brett was in jail awaiting trial.g blow for jack's loved ones, the judge released sandra citing a lack of evidence. then detectives got a lucky break. someone had a story to tell. and it would send this case into overdrive. once again, keith morrison. >> reporter: sitting in a cell, month after month, can do a lot to alter a person's take on the world. even more so if the inmate is looking at a possible life sentence. and that's when brett schrauben had an epiphany. just days before his murder trial was to begin, he said he was finally willing to testify against tom and sandra. but he wanted out now. the deal had to be for time served or nothing at all. >> what did you think when you heard what he wanted in order to get his cooperation? >> i thought it was outrageous. but it's not a perfect world. and the people who are likely to have some of the best, most detailed information about what takes place inside a conspiracy is a coconspirator. we needed brett schrauben. >> so what was the story? >> the story was a pretty

there was no investigation of the woman in the brett kavanaugh case. >> make your point. >> the bottom line, seems the democrats when it comes to their guys they want to process, they want the facts to come out, they want a little bit of grace, they worked so hard for women or civil rights but when it happens to people on the right they rush to judgment. the press when it came to brett cavanagh wanted an investigation, there must be other women, not doing the same in this situation. >> this is the danger of identity politics and using things like sexual assault in a political way because instead of judging people based on the facts and going through due process we are having a conversation in the public korean aware we don't know the fact that are going based on accusations from either side. we shouldn't believe someone as a woman any more than you believe them as a man. you should believe them based on what the evidence shows because that's the way people get justice. when you say we believe so and so based on gender or race, it -- >> final word. i don't think we should be using sexua

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brett kavanaugh, thank you for sticking with him. thank you for understanding he was highly qualified from our point of view. what brett went through was unconscionable and i hope it never happens again. because at the end of the day, any republican president would put brett on the top of their list. hands down, without question, qualified. he was a bush guy, not a trump guide. he was president bush's private secretary. he handled every single piece of paper that came across president bush's desk. he had been in the trenches as judging and lawyering without any hesitation. just as qualified as sotomayor and kagan. without a doubt who you would expect any republican president to pick, and look what happened then. the goal was to hold open the seat for 2020. that didn't work. so, in 2013, harry reid decided to change the rules to require a majority vote for circuit court judges. i remember senator schumer called me up and it before and said, we're going to change the rules, and i couldn't understand why, because there were very few jud

and i waited. >> that was with brett kavanaugh and his hearings. >> and brett kavanaugh ultimately gott. so he didn't pay the ultimate price for this. but look, listen, i'm from virginia and i'm a southerner, we have to have a pathway for fw fwor, forgiveness if people are asking for forgiveness to reconcile and move forward. god help us in this country if we don't have a pathway to redemption around racial issues in this country. >> what about being able to reconcile? >> let's back up. i think we're conflating things we shouldn't. brett kavanaugh had several problems. there was an allegation, then there was clear behavior around copious drinking and additional allegations, and we did not have a full hearing, and accounting, even though we had a process for it. in this case, the issue is, we don't have a clear process, because the process of the election itself, the election has happened, so the question becomes a purely political one. but i don't think we should sit here and suggest that there was no -- we literally swept under the rug the opportunity to understand better what a serie

they went after brett kavanaugh. >> we will not rest until brett kavanaugh is defeated. >> this nominationdemocrats are expected to start another ugly confirmation fighter today's hearing for his successor, we are coming right back. rob: donald trump's pick for brett cavanagh's former job gearing up for a political fight with democrats slamming dc circuit court nominee naomi raul. john kennedy says he's waiting it out. >> i don't know the nominee. i want to test her judicial temperament, i want to test your knowledge of the law, i want to make sure she can be impartial. rob: democrats have talked about her past positions. the former clerk for clarence thomas oversees the government's regulations. the confirmation process has only begun for the president's latest government pick. acting secretary of the interior david bernhardt nominated to fill that role permanently. bernhardt, former oil and gas lobbyist served as deputy under ryan zinke and took over after zinke resigned last year. jillian: us envoy for north korea heading to pyongyang to prepare for donald trump's second summit with kim

