cornyn: this is a search and destroy mission. this is not a search for the truth. we've done everything we can to treat both judge kavanaugh and dr. ford fairly and treat all allegations made seriously. it's been exhaustively studied by the f.b.i. and judiciary committee staff. there isn't anything else. reporter: the president has said that there shouldn't be even a little doubt. given the fact that the accusers are suggesting that there are additional people who could corroborate their stories, are you confident that you have eliminated any cloud of doubt? >> all of the people identified by ms. ramirez and dr. ford have testified contrary to the way ms. ramirez and dr. ford have alleged. and so the witnesses they have identified, saying they were present at the event, have all refuted their allegations. so i think that ought to settle it. reporter: on a slightly different note. one thing that was noticeable at the committee hearing was when christine blasey ford said it was not clear the committee would go to california to interview her. i'm curious, you've alrea

cornyn, when he finished talking to murkowski he joined that huddle as well., that's just some of the flavor, some of the color from there inside the upper chair burr of t -- chamber of the u.s. senate. michael steele is still with me, former head of the rnc and msnbc contributor as well. all of this, of course, mr. steele happening against the backdrop of the looming midterms. the midterms now just a few weeks away. michael as i'm sure you've seen, there is some polling out now that would indicate that this entire controversy, this entire debate is galvanizing republicans just as much or perhaps even more so as it's galvanized democrats. what do you think? what perhaps are you even hearing about that part of the story? is judge brett kavanaugh, his nomination, is that going to be something that motivates people to go to the polls in a few weeks? >> it is at the moment, but the question becomes if the vote goes to the judge's favor this weekend, what happens next? that fight is essentially over, and what's galvanizing people is what they see as an attack on th

cornyn: of course none of us can have that perspective yet. but i hope what history documents is what i said earlier. that we -- once we learned of her identity, once her name was leaked, contrary to her wishes and without her consent, to the public, and she was forced to tell her story not in a safe, confidential setting but in a circus-like atmosphere, i hope we did the best we could under those awful set of circumstances, to treat her with respect and dignity and listen to her. but that doesn't mean that we forget our basic concepts of fair play and constitutional due process. that's why we've tried to interview every witness that has any alleged knowledge of relevant facts. because we believe we're a country that believes in the presumption of innocence and due process of law. and what we know now is there is no corroboration, no one confirms the allegations of dr. ford, even people she identified as being present at the scene. so i believe we've done the best we could under these circumstances, given the incredible mishandling of dr. ford

cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i unfortunately don't have enough time right now to respond to everything the democratic leader said, but i do want to say this the most accurate statement that the minority leader made as he was against judge kavanaugh from the start. no one should be confused about this being a search for the truth. this is about search and destroy now i think the senate conducted itself appropriately. the judiciary committee conducted itself appropriately in giving dr. ford a chance to tell her story. i've said all along, i want dr. ford to be treated just the same way my daughters or my wife or my mother would be treated under similar circumstances. and i think we met that standard but we know that the goalposts continue to be moved by our colleagues. this idea that you can assassinate a man's character resulting in threats against his family, ruin his reputation and his future, and expect him to be a human punching bag and not respond forcefully, it's incredible to me. this should be a

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again, i said john cornyn. you were seeing shots of cornyn on the floor.s where i thought we were going. that was bob corker of tennessee. now you're seeing shots of john cornyn on the floor. corker, a republican from tennessee not seeking re-election. there had been some talk at the very beginning of this process that his vote might be up for grabs. but corker will be voting to confirm brett stevens -- excuse me. brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. brett stevens is a reporter for "the new york times." i have "the new york times" on my mind because i have a reporter from them here. and nancy cook is a reporter for politico still with us is josh barrow. adam, let me start with you. we've seen -- it's been a long-term story going back at least 30 years. partisanship of washington intersecting with the supreme court nominations. it looks like the vote count on this in about an hour is going to be the closest we've had, even closer than clarence thomas in 1991. this nomination, if it is successful this afternoon and brett kavanaugh joins the court, talk to m

we begin with john cornyn. this is about an hour. mr. cornyn: mr. president, in a few moments, we will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. it is time. justice gorsuch and justice sotomayor were confirmed 66 days after they were nominated. today marks the 90th day since president trump nominated judge kavanaugh, so this is in line with the time frame for previous justices. what is different, though, about this nomination is the manifest unfairness in the way it was conducted and in the tone of some senators as well as the special interest groups that support them. this institution used to be known as the world's greatest deliberative body, but you wouldn't know it now on this nomination. the senator from maine said yesterday that we have hit rock bottom when it comes to the judicial confirmation process, and sadly i agree. this despite the heroic efforts of senator grassley who along with his staff have been magnificent as chairman of the judiciary committee. what precipitated this embarrassing period for the senate wa

