but that is just a small part of the overall story that we are doing in the delaware.y deep inventory of opportunities higher return , opportunities. our technical teams are learning quickly learning what are the right reservoirs to target in which parts of the delaware rapidly developed the right style of completion to take advantage of the right rocks. we're just maturing. alix: how do you look at the narrative that the more successful the wells are up front the less they will give , back later? dave: that is to some degree true. as you accelerate the initial rates on these wells, the total recovery is more fixed. then that's true, you will have a higher decline, but you get money back quicker. as long as you have a good inventory, which we have a good inventory i would rather get my , money back quicker than to wait years to get my money back. alix: when is the tipping point for devon when the replenishing rate does not matchup to what you need? dave: we have such a deep inventory in the delaware that we will be drilling and growing production out there by many year

devon has 50 new wells in the works in the delaware basin.lso has nine projects in development in the stack, and the largest is showboat. goal is to drill wells close together for the most oil for the least amount of money and time. last quarter, devon tested 12 wells per section in several formations in multiple landing zones of the merrimack formation and the results look promising, but some of the wells saw higher decline rates than the original. devon is also drilling in multiple layers and trying to figure out if they interfere with each other. the struggle is to find the right distance between wells. and devon has some big plans. do showboat's growing pains change any of that? alix: i recently caught up with dave hager and asked him, how many well he really wanted in a pad? dave: i think we would say we are very confidence of six wells per drilling spacing. in other words, two sections, 10,000 foot wells, six wells per drilling space is absolutely going to work. 12, which we did at showboat, is too dense. so, somewhere in between we are

we do watch data very closely in delaware. we have full conversations and expect actions to reduce gaps or to remove the disparities. i think our efforts this year, i'm very proud of our fast -- staff moving forward with such training, understanding what an impact that would make in a classroom. if for trying such things as responsive classroom techniques, compassionate schools. we are working at it from the understanding perspective as well and offering alternatives that are not ones that involve suspension and expulsion at times. we can't teach students of their not there with us. >> acidly. we have hadka, serious conversations about how to do this. we had a couple instances where we were informing -- enforcing the prior law. position, we would get into a battle with a particular school district. leslie at a plan that makes a particular difference for your students. let's think about trauma informed. let's think about culturally responsible practices. schools are outside the classroom for something as simple as crinkling a w

and how many displaced students did delaware take in? >> about 100. >> and superintendent, how about south carolina, about how many students? >> you had about 50? and superintendent, do you expect more students this year because of hurricane florence? >> we do in fact today is not a good day. and some of our school districts in south carolina, because the floodwaters of florence are arriving and the orie school district, georgetown school district as we speak so we anticipate a much larger number with our sister state of north carolina being hurt so badly. >> this is exactly the point. when disaster hits, they don't affect only the communities that are directly hit by the eye of the storm. in massachusetts, we took in over 3200 students, who were displaced by maria. we did that, because that is what we do in a disaster. we reach out, we take care of people who need help, for as long as they needed. i know that in most of our states, including tennessee, the same thing has happened. on the first day of school, and puerto rico last month,

and became law, became statute in delaware. at the time, one of the few states in the nation. also met with a group of ,ttorney generals, nine of them to challenge the defense of marriage act. and in june of 2013, he led -- as sarah will tell you, sarah used to work for myself. me sarah said something to that meant a lot backstage. i could never make it without beau biden because he understood human dignity. theune of 2013 he led gender identity nondiscrimination act which gave by legislative, not just executive order, legislatively did they did that every transgender person deserved the right that every other american had. he also got in a little bit of marriage equality act. utahsomeone was married in where it was not recognized they moved to delaware where he recognized it. attorney, my other son felt as strongly as beau biden and my daughter ashley runs a nonprofit in our state. and is an acolyte of beau's in trying to change things in the civil rights debate in america. that what you have done with chad's leadership is you

