corey booker. that senator making the case that the republicans are helping to hide e-mails he insists show insights on brett kavanaugh's real issues on abortion rights in the e-mails. dramatic confrontations this morning. a break in the proceedings now. let's discuss what we have learned today, whether or not it imperils the nomination chances. with me in studio to share the reporting and insights, kaitlan collins, cnn legal analyst and mary katherine hamm with the federalist. it is every day is unusual in this administration. but in this hearing, to have a democratic senator openly break the rules and say expel me, go for it, because i believe this process is warped. you're a yvetveteran of the hil. does corey booker -- is brett kavanaugh in anymore peril today? when he woke up this morning, no indication any republican was moving. that's all it takes. has the wall been cracked? >> i think that booker said bring it, by the way. wasn't that his quote? >> yeah. >> i honestly in judging this right n

brian: so i know corey booker but this is the not the corey booker i know.e running for president. ainsley: i think they are all vying for running for president. day one kamala harris one sentence in the middle of grassley's sentence she interrupts. she wants to be the first one to notice to be interrupter. and corey booker started to interrupt. they all want to be on the ticket. steve: just to recap how things ran on wednesday it was all about asking for a delay of game. let's adjourn. yesterday it was all about the theatrics of the classified documents that were not actually classified. ainsley: all for nothing. brian: could be a committee vote as early as next week and they should be wrapping um testimony today. i'm sure they will have more documents and more questions and more with the sensational ways to start today. it begins at 9:30 eastern time. steve: let's see what movie they bring up today. it's 6:11 in new york city. and jillian joins us on friday. jillian: we start with breaking news. a fox news alert. a violent night for police nationwide. a de

corey booker doesn't know anything because is he stupid. >> only president in history what a job he has done. by the way we are impeaching him. if it does happen it's your fault you g you didn't go out to vote ♪ don't you ever leave me ♪ leave me alone ♪ leave me alone ♪ steve: it's september the 7th, it is a friday thank goodness. tgif thank goodness it's fox. don't lee me alone. do you know pete hegseth was with us yesterday and now is he out in montana. ainsley: in front of the entire audience pete gets to interview him right before his rally. brian: intimate setting. pete: just between friends it was pretty neat in the rim rock arena. you got your "new york times" delivered in manhattan. i got my billings gazette. no punches pulled. i think that's pretty accurate. he did have a teleprompter for his speech as he always does went off script and talked about a number of different topics. always said, we had a chance before hand with just about 10,000 friends watching to ask the president a few unscripted questions. one of those is, of course, about that a anonymous "new york times" op-

corey booker by releasing the e-mails did more to make a name for himself. there was a landmark piece in "the boston globe" which senator warren laid out her academic record in full for the first time ever. who is beginning to emerge in that vacuum as you see it. >> the three you just mentioned in the kavanaugh hearings were sort of a great opportunity to really make a name for themselves for some of the senators. there were of course some unfrsunfr unforced errors that i'm sure senator booker and harris had avoided. corey booker sort of going rogue and releasing documents that had been cleared for release. but there are others to keep an eye on. folks like kirsten ji-- we're going to start looking out for these big forums where people are able to make a name for themselves, show they're standing up to trump, layout their agenda and so on. the fact that these hearings have sort of taken over d.c. for a week was a perfect platform and we're hearing corey booker is now sending staff to iowa. it's less speculative and more -- i mean, the actual groundwork is be

it's a lot of democrats that like to ignore keith ellison and corey booker and love to fight and champion women until they disagree with them. >> al franken lost his job in the senate. >> and a number of other democrats should have the same type of scrutiny. >> what's the answer to my question? every single time the president has taken the side of the man against women accusers. >> that's not true. and in this case, the president knows brett kavanaugh. he has heard his story. there hasn't been a shred of evidence to corroborate the other individual stories, and there has been a lot of individuals that have come forward and talked about the brett kavanaugh that they know and they're confident these things didn't happen. >> final question, what does the president hope to achieve at the u.n. today? >> i think that his speech this morning is going to be a great moment for the president. we've had a tremendous amount of success particularly when it comes to the foreign policy front over the last year since he gave his last speech. if you'll remember the rhetoric last year was extremely tough w