is what they said about brett kavanaugh. kavanaugh's nomination inter-oil his accusers as he assaulted her decades ago. why didn't they call that? >> that times headline is one of many examples. you had the lieutenant governor come out, force a statement about the publication of these allegations in the washington post which i didn't see anyone saying he was unfit to govern because he was angry, using this allegation is blatantly false against him. as much benefit of the doubt is given to his motivation in combating what he sees as a false smear against amanda reaction is just as important as the allegation. >> a lot of leaders in your party said believe all women. are you going to believe the women in this case? >> they said give women the first opportunity to make the case. not a knee-jerk way to believe everything. >> he said i believe her. >> they said believe all women, that is literally the hashtag. >> kamala harris said she believes her because there was corroborating evidence. there was in terms of her friends, not b

when brett kavanaugh was nominated tojoin the when brett kavanaugh was nominated to join the supremee those senate hearings in which he argued with senators, in which there were some pretty forthright back and forth exchanges. senator clover sha h back and forth exchanges. senator clover shah was one of those who was there —— senator clover senator ab mishal. that is where her profile rarely rose will stop saying that, she is perhaps not the best—known of the democrats already in field but she is trying to peasant herself a somewhat different to those in the democrat pack, trapped wind that nomination in 2020 because she says she is a moderate, and although she talked about the communities fracturing across the us, about what she described as the petty ambitious nature of cortex in america at the moment, she wants to try and bring people back towards the centre ground. for example, she actually made a specific point in the speech as she announced her presidency of saying it was time for immigration reform. if you get the idea at the moment that republicans very much wa nt to moment t

they try to destroy brett kavanaugh over this. it happens to women all the time and every day.nd now, we are looking at women suspiciously. if you are a democrat you are accusing a democrat that is wanting to be taken seriously. this is the problem with making this kind of an issue a partisan issue. >> tucker: i totally agree it degrades encrypt everything. >> tammy: exactly. >> tucker: you made that point months ago on the kavanaugh story. >> tammy: this is predictable and we must fight against, it is unfortunately a good example of it and ms. tyson deserves at the very least to be taken seriously. >> tucker: and we should hear her out and hear the facts. tammy, thank you very much. >> tammy: things, tucker. >> tucker: we are talking about this live tv but apparently the internet was out of service in the u.s. senate at least on the democratic side. democratic senators seem to do nothing at all about the allegations against lieutenant governor of virginia. someone said they never even heard of him, justin fairfax lieutenant governor of boyer? so henry rogers the daily: went ov

el mismo espÍritu existiÓ dentro de esa pelea en contra de la nominaciÓn de brett kavanaugh.ue seguircomo las normas que exigen que las mujeres seamos tÍmidas y calladas, que al contrario, tenemos que usar nuestras voces de una manera muy fuerte para poder construir una sociedad donde los respetan a nosotras y donde todos podamos vivir con dignidad. borja: ahora, ana marÍa, sabemos que el juez brett kavanaugh va a estar tambiÉn en el discurso de la uniÓn. usted cree que despuÉs de enfrentarse al senador flake, ha cambiado algo en la forma de hacer polÍtica en los estados unidos? ana maria: yo creo que todos los tipos de protesta que hemos visto en los Últimos aÑos de la era de trump han cambiado la polÍtica en los estados unidos. millones de personas salieron a marchar el dÍa despuÉs de la inauguraciÓn y eso creó un ambiente de real protesta y que, hace la presencia de trump y su agenda. mi protesta tambiÉn le dio a la gente muchÍsima esperanza, una sensaciÓn de que si ellos tambiÉn escuchar la voz que les dice que deben hacer algo, que tambiÉn pueden ayudar a cambiar la hist

