mr. grassley: either the competency or the political bias that they have. reporter: how do you think history is going to judge what hristine blasey ford has done? mr. hatch: of course none of us can have that perspective yet. but i hope what history documents is what i said earlier. that we -- once we learned of her identity, once her name was leaked, contrary to her wishes and without her consent, to the public, and she was forced to tell her story not in a safe, confidential setting but in a circus-like atmosphere, i hope we did the best we could under those awful set of circumstances, to treat her with respect and dignity and listen to her. mr. cornyn: but that doesn't mean that we forget our basic concepts of fair play and constitutional due process. that's why we've tried to interview every witness that has any alleged knowledge of relevant facts. and -- because we believe we're a country that believes in the presumption of innocence and due process of law. and what we know now is there is no corroboration, no one confirms the allegations of dr. ford, e

mr. grassley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator for iowa. mr. durbin: before senator grassley starts, i ask unanimous consent that a judiciary staffer in my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the day. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator for iowa. mr. grassley: before i speak, i ask unanimous consent that following my remarks and those of senators schumer and mcconnell, all postcloture time be considered expired on this nomination. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. grassley: mr. president, i come one final time in support of judge kavanaugh's confirmation to serve as associate justice of the united states supreme court. democratic leaders did everything in their power to make judge kavanaugh's confirmation about anything except his judicial record and his outstanding academic qualifications. the democratic leader has promised to oppose judge kavanaugh's confirmation

mr. grassley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator for iowa. mr. durbin: before senator grassley starts, i ask unanimous consent that a judiciary staffer in my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the day. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator for iowa. mr. grassley: before i speak, i ask unanimous consent that following my remarks and those of senators schumer and mcconnell, all postcloture time be considered expired on this nomination. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. grassley: mr. president, i come one final time in support of judge kavanaugh's confirmation to serve as associate justice of the united states supreme court. democratic leaders did everything in their power to make judge kavanaugh's confirmation about anything except his outstanding academic qualifications. the democratic leader has promised to oppose judge kavanaugh's confirmation from day one and use eve

mr. grassley: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: grass would you inform me of the amount of time i have to speak. the presiding officer: there's been no time agreement made. mr. grassley: thank you. justice kennedy announced his retirement from the supreme court. shortly thereafter on july 9 the president announced -- announced the nomination of brett kavanaugh to serve as the newest justice. judge kavanaugh has spent 25 years of his career in public service. he's spent the last 12 years on the d.c. circuit, considered the second most important federal court in the country. his record there has been extremely impressive because the supreme court is, as an example, adopted judge kavanaugh's opinions no fewer than a dozen times. judge kavanaugh is also a pillar in his community and also in the legal profession. he serves underprivileged communities, coaches girls bipartisan, and is a lecter at his church. he has the shown a deep commitment to preparing young lawyers for their careers. he has been a law professor at three pres

mr. grassley, federal judgeships need to be properly vetted.y need to be properly vetted through bipartisan efforts because they are lifetime appointments with tremendous influence on american life and lives. you derided the so-called, quote, erosion of our checks and balances when president obama was in the white house and warned that, quote, once the wall separating the powers allotted to each branch of government are eroded, they will not easily be rebuilt, end of quote. but again, y'alls is the party attempt to go build walls. how's that going? while the rest of the nation may be focused on the president's meeting with kanye or a melania trump look alike in music videos. i want to see i see what's going on, and i got cha. ♪ (woman) one year ago today mom started searching for her words. and my brother ray and i started searching for answers. (vo) when it's time to navigate in-home care, follow that bright star. because brightstar care earns the same accreditation as the best hospitals. and brightstar care means an rn will customize a plan t

mr. grassley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: before i speak, i ask unanimous consent that colleen urnst, special counsel on my judiciary committee staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: i come to the floor to speak on two different subjects. the most important one is the first one, to thank a lot of people who helped me chair and oversee the confirmation of judge brett kavanaugh. and i should have given this speech 72 hours ago, but i was in a hurry to get to the airport. so i'm making up for lost time now. as everyone knows on saturday the senate confirmed judge brett kavanaugh as our newest associate justice on the united states supreme court. so i come to the floor to thank the senate staff who helped make that confirmation possible. senators don't always recognize their stuff as much as we probably should, but i'm proud of the work that my staff accomplished over the last three months as we considered the nomination of kavanaugh.