dagen: i will let -- we haven't even gotten into corey booker yesterday and that display in front of would just let nelson mont from the simpsons speak to senator booker. ha ha. at the end of the day, that's how people feel about the stunt he pulled. maria: it's not the first time we heard a stunt from corey booker. he's obviously wanting to run for president and wanting lots of attention. he said he was going to break senate rules and release documents because they weren't released. he said bring it on, like there's a big fight like he's going to release documents, they were already released. it was just a stunt. >> every time he givens one of those speeches, then that second, 60 seconds later, they're putting out ads. can you believe it? they like literally have real-time editors that are videoing these outrageous comments and they put them out to the world to raise money. it's weird. maria: i think people are sick and tired of these political games. i really do. we'll get a lot of conversation about this coming up this morning. joining the conversation is ted cruz. bettebernardo he

what you saw from corey booker is significant.f people looking for an appointment are to be confirmed don't believe the information will be treated with a semblance of respect they will be left forthcoming in the future. >> lou: i have to say, congressman, corey booker expose who had he is, his qualifications. and the fact that he seems utterly lost in the role of a u.s. senator. it was bizarre. >> he is the front end of the waver. you will see more of it. he wants to be president. you have 20 democrats in the senate that wake up in the morning and look in the mirror and say, "good morning, madam president" or "good morning, mr. president." so they will be crazier and crazier to get attention. at the end of the day i think it will help president trump. >> lou: let me turn to that issue. you and 11 other congressmen making it very clear that you want the president to declassify the carter page fisa application documents. the first question is why hasn't it happened until this point? the second is in asking for it to be done by the

the supreme court. >> i'm saying i'm releasing committee confidential documents. >> reporter: corey booker is bucking the rules, releasing confidential e-mails he believes shows judge kavanaugh was racial profiling september 11th. booker's behavior is uncoming of a senator. >> no senator should sit on this committee if they flout the rules for the senate. >> i'm willing to stand by the public's right to have access to this document. bring the charges. >> reporter: in a twist of events, the office of judicious chairman and president bush's records representative both released statements saying the confidential documents had already been released thursday morning per senator booker's request. in a statement, quote, we were surprised to learn about senator booker's history this morning because we already told him he could use the documents publicly. in fact, we have said yes to every request made by senate democrats to make documents public. the hearings are expected to end friday with two dozen outside witnesses scheduled to testify, including president nixon's white house counsel. >>> for m

yesterday )s hearing took an odd twist after new jersey senator corey booker and hawaii senator mazieed emails sent to and from kavanaugh while he worked in the bush white house. emails that the white house and the republican committee chairman said had to remain confidential. we )re streaming the hearings live on nbc bay area dot com. and just into our newsroom. u-s ambassador nikki haley says she will demand the syrians and the russians cease their attack the last rebel stronghold in syria. this is video released by the russian military of attacks on what they call terrorists. the u-n security council is holding its second emergency session today.. and it )s our turn to lead the council. but russia gets a veto. former trump campaign aide george popodopolous will be senteneced today.. we )ll be monitoring that.. this weekend marks a special milestone for nbc bay area. our )bay area proud ) series ht the 500-story mark. we )re running a special tomorrw night at 6:30. garvin thomas, raj mathai, and janelle wang will share many unforgettable people and touching moments that have been a

yesterday )s hearing took an odd twist after new jersey senator corey booker and hawaii senator mazie hirano released emails sent to and from kavanaugh while he worked in the bush white house. emails that the white house and the republican committee chairman said had to remain confidential. booker was warned he could be punished.. to which he said "bring it". the emails did not contain anything shocking.. but did show kavanaugh at one time thought roe-vs-wade could be overturned. something he said under oath during the hearings.. was settled law. we )re streaming the kavanaugh hearings right now.. live on nbc bay area dot com. this weekend marks a special milestone for nbc bay area. our )bay area proud ) series ht the 500-story mark. we )re running a special tomorrw night at 6:30. garvin thomas, raj mathai, and janelle wang will share many unforgettable people and touching moments that have been a part of this series. ad lib toss to weather updating the crash in mtn view... coming up next-- trouble at the happiest place on earth after people fell sick. why disneyland is facing fines t