you can get the kids back in the room. ( laughter ) and john cornyn tore the protesters a new cornyn'e. >> now is the time to quit all of these antics, these hijinks. >> stephen: (as cornyn) "that's quite enough of your antics, your hijinks, jacka-napery, flim-faddle, fiddle-flam, tom-fool-itude, and credible accusations of sexual assault!" after the press conference, senator hatch was approached by protestors, and he gave them a dismissive wave before the elevator doors closed. (as hatch) "see ya, ladies! me and the other old men are off to party! i'm gonna crack open a bottle of ensure and shove it up the old boof tube!" ( laughter ) "mmm! vanilla! oh! oh!" that's a little sweet!" >> jon: oh! >> stephen: obviously, we're joking. earlier in the day, cornyn had an interesting literary comparison for the republicans standing up for brett kavanaugh. >> some commentators have called this our atticus finch moment, recalling the famous novel 'to kill a mockingbird' by harper lee." >> stephen: yes, he's saying that brett kavanaugh is the same as a black man accused of sexual assault by a wh

we begin with john cornyn. this is about an hour. mr. cornyn: mr. president, in a few moments, we will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. it is time. justice gorsuch and justice sotomayor were

cruz,e got hatch, graham, and cornyn, and feinstein, and tell us t -- tillis. and cornyn, andok. senator harris? you havearris: as noted, lynching is a dark and despicable part of our country. these were acts of violence, needless and horrendous acts of violence, but elated by racism, and we must acknowledge that, lest we repeated trade between the end of reconstruction in 1877 and as recently as 1950, the equal justice initiative has documented 4084 racial terra lynchings and 12 southern states in -- terror lynchings and 12 southern states in our country. there have been 200 attempts as you have mentioned to get congress to pass federal anti-pinching legislation and every one of them failed. we are long overdue. the justice for victims of the,ing act with them in united states code to specify mainstream attempts to lynch are all federal crimes. i want to thank you, mr. chairman, senator feinstein, senator booker, and senator scott for your support. i would also like to thank the naacp, the anti-defamation league, and the equal justice initiative for their support. with this bill

introduced, passed into law, jointly with john cornyn and marco rubio. the emergency tax relief give over $5 billion in emergency tax relief for families impacted by hurricane harvey. it passed both houses of congress overwhelmingly and was signed into law, providing immediate relief for those impacted by harvey. only four texas democrats voted no on the legislation. one of them was congressman o' rourke, the congressman. there was a reason for that. he gave an answer now now saying that it did not provide tax relief. that is not what he said at the time. he said that the reason he voted no was that he wanted to focus on illegal immigrants instead of hurricane relief. that was his answer at the time. moderator: thank you, senator. representative, 60 seconds for a rebuttal. do you regret the vote? rep. o'rourke: i don't. i will always see what i can do to work with anyone anywhere to do better for texas. that's what i was trying to do. senator cruz mentioned listening to and working with local leaders in houston. i have listened to and worked with the may

cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i unfortunately don't have enough time right now to respond to everything the democratic leader said, but i do want to say this the most accurate statement that the minority leader made as he was against judge kavanaugh from the start. no one should be confused about this being a search for the truth. this is about searchnd

cornyn: mr. president, it would establish a dangerous preps dent. -- precedent. the presiding officer: as a reminder to our guests, expressions of approval or disapproval are not permitted in the senate galleries. the senator for texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, it would establish a dangerous precedent and legitimatize mob rule, including the presumption of guilt that everything our constitution and fundamental negotiations of fairness stand for. some say we are a nation divided, but i'm not so pessimistic as some. i actually hope we can all learn. we must learn, i believe, from this cruel, reckless, and indecent episode, but a no vote will not unite us. it will help reward despicable tactics and set a new ugly precedent, it will only encourage the spurning of tradition and the flouting of agreed upon rules, norms, and process. we should not ignore, we cannot acquiesce in or condone what has happened here. we should send a message loud and clear that the united states senate will not be intimida

