poison we most often think of the danger to american consumers we think of foreign grown food senator leahy was the first elected official off to president carter who tried to stop the second poison by introducing three bills in one thousand nine hundred. twelve when i first introduced it we have a lot of pushback in it i lobbyists in the senate we had the people in the senate who realized that is important to stop this. poison and we passed. it once and got to the house of representatives was his frame to work law and order. and they were able to stop it from being in the final we tried to work on saturdays weekends everything else. on the bill but could not get that part through. there are very powerful interests and make a lot of money i sign things that are contaminated and the fact that we might be able to make money and create a few jobs here and poison people in other countries where there's a bet as best us or lead paint is something we shouldn't do that. it's rumor you just send. your the lead up that allows all your members to be able to say i fully agree with you or i got what yo

five days after pat leahy asked that question, this letter has surfaced, five days. that is why mitch mcconnell wanted the vote last week. that is why mitch mcconnell wanted the vote yesterday. that is why mitch mcconnell wants the vote as fast as possible because every single day something new comes out that shows brett kavanaugh was not telling the truth in the senate judiciary committee and was provably not telling the truth about his own drinking. and when he was in high school, bart kavanaugh was not so reluctant to describe his drinking, not as reluctant as he was under oath in front of the senate judiciary committee because right under bart's signature in that handwritten letter is a p.s., and in that p.s. he says, it would be a good idea to, quote, warn the neighbors that we're loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers among us. bart kavanaugh could have said under oath last week that when he was in high school, oh, yeah, by the way, they called me bart and i was a loud obnoxious drunk. but never raped anyone. most loud obnoxious drunks never rape anyone. w

would have been, i think, far better for him, if he had done that to dick durbin or done that to pat leahy or done that to a man. no. wasn't a good look, especially since amy klobuchar had shown, i think, about as much deference as any senator showed on either side to brett kavanaugh and dr. ford. so bob costa, where do we stand after all of this, the fbi investigation runs its course, if everybody stays in their box and if mark judge comes back and repeats the same things, if dr. ford's long time friend says i believe her but i wasn't there, do we -- murkowski and collins and flake, do they say well i checked that box, the fbi investigation, now i can support kavanaugh and go back to my voters and tell them that i represented them. >> there are two challenges now facing judge kavanaugh as he deals with those sort of questions about can some of the senators come from no to yes. it's not only about the fbi investigation and the process about that. now you have to pay attention this, democrats raising the question of possible perjury and asking the question did judge kavanaugh potentially co

senator leahy, senator handers. i've not heard from you. you have not committed. if the secretaries of the air force called on you and if you were fortunate to be elected in november, and the secretary of the air force called on you make a decision, are you going base it in vermont or not? i have eight other states that are interested in this and want it in their communities and are beating down the door because that's happened to me just a few months ago and i had to answer, yes, absolutely we wanted hire. >> understand, i've met with groups and looked at the data. there's something is question. i certainly would be -- assertsly deserve -- think it deserves a deep identified especially the f-35 program has been grounded. i never said i wouldn't support it. and i'm not saying i will support it. i'm saying i have some questions. assertsly -- if elected governor i will ask the questions and make sure i feel comfortable that the dat day looked at is answered with some good, qualitative answers. i'm not second-guessing anybody. i trust our -- i think the world of pat

senator leahy is the nicest guy that ever walked the earth. he's called him a liar before we even got to the sexual abuse or the drinking. >> senator boxer, i want to ask you this. people can say, well, democrats oppose this nomination for substantive reasons before he even said anything under oath because of brett kavanaugh's jurisprudence and how they think he'll rule. is his behavior in how he was -- before the committee on thursday and before that to you, distinct from other nominees that you have seen that you might have opposed for substantive reasons? >> i have never in my life ever seen a witness, let alone someone up for a judgeship or the supreme court, act in this way. the belligerence, the anger, the interrupting of my former colleagues in the most nasty way, the kind of entitlement, how dare you ask me these questions. it was horrible. and i think you know that for many years i headed the senate ethics committee or i was vice chair. if a united states senator ever acted that way at a hearing, so out of control, and if there was ev

