o'brien: he heads the office of emergency management for miami-dade county.is aware of the complexity of compound flooding. >> changes in the flood zones take place and we o adjust for that. so the bottom line is that, in the end, this is our mos current one,t's up-to-date, e will utilize to make t decisions on the relocations or the evacuations. en: so how accurate are ps rollason relies on? needham believes not enough data is funneled into the models on which the flood ps are based. he says that part of the problem is a distinct divisionf expertise. >> in general, in the science of hydrology, whave people that study storm surge, and we have people that study rainfall, and sometimes, the two camps don't talk. so the map, the evacuation maps and the harvey approached the texas coast, where we have rainfall maps and we had surge maps, and the two weren't really talking to each other. >> o'brien: in addition to his archival research, needham has developed an online resource called "u-surge" to share detailed historical , and is creating an app, "u-flood," where

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reporting from washington, i am jane o'brien. hurricane florence is barreling towards the east coast. residents are evacuating and preparing for the worst. laura: the surf is up in ightsville beach in north carolina. the hurricane is 400 miles out to sea and rapidly approachingea --ng down on us. jane: president putin says he knows e identity of the two russian suspects in the nerve agent attack, but he insists there is nothing criminal about them. 10 yrs after the financial crisis which brought the global economy to the brink, we hear from those who bore the brunt of the fallout. >> where is the bailout for people affected? it literally took me until this year to get out of debt. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. ettoday is the last day tout -- that is the warning being given to residents of the evacuation zones ahead of hurricane florence. the storm is barreling towards the coast of the carolas, threatening to dump massive amounts of rain for isny days and g serious concerns about the

back with us, tim o'brien and john heilemann.secretary of defense getting basically a assassinate, kill any way you want to assad and maybe that means go to war, kill all of them, what does that mean? does that mean an invasion? who knows what it means because the secretary basically ignored it according to woodward. >> i think there are two separate questions there. one question is what did trump mean by it? and the answer is i'm sure trump had no idea what he meant by it and it was the typical trump gibberish coming out of his mouth. sought defense secretary did what we have all been hoping and praying people in these positions have been doing. woodward apparently describes it in someplace here in the book because it's been quoted in "washington post" and other places as an administrative coup d'etat. that puts a negative spin on it. others would say guardrails for humanity. guardrails of the safety of the planet. is that some of these people like jim mattis are in this job precisely to do this very thing, which is to stop the

i'm soledad o'brien, welcome to "matter of fact." nearly 70% of consumers are already using artificial intelligence technology oh ai, and they don't even know it. ai is being used to refer patients to doctors, to determine if you qualify for life insurance, it is expected to get even bigger, but facial recognition, one aspect of ai is drawing lots of concern. the thethe algorithm imthat powi is not governed but there are efforts to make it get better. some say racial bias is also baked into ai coding. when you did start studying artificial intelligence? >> i got into artificial intelligence more so through art projects. i came to the mit media lab and i was rea courses that started a course called science fabrication. the item wasou read science fiction and you try build something you probably wouldn't be able to otherwise. i building is called an aspire mirror, i could put anything i wanted on my face. >> your face would come up and serena williams face would be imposed on yours and there, your aspire mirror. >> a great way to start

tim o'brien, his biographer, shows he has done quite the opposite. and facebook and twitter executives were there last week, promising more transparency. google founder larry tate was not. he disappeared not just from the nation's capital, but from silicon valley as well. >> and years since the start of the last -- and 10 year since the start of the last financial crisis. where the next one may come from. >> it's a buzz kill, especially for investors who have been enjoying a record bull run. a run, one of the most beloved run ups in history. come to my terminal, this is a really good basic story that i love. sincep 500 going back 1924. this is the longest in history. we are already up on the s&p 500, almost at the 2900 level. intoy interesting heading the fourth quarter, you have a lot of analysts revising up their price target. we have already met those goals so far earlier on in the year. look forward to potentially but so much behind it in this bull market. this sets the chart up nicely for this cover story in bloomberg businessweek, the most bori