from west virginia, republican nfl senator corey booker democrat from new jersey. >> host: a siliconlley pretty united in how they view regulation and how they feel they should be regulated if at all? >> no, not at all. that is one of the great myths. it is silicon valley versus the american people. most people in silicon valley want what we want. most people want a right to compete. most people want to be able to bring their ideas out and share them with the rest of america. what they find is their way is blocked by the super giant corporations. this is another reissue. we've talked a lot about the political problem in the issues of privacy. but this is another problem of this degree of concentration that it inhibits and morphs innovation. people have better ideas. engineers and scientists have better ideas and they can't bring them forth. they can't share them with us, with their fellow citizens because in between us and them stand as giant corporations who offer them deals. either you have an option. either you sell out your technology to us and let us decide if it ever gets used,

it doesn't exist in the democratic party it is not corey booker, it is not harris. >> there is no leader that can stand with stature to your point and make the case about a different america. an america that we thought we knew. >>im not saying that former president has a glass jaw. i have watched the trump fight. get the other men and women take shots at you, get them at your level. >> i don't think obama cares, there is much higher calling, to unite the country, he doesn't see himself as the face of the democratic party. president clinton, after he was president. he did take on that role. president obama, when he does speak, he is drawing attention, trying to unite. he doesn't care if president trump tweets at him. >> here is what he had to say in a fundraiseener north dakota. >> i am sorry i watched f but i fell asleep. i found he is very good for sleeping. >> here is what i think he is doing, you guys are not going to help me here. you are playing it straight. i think it is getting nastier than that come at me. if you get nasty, don't be too high level with me. >> that is not obama's

. >> potential democratic presidential hopefuls, corey booker choosing to release some e-mails markednfidential. >> we support what he is doing. >> this is the closest i will ever have to an "i am spartacus" movement. >> saying they were cleared hours earlier. >> certainly in the six hours from when it hit your inbox, you could have found out you didn't have to be spartacus. >> it is an important precedent in the supreme court. it has been reaffirmed many times. >> kavanaugh said i'm not sure i refer to it as a settled law of the land, the court can always overrule it's precedent. judge kavanaugh dismissing the e-mail's significance telling the committee he was reviewing an op-ed. >> i thought that was not quite accurate. whether or not he spoke to anyone like president trump's lawyer about the kavanaugh investigation. >> were you part of a conversation regarding the nomination? >> no. >> the focus remaining on president donald trump and the potential influence on his high court. >> kavanaugh insisting he is committed to impartialty. and susan collins is someone that has been largely

and new jersey democrat corey booker said he ordered his staff to release and e-mail without going through the established steps. republicans stay is a clear violation of the rules. earlier this morning, vermont senator patrick lahey accused them from stealing information. >> let me ask you this: has anyone told you if any democratic senator have been advised by our staff at this hearing. >> tell the truth. >> there's been a lot of discussion what individual senators might be interested in -- >> that should give you a sense of how things are going. we have sence a number of those disruptions. you can hear in that exchange two destructions. today is expected to go faster than yesterday. both sides of the aisle questioning each nominee getting only 20 minutes instead of 30 minutes like yesterday. we'll have a lot more today at noon and 4, 5 and 6:00. >>> thank you for that and if would you like to watch the entire confirmation hearing, we're streaming it live on our facebook page all morning long. >>> president trump is trying to find the person within his administration that wrote an anonym

one person that brought that ups with senator corey booker of new jersey. he flad thexchange hearing yesterday about these documents as part of brett kavanaugh's conversation process. >> i knowingly violated the were putforce and havethe confidential rules consequences. sir, i come from a long line, as americans,o, as understand that kind of civil is the consequence. so i am, right now, before your finished. release the e-mail about racial profiling. i understand that the penalty comes with ousting from the senate. if senator believes i violated senate release the rules, i opee and accept the consequences for my team releasing that e-mail rating now. i am leasing it to expose that number one the e-mails are being havefled the public nothing to do with national security, nothing to dep yep size the sanctity of those ideals that i hold dear, releasinghat i am this documenting now to show, processt is we have a here for a person of the highest in the land for a appointment where we're, through this before me can read andgues digest the information. >> host: th

this other noise, i am pathetic to the arguments made in good faith but for people like corey bookerare not interested in any more facts about brett kavanaugh but getting themselves elected president and brett kavanaugh has been on the dc circuit court of appeals, a hugely important and influential court for 12 years and before that was confirmed, 57 votes in the senate confirmed to that position. the most important body of work was what he did on the bench, should have been the focus of democrats group the and it was not. heather: i want to read something from the new york times, they have their eyes on 2020, no time like a supreme court nomination hearing to grab media attention and footage for campaign commercials but they are less given to high drama, the hearings have been like a campaign audition. is that fair? >> i think this demeans what is happening. why are democrats so against brett kavanaugh? it is an important time in the supreme court, he is the swing vote replacing justice kennedy and in this case we are talking things like lgbt rights, the 1964 civil rights act, gende