justice brett kavanaugh wrote a dissent on the decision. joining us now, jeffrey toobin. you were the one who said when everything was starting with braupt brett kavanaugh when he was confirmed this is going to be the start of the end of roe v wade, i'm paraphrasing there. >> no, you're quoting exactly. >> i remember everything you say, jeff toobin. >> yes. >> is this starting us down that road or is that reading far too much in the fact that this is a stay and they need to look into something? >> i think this is the beginning of the end of row v wade. this case, you know, it is true that john roberts, the chief justice joined with the four liberals on this essential procedural ruling in the preliminary part of this case. what's important to remember about this louisiana case, it's virtually identical to a case the court decided just in 2016 where they said texas could not force abortion clinics to have doctors who had admitting privileges nearby. they said that was an undue burden, it was going to force most clinics to close, and they said it was unconstitutional. louisi

heather: donald trump's pick for brett kavanaugh's old seat gearing up for political fight.ion hearing for dc circuit court nominee naomi raul begins today. she will face a tough battle from senate democrats who have targeted her past positions. the former clerk for justice clarence thomas overseas government relations. the confirmation process has only just begun for the president's latest government become acting secretary david bernhardt nominee to fill the role permanently. bernhardt, a former oil and gas lobbyist served as deputy under former interior secretary ryan zinke took over after he was on last year. donald trump's inaugural committee will comply with a subpoena. federal prosecutors are requesting document related to spending and donations as well as information about benefits. donors received for making contributions. the committee raised record-breaking $107 million leading up to the 2017 inauguration. several new jersey democrats trying to stop the president from a second inauguration, reviving a bill that would require presidential and vice presidential cand

howie: is there a double standard with the media pummeling brett kavanaugh. the "national enquirer" is accused of extortion by jeff bezos. most of of the press dismisses president trump's calls for unity and bipartisanship in the state of the union saying his governing style is very different. >> i saw this as a psychotically incoherent speech with cookies and dog. >> . and -- dog poop. >> everything he said in the speech will be overshadowed by the fact he said there cannot be investigations. >> it was quite effective as an opening speech for the 2020 campaign. howie: i'm howard kurtz, and this is "mediabuzz." virginia governor ralph northam seemed on the verge of resigning days ago for wearing black face. but the media narrative changed after the lieutenant governor was accused of unconsensual sex. >> he went into hiding. and laid low. the second this issue popped up in virginia, crops back up with the same false allegation and uses others to get information out to the media. howie: tyson says it's been extremely difficult to relive that experience. mr. fai

>> start with brett. >> i will start with your last question first. this is a really interesting one because it seems like more than most issues that we have seen around the country and in d.c. over a number of years, it seems like there is quite a bit of momentum from lots of different parts of the political spectrum and many different stakeholders that something needs to be done. we need to establish a new framework, a new set of institutions. and maybe legal institutions for this next wave of our digital future. on the other hand, i would argue possibly getting something done. on the other hand, we all know the political environment is extremely difficult. so, i guess if i had to weigh bese two things, i might hopeful on the first account, but in the end, it is probably unlikely. >> if you had congress locked in a room, what is the one thing you would tell them about privacy? if you don't want to tell them anything, it's ok. go ahead. >> i think that there is a misunderstanding of consumers concern about privacy. this notion that everybody, the vas

brett kavanaugh's earrings we heard we need to believe all women.gn but there is the presumption of innocence in this country and we need to see where the facts lead in this case and we were told during brett kavanaugh's hearing, women are right no matter what and we need to follow them blindly but the double standard for sure. jillian: what do you see happening going forward? >> virginia have legislative elections coming up and if these three guys don't resign, they can't govern right now. there is no way they can govern right now i do they don't resign they will be held accountable. this will be the number one issue in the election this year. every republican running for office can look at their democrat opponent and say you own this. this is on you. you cannot get these guys in your party to resign. you are the party of infanticide, racism and sexual assault. this is on you. rob: this is a lot of ammo for the republicans, that is for sure. we appreciate it. 17 minutes after the hour. in order to buy one of these would you be willing to give up on

