and treat their injuries. he will be the 11th medal of honor for his service in afghanistan. thanks for join us, everyone. i'm dana perino, here is trace. he is in for shep. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. it is a very busy news day in our nation's capital. president trump giving the fbi the okay to expand the investigation into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and some senate democrats now demanding agents talk to a lot more witnesses. we'll have more on that ahead. plus, nafta 2.0. the president announcing a new trade deal with canada and mexico. so what does it mean for your wallet? we'll break it down for you ♪ but we begin with breaking news any moment now president trump will award the military's highest honor to an american hero. in april 2008, green beret medic ronald surer ran through enemy fire to save

the lives of fellow soldiers in eastern afghanistan. he said bullets ricocheted all around him while he treated his injured teammates. he came up with a plan to use nylon webbing to lower the wounded soldiers down a cliff, shielding them with his own body. they all survived. shurer has now retired from the military but he still serves our country as a secret service agent and lives in virginia with his wife and two children kevin corke is live on the north lawn, kevin? >> trace, always good to be with you. people may be asking why did ron shurer decide o. decide to serve his country. for love of country. that's as simple as it gets. this is a young man who was inspired by what happened after 9/11. he said, listen, i had to do something on behalf of my fellow americans and serve, he certainly has done with distinction. as you pointed out an

absolute hero he was born in alaska december 7th, 1978 ironically the anniversary of the attack on pearl harr lore. he grew up the son of an airmen living in illinois and idaho. obviously from an extraordinary beginning became an extraordinary individual. one clearly committed to service. let me share just a bit of his back story. he said i enlisted in the fall of 2002. i was in graduate school at the time getting a degree in academic economics. after 9/11, ugly stories, coming back from overseas it, felt like the right thing to do. so i left halfway through the program, and enlisted in the army. i mean, it just doesn't get better than that when you are looking for someone who is truly heroic. obviously, he went above and beyond the call of duty as you pointed out. april 6th, 2008, while assigned to special operations task force, 33 in afghanistan during operation enduring freedom, obviously doing all he could to shield those around him through a hail of bullets, toward the

base of the mountain, he did it all, and he is the very definition of a hero and today he will be honored here at the white house. trace. >> trace: yeah, kevin, i read every bit of this guy's story and it really was an incredible read. i mentioned the sergeant still serves our nation in the secret service. >> yeah, he certainly does. there is more to this story as well. you and i talked a bit about the battle. i don't want to steal all the thunder from the president today who will tell the back story. let me just share this too. he is also battling cancer. this is a tough hombre. somebody who has certainly been through it physically and emotionally, this country is certainly happy to honor him today a source of pride and a chance obviously to say thank you because we are proud of this young man. he was diagnosed with cancer back in march of 2017, you mentioned after separating from the army in may of 2009, he was hired by the secret service. stationed in phoenix, arizona, investigating financial crimes. moved to washington, d.c. in

may of 2014 to work on the counter aat that time team. that's the tactical team that works to suppress, divert and neutralize any coordinated attacks around the president of the united states. this is a guy who works in the shadow of this building. he has been battling lung cancer. he is a warrior inside and out. and i speak for a lot of americans who say we are proud of you and we look forward to seeing him honored here today, trace. >> trace: proud indeed. kevin corke live for us on the north lawn. as soon as the middle of honor ceremony starts we will bring it to you. breaking news on the confirmation fight for judge brett kavanaugh. democrats on the judiciary committee in the last hour demanding that the fbi investigate all three accusations of sexual misconduct the judge is now facing. in a letter to the fbi and the white house, final out of 10 democrats on the committee listed dozens of witnesses they want investigators to interview. and just moments ago sources told our john roberts that president trump has given fbi agents the green light

to interview anybody they want, as long as the investigation is wrapped up by friday. the president spoke about it earlier with reporters. >> i think the fbi should do what they have to do to get to the answer. i want it to be comprehensive. i actually think it's a good thing for judge kavanaugh. i think it's actually a good thing. not a bad thing. i think it's a good thing. the reason i would like it to go quickly it's so simple it's unfair to him at this point. what his wife is going through, what his beautiful children are going through is not describable. >> trace: here's the qualifier, president trump says it's up to the senate to determine what a comprehensive investigation would be, would look like. last week he told kavanaugh's accuser christine blasey ford a very credible witness and described her senate testimony as very compelling. the president also said he thinks kavanaugh spoke very conclusively and very well.