you have incredible senators like corey booker and harris and dick durbin, dick blumenthal, diane, you name it. chris coons. patrick n leahy. d the opportunity to ask the questions. if we walked out, it would be one side asking the questions. i don't think that's the way you examine a nominee and get the facts out. >> you would have the ability to get all these ppers public if there was a threat they needed 60 votes. if democrats get control of the senate back, should the principle be that the filibuster shou come back >> first of all, we would have not supported changing that. >> indstand that. if you get the power, would you support bringing the filibuster back if you get per in november? >> i think we should have had the filibuster in place. by t t way,t sounds like a scary word to people out there. d thaunderst >> it's the idea you have t have consensus. i would like to see 60 votes.k i don't th should have made that change, but it because we wer frustrated because president obama wasn't able to get his nominees. i think we would be in a better place now. we left the 60te in place

do we have time to roll corey booker. >> i'm going release the e-mail about racial profiling, the penaltyial ousting from the senate. if senator cornyn believes i have violated senate rules, i openly invite and accept the consequences. >> this is about the closest i'll probably ever have in my life to i am spartacus moment. greg: now, he will never know known by any other name than spartacus. he gave himself his own nickname. that really sucks. i feel bad for him. also we talk about this on "the five" yesterday. he's saying i'm taking a risk for something that was approved. >> i said it's like insisting you're going to pay for the bread sticks at olive garden and they say, oh, but they're free! no, i'm going to pay. i'm going to pay. i kind of do imagine it would be fun if trump and cory booker were the candidates in 2020. >> what? greg: it would be amazing. >> spartacus. the nickname. greg: and if vp was pocahontas, spartacus-pocahontas, i was sexist there. >> you really were. greg: we'll end on that note. coming up, i just spit on myself. is trump making people sad, angry or crazy? usa

so democrats like corey booker, camilla harris, they have expelled an extreme amount of political capitalsomething that didn't end up working. the gop is going to use that in the future. in this poll that i took on social media yesterday, people are absolutely inflamed and especially in the republican base, people are ready to go to the polls in november, no matter what happens and vote red. mike: we've got to leave it there. amanda, antoine, thank you for your time. we'll take a closer look at the midterms later on tonight. ben shapiro looks at how key races are shaping up with more than a month until midterm election day, that's at 8:00 p.m. eastern, right here on the fox news channel. molly: just a few days ago, all eyes were on president trump, not too far from where mike and i are sitting. we'll break down the president's message to the diplomatic hot spots like iran, north korea, china, russia. president trump with a message to one of our key allies. >> i said saudi arabia, you're rich, you've got to pay for your military. we'll take care of it. we'll be good. you've got to pay for

corey booker vowing to risk his career over the release of confidential document tied to cavanaugh's work in the george w. bush administration.>> it is about the closest i'll ever have two and i am spartacus moment. >>reporter: possibly fortunate for senator. booker, the documents were cleared for release by president bush's team with a representative saying in part, we have said yes to every request made by senate democrats to make documents public. >> if you are willing to get kicked out of the senate, the nicer documents will be produced, make sure they have not already been produced. >>reporter: new jersey senator. was not the only democrat taking headlines. senator. kemal harris asked whether cavanaugh would recuse himself from any cases involving the president. referring to previous comments made by judge cavanagh, about whether a president should have to answer to criminal charges while in office. >> what you commit to recusing in any case involving the civil or criminal liability of the president who appointed you? spec the independent and judiciary requires that undocumented

say, corey booker. we could have some exchanges. >> kamala harris. they don't have a long time on spin. they have to, he is keeping the senate. > so just four possible votes here they have of which would send it to the floor. a vote to treatment nomination. no recommendation. or against them. keep it bottled up in committee. when that happen, i think the odds are very low. it is a possibility. it would take a motion to dischae the committee and that could be filibustered. so that's the only way in which that would be an unusual and very strange wrinkle if it happen. but it is nonetheless a possibility. it could be sent to the floor with the recommendation. >> unfavorable recommendation. i'm talking about no recommendation at all. don't vote not to send it to the floor. unleash the discharge possibility. >> if there are anyepublicans who might be waivering, they're not on the committee. the committee vote will be mor likely in favor. >> remember jeff flake's speech yesterday on the he was the one showing empathy for both judge kavanaugh and dr. ford s

