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that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports."ow here's stephanie for "velshi and ruehl." >> thank you very much. there's a lot of news to cover. good afternoon. i'm stephanie ruhle. my partner ali velshi on assignment. it is tuesday, october 9th. let's get smarter. >> at the end of the year, nikki will be leaving. we'll miss you. we'll be speaking all the tile. b we'll be speaking all the time. but we will miss you. thank you very much. >> look at what happened in the past two years on foreign policy. now the u.s. is respected. it's a great day in the united states. i'm proud to have been part of the team. now i don't have anything set on where i'm going to go. for all of you that are going to ask about 2020. now, i'm not running for 2020. i can tell you what i'll be doing

>>> and good day, everyone, i'm andrea mitchell in washington, secretary of state mike pompeo on his way to saudi arabia on a surprise trip hoping to meet with king bin salman. the journalist widely believed to have been killed by king salman. >> i just spoke to the king of saudi arabia, who denies any knowledge of what took place with regard to, as he says, his saudi arabian citizen. i have asked and he firmly denies that. i have asked the secretary of state mike pompeo to immediately get on a plane and go to saudi arabia, go to other places if necessary. the king told me that turkey and saudi arabia are working hand in hand very closely on getting to the bottom of what happened. >> it had been nearly two weeks

this hour of "msnbc live" and "andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >>> tortured and murdered and gruesome details of what happened to american-based saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. they say they have video to prove that he was killed inside of the consulate. >> they say that he was killed by saudiing agents who arrived d on two chartered planes and left the consulate in a convoy with a black van that may have been carrying his body cut into pieces. >>> and coming up, more breaking news from turkey as an american pastor is released after two years in prison. >> and deadly storm and more death and destruction in virginia as hurricane michael moves off of the atlantic coast, and while in florida, an entire coastline is being swept away. >> we thought that it was a cat 4 with a direct hit, it never would have stayed. >> we have no communication about the outside world and nobody knows about me. >> and how long will it take to

i'm andrea mitchell in new york, and republican and democratic senators sharply divided over the results of the five-day supplemental background check into brett kavanaugh with the democrats complaining bitterly that the white house did not let the fbi do their job even as mitch mcconnell has scheduled the first critical vote tomorrow. and the democrats are hoping to peel off two or three of the undecided republicans, lisa murkowski, jeff flake or susan collins now seems bleak. senator collins moments ago call calling the investigation thorough, and senator flake saying that he found no additional corroborating information. a source briefed on the fbi probe says that nine people were interviewed and not including kavanaugh or ford, and nor did they interview 40 others who tried to con kocontact the fbi relevant information. and president trump briefed by the fbi is calling all of the

msnbc's andrea mitchell tried to go even further attempting to play not only the president, but his supporters, for the horrific shooting in pittsburgh. that was until a congregate at the tree of life synagogue shut her down. >> is not just our political leaders, because we see thousands of people at rallies starting in 2016 and straight through to this weekend for chairing hateful speech. >> i really can't think of anything less helpful than to be politicizing this. this man hated jews, he actually hated trump as it happens. some people are trying to discourage donald trump from coming to pittsburgh. he should come. >> laura: the president is going to pittsburgh tomorrow with the first lady to pay his respects to the families of the tree of life synagogue and to comfort the grieving, which is only the right thing to do. the very idea that the president

>>> good day, i'm chris jansing in for andrea mitchell on a day of political power players emphasizing the stakes and setting the tone really with candidates from both parties. this week is looking like the trail you're actually used to seeing days before a presidential election. because you've got trump, obama, biden, all in critical battleground states, often the same ones, and all on the same mission, send a message that will resonate with the voters, enough to get them off their couches and out to the polls. we have our team of reporters. good to see all of you, the president's tweet this morning said it all, big night in texas, they have moved to a bigger venue, the lines in houston have been around the block since sunday afternoon, and the president's campaign blitz will put him on stage with the man he