our chief congressional corpghts mike emanuel -- mike, hold on one second if you will. i want to go back to the medal of honor ceremony. we talked about this earlier. it's beginning right now. let's listen. ♪ ♪ >> let us pray. god of all mercy, we ask for both your presence and your piece for all those gathered here this day. we give you thanks for this celebration, for this redemption, for this day to reflect on what you provide

and what we need, for reminding us of the dignity of life, of service, of sacrifice and of true heroism. inspire us, lord, to hold fiercely to your gifts of hope and grace and passion, mate acts, the heroic acts of staff sergeant ronald shurer move us all to greater acts of goodness, of love, to serving our soldiers, our families, our nation and our world. for it is before you that we humbly ask these things and greatly -- greatfully say amen. >> amen. >> thank you very much, please. thank you, chaplain hurley. thank you to vice president mike pence for joining us

for today's ceremony. today it's my privilege to award the congressional medal of honor to an army special forces medic who now serves in the united states secret service. please join me in welcoming staff sergeant ronald shurer. ronald, thank you. [applause] [applause]

>> thank you. i wish i was that popular. i will tell you. [laughter] today is a real truly proud and special day for us at the white house because ron works right here alongside of us on the secret service counter assault team. these are incredible people. several weeks ago my staff asked ron and his wife-mile-an-hour darks thank you, miranda, to a meeting in the west wing. they didn't know what it was about they walked into the oval office and i told him he was going to receive our nation's highest honor. it was a moment i will never forget ron and miranda joined today by their two beautiful sons cammeron who is 10 and tyler who is 7. stand up. look at these guys. [applause]

[applause] cammeron, tyler, we stand in awe of your father's courage. we really do. today he joins the world's most elite gathering of heroes. also with us are his parents ronald sr. and his mom fabila. both air force veterans. america is grateful for your service. please, stand, thank you. [applause] i want to thank also secretary nielsen for joining us. secretary, thank you very much. along with secretary of the army, mark espur. mark, thank you very much. vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general paul velva. thank you, paul. army chief of staff general mark mille.

mark, thank you. commander of special operations, commands general raymond thomas. thank you, raymond. and sergeant major of the army daniel daily. thank you very much. thank you very much. i also want to recognize representative gerald connolly and representative dan new house. thank you very much for being here. appreciate it. we are privileged to have among us five former recipients of the congressional medal of honor, benny atkins, harvey barnum, gary bikerk. grober and brian thacker. thank you all for being here. thank you. please, standing up. [applause] thank you very much for being with us. these are brave, great

people. staff sergeant ron shurer was born in fair banks, alaska. he grew up in a military family, moving to four states before middle school. he graduated from washington state university and applied to join the military but was rejected due to a medical condition. i can believe they rejected you. but they made up for it, right? soon after, america was attacked on september 11th, 2001. determined to serve, ron reapplied to the military and was accepted into the united states army, he became a medic and then he completed the grueling training to join the legendary ranks of the green berets. that's a long way from not getting accepted the first time, right? that's fantastic.

that's a great story. it was during his special forces training that ron met miranda. just before ron's first deployment, they were married. miranda was six months pregnant with their first son cammeron when ron deployed to afghanistan for the second time. just a month before he returned home, ron was called on a special operations mission. the aim was to hunt down a deadly terrorist, a leader in that world he was in a remote mountain village, very dangerous territory. on april 6th, 2008, ron was among the few dozen special forces soldiers and 100 afghan commandos who dropped off, by helicopter, into shock valley a rocky valley far away from reinforcements, there was nobody close. ron was the only medic for

the team. while he was still near the base of the mountain, the first team began to scale the cliff toward the village. as they approached the top, roughly 200 well-trained and well-armed terrorists ambushed the american and afghan forces. soon, ron heard his comrade call his name, ryan wellen had been struck by shrapnel at the base of the mountain. he was very, very seriously hurt but ron braved enemy fire to rush to his friend and to treat his wounds. then he heard over the radio that american fighters neither top of the cliff were pinned down and some were critically injured. there was blood all over the place. it was a tough, tough situation to be in.