senator cornyn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am glad you're holding this hearing and i would like to welcome all of the witnesses, professor fitzpatrick, good to see you again, your honor, good to see you. i don't know miss ringhand, but welcome. let me start with you professor, fitzpatrick, this whole idea that a single district judge could issue an injunction that would cover the whole country and everybody in it, it strikes me as inconsistent with the individualized showing that a plaintiff seeking an injunction would have to make. irreparable harm, no adequate remedy at law, and it strikes me it's more like judicial policy making as opposed to a case-by-case determination of the laws that applies to the facts in a given case presented in court. and if there's one thing that i think has done more damage to the judiciary and causes the acrimony associated with a judicial confirmation hearing, it's the perception that judges are not deciding a case based on the facts in the law in front of them, but they're policy makers who

i was in there listening to jeff cornyn giving his floor speech. and senators are starting to file in to the chamber now. what we have been told is every senator has been asked to be at their desk. in other words, this is going to be a formal role call. we saw it yesterday morning with the procedural vote. but dana, you know as welt as anybody, it is pretty rare that we have this where each senator sits at their desk and stands when their name is called and cast their vote. we expect the vote to last 20 to 30 minutes, at which point brett kavanaugh will be confirmed. i think a bigger question for a lot of senators is they know what the outcome will be and what happens next, what happens for this institution and what happens next for the one across the street, the supreme court, and what happens next in this conversation. what i can tell you is over the course of the entire night, democrats were going to the floor, decrying the process. some of them reading letters from sexual assault survivors, trying to reflect the overall conversation and republi

i'm actually the majority whip cornyn over in the senate. so it's interesting to see where your networks go and with the profit motive is to be at the time, it was a paycheck and trying to move up and learn that network to get me where i wanted which is to start my own marketing business. >> charles sauer, in your view, does the government take into consideration our personal profit motives when they make policy? >> i think sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. one of the groups i worked with his goodman institute. john goodman is the father of health savings accounts, and health savings accounts is one of the only types i've seen a government policy that does leverage those that benefit people. so it puts the patient back in the drivers seat by making them the client when they go to the doctor. hsa is a healthcare device, it is a savings account you put your own money in, it is tax preferred and then you can use that money in conjunction with a high deductible health plan. so what you are giving now is the incentive to shop. and the d

john cornyn is never going to have to worry about winning a general election.least not for a few years. he's got to worry about the republican primary. and so what these republicans have learned is they have much more interest in kind of towing the line. they have tried to go against the president in certain instances. it has come back on them badly. and so what we've seen is, they have kind of gradually adopted some of these tactics over the course of the last two years. it is not completely on the same page. we don't see the same kind of language necessarily. but a lot of times, it is very suggestive attack, which is what we saw from john cornyn this weekend. >> actually, there is always something, and i want to read something from julia iathe, how much responsibility does trump bear? i saw it while reporting on russia, where, after unexpected pro-democracy protests and the annexation of crimea, putin create and environment so vicious, so toxic, he called critics national traders, and when assassins killed the opposition leader boris, at the foot of the kreml

cornyn: could we have order in the senate, please? the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. cornyn: madam president, as the world knows now, we just held a successful cloture vote on the nomination of brett kavanaugh to become the next associate justice on the united states supreme court, and i'm glad we were successful in closing off debate. we now know that under the senate rules, 30 hours are available for senators to debate, and i'm sure there will be testimony senators who will be coming to the floor and offering their thoughts. but to my mind, what the senate just voted for was to end the characterization, the games, the intimidation tactics that unfortunately have compromised so much of this nomination process. our vote today was important not only because it will allow us to move forward and conclude this confirmation process, but it was important because it shows the united states senate will not be intimidated. we will not be bullied by the screams of paid protesters and name calling by the mob. we will not be

cornyn senator will suspend. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. >> mr. cornyn. >> aye. >> miss cortes masto. >> no. >> mr. cotton. >> aye. >> mr. crapo. >> aye. >> mr. cruz. >> aye. >> mr. daines. mr. donnelly. miss duckworth. >> no. >> mr. durbin. >> no. >> mr. enzi. >> aye. >> mrs. earns. >> aye. mrs. feinstein. >> no. >> mrs. fisher. >> aye. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. >> mr. flake. >> aye. >> mr. gardener. >> aye. >> mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. >> aye. >> mr. grassley. >> aye. >> miss harris. >> no. >> miss hassan. >> hassan votes no. >> mr. hatch. >> aye. >> mr. heinrich. miss heitkamp. mr. heller. miss hirono. >> no. >> mr. hoeven. >> aye. >> mrs. hyde-smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe. >> aye. >> mr. isaac con. >> aye. >> mr. johnson. >> aye. >> plaintiff jones. >> no. >> mr. kain. >> no. >> mr. kennedy. >>. >> aye. >> mr. king. >> no. >> miss klobuchar >> no. >> mr. kyle. >> aye. >> mr. langford. >> aye. mr. leahy. >> no. >> mr. lee. >> aye. mr. manch