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that's going to do it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." remember to follow the show online on facebook, on twiter. ali velshi is here. >> thank you, friend. good afternoon. i'm ali velshi. stephanie ruhle is on assignment. it's thursday, october 25th. let's get smarter. >> today, three more explosive devices have been discovered. the total more at ten. >> two in delaware, both addressed to former vice president joe biden. >> the device was found earlier this morning in the restaurant or the offices that are owned by robert de niro. >> two packages to biden. this is the package you're looking for. you can see package due on it, i guess 75 cents, that's why it wasn't delivered. >> it all appears to be from the same sender. >> are there more devices out there to your knowledge? do you expect we may hear more about that? >> to my knowledge, no, do i expect we will hear more, yes. i actually fear, now, that we're feeding the beast. this is getting such a

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >>> that's a wonderful story, and right now on andrea mitchell reports, tree of life, a pittsburgh synagogue vowing to carry on after 11 members are gunned down inside the temple. with the rabbi calling for america's leaders to stop the words of hate. >> am i really experiencing this? is this just some horrific nightmare and i'm going to wake up? there is hate and it isn't going away, it just seems to be getting worse. >> back on the attack, president trump, blaming the media today in the wake of the mass shooting. and after last week's mail bombs, after barely dialing back his usual rhetoric on the trail. >> and if you don't mind, i'm going to tone it down just a little bit, is that okay? no. okay. >> and youth group, a new poll shows young people are more engaged in this year's election than ever before in a midterm, will they vote? many say this time is different. >> we're losing decency in the political system, we need to come to an understanding, that as long as anyone has a different view from you, they don't hate this country. ing. >>> a r

i'm andrea mitchell in washington. a shocking new report revealing horrific details about what may have happened to washington post columnist jamal khashoggi, and the turkish government has told the u.s. officials they that have audio and video of what happened inside of the ko consulate. one said that you can hear how he was interrogated and tortured and then murdered. and then it shows that a security team detained him last week when he went into the consulate to get paperwork to marry his fiancee. and after pressure, turkey releasing american pastor brunson under house arrest clear clearing the way for him to come home. joining us for more on this is msnbc's correspondent richard engel and anne guerin reporting on this from the "washington post" team, and also, ned price, former cia analyst, and the former cia national security analyst, and msnbc analyst. and is so a number of titles there, and lot to talk about. and richard, what do you know about this situation right now, and how much we can trust turkey's reporti

and right now, it is andrea mitchell. >> craig, you were so fun. >>> and now, experts in both parties including kellyanne conway's husband says he cant not reverse the constitution by executive order. >> the values transcend these kinds of the incivil moments and look to the founders and the values and not in really horrible, horrible way of>> a b? the republican leaders sprit with controversial steve king over his support for white supremists, including his or thele c-- including saying that his for the ctoor the -- historo republican party would be nazis. >>> and also, this -- >> you can board a flight through the tsa and yet, you can't get into the polling precinct down the road from you. >> and goodday, i'm andrea where president trump's closing argument is an all-out anti-immigration message and the six-stop campaign blitz. first, the caravan which is still 1,000 mile s away from th u.s., and twitter barrage of the thugs and gang members in the destitute group of travelers. and then pivoting to another controversial issue where he is vowing to sidestep congress to the ban birthri

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. >> reporter: this is andrea mitchell. as america's top diplomat on an emergency mission to find out what happened to jamal khashoggi, again, gets denials from the aging saudi king and the real power behind the throne, his son, the crown prince. >> thank you for hosting me. >> reporter: then the crown prince with mike pompeo calls president trump who tweets, just spoke with the crown prince of saudi arabia who totally denied any ha consulate and said he's already started a full and complete investigation. the president telling fox business -- >> it depends whether or not the king or the cr happened. but whether or not they knew about it. if they knew about it, that would be bad. >> reporter: but some white house allies believe the crown prince had to be involved. >> i believe that this was orchestrated at the highest levels of the government, and he's the one pulling the strings right now. >> reporter: the president criticizing the condemnation of saudi arabia, telling the ap, here we go again with your guilty until proven