>> i love tim o'brien. that story is wonderful.ooked at the administration, really knows a lot about donald trump, and has written about him. there is a visual component to his story. you go to the website, click on different members of the team. >> i love the story about larry page. where is larry? it is very much in the news. he has been here for five minutes and delivers a story that everyone needs to read to understand what is going on in washington and silicon valley. more bloomberg television starts right now. ♪ comcast business built the nation's largest gig-speed network. then went beyond. beyond chasing down network problems. to knowing when and where there's an issue. beyond network complexity. to a zero-touch, one-box world. optimizing performance and budget. beyond having questions. to getting answers. "activecore, how's my network?" "all sites are green." all of which helps you do more than your customers thought possible. comcast business. beyond fast. ♪ nejra: life after lehman and we take a look at the financial lan

reporting from washington, i am jane o'brien. the u.s. bids farell to two national icons. >> ♪ you make me feel jane: a star-studded funeral for the queen of soul. top names from music and politics come together to detroit to celebrate aretha franklin. mr. clinton: she lived with power, notithout weakness, but overcoming her weaknesses. jane: in washington, john mccain's body is brought back to the capitol, where he is lying in state. friends and colleagues gathered to honor him. and the latest film by oscar-winning director alfonso inron is getting top marks venice, but the deci to stream it first gets mixed views. jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the worldfu it has been ral fit for the queen of soul, and it had everything. detroit is bidding farewell to aretha franklin with hours of singing, dancing, moving tributes, and yes, more singing. stars of the music industry, politicians, and civil rights activists came together to er the woman whose voice and life made such an impact. from detroit, the bb

reporting from washington, i am jane o'brien. hurricane florence is being felt along the carolina coast. it is just the start of what could be days of damaging weather. laura: the wind and the rate is lashing us here in wilmington, north carolina.ge the leading f hurricane has arrived, but the worst is yet to come. jane: as this storm bears down, the president disputes the death toll from last year's hurricane maria in puerto rico, claiming the number was inflated by democrats.du and they ged just as the financial crisis hit, so what happened to the class of 2008? tonight catch up with them a decade on. ne: welcome to our viewers public television in america and around the globe. all week, the east coast of the u.s. has been bracing r hurricane florence, and the storm is beginning to make itself felt. along the carolina coast, th winds have picked up and the rain has started to fall. although the storm has weakened to a category 2, the impactul still be catastrophic. the bbc's laura trevelyan is in wilmington, north carolina, and

reporting from washington, i am jane o'brien. presre mounts as congress waits to hear from supreme court pick brett kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of aault. president trump defends the judge and says democrats are playing polip:cs. pres. tre is an incredible man, incredible intellect, he will make an incredible supreme court justice, but we want to go through process, we want to hear both sides. jane: the latest salvo in the escalating trade war between thd u.s.hina, but this round of tariffs comes withof accusations election meddling. and going home with an emmy -- "game of thrones" continues its reign, but a surprise proposal may have stolen the night. jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. estoday ent trump made it clear that he stands firmly behind his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. his defense comes after christine blasey ford says thedg tried to sexually assaultin heigh school, an allegation he flatly denies. both parties have been invited to testify before the judic

keith o'brien is a former reporter for the boston globe and frequent contributor to mpr. he does all things considered, morning edition in this american life. and is right for new york times, political among others but he's author of outside shot and the brand-new "fly girls" have five daring women defy all odds and made aviation history. as readers we are so lucky to have someone with this journalistic trifecta dove into history i was not even aware of. in fact if you asked me a few weeks ago to close my eyes and picture a daredevil i would have a grizzled dude on a motorcycle with a leather jacket. you see that kind of archetype conjured up? you know what i'm talking about. i hate to admit this but the vision of a mother of two a plane and never would've crossed my mind. even though she and a handful of other women pilots between the two world wars risked their lives inside the cockpit and out. has taken a decommissioned postwar aircraft -- and wonder whether the men hate you enough to sabotage the vehicle you're currently flying and imagine what a riveting read you're

sat's the focus of tonigh report from miles o'brien. oined a crew of scientis that flew right into the eye of the hurricane, just as it was starting to develop into a major storm, a few days ago. buckle up for thiseek's story on the leading edge of science and technology. >> reporter: another beautiful morning in hamilton, bermuda. the crew of a wp-3d orion inspects, prs and briefs for an eight-hour mission straight into the worst weather nature has to offer. loey are hurricane hunters. and on this day,nce is their quarry. the aircraft brims with three powerful radar systems, sensors to analyze clouds and tubes for dropping probes. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration offered me a seat on this airborne science laboratory, so long as i could buckle up mybe and harness in a hurry. no small feat for your humble one-armed correspondent. but i passed, and soon the aircraft they call "kermit" was airborne >> so, essentially, mission is from bermuda down to tropical storm florence t you can see s map, these are initial suite of

