collins said with chris facing indictment, he is going to be on trial in 2020. this is a very, very republican district and is the most republican district in new york. trump by adonald wide margin coming chris collins was the first congressman to back donald trump, so he is relying on the fact that it is a very republican district with a big enrollment edge. he is sending a national message saying, we have to keep republicans in control of congress. that means you need to see me back to washington. so far, he seems to be up a little bit in the polls, but a four-point lead in the latest poll. host: what are you going to be watching for on election night? guest: i think three of the four races we talked about are the three i will be watching most closely. i mean, new york is very big for democrats in terms of nationally. it is a very blue state, and they are hoping to flip some seats to take that congress. new york will be one of those battlegrounds that incumbents will be watching nationally. talking about the key races to watch when it

it is the district where chris collins is running, and chris collins, as many of your viewers may nowwas indicted in about august, i believe, for insider trading. of time, heriod said he would pull out of the race and republicans would find something else who would run. he then decided, as we got into september, that no, in fact he was going to run, so chris collins remains on the ballot, and he is running against a guy mcmurray, who democrats really wouldn't have had much hope they could pick up the seat until the chris collins indictment. it's probably a still a long shot mcmurray could pick it up, but chris collins remains on the ballot. there haven't been any debates as far as i understand in that district, and it it is still a district that pollsters are suggesting that collins, whether under indictment or not, can and will hold the district, and is probablyo face a trial january next year, which raises questions if he is elected and is sworn in again next year, within the house may do about that. the district,ing are you surprised collins has that strong a hold? surprised.m not

indicted republican congressman chris collins is tied with democratic challenger nate mcmurray, this >> wow. >> the poll kind collins' favorability rating in the district is a negative one, with only 48% of republicans holding a favorable opinion of him. he has pleaded not guilty to insider trading charges. is that about chris collins exclusively or is there a trump effect there as well? >> every midterm cycle you end up getting a couple races like this where you can look at all national factors but there's something happening locally. in 1994 in chicago a democrat under indictment lost his election to a republican. here you have the heart of trump company in western new york, collins the first member of congress to endorse trump. i think because of this indictment he's in a dog fight now. >> mia love is dead even with ben mcadams in utah, both at 46% in the poll, which also shows split ticket voting in the senate race with republican mitt romney dominating in polls there. in florida's 26th congressional district which voted for hillary clinton in 2016 and barack obama in 2012, republ

it is probably still a long shot, but chris collins remains on the ballot. e have not been any debates as far as i understand in that district. it is still a district in which pollsters suggest collins is hold this district and likely to face a trial somewhere in january next year, which raises questions if he is elected what the house may do about that? district,idering the are you surprised that representative collins still has that strong of a hold? guest: i am not surprised. this is a district that he won by 30 points last time around. donald trump one by double digits. -- won by double digits. republicans were really concerned about who could put up there, someone who could so fun. i'm not surprised -- self fund. i'm not surprised. it does speak to the fact that these are the types of choices voters are being presented with, someone under indictment for illegal acts versus a democrat who doesn't have a lot of support in the district, or did not until this turnaround of events. as you look across new york state, one of the things to make note of is that,

number of republicans with self-inflicted wounds and these are the most obvious, duncan hunter and chris collins the first republican members of the congress to endorse donald trump for president and now they are both running for reelection under indictment and chris collins got out of the race at one point and got back in later when it was clear the republicans could not get his name off the ballot. these are very republican districts. have sought tos neutralize their own problems by talking about how democrats are flawed. in san diego, duncan hunter is airing an ad that many people in his own party consider out of bounds, trying to portray the democrats who had a grandfather who was the mastermind of the munich bombing in the 1970's, who died 16 years before the candidate was born, trying to portray him as if it was coming from a family of terrorists. in buffalo, collins is talking about a democrat talking about e house battlefield and the election two weeks away. taking your calls. chuck in colorado, a republican. caller: thank you for c-span. i wanted to say how refreshing it was or has been