and became law in delaware, a statute. at the time, only a few states in the nation. he also joined with a group other attorney generals, i believe there were nine of them, filed a brief to the supreme court to challenge the defense of marriage act. in june 2013, he led -- sarah will tell you -- sarah used to work for my son. and she said something that meant a lot backstage. she said "i could have never made it without beau, because beau understood human dignity." june 2013, he led the gender identity nondiscrimination act, which gave by legislative -- not just executive order, but legislative, dictated that every y transgender person deserved the right that every other american had. he also got in a little bit of trouble in the state of utah, someone didn't recognize the marriage and they moved to delaware, he recognized the marriage anyway. some of you know, my son hunter -- ran the world food program. he feels as strongly as beau did. and my daughter runs one of the largest nonprofits in the state and is an absolute ac

junior senator from delaware said judge kavanaugh bears the burden of disproving these allegations. guilty until proven innocent in our country? similarly, the junior senator from hawaii has implied that judge kavanaugh does not deserve a presumption of innocence. the junior senator from hawaii has said that judge kavanaugh does not deserve a presumption of innocence because she does not agree with his judicial philosophy. just yesterday the democratic leader said that because we are not in a criminal court room, because we are not in a criminal courtroom there is no presumption of innocence or guilt here when you have nominee before you. in america somebody is saying that? well, won't surprise you to know, mr. president, democrats have always taken that position. back in 1991 when our friend senator joe biden was chairman of theay judiciary committee. he had this to say to judge clarence thomas when the committee was evaluating an allegation against him. here's what joe biden said. the presumption is with you, with me, , the presumption is wh you, and in my opinion, it should be yo

. >> also by airplane i come once a year to visit family i'm sorry not here but delaware. >> in fact you buy fairly frequently for your family and work. >> correct unfortunately. you are consulting by a statistician in sydney australia? >> i've never been there but the company was based there and an office in san francisco. i don't think i will make it to australia. >> i also saw that you list following interest he put hawaii costa rica south pacific islands have you been to those places? >> correct. >> by airplane? >> yes also oceanography tahitian culture. did you travel by air. >> correct. >> it's easier to travel going that direction when it is a vacation. >> thank you for being here doctor ford as a prosecutor we investigated reports like this so it gave me a window with those cases and hurt all of us i would always tell the women that they would have to tell their story before a jury box of strangers and you had to tell your story before the entire nation. j b for so many years people slept cases like yours under the rug and say what happens inside the house does not belong in

. >> i'm sorry, not here, i go to delaware. >> in fact you fly fairly frequently for your hobbies and you have had to fly for your work, is that true? >> correct, unfortunately. >> you were consulting by a sta statistician in sidney, australia, correct? >> i don't think i'll make it to australia. >> it is long. >> i also saw on your -- you in par p talked about hawaii, polynesian islands. have you been to all of those places? >> correct. >> and your interests also include oceanography and hawaiian and tahitian studies. >> thank you for being here, dr. ford, in my old job as a prosecutor, we investigated reports like this, so it gave me a window on the types of cases that hurt women and hurt all of us. and i would always tell the women that came before us that they were going to have to tell their story before a jury box of strangers. and you have had to tell your story before the entire nation. for so many years, people swept ca cases like yours under the rug, they would say what happens inside a house didn't belong inside a courthouse. well times have changed. so i just want to thank

i was being dropped off at city hall in wilmington, delaware, to get an application to be a lifeguardan african-american community. i wanted to work on the east side. i was 17 years old and i got out of the car, two men dressed in suits, one heading to the hercules building, the other heading to another building, leaned over and kissed one another and embraced. i looked at my dad, and he said, joe, it is simple. they love each other. it is simple. [applause] mr. biden: my dad was a generous, decent, honorable man. he felt that everyone deserved to be treated with dignity. that is how he treated people. but here's the deal. also on behalf of jill and myself and our entire family, we want to thank the hrc for honoring our deceased son, beau biden, back in june. [applause] it meant a great deal to us. back in june 2015, just a month after he had died, you and this community honored him. he was one who spearheaded in 2013 in the state of delaware, the marriage equality act that became law. a statute. a few states nly in the nation. a group other attorney generals, i believe there were nin