and he was asked about that by pat leahy. listen. >> i'm trying to get a straight answer from you under oath. are you bart o'kavanaugh that he's referring to? >> you would have to ask him. >> i've heard conservatives say that's not the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> are you the fictional character that's based upon you? i don't know. this is the change that i react to. it's not the me too moment, which i have embraced in various ways along the way but the shift to the standard for supreme court justice is to prove that he was not at a party of unknown location, unknown date and questionable guest list 35 years ago, a standard to which none of us should be held, none of us could meet and i think it will endanger many good people in the future. >> what is the standard you're talking about? the party? >> proving a negative from 35 years ago and having your high school shenanigans piled on as evidence of the negative that you are unable to prove. i think it's an unfair standard for democrat, republican, man

chairman: senator leahy? withor leahy: i agree that, and i hope we passed this out, even though we are close to election time, i hope they put it on the floor and it passes wille soon, the house prevent it, and when it comes back, they will also pass it and be signed into law. mr. chairman: since there doesn't seem to be any other amendments or speakers, those in favor of 2785, say aye. those opposed say no. the aye's appeared to have it. the bill will be reporting to the floor. s-3178.ing up i offered a manager's amendment in the nature of a substitute that clarifies the elements of the offense. i would also like to be listed as a cosponsor of this bill, without objection, i will be listed. the manager's amendment is adopted without objection. i now turn to senator harris. just addarris: can i quickly i would like to be added? mr. chairman: senator feinstein and senator cornyn will be added. senator cruz also. senator graham -- wait a minute. cruz,e got hatch, graham, and cornyn, and feinstein, and tell us t

senator leahy, good to see you, as always.fbi investigation is able to go? do you have concern still that they are being hamstrung by what the white house is telling them to do? >> well, you hear two different things from the white house, and so a number of us sent a letter down there saying don't hamstring them at all. you know, you have four issues here. four significant ones whose credibility is at stake. obviously, judge kavanaugh's credibility is at stake. the credibility of the united states supreme court is at stake. that of the fbi. and that of the u.s. senate. so frankly, as a member of one of those four, i'd like to see it done right. done thoroughly. i was a prosecutor. i want to see it all done. you know, i was in vermont this weekend. when i heard on the street from everybody, republicans and democrats, if they have got nothing to hide, why are they in such a rush? >> so right now i hear a lot of democrats talking about how much kavanaugh drank and whether he was misleading in front of the senate judiciary committ

i was working with senator leahy to get the money released. that was left over hanging chad money from 2002 stimulus the remaining portion of the three-point line alien dollars where it ended out back in 2002. so this is money that we knew had heard he approved. they needed to be appropriated. many of theee secretaries were pushing the congressional delegation to try topul move ous quickly as possible. obviously most of us didn't receive our money until june and we have been focused on things we can do. for instance, many states including my own have put in education for anyone that accesses our system. we also have added a new acceptable voting system. we've done a penetration test in which we came out with a very good report that said we were immature welcome system. so those are things we've been doing with it and we hope to use some of that money going forward to purchase new tabulators in the future. probably for 2020 or 2022. >> we mentioned her work as association of secretaries of state. do you know at this point how many different vot

senator leahy is not here any longer.say. it's not a huge news development. the border patrol said they were all right. it's a testament to what is happening. they say being assaulted by rocks and other forms of aggression in the mexican side, particularly those turned across the river was a fairly uncommon thing years ago. now it is far, far too common. stuart: waiting to hear what the senator has to say. griff jenkins, thank you, sir. braking is more of it. reports out of florida at the congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz has been evacuated after a suspicious package was found or that's according to local media in florida. we're also told according to local media in new york that a suspicious package was sent to new york governor andrew cuomo. this is of course in addition to one sent to cnn, the home of bill and hillary clinton in the office of barack obama. 12:45 eastern time the new york police department will hold a news conference on the suspicious packages at 12:45. moving on, the market coming back cover down

chief counsel for nominations for the ranking member of the senate judiciary committee for senator leahy 30 seconds we will be speaking with kimberle crenshaw and be looking at parallels between clarence thomas and brett kavanaugh. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: legendary blues guitarist otis rush who died saturday at the age of 84. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, ththe war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. our next guest argues that when senators questioned dr. blasey ford last week, they showed they had failed to learn from anita hill's 1991 testimony against clarence thomas. but first, i want to play some of the testimony from both confirmation hearings. president trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh testifying thursday before the senate judiciary committee that he did not sexually assault dr. thentine blasey ford, clarence thomas testifying he did not sexually harass hill. >> this whole to recover it has been a calculated and orchestrated clinical hit, revenge on b behalf of the clintons and millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups.

