borders, respect our constitution, and respect the heroes of law enforcement. >> sean: that's unfortunately all the time we have left. we will be fair and balanced three weeks from tonight. let not your heart be troubled. lara ingram is next in washington. hi, laura. >> laura: i feel it feeling good. >> sean: four weeks from tonight, laura, i hope they vote. >> laura: i'm going to talk about that tonight. they have the hollywood crowd tonight at the american music awards -- >> sean: they have to go hours in some states. >> laura: you tweeted each, people can still register in all 50 states. now i'm promoting your twitter feed for a good cause. >> sean: i don't tweet that much anymore. this is a full-time job. who has a the time to fight with humpty dumpty? >> laura: they are all

basement dwellers. welcome to the ingram angle as we find ourselves out from that important midterm election. justice brett kavanaugh's birthday on the bench and the left is already claiming he is an illegitimate steward for the court. katie mccarthy has a reaction. also rents this is here. he's going -- nikki haley's parting words shows that the g.o.p. establishment is coming home to be a five. in the wake of the kavanaugh smears, a shocking title ix ruling on a california campus reveals a disturbing double standard inside the post #metoo movement. and hillary and the democratic haters. that's the focus on tonight's and gold. today's justice brett kavanaugh heard his first oral arguments at the supreme court and was welcomed warmly by his

colleagues. in tonight's moments of collegiality with yesterdays chaos and promise for more. republicans are exuding more confidence while democrats are banking on more chaos. despite the brightest catastrophic loss of the swing vote on the high court, they are hitting the enter key accelerator. these people truly believe they can protest their way back into power. something the president warned of tonight. >> the democrats have become too extreme. and they've become frankly too dangerous to govern. they have gone whacko. if democrats take control, they will try to reverse our amazing progress and plunge our country into gridlock, frankly into poverty, ultimately into chaos. >> laura: the chaos train has

now even infected what was once the democratic establishment. why hasn't dianne feinstein, who was considered a sober minded liberal, why hasn't she condemned the tactics and intimidation used by her female colleagues in the halls of the u.s. senate? do you know like? because pro-woman dianne feinstein wants to keep the atmosphere red-hot, scarily so to drive democratic voter turnout. but just when you think they couldn't go lower? they do. >> trump has delivered for these people on the things they care about most. he has delivered racism for these people. he has delivered my saw the need for these people. he has delivered the supreme court for these people which is something they considered for a generation. they have control of all three branches of government. we will see this either for 30 days, or two days, or a thousand

year reich. >> laura: reich? nice. if you aren't on for the moral dictates of liberalism, the left will demonize you as a nazi, plant false stories against you, try to destroy your life. of course, they'll try to get you fired. when you are president trump or just a kavanaugh -- i love saying that. if they can't beat you, they'll threaten to impeach you. here's the original founding member of the clinton warm war room james carville. >> this is not going to go away. they aren't going to stop doing stories on kavanaugh. the democrats win back the house, they'll probably hold some kind of hearings on the fact that a lot of people think he perjured himself during his confirmation hearings to the court of appeals. >> laura: dead or alive? i like him better, by the way, when he put the garbage pail over his head back in 2002.

do you remember that after the loss in 2002? that was carville's best movement moment. how is any of this going to make america's lives better? what is the new platform? we'll spend the next few years and will torture anyone who's remotely associated with trump? please. the thuggish win at all approach was on full display during the kavanaugh battle. >> don't you wave your hand at me! i wave my hand at you! how dare you talk to women that way! >> we believe survivors! we believe survivors! we believe survivors! >> laura: it's fitting, isn't it, the women one of the

architects of the politics of destruction, along with carville, has no problem with any of that. >> you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about. that's why i believe if we are fortunate enough to win back the house and/or the senate, that's when civility can start again. until then, the only thing the republicans seem to recognize, and respect, and strength. >> laura: this is so juvenile. it's like your kid, right -- "i'll start behaving, mommy, once i get the extra piece of candy." okay! unless the democrats are in power, there can be no civility. yet they are the agents of mayhem that we've endured for two years now. this is what they've been doing since election night! hillary would rather see the country swallowed up by discord and anger then to admit the