sean: in the last year, we played it here we've heard congresswoman maxine waters, and senator corey bookereven barack obama get into their face. follow them into grocery stores.obob what you are seeing and witnessing here is a key part of, what is the democratic playbook? we seen these confrontations over and over again. secretary kirstjen nielsen, pam bondi, mob mentality, these tactics have left are now in full gear 42 days out of an election. and senator ted cruz's opponent was given a statement over his dui where he literally left the scene of a dui accident, two times the legal limit, but denied thatof ever happened. if the left truly believe survivors, they might want to focus on the deputy chair of their own party, the democratic party, keith ellison. his ex-girlfriend has accused him of repeated physical and psychological and emotional abuse, dating back to just a short time ago. not 36 years ago. he's now running to be the attorney general of the state of a minnesota. he's the number two guy at the dnc and at a debate last week, here's what he had to say about these recent claims.

but interesting they're making that argument right after you had corey booker at the supreme court hearing saying, let's release everything. we need to know everything we can. so the idea democrats have spent the last week saying we need more transparency, that might bolster the case for republicans in congress to release this info. >> sean: might be as early as next week according to people i'm talking to. ed henry, thank you. joining us ohio congressman jim jordan, matt gaetz. when you look at the people ed mentioned in his report, page, strzok, bruce ohr and mccabe, we've got all the essential figures in the insurance policy aspect of this. one has to wonder, is this now -- and christopher steele, is that where this is leading to? >> the first guy that bruce ohr talks to after he meets with christopher steele is andy mccabe. called him up and then meets with him an page. all of the key people at the fbi knew what was going on before they take the dossier to the court. they knew ohr's involvement. they knew the guy who wrote it, christopher steele, had told bruce ohr that was desperate t

but interesting they're making that argument right after you had corey booker at the supreme court hearingg, let's release everything. we need to know everything we can. so the idea democrats have spent the last week saying we need more transparency, that might bolster the case for republicans in congress to release this info. >> sean: might be as early as next week according to people i'm talking to. ed henry, thank you. joining us ohio congressman jim jordan, matt gaetz. when you look at the people ed mentioned in his report, page, strzok, bruce ohr and mccabe, we've got all the essential figures in the insurance policy aspect of this. one has to wonder, is this now -- and christopher steele, is that where this is leading to? >> the first guy that bruce ohr talks to after he meets with christopher steele is andy mccabe. called him up and then meets with him an page. all of the key people at the fbi knew what was going on before they take the dossier to the court. they knew ohr's involvement. they knew the guy who wrote it, christopher steele, had told bruce ohr that was desperate to stop

is there anything else that you think may be -- the corey bookers will try to trip him up on?sk him about cases like roe v. wade and heller and others to know how he voted. he won't say that. justices don't talk about that. they know it. they're trying to cut tape for their next campaign video. they're going to try to nitpick his opinions, find something where they find a sympathetic person that he ruled against. at the end of the day, let's apply the law and if the law is bad, it's the role of congress to fix that. >> charles: ironically, some democrats are saying behind closed doors, this might be the perfect justice to push back against president trump because he follows the law so well. thanks. >> thanks. >> charles: the nfl season is kicking off. if players protest, will ratings suffer? >> what the hell is the nfl doing? do they not have a clue? and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you little things can be a big deal. that's w

. >> juan: senator corey booker not backing away from i am spartacus moment despite g.o.p.sey democrat boasting all over the media about being a rule-breaker and he is now vowing to release even more documents related to supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> i violated the rules. and i am violating the rule. number one last night i broke the rules. also last night when i broke the rules. i am breaking the rules. i am breaking the sham rules. that's why i was pushing. that's why i showed that defiance. that's why i broke senate -- broke committee rules. i will continue to release them all day in defiance of their rules because their rules are a sham. >> juan: meanwhile some of booker's republican colleagues including orrin hatch of utah jumping on the bandwagon poking fun at booker. what do you think, jesse, mitch mcconnell is saying he may have to have him before the senate ethics committee. >> jesse: i think that's overkill. i mean, booker is a flamboyant nerd. the kid in class who tries to misbehave during senior prank day and brags about it yeah, yeah, you are allowe