brett kavanaugh categorically denied that that event happened. you want to listen to women bringing for these allegations, but also not deny the accuser due process rights. i believe that supplement fbi investigation helped brett kavanaugh. help cement the republicans' ability to vote for him. i think having some sort of investigation for justin fairfax could inevitably end up helping him. >> kennedy: more speed bumps for senator amy klobuchar's presidential campaign rollout as questions about her roughed up treatment of staffers continues to dog the democratic hopeful. will they derail her bid, or is there sexism involves customer that's what her support his claim. we've got reaction from the couch, plus president trump and vice president pence ripping the freshman democrat ilhan omar and calling for repercussions even after she apologized for each week to many, anti-semitic. now one house democrat said claim the high ground on the issue. we will debate it all, next. ♪ about 50% of people with evesevere asthma k? have too many cells called eosin

with brett kavanaugh, how far back does it matter? in this particular case the 25, studying to be a doctor. he is a doctor. people are saying he's an adult and he should know better. i think the situation is gone beyond that. we are beyond the picture. he has changed his story so people don't know what is true but we are also beyond it because everyone says they don't want work with him anymore and when your legislature says that and other statewide officials and state senators say they don't trust you and don't think you should lead i think you've got a different problem than whether you are in the picture and not. not want to work with him he's going to be able to raise money for his party. when to be able to come up with deals. i think there are bigger problems now. host: danville, virginia. martha is a democrat. caller: yes. i have a question. how can we trust the president was no stated that isis longer a threat? americans died by the hand of isis. how can we trust him? his dealings with russia. he says he never dealt with russia

lieutenant governor justin fairfax hiring the same legal team that represented the supreme court justice brettavanaugh when he also faced a sex assault accusation. this all comes after the lieutenant governor accused the lieutenant governor's accuser hired the same lawyers who represented justice kavanaugh's accuser dr. christine blasey ford. fox news has learned fairfax's accuser apparently tried to tip off a virginia congressman about her story a year ago but it didn't go anywhere. more on that in a moment. meantime the governor, ralph northam still refuses to step down over the racist yearbook photo and his admission that he dressed in blackface for a dance contest in the 1980s and even before that the attorney general mark herring, who admitted he also wore blackface in the 1980s still has not resigned even though he called for the governor to step down before his own scandal broke. take a look at the front page of the "new york post" today. it is quite an onslaught. if all three democrats step down, virginia's speaker of the house would be next in line to become governor. he's a republica

tim and brett are both msnbc contributors. garret, hopefully you are not frozen today. >> i am back. >> hopefully, we have unfrozen you. you have been on capitol hill, there is a lot of movement when it comes to committee hearings and loogiking into donald trump and not only the administration but he himself. tell me what's going on. he laid out nicely here. the house democrats feel like a backlog of two years of trump's policies and trump's personnel issues that were never seriously looked at under the republican control house, they're going to work their way back into it. you mentioned some of the big ticket items of the president's tax returns, it is going come up today. that's part of an effort to make a case for that publicly before you get down to the subpoena and nitty and gritty fight stage of it. and there are all these other issues of the handling of hurricane maria and irma. there is a host of issues that are backed up. nancy pelosi are careful marching her forces here. they don't want subpoenas flying out the door

brett kavanaugh, it was a law review article, so it was a little more abstract, but it was about, you negative investigations can be on the ability of a president to do his job. but, you know, as you showed on the air, the only reason that whitaker was hired by the administration because he was on our air, he was a contributor here attacking mueller. >> and the person on air with him that night in the green room said the whole plan was to come on air and talk to him. >> well, whitaker is an extraordinarily unfit person to be attorney general or the acting attorney general of the united states. barr, who's been criticized by a lot of democrats and some expectation that they have that somehow he's going to bite the bullet for trump, you know, i've followed him for a long time. i have trouble that believing that in the last public act of his life, that he's going to take one for the president who's involved in this stuff, that rather, it's in his interests to see that the truth comes out here. and i would be very surprised if he doesn't allow that to happen. >> maggie haberman, i'm sure,