on "andrea mitchell reports "i "and the wild west. president trump is blazing a new trail for the gop 18 days ahead of the midterms. >> this will be an election of kavanaug kavanaugh, the caravan, law and order and common sense. the choice could not be more clear. democrats produce mobs. republicans produce jobs. >> smear campaign and conservative commentators raising questions about jamal khashoggi's past as the president seems to confirm that the journalist's death for the very first time. >> it certainly looks that way to me. it is very sad. it certain ly looks that way. >> and solo act, outgoing u.n. ambassador nikki haley stepping outside of his shadow and gets rave reviews at a charity dinner in new york. >> i get it. you wanted an indian woman, but elizabeth warren failed her dna te test. actually, when the president found out that i was indian american he asked me if i was from the same tribe as elizabeth r warren. >>> and very good friday to grow. i'm kristen welker in for andrea. the president is on day two of oohis campaign

our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has the late details. >> reporter: president trump, after calling the saudi king today, seeming to buy his explanation that if "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi was killed inside the saudi consulate in turkey, the hit men were rogue killers not working for the regime. >> the king firmly denied any knowledge of it. he didn't really know, maybe -- i don't want sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue th reporter: but it the saudis let turkish police inside, hours after a cleaning crew entered. and tonight, the saudi leaders are discussing a plan to admit that khashoggi was killed after entering the consulate. three people with knowledge of the situation tell nbc news. one says during an interrogation went wrong. the president called it so far just a rumor. he's sending secretary of state mike pompeo to saudi arabia to get answers. despite the king's denials today, experts say nothing would happen at a saudi consulate that his son, the powerful crown prince, did not order. >> it would been conceivable that suc

andrea mitchell is now joining us. again, andrea, have you heard anything new related to the reasons for why nikki haley is leaving. she says it's because she wanted a break. one doesn't know whether or not there would be some future opening in south carolina for a senator, for instance, if lindsey graham moves up in the cabinet. so there could be a lot of other things involved as well. >> andrea, can you talk more about the replacement when you joined us a couple of minutes ago? who could you see as picking up the mantel? >> that could be trickier. you have a much more powerful one now. it's obviously a critical post, but not as important when you have foreign policy directed so much out of the white house that the u.n. ambassador becomes sort of an offshoot doing the diplomatic work at a multi-lateral organization that the president does not believe in so strongly. so it's a have interesting issue as to who would fill that vacancy. there are a lot of people who mietz want to have that kind of exposure, certainly in ne

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andrea mitchell, nbc news. >> reporter: this is hallie jackson at the white house.prevent another pittsburgh, president trump's floating an idea he's brought up before -- more guns in the hands of good guys to stop a bad guy. >> if there was an armed guard inside the temple, they would have been able to stop him. maybe there would have been nobody killed, except for him, frankly. >> reporter: still, the president says he hates to think of filling places of worship with armed guards. on that, he finds common ground with local faith leaders. >> if we were to simply arm more of us, if that were the solution, simply misunderstands the responsibility each of us has, and the president in particular to lead us in the direction of peaceful co-existence. >> reporter: while the national conversation centers more around toxic political rhetoric than guns, gun control has become an animating issue in some midterm races, like in georgia. democratic candidate lucy mcbath talks openly about the death of her son, killed by a man complaining about loud rap music in his car. >> when

andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead, fears a mysterious illness causing paralysis in children may be spreading. >>> also, an alleged plot to bomb washington on election day foiled by the fbi. >>> plus, the potentially devastating news for an iconic american retailer. we'll be right back. >>> next tonight, new fears in a mysterious disease spreading in the u.s. and causing partial paralysis in children in at least 16 states. with no known cure, it has doctors baffled. nbc's miguel almaguer has the latest. >> reporter:in cigcago say 2-year-old julia pain has acute flaccid myelitis or afm. the rare polio-like disease on the rise. her mother thought she had a cold. >> i took her to the e.r. because she couldn't hold her head up and couldn't use her right arm. >> reporter: doctors believe afm that can cause partial paralysis is linked to viruses but no known cure. hand washing the best protection. the cdc confirming at least 38 infections in 16 states. now investigating even more including a new cluster in illinois. >> we started to see clusters of it back in 2014 and i