always wonderful to talk to timothy o'brien. check out his latest column on bloomberg.on an update on bitcoin. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. romaine: i'm romaine bostick, this is "bloomberg markets," futures in focus, bitcoin reeling from reports that goldman sachs is delaying plans to set up a trading desk. live at the cme, larry, i will jump into it. what happened last week, breaking through $7,000 on bitcoin, everyone was talking about the resistance level. now we have to talk about the next level of support. >> exactly. the market is still dominated by speculators, who love volatility. we still do not know whether it is a commodity or currency. it is hard to get a technical range. if it is a currency, replacing s storeis a poor job of a of value. notugh a support level, $6,000, hard to know but i think it is also the market is so desperate for legitimacy. the news from goldman sachs, though they are in the business and actively trading it, the masses are actively looking for legitimacy to trade themselves. yesterday was a blow. romaine

dortmund captain mark o'brien has had his side's best chance in the first half but he could only hit the bar from close range in the second half maximillian phillipa went close as dortmund sort of a breakthrough but his deflected header told so the woodwork. welcome to the bundesliga on the w. i'm pablo phoney and he has another great weekend of football is upon us and dortmund slip up was just one of many surprises so far this season let's see what's coming up on today's show. byron travelled to stuttgart to face a saw a hungry for their first win of the season we'll see if they managed to beat stuttgart. and bruno love india's involves bird provided the biggest shock of much day one could they do the same this weekend against labor coups and. you have to feel for stuart guard they spent a big over the summer but have yet to reap the benefits of their investment they slipped up in their opening match and this weekend they faced byron unit could they get their campaign on track against the country's strongest club let's take a look. six germany players run show for national team coac

you can hear more from keith o'brien. get this early, if you want to get close, you'll have to get there early. we'll talk to you soon. >>> imagine living in your home with more hand 80 dogs that have full run of the house. that may be a little challenging. >> no. >> this is the reality for a couple in south carolina. but it is all for a good cause. >> reporter: for 13 years 11,000 plus dog have escaped euthanasia resting peacefully at danny and ron's rescue. danny and his partner of 30 years, ron, turned their 4400 square foot south carolina home into a sanctuary for abused and abandoned animals. the personal approach to the rescue is feature in the new documentary, live in the dog house. >> we started with katrina and rescued over 600 dog from katrina. and most of our thought that danny and ron are done and they will not bug to us take a dog. that was the catalyst that got us started doing it more and more. >> reporter: their furry guests have full run of the house and are well taken care of till they're adopted. we hav

tim o'brien, his biographer shows he has done the opposite.ason: facebook and twitter executives were in washington promising more transparency. google founder larry page has all but disappeared. carol: as we mark 10 years since the start of the last financial crisis, ray dalio has plenty to say. jason: it is a bit of a buzz kill, especially for investors who have been in equity markets. carol: taylor riggs, what a ride. taylor: come into my terminal. this is just one of the basic market stories i love. i am going back to 1924. we have a regression line. already up on the s&p 500. and caroline jason, it's really interesting heading into the fourth quarter already revising up their price target. goalseady met those earlier in the year. jason: with so much behind us in this bull market already. this sets the chart up nicely for the cover story in "bloomberg businessweek." "the most boring bull market ever." carol: even a boom can feel kind of blah. chris: i think it is probably safe to say we are looking at the boring quality of the stock market

julie o'brien who goes to school with-- whose daughter goes to school, her husband passed away and brett has taken her daughter along with his own to the dance and that's the kind of person he is. that's the bret kavanaugh that i know. i'm proud to introduce him to this committee and support his nomination to be the next associate justice of the supreme court. i know these are partisan time in washington, but this is an extraordinary nominee in every reexpect. based on his record, his qualifications and his character i believe he deserves strong support. my hope, mr. chairman, as with the case with justices sotomayor and kagan nominated by president obama, the full senate will support him with a strong partisan vote that he deserves. mr. chairman. >> thank you, my colleague. miss lisa blatt. >> thank you, mr. chairman and committee problems. it's a privilege to appear before you today. my name is lisa blatt and i know judge kavanaugh as my capacity as an appellate lawyer. and i've argued cases before the supreme court more than any other woman in history. i'm also a liberal democrat and