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the other fellow republican chris collins who, fun fact, was the first congressman to endorse donaldrist collins refusing to drop out of his race after being indict ford insider trading. >> he allegedly picked his son to dump stock if an australian drug company that he sat on the board of. >> video uncovered by cbs news appears to show collins on his phone at the moment prosecutors say he gave inside information to his son. >> wow. caught on camera allegedly insider trading. this is why we need cameras everywhere. yet dave and busters has a serious problem with me setting up toilet cameras. so sexist. >> now this could affect collins' chances but don't forget he represents the 27th district of new york which is home to the buffalo bills stadium. so his constituents are these guys. yeah, they're good with it. so two gop incumbents, two very bad buys am but for my money, the baddest boy of the 2018 mid terms the democrat running in georgia's deep red 14th congress ag district. meat democratic nominee steve foster, he checks all the bad boy box, investigated for allegedly stealing milit

ask chris collins whether the act which bans insider trading was passed into law. any first responder who is responsible for passing the nine little bill. any new york senator should of been there. we need more done. sen. gillibrand: i led the bill. i led the advocacy. i got the building. having your name on something is not relevant -- it's whether you fought for it. those are part of larger bills. you do not get your name on it just because you worked on it. it might be a much larger bill or you could actually get something done like a defense bill or a spending bill. senator schumer had 31 bills passed during his time in the senate. you took credit for his defense funding. the only problem is, you voted against the actual bill. sen. gillibrand: the reason i voted against the defense bill is because there is a provision allowing low yield nuclear weapons to be produced and used strategically without congressional oversight. i felt that issue was so important that -- >> then why take credit for it? sen. gillibrand: because the substance of legislation was written

we have cam falkner and dan isran and chris collins with urban pacific and steve vettel with farrell lebron and kinerly architecture and planning and i may be missing a few people. my apologies. thank you. >> thank you, mr. white. madame secretary do you have the speaker cards for this item? >> no speaker card for this item mr. vice chair. we have mr. gene. >> good afternoon everyone. i'm oscar james from hunters point. i like this particular project. i do have concerns on are there any units that are going to be set aside for people with disability in these units. also, will there be anything for peoples around that area who are homeless to have an opportunity to live in some of those units also. those are my questions that i'm asking for. thank you very much. thank you, mr. james. anybody else wishing to speak on the item. seeing none i will close public comment and turn to my fellow commissioners for questions or comments. commissioner singh. >> yes. do we have the list of preference holders? >> i'm sorry, commissioner, can you say that one more time? >> i can't hear you. >> he's

. >> congressman chris collins' lead over his democratic challenger is closing and campaign contributionsl but stopped in the wake of his august indictment for insider trading. he raised just about $33,000 during the third quarter with only three contributions from individuals within his district. it's a third of what he pulled in last quarter. it is one of the lowest marks of any engaged incumbent in this election cycle. the democratic nominee trails according to the latest poll. >>> the president has been on the campaign trail to rally supporters for republican candidates. during an interview with the associated press on tuesday, the president was asked if he would take responsibility should republicans lose the house in the midterms. trump said in part, no, i think i'm helping people. i don't believe anybody's ever had this kind of an impact. after the a.p. reported yesterday that trump dismissed suggestions that he might take responsibility as his predecessor did. trump tweeted a.p. headline was very different than my quote. fake news. >> you asked if he thought he would bear some res

republican congress members in safe seats who are both under federal indictments, and of course chris collins in buffalo, and doug hunter in san diego, and how does that play? michael and jim? >> well, yeah. the dynamics on the ground are very interest interesting in this campaign, and even with the senate. you have a ebb and flow, and you can see the numbers off a 5/4 seat change possibility there, and the tightness and the closeness of the race, and both parties are at this point are looking at discipline and staying in their particular lanes and looking at some of the races such as a duncan hunter and others to hold that space given the difficulties with the candidates. >> and this is the problem with trump's tweet, because swing women are the big swing, and you talk about these areas, and you not alienate women the way that he is, and not think it is a complete disaster, and if michael had the old job as rnc chairman he would be throwing things across the room. >> oh, trust me. >> and the same in the senate room, and you have democratic incumbent senators opening, and every time the trump