immediately, ron climbed the rockie mountain all the while fighting back against the enemy and dodging gunfire left and right. rockets were shot at him, everything was shot at him. when he reached the top, one of his close friends, an afghan interpreter was already dead. two americans had been shot, dylann baier and luis morales. he treated them both to stabilize them and their condition. ron threw his body on top of dillon to protect him from shrapnel. it was there on that cliff that ron realized and i guess he felt pretty much that was it, right, ron? ron realized this was probably the end might be all over, as he recounts i just said a prayer and ask that my wife and son would

be okay with what was going to happen then i just went back to work. one of his teammates john walden was shot almost severing his leg entirely. as ron was still rendering life-saving aide to dale loan he rendered aid to stop the bleeding. master arm and struck ron's helmet. ron said it felt like he had been hit on the head with a baseball bat. but he got up, and in pretty bad shape, manage bandaged scots arm. ron and his colleagues used nylon webbing to lower down dangerous and steep clip.

when he reached the bales of the mountain, ron raced to each patient giving them life-saving care. they were bleeding profusely and preparing them to be evacuated by helicopter but ron was not done yet. he charged back to the mountain all the way up and then rejoined the fight. for more than six hours, ron bravely faced down the enemy, not a single american died in that brutal battle thanks in great american to ron's heroic actions. many of the warriors who fought in shock valley are here today. when i read your name, will you please stand. staff sergeant dillon baier. [applause] stand up, stay up, please.

specialist mike carter. [applause] >> thank you. master sergeant scott ford. [applause] sergeant first class seth howard. [applause] staff sergeant luis morales. sergeant major dan plants. [applause] lieutenant colonel kyle walton. [applause] sergeant first class matt williams. [applause]

sergeant first class carl's warsbach. [ applause ] and two wonderful afghan translators, baruz, mohamn and gafori. [applause] thank you very much. we really appreciate it. he did a good job. did he do a good job? yes? otherwise, it's too late. [laughter] we can always change our mind. he did a good job. thank you all for your noble service and for being here to celebrate ron's historic achievement. it true solid that.

as many of you know a year and a half ago ron was diagnosed with cancer. tough cancer. rough cancer. but he has braved, battled, worked. he has done everything he can, that cancer, he has been fighting it every single day with courage and with strength, and he is a warrior. he is a warrior. and just like he faced every single battle of his entire life, is he facing a very tough battle right now with cancer. but i will tell you he is the best dad and role model two boys could ever ask for. right? do you agree with it. >> yeah. >> you better say yes. i already asked them that question. they needed no prodding. i said is he a good father or great father? they said great father, right? >> yeah. best. >> the best father ever, wow. that's great. beautiful, beautiful boys. ron, i just wanting to say

as an inspiration to everyone in this room and to every citizen across all great land, ron, our hearts are filled with gratitude and joy as we prepare to engrave your name alongside of america's greatest heroes. it is my honor and privilege, along with mike and all of these incredible warriors in i don't understand of me to present you with the congressional medal of honor. i have would like to ask the military aide to come forward and read the citation, please. thank you. >> the president of the united states of america authorize dollars by account of coming march 3rd 1863 has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to staff sergeant ronald j. shurer ii, united states

army for conspicuous gallant tri at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. staff sergeant ronald j. shurer the ii distinguished himself by acts of gallant tri above and beyond the call of duty april 6th, 2008 while serves as senior medical sergeant special forces operational detachment alpha 3336 special operations task force 33 in support of operation enduring freedom. staff sergeant shurer was part of a insur jengt by helicopter part. as assault element moved up a near vertical mountain towards its objective it was engaged by fierce enemy member gun, sniper and rocket propelled grenade fire. the lead portion of the assault element which included the ground comearnlsd sustained several casualties and became pinned down on the mountainside. staff sergeant shurer and the rest of the trail