mr. grassley? >> aye. >> ms. harris? >> no. >> ms. hassan? mr. hatch? mr. hinerich? ms. heitkamp? mr. heller? ms. hirono? >> no. >> mr. hoven? mrs. hyde-smith? mr. inhoff? >> aye. >> mr. isaacson? >> aye. >> mr. johnson? >> aye. >> mr. jones? mr. kaine? >> no. >> mr. kennedy? mr. king? >> no. >> ms. klobuchar? >> no. >> mr. kyl? mr. langford? mr. 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. >

mr. grassley. >> aye. >> ms. harris. >> no. >> ms. hassan. mr. hatch. mr. hinrich. >> no. >> ms. heitkamp. mr. heller. >> aye. >> ms. hirono. r. hoeven. ms. height smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe. mr. isakson. mr. johnson. mr. jones. mr. kaine. mr. kennedy. >> aye. >> mr. king. ms. klobuchar. >> no. >> mr. kyl. >> aye. >> mr. lankford. >> aye. >> mr. 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

mr. grassley. >> aye. >> miss harris. >> no. >> miss hassan. >> hassan votes no. >> mr. hatch. >> aye. >> mr. heinrich. miss heitkamp. mr. heller. miss hirono. >> no. >> mr. hoeven. >> aye. >> mrs. hyde-smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe. >> aye. >> mr. isaac con. >> aye. >> mr. johnson. >> aye. >> plaintiff jones. >> no. >> mr. kain. >> no. >> mr. kennedy. >>. >> aye. >> mr. king. >> no. >> miss klobuchar >> no. >> mr. kyle. >> aye. >> mr. langford. >> aye. mr. 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

mrs jill abram mr graham mr grassley. iss harris his house and mr hatch mr heinrich miss heitkamp mr heller miss hirono. mr hove and mrs hyde smith. mr in hoff mr isaacs and mr johnson. mr jones mr kane mr kennedy mr king miss clode which are mr carlyle mr langford. 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

mr. grassley. >> aye. >> ms. harris. >> no. >> ms. house in. > housein.>> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. hatch. [ indiscernible ] >> mr. heinrich. ms. heitkamp. mr. heller. ms. hirono. >> no. >> mr. hoovin. >> aye. >> mrs. hyde smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe. >> aye. >> mr. isakson. >> aye. >> mr. johnson. >> aye. >> mr. jones. >> no. >> mr. kaine. >> no. >> mr. kennedy. >> aye. >> mr. king. >> no. >> ms. klobuchar. >> no. >> mr. kyl. [ indiscernible ] >> mr. langford. >> aye. >> mr. 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. grassley? >> aye. >> ms. harris? >> no. >> ms. hassen? mr. hatch? >> aye. >> mr. heinrich?kamp? mr. heller? aye. >> miss hirono? [inaudible] >> mr. hoeven? >> aye. >> mrs. high smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe? >> aye. >> mr. isaacson? >> aye. >> mr. johnson? [inaudible] >> mr. jones? [inaudible] >> mr. cane? >>> mr. kennedy? >> aye. >> mr. king? >> [inaudible] awed. >> miss klobuchar? >> no. >> mr. kyl? >> aye. >> mr. lankford? >> aye. >> mr. leahy? >> mr. lee? >> mr. manchin? >> mr. markky? >> no. >> mrs. mccaskill? >> mr. mcconnell? >> mr. menendez? >> mr. merkley? >> no. >> mr. moran? >> miss murkowski? >> mr. murphy? >> mrs. murray? >> mr. nelson? >> mr. paul? >> aye. >> mr. purdue? >> aye. >> mr. peters? >> no. >> mr. portman? >> aye. >> mr. reed? >> mr. risch? >> aye. >> mr. roberts? >> aye. >> mr. rounds? >> aye. >> mr. rubio? >> aye. >> mr. sanders? >> mr. salve. >> aye. >> mr. schatz. >> no. >> mr. schumer? >> mr. scott? >> aye. >> mrs. shaheen? >> mr. shelby? >> ms. smith? >> ms. stabenow? >> no. >> mr. sullivan? >> aye. >> mr. tester? >> mr. thune? >> aye. >> mr. ti