new york republican chris collins who was indicted in august on insider trading charges has decided the fact that his democratic challenger, nate mcmurray speaks fluent korean. mcmurray's wife is a naturalized citizen from south korea justifies running this ad. >> not a lot about the tax cuts there. the words at the bottom that are made to look like subtitles have nothing to do whatsoever with what mcmurray was actually saying. what about another indicted republican? duncan hunter jr. he is running a ad that his opponent describes as racist, xenophoic and rated in lies. >> he used three different names >> yeah. then there is new york incumbent john faso, who has his great credit not been indicted. the nrcc is defending faso's seat in the overwhelming light white district of new york with attacking his rhodes scholar opponent delgado by spotlighting his brief career as a rapper 12 years ago. >> who i am? i'm antonio delgado. i was raised to believe you're supposed to love your neighbor. ♪ because there's a war going on but the [ bleep ] ♪ >> with me to talk about what is going on, jelani

you may know this name, chris collins, the republican incumbent, first republican congress to endorse trump two years ago. he's now under indictment, so what does that mean? this district that donald trump carried by 25 points in 2016 with collins running under the cloud of an indictment, look at this poll just out today. he lead but only by three. democrats with an opportunity. a couple months ago you never would have said that in this district. how about utah, utah one of the most red states in the country, and yet today look at this, mia love, the republican, tied there. this is a red state, as red states go, very trumpphobic. ben mcmullen in utah got 25% of the vote a couple years ago. this is the least conservative district in utah. mia love in trouble out there. on paper doesn't make sense. west virginia is third. trump won this district by 50 points in 2016. richard ojeda. he actually voted for president trump. incessant democratic support here. here's one democrat's thought would be a slam-dunk. open seat in florida, clinton won it by 27 points. there is a poll going on right

because the incumbent here you may know this name, this would story, chris collins, the first member congress to endorse president trump. more recently chris colins is facing a federal indictment. as he faces a loom trial he is running for re-election. there is a wild card. a district that would normally be a very safe republican district in in midterm election. the republican incumbent embattled by the scandal by the controversy. and so the question is, you know, democrats -- the suburbs, we say the clinton district. we look at obvious places. but are there random districts like this where there is a factor loo like a scandal giving a chance. what are we seeing in the 27th? her a poll from last week? a district trump won by 24 points. collins clinging a 4 had-point lead. and there is undecided, flux in that race. there is one to keep an eye on on election night, hallie. >> steve, you got called out earlier in the show. i don't know if you heard it. but joel heitkamp, heidi's brother said this. i think we pulled. >> well it depends if you believe the polls. >> i'm a steve kornacki fa

both sides, if the idea is our government leaders are the best we have, when you see a guy like chris collins, to raise $80 million, bob menendez in new jersey, having gone through -- 80, excuse me, and the fact you see bob menendez possibly going to win in the state of new jersey, is this the best the parties put forward? >> it's certainly who they are putting forward. we're seeing a lot of voters who are not looking forward to voting in this election ask that question as well. that's why some of them, so many of them aren't coming out, particularly from the groups that do not come out very often during midterms such as millennial voters. we've seen young voters suggest maybe they'll show up at some slightly higher rates this midterm than in previous years but they do not believe that many of the candidates that have been presented to them have their best interest in mind and are going to be significantly different from what has been brought to washington in previous cycles. >> i want to make sure 80, not $80 million. it's just stunning to me, people who have legal issues still running and p

chris collins is still there. duncan hunter. these guys are still running and there is a problem when they want to turn it on the other guy. i want talking to carol miller in west virginia, a district i was born and raised in. she told mer he opponent is a democrat, a guy that is just now saying she's the reason for the opioid epidemic. she's like, can you believe this is how crazy it's gotten? this is what i have to weather whether i'm out there those last 18, 19 days. >> what is the answer to that? had how do you rebut a claim like that? what is her answer to that when she's approached with that? >> to be herself. that's what i told her. she's a woman who believes in other women. she's one of the republican women that i believe is going to change things for not only my home state, but for the country. she's taking the high road. she also said i'm not going to pull any punches. if this guy is going to come out there and go after me, i'm not going to take the same nasty route, but she's trying to be herself more than anything el