i'm the guy who is pushing for bill to be put on the 11th circuit, yet once again leahy on the floor states senate calls brett a liar when he's absolutely totally wrong. it's amazing to me that they are so sloppy and so callise. dana: he took exactly what he said on the senate floor. let me ask you looking ahead in the next suferl hours, president trump is at the white house and will be leave to go kansas in a little bit to go to rally there, he leaves with a second supreme court confirmation, significant accomplishment. another promise kept. tell me about the president's standing now going into the midterms in 2020? >> well, it would be strong, even stronger, it would be than it was several weeks ago when he looked like he was going to be defeated on this. success begets success. that's why we have seen modest increase in the president's polls, the higher he gets on favorable and unfavorable better for republicans on midterm elections and whatever next policy battle he intends to engage on. this has been very valuable for the president. he's had terrific assistance in the senate, he

leahy. mr. lee. mr. manchin. mr. marquee. ms. mccaskill. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. murkily. >> no. >> mr. moran. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. >> no. >> mrs. murray. >> no. >> mr. nelson. mr. paul. >> aye. >> mr. perdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> aye. >> mr. reed. mr. rich. >> aye. >> mr. roberts. >> aye. >> mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. >> aye. >> mr. sanders. mr. sasse. >> aye. >> mr. schatz. mr. schumer. mr. scott. >> aye. >> mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. >> no. >> ms. stabenow. >> no. >> mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. mr. thune. >> aye. >> mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udal. >> no. >> mr. van hollen. mr. warner. >> no. >> ms. warren. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, burasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, caputo, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, cruz, danes, enzi, earnest, fisher, flake, gardener, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovan, heightsmith, inhofe, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, lankford, mcc

mr leahy mr lee mr mansion.clerk will suspend the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant in arms will restore order in the gallery. arjen it arms will restore order in the gallery. clerk may continue mr markey we've been watching live pictures here from the u.s. senate this as a final vote is about to take place on the confirmation of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and of course it started with a roll call vote on cavanagh's nomination to the supreme court vote itself set to take place very shortly what you want of this alongside us political analyst bill schneider and bill we've been watching these remarkable scenes a very bitter political i'm public divisions playing out right that inside the senate says vice president might pence repeatedly tries to restore order but this vote is being delayed in interrupted by the cries and pleas of protest is that's right there's a huge protest hundreds of protesters showed up in the senate office building that probably had the effect of enc

leahy. mr. lee. mr. manchin. mr. markey. ms. mccaskill. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. >> no. >> mr. moran. ms. murkowski. r. murphy. ms. murray. mr. nelson. r. paul. mr. perdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. > mr. portman. mr. reid. mr. rich -- mr. reisch. mr. roberts. mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. shotts. mr. schumer. mr. scott. >> aye. >> ms. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udall. r. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> affirmative, alexander, barrasso, blunt, boozman, burr, capito, cassidy, collins, rker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, ruz, daines, insee, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, even, heitsmith, inhofe, isakson, kennedy, kyl, lankford, mcconnell, moran, ul, perdue, portman, reisch, berts, rounds, rubio, staff, cott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, and young. >> mr. manchin, aye. >> senators voting i

leahy. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. lee. >> aye. >> mr. manchin. >> aye. >> shame, shame, shame! >> the clerk will suspend. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. >> [yelling] >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. >> [yelling] >> clerk may continue. >> mr. markey. >> no. >> mrs. mccaskill. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. mcconnell. >> a aye. >> mr. menendez. >> no. >> mr. murkly. >> no. >> mr. moran. >> [ indiscernible ] >> ms. murkowski. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. murphy. mrs. murray. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. nelson. mr. paul. >> aye. >> mr. purdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> aye. >> mr. reid. >> no. >> mr. risch. >> aye. >> mr. roberts. >> aye. >> mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. >> aye. >> mr. sanders. >> no. >> mr. sass. >> aye. >> mr. shots. [ indiscernible ] mr. schumer. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. scott. >> aye. >> mrs. shaheen. >> no. >> mr. shelby. >> aye. >> ms. smith. [ indiscernible ] >> ms. stabenow. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr.