joining me now brett stevens and former dnc adviser, doug thornel.of the progressive democrats. why would donald trump team point them out? >> well, look i think actually i spoke to a number of representatives in each of these campaigns that were name checked. they love this article because it makes the case for them that they could be the toughest people to take on trump. they can fund raise off of it. i think cory booker sent an e-mail to his supporters. the reality is this field is going to grow. there are a number of democrats beyond these three who'll be able to beat trump. he's right now very weak and unpopular and looks like he's ceiling right now is about 44% of about 37%. if you look at battleground district, florida, michigan and wisconsin and he already dropped 20 points in approval rating since 2017. you know they're struggling and they don't have a real positive message, they're pursuing this as they're going to have to disqualify democrats from the start. >> i talked to a number of senior level advisers and the campaign we are talking a

the supreme court, brett kavanaugh is on the supreme court. donald trump is president of the united states. sometimes if you just wait out these scandals, politics prevails. >> but i think in virginia they're looking forward to this next election where democrats actually were poised, they were hoping to take over the state house which is sort of the last frontier in state politics where they hadn't taken over. let's not forget the speaker of the house there who say republican is only speaker of the house because a delegate drew his name out of a bowl because he and the democrat were separated by one vote. so it's only by chance that he is the top of the state house to begin with. so they're not only looking at these top three, this is about virginia democrats' future in that state. >> and redirect by the way. >> and redistricting. >> let me show you the headline of the new york post here. this is new york, they have no hess tans go after virginia. virginia is for losers is what they are saying at this point, john. if you look at that nationall

occasionally get called brett kavanaugh, which is kind of cool. people think i'm a supreme court justice. . am not and never will be i had something to do with president trump picked two great justices. asked me since i left, how did you do it? it is really interesting to be here at the reagan library because so much of what president reagan did inspired me and my team to do what we did. i remember when i first moved to washington a few years after i got the federal society certificate. they really love me. i had the federalist society thing hanging on the wall. even at a young age, i was edgy about working on wesley. it on my sleeve. i did not know anyone that was walking around looking for a seat at the dinner. somebody pulled up my jacket and said, i don't use it here? i thought, that guy who worked for reagan had that name and i realized it was sent. right across the table, a person said, i am ed nice. i felt, of course you are. it only went downhill from there. since i am on the west coast, i can record to take this story. ,hen i came in the

this is their own as we just heard with brett kavanaugh. speak to i don't know if that is the right approach, we are rushing to judgment without ahaving a public hearing or without a full investigation, and i think we have to be intellectually consistent and demand for same fairness for charleston as we did for kavanaugh. >> dan: can i just say and i don't want to interrupt with you but i agree 100% he's entitled to due process. but that is not what they did in that case. >> morgan: let me tell you i have but a personal experience with this. my husband has known the lieutenant governor for about 15 years. some of his very close for and are our friends. oh tell you what it's done. on a personal level, this has allowed for a human discussion a to happen to me republican and my democrat friends. i said to them, you guys, this is why i was reluctant during kavanaugh. we live in the d.c. area so i know people veryru close to kavanaugh that were so crushed by the accusations that were happening to him. similarly, my friends were very close to jus

it's that --brett kavanaugh's seat, who she is, it is going to be a battle matter what happens. erik: she does have a long track record. under the office of management budget where she has overseen much of the from the regulatory agenda. what comes to chemical reviews and so forth i think democrats the be quick to point out effect on the public de-regulation has made. host: one issue we have talked about on this program, in the upcoming days, the green new deal. remind viewers what that is. erik: an amorphous concept that has been embraced by alexandria ocasio-cortez and others, to become carbon emission free within a dozen years. you see all the presidential candidates talk about it. leadership embracing it and the energy and commerce committee has committed to working on it as we don't know what was look like. she is talked about large tax increases for the wealthy, 70% rate to pay for them real buildout in clean energy technology. the could be scaled back. these ideas are being developed in the context of the 2020 presidential campaign. they could very well be the first thing