mr grassley. ms harris. mis—. mr hatch. mr heinrich. mr heller. mr hoven. mrs highsmith. mr imhoff.hy. mr nelson. mr paul. mr perdue. mr peters. mr portman. mr bede. mr roberts. aye mr rubio. mr sanders. mr schumer. mrschumer. mr mr schumer. mr scott. mrs shaheen. mr schumer. mr scott. mrs shaheen. mr shelby. miss smith. mr sullivan. mr sullivan. mr tester mr tillis. aye. mr tillis. aye. mrto me. aye. mrvan holland. mrvan holland. mr warner. mr warner. mrwarren. mr mr warner. mr warren. mr whitehouse. mr warren. mr whitehouse. mr wicker. mr wicker. mr wyden. mr wyden. mryoung. mr wyden. mr young. aye. senators voting in the affirmative. alexander, barrasso, one. bozeman, burke, 0, cassidy, collins, caulker, cornering, cotton, cruise, danes, parents, fisher, flake, gardener, graham, grassley, hatch, hello, hoven, height smith, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, langford, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, roberts, rounds, rubio, size, scott, shelby, sullivan, tillis, wicker and young. mr mansion, aye. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett. brown, cantwell, carden, casey, kunz

grassley: thank you, mr. leader. before i say a few words, so i won't have to announce each person after me in this order, it will be hatch, cornyn, lee, and tillis. please come forward and say whatever you want to say and then we'll take questions. this is three weeks longer than the average of the last three or four nominees to the supreme court. so don't tell me we haven't spent enough time. also, i feel very good about where this nomination is right now. i don't say that from the standpoint of county votes. i say that from the standpoint of the qualifications of this candidate and the fact that those qualifications to be a supreme court justice based upon his 12 years on the d.c. circuit without anybody finding any fault with his qualifications to serve there, but that hasn't been talked about much. everything else. this person is very well qualified. a person that believes in the principles of due process, the presumption of innocence and readiness to serve are recognized. so judge kavanaugh should be confirmed

mr. smith: good morning. it is a blessing and honor to be here. i want to thank chairman grassley and ranking member feinstein. i want to thank you, senator kennedy for presiding as well is senator hatch and the other members. i want to thank president trump for having the faith and confidence in my abilities to serve as united states district judge. i want to thank the department of justice and their staff. i want to thank the 36 members of the bipartisan nominating commission that vented my -- my qualifications. i want to thank our two senators for their support. i would like to would like to knowledge family members and friends who traveled to our nations capital to support my nomination. starting with my wife, dr. smith. she is a speech and language pathologist. she is a wonderful mother and god has blessed us with two children. morgan, 12 years old and in the seventh grade. old andson, seven years in the second grade. both are honor students, and i know that because i check their grades. i want to say congratulations to the both of them. ifaid i would be very busy i'm confirm

today, the republican chair of the senate judiciary committee, iowa's chuck grassley, asked that the f.b.i. investigate whether mravenatti criminally conspired with miss swetnick to make materially false statements to the committee. avenatti, who also represents porn star stormy daniels in her case against the president, is a particularly tempting target for senate republicans because he has been open about his interest in running for president. but he angered some democrats today with his latest comments to "time" magazine, where he said the party's nominee in 2020 "better be a white male," like him, because "when you have a white male making the arguments, they carry more weight. should they carry more weight? absolutely not. but do they? yes." avenatti claims his comments were taken out of context. release of the transcript of that interview shows that they were not. as for grassley's request for an f.b.i. investigation, department of justice officials confirmed that they have received that request, but, jeff, they had no comment on whether they plan to take him up on it. >> glor: okay, nancy cordes with the l

unaware ofcompletely chairman grassley's offer to allow her to testify confidentially in california. watching her, mr. president, i could not help you feel that some people who wanted to engineer the defeat of this little if atred all for her well-being. professor ford testified that a very limited number of people have access to her letter. yet that letter found its way into the public domain. she testified that she never gave permission for that very private letter to be rude -- released. yet here we are. we are the middle of a fight that she never thought, arguing about claims she wanted to raise confidentially. our colleague, senator feinstein, lee professor ford's letter at the final hour to derail this process. i wanted to state that very clearly. i know senator dianne feinstein extremely well. and i believe that she would never do that. i knew that to be the case before she even stated it at the hearing. she is a person of integrity and i stand by her. heard some argue that the chairman of the committee somehow treated professor ford unfairly. nothing could be further from the truth. grassley,