chris collins, indicted, could get reelected.dez, who got like a mistrial because of a -- could get re-elected. i mean, talk about situational ethics for both political parties. >> indeed. i think it depends on which voters think initially what's most important to them. if we can make it very clear to vote es, not focusing on trump, but what happens when people who have means don't pay taxes and the impact that has on society as a whole. then perhaps they will see some personal aal connection. >> mitt romney did get hurt by this. >> donald trump has broken our politics. the question is, can we fix it? can we get back to some sort of norm where these things matter? i'm going to have to say something about the both ciderism that you just did. there are problems on the democratic side -- >> it's not insignificant, i'm sorry. >> but let's not pretend that's what's happening on the republican side isn't vastly bigger than what's happening on the democrat side. >> this is the problem, it's situational ethics, that's my frustration. >>

number of republicans with self-inflicted wounds and these are the most obvious, duncan hunter and chris collinshe first republican members of the congress to endorse donald trump for president and now they are both running for reelection under indictment and chris collins got out of the race at one point and got back in later when it was clear the republicans could not get his name off the ballot. these are very republican districts. have sought tos neutralize their own problems by talking about how democrats are flawed. in san diego, duncan hunter is airing an ad that many people in his own party consider out of bounds, trying to portray the democrats who had a grandfather who was the mastermind of the munich bombing in the 1970's, who died 16 years before the candidate was born, trying to portray him as if it was coming from a family of terrorists. in buffalo, collins is talking about a democrat opponent you 70 mail account for political purposes to link into hillary clinton. host: we will talk more about the house after we take you live to be four of the house for a brief pro forma session h

the collins court at least for the day. chrisallace host of "fox news sunday" live with us from washington. chris? >> well, shep, senator collins had her moment and she took it. really quite an extraordinary speech as you think back. it went on for more than a half an hour. she took all of the concerns about judge kavanaugh and what kind of supreme court justice he would be on issues like the healthcare act, the aca, abortion, same-sex marriage and in a very lawyerly way went through them and tried to explain why she thought those concerns were overstated. then she went through the allegations against him of sexual misconduct. again, in a rather lawyerly way i thought went through the reasons why she thought that, as she said, if you come down to basic due process, basic fairness, the basic principle of you're presumed innocent, that christine blasey ford as compelling as she was she didn't have corroboration. she talked about our politics, how divisive it is and how mean it is. she said she hoped on the supreme court that justic

chris matthews. presidential historian, msnbc contributor john meacham, professor at vanderbilt university. moments from now we're going to cover it closely when susan collins takes the floor of the united states senate to announce her decision. chris, it will come in the form of a speech. she may not say it off the top. why do you think it is happening this way, what do you think she will do? >> i don't know why she's stretched it out like this. she voted for cloture. looks like the republicans will add two seats to the supreme court, and probably have an opportunity next two years to do it again. looks like the senate will hold. they're in very strong position to really give the shape of the supreme court for years and decades to come. that's the big trump victory. >> chris, your surprise will come if susan collins says she will not support brett kavanaugh. >> that would be calamitous for every republican. that would mean joe manchin is in play. i don't think he wants to be the decisive vote for confirmation as a democrat. it is one thing to be an outlier, but to be the one that puts him to the supreme court would be powerful stuff and stay in the democra

shelly moore capital, chris coons, sheldon whitehouse and congressman darrell issa, doug collins and jerry nadler was going to be here, he couldn't make it. i don't know what happened to him. i'm shocked, i'm shocked. we're also joined by truly amazing artists and people i've known for a long time, people everywhere knows, including, kid rock, kid, thank you. do you like this legislation or do you hate it? >> like it. >> been fighting for a long time. i want to welcome christian rock group, mercy me. also joining me is, gee, so many of these people i've been with them are famed guitarist from the doobie brothers and steely dan, jeff baxter, thank you very much. >> and where-- right i knew you were here. mike love, i've heard him many times, many times. he's the beach boys, where is mike? >> right here. >> mike. do you like this, right? >> i love it. >> good. mike love. been a friend of mine. the beach boys are, look, what can you say about the beach boys? great music. we have some great country artists with us, including craig morgan, and my good friend, john rich of big and rich. he