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. >> i'm sorry, not here, i go to delaware. >> in fact you fly fairly frequently for your hobbies and you have had to fly for your work, is that true? >> correct, unfortunately. >> you were consulting by a sta statistician in sidney, australia, correct? >> i don't think i'll make it to australia. >> it is long. >> i also saw on your -- you in par p talked about hawaii, polynesian islands. have you been to all of those places? >> correct. >> and your interests also include oceanography and hawaiian and tahitian studies. >> thank you for being here, dr. ford, in my old job as a prosecutor, we investigated reports like this, so it gave me a window on the types of cases that hurt women and hurt all of us. and i would always tell the women that came before us that they were going to have to tell their story before a jury box of strangers. and you have had to tell your story before the entire nation. for so many years, people swept ca cases like yours under the rug, they would say what happens inside a house didn't belong inside a courthouse. well times have changed. so i just want to thank

i come here once per year in the summer -- not here, delaware. in fact, you fly fairly frequently for your hobbies and for work, is that true? dr. blasey ford: correct, unfortunately. biasu were a consulting statistician in australia, right? >> i have never been to australia, the company is based in australia and they have an office in san francisco. i don't think i'll make it to australia. >> i also saw that you list the putowing interests -- you hawaii, pacific islands, french polynesia. have you been to all of these places? dr. blasey ford: correct. >> by airplane? dr. blasey ford: correct. and --, hawaiian culture. dr. blasey ford: it is easier to travel going on vacation. >> thank you for being here, dr. ford. prosecutor,b as a we investigated reports like this, so it gave me a window on the types of cases that hurt women and hurt all of us. and i would always tell the women that came before us that they would have to tell their story before a jury box of strangers. you have had to tell your story before the entire nation. for so many years,

not here, i go to delaware. >> okay. in fact, you fly fairly frequently for hobbies and you had to fly for your work, is that true? >> correct, unfortunately. >> you were consulted by a statustician in australia. >> i have never been to australia, but the company is based in australia and they have an office in san francisco, california. i don't think i will make it to australia. >> it is long. >> i also saw on your cd that you list the following interest of travel and you put hawaii, costa rica, south pacific islands and french polinesia. have you been to those places? >> correct. >> by airplane? >> yes. >> it includes oceanography and tahitian culture. did you travel by air? >> correct. it's easier when it's a vacation. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here, dr. ford. in my old job as a prosecutor, we investigated reports like this. it gave me a window on the types of cases that hurt women and hurt all of us. i would always tell the women that they would have to tell their story before a jury box of stra

he spearheaded in july 2013 in the state of delaware, a marriage equalityhe act that became law. statute. anytime, one of only a few states in the nation. a group other attorney generals, i believe there were nine of them, filed a brief to the to challenge the defense of marriage act. in june 2013, he led -- sarah used to work for to challenge te defense of marriage act. him and she said something that meant a lot backstage. she said i could have never made it without beau, because he understood human dignity. june 2013, he led the gender identity nondiscrimination act, which gave i legislative -- not just executive order, but legislative, dictated that every transgender person deserved the right that every other american had. he also got in a little bit of trouble when he stayed -- when the state of utah, someone didn't recognize the marriage and they moved to delaware, he recognized the marriage anyway. some of you know, my son hunter one -- ran the world food program. he feels as strongly as beau did and my daughter runs one of the largest nonprofits in the state and is an aco

and onen delaware t might be a little too popular.ch is struggling to come up with solutions for some summer parking problems. his furlong fed the meters past week and has a look at some possible changes. >> this beach has a problem. >> it's a great problem to have. >> everyone loves it here. parking can be trickygh from th y to the ocean. >> i might do a drive by, but for the most part you're parking far away. >> the problem is demand.t i think there's any good solution. >> s ae biknd some take the jolly trolly. with thousands of day trippers, it getsic comed in this one square mile city. the parking commiee is trying to answer a tough question. >> how do we create more parking without physically making more >> there are old school meters. you can pay with an app. theli maximum timt changes depending on your location. the city doesn want folks to park all day by the beach. >>e have the luxury of this wonderful beach and everybody wants to come here. a le of peo bring coolers and don't spend a lot of money. we want to move them out so

i go to delaware. frequently for your hobbies and you have had to fly for your work, is that true? correct, and fortunately. you were a consulting statistician in sydney, australia? i have never been to australia? i have never been to australia but the company i work for is based in australia and they have an office in san francisco. i do not think i will make it to australia. you have listed the following interests, how widely, costa rica, have you been to those places? correct. by aeroplane? yes. your interests include oceanography, and the culture of tahiti, did you