barbara boxer brought up in the woman thing. she was elected, we will get to it, we are loading that in. joe, when you look at how this has unfolded from the beginning, it was a rush to say "we just want to get our truth out." which i understand paid let's say politics is not part of it and someone did want to remain anonymous -- i don't believe that story, but let's say that is the fact. it is okay. let her testify. i think the president played it really smart. let's let her -- let's hear from her, let's hear from brett kavanaugh. he said "take as much time as you need" purity said that, and i thought, is grassley really going to take as much time as wo determine what truth we can arrive at? may be in the president is not where the senate is, he wants more time, is not possible? >> that is all show. none of that is for real. they have to do with they have to do to keep senator flake and senator collins on board, stable given more time. they're not going to allow her to testify after brett kavanaugh, that is lunacy. the demand t

barbara boxer was the other woman on that committee. we are wondering, what was your reception on the committee? >> i applied to get on ways and means. judd was moving. he ran for the senate from new hampshire.

joining us, former democratic senator barbara boxer kafka.tor, always good to have you with us. do you believe flake when he says he did this because he was trying to preserve the credibility of both the supreme court and the u.s. senate? >> i think he was tormented by the whole situation. and the truth is, frankly, this was the way to go, to take a pause, to stop, to bring in the fbi. that's the way it's always been done. and because of his friendship with senator coons, because of that one on one with the woman who was filled with pain and frustration, i think it just said to him, i've got to do more than just make a speech, because he's broken my heart so many times, i hate to tell you. but this time he didn't just make a lovely speech that i said, great. but he actually took action. and now we'll see if they're going to really do a real investigation here. >> well, it appears that is moving forward. just a short time ago the president went after the ranking member on the senate judiciary committee, senator dianne feinstein, questioning wh

former senator barbara boxer has seen this movie before. in 1991 when anita hill made her allegations against then-nominee clarence thomas boxer was a congresswoman and she joined six female colleagues to march on the senate and demand a fair hearing for hill. the next year, boxer was elected to the senate herself riding a wave of post-anita hill voter anger that came to be known as the year of the woman she joins me live from palm springs. welcome to the program, senator. >> thank you so much for having me on. >> president trump seems to have fallen off the restraint wagon. he was very careful not to attack dr. ford and now he's saying if there had been such an attack it would have automatically gone to the local law authorities. does that ring true to you? would a 15-year-old girl have gone to the law at that time. >> not only would she not have gone to the law, she probably didn't tell a soul for a long time and this is the way it is so donald trump has once more showed his ignorance about matters that require empathy, compassion. most of

representative, and former senator barbara boxer. good evening.i have been looking forward to this conversation all day because you guys know what's going on in washington. you've been there, and you know. so good evening again. congressman dent, i'm going to start with you. there are now five accusers, three named, two anonymous. how can the president possibly say that this is a democratic con job? are you comfortable with the way that your former republican colleagues in washington are handling this right now? >> well, in terms of what the president said, look, he should just say a lot less. i mean he is obviously not helping the situation at all. so in his case, less is more. in terms of the process, look, i think this whole thing has just become an ugly spectacle regardless of how you feel about kavanaugh or any of the people accusing him. so i think that's where it is. i think the institutions are taking a beating. the senate, the judiciary, the supreme court. so i'm not pleased where this is. you know, the only thing that's going to matter i

barbara boxer and jim manley, thank you both for being with me. >>> coming up, trump's former campaign manager agrees to cooperate. what it means for case of collusion, and the slow motion constitutional crisis, right after this. >>> today's news that paul manafort, donald trump's former campaign chairman agreed to cooperate with special counsel robert mueller and flip means we've entered a whole new phase of the russia investigation. it's not entirely clear what will happen next, but with manafort's cooperation just beginning, it does seem unlike mueller is anywhere close to wrapping up. to talk about this next phase of the investigation, i'm joined by elizabeth holtzman, former u.s. congresswoman and elliot williams, deputy assistant attorney general for legislative affairs under president obama. here's the way i think about it. i always say it like this, we're not going to get out alive. what i mean is this. the trains are going towards each other. today felt like an accelerant to that. there is some kind of crisis constitutionally about the very nature of the power of the office th

my town was very northern edge -- on the very northern edge of barbara boxer's district. she had san francisco, some of san francisco, and there was no way you could live in petaluma and run in san francisco. they would have laughed, like huh? so i had to wait and see what happened. and some reason -- nobody knew i was running, my house was the very center of that district, the new district. valeo,n francisco, no most of sonoma county, the larger population. that was where i lived. i just -- things happen for a reason. timing is everything, and it was my time. matt: you mentioned hearing from congresswoman boxer in a meeting that she was going to run from the senate -- run for the senate. did you know her in the decades she was serving in the house? ms. woolsey: well, i knew her because i was a follower. follower. actually -- shame on me for saying i did not have anybody that i looked up to -- i really looked up to barbara. but no, she was not a personal mentor or anything like that, but i so respected and admired that she could stand for her beliefs and that she was so f

