciary committee? should they be honest and fair? trying to destroy him? >> do whatever the voters accept. senators stand before the voters and are approved by the voters. this man stands before congress. >> tucker: however voters will accept? >> he is going for a lifetime appointment, sir. a lifetime appointment. tucker, c'mon. you have to have a higher standard. >> tucker: that was the most revealing answer i got. it's friday. at the end of the show -- >> wait, wait, wait. >> tucker: took this long to

get a clear answer. behave however the voters want. >> you always want a clear answer. >> tucker: i'll think about it all weekend. almost out of time. >> the president of the united states, donald trump said specifically there should be no doubt. how could we have no doubt after yesterday? sorry, there is plenty of doubt of kavanaugh's story. absolutely. >> tucker: i'm not a partisan republicans. i don't like the republicans much. i watched them yesterday and i felt for him. i turn on the other channels and that are like "white privilege!" we don't see the world the same way at all. >> the question, the question -- did you believe her? >> tucker: i believed her. i think she thinks she is telling the truth. there is no evidence she is telling the truth but i believe she believes it. it doesn't make it true. there is an important distinction. i feel sorry for her. out of time. chris, thank you. >> most people reliving a traumatic experience don't have evidence of it 30 years later. >> tucker: no evidence required. no. just the accusation.

thank you. well, it has been an exhausting week in washington. we are whipped. you probably are, too. what have we learned from it? dan bongino gives us his thoughts next.

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go down, brett kavanaugh, if they let this character assassination of a father, a basketball coach, a son, and a dedicated public servant go down in flames. if they let this happen, i can't tell you, the g.o.p. will be wiped, absolutely wiped out in the mid-terms and it will be a stain on them forever. >> tucker: republican voters like brett kavanaugh a lot more than any republican senator now serving in the senate. i wonder if they know that. >> tucker, i don't think so. listen, i'm exhausted this week. i think you can tell tonight. everybody is. this is not time to give up the fight. please don't take that the wrong way in the audience. but i'm worn out. like you, i'm in a content creation space. i live this every day. this is exhausting. i'm really, i never felt like this. but i'm just begging these guys in congress and the women on our side. take the vote. take the vote.

get them on the record. if we are going to lose, go down swinging. at least we have something in the mid-terms to hold the people to account on in red states. and the republicans who claim to champion our values. take the vote. it's time to fight. >> tucker: exactly. like a horror movie. you can see the antagonist about to be killed. don't do it! it's a trap! dan, thank you. have a great weekend. monday the new book comes out. "ship of fools." it describes pretty much everything we have witnessed. not just the last two weeks but for the last two years. our politics have completely changed and realigned. this is not anything like it was before trump gets elected. why? trump was elected because of the changes. this book explains it all. if you are confused by what the left is doing, this book will tell you what it is. book tour starts monday.

book out tuesday. you can buy it tonight, preorder it and we hope you will. see you monday. we'll be back. 8:00 p.m. the show that is the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness and group think. good night from washington. sean hannity is next. >> sean: judge kavanaugh's nomination did just pass its first hurdle today. it cleared the senate judiciary committee on a party line vote. but tonight everything is literally hanging in the balance. i'm going to explain in detail what is really going on here. there's a lot more than meets the guy. we'll break it all down in the course of this hour. but first judge kavanaugh's nomination will remain in limbo for the next few days as republican senator jeff flake caved to pressure from the left and called for an fbi investigation at the last minute to check professor ford's accusations. lisa murkowski and senator susan collins, they all