have dropped. >> melissa: and it keeps his story out there. >> kennedy: you saw what happened with brettanaugh, and now the going assumption is, "if i just stay here long enough they can't kick me out." and the new cycle will move on to something else completely. i think that's what he's doing. he has run out of friends, though. >> melissa: congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez taking steps to push her green new deal for congress. but some critics, even including fellow progressives, are raising concerns about its potentially staggering costs. is the proposal dead on arrival? ♪ it's time for the ultimate sleep number event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your movement and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus, 24-month financing on all smart beds. only for a limited time. ♪ >> harris: new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez has unveiled new details of her much talked about green new deal. it's in a letter to her colleagues. the freshman democrat also asking for support for a resolution wh

think about the way they attacked brett kavanaugh because -- >> laura: we are going to get to that in a minute. >> that's something that needsdt to be pointed out here. there's only one side that's been playing these dirty tricks and trying to get people pushed out of office because of things that happened decades ago, and that's the left. what we are starting to see here now is that is a slippery slope. everybody's going to get in trouble if we have to suddenly answer for things that we did decades ago, and you're right. i don't like it. but i do think it's necessary and i'm happy that it's happening right now with ralph northam because it opens a wider conversation that we need to have in this country.al >> laura: i think you're absolutely right. candace, howard, stay right there. if you are looking for yet another stark example of media hypocrisy, look no further than "the washington post." o this is the paper that first brought us the completely, as candace mentioned uncorroborated accusations against now sitting supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. they did not publish accusati

fox news learning fairfax has retained the same law firm that represented brett kavanaugh.rfax's accuser coming forward with her statement, too graphic for morning tv doctor tyson writing would began is consensual quickly turned into a sexual assault, this is the highest doctor christine ford's attorneys. my caring posting a statement he donned blackface during the college party to look like a black wrapper. he writes about ignorance and glib attitudes that because we did not have an appreciation for the experiences and perspectives of others, we dressed up and put on wigs and brown make up. this fall the controversy surrounding governor ralph northfrom admitting and then denying a decades-old blackface photo was him. >> it made me sick, from friday to now has been bad news after another and it has been shocking as we look for any silver lining is virginians say these behaviors were unacceptable. >> after northron, fairfax and herring next in line to lead virginia is republican speaker of the house of delegates. he rose to that following a drying out of a bowl. you can't ma

brett kavanaugh had his life turned upside down in the most humiliating way, and we are still waiting for the doj prosecution of julie swetnick and michael avenatti and meanwh, increasingly support herself collected over $800,000 through a gofundme account, supposedly applied to cover her security costs. as for that feinstein stafford who originally likely leaked her letter, we are still waiting on the senate judiciary finding there. the fact is most of the left-wing false accusers operate with impunity because conservatives usually choose to just move on. that's a huge mistake. if these phonies like smollett aren't made to pay for their defamatory tall tales, we will just see more of it as 2020 approaches. even the man who's in the false narrative hall of fame seems to kind of agree. >> if it is found that smollett and these gentlemen did in some way perpetrate something that is not true, they are the face of accountability to the maximum. but let's not act like this is some left-wing folks that some are saying on social media. >> laura: no, no, it's not a left-wing hoax at all, al.

to brett bear and mike emanuel on the hill. the thing is, this is what the democrats have been screaming, appropriations bet long with the house of representatives. if there were an emergency, he could have declared it when there was an emergency. nothing has changed. you went around congress. we'll see how that plays in court and how that plays with the two sides of the political aisle as well. chad pergram on the hill. my first question is, when might the senate vote on this? is there a timetable set out yet? >> they're on this procedural vote right now -- >> shepard: i think the martians have invaded his audio source. which is unfortunate. there's -- i don't know. what is the frequency? they're going to work on that there. there's a procedural vote, a motion to move forward and then they'll be able to take the vote itself. the truth is, once it gets through the senate, then they have to go to the house of representatives. they have said they wouldn't vote till 6:30. it's about stacking things. the senate goes first and the h