here's nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: in echoes of the cold war, president trump says he'll tear up a historic missile treaty with russia because of russia treating, freeing both sides to start building new weapons. >> russia has not adhered to the agreement. this should have been done years ago. until people come to their senses, we have more money than anybody else by far, we'll build it up. >> reporter: that message deliver in moscow by national security advisor john bolton who also told the russians he does not think their meddling in the 2016 election had any real effect. getting out of the nuclear treaty is a huge decision. signed by ronald ragan and mikhail gorbachev more than 30 years ago, the treaty banned thousands of short and medium range missiles, then largely deployed in europe. >> we have made history. >> reporter: but experts warn the president is triggering a dangerous arm's race favoring russia. >> the russians will win the political game here, and they will also have a military advantage inside europe. >> reporter: a race that could also cost billions. andrea m

. >> this is andrea mitchell in washington. the question tonight, can the president's relationship with saudi arabia survive repercussions if jamal khashoggi was murdeder? from the start president trump single out saudi arabia for special treatment, going there and son-in-law jared kushner betting that the young saudi crown prince to deliver middle east peace and pay the u.s. billions for weapons. >> if we don't sell it to them, they'll say, well, thank you very much. we'll bring it from russia. >> reporter: the business connection goes back decades. in 1991, when donald trump owed $900 million on failing casinos a saudi prince bought the $20 million yacht and later a stake in the plaza hotel. >> saudi arabia and i get along great with all of them. they spent $40 million, $50 million. >> reporter: since he is president, the saudis spend at trump properties. khashoggi let british billionaire branson to suspend his projects with saudi arabia. and others to boycott the crown prince's investment conference this month. congress is d

. >> he's going to have a full report -- >> reporter: this is andrea mitchell, with critics saying president trump is not doing enough to challenge saudi denials about jamal khashoggi's presumed death. the president was asked if he's protecting his saudi allies. >> okay. >> -- giving cover to the saudis? >> no, not at all, no. i just want to find out what's happening. i'm not giving cover at all. with that being said, saudi arabia's been a very important ally of ours in the middle east. >> reporter: but with mounting evidence suggesting saudi involvement, how seriously is the white house pressing them? secretary of state mike pompeo all smiles with the crown prince in riyadh, saying they'll investigate themselves. >> told me they were going to conduct a thorough, complete, transparent investigation. >> reporter: and later meeting president erdogan in turkey, but aides say not hearing that alleged graphic auto tape turkish officials say recorded khashoggi's murder. >> i'm not sure yet that it exists. probably does, possibly does. that's going to be the first question i ask. >> reporter: what

and "andrea mitchell" reports starts right now. >>> and starting right now, roaring ashore is hurricane michael growing in size and strength and whipping up the historic storm surge toward the florida panhandle. the officials are warning that the damage could be catastrophic and making some areas uninhabitable for i days and weeks. >>> next steps with the ambassador nikki haley heading for the exhibits, the questions swirl about who might replace her and her own political future. >>> and the growing crisis and outrage after an american-based journalist is going missing at the saudi embassy in istanbul. and will the saudis confront one of the closest persian allies? i'm andrea mitchell. >>> and now, hurricane michael is unleashing fury on the coast, and we could see the landfall this hour of the hurricane. and it is a urgent problem for the panhandle inhabitants who have not evacuated will be facinging storm surge of up to 18 feet, and causing power outages and damage that these communities have never seen. >> okay. michael is a deadly category 4 storm. this is the worst storm that the f

andrea mitchell, nbc news. >>> we're just 12 days left until t midterm elections. democrats and republicans are battling it out over health care, making claims about who's really working to protecteople with pre-existing conditions. here's peter alexander with more. >> reporter: president trump touting his administration's progress against the opioid. epidem >> seized more than 2.8 million pounds of illicit and deadly drugs. >> reporter: the rate of s overdose deaeginning to slow down. but it's another health care claim for the president under rutiny. tweeting republicans will totally protect people with pre-existing conditions. a line he's repeated in recent days. >> republicans will always protect americans with pre-existing conditions. we protect you. >> reporter: in fact, republicans and the trump adminiration are aggressively trying to undercutca obamare that guarantees protections to ople with pre-existing conditions. u wouldn't know it from watching these republican candidates' ads. >> earlier this year we learned our oldest has a rare chronic disease. pre-e