portion of the assault element were likewise engaged by enemy machine gun, sniper and rocket propelled grenade fire as the attack intensified, he braved enemy fire to move to an injured soldier and to treat his wounds. having stabilized the soldier, he then learned of the casualties among the leafed element. staff sergeant shurer fought his way up the mountain side to the lead element's location. upon reaching the lead element he treated and stabilized two more soldiers, finishing those life saving efforts he noticed two additional soldiers under intense enemy fire. the bullets that had entered one of these soldiers had also impacted staff sergeant shurer's helmet wsmghts with complete disregard for his own life he moved to enemy fire to treat and stabilize one soldier's severely wounded arm. shortly thereafter, he continued to brave withering enemy fire to get to the other soldier's location in order to treat his lower leg which had been almost are

completely severed by high caliber sniper round. after treating the soldier, staff sergeant shurer began to evacuate the wounded carrying and loading them down the shear mountain side. while moving downtown mountain he used his own body to shield the wounded from enemy fire and debris caused by danger close airstrikes. reaching the bation of the mountain staff sergeant shurer set up a casualty point and continued to treat the wounded with the rival of the medical helicopter. staff sergeant shurer again under enemy fire helped load the wounded into the helicopter, having ensured the safety of the wounded he regained control of his commands dough squad and rejoined the fight. he continued to lead his troops and place security elements until it was time to remove the evacuation landing zonal for the helicopter. staff sergeant shurer's actions are in keeping with the finest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself combined joint special operations task force afghanistan, special

operations commands central, and the united states army. [applause] [applause] [applause]

[applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please remain in your seat until the president has departed the east room. >> lord, god, we're encouraged by this -- by these selfless act of staff sergeant ronald shurer. send us out to work -- to the work at hand for each of us with your great, for the leadership, character and sacrifice that will honor you and honor the needs of all those before us bless us, keep us, make your face shine on us and be gracious to us.

may we all find both peace and contentment in the knowledge of your love and in the promise of your presence in your most holy name we pray, amen. [applause] >> trace: well, there have you it, the medal of honor ceremony for sergeant sergeant ronald shurer america's highest honor and as you noted the president noted he is now involved in another battle fighting lung cancer. that is an amazing man.

what they did not tell is you that when those green berets were dropped into shock valley in afghanistan it was snowing. they were dropped into a raging river before all of the life-saving began. that's what they had to deal with. and the comrades that were hit and wounded would have bled out within 15 to 20 minutes if not for that man right there who kept them alive for six or seven hours until they were safely air lifted out of that valley. if you get a chance to go online and read his story, do it because it is captivating. it is compelling. it is well worth your time. meantime we were about to update you on the brett kavanaugh when the ceremony began at the white house. i mentioned how most of the democrats on the judiciary committee demand the fbi investigate all three accusations of sexual misconduct that brett kavanaugh now faces. source told john roberts that a source has given fbi agents the go ahead to interview anybody they want as long as the investigation is finished by friday.

let's get back to the chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel he is live for us on capitol hill, mike. >> trace, the key seems to be that timing trying to get this done by this friday. 9 out of 10 are calling on the fbi to interview 23 different people as part of this probe. a sign they are seeking to expand this investigation. >> this list of witnesses is only a beginning. it's not the end of what the fbi needs to do. and anything short of a full, fair investigation will be a sham and straight jacketing this investigation is an absolutely unacceptable. >> those handling the kavanaugh confirmation process are saying they want this wrapped up by friday. it's not entirely clear if the fbi will interview or will consider interviewing 23 different people as part of this probe, trace?

will. >> trace: mike, what are we hearing from republicans on the senate judiciary committee? >> they are anxious to hear what the fbi has to say. they say it should be limited to current and credible allegations. they are also expressing a lot of sympathy for what judge kavanaugh and his family have been through as part of this brutal confirmation process. some republicans are praising kavanaugh for fighting for his name and integrity last week. they worry about the kavanaugh treatment becoming the norm for supreme court confirmations. >> god help the next nominee. he is not the problem, my friend. worry about what they did that is a concern we heard a lot of in recent days. business and brightest wanted to put their families through this kind of process on the public stage. >> mike emanuel live for us on capitol hill. up next we will talk to a journalist who was actually at that heated hearing that