we begin with texas senator john cornyn. this is about one hour. >>

Ãbmajority whip cornyn over in the senate.t's interesting to see where your networks go and what that profit motive is. at the time it was a paycheck and trying to move up and learn that network to get me where i wanted, which was to start my own business the market institute. >> in your view does the government take into consideration our personal profit motives when they make policy? >> i think sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. john goodman is the father of health savings accounts and health savings account is one of the only times i've seen government policy that leverages the benefit of the people. it puts the patient back in the driver seat and making them the client when they go to a doctor. an hsa is a healthcare device it's a savings account you put your own money in. it's tax-deferred. then you can use that money and use it in conjunction with a high deductible health plan. what you are given now is the incentive to shop. the doctors are given the incentive to treat you like the client. when you go into a do

cornyn's not up to vote. but who was pro-ted cruz sees a tweet about beer, and i don't even mean to keep it that narrow. and that goes for beto o'rourke. i don't mean to be that narrow and liberal about it. my point is it doesn't surprise me republicans would be celebrating their judge getting on the supreme court and you take away everything that happened in the last three weeks about beer and about the chance of -- as much as that might be discomforting to people who were already going to vote for democrats, i don't know how that changes things. we saw some polling that shows the enthusiasm gap has narrowed. republicans are enthused. john cornyn being enthused. nothing about that surprises or shocks me. >> let me ask you, i know you're big taylor swift fans. she weighing in about the big race in tennessee. she put a post on instagram saying she is not supporting marsha blackburn. she fundamentally disagrees with some of the decisions she's been making as a representative. she's endorsed former governor reti

cornyn: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: madam president, it seems like light-years ago, but it was july 9 when president trump nominated brett kavanaugh to be the next justice on the supreme court of the united states. i want to recap, just to refresh everybody's memory, what has happened since july 9 and explain briefly why i will be voting for judge kavanaugh to be the next associate justice on the supreme court. most importantly, i want to make one point emphatically clear. the senate should not be intimidated under the circus-like atmosphere that has unfortunately surrounded this entire confirmation process. we should not be intimidated, and we should not be complicit in the orchestrated attempt to assassinate one man's character and destroy his career and to further delay this confirmation vote. when judge kavanaugh was nominated, it quickly became clear we were dealing with somebody who was well qualified and well respected. he had served for 12 years on the d.c. c

john cornyn, a decent person if you ever dealt with him. courtly almost. former judge in texas, right? just taking this kind of -- >> let's pause on that. a former judge tweeted bubbly for brett. >> on the whole, nothing was proven and it's right to confirm him but that's a different tone than this. >> leave that up there. this says nothing about, i, john cornyn, believe in conservative judicial philosophy so i am happy today that another conservative judge is on the supreme court in the seat of justice kennedy. that's not what that tweet says. it's a glass of alcohol, and we should have -- we could have had a serious conversation about over -- underage drinking. we could have had a serious question about, you know, how to treat serious issues but a united states senator, former judge, tweeted a picture of alcohol. >> it's bad. having said that, i was just on the phone with a pollster seeing a lot of recent democratic polls. they are a little worried. it is tightening a little bit. there's been some republican enthusiasm. that may fade over four weeks. it

cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate is. mr. cornyn: i would ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, it was good to get back home to texas over the weekend, and on columbus day, i this a chance to travel to far west texas, to el paso, texas, and catch up with some of my friends and constituents there and some important issues that they care an awful lot about. while we in washington have been focused on brett kavanaugh's confirmation to the united states supreme court for the last 90 days or so, a lot of other important things have been happening back in texas and around the country. for example, on august 1, dr. jim allison, affiliated with the university of texas m.d. anderson cancer center in houston, won the nobel prize in medicine, along with a researcher from japan. this is really important wor