trump policies are actually bearing fruit. my friends, this is all about foisting a liberal construct on america. no tonality, the set of precepts, basically, about open borders, open markets, may be tossing in gender validity for good measure. all of that has to be accepted or else. what happened to the softer, kinder hillary we heard from just two years ago. >> we need to get better at finding ways to disagree on matters of policy while agreeing on questions of decency and civility. how we talk to each other, treat each other, respect each other. >> laura: isn't that nice at the al smith dinner? that's so nice. unless our campaign goes down in flames, in other words, and unless our opponents fulfill his promises, in which case we will scorch the earth, civility be damned. hillary could not let the moment to pass for brett kavanaugh to

have his ceremonial swearing in that the white house last night. >> what was done last night in the white house was a political rally. it further undermined the image and integrity of the court. and that troubles me greatly. saddens me because our judicial system has been viewed as one of the main pillars of our constitutional government. >> laura: and in what way was this a political rally? i was actually there last night. of course people are excited. just like when democrat president gets two justices or one justice? they are excited. it's a victory. you can't celebrate victories, only four democrats? all the supreme court justices were sitting in the front row, including the one appointed by your husband, hillary. it was a nonpartisan moment of unity and may be a little bit of healing that hillary refuses to

acknowledge because, of course, she had no role in it. this is at the heart of the democrats' resistance. they are actually resentful that the country is moving ahead, growing, thriving, reclaiming its power. also on the world stage. because they have no part in any of it. because trump was right, they were wrong, and they are ticked off about it. liberal dogma and the giveaway policies of the past, that did not get us here to reach economic achievement and otherwise. lacking a governing agenda or in the response to trump's economic and global success? the democrats have decided to run on a platform of demonization. they are now even using the kavanaugh vote to punish their own. democrat senator joe manchin of west virginia, in a close reelection race, and candidate phil dresden being lashed by the left for the respective vote on

kavanaugh. the liberal moveon.org close are withholding monies from both campaigns of the candidates. if they won't tolerate a little bit of diversity among opinion among their own democratic colleagues, imagine what they will do to us if they regain power. and that's the angle. joining me now is former u.s. attorney joe digenova and democratic strategist scott bolding. scott, to you first. you would thought after the attempted murder of steve's police last year that the democrats would've figured this out, that whipping people up into this frenzy and giving tacit support, if not a green light, for this stuff the past few days, they backed off a little bit on that. but no. >> of course not. either way, do you have amnesia? when barack obama was in office

for eight years, we had the tea party -- >> they show up and shoot at democratic candidates? >> i don't recall. but those protesters -- i'm not for violence or threats, but those protesters are exercising their first amendment rights under democracy. you may not like it, but the republicans had the tea party -- in fact, mitch mcconnell said the day that barack obama was elected that it was his job to make sure he was never elected again. >> laura: what would the response had been, joe, if a number of conservative protesters had cornered -- let's say a kamala harris in an elevator and screamed "shame on you," with a crowd of people around them? then continued. what do you think if they caught her antiwoman and an harass her? >> there is no doubt that media would've played its regiment role as part of the democratic party and objected strenuously. it's not just the protester.

it's the people. it's the elected leaders of the democratic party who are encouraging this type of activity, which is exceedingly dangerous. it's going to lead to physical injury. it's already led to the shooting of steve's police on a baseball diamond. when you have the kind of language that maxine waters is using to get in people's face, cory booker calling for the same thing, these are elected leader leaders. what they say has an effect on the people who follow them. this is a very dangerous game the democrats are playing and they wanted to. in listing mrs. clinton, of all people, she sounded like donna corelone, all they have to do is be a violin, nasty it was like a mafia donna talking. like something out of a bad movie. "we will extort civility when you give us one of the houses of