julie o'brien whose daughter goes to school with margaret has another telling story about brett. a few years ago julie's husband passed away. with no one to accompany her daughter to the annual father-daughter dance, brett stepped up. that year and every year since brett has taken her daughter alongside his own to the dance. it's kind of person he is. that's the brett cakavanaugh i know. i'm proud to introduce bret kavanaugh to this committee. i know these are partisan times here if washington. but this is an extraordinary nominee in every respect. based on his record, his qualifications, and his character, i believe he deserves broad support. my hope, mr. chairman, is that as was the case with the other justices nominated by president obama this committee will report his nomination favorably and the full senate will confirm him with a strong bipartisan vote that he deserves. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, my colleague. miss lisa blatt. >> thank you, mr. chairman and committee members. it is a privilege to appear before you today. my name is lisa blatt. i know judge kavan

people like michael o'brien, lenny brooks, michael corgan they are behind the scenes and help us with the planning leading up to our game. they're great at what they do. we rely upon them to get us where we need to be to go win a football game. >> typical wait on each flight varies. when we go to philadelphia, maybe take 300 pounds. but with just four west coast trips this year, we take around 20,000 pounds. >> united helps us transport approximately 45 cases for all the football staff both to and from away games. united really goes above and beyond helping us load the planes, make sure we're operating in an efficient and timely manner. >> it's a lot of work. fimt staff is very helpful and they're out there lending us a hand. it's a well-oiled operation that we've been doing since day one. we try not to make any changes. >> united does a great job, because sometimes there are difficult circumstances like high winds or snow, or a lot of rain, and their crews are always there ready to unload our planes, ready to make sure the stairs get up and everybody gets off safely. they really go a

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and tim o'brien, it's very clear, i mean, anyone who knows how to read these books can tell that rob porter is a direct source, speaking directly to bob woodward as is gary cohn. these statements they've issued today are things that have happened with woodward books before and bob woodward has said in the past that sometimes people will actually tell him. sorry, but i'm coming out today and i'm going to say something negative about the book, even though, of course, i did give you all this interview material. >> the most famous -- this has happened before -- mark felt, who was deep throat for both bob woodward and carl bernstein. mark felt spent 30 years after that book came out denying that he was the source for the book because everyone in washington needs to insulate themselves from the fallout of a bob woodward book. there is a good chance that a number of the people in the white house who have stepped up and have said, this is an inaccurate account, or i never said what i said, are simply covering themselves because they're aware that they're with a president who is going to be v

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soledad: i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to "matter of fact." the number of people dying from asbestos-related disease is on the rise in the u.s. between 1999 and 2015, the centers for disease control estimates more than 45,000 americans died from the most common type of asbestos-caused cancer: mesothelioma. once considered a "magical mineral," asbestos was widely used in building materials from the 1940's to the 1970's. then doctors discovered that its small needle-like fibers could penetrate deep into the lungs and cause cancer.ried the use ow when she was diagnosed with asbestos-related mesothelioma.pe mesothelioma research foundation. it is nice to have you both with us. so mary, can i start with you? explain what the move by the epa specifically is doing. mary hesdorffer: so this allows a loophole. this allows new uses of asbestos. and whenever you create a loophole, you know that there's going to be more things sneaking in underneath and behind it. it's very concerning for all of us to think that asbestos, which should be banned, which is

peter o'brien reports. : a raised fist, the gesture rescues -- rescuers used to search -- request silences they search for victims. on wednesday, precisely a year after a second quake hit the capital city, mexicans stood silently in the streets to remember the hundreds killed. many of the commemorations took place on the side of collapsed buildings. >> this spot i lost two of my relatives, my sister and my mother. peter: there were not just memorials but protests. many in mexico city live in precarious conditions because of a lack of safe, low income housing. homeless, are, all all of the government to give us something to help us return to our homes. they live comfortably in their houses and we continue to live on the street. peter: local authorities say that last year's quake damaged more than 5000 buildings and estimate that about 8000 people live in such places. they say the government has accounted for only 5% of funds allocated for reconstruction. a sign of a pressing need for clashedonditions, they as they tried to evict them from the ruins of the building. it was damage from the e