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>> trace: the fbi investigates judge kavanaugh g.o.p. senators calling for investigation of the top democrat on the judiciary committee. senator tom cotton of arkansas is accusing dianne feinstein of leaking dr. ford's letter detailing the sexual assault accusation. >> dianne feinstein and her staff is going to face an investigation for why they leaked that all this could have been done discreetly. she has been victim mighted by the democrats in this process, john. they betrayed her own request for confidentiality. they leaked this last minute search and destroy mission for brett kavanaugh. >> trace: senator feinstein denied that she or her staff leaked the letter and the website that first received it reports the letter did

not come from feinstein's office. let's bring in aliza collins politics reporter for "u.s.a. today" who by the ways in the hearing last week and i have got a couple things to go through with you here eliza. give me your take on tom clons calling for investigation diane spine stein's office it would seem moot if judge kavanaugh eventually confirmed. >> you are right. senator cotton while most feel similarly. senator cotton one of the most nonpartisan senators in the senate. a lot of republicans on the judiciary committee were absolutely frustrated with thousand was leaked. they were blaming democrats broadly. but most of them said they did not think senator feinstein did it. they weren't going after her directly at least late last week. earlier in the process they were. but the fact that senator cotton who is not a member of the judiciary committee is going after her, he does tend to go after democrats by name which is different than a lot of other

republicans. >> trace: mentioned you were at the hearing last week. >> i was. >> trace: struck this deal and going to do this fbi investigation and it's going to be limited scope to the relevant allegations and it's going to end one week, right? and then mitch mcconnell an hour and a half later said come on you know as it thing goes on the democrats are going to call for widening the scope and today we have democrats saying we have got mitch mcconnell hold on right there. mitch mcconnell on the senate floor, speaking of the devil. there you go. >> the president might nominate here was the quote. we are looking at the destruction of the constitution of the united states, as far as i can tell. and here was the democratic leader just hours after judge kavanaugh was nominated i will oppose him with everything i have got. well, they have certainly done just that they have

done just that the ranking democrat on the committee first heard from dr. ford on july the 30th. oudid our colleague alert the chairman so the committee could do due diligence in a confidential way? consistent with dr. ford's wishes? no, we did not. did she discreetly raise the issue with judge kavanaugh during her private meeting with him on august the 20th? she didn't do that either. as best we can tell the democrats chose to keep this allegation secret rather than investigating in a bipartisan and timely way u in fact, mr. president, they held it in reserve. but meanwhile, senior

senator from california, or her office, were already in communication with dr. ford. in fact, her office had already recommended, recommended dr. ford retain a particular washington, d.c. law firm. now, mr. president, the firm in question is not exactly foreign to democratic politics. two. two of its founding partners, including one of the attorneys who personally appeared at the hearing to represent dr. ford had until recently been scheduled to hold a found raiser for one of our senate democratic colleagues tonight. tonight. by the way the firm had also represented in another matter the person who has made the most salacious and disgusting accusations

against judge kavanaugh as a high school student. this is the firm the judiciary committee democrats recommended to dr. ford. not long thereafter did the letter to the senior senator from california end up to the press. the same letter in which she asked foreconfidentiality was leaked. by whom? as best can i tell, nobody had possession of this letter except for dr. ford's democratic congresswoman, the democratic side of the judiciary committee, and presumably, the politically connected lawyers they recommended to dr. ford. and somehow, somehow, it

ended up in the press? dr. ford's plea for privacy was brushed aside, a predictable media circus. was launched. of course, the questionable and concerning happened ling of this matter didn't stop there in her testimony, dr. ford seemed surprised that chairman grassley had offered her legal team a number of more discreet and less burdensome ways to share her story if she preferred. the chairman had offered to fly investigators out to florida, to california, or anywhere else for a private interview at a time and a place of dr. ford's choosin choosing. apparently, mr. president, neither of our democratic colleagues, none of the lawyers they represented felt it was necessary to