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andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> protesters gathered at the white house today angry over ru the report the administration is ouonsidering a proposal that cld impact the rights of transgender americans.r ouief white house correspondent hallie jacksohas the controversy. >> reporter: demonstrators raising flags and voices after a new report says the trump administrati is considering narrowly defining nd geer as male or female based on genitals at birth. "the new york times" says it obtained the news has not seen describing the move as the most drastic yet to eliminate rights for transgender americans. e lgbtq advocates at came to protest today have a message for president trump, we will not be erased. if implemented, the new definition cou hit hardest in places protected by federal anti discrimination laws like schools. the first openly transgender appointee in the white house. >> this flies in the face of conventional wisdom and is really an attack on a small minority of people who just want to be respected and protected by the rule of law. >> reporter: durinmp aign, then cand

blasting the white house and president today, we get detail from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: just this week, another fiery speech attacking his favorite targets, democrats. >> democrat immigration policies allow poisonous drugs and ms-13 to pour into our country. >> reporr: going after hillary clinton and the media especially cnn. >> if you want the a fake news medito finally investigate, but if you want the fake news to finally investigate hillary clinton -- oc>> lk r heup! >> reporter: last week praising a republican congressman for attacking a reporter. >> any guy that can do a bodily slam, he's my candidate. >> reporter: while there are no answers yet on what led to today's incidents, president ump has the biggest megaphone and there are growing questions about how he is using it. cnn worldwide esident jeff zucker saying there is total and complete lack of understanding at the f white house their seriousness continued attacks on the media. words matter. anger spreading in all directions. a republican candidate in sacramento fighting off an anti trump knife attacker. >> he

nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has the latest in the case. >> reporter: president trump after calling the saudi king, seeming to buy his explanation, that if "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi was killed inside the saudi consulate in turkey, the hitmen were rogue killers, not working for the regime. >> the king firmly denied any knowledge of it. he didn't really know. maybe -- i don't want to get into his mind. but it sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers. who knows. >> reporter: but it was only 13 days after khashoggi disappeared there that the saudis let turkish police inside, hours after a cleaning crew entered. and the saudi leaders are discussing a plan to admit that khashoggi was killed after entering the consulate. three people with knowledge of the situation tell nbc news. one says during an interrogation that went wrong. asked than the president called it so far just a rumor. he is sending secretary of state mike pompeo to saudi arabia to get answers. despite the king's denials, experts say nothing would happen at a saudi co

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"andrea mitchell reports." >> thank you. craig melvin, what a historic day. i am across from the capitol as we continue the breaking historical day here. the nomination of brett kavanaugh resting in the hands of three senators unless the others switch positions in the next 28 hours. the drama today, the west virginia democrat joe manchin, and retiring republican jeff flake, and more on him in a moment, and susan collins to help kavanaugh's nomination clear a procedural hurdle on the floor after alaska's lisa murkowski say has she is a no vote after stopping that nomination from going further. she said she made that decision on the way to the floor. senator collins is going to be deciding her decision aye or nay this afternoon. and kcollins and murkowski are famously independent of the party labels when they both broke ranks to vote down obama care. and president trump is quiett today saying that the support of the procedural vote in the last hour. to break it down and the fast-moving developments, we have capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt, and peter alexa

we'll get the story from andrea mitchell when we're right back. s >>> as you may have heard today, president trump is responding to this new report on foreign governments eavesdropping on calls made from his iphone. the original headline in "the new york times" certainly got our attention last night, and we quote. when trump phones friends, the chinese and the russians listen and learn. after that, the president picked up his phone and pushed back on twitter, writing, he rarely uses a cell phone. but as many were quick to note, the tweet itself said it was sent from an iphone. it's also hard to tweet from a land line. a further look at the story tonight from our own andrea mitchell. >> reporter: a president who is never far from his phones, tweeting constantly and calling friends from a personal phone not secured by the government. could foreign spies be listening in? tonight u.s. officials tell nbc news they have been concerned for months that president trump has been discussing sensitive information on his nonsecure iphone with people like sean