merit garland, judge garland was delayed didn't come up, but -- maria: i'm talking about harris, corey bookerheatrics that they staged they wanted the whole thing shutdown. >> right i've found these hearings on kavanaugh whatever you think of judge kavanaugh to be, well, unseemly, to be very disappointing and it's hard to believe that not so long ago, justice scalia was unanimously confirmed by the bipartisan senate just as ginsberg was confirmed 96-3 and what we've got now over the highest court is a mud fight which brings the court and the country down and it's just another example of the way partisanship, the parties and ideologies have taken over and the best interest of the country are not served. maria: i don't think this is what the american people want particularly going into the mid-term elections. they want to see progress. if the democrats take control and flip the house nothing will get done in the next two years. nothing. >> well that's the challenge. maria: they will stop everything the president wants to do. >> absolutely and when i tariff being to people and i see it on polls.

corey booker, kamala harris, the former mayor of massachusetts. a lot of talented people. we have to stop this degradation of the system going on. that's why i'm campaigning all over the country. i'm campaigning for candidates because we have to build a berm out there. we'll win back the united states house of representatives. i promise you. and i predict we'll win back the senate, too. >> really? you said in 2016 that you regretted not doing it. if you don't run this time, will you regret it? >> no. what i said i regret not being president. but it was the right decision. no man -- >> it was the right decision. >> or woman should go out and say i'm running for president unless they can look you in the eye saying you have my whole heart and whole soul -- >> our son had just died from cancer. that's how we started this biden initiative because, you know, we know what it's like to get that diagnosis. craig, you know what it's like with your brother. >> i do. >> just getting that diagnosis. we are trying to create the you are urgency of now and give them information so when yo

you are a carpool dad, which is a dad who carpools." [ laughter and applause ] then when senator corey bookerrupted grassley to express his frustration with the process, grassley tried a new tactic -- ignoring booker and softly tapping his gavel. >> this is committee, sir, is a violation of even the values i have heard you talk about time and time again. [ laughter ] the ideals that we should have -- what is the rush? [ tapping ] what are we trying to hide by not having the documents out front? [ tapping ] what is with the rush? what are we hiding by not letting those documents come out? [ tapping ] you've called for documents. you yourself limited documents. we thought there should be more. [ tapping ] [ laughter ] we have not received the documents that you have even called for. >> seth: oh, my god. when chuck grassley knocks on someone's door, they probably don't even know he's there. [ laughter ] "chuck, how long have you been here?" "five hours." [ laughter ] when he tries to kill a fly, it probably takes him forever. [ light laughter ] is he calling for order or trying to keep track of

also today, senator corey booker continues to say he's putting his entire senate career on the line by releasing documents in violation of senate rules after making a show of doing so late thursday morning, only for committee staffers to reveal shortly after he did that the documents had been cleared for public release and booker was notified of that hours in advance of his big reveal. since then, booker has continued to release additional documents not cleared for public consumption. >> this is a fight, this is unjust sham rowell, i am try -- to try to prevent documents being seen by the american people. i am standing on this hill, if they want to kick me out of the senate, so be it. >> shannon: i asked about booker's actions and those of his democratic counterparts on the judiciary counterpart this week. >> the senate as an institution is a joke too much of the time. and those hearings were a circus. it was just so much nonsense, consistent dishonesty and the way people ask their questions. >> shannon: so here's where we go now. the committee should vote around september 20, the full

booker wants to talk about his race. look for the democratic ticket this year to be, let harris and corey "grandstanding" booker.he new york times reporting a president trump will reside over the u.n. security council in a matter of weeks. writing, exercising the prerogative of the chairman, mr. trump plans on focusing on iran and its malign activity. diplomats fear this will only underscore the unity of the west given the unpopularity of mr. trump's decision to pull the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal, freeing objects in from russia, which is the focus of the meeting should be on the nuclear deal and mr. trump's exit from it, which accuses mr. trump's abuse of the council to vilify one country. usingccused mr. trump of this to blame iran for horrors that has been unleashed across the middle east. under rules of the security entitled tohani is a seat at the meeting. administration officials say they believe it was unlikely that mr. rouhani would turn up, although he is scheduled to attend the general assembly. from new jersey, we will hear from matthew. go ahead. wanted to. i just speak about the delaware demo