chris: even vice president pence after he presided, went over and talked to susan collins and murkowskier and took murkowski aside. remembering that today's enemy could be the key vote for tomorrow. shannon: absolutely could. judge kavanugh will be the second supreme court justice president trump has put on the bench in his first two years in office. chris: let's turn to steve hilton, host of the next revolution. good evening. your thoughts about today's developments? >> it's a huge huge moment. it's a great moment. i think exactly as john was saying, the president can feel entitled to his victory lap, but i think there's something i would want to give particular perspective as someone who is new to america. we moved here just over six years ago. and there was something truly moving for me watching senator collins' speech because it wasn't just the incredible importance of that speech in relation to this vote at this time on this nominee. there was something about that speech that really represented for me the best of america and the constitutional -- chris: let me interrupt for a secon

susan collins said today -- >> but real quick, chris, i think we're going to end up making kavanaugh it's one against the democrats, i think. >> well, i think kavanaugh created his own problems also. nobody told him to lie about his yearbook. >> but the democrats got kavanaughed. >> they didn't have the numbers. they came into it 51-49. as long as you held ranks you were going to be fine, right? >> we're always going to be 51-49 from here forward. >> chris, i'd love to hear the question you have for me. >> that's because you use the nuclear option. i know it started with harry reid but then it was upped as an ante in we see as this toxic it the f-- tit for tat. do you think there will be move to make improvement? >> i think the real challenge we have this particular process, right, is that sexual assault and sexual harassment should not be a partisan issue. >> right. >> but somehow it became one. you can look back on susan collins comments about -- i almost said senator frank, the senator from minnesota. >> franken. >> franken. i was thinking about barney frank. sorry congressman fra

collins the republican from maine is going to announce how she is going to vote on brett kavanaugh's nomination, and it could be the decisive vote. joining me is democratic senator from connecticut chris murphy. thank you for being with us. well, does it boil down to your colleague susan collins? >> well, you know, i was here of course during the affordable care act debate in the last summer when everybody thought that all was lost as i was heading to that vote, and it seemed as if the repeal was going to move forward and then a all of the sudp en, it wasn't, and john mccain changed his vote, and susan and lisa obvious ly remained as no votes, so i am not going to give up until that final vote tomorrow. i know that susan's speech today later is going to be important o one, but i will be on the floor of the senate all night tonight with some of the colleagues to try to make the case that the damage that is going to be done to the credibility of the supreme court is too immense to push it through to the finish. so i know that it feels as if it is, you know, more than likely than not that kavanaugh will be confirmed, but it felt more likely than not that the affordable care act would be

griff: you mentioned susan collins so talk about men standing up to women. senator chris listen to what he had to say. >> i have a great amount of respect for senator collins, but i just think she is going to be sorely disappointed when a year from now brett kavanaugh writes the decision overturning roe v. wade but it's going to be pretty embarrassing when brett kavanaugh is the deciding vote to criminalize abortion in this country. griff: candice? >> well i'm from connecticut so if you want to talk about embarrassing talk about his leadership as a whole. he's got way bigger fish to fry, than susan collins. connecticut is a sinking ship. our economy is could espionage laking because it's being led by weak men like him. let me tell you she dismantled every argument like that last night and left it on the floor, everything that kavanaugh was going to be some kind of nuclear ideological bomb. she obliterated those arguments and yet he falls right back into that. the fact is the reason the american people are shocked at this is because they seen that they were right in 2016.