a further look at the story tonight from our own andrea mitchell. >> reporter: a president who is never far from his phones, tweeting constantly and calling friends from a personal phone not secured by the government. could foreign spies be listening in? tonight u.s. officials tell nbc news they have been concerned for months that president trump has been discussing sensitive information on his nonsecure iphone with people like sean hannity of fox news, and now "the new york times" reports the chinese and russians are routinely eavesdropping. nbc news has not confirmed aspects of "the new york times" report. according to the times, the president also calls fellow billionaires like steven schwartz man, and steve wynn, big campaign contributors with major holdings in china and contacts with china's government. as a candidate, mr. trump regularly attacked hillary clinton for e-mailing on a private server. >> her server is easily hacked by foreign governments, perhaps even by her financial backers in communist china. >> president obama reluctantly gave up his beloved blackberry when he took

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andrea mitchell, what did you hear?i heard congress is going to take action when they prove this. they will prove it, whether they claim it was an accident, a misguided kidnapping attempt. kidnapping rendition is also violence, taking someone. if we had intelligence, it's unclear from my reporting when we had intelligence. it may have been realtime or afterwards or after the fact. but there probably should have been a warning if we had anyway of stopping it. in any case, there will be action from congress. the president's hand is going to be forced. they've already in the foreign relations committee gone with the mag nits ski letter saying you are under an affirmative requirement, legal requirement to investigate this which the administration did not want to do, investigated with a time limit and sanctions are coming. this is going to be sanctions against -- they've got leverage, the saudis, oil, the markets, this is a big foreign policy crisis. we are in a war with them in yemen. >> with them. helping support them. >>

this is veteran nbc reporter andrea mitchell who host a show called andrea mitchell reports. >> this is a man who is really enjoying being president. you can see it. >> he's enjoying being the president that he has created. >> it doesn't mean doing briefings, readings are hard things. >> nothing hard? not so much she reports. let's bring in tonight guests. executive editor of national review and author of melting pot or civil war. making the case of open borders. a fox news contributor tommy lauren. the reason i wanted to put that clip there was tamia captured something so profound about the establishment in their view president trump. they literally care does he read their briefings, not the actual accomplishments. >> they don't like that his style is different. his style gets things done. you might not like his style or his tweets, but you cannot argue with the results. they hate the results because it makes them look bad makes it out for the democrats in november. we love his style and love to see things getting done. >> steve: were both policy people in a way. if you look at the

andrea mitchell, chief news affairs correspondent, also hosts the news every day on this network. and for good measure, jeremy bash, former chief of staffer at the cia and the pentagon. good evening and welcome to you all. andrea, you get to go first. this is your beat. why now and what does this say about nikki haley and the trump administration? >> well, ashley parker didn't win those pulitzers for nothing. they're exactly right, i think, that she has a diminished role right now because she has a very strong, very effective secretary of state in mike pompeo who is very close to the president. rex tillerson was none of those things. and you have john bolton who hates the united nations, is very strong and with a very strong deputy. she was having less ability to exert her influence. and this is perfect timing. this is nikki haley, i think, choosing the exact right moment to have her day in the sun. how many people have left this administration on good terms with the president, even though she has, in the past, disagreed with him on some issues? you pointed out russia. and sitting

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >>> that's a wonderful story, and right now on andrea mitchellof life, a pittsburgh synagogue vowing to carry on after 11 members are gunned down inside the temple. with the rabbi calling for america's leaders to stop the words of hate. >> am i really experiencing this? is this just some horrific

and that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." i'll be there presenting three films and here's steve kornacki in for "velshi & ruhle." >> good afternoon, everyone. it is monday, october 8th. let's get started. >> i thought the way they behaved was absolutely atrocious. i thought that the way they conducted themselves, the way they dealt with a high level, brilliant, going to be a great justice of the supreme court, the way they really tortured him and his family i thought it was a disgrace. i thought it was one of the most disgraceful performances i have ever seen. i've been hearing that, that now they're thinking about impeaching a brilliant jurist, a man that did nothing wrong, a man that was caught up in a hoax,