make these options clear to dr. ford. she told the committee, quote: i wasn't clear on what the offer was. i would have been happy to speak with you out there, referring to california. it wasn't clear to me that was the case. so, mr. president, let's take stock of all of this. the ranking member withheld serious allegations from committee colleagues, precluding any chance that they would be handled with sensitivity and discretion. meanwhile, her staff make recommendations that the accuser retain specifically political i connected counsel. then, her confidential account reached the media faster than it reached either the chairman the committee or the fbi which

our colleagues have been insisting must now look into it. and finally we have treason believe that dr. ford was not even apprized of the chairman's offers to collect her testimony in ways that might have been less likely to create a media circus and less burdensome on her. it's almost as if dr. ford didn't want a washington, d.c. based media circus but others with whom she was in contact on whom she was relying wanted exactly that so we have learned that if you confide in senate democrats on highly sensitive personal matters, no request for

confidentiality will keep you from becoming a household name. and if you are a nominee whose judicial philosophy senate democrats dime to be deee objectionable no century old standard of presumed innocent will protect your name, your family, or your reputation from irreparable damage. now, fortunately chairman grassley has taken action to clean this up mess. last thursday he supervised a professional and respectful hearing. he retained an experienced sex crimes prosecutor to methodically collect the details of dr. ford's recollections. this is a professional, who was recognized as outstanding sexual assault prosecutor of the year by

former democratic governor janet napolitano, a former cabinet secretary of president obama, and herself a member of the anita hill legal team bang bac team back i. shear's what she wrote in her memo to members following the hearing. he said, she said case is incredibly difficult to prove. but this case is even weaker than that. will dr. ford identified other witnesses to the event and those witnesses either refuted her allegation or failed to corroborate them. i do not think that a reasonable prosecutor would bring this case based on the evidence before the committee, nor i do think this evidence is sufficient to satisfy the preponderance

of the evidence standard, that is a lower standard. so will our democratic colleagues listen to this expert opinion although it conflicts with their political mission? don't hold your breath. nor am i optimistic they will stay consistent and accept the conclusions of the supplemental background investigation the fbi is now conducting on top of its six prior investigations of judge kavanaugh. democrats demanded a supplemental investigation. they proclaimed it would be a game changer. the democratic leader and the ranking democrat on the committee both said recently that an fbi investigation can be completed in less than a week. but, mr. president, i bet almost anything that after it runs its course in the next few days, we will then

be treated to a lecture, a lecture that anything short of a totally unblens bounded fishing expedition of indefense duration is too lintetoolimited too insufficien. we all know that's coming. if you listen carefully, mr. president, you can practically hear the sounds of the democrats moving the goal posts. remember, back in the summer, democrats said there weren't enough documents to get a good sense of judge kavanaugh's career. then we heard there were too many documents. then once dr. ford's private allegation was mysteriously made public we couldn't possibly move forward until we heard from them both.

then after neither the hearing nor the statements of supposed witnesses yielded any corroborating evidence, and in fact evidence that supported judge kavanaugh, we were told only an fbi investigation would resolve this and that it could be done promptly. so let me go out on a limb, mr. president. let me make a small prediction. soon enough, the goal post will be on the move once again. i would respectfully say to my colleagues, do these actions suggest this has ever been about finding the truth? anybody believe that? do these actions suggest that this has ever been about giving judge kavanaugh a fair hearing?

this institution has seen before episodes somewhat like what we're now seeing from some of our league colleags across the aisle. in fact during the mccarthy era, in fact, in 1950, character assassination and uncorroborated allegations were being utilized in a very different debate in that era. that's when a distinguished senator from maine named margaret chase smith an icon from the great state of our colleagues senator collins went to the senate floor to say enough was enough. she gave a speech that guaranteed she would bed in the history of the senate. she titled it declaration of

conscience. here's what she said. i do not like the way in which the senate has been made a rendezvous for vilification for selfish political gain at the sacrifice of individual reputations and national unity. margaret chase smith went on. whether it be a criminal prosecution in court or a character prosecution in the senate, there is little practical distinction when the life of a person has been ruined. we should listen to these words. they speak as loudly today as they did 68 years ago. in my judgment, the pattern of behavior we have seen confirms what democrats' own public statements have told us. they are mitted t committed to ,