and served on the supreme court nominations process for senator cornyn. before earning his law degree he earned -- and next we will hear from judge dermot oscanlen, and he assumed senior status on december 31st of 2016. his chambers are in the pioneer courthouse in portland. and judge oscanlen has participated in over 6,000 federal cases and has written hundreds of published opinions on a broad range of subjects including constitutional law, international law, securities law, administrative law and criminal law. before his appointment to the federal bench judge oscanlen was primarily engaged in private law practice and between 1969 and 1974 he served as the deputy attorney general of oregon, the public utility commissioner of oregon, and the director oregon department of environmental quality. he's the chair of the judicial division of the ava, and previously chaired its conference, it's committee on practice and it's ninth appellate practice institute. he's a familiar face around here including on the subject of the organization and reorganization of the

if we did rest, ted cruz and john cornyn and ken paxton and dan -- i love dan. what a great guy. they will not let me rest, will you? they will never let me rest. we stand ready to help texas respond to the storms that are continuing to cause flooding throughout the region. we are doing things to alleviate some of those storms. i said would you name it the trump dam, please? >> [cheers and applause]. >> name is the trump dam. >> [cheers and applause]. >> it's beautiful. it's big and expensive. i am only kidding. i did not ask him that. tomorrow it will be the headline. trump demands name on the dam. i want to recognize your outstanding republican congressmen including german kevin brady. what a guy! what a guy! you talk about help with taxes. and so kevin, we are putting in next week the 10% reduction in middle income taxes? next week. >> [cheers and applause]. >> he promised it in front of 22,000 people. he promiseed to me and that's good. thank you, kevin. what a great job. congress bill flores. thank you, bill. great job. >> [cheers and applause]. >> congressman john, get out

john cornyn was great. he was great during the hearings. stand up, john. know, it was a surprise. he surprised her, right. she didn't know what the hell happened, john. you surprised her with that beautiful texas accent. always a great job. and you have an attorney general who doesn't stop. he's tough, he's smart, he collects more money for the state. he loves the state. ken paxton. thank you, ken. great job. doing a great job, ken. we are working closely with your state leaders in the recovery effort. following the devastation of harvey, we continue to work so quickly. in this case, went very fast. and we are never going to rest until that hurricane is totally out of our site, our vision. everything is fixed, and it is very close to being finalized, but we will never rest until every last bracket, every last piece of asphalt and concrete, everything is perfecto. right? and if we did rest, ted cruz and a john cornyn and can paxton and dan -- i love dan. what a great guy. they will not let me rest. they will never let me rest. we stand ready to help texas r

mob mentality was first used in all of this by jon cornyn and then you heard mitch mcconnell echoing it yesterday on the sunday shows, we stood up to the mob. the ugly kavanaugh confirmation has awakened many complacent republicans to the methods of the american left. who is right? is journal right? is mcconnell right? do we just not know who is angrier until the midterms? >> everyone is definitely very angry. that's been the theme of our politics the last several years. and it is going to be a contest of who is angrier in the midterms. political strategists know that anger is a political force for voters, fires them up, much more than any positive sentiment and much more than wanting to support politicians that they love, for example. that's part of the problem that republicans have had in this midterm cycle. their voters are relatively complacent. they've got the republican leadership in the executive branch and in the congress. and so on the one hand, this reminds republican voters of what they are getting out of the trump administration, the supreme court being one of the preside

senator grassley, lindsey, john cornyn, all of them, senator grassley, lindsay, john cornyn, all of them, every up with of them, i said let them decide -- congress is very much involved. i will in this case make certain recommendations. we have 450 approximately dollars worth of things ordered from a very rich country. saudi arabia. and 600,000 jobs, maybe more than that. and, it would be very hurtful to this country, if we said oh, we're not going to sell it to you. i would certainly make that recommendation to congress but, i will very much listen to what congress has to say. they feel very strongly about it also. so i will be doing this with congress. i do hope that they will be able to see the way clear to take, to make these products. we're talking about almost every state in the union is affected because it is the largest order ever given. i went to saudi arabia first. a large part of the weekend they agreed to do it, they agreed to spend $450 billion, on buying and investing in united states. so i hope we can keep that. i hope we don't lose track of that. there are plenty of other

cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. >> aye. >> mr. crapo. mr. cruz. >> aye. >> mr. daines. >> aye. >> mr. donnelly. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. >> no. >> mr. insy. >> aye. >> ms. burnes. >> aye. >> ms. feinstein. ms. fisher. >> aye. >> mr. flake. >> aye. >> mr. gardner. >> aye. >> ms. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. >> aye. >> ms. harris. >> no. >> ms. hassan. mr. hatch. mr. hinrich. >> no. >> ms. heitkamp. mr. heller. >> aye. >> ms. hirono. r. hoeven. ms. height smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe. mr. isakson. mr. johnson. mr. jones. mr. kaine. mr. kennedy. >> aye. >> mr. king. ms. klobuchar. >> no. >> mr. kyl. >> aye. >> mr. lankford. >> aye. >> mr. leahy. mr. lee. mr. manchin. mr. markey. ms. mccaskill. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. >> no. >> mr. moran. ms. murkowski. r. murphy. ms. murray. mr. nelson. r. paul. mr. perdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. > mr. portman. mr. reid. mr. rich -- mr. reisch. mr. roberts. mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. shotts. mr. schumer. mr. scott. >> aye. >> ms. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. ms. stabeno

i talked to john cornyn, the republican whip. he said the leaders said we would be voting this week. i would take him at his word. i said wait a minute. what if people haven't read the report, what if people haven't had time to digest it. he said we want to do first things first. he said we need to take our time. neil? >> neil: part of taking their time is, they'll have no choice because apparently there will be this one copy. they don't make copies for all 100 senators? >> that's right, this is kept in a safe in the judiciary committee. all 100 senators can read it. it will be taken to their office. only nine aides will be able to look at this. when i spoke with john cornyn, he said he hoped it was publicized in some fashion. the issue is out there and he believes the country deserves to know what is in the report so they understand the votes of their senators, neil. >> neil: i'd imagine this will run into the many pages. >> that's a completely valid question. nobody knows. that's why people are saying, can they start this proce

her a little off base, john cornyn of texas, and a lindsey graham, who did such a great job.right? did a great job. how good was lindsey graham? and you know what? he was speaking from the heart. by the way, it took a week, but that extra week was a great thing because it showed no corroboration, no nothing. by the way, no nothing. how good was senator susan collins yesterday, really? great. and chuck grassley? i will tell you what, chuck was great. he has got to be very happy with what we did on trade, right? chuck from iowa, a great state. and mitch mcconnell. how good? he was tough and smart. he was great and worked hard and we got ourselves the finest legal mind, one of the finest human beings. again, what his family took, the horror that they had to endure by these people like blumenthal and cory booker who was a disaster as a mayor of newark, new jersey. [crowd booing] what they had to take was a disgrace. the only reason to vote democrat is if you are tired of winning. we want to win, win, win. we will never get tired of it. after years of rebuilding other nations we a

senators lindsey graham, john cornyn, orrin hatch, mike lee, ,ed cruz, ben says, jeff flake mike crapo, tom tillis, and john kennedy. [applause] pres. trump: thank you also to rob portman, sitting right here. [applause] pres. trump: and finally, we are indebted to senator susan collins, for her brave and eloquent speech, and her declaration that when passions are most inflamed, fairness is most in jeopardy. how true, how true. how true. [applause] kavanaugh isbrett a man of outstanding intellect, a brilliant scholar, and his credentials are unsurpassed. a graduate of both heal college and yield law school -- yale college and law school, he has taught at yale and georgetown. he spent 26 years of public service, and just like justice gorsuch, he clerked for justice kennedy. for the last 12 years, he was a judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals, widely regarded as our nations second-highest court. during his tenure, he authored over 300 opinions, distinguished by their masterful and impartial reasoning. judge, he is aes fair-minded, unbiased, and evenhanded person. that justice must b

collins just moments ago, along with other members of the republican leadership like senator john cornyn, the number one republican. now, mcconnell emerged from that lunch and said he was, quote, optimistic about the vote tomorrow. that's a rather surprising comment for this reason -- mcconnell rarely comments to reporters in the hallway about something so significant, something that's about to happen, something so sensitive. so potentially sending a message about what he may have learned from susan collins. now, he did not say explicitly how susan collins is going to vote. collins refused to comment until she makes her floor speech at 3 p.m. if she were to vote yes, brett kavanaugh would get confirmed to the supreme court. if she votes no, the question shifts to joe manchin. manchin himself has not said how he would vote on confirmconfirm. we probably are not going to hear from manchin until after collins speaks. all the focus will be on susan collins in just a matter of minutes when she goes to the senate floor and makes the dramatic announcement. >> thank you for your reporting. >> al