congress." >> that's not what she sounded. >> laura: i want scott to react to this because mcconnell and the president reacted to hillary's civility comment. >> told cnn exactly how she feels millions of americans who hold exactly different views from her own. no peace until they get their way? more of these tactics? apparently this is the left's rallying cry. >> i guess that's why she lost. she doesn't get it. she never did. i knew that a long time ago. hillary never got it. that's why she lost. >> and i listen to hillary clinton, i hear democracy, i hear those folks' constitutional rights to protest. we may not do it that way, but they protest how the meetings and the hearings on kavanaugh were held and the fact that truth wasn't the motivation that

getting him elected. they have a right to be a . millions of women are suffering in silence. do you not see that? you are to the letterhead of the g.o.p., president of the united states, is not only the most divisive. his unhedged statements, his statements about being decent people, hit taking and taking immigrants -- that's what he said. >> laura: i think what he's trying to say -- >> don't tell me what he's trying to say. show me what he said. >> laura: i am trying to do an intervention for the democrats. i adore scott. >> you are ignoring donald trump and his divisive statements -- >> laura: something donald trump said, let's get back to a time of love, respect, understanding. and that now this is done, we hope -- i'm paraphrasing, i hope we can move on. this is a good man.

kavanaugh is a good man. i've known him for 30 years. the idea that someone 36 years ago with an unsubstantial late in the game claims is going to lose everything he's ever -- everything that i heard from the smear machine -- >> you don't think he lied about his drinking? >> i don't know, but if he lied... >> i don't believe a single word -- >> what about the apartment statement, the unhinged presentation. >> you aren't allowed to be a human if you are republican -- >> don't say that. you want to interrupt me? okay. all bets are off. no one told him to make a partisan speech. you prepped a lot of witnesses like i have to be angry and to be concerned. but he was a partisan hack, a partisan piece, but he was offensive in his q&a with the

democratic senators. you cannot ignore that. what does the g.o.p. lock at? >> laura: scott, you lost. >> that's fine. in four weeks, the midterms -- >> laura: do you want to impeach him? >> impeach who? kavanaugh? if he lied to congress, he deserves some investigations. this president -- >> laura: i want it. bring it on. more information coming out about these accusers. >> 55% of america does not like they direction. you cannot ignore that. >> laura: the independent say that democratic handled this terribly. >> g.o.p. too. >> laura: 20-point spread. it's funny tonight. he addressed what would happen if the democrats get back into power. let's watch. >> the democrats are even talking about doing really bad

things now. to to to kavanaugh down the juse kavanaugh. last week they said we'll impeach him. for what? for what? besides that i have to go first. >> laura: joe, his sense of humor is underrated. what's funny is doing this at the same time, but that is the governing agenda right now. it's now keep the rage going, keep them clawing at the supreme court doors, which is my give now. >> the democrats have rolled the dice on violence, antagonism, confrontation, the lack of civility. remember, hillary clinton just said there will be no stability -- that's her position -- unless we get one or both houses. what you are watching is a shameful display and a continuation the way the democratic democrats acted during the

kavanaugh confirmation hearings. justice kavanaugh, during his response, reacted emotionally and, i think, quite properly. when you are being excused of being a gang rapist with no evidence whatsoever, you are entitled -- >> laura: it was a little hot. i wanted him to tone it down a little bit. >> what about your own president that promotes violence? at his rallies, he promotes rallies. >> laura: this is for scott. the entertainment industry is really on board pushing voter registration tonight. we don't have it? okay. i thought we had it. we'll haven't next block. suffice to say, they have a lot of juice on their side. they have george soros, taylor swift shaking off any sense of being political. we'll see how it plays out. >> named the two people she'll

support in tennessee. the blunt of her message was getting out to vote whether you agree with everything that stands for or not, get your vote and make your emergences voices heard. >> get out your vote and before violence. that's what the dams wants they want confrontation and violence. >> laura: for more on trump and -- "busting the barricades, what i saw from the populist revolt" is out in paperback today. multiple copies being split across the table. >> the democrats! >> laura: the idea of "believe all women" going too far. wait until you hear the details of the disturbing case. one of the california campuses, a victim being charge of a victim being charge of sexual assault of the environment being surrounded the kavanaugh confirmation battle.