mr. chair. >> thank you, senator. citing the grassley rule, i will make a brief comment. i know that senator had to leave. this hearing is is an oversight hearing on the report of the judicial conference. that conference recommended 57 new judgeships, 5 of them circuit, all 5 in the 9th sir quit kitsch because of the case load and the backlog. it's about the report of the judicial conference about were justices not being administered and that happens to point to the ninth circuit. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm glad you're holding this hearing. i'd like to welcome all the witnesses. good to see you, professor. your honor, good to see you. i don't know ms. ringhand, but welcome. let me start with you professor, fitzpatrick. this idea that a single district judge could issue an injunction that would cover the whole country and everybody in it strikes me as inconsistent with the individualized showing that a plaintiff seeking an injunction would have to make. irreparable harm, no adequate remedy at law and it strikes me it's more like judicial policymaking as opposed to a c

senate judiciary chair chuck grassley now pushing the justice department to investigate mr.hety and his client, julie swetnick, who accused judge kavanaugh of participating many gang rape. in gang rape. pretty bad stuff. now, the concern here is that mr. avenatti and ms. swetnick may have deliberately conspired to the provide false statements to congress. my next guest says avenatti could be disbarred. trial attorney and legal analyst misty meyers. great to have you. >> thank you, trish. at 8:00 instead of 2. we've got to go out to dinner afterwards. [laughter] trish: you're saying he should be disbarred. you really have a lot of questions, you think this is a bad guy who did a bad thing? >> i think that if this is true, if he conspired with a client to lie for the purpose of obstructing a congressional investigation, that is absolutely would be sent immediately to the ethics committee, and there would be very little question that there would be repercussions. trish: so is he going to say, oh, no, no, no, this is what she told me, and i was doing my job as her attorney. >> h

grassley afforded dr. ford and judge kavanaugh anqual opportunity to speak before the u.s. senate judiciary committee and to the american people. systematic mr. president, any war on women this week -- and this sad story has been perpetrated on dr. ford by senate democrats. she wanted this to be confidential. and this body could have done that. they could have done all the investigation confidentially. without dragging her name through the media or judge kavanaugh. you know -- some people on the senate side democratic side of the senate want america to believe this is a simple case of he said, she said, and it comes down to who do you believe. it's a lot more than that. it's not only he said, she said, but it's a they said. the accuser in this case, named three people who saidwit corroborate her story. they did not corroborate her story they corroborated his story. senator democrats were not satisfied with that. they weren't satisfied that when the letter was leaked to the press, wasn't given to the committee, leaked to the press some six weeks after it was received by senate democrats, six weeks, an investigation was started immediately mr.

grassley afforded both dr. ford and judge kavanaugh an equal opportunity to speak before the u.s. senate judiciary committee and to the american people. as a matter fact, mr. president, anyone when this week and in a sad story has been perpetrated on dr. ford by senate democrats. she wanted this to be confidential. and this body could've done that. they could then all the investigation confidentially. without dragging her name through the media, or judge kavanaugh's. you know, some people on the senate side, democratic side of the senate want america to play this is just a simple case of he said/she said and it comes down to who to believe. well, it's a lot more than that, mr. president. it's not only he said/she said but it is what they said, the accuser in this case named three people who she said were corroborated her story. not only did they not corroborate her story, the actually corroborated his story. senate democrats were not satisfied even with that. they were not satisfied that when the letter was leaked to the press, when it was leaked to the press some six weeks after is received by senate democrats, six weeks, and investors was started immedi