it doesn't pass the giggle test. ( laughter ) >> stephen: senator leahy, if your office is still makingple pass the giggle test, see h.r. immediately. ( laughter ) now, 42,000 pages does sound like a lot to read, but according to chuck grassley, it can be done. >> the majority staff began reviewing the documents as soon as they arrived, and has already completed its review. >> stephen: yes, and i believe their review went something like this: um, webster's defines "judge" as "one who sits in judgement." judge kavanaugh loves justice and has a long track record of... justice. he ruled. in. cases. in short, he truly was an old man and the sea. ( laughter ) we've got a great show for you tonight. john krasinski is here. nogustick arnd.urn, i'll be ( cheers and applause ) moving? that's harder now because of psoriatic arthritis. but you're still moved by moments like this. don't let psoriatic arthritis take them away. taltz reduces joint pain and stiffness and helps stop the progression of joint damage. for people with moderate to severe psoriasis, 90% saw significant improvement. taltz eve

and joining me now is democratic senator patrick leahy of vermont. thank you for being here. we appreciate it. senator leahy, your colleague jeff flake after reading the washington post article which said that there were some discredit of jamal khashoggi, and they said it is reprehensible, and do you agree with jeff flake? >> i agree with jeff flake, it is reprehensible, and it is amazing that i never thought as an american or united states senator that we would see our country trying to the justify murder. i was a prosecutor for eight years and i handled a lot of murder cases. when donald trump says that, well, we have to wait and see what the saudis might find. khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate, and that is the place where if you dropped a pencil on the floor, they would know it. he never comes out, and two weeks later, well, we are waiting for them to find out what happened. i will tell you what happened, he was murdered. he was murdered by the saudis, and he was murdered, because he stood up for the free press, and murdered, because he disagreed with him. and let'

he has not been honest with the judiciary committee when it comes to the stolen memos from senator leahy. he's not been honest about his role in some of the judicial nominations. he's in my opinion not been honest about roe v. wade so honesty was already on the table and this just buttresses that. when you add sexual assaults, i think the third sexual assault is thought credible and should go away. >> why do you say that? >> i hesitate to say it because i'm afraid michael avenatti might come after me. but i looked at my first sex crime in 1985. i looked at hundreds of them. this is not a prosecutable case. the story has changed. she's not even clear -- the original statement was he was involved in this train and then maybe he hasn't or maybe i've surmised it. that just didn't make any sense to me. the language is language really picked up from television on some level, the manner in which he was a mean drunk. the statements that he had such a remarkable face that she remembered it. he looked like every single guy that i ever went to high school with with the exact same haircut. when you'

senator leahy is a great amateur photographer. maybe he was showing that up.ack for more m tr"m daily" and "meet the press" on sunday. >> thank you very much the votes are in. republicans holding their ranks to elevate the most controversial supreme court nominee in at least a generation. 50 republicans and one senator of backing brett kavanaugh. we will bring you that story and important news out of chicago where an officer was convicted of murdering 17-year-old mcdonald. plus a fall back friday we all may need. we encourage to you stay with us for the hour we have planned. we begin with this action on the senate floor. self declared moderate susan collins proved to be a pivotal

as patrick leahy said in a statement in the last four hours, it is the western press, where the press is free, that you see attention to jamal's story. one of the big questions is, where does this move? to saudi arabia and the future of mbs. this is a man -- his father became king in 2015, had vectors all five major of power in the region, be at the economic the defense ministry, the royal and he has put in place people who are loyal to him. not only the first generation, there are only a couple of left from the original offspring. he had 43 sons, and even more daughters, who produced hundreds, if not thousands -- i think the estimate is around 6000 royals. one of the big questions is how are they going to react. i have friends in the royal family have long been unhappy has done. mbs he has pushed aside the remainders of that first generation and so many in his own generation. he is not his father's eldest son. so he has pushed aside some of his own brothers. it is not just power at stake. it is also the perks and privileges that come along with being a member of the royal family. one