collins is saying i reject this democratic off-ramp. >> jeff flake was all about process and his concern, as he said to chris coons, that it was -- the process was tearing the country apart. and the process now, susan collins says, has been thorough enough, and the process is now moving forward. >> again, we don't know her vote, but every indication right there is as mitch mcconnell was making the case, this is moving towards kavanaugh's confirmation. >> josh, as you were saying, it's republicans are talking about what is in the report. democrats are talking about what is not in the report. >> exactly. i think you nailed it when you said we have one document, and neither side can agree on what this document means. it's because of that fact. they're asking the wrong questions. republicans are looking and saying this is it. this is this person's life. we have gone through it, it looks good to us. democrats are saying there are all these other allegations the fbi has not looked into. the one question, and i don't expect any particular movement in the next 24 hours, but what democrats will be pushing for, as chuck schumer mentioned, is fo

and earlier, republican susan collins — a key vote the white house needed — announced her support. our washington correspondent christs. the system is corrupt! four days the senate's corridors of power have been filled with protesters. each one trying to influence the still wavering senators over whether to support brett kava naugh's wavering senators over whether to support brett kavanaugh's domination to the supreme court. he has angrily denied claims that he sexually assaulted christine blasey ford decades ago when they were both teenagers. after wrestling with her political beliefs and the simple question of who to believe, the republican senator susan collins finally decided she would vote in favour ofjudgement grow one. the fa cts favour ofjudgement grow one. the facts presented do not mean that president, professor ford was not sexually assaulted that night. or at some other time. but they do lead me to conclude that the allegations fail, to me —— meet the more likely than not standard. but another republican broke party lines to say she could not support him. stop this, it's not too late! the tower -- final

chris coons, (d) delaware:"i have reached out to all three to, senator collins and to murkowski and to senator flake but i also know they are getting input from absolutely everywhere." (ken)earlier in the day, republican jeff flake of everywhere."from absolutely getting input from absolutely everywhere." (ken)earlier in the day, republican jeff flake of arizona also said he would support kavanaugh, unless something big changed things. the final senate vote is expected on tomorrow afternoon. you really do only want the best in that position, academically he is just as qualified as anybody but temperamentally and emotionally he is a total and complete disaster. (pam) that was former san francisco mayor willie brown.. talking with me today... about brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. reaction pouring in today, as it appears all but certain kavanaugh will get a seat on the highest court in the land. though some worry... this could slow down the tidal wave of survivors... who have recently come forward to report their sexual assault stories. our justine waldman has this part

chris coons, (d) delaware:"i have reached out to all three to, senator collins and to murkowski and to senator flake but i also know they are getting input from absolutely everywhere." (vicki)(vicki) earlier in the day, republican jeff flake of arizona also said he would support kavanaugh, unless something big changed. the final senateote is expected on saturday. (grant) the full (grant) the full senate vote, tomorrow night, will cap most contentious confirmations of a supreme court nominee in decades. it has triggered reaction from sexual assault survivors... kron4's justine waldman has the details... with the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh to the suprememcourt...looking likely. some are concerned this could have a chilling effect on sexual assault survivors coming forward.sot survivors are looking for support and when they call the ywca they know they will be believed at the ywca in silicon valley, phone calls to domestic violence and sexual assault hotlines are up by 20% according to the ceo tanis crosby, who talked to kron 4 by skype. the nomination process as triggered all of

from the white house, praising senator susan collins, telling reporters he's going to watch the vote on tv as we hope millions of other americans do with us. chris: absolutely. let me explain what's going on here, which is that the president's going to be making his remarks but that's going to be at 7:30 eastern which is too late for all the newspapers in the east coast or for the evening news, so the president wants to get his remarks on the evening news tonight in the sunday morning papers, so by making that statement when he did, he puts a place holder there and of course he'll make more extensive remarks at the rally tonight which i assume will be a victory celebration because at that point judge kavanaugh will be justice kavanaugh. john roberts joins us now from the north lawn. john, looks like the president's feeling pretty good. >> reporter: yeah, sunday morning paper, such a quite idea in this electronic world. chris: i'm an old guy, what can i say? >> reporter: i've got two questions for the president. the first one is, how are you feeling about the vote and what do you think of the pros that's the nation went through to get to where we

chris, i'll take you on one on one. you've got three republicans that are critical. flake, murkowski, collins. they were not wild about the president's comments last night. but that's not going to move their vote one way or another. this report is going to be critical. and from everything that i'm hearing, the report does not bolster christine ford's credibility at all. at all! >> look, i think it's all about the report. they've been critical of the president in the past and they've still voted with them on many occasions. i think the report is critical to them. again, i see the cloture vote and that concerns me. if i was leader o'connell, i would've talked on two of them. i think they lost murkowski on other issues, but collins and flake are critical. on we'll see. i think he's making them take a hard vote ahead of the midterms. back to the original discussion of the midterms, laura, i really don't see this lasting, especially if he is confirmed over the weekend. i don't think that 30 days from now this is still an issue. i also do not think that scotus voters, people who come out vote for su