will also be joined by -- by ana maria archila who protested the nomination of supreme court justice brettavanaugh. she attend the state of the union as a guest of alexandria ocasio-cortez. all that and more coming up. ♪ welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump delivered the state of the union address from the house chamber tuesday night. in the speech, he repeated his calls for a border wall, referred to a quote "tremendous onslaught" of migrants allegedly trying to get into the country. president trump: in the past, most of the people in this room voted for a wall but the proper wall never got built. i will getet it built. amy: trump however did not declare a national emergency over the border wall, as some had speculated. trump also addressed the situation in venezuela, where the u.s. has been accused of orchestrating the overthrow of sitting president nicolas maduro. president trump: two weeks ago, the united states officially recognized venezuela's new president. address that lasted nearly an hour and a half, trump also war

they said thanks for the pictures, brett. [laughter] mr. mcgahn: all irishmen do not look alike. we all wear blue ties, and we part our hair in the right side, but i don't see the resemblance. i occasionally get called brett kavanaugh, which is kind of cool because then people think, supreme court justice, and i'm not in never will be, but i've had something to do with helping president trump take two great justices -- pick two great justices. people have asked me since i left, how did you do it? it's interesting to be here at the reagan library, because so much of what president reagan did inspired me to do what i did on my team -- inspired me and my team to do what i did. a few after -- for years after we got the federalist society certificates, i hung it on the wall. even at a young age, i was kind of edgy on wearing it on my sleeve. i remember a federalist society dinner at the mayflower. i remember i didn't know anyone. i was looking for a seat at the dinner. someone pulled up my jacket and said why don't you sit here, son. this person said i am can grip -- ken crip. i was v

during the kavanaugh case a lot of democrats were quick to jump out in front of the cameras to demand brett kavanaugh take his name out of the running for the supreme court position. in that case, the evidence was thin. everybody treated the evidence seriously but it was thin. in the case against justin fairfax, he has the right to be heard. like anyone else. the right to due process. but the evidence here is specific. named on the record witnesses. why did some democrats take so long if they stand by the principles to come out and demand the same for the lieutenant governor fairfax? >> i think he deserves due process as well. >> i agree. >> these are the accusations against him. they are accusations. they have to be vetted. they should be taken seriously, though. the accusations made by the women are serious but they should be investigated. he should have his day. it's not right he should outright resign and not have a chance to face his accusers. not have a chance to hear all of the facts. so i think we need to let it run its course. >> daryl, i don't disagree one bit. i have been consist

brett kavanaugh was in high school -- >> brett kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault. that's something different. >> right. that was high school. this is medical school -- >> 25 years old. you mentioned congressman bobby scott. did you have a statement? so bobby scott now is responding and we'll play it on the other side of the break. we'll be right back. studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection or flu-like symptoms or sores, have had cancer, or develop new skin growths, or if anyone in your house needs or recently had a vaccine. alert your doctor of new or worsening problems, including headaches, seizures, confusion and vision problems. these may be signs of a rare, potentially fatal brain condition. some serious allergic reactions and lung inflammation can occur. talk to your doctor today, and learn how janssen can

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sexual assault releases to him beforehand brett kavanaugh himself did too and then veered way off of it and gave a nearly hour long monologue that didn't resemble the statement i had been released this is something that has just kind of become standard operating procedure if it has not written into the rules of engagement so to speak but it gives us an idea of what's to come and what's in here is just one of the things that in there is that he's expected to testify that donald trump had advance knowledge of a meeting during the twenty six thousand campaign between his campaign aides and a russian lawyer who was promising a dirt on hillary clinton now could this then in turn revive speculation about trump or the trump campaign colluding with russia to influence the twenty six thousand election this is going to be very key because this is the first time that we have heard the president directly implicated and someone has said directly yes he knew and i have the evidence for it up until now all of the allegations all the people being arrested all of the evidence that come out can very r