liam o'brien, getting into it wilson. but the caps are winning thise, 4-0, the final.>> this is what d.c. united head coach ben olson and his team that features wayne rooney have been working on. it is aot stretch to say this game matters more than any other. the field against montreal, the team is chasing for the final playoff .sp but they're staying playful. >> it's extremely huge. what was he braggingou t? >> that's true. the other way around. he can say whatever he wants. >> you have mooney playing fantasy football? >> he's not bad. he can learn a little bit. >> scoring goals and winning >> scoring goals and winning kaine: my dad ran an ironworking shop. i learned hard work and a trade from him and his workers. then i went to honduras as a missionary and taught kids to be carpenters and welders. our economy works best when everyone has a skill, like shipbuilding. that's why i created career and technical academies across virginia and passed a law to expand job training for young people. i'm tim kaine, and i approve th

one of those guys, jamie o'brien. s bud ties.on the regular youtube channel. they're those very popular surf spots. the conditions here on this day, not the best but they're great because there's nobody around them. they got this wave to themselves and they're enjoying it. they're having all kinds of fun with kayaks, suffering kayaks. >> this is the biggest surfing kayaks, i could do that. >> he's got this camera rigged on his surfboard, it provides that third-person perspective. it's not all fun and games, though. you can get hurt, as we know. >> oh, ouch, that was a pretty solid indicate. >> in skateboarding it's called road wash. suffer boarding it's called -- this time they're going to attempt to waterski the waves. >> cool. >> they have a couple good runs with that until they connect with the cameraman. >> ow. >> he did. >> it's okay. small collision, it's part of the job. all of these episodes are a lot of fun to watch. >>> he's on a secret mission to make the ultimate mixed tape by. >> recording stranger's conversations. >

tim o'brien's been through it. geoff bennett, what are we expecting to see from the white house? is this a lot of bluster or are these things happening behind the scenes? >> you know what's remarkable about listening to that? the president just the last hour on air force one said, yeah, i think we should change and strengthen our libel laws. it's fairly remarkable, those two things taken side by side. i would just say we have seen the president really crib messaging from lawmakers. so we heard what senator graham said in the halls of the capitol. expect the president to say something similar. i make that point because it was a couple of days ago, yesterday in fact, where we heard rand paul say this is an issue of national security. it's national security. if this person that wrote this op-ed shared with reporters intelligence secrets, this is a dangerous thing. just today the president said it's national security. it's national security. when pressed for details, he didn't offer them. >> and in terms of national security, what in that op-ed specifically was a problem for national

the bbc‘s jane o'brien reporting from washington. he is lying in state.pecies of wildlife to grace our countryside — and yet it's almost entirely restricted to remote parts of scotland. scientists have now unlocked the complete genetic code of this important predator, which should help both to protect the eagle, and expand its numbers. here's our science correspondent, victoria gill. a golden eaglet, hidden safely away in its mountain nest, making it a perilousjob to take a dna sample. but a tiny amount of dna is all scientists need to map the genetic code of this great bird of prey. within that code researchers will find clues about the food and habitat they rely on, so that havens for these threatened birds can be found and protected. and where populations are in severe decline, genetic matchmaking could give eagles a better chance to thrive. this is a dna storage freezer. the same institute that helped sequence the first human genome 15 years ago has now decoded the eagles' biological secrets. this allows us to really understand a huge amount about its

growth will be less than half the global average even if a smooth transition is agreed o'brien reports at one point in the news conference christine legarde described herself as a desperate optimist but delivering the i.m.s. latest assessment of the u.k. economy her turn was repeatedly downbeat about britain post rex it so whatever the deal is will not be as good as it is at the moment and asked about the seemingly growing prospect of britain crashing out without a break to deal now clearly we've got worse to happen our assessment is that it would have very dear economy consequences it would be a shock to supply. and it would inevitably have a series of consequences in terms of. reduced growth going forward. increased deficit most likely depreciation of the currency and. you know in reasonably short order mean a reduction of the size of the u.k. economy the bracket deadlines are approaching fast for britain to depart the european union in an orderly manner next march they really need to agree the e.u. divorce bill by the end of this year and a u. leaders are braced for an emergency sum