my town was very northern edge of barbara boxer's district. and she had san francisco, some of san francisco, and she had vallejo. and there was no way you could live in petaluma and run in san francisco. they'd have lost. like huh? so i had to wait and see what happened. and for some reason, nobody knew i was running so it had nothing to do with that, my house was the very center of that district. the new district. no san francisco, no vallejo, all of marin county, and most of the -- sonoma county, which was the largest population. and that's where i lived. things happen for a reason. timing is everything. and it was my time. >> you mentioned hearing from congresswoman boxer that she was gonna run for the season. had you known her in that decade prior while she was serving in the house? >> i knew her because i was a follower. and shame on me for saying that i didn't have anybody that i looked up to. i really looked up to barbara. but no, she wasn't a personal mentor or anything like that. but i so respected and admired that she could stand fo

i'm going to be joined by a former senator barbara boxer, hosting the podcast "fight back" and has beennvolved in her share of confirmation debates. senator boxer, what is your view of the negotiations as we wait on this grassley installed 10:00 p.m. deadline, and what's important as americans think about what they might learn if there's a hearing next week? >> i want americans to know that what grassley is doing with the republicans, what mitch mcconnell is doing, it's unprecedented. i was in washington for many years. i was chairman and ranking member, of full committees, of subcommittees. we always worked across the aisle. we always worked to accommodate the witnesses. we never had a situation where we said, by the way, we senators don't want to question you. we're going to get a special counsel so we can hide behind her skirts. i'll tell you something. i don't know how this is all going to come out. one way or another this woman is going to be heard. but i have never seen anything like this. the last point i want to make right here is today the daughter of a president, patty davis,

i really do. >> senator barbara boxer, thank you very much. we really appreciate your perspective. >> thanks, ana. >>> what are the possible outcomes for kavanaugh at this point? is there a scenario where the white house needs to make a backup plan? a presidential historian joins us live. >>> also -- >> this guy is an altar boy, a scout. because one woman made an allegation, sorry, i don't buy it. >> but in the grand scheme of things, my goodness, there was no intercourse. there was maybe a touch. can we -- really? 36 years later she's still stuck on that? >> why a group of republican women cnn talked to are standing by brett kavanaugh. you're live in the cnn newsroom. at&t provides edge-to-edge intelligence, covering virtually every part of your healthcare business. so that if she has a heart problem & the staff needs to know, they will & they'll drop everything can you take a look at her vitals? & share the data with other specialists yeah, i'm looking at them now. & they'll drop everything hey. & take care of this baby yeah, that procedure

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. >> barbara boxer with fight back. also kasie hunt, correspondent for the nbc news.ator, thank you for joining us. one of the reasons you were elected back in the '90s was anita hill and the woman of the year. what do you feel looking back at your senate experience and this case? >> let me be clear. i wouldn't have gotten to the senate were it not for anita hill. i feel, you know, i'm ld like t believe it was my winning personality. they looked at the women, no women on the judiciary committee. chris, this is eerily, eerily like what happened to anita hill. even you have chuck grassley who was on the committee really being terrible to anita hill. and orrin hatch and others. and they're still there. the difference is dianne feinstein is the ranking member. kamala harris is on the committee. masey is on the committee. amy "closing bel amy klobuchar. we now have a more representative senate. this woman is to be believed. anna eshu is one of the most incredible people in this world. she has a heart of gold and she's sharp. she knows after sitting with that woman, you can

barbara boxer who hosts the podcast fight back. she is part of the group of the house lawmakers in 1991 demanding that anita hill be allowed to simply testify to be heard. and in a kind of cimini tsi sym val demmings from florida, she was one of the democrats in the senate today to protest. as well as libby casey. i could begin anywhere. i would propose starting with senator boxer who, as we mentioned, has started much of this. and then turning to congresswoman demmings and the interplay between the work you both have done. senator? >> well, let me just say i'm very proud of the house members who walked over to the senate 27 years later. 27 years ago i was part of a group that did that. we marched up the steps and we confronted our own party because they weren't going to look at anita hill's charges. and then when they did, it was ugly. it was brutal. but i think what you saw today, ari, is the beautiful messiness of democracy. you know, lawrence o'donnell always says we have a right -- i think it's chris lawrence you have a right

former senator barbara boxer calls republicans who interrogated anita hill back in 1991 torturers.ome of those same senators are revving up to take on dr. christine blaze s z blasey ford. then, robert mugabe has been ousted. how will he turn this country around? >>> an also african-american sees afra