grassley: it was clear to us in the memorandum between 2009 between obama and chairman leahy that there is one document, no copies made, and not released to the public, so we cannot do that. now, there is some suggestion the white house can do it, but you will have to get to the white house to get the answer to your question. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell started riffing off. you, north dakota senator heidi heitkamp said she would be voting no on brett kavanaugh's nomination, and joe manchin has yet to state his position during both senators are up for reelection in states that president trump won and 2016. a group of women from maine visited independent senator angus king's office to talk about their opposition to the nomination of cap not to the supreme court. -- of kavanaugh to the spring court. -- the supreme court.

grassley: it was clear to us in the memorandum between 2009 between obama and chairman leahy that there is one document, no copies made, and not released to the public, so we cannot do that. now, there is some suggestion the white house can do it, but you will have to go to the white house to get the answer to your question. [laughter] -- ♪ washington journal is live everyday day with policy issues that impact you. friday morning, washington post national security reporter discusses his new book, examining russians interference in the 2016 election. then the former assistant secretary of state for african affairs talks about melania trump's trip to africa. be sure to watch washington journal live at seven eastern friday morning. join the discussion. sunday night on q&a. yale university historian joanne freeman on her book the field of blood, islands in congress and the road to civil war. >> you end up with scores of congressmen in a mass brawl. in and of itself, it is genetic. -- dramatic. a massive encounter. what was really interesting to me, was people at the time look at it and they

it's incredible to see graham and rubio and corker are saying the same thing as senator leahy that is really strong and if that doesn't result in a concrete resolution of disapproval it certainly is going to push the administration to assess its policy. i don't think it's going to happen quickly. this is a longer-term process and we may be able to get a foothold in that we have to be realistic about where we are coming from. >> let me pose this question to you for some version of authoritarian monarchy in saudi arabia is realistically in the years to come is not liberalism, but islam is in some form or another that is the premise of the question. it is the case that it seemed somewhere suggesting a hopeful care that mohammed was conferencing and raining and the religious establishment and may be pushing it or that relationship in a more modern direction so that leads to a two-part question do you think that is a fair assessment of what he was doing in the relationship between religion and state and do you think that the only alternative to basically unaccountable authoritarian monarch

senator burr booker. >> i'm really proud to have a friendship with senator leahy. i'm proud that we have commonality between us. we are coming out of the year where things are hot and i know the senator didn't agree with everything i said or necessarily the way that things were conducted. but it's important on these issues that we continue to focus on the work that we have to do and in that feature a first and foremost want to welcome everyone that is here. there's a lot of judges in the e audience and families that are here and i just want to let them know even though things get hot and passionate and assiduously work for the ends it doesn't diminish the fact everyone is here gathered in this room for the love of country and to want to honor our traditions and put people on the federal judiciary which will make decisions that would affect millions of americans. that desire to serve is an honorable tradition and the hearing is a part of that and i just want to welcome everybody here. i know the questioning might get tough but i don't want to distract especially for

through my investigation, i'm like senator leahy out there. one man stopped the procedure and it will be revealed in my articles. if it had not been for ace on the case, appropriate things would have been going on with that building. somebody sitting on your committee right now is in charge of that. my name is ace, and i'm on the case and i'm here to let the city and county and all the politicians, everybody must come clean in 2018. i'm not going to tolerate in the african-american on both sides of the city, on the west side, and the east side, because in the middle you have the buildings, that's corruption, too, because it comes to the administration prior to you all. [bell ringing] >> supervisor kim: thank you. i guess our phones are beeping because of the national wireless alert system. seeing no comment, we will close public comment. colleagues, are there any further questions or comments? if not, i do have -- our office has distributed amendments to item number 4. and mr. clerk, do i just read them into the record? >> that would be fine.