julie o'brien whose daughter goes to school with margaret has another telling story about brett. a few years ago julie's husband passed away. with no one to accompany her daughter to the annual father-daughter dance, brett stepped up. that year and every year since brett has taken her daughter alongside his own to the dance. it's kind of person he is. that's the brett cakavanaugh i know. i'm proud to introduce bret kavanaugh to this committee. i know these are partisan times here if washington. but this is an extraordinary nominee in every respect. based on his record, his qualifications, and his character, i believe he deserves broad support. my hope, mr. chairman, is that as was the case with the other justices nominated by president obama this committee will report his nomination favorably and the full senate will confirm him with a strong bipartisan vote that he deserves. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, my colleague. miss lisa blatt. >> thank you, mr. chairman and committee members. it is a privilege to appear before you today. my name is lisa blatt. i know judge kavan

we welcome you o'brien murray. murray --e murray. >> i think it's slim to none for them, they have to defend a number of seats where the president ran well, and i think that's what makes the big difference here. it's a challenge when you have the third of this -- a third of the senate up every disco years, and there was a big swing that the democrats -- every two years, and there was a big swing democrats pick up. and now they have to dissent -- defend them. what about marsha blackburn in tennessee, that seems to be a harder contest than people thought? >> at the start of the campaign there was a lot of question about who would be the nominee, at one point the senator thought about running again which slowed the momentum. you could see in that campaign going forward she will be in fine shape for november. david: and we have to talk about arizona, there was a nasty fight. you had a primary and john mccain's death, with senator mccain's death, much of the governor toby the take mccain's place. i think that overshadow

his party members want jeremy corbyn has come under intense pressure to support a new national vote o'brien reports now from the labor party conference in liverpool. brix it has been allocated a time slot of just two and a half hours of labour's annual conference but it's dominating all the other issues here in interviews labor leader jeremy corbyn continues to stress his preference for a good deal with europe not necessarily with the u.k. still inside the e.u. but if his general election were in office we would go straight to the negotiating table because we want to protect jobs and industries in this country we want to ensure there is a good effective trade relationship with europe in the future. i i will than five thousand pro e.u. demonstrators marched through liverpool on sunday calling for a people's vote in other words a second bricks and referendum on whatever deal emerges from the ongoing u.k.p. unico see asians and they want the option of stopping breck's it altogether once we know what the deal is a box on offer i think people are entitled to have a say as to whether they have ac

history could tim o'brien is a bloomberg opinion columnists.avid investmentan capital president. he is looking for investment opportunities. an update on where puerto rico stands today compared to a year ago. certainly in san juan, it is much better than it was when i was down here a year ago. lights are working. banks are open. businesses are operating again. tourism has come back a little bit. but when you get outside of san juan, there are still problems with roadways and still a lot of ,owns with devastating housing and the electricity grid here did not get fully restored until about a month ago. on the other hand, for our bloomberg viewers, the government has made some the last month and restructuring or attempting to restructure about $74 billion in debt it owes to investors. that is likely to involve a haircut on different portions of that debt in varying ranges. the country is putting that debt agreement to the courts in october, and we will see where that lands. some of the big investors and a hedget is bob post, fund that has been inv

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joining us timothy o'brien, and executive editor for bloomberg opinion.ise was this? and the encounter we saw there, with the elevator with those two women the republicans thought they had basically this done. it was going to be in the hands of mcconnell. today on it, and the president was very confident about it. they were moving forward in that direction, but it was flay, as we know, who put the brakes on the entire thing. he was standing in this hallway. the republicans saying to him, you shouldn't do this. the democrats saying, like, like you want this process to have some credible, so you said allot this to go forward to clear his name. you write that they squeezed into an oversigh phone booth, and he gave them a sense, probably got to give this thing a week. a high le contentious issues the and they couldn't get him on the phone, so they ended up speaking to rosenstein. because of length of the testimony, but at the same time it could take about a week to look into this. flates believe this would give process to a cover to some of the republicans to