let's accommodate her. >> michael steele, senator barbara boxer, cheryl gates stillburg and kasie huntad to leave us, thank you very much. that wraps things up. ali velshi picks things up. >>> breaking news on two fronts. see you later this afternoon. a workplace shooting left multiple fatalities and victims according to officials. the shooting took place after 9:00 a.m., 30 miles northeast of baltimore. a woman entered a rite-aid distribution center and opened fire. the suspect is in custody and in critical condition. the motive remains unknown. we are waiting on a press conference with the sheriff due to start any minute. we're going to bring that to you as soon as it gets under way. now to another piece of breaking news. moments ago as katie was reporting, "new york times" reportedly obtained an e-mail

understand what's at stake, the law professor who testified today against confirming kavanaugh and barbara boxermelissa. you were there on the hill today. this was the end. hearing part. your area of scholarship about reproductive rights and you were there to say what about his record? >> i was there to work on the idea that simply saying that you believe roe is a settled precedent is enough to believe that that you will be a jurist that will uphold rights for millions of ordinary american women. in my testimony i said that do you know a lot to undermine roe versus wade without ever saying that you're overruling it and all of his record says he will do that. >> there is of course his record on that and this e-mail where he says that i'm not sure that all legal scholars refer to roe as the settled law of the land as the supreme court level. no one ever says in it front of the hearing. >> not quite a smoking gun. maybe a smoking arrow. he identifies the three justices who are already there. among them is john roberts, his hero, self-described. and he said the same thing, roe is the settled law of

barbara boxer got elected, moseely-brown got elected. bailey hutchins was the recipient of that.l come into the senate, in part, because of this discussion. not a court case. never stopped the nomination. judge thomas is there to this day. the reality is that hearing all the senators talk about what they think about this issue, it made that movement gel, real and relevant. people carried their thoughts about that movement into the voting both and i think we could see the same thing this year. >> thank you for the discussion. >>> you have highways and neighborhoods unrecognizable because of the flooding caused by hurricane florence. for some storm victims across carolina, the worst may still be in store. we'll give you a live update in some of the worst-hit cities next. ♪ take us downtown, waze. waze integration- seamlessly connecting the world inside... with the world outside... making life a little... easier. introducing the well-connected lincoln mkc. in your gut, you feel confident to take on anything. with benefiber, you'll feel the power of gut health confidence every day. b

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 n

understand what's at stake, the law professor who testified today against confirming kavanaugh and barbara boxerhere on the hill today. this was the end. hearing part. your area of scholarship about reproductive rights and you were there to say what about his record? >> i was there to work on the idea that simply saying that you believe roe is a settled precedent is enough to believe that that you will be a jurist that will uphold rights for millions of ordinary american women. in my testimony i said that do you know a lot to undermine roe versus wade without ever saying that you're overruling it and all of his record says he will do that. >> there is of course his record on that and this e-mail where he says that i'm not sure that all legal scholars refer to roe as the settled law of the land as the supreme court level. no one ever says in it front of the hearing. >> not quite a smoking gun. maybe a smoking arrow. what's really meaningful about that e-mail is he identifies the three justice s who are already there. among them is john roberts, his hero, self-described. and he said the same thing

. >> michael steele, senator barbara boxer, cheryl gates stillburg and kasie hunt who had to leave us, thank you very much. that wraps things up. ali velshi picks things up. >>> breaking news on two fronts. see you later this afternoon. a workplace shooting left multiple fatalities and victims according to officials. the shooting took place after 9:00 a.m., 30 miles northeast of baltimore. a woman entered a rite-aid distribution center and opened fire. the suspect is in custody and in critical condition. the motive remains unknown. we are waiting on a press conference with the sheriff due to start any minute. we're going to bring that to you as soon as it gets under way. now to another piece of breaking news. moments ago as katie was reporting, "new york times" reportedly obtained an e-mail from professor christine blasey ford's lawyer saying she has, quote, told the senate judiciary committee that she would be prepared to testify next week, so long as senators offer terms that are fair and which ensure her safety, according to an e-mail her lawyer sent to committee staff members. the

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there's a photo of dianne feinstein on the right from 1992 with barbara boxer.hese hearings inspired her to run for office. --e's a small paragraph republican senators currently wary of attacking dr. ford directly have piled on ms. .einstein that's in "the new york times." when calling from -- gwen calling from colorado. good morning. caller: good morning. i will start with a quote from ronald reagan. abortion hasis for already been born. i am a very pro-life person. just because it is a law, it is not morally right. pro-choice comes before you get pregnant. so many young people are using this as a means of birth control. i've worked in the pro-life movement since roe v. wade. the people who say i'm pro-choice but i would never do it have put something on the person -- you're giving them permission. it haunts these women either a day later, two months, but eventually haunts every woman who's had an abortion. they have killed their child. i wish the law could be reversed. i wish if it didn't, people would think about not having an abortion. more responsibility co