not just a great judge or legal mind, but his fast experience in politics navigated the hearing, and leahy asked him him about bart. >> he references a bart kavanaugh while being in somebody's car and passing out. >> mark judge was a friend in high school that developed a serious drinking problem, and as part of coming to grips with his sobriety, he wrote a book that was a fictionalized account, and he picked out friends of ours that threw them close to what the characters are in the book. >> are you the bart kavanaugh he is referring to? >> you have to ask him. >> that's not saying no, but that's not answering the question. are you being less than perfectly forthcoming? >> that's a question. i am glad we played that clip because that brings it back to the current place and time. we talked about the frat boy culture and a lot of things have gone on, and not many people are faulting a college kid for getting drunk, but it's not about drinking or what somebody has done in their past when it comes to alcohol, but why is a federal judge sitting in front of the united states senate making state

several senators have already shared their doubts about the saudi's story including democrat patrick leahy and republican lindsey graham. >>> and a russian woman has been charged with conspiracy to meddle in the 2016 election. she was trying to foster discord in the us political system and undermine democracy, it was responsible for interfering in the 2016 election. president trump spoke out after this announcement said the russian hackers had nothing to do with his own campaign. >>> the eye diocese says it's wrong, to allow priests suspected of sexual abuse to keep working. >> the diocese have released the name of 15 priests from credibly accused and 6 of them are still alive. it goes back to the 1970s, we found three examples of priest who is were a cued tried and convicted and sent to jail and they were allowed back in the church and sometimes into positions of authority. robert gray you can see pled no contest. he went to jail and therapy, he was welcomed back into the church two years later where he served another seven years before being forced out by a 0 tolerance party adopted in a

leahy? mr. lee? >> aye. >> mr. >>> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arm will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the clerk may continue. >> mr. markey. >> no. >>> mrs. mccaskill. mr. mcconnell. >> aye. mr. menendez. >> no. >>> mr. merkley. >> no. >>> moran. >> aye. >>> ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. >> no. >>> mr. nelson. >> mr. paul. >> aye. >>> mr. perdue. >> aye. >>> mr. peters. >> no. >>> mr. portman. >> aye. >>> mr. reed. >> no. >>> mr. risch. >> aye. >>> mr. roberts. >> aye. >>> mr. rounds. >> aye. >>> mr. rubio. >> aye. >>> mr. sanders. >> no. >>> mr. sasse. >> aye. >>> mr. schatz. mr. schumer. >> no. >>> mr. scott. >> aye. mrs. shaheen. >> no. >>> mr. shelby. >> aye. >>> ms. smith. >> no. >>> ms. stabenow. >> no. >>> mr. sullivan. >> aye. >>> mr. tester. >> no. >>> mr. thune. >> aye. >>> mr. tillis. >> aye. >>> mr. toomey. >> aye. >>> mr. udall. >> no. >>> mr. van hollen. >> no. >>> mr. warner. ms. warren. >> no. >>> mr. whitehouse. >> no. >>> mr. wicker. >> aye. >>> mr

summary of what has -- >> it was very clear to us in the memorandum of 2009 between obama and chairman leahy that there's one document, no copies made and not released to the public. so we can't do that. now, there's some suggestion the white house can do it, but you're going to have to go to the white house to get that answer to your question. >>> top of the hour, thank you for staying with us. i'm ana cabrera in for brooke baldwin. the republicans making their case for why they believe brett kavanaugh should now be confirmed to the united states supreme court following the latest development, the fbi's report into a supplemental background check, in which we heard mcconnell say nothing corroborates the allegation of sexual assault and nothing would satisfy democrats call for a vote to more forward. and chuck grassley calling for a vote on saturday. >> reporter: these congressman were angry. senator tillis said dr. ford clearly experienced a traumatic event and that was as far as he went. what was interesting to me what chuck grassley said at the very end of the conference was that they can

i want to remind you during an exchange during kavanaugh's hearing when senator patrick leahy asked kavanaugh a character bart in a book written by one of his friends, mark judge. >> he references a bart o'kavanaugh. is that you? >> mark judge was a friend of ours in high school who developed a very serious drinking problem. now, as part of his therapy or part of his coming to grips with sobrie sobriety, he wrote a book that is a fictionalized book, an account. i think he picked out names of friends of ours to throw them in as kind of close to -- for characters in the book. >> so are you bart kavanaugh that he's referring to? >> you'd have to ask him. >> let discuss with former fbi agent manny gomez. manny, on that exchange, he doesn't say, yes, i'm bart, you'd have to ask mark judge, the guy who wrote about his alcoholism and years of partying with his friend in college and high school. will the fbi be able to do anything with this? >> obviously he's under a threat of perjury if he did openly lie. he was very cautious. >> he didn't say yes or no. >> he said you'd have to ask the author of th