chris coons ever be friend again? >> i think jeff flake will ultimately vote for judge kavanaugh. and i do believe senators collins and murkowski with also vote for him. what this has done to the detriment of the democrats, this has completely unified the republican party. those who were complacent three or four weeks ago understand what's at stake. if judge kavanaugh loses and he's voted down by the u.s. senate, that's a precursor of impeachment proceedings against president trump. kennedy: if they do seriously talk about impeachment, that's a unifying factor for democrats and republicans. i think it does the same thing to both sides. when everyone is agitated and activated, everyone goes and votes. then it is a tossup. if you could sit down with judge kavanaugh because you are a political strategist because you have worked on brand and image polishing. what would you tell him about how to move on. it seems liked the kind of thing that would haunt him for decades. >> you have to think about the way the judge raised his family. when the judge gave his opening statement and mentioned how this 10-year-old daughter w

. >> and jeff flake along with chris kuns was on the "today" show, and we want toed to play hum, because he and susan collins, and lisa murkowski are the three critical votes as mitch mcconnell made it clear that they are rushing ahead with a vote this week. >> we have seen a record that he has had on the court of collegiality and working with other members. so i think that you have to give some leeway. >> there are people coming forward suggesting that he did do more serious drinking than he communicated to the committee. if that were the case, would you consider that to be a situation where he had not been truthful with the committee? >> well, that is obviously difficult to judge what constitutes drinking in excess and i am not quite sure how to judge that especially for this mormon, that is a tough one for me. >> casey hunt is joining us from capitol hill where you are interviewing a number of people and i was struck by interpreting jeff flake today. he was not saying that the lack of ocollegiality and the blej yent behavior and the demeanor of the way he was to senators is not disqualifying and nor the e

chris hahn at all. >> laura: it was just basically a series of sound bites. >> no, -- we have three republicans that are critical. flake, michalski, collins. they were not wild wild about e president's comments but that won't moveo their vote one wayr ite other. this report is going to be criticalg,. but that does not bolster christine ford's credibility at all. >> it's all about the report, they've been critical with the president in the past and still voted with him. i see the cloture vote and that concerns me. if i was at mikado and i was filing cloture vote, collins and flake were very critical on this boat. i think i would have made that call and whipped those boats between four i made that motion. back to the original discussion about the midterms, laura, i really don't see this lasting, especially if he is confirmed over the weekend. i don't think that 30 days from now that this is still an issue. and i don't think that scotus voters, people that come back and vote for supreme court justices -- >> the court was an important part of christian conservatives and conservatives. i disagree with you. i know it's the law, but, -- dave, the

chris, isn't that you could always do more. the question is whether you did enough in the investigation. senator collinsknow, this is premised on a lack of corroboration. a lack from who? from how many interviews that were done? was it thorough or not and more specifically, what were the parameters? why was it focused only on sexual assault and allegations from certain people and not on lying and not on alcohol abuse? which i'm here to tell you is very typical material for any suitability inquiry. it goes toward your character, your reputation. your integrity, your associates. and had this was too limited. i'm an advocate of changing the protocols. this notion of the white house being your client if you're in the fbi is unlike anything the fbi does where the american people are their client. we need to change that protocol. >> who get blamed if it turns out the guy has problems that are current? >> well, look, everything i'm hearing and it's consistent with what's publicly being reported is that the white house indeed coordinated the scope, limited scope of this investigation and who to interview with t