joe biden, elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, kamala harris, krirsen jill land, corey booker.go on and on and on. basel, to what extent is this early chatter and the size of this field, it seems risky to me for democrats. >> it's risky if we start, going back to what congresswoman din gallon sa dingall, if we talk about blue wave. we have a strong branch of young and die veers candidates which is mirroring what we are seeing in individual districts across the country and states like florida and georgia with african-americans at the top of the ticket there into these gubernatorial races. so it says we have a very good strong bench. but i think ultimately voters are going to decide whether or not they want someone who could match wits with donald trump and that may be someone in the form of joe biden or biden himself, or someone who is the complete anthesis of a donald trump. that remains to be seen. >> michael steele, elizabeth warren turned over a bunch of records. basel mentioned the fact this they are going to have to run against president trump. >> rate. >> specifically. an

you have corey booker, pamela harris and on the republican side, ben sasse of nebraska, ben flake havenotion. jeff flake is headed back up to new hampshire that they may be looking at a 2020 run for the presidency. no doubt they will have their future politics in mind as well. off of the committee, key members to watch. we have been talking about these three all day: lisa murkowski of alaska, bob corker and suzanne collins of maine, critical votes here. this group of three republican senators, that's the target for today's hearing in terms of swaying the outcome here in any way. and of course don't forget the democrats in those deep red states that voted for neil gorsuch. they're already on the record. voting for supreme court justice that donald trump nominated. we will see if, indeed, they are just joining ranks with the democrats when all is said and done after this hearing or if they also show that they're willing to break from their party on this. all key senators to watch as we go into and out of today's historic wearing, wolf. >> all right. thank you so much. supreme court nomin

and joining us now is senator corey booker of new jersey, a democratic member of the senate judiciary committee who was at that dramatic meeting today. senator, thank you so much for being here. >> joy, it's really great to be on with you. thank you for having me. >> thank you. so walk us through, because it looked -- when we came in this morning and all turned on the monitors here at msnbc and i'm sure all around the country, like this was just going to sail through. it all started to fall apart when jeff flake came back from that elevator ride with those two women who confronted him. was that the turning point in the way things were going today, or was there something else going on behind the scenes that we didn't see? >> well, i think jeff has been struggling with this for a long time. i was very disappointed when i heard that he was going to vote and support it, and very happy when he began to engage in conversations with those of us on the other side of the aisle. look, there was a very strong shift not amongst democrats, not among the democratic senators on the committee, but re

harris wants to look like a tough prosecutor, and she does have the prosecutorial background and corey bookerpartacus moment is i think trying to overcome his past reputation for centrism. conventional wisdom on the left that republicans do these kind of things all the time, they do whatever they can to win. they are hoping a lot of democratic primary voters in the early states. jon: it's got to be tough to be chuck schumer right now. >> he's a polarizing figure on the right because he's leading the senate democratic caucus, but a lot of people on the left don't like him, you know, certainly going back to votes for the iraq war, connections to wall street, and right now he's playing a pretty bad hand when it comes to trying to stop these trump judicial nominees. he doesn't really have the votes. republicans do. unless they can flip a couple of republicans, lisa murkowski, susan collins, but i think on the senate judiciary committee last week made it seem that that wasn't the target, those two senators weren't the targets. they were targeting i think the base at home. jon: it seems like they w

. >>> today's confirmation hearing began with senator corey booker doing something we have never seenin a senate hearing. >> so i am right now before your -- before your process is finished, i'm going to release the e-mail about racial profiling, and i understand that that -- the penalty comes with potential ousting from the senate. i'm saying right now that i'm releasing committee confidential documents. this is about the closest i'll probably ever have in my life to an i am spart kus moment. >> any senator who releases confidential proceeding of the senate, including the business and proceedings of committees, subcommittees and offices shall be liable if a senator to suffer expulsion from the body. >> bring it. bring it. >> so i would correct the senator's statement. there is no rule. there is clearly a rule that applies. >> then apply the rule and bring the charges. bring it. >> mr. chairman -- >> the i am spart kus moment came when his democratic colleagues publically joined in his defiance of the committee rules, which completely eliminated senator's already totally empty threat