. >> to that leahy said i would like to ask him but mark judge wasn't brought in to testify.to have you all here. let's talk about that letter. the picture that judge kavanaugh painted of himself in the fox news interview and under oath was a choir boy who likes beer. i lifted weights with my friends. >> worked hard. >> he may have done those things. one does not disqualify the other from being true. what is the significance of the letter? >> you have primary evidence from his 16, 17 year old past which it is safe to say none of us would like in the court of public opinion. the big problem is the fox news interview strategy. he couldn't have said he liked beer more times. i think it is part of the complex debate. there is a serious allegation of sexual assault and whether there is a pattern of that or not. there is sort of a court of public opinion about whether a frat boy should sit on the supreme court. that is not illegal. when people start projecting politics think we are heading down a dangerous path. >> interesting. >> it's actually a concern that has been raised by man

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leahy. >> no. >> mr. lee. >> aye. mr. manchin. >> aye. >> aye. shac >> shame, shame -- >> clerk will suspend. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. [ protesters screaming ] >> clerk may continue. >> mr. markey. mr. mccon on he winelconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. nelson. mr. paul. mr. perdue. mr. peters. mr. portman. mr. reed. mr. rish. mr. roberts. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. sasse. mr. scoh hch ochl schotts. mr. schumer. mr. scott. mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. ms. st ms. st mr. thune. mr. tester. mr. tillis. mr. toomey. mr. uhe ddall. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. widen. mr. young. >> with my friend the senator from montana, senator daines who is walking his daughter down the aisle this afternoon, if he were present and voting, he would have voted aye. i have voted no. the pair will not change the outcome of the vote. i therefore withdraw my vote. >> the senato

walked into that hearing room, his credibility had been challenged by a person no less than senator leahy who has accused him of not telling the truth on a number of different issues. so as important as this investigation is, on some level you don't really need it to make a determination here. even though i would prefer that it was a much more thorough and decent investigation. it is obviously a sham. but you don't really need it because you have a very credible victim and you have an incredible judge kavanaugh. >> bob, i've been thinking about you because i've been thinking about the fbi and your many years with it. they were, of course, slammed by the left after the clinton matter. they have been slammed and trolled for the first time in their history publicly by a president of the united states. and now they are kind of the best friends of the republican side. it's been a whip saw. when i first read reports that they were turning away walk-ins with tips and turning away leads to witnesses, i didn't believe it, but it appears now to be true. >> yeah, i can tell you, i can guarantee you

hearings, but this issue in particular has receiv revved up people in addition to key senators like pat leahydemocrat from vermont, and lindsey graham, who are the top senate appropriators on the commit responsible for state department budgets. they sent a letter to the president on wednesday with the backing of about 20 other members basically triggering an administration investigation into what happened to the journalist. basically the administration has 120 days to come up with findings, after which sanctions could be imposed on saudi officials responsible for complicit in the disappearance. >>> still ahead, it couwas a sed straight day of losses for the stock market. >>> plus is it 2016? president trump criticizes his former rifle hillary clinton arguing she should be where? in jail. we saved hundreds on our car insurance when we switched to geico. this is how it made me feel. it was like that feeling when you're mowing the lawn on a sunny day... ...and without even trying, you end up with one last strip that's exactly the width of your mower. when you're done, it looks so good you post a

senator leahy is a great amateur photographer. maybe he was showing that up. we will be back for more m tr"m daily" and "meet the press" on sunday. >> thank you very much the votes are in. republicans holding their ranks to elevate the most controversial supreme court nominee in at least a generation. 50 republicans and one senator of backing brett kavanaugh. we will bring you that story and important news out of chicago where an officer was convicted of murdering 17-year-old mcdonald. plus a fall back friday we all may need. we encourage to you stay with us for the hour we have planned. we begin with this action on the senate floor. self declared moderate susan collins proved to be a pivotal vote for the hard right trump agenda. the only thing moderate about her approach to kavanaugh was her timing. collins was not the first republican to support him. he was effectively the last and announced her vote after another republican senator, lisa murkowski broke ranks to say that after all we have learned in her view, kavanaugh is not the man for the job right now.