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>> laura: talked to a lot of men today and they feel like they might have a target on their backs. but it didn't start with kavanaugh. goes back to a obama era title ix reform and a male student at the university of california davis reportedly had a consensual encounter with a female student that relates to all of this. some weeks later, according to ""reason" magazine," she convinced herself she no longer thought it was a concessional thing with him, so she filed on campus a title ix complaint against her fellow student and the university then started to investigate. well, the man ended up spending 12,000 bucks defending himself. for more on this case and why betsy devos wants to reform title ix, we are joined by brooks goldstein, human rights

attorney, executive at the -- let's start with you here. tell me about this case at uc davis. this young man turns out was innocent. >> right. >> laura: but he ends up spending 12 grand to clear his name? isn't title ix rigged against men? >> two and a half months of facing possible suspension from the school. what was so scary about this case is the woman who filed the complaint did not even allege any type of violation of the uc davis student code. she admitted she engaged in consensual relations with the individual, but she later regretted it. so the school, instead of closing the investigation right there, weighed the consequence of doing that. they could face a media uproar, p.r. nightmare, so they went for two and a half months and investigated the students who was later found not guilty of

doing anything. >> laura: okay. to me, this hurts the cause of true sexual harassment. this is a case where a young man and a young woman consensually go into a room together. she tells him, admits this, drop your shirt. he drops the shirt. i guess he touches her somewhere. but there was actually no -- they didn't consummate their relationship. sometime later, "no, this wasn't consensual." how do feminists not find this to be a disturbing lack of not only due process but a humiliating moment for real victims of sexual harassment? >> laura, i completely agree. i don't think feminists think we shouldn't be so pathetic to that. anybody who is falsely accused of a crime, of a violence, crime, or any crime in general, it's terrible. it ruins a young man's life. >> laura: $12,000. >> it's terrible. that being said, it's not, like,

an epidemic. i think the statistic is 0.05% -- >> that's not true? >> laura: is that true? we had the duke lacrosse case, there are huge cases. >> there are -- >> am i able to finish? >> laura: we'll get your response. >> i say it does happen and it's a very terrible thing. it shows how title ix cases are not black and white issues and every body's story is different. that being said, there is no need to be hysterical. there is not an epidemic of all these men being strongly wrongly accused. >> laura: the left are concerned about wrongly accused people. i happen to agree with them. you find dna evidence, finds out they are in jail for 30 years. that's a rallying cry. one person who is unfairly accused, that is a sign -- maybe people have gone too far in

this. there is an interesting poll. public treatment of those accused of sexual assault gone too far? yes, 47%. no, 35%. unsure, 18%. i wonder about those unsure people. >> this is a societal epidemic -- >> how is it an epidemic? >> how we got to this place and got many tribunals at school and it's because in 2011 as you said in your opening -- >> please explain how it's an epidemic? >> if you allow me to. there was an obama era guideline that was issued by the office of civil rights threatening to withhold federal funding from schools across the united states unless they implement that these types of many mini tribunals where the rules of preponderance rule rules, they'd be fine found responsible for one of these sexual assault allegations, what has happened ironically there

are over 300 lawsuits against american schools, both by men and women, alleging a violation of their due process rights because they have been discriminated against because the way that schools are enforcing title vi, there is no due process, the victim is assumed to have been assaulted. the accused is assumed to have been already guilty. >> laura: let's get o'shea in here. >> i have no idea where you are getting your stats from. we can disagree with statistics statistics -- >> westlaw. >> laura: lexis-nexis. >> we can disagree with stats. i'll let you speak. i think we need to be very sympathetic and very careful. that being said, let's connect as women here. we know, as a fact, we think about our security. if we are going to be assaulted

and attacked -- much more -- people say it's likely that you'll be accused of murder than wrongly accused of sexual assault, very small number. it does happen. >> laura: i'm going to do my own westlaw check, broke. it's been a while since i use westlaw, this is interesting. this dive tales into the cavanagh situation. cecile richards, former head of planned parenthood, she chimed in. let's watch. >> we are thinking who controls the judicial committee, all male who jammed through this appointment were so disrespectful, dr. ford, other women who came forward. women understand that. >> so -- i thought they were pretty respectful to christine ford. the prosecutor asked questions.