mr. chair. >> thank you, senator. citing the grassley rule, i'll make a brief comment before going to senator cornyn. i know that senator hironno had to leave and she askeds what the purpose of the hearing is when there was a hearing last year. this hearing is an oversight hearing on the biennial report of the judicial conference. that conference recommended 57 new judgeship, five of them circuit, all five of them in the 9th circuit because of the case load and because of the backlog. so this hearing is not specifically about the 9th circuit. it's about the report of the jude earn conference about where justices being not administered because of the backlog and that happens to point exclusively at the 9th circuit. senator cornyn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am glad you're holding this hearing and i would like to welcome all of the witnesses, professor pits patrick, good to see you again. your honor, good to see you. i don't know miss ringham, but welcome. let me s.t.a.r.tart with you, pr fitzpatrick, this idea that the nation, a single

she seemed completely unaware of chairman grassley's authors to allow her to testify confidentially in california. watching her, mrpresident, i could not help but feel that some people who wanted to engineer the defeat of this nomination cared little, if at all, for her well-being. she has testified that a very limited number of people have access to her letter. yet that letter found its way into the public domain. she testified that she never gave permission for that very private letter to be released. and yet here we are. we are in the middle of a fight that she never sought arguing about claims that she wanted to raise confidentially. now one theory i've heard espoused repeatedly, senator feinstein leaked professor ford's at the 11th hour to derail this process. i want to state this clearly. i know senator dianne feinstein extremely well. and i believe that she would never do that. i knew that to be the case before she even stated it at the hearing. she is a person of integrity and i stand by her. i have also heard some argue that the chairman of the committee somehow treated professor ford unfairly. nothing co

she seemed completely unaware of chairman grassley's offer to allow her to testify confidentially in california. watching her, mr. president, i could not help but feel that some people who wanted to engineer the defeat of this nomination cared little, if at all, for her well being. professor ford testified that a very limited number of people had access to her letter, yet that letter found its way into the public domain. she testified that she never gave permission for that very private letter to be released and yet here we are. we are in the middle of a fight that she never sought, arguing about claims that she wanted to raise confidentially. now, one theory i've heard espoused repeatedly is that our colleague, senator feinstein leaked professor ford's letter at the 11th hour to derail this process. i want to state this very clearly. i know senator dianne feinstein extremely well and i believe that she would never do that. i knew that to be the case before she ever stated that at the hearing. she is a person of integrity and i stand by her. i have also heard some argue that the chairman of the committee somehow

she seemed completely unaware of chairman grassley's offer to allow her to testify confidentially in california. watching her, mr. president, i could not help but feel that some people who wanted to engineer the defeat of this nomination cared little, if at all, for her wellbeing. professor ford testified that a very limited number of people had access to her letter, yet that letter found its way into the public domain. she testified that she never gave permission for that very private letter to be released, and yet here we are. we are in the middle of a fight that she never sought, arguing about claims that she wanted to raise confidentially. now, one theory i heard espoused repeatedly is that our colleague senator feinstein leaked professor ford's letter at the 11th hour to derail this process. i want to state this very clearly. i know senator dianne feinstein extremely well, and i believe that she would never do that. i knew that to be the case before she even stated it at the hearing. she is a person of integrity and i stand by her. i have also heard some argue that the chairman of the committee somehow trea

she seemed completely unaware of chairman grassley's offer to allow her to testify confidentially in california. watching her, mr. president, i could not help but feel that some people who wanted to engineer the defeat of this nomination cared little, if at all, for her well-being. professor ford testified that a very limited number of people had access to her letter. yet that letter found its way into the public domain. she testified that she never gave permission for that very private letter to be released. and yet here we are. we are in the middle of a fight she never sought arguing about claims that she wanted to raise confidentially. now, one theory i heard espoused repeatedly is that our colleague, senator feinstein, leaked professor ford's letter at the 11th hour to derail this process. i want to state this very clearly. i know senator dianne feinstein extremely well and i believe that she would never do that. i knew that to be the case before she even stated it at the hearing. she is a person of integrity and i stand by her. i have also heard some argue that the chairman of the committee somehow treated