obstructing and resisting this nomination with everything they've got. they just want to delay this matter past the election. that's not my supposition, mr. president, that's their plan. according to another member of the judiciary committee senator from hawaii. that's their plan. so soon i expect that we will hear at the conclusions of the expert prosecutor, who questioned both witnesses at last week's hearing aren't reliable, or that the fbi's investigation was not infinite or endless enough for their liking. maybe we will hear the real issue is not the allegations of misconduct after all but rather the fact that judge kavanaugh, now, listen to this, drank beer. >> trace: there have you it senate majority leader mitch mcconnell laying out his

case against the democrats saying that he believes they leaked the dianne feinstein letter from dr. ford from dianne feinstein tout media. he believes they set her up with a democratic partisan law firm and made sure that her story was told in a very public forum. now he says the democrats are now moving the goal post again, as far as this investigation. that they agreed to on friday, which is supposed to last one week. let's bring in nina, legal affairs correspondent for npr. she broke the story of anita hill's shamplet allegations against clarence thomas in 1991. mcconnell was saying on friday that he believed that the democrats are not going to agree to have limited scope in this case and now today we have learned the democrats have asked for at least 24 more witnesses to be interviewed by the fbi. your thoughts, nina? >> well, i don't know hot 24 are but 24 actually isn't an insurmountable amount,

depending on what they have to say. you know, a lot of people have come forward and said that what brett kavanaugh said about his drinking in college, for example, does not comport with what they observed. there may be people later in his life, even when he was in the bush administration who have had that experience. i have no idea. all i know is that 24 more witnesses, depending on who they are can and maybe cannot be done in a week. what we do know is that at least i know this, i remember when i broke the anita hill story, i thought this was the closest kept secret and i managed to find out about it. i later found out there were probably 100 people in washington who knew this secret and kept it for a very long time i think that senator mcconnell's idea about how this got out, once

we got past the point of the public anying that there was someone who had information, the press, and the pressure was on to find out how that was. we you and i are not stupid people. we may be brilliant but we are not stupid. once you get us on a case like that. and lots of people are talking to each other. one leads to another. it doesn't have to be a member of the senate who leaked this. it doesn't even have to be a staff who leaked. this it has to be someone. >> trace: sure. >> it doesn't have to be a member of her law firm. it just seeption out. -- seeps out. that's what happened here. >> trace: as a lot of things that we see do. i want to get your thoughts on senator mcconnell talking about the rachel mitchell

report, of course, miss militia chilly is the one who did the questioning of christine blasey ford last week. >> right. >> trace: and partially questioned judge kavanaugh. her reports say that the case appears to be leak based on the legal standards that she uses. >> what she does is try cases. it is very weak. you couldn't bring a criminal cases like this or is this just a job view. it's a question somewhere in between. this bern if confirmed will sit on the united states supreme court for decades to coverage for the rest of his life until he no longer wants to be there. and that is a very big deal. this i isn't a cabinet position or somebody who will be gone in a couple of years. when the senate votes to confirm or not confirm this or any other supreme courtme co. because thee thought they lied to her. >> quickly i have about 20

seconds. >> this is a big deal. >> trace: it is a big deal. i want to get your taker on jeff flake spoke earlier. he is indicating if nothing comes back, he will likely vote for the judge your thoughts on that? we have about 50 seconds. >> i think that's pretty much what he said on friday, i think we will have to wait and see but out odds are is that the fbi is not going to come back with some bombshell and then republicans will have a reason to vote for kavanaugh. at least for now that's what it look its like. >> trace: nina totenberg, always good to hear your insight. great stuff. thank you for sticking around for us during the breaking news. i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. "your world" with neil cavuto is up next. blood sugar for 24 hours

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michael avenatti client the same lawyer that the president has referred to as a low life. the president says go ahead, talk to all of these folks, wrap it up by friday, then you just heard mitch mcconnell tell the nation no matter what democrats are