are you okay? is everything all right? tell me if you need me to rephrase? i thought that was too easy on christine ford, frankly. i do not get they were mistreating christine ford at the hearing. >> first of all, she came forward with her truth and she was -- when women come forward, they have very little to gain from this. >> laura: not that $700,000 on that gofundmeclose page. >> laura: she should send anonymous letters to dianne feinstein -- >> are we blaming dr. ford? >> laura: don't play that game! this hole, "we as women feel this" -- i'm an american, -- >> i'm american but so is dr. ford. this is an insult, laura! you are blaming women. >> laura: that doesn't work for most people.

i get what you are saying, but people shouldn't be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law -- >> didn't get a fair investigation. everybody knows the republicans -- it was such a sham. they didn't interview her. >> laura: no comments. >> no comments. >> laura: final quick? >> what is undeniable is that men obviously are feeling scared to the point where we are now seeing male students also rush to file title ix claims when they've had -- the one we are out of time. we've got to stop all of >> laura: we are out of time. we've got to stop all of this. people have to start being responsible, reporting these things immediately, not putting yourself in situations where you can't get help from people who are near you. men and women, wised up on this stuff. coming up, former white house chief of staff rains. reince priebus up next.

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>> laura: turned out to be one of the best-kept secrets of the trump administration. nikki haley announced that she is resigning as u.s. ambassador of the u.n. happening in january. during the president's oval office announcement. she quashed -- not running in 2020, what's her next move. former white house chief of staff reince priebus joins with some insight knowledge. ed henry breaks it all down for us. >> good to see you. the broader context, because just as kavanaugh might finally help bring the establishment and trump-lings together, even though his nominee was a bush better in that other party stalwarts were cautious going to the mat for on the left was trying to tear him down. this dynamic on display as noted last night at the celebration for kavanaugh where he told the

justice's daughters that he was an honorable man. that anyway that the man was proving to be innocent in the end. the president introduced mitch mcconnell, he got a standing ovation, the president quipped it was the biggest hand mcconnell had ever received and, "they don't get it, mitch," plus the tax cuts. more republicans warned republicans if they nominated trump, they would be destroyed. months ago, he told a cnn anchor in a clamp that went viral that mainstream media does not want him to pass his agenda, he doesn't give a bleep . and nikki haley, becoming one of the more effective members of his foreign policy team, shut down rumors that she will

challenge the president in 2020 frankly saying shall not be a candidate. >> no, i'm not running for 2020. i can tell you what i will be doing is campaigning for this one. i look forward to supporting the candidate in the next election. >> shall continue to support the president's policies which is moving the country forward, of course still allies -- which keeps them skeptical about establishment figures like senator mcconnell. >> laura: for reaction on the haley resignation, we are showing by former white house chief of staff reince priebus. we have missed you -- >> it's better when i'm there. >> laura: haley said she will challenge the president in 2020 and what do you make of the way this was handled, specifically the timing? >> well, i think that all parties wanted to wait until the kavanaugh situation was all set.