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, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, rish, roberts, rounds, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, and young. mr. manchin, aye. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett, booker, brown, cantwell, carden, casey, coons, duckworth, cortez masto, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, hinrich, kaine, klobuchar, leahy, markey, murkley, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, schatz, smith, stabenow, tester, u doll, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. mr. sanders, no. mr. lee, aye. ms. hassan, no. >> mr. jones. no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. schumer, no. mr. donnelly, no. ms. heitkamp, no. mrs. mccaskill, no. mr. menendez, no. >> mr. reed, no. mr. king, no. mr. van hollen, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. blumenthal, no. >> mrs. shaheen, no. >> we're waiting for the official announcement from the senate floor. it looks like this procedural vote, a very critically important procedural vote, will pass narro

unaware ofcompletely chairman grassley's offer to allow her to testify confidentially in california. watching her, mr. president, i -- helpt help the field but feel that some people cared little if at all for her well-being. testified that a very limited number of people had access to her letter. yet that letter found its way into the public domain. she testified that she never gave permission for that very private letter to be released. yet, here we are. we are in the middle of a fight that she never sought. arguing about claims that she wanted to raise confidentially. one theory i have heard espousing repeatedly is that our colleague senator feinstein leaked professor ford's letter at the 11th hour to derail this process. i want to state this very clearly. i know senator dianne feinstein extremely well. i believe that she would never do that. i knew that to be the case before she even stated it at the hearing. she is a person of integrity and i stand by her. some argue heard that the chairman of the committee somehow treated professor ford unfairly. nothing could be further from the truth. grassley

blends has been sought by iowa republicanuc senator grassley, who successfully shepherded the confirmation of supreme court justice brett kavanaugh.um mr. said the administration would move quickly to have the new rules in place by next summer. for a closer look at how the fortunes of corn factor into nearly everything in farm country, particularl election year, we turn to grant gerlock, a reporter with harvesc puedia. he's based at net news, in lincoln, nebraska. grant gerlock, thanks for joining us. explain to us the pressures that corn producers are facing right now and how big a dea is this to expand the use ofeth -- of ethanol? >> well, corn prices have been down in the dumps for a few years now, and farm income has been on a downward trend for several years in aow. you mentioned the stress from the tariffs and those disputes with china and mexico and canada, and so farmers have been looking for any kind of goodmi news thaht point toward signs that maybe prices would increase and that incomes could come back up a lite bit. so they look at e-15 as something that could use more corn, because that's the most common thing that ethanol

with that, i want to turn it over to chairman grassley and the members of the committee who have done a really outstanding job. >> thank you, mrore i say a few words so i won't have to announce each person after me in this order will be hatch, coryn and tillis. please just come to the podium and say whatever you want to say and then we'll take questions. this is the 87th day. that's three weeks longer than the average of the last three or four nominees to the supreme court. so don't tell me we haven't spent enough time. also, i feel very good about where this nomination is right now. i don't say that from the standpoint of counting votes. i say that from the standpoint of the qualifications of this candidate and the fact that those qualifications to be a supreme court justice based upon his 12 years on the d.c. circuit without anybody finding any fault with his qualifications to serve there. but that hasn't been talked about much. everything else. this person is very well qualified. a person that believes in the principles of due process, the presumption of innocence and readiness to serve our -- recognize though judge kavanau

grassley tried to welcome kavanaugh. >> i welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of brett kavanaugh-- >> mr.irman? mr. chairman? >> --to serve as associate justice-- >> mr. chairman, i'd like to be recognized for a question before we proceed. the committee received just last night, less than 15 hours ago, 42,000 pages of documents that we have not had an opportunity to review or read or analyze. >> you are-- you are out of order. i'll proceed. >> mr. chairman, i agree with my colleague, senator harris. mr. chairman, we received 42,000 documents that we haven't been able-- >> ...and everyone else joining us today. >> --to review last night. and we believe this hearing should be postponed. >> i know this is an exciting day for all of you here. >> stephen: "and once all the shouting stops about advice and consent, we will have fun. because that's what this is: the kavanaugh family fun day. now let's all go roast marshmallows over the burning document pit." ( laughter ) but kamela harris has a point: she wants to be president. also, she and other democrats wanted the hearing delayed because it's