around all of the tension surrounding brett kavanaugh, the hearings, the confirmation. she was in a restaurant in suburban d.c. with her middle school-aged daughter and her friends. here's how she described it. >> i was assaulted in a restaurant. that person has to go to court soon. >> assaulted how? >> i was standing next to my daughter and many of her friends at dinner. she was right here next to me. her friends were, too. somebody was grabbing me from behind, grabbed my arms and was shaking me to the point i thought maybe somebody was hugging me. one of the other parents coming to pick up his or her daughter. it felt weird like that's aggressive. i turned around and the woman was unhinged. >> a stranger. >> she was out of control. i don't know how to explain her to you. her whole face was terror, anger. she was right here. my daughter was there. she ought to pay for that. she has no right to touch anybody. >> kellyanne conway called 911. the police ended up coming and mary elizabeth inbennett was charged with second degree assault, disorderly conduct and there will b

brett kavanaugh was in high school -- >> brett kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault.ing different. >> right. that was high school. this is medical school -- >> 25 years old. you mentioned congressman bobbie scott. did you have a statement? so bobby scott now is responding and we'll play it on the other side of the break. we'll be right back. ♪ feeling unsure? what if you had some help? introducing the new 2019 ford edge with the confidence of ford co-pilot360™ technology. the most available driver assist techonology in its class. the new 2019 ford edge >>> okay, so everyone's back with me now. you mentioned it, i want to just read it. it says virginia congressman bobby scott issued the following statement regarding virginia governor ralph northam. it is never easy to condemn a personal friend. i know the governor has dedicated his life to public service. i take him at his word that he is deeply sorry and that he understands that his behavior was inappropriate and offensive. history will have to judge his life and public record, and his chapter will be a major stain on

the problem i have with this, when the shoe was on the other foot and it's brett kavanaugh the republican appointee, all of this went out the window. the evidence didn't matter. the response is instantaneous. he should pull his name out. now democrats have come out after the second allegation but it wasn't the immediately. your reaction to that? >> that is right. look at what happened. in the wake of the justin fairfax accusations coming out. the number fourth in line of the gubernatorial succession in virginia, kirk cox, who is a republican came out with a statement immediately. we at the r.n.c. talk told the state party of virginia, talked with kirk cox, the statement was this. let's wait for the facts to come out. i was the same standard with kavanaugh. even though there was a political interest and the republican party saying that fairfax should resign, we said wait for facts to come out. we were consistent. it's not the democratic party in wake of kavanaugh. they said kavanaugh should step down. kirsten gillibrand said one credible allegation is enough. democrats were silent at first

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justin fairfax hired the same law firm that represented brett kavanaugh. while the lieutenant governor's latest statement in response to vanessa tyson's sexual assault he says he doesn't wish her harm, fairfax in fact used profane language during a private meeting monday to describe miss tyson. fairfax's chief of chaff acknowledged the use of the expletive but dispute he used it to characterize tyson. >>> some democrats are beginning to speak out more forcefully on the fairfax allegation after first refusing to weigh in on the lieutenant governor, senator and presidential hopeful cory booker told cnn yesterday this is a deeply disturbing allegation that should be thoroughly investigated. presidential candidate and south bend mayor echoed that statement as well. >> the allegations are extremely disturbing. horrifying, in fact. they deserve to be fully investigated. you know, when somebody experiences sexual assault in america they need to know he or she needs to know that those allegations will be taken seriously and that they will be believed when they com

this, after the huge controversy that engulfed now-justice brett kavanaugh.legations. >> justin fairfax, who you helped get elected i will do still support him? >> i think we should be focusing on what is happening -- my focus is on giving the government to step of dumb. >> if there are credible claims by anyone, those have to be taken seriously. but governor northam has already admitted to action that disqualify him. >> melissa: i think i said her name is regina, it's vanessa prepart in need. we are talking about virginia. anyway, senator bernie sanders refuses to say whether he believes the accuser or not. and senator dianne feinstein says she doesn't know who fairfax is. so there you go. katie, i will go to first. this is dicey. is it double standard if you look at the reaction with claims on brett kavanaugh, and the reaction of the claims of this woman? >> katie: "the washington post" came out justifying why they didn't run the allegations against the lieutenant governor. because they were saying that they couldn't corroborate them. they should have evide