this is something that people knew in the white house for a long time. the president obviously knew it for weeks. knowing the president, he said, get me through kavanaugh, and he wanted to take care of it right away. i think it's really smart for ambassador haley to do the announcement with the president before the midterms because if you already know you are going to leave, you don't want to obviously make it look like, hey, i'm leaving because they didn't do us well in the house as they wanted to. so doing it now i think is smart. i happen to believe, and i think i have some insight knowledge of it, this has nothing to do with any mysterious explanation as to why ambassador haley has left. this is simply exactly what you see, the truth. >> laura: reince, they were speculating today it was going to be of uncle. the president came out and said, she'd be great of course. of uncle

course.ivanka comes out, i'm not interested. the chess pieces are moving on the board. but i'm telling you what cnn was saying there they have a theory. let's watch. >> the president came out of a major political fight involving a supreme court nominee accused of sexual misconduct, when we've been focusing in on the president's standings with female voters seeing so much anger. some points are questioning the timing, saying that haley is doing this now, and naturally leaving questions whether they are related. >> is there any relation between the kavanaugh accusations and haley leaving? >> yeah... that's so dumb it's hard to respond. i think this is what you see is what you get. i think ambassador haley with

the president and mike pompeo have done an incredible job on it comes to israel, iran, north korea. when you think about what's happening internationally, we spend so much time talking about the economy and how the good things are going in this country. internationally what's been accomplished in two years with ambassador haley and the president is equivalent to an entire two term presidency. hats off to everyone involved. >> laura: reince, we have four weeks now until the midterm elections. you were running the rnc when the republicans in 2014, they actually picked up seats. in 2010, we saw the tea party. what now? can we hold this fire about kavanaugh and the g.o.p. unity through the midterms? >> lo, the kavanaugh situation has certainly helped republicans across the board. there are two windows you have to look through.

one is the senate window. given the fact races are in north dakota, virginia, indiana, missouri, montana, red states, the democrats really injured themselves tremendously by what they've done on the kavanaugh but most importantly, as a party chairman where people should understand out there that midterm elections are generally about not turning out. just people that are watching this right now and either really identify democrats or identify republicans. this is about identifying voters and turning them out. in order to do that, and that sounds like boring stuff, but in order to do that, identifying voters and turning them out, you need the machinery to do that >> laura: do they have that in place? >> they do. but what you need, laura, you need a voter energy and energized. the democrats were already at a

ten. they were anti-trump 10:30 six and seven's on the republican side are now elevated to a level nine and ten. it's given republicans in the house a fighting shock to actually save the house now. i've seen it all across the country. >> laura: reince, thank you so much. cory booker is already planning a slant in iowa. we will show you exactly how senator spartacus seemed to be channeling another preachy president. video when we return.

>> laura: on the road to the 2020 cory booker became the great hope for the moderate wave of democrats, but now he's become a radical leftist with an eye on the next presidential election. he showed up in iowa this week and fresh off the kavanaugh both

doing his best to channel his inner obama. >> the conviction, despair will never have the last word. in this new decade, it's time the american people get a government that matches their decency. it's the party of we, not the party of we! >> out of many, we are one. while we breathe, we hope. >> we aren't defined by republicans in power, we are empowered by how we respond. >> we do not give up. we do not quit. we did not allow fear or division to break our spirit. >> amen! >> laura: joining me now with reaction, chris hahn, a former aide to chuck schumer. on radio today, guys, i played the obama and cory back-to-back.

especially when obama's campaigning, you know how he does the shout loud -- he does the cool cat thing. bookie cory booker must've been watching old reels of obama, chris. i've had dinner with cory booker whenever he was a moderate. he sounds totally different now. which is the real cory booker, the moderate guy or the guy we are seeing now? >> i love you, laura, but you and i live on a different plane planet. that is a fantastic speech! it's uplifting. it's not overly partisan. if he's going to channel obama -- by the way, that's what any democrat who hopes to get elected president of the united states has to do, they have to channel obama who brought together our coalition. that was a winning coalition that included a lot of people who voted for donald trump. anybody who is counting people out who are channeling obama right now, remember we are stuck

with trump for a while. >> laura: chris, do you not remember cory booker hanging around with republicans. he was criticizing 2012 people who were trashing romney -- >> sure! >> laura: for being a private equity guy. do not demonize people being private equity. it's just a observation. obama was a two term democratic president. cannot blame cory booker getting some of the obama magic, but he's not obama. i'm sorry. he doesn't have that magnetism that obama has. that's my sense. >> nobody is obama. i painfully watched the speech in iowa and i give them credit. he's a real comair for this nomination. i agree with you. he wanted to work with conservatives on issues like criminal justice reform. he thought hillary clinton was going to be the president, he thought he would be the bridge builder. it's all about appealing to #resistance and the search and destroy. the reason for that, laura and