with that i want to turn it over to chairman grassley and members of the committee who i think have done a really outstanding job. >> thank you, mrfore i say a few words, so i won't have to announce each person after he in this order will be hatch, cornyn, lee and tillis so please just come to the podium and say whatever you want to say and then we'll take questions. this is the 87th day, that's three weeks longer than the average of the last three or four nominees to the supreme court. so don't tell me we haven't spent enough time. also, i feel very good about where this nomination is right now. now, i don't say that from the standpoint of counting votes, i say that from the standpoint of the qualitificatioy if qualific candidate and the fact that those qualifications to be a supreme court justice based upon his 12 years on the d.c. circuit without anybody finding any fault with his qualifications to serve there, but that hasn't been talked about much. everything else. this person is very well qualified. a person that believes in the principles of due process, the presumption of innocence and readiness to serve are recognized. s

she seemed completely unaware of chairman grassley's offer to allow her to testify confidentially in california. watching her, mr. president, i could not help but feel that some people who wanted to engineer the defeat of this nomination cared little, if at all, for her well-being. professor ford testified that a very limited of number people had access to her letter, yet that letter found its way into the public domain. she testified that she never gave permission for that very private letter to be released, and yet here we are. we are in the middle of a fight that she never sought, arguing about claims that she wanted to raise confidentially. now, one theory i've heard espoused repeatedly is that our colleague senator feinstein leaked professor ford's letter at the 11th hour to derail this process. i want to state this very clearly. i know senator dianne feinstein extremely well, and i believe that she would never do that. i knew that to be the case before she even stated it at the hearing. she is a person of integrity and i stand by her. i have also heard some argue that the chairman of the committee somehow

>>s long overdue i am glad to see that chairman grassley is out there doing that, because i think mr.poses, and looks like they made falsely statements should be hol accountable for that. >> thanks very much. >>? andy biggest joining big igs, third quarter gdp bringing numbers as soon as it hits the tape 8:30 a.m. eastern four minutes from now, 3.3% growth expected for the first read on the third quarter gdp, next. . maria: good friday morning. thanks so much for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo, friday, october 26 top stories before 8:30 a.m. on the east coast, we are a minute way away from third quarter compd calls for growth 3.3% first reading of growth for the third quarter, comes after the second quarter, generated 4.2% markets selling off again this morning, a negative tone for stocks, dow industrials expected down 200 points almost 1% s&p 500 down better than 1% nasdaq down better than 2% right now because of disappointing earnings reports, you had revenue misses, google parent company alphabet amazon leading a sell-off this morning, with amazon down better than 8% alphabet down

mr. smith? >> good morning. it is a blessing and an honor to be here. i want to thank chairman grassley and ranking member feinstein for holding this hearing to consider my nomination. i want to thank you, senator kennedy, for presiding over this hearing as well as senator hatch and the other members of this committee. i want to thank president trump for having the faith can confidence in my ability to serve as southern district judge for the district florida, and i want to thank the white house counsel, and i want to thank the florida settled judicial nominating commission that netted the application and qualification. i want to thank senator nelson and senator rubio for their support. at this time i would like to introduce or acknowledge, family members and friends that travel to our nation's capital on support my nomination beginning with my beautiful, loving and intelligent wife of 15 years dr. tangela smith. she's a learning pathologist for the public schools and she's a wonderful mother that blessed us with two amazing, talented and very smart children. bee have our daughter morga

mr. miller, you may proceed. youood morning, and thank for chairing this hearing. it's an honor to appear before you. i like to thank the president for this nomination, chairman grassley and ranking member feinstein for scheduling the hearing and senators murray and my home who represent state of washington. i am pleased to have many family members and friends and current and former colleagues. i will introduce just a few, .tarting with my wife teal we met at the chicago law school and we have been married for 15 years. i consider my marriage to be the great blessing of my life and i cannot adequately describe how grateful i am to her. she is a fourth-generation washingtonian, a practiced attorney who devoted her career to public service. she's an assistant to the united states attorney in the western district of washington. she is also the mother of my two children. they are kindhearted and thoughtful people who love to learn, to laugh, to ask why, and why not. one love skiing and building things, greta can always be found with a book, and she says she likes everything about our family backpacking trips except for the hiking. i should add the both of my children have