hear senators like democrat chris cooms, trying to find a way for democrats and republicans to work together and then hawaii's senator maize hirono, accusing senator collins for insulting dr. ford. kavanaugh urging people to put himself in his shoes. >> many people have thanked me for my vote and said they were very pleased that i did the right thing and that i applied the judgment that i did. >> if you think this is over, think again. both sides are relitigating who told the truth, who behaved worst. urging the senate committee to investigate how professor ford's letter given to dianne feinstein about her story of sexual assault was leaked to the public. nancy pelosi in a letter to house democrats saying she's filing a request for the fbi report on brett kavanaugh along with transcripts of interviews and instructions from the white house as senate republicans and all of this comes as the republican leadership is now branding democrats as an angry mob. we heard that from trump, mcconnell, senator hatch. and you've got the other side, democrats accusing those who voted for kavanaugh as anti-women. capitol hill is quiet now but it won't be for long. many wo

chris matthews, sir. do you understand week democrats might be concerned? i a guest what called the roe v. wade a red herring. >> in my meeting with judge kavanaugh, what he expressed to susan collins as well, she's fairly confident the supreme court will not overturn roe v. wade, but i think it's entirely the exact way of doing this is going to the states. some of those laws may come before the court, but that's really the way the entire abortion issue should have been handled with in the first place. it wouldn't be such a divisive issue 40, 50 years after the initial court judgment. >>> senator johnson, thank you very much for joining me. i look forward to seeing you again. >> have a good day. >> in the meantime i'll get reaction from adam schiff in california. you were sitting here the whole time. >> well, my reaction is this, for senator johnson or any of the gop senators to say they treated dr. ford with respect, that's not what i saw from the president mocking her at a political rally. that's not what i saw with the republican senators, except for a small few, said nothing in the face of these attacks on a sexual assault victim. and most important, you don't show her respect

david: if there is that healing process, susan collins had a lot to do with it with her final statement. melissa: that would be very nice. chris coons on "fox & friends" sounding more conciliatory. maybe people in the senator -- david: predicting he would become justice. so we'll see. melissa: maybe we can pull it together at this point. that would be nice. >>> the battle over kavanaugh even hitting colter -- corporate america. why one facebook executive under fire for defending president trump's supreme court nominee. where do we stand in the confirmation process of the supreme court nominee heading into the weekend because it is not over? we have a live update from washington on what's coming up ♪ when you're looking for answers, it's good to have help. because the right information, at the right time, may make all the difference. at humana, we know that's especially true when you're looking for a medicare supplement insurance plan. that's why we're offering seven things every medicare supplement should have. it's yours free just for calling the number on your screen. and when you call, a knowledgeable licensed agent-produce

chris writing the argument will be made even though brett kavanaugh and ford have testified in the hearing, did not interview both of them. will collinsy with that? kathy commenting on instagram confirm asap, no to be made public as democrats will pick it apart word by word. brett kavanaugh has been through enough. send your comments, time for the good, the bad and the ugly the we begin with the good. this canine didn't get a cake on his birthday but did catch a bad guy. chasing down the man in florida suspected of stealing from alone store. the sheriffs department wishing auto happy birthday on their facebook page. and the bad, the daca recipient accused of smuggling 17 pounds of meth, agents finding $34,000 worth of the drug in the trunk of his car. forget path and bottles, a fermentation tank popped open after spilling 8000 gallons in italy. this is flooding the winery causing a huge mess. that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first," today as always, "fox and friends first" continues right now, have a good day, goodbye. >> a fox news alert breaking overnight, the white house fully confident brett cavanagh will be confirmed,

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collins has said i want to know about swetnick. she said so. >> i hope they talk to everyone. in an investigation, chrisyou talk to people who know a lot of stuff. you talk to people who know a little bit of stuff and talk to people who are making stuff up. you talk to everybody. that is the point of a full investigation. i have no sense who is telling the truth and who is not. i have a sense of how good investigations are done. in good investigations you have the latitude to talk to everyone with whom you need to speak. >> there is new articles depicting kavanaugh as a member of a small clique of football players. his circle celebrated a culture of heavy drinking. the "new york times" obtained a letter that kavanaugh allegedly wrote to high school classmates who rented a beach front property back in 1983. in the letter kavanaugh wrote whoever arrived first at the condo should warn the neighbors that we are loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers among us. this guy carries a poster around with him. >> if they are not going to look into it, the fix is in. if all collins wants to do is find out about