chris, the democratic party is in this mortal combat. is it going to be a socialist party or is it going to be a center-left american capitalist party? when you have a majority of democrats not saying they would like to be a socialist party, that's why these candidates go to the left. it's a gallup poll, chris. i'm going to send it to you. >> send it to me, matt. you are making it up. speak of the gallup is a pretty serious paul, chris. >> matt, come on. your idea of bipartisanship is liberals giving up their values to vote with conservatives. my idea of bipartisanship is compromise for the common good. we need to start working towards that. don't you? >> laura: that's a good point. i would also say, stick to one issue for a moment, criminal justice reform, prison reform, those were issues, big issues, for cory booker. that's when i was introduced to him.

this is what the trump administration is pursuing. why is it only van jones over at the white house working with the administration? very few democrats, including booker, because he's looking at 2020, and he doesn't want to give trump a win on an issue he really cares about. chris? >> cory booker introduced legislations with senator mike lee of utah, a known conservative, from what i'm told, to do just that. he worked with mike lee. they found common ground on that. >> laura: where do i see him with the president running on this? >> hopefully they can hope with -- >> this is an issue -- >> laura: i'm out of time. we will see who channels the best obama in this democratic primary coming up in 2020. that's a hard act to follow newd supreme court justice brett kavanaugh heard his first cases earlier today and the left is already calling him, guess what, illegitimate. andy mccarthy up next. unbelievable.

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>> brett kavanaugh's first day on the bench today, the left trying to say that he is diligent. fox news contributor andy mccarthy. andy, i have never seen anything like this. when a republican congress or senate, you know, they allow someone to get confirmed. it goes on. the court goes on. but not here. >> no, no. our guy gets on, so the institution is now illegitimate. they spent three weeks telling us that he's not fit because the institution is so important, and now he's on, so now the institution is the problem. i wish that they actually thought, as we think, that the court has too much of an outsider's role in our lives, and we could actually have

things recited by like the people who we vote for and who are accountable. >> laura: do you think anything of help rob rosenstein, just gosh, they just seem to be old buddies now. what is going on with that? >> i think this thing is winding down. i think the investigation is winding down. i think the president realizes that if he were to get rid of rosenstein at this point, it would be like firing james comey times three. and it would give muller a reason to extend the investigation. why did stomach would he want to do that? it looks like there will not be any charges. other components of the justice department. >> laura: well, nothing will be over until after the election. >> no, i don't think so. but i think the handwriting is on the wall that what we will be arguing about, it won't be

impeachable offenses, chargeable offenses. it will be what kind of unsavory conduct should i put in there? >> laura: by the way, hillery said she was very saddened earlier today about the court, and that this is very sad because it is a pillar of our democracy, don't you know? those are the equivalent of the words here. >> it is hard to be moved by what she said. >> laura: i think he could be doing great deadpan comedy. andy, i love having you in d.c. all right, when we return, a message for our friends in florida, and a book you must read. an early christmas present, really? next

>> laura: okay, my book, i think we have a full screen of a so you can actually see it. i talked today about the populist revolt. how trumpet became the juggernaut that he is and the

republican party. and it's a great yearly gift for christmas. all of our friends in florida, as hurricane michael bears down on you, please follow the above. know that we are with you in our thoughts and in our prayers, and that is all we have tonight. shannon bream and the "fox news @ night" team have this for you and a lot more. >> shannon: and now, all my christmas shopping is done, laura. >> laura: take care. >> shannon: we begin with a fox news alert. narrowing the list for the replacement for nikki haley. it just a handful now in the running. the president rallies the supporters in iowa. and our march to the midterms. the rnc chair joins us life. and later, hurricane michael barricading towards the florida panhandle. we've got the very latest. hello, and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shaon