mr. young. >> senators voting in the affirmative. alexander, blunt, bozeman, burr, cap tow, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crepeau, cruz, daines, insdaoe, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassleydy, kyle, lankford, mcconnell, moran, paul, purdue, portman, risch, roberts, rounds, rubio, salve, scott, shelby, sul vann, soon, tillis, toomey, wicker, young. mr. manchin aye. senators voting in the negative baldwin, bennett, booker, brown, can't well, cardin, casey, coons, duckworth, durbin, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, heinrich, kane, klobuchar, layy, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, schatz, smith, establish gnaw, tester, warren, white house, wyden. mr. sanders no. mr. lee aye. ms. hasen, no. mr. jones. no. >> bill: collins is a yes, flake is a yes. democratic senator from west virginia, joe manchin is a yes. lisa murcowski republican from alaska is a no. if that holds, the cloture motion will pass and we will begin a 30-hour period where we will move ultimately to a debate likely around 4:00 or 5:00 saturday afternoon. back on the senate floor. >> miss heitkamp, no. mrs. mccaskill. no. mr. menendez, no. mr. reed, no. mr. king, no. mr. van holland, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. blumenth

grassley afforded both dr. ford and judge kavanaugh an equal opportunity to speak before the u.s. senate judiciary committee and to the american people. as a matter of fact, mr. president, this has been perpetrated on dr. ford by senate democrats. she wanted this to be confidential and this body could have done that. they could have done all the investigation confidentially. without dragging her name through the media or judge kavanaugh's. you know, some people on the senate side -- the democratic side of the senate want america to believe that this is just a simple case of he said, she said, and it comes down who do you believe? well, it is a lot more than that, mr. president. it is not only she said, he said. it's a they said. the accuser in this case named three people who she said would corroborate her story. not only did they not corroborate her story, they actually corroborated his story. senate democrats were not satisfied even with that. they weren't satisfied that when the letter was leaked to the press, wasn't given to the committee, when it was leaked to the press some six weeks after it was received by senate democrats, six weeks, an investigatio

mr. president, i want to just take a brief moment to express my gratitude to judiciary committee chairman senator grassley for his leadership over the past months as we worked to confirm judge and now justice kavanaugh. every supreme court confirmation process is a somewhat arduous affair. but chairman grassley had to contend with more than an increased workload. he had to contend with democrat colleagues who did everything they could to delay and disrupt the process and to tank justice kavanaugh's confirmation. but no matter what tactics the democrats resorted to, from interrupting the confirmation hearing to withholding critical information, chairman grassley stayed above the fray. he carried on with what needed to be done, whether that was compiling information from justice kavanaugh's time in the white house or interviewing witnesses. he made sure the entire confirmation process was thorough and fair. and he ensured that dr. ford and justice kavanaugh were treated with dignity and respect. i'm grateful that we had him at the helm of the judiciary committee during this process and i'm grateful that onc

and that's what chuck grassley and the judiciary committee have tried to development it is not what some of my colleagues have tried to do. i told mrrlson last night and i know it was harsh but i mean it. some of my colleagues on the democratic side are in good faith. some i'm convinced -- i could be convinced and rapidly being convinced don't have a soul. how did i put it, their mothers didn't breast feed them. they went to raw meat. right to raw meat. they don't care who gets destroyed, dr. ford, her confidentiality, her family, they don't care with brett kavanaugh gets destroyed, his reputation. their whole mantra is just win, baby, do whatever it takes. >> bill: we have struck a nerve. >> and that's wrong. >> bill: you said some democrats will vote for him. which ones? >> i'm not going to predict. i have some suspicions but that is just my own personal feelings. >> bill: on the republican side is jeff flake in or not, susan collins, murcowski? >> i don't know what senator flake to do. i won't tell him what to do. he is a good man but he should follow his heart but i hope he takes his brain with im. >> bill: he suggested based o

chairman grassley has asserted that mr. burck had sole authority to decide what documents could be used to question judge kavanaugh and sole authority as to which documents could be released to the public. however, he has failed to cite any rule or statute that gives mr. burck any authority. we should not move forward with hearings when we only had a fraction of the nominee's record. and the most significant documents that we had remained hidden from public view. now, the chairman claimed that he provided ample opportunity for democrats to clear committee confidential documents for use at the hearing, but he refused the request of several members to make documents on a number of topics public. and i also want to make it clear that as i watched that hearing, there were allegations that members of the senate didn't even show up to take a look at these confidential documents so why were we complaining. i'll tell you what, mr. president. i showed up. i was there for three days looking at all of these documents because i thought