>> well -- it was very clear to us in the memorandum of 2009 between obama and chairman leahy that there's one document, no copies made. and not released to the public. so we can't do that. now there's some suggestion the white house can do it. but you're going to have to white house to get that answer to your question. >> shepard: top republicans giving just brett kavanaugh their full confidence and in a sometimes fiery news conference on capitol hill. i'm shepard smith. the big news this afternoon is this. two key republican senators have signals they are satisfied with the fbi report on the sexual assault allegations against judge kavanaugh. and if each of those two ends up voting for the president's supreme court nominee, kavanaugh confirmation assured, victory for the white house and game over for the democrats. senator jeff flake of arizona says after reviewing the report on the investigation, he does not see any additional evidence to back up dr. christine blasey ford's claims and senator susan collins of maine says the report seems to her very thorough. but the two did not say spec

republican strategist lone leahy chen worked on mitt cromny's campaign and is fellow at whoever institution at stanford. >> can she get through the general election with the far left stance that is work well in some parts of the california but not places like michigan and pennsylvania which are states that democrat haves to win if they're winning the president. >> local democrats expect to hear major announcements after the mid-terms. >> president trump raised a lot of money and any candidate whos wants to be competitive against him and against what's expected to be a crowded field will have to get active very early to raise money. >> regardless of who decides to run community members say it's clear the political landscape is changing. >> it's wonderful for our younger generations to see this kind of involvement and know that this is something that neck do as well. >> and it to a reminder about the election next month the dloin to register to vote is this coming monday, october 22nd. if you want to vote by mail can you request that ballot until the day before halloween and the election is o

look at leahy questioning him about this reference to bart kavanaugh. we have this letter that's come out where bart is describing his friends as loud obnoxious drunks and he signs it bart. whether or not you think this is great taste or not, it doesn't seem like something that the average person forgets that they had a nickname, nthey signed it. this is how he dealt with it. >> i think you picked out names of friends of ours to throw them as close to for characters in the book. >> i'm trying to get a straight answer from you under oath. are you bart kavanaugh that he is referring to? yes or no. s >> you'd have to ask him. >> that's separate from the validity of the allegations. it goes to why are you lying about your nickname? >> if you're lie about the small thing, how do we know you're not lying about the big things. it's the standard that donald trump has set for the entire party. once again, when you speak to a lot of republican who is are moderate, they don't like that. donald trump does not speak for them and lindsey graham and orrin hatch and th

. >> letters sent to then senate majority leaderboard tom daschle and senator patrick leahy declared you cannot stop us. we have this anthrax. over the next two months four more people would die, including two more u.s. postal workers and 17 people would become sick after opening or handling letters that contained the deadly anthrax bacteria. after a massive seven-year investigation involving interviews with more than 9,000 people, the fbi finally declared that they knew who did it. >> based on the totality of the evidence we had gathered against him, we are confident that dr. ivans was the only person responsible for these attacks. >> he was a government biodefense researcher and federal prosecutors say they had d.n.a. evidence leading to an anthrax vial in his lab. ivins was never charged with any crime because he killed himself in 2008 and so, what many consider to be the largest fbi investigation in history ended with no conviction. bret? >> bret: kristin, thank you. more on today's arrest with the panel in a bit. in other news, the trump administration is extending an invite to

agreement that was made years ago by the president obama and chairman of the committee at the time senator leahy and the ranking members. this is a long-time precedent that has been there for these types of reports. this is white house that has jurisdiction over the fbi and is in charge of this. it was an agreement made during the obama administration. the report we're looking at today, the newest investigation. remember, this is the seventh. there have been 150 people who have been spoken to by the fbi about judge kavanaugh. this seventh report is 40 some pages long. it is fairly easy to get through. >> dana: did you see anything in there that would lead you to believe there was a problem of sexual assault by brett kavanaugh? >> no, not at all. there's nothing new in this report. there's to corroboration whatsoever that's being shown by a number of witnesses that were interviewed by the fbi. >> dana: are you concerned that the report is incomplete? >> no. i believe it is complete. it's my understanding, conversations with people in the room to answer questions, that the fbi followed up. there w