> joining us now ken delaney, intelligence and national security reporter for nbc news, and david cornyn, washington bureau chief for david jones. you've been studying this closer than most of us. the president continues to deny that there's any problem, certainly no ongoing problem with the russians interfering in our election. but the trump administration still seems to be doing the work of going after the russians interfering. >> what was stunning about this criminal complaint -- it's not officially an indictment -- that was released today, 38 pages, was the level of detail about the russian attack on the united states. this is the same conspiracy, the same scheme that attacked the united states in 2016. this woman is an accountant from the organization, from the businesses that funded that work. but what was really i think the significant aspect of the criminal complaint was it said this is continuing today. so the same operation that was in place in 2016 and shaped and influenced the elections in a way that benefitted trump that was designed to benefit trump according to our intelli

cornyn: mr. president, in a few moments, we will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. it is time. justice gorsuch and justice sotomayor were confirmed 66 days after they were nominated. today marks the 90th day since president trump nominated judge kavanaugh, so this is in line with the time frame for previous justices. what is different, though, about this nomination is the manifest unfairness in the way it was conducted and in the tone of some senators as well as the special interest groups that support them. this institution used to be known as the world's greatest deliberative body, but you wouldn't know it now on this nomination. the senator from maine said yesterday that we have hit rock bottom when it comes to the judicial confirmation process, and sadly i agree. this despite the heroic efforts of senator grassley who along with his staff have been magnificent as chairman of the judiciary committee. what precipitated this embarrassing period for the senate wa

and the sense where you don't try and -- >> i know john cornyn, and lindsey graham has been a friendr years and years and years. i'm worried -- and i know them to be better than this. i know them to be people who have some level of empathy for victims. and so i worry about what i see as the trumpification of the republican party, even leaders who were not that before. and, you know, i just think they've got to reflect on the message they are sending the millions of people who are hurt by this, who are shattered and crushed by this. whether they think it's fair or not, it is a reality. a large percent of america is crushed. >> we're going to continue to talk, ana, and ryan and susan as well. stick around. >>> when we come back, we've got a new poll out today that senators on both sides of the aisle should be worried about. ♪ all the tools you need for every step of the way. make it, squarespace not long ago, ronda started here. and then, more jobs began to appear. these techs in a lab. this builder in a hardhat... ...the welders and electricians who do all of that. the diner staffed u

senator grassley, lindsey, john cornyn, all of them, senator grassley, lindsay, john cornyn, all of them with of them, i said let them decide -- congress is very much involved. i will in this case make certain recommendations. we have 450 approximately dollars worth of things ordered from a very rich country. saudi arabia. and 600,000 jobs, maybe more than that. and, it would be very hurtful to this country, if we said oh, we're not going to sell it to

cornyn: mr. president, after the tumultuous week just past, after the fireworks during the kavanaugh hearing, the second hearing, i think we all need add little bit of time to decompetents and to digest what -- to decompress and to digest what exactly happened. it was fair and necessary in my view to hold a hearing because dr. christine ford, against her wishes, as it turned out, was thrust into the national spotlight by our democratic colleagues. but once there, we believe she deserved a chance to tell her story. and just as importantly, judge kavanaugh deserved a chance to speak to the american people and to clear his name. i told people before, and i'll say it again, i with aens to make sure -- i want to make sure that dr. ford is treated no worse than my own daughters would be if they found themselves in this unfortunate circumstance, or my mother, or my wife. similarly, i think judge kavanaugh should be treated as well as we would want our father or brother or our son or somebody's husband w

were there posters talking about, you know, mcconnell presenting racist images of mcconnell or cornyn or corker or trump? so the idea of folk on the left protesting, exercising their democratic rights, somehow being an example of breaking the rule of law, when you have people who are protesting. many people thought they were astroturf protests as well, right. protesting basketba ining obama. and then to have these very different reactions. what you see here is brazen hypocrisy. what the democrats need to do is call them what they are, they're hypocrites. >> the average american looking at all of this, do they view all of it as just hype epartisanshi or are they able to factually delineate things? >> i don't believe there's factual delineation going on between both parties. the frustration during the kavanaugh debate was there was a presumption of guilt. that's where i think the rule of law that the president has been speaking about over the past day comes from. and i would also say showing up at elected official's houses, death threats, no matter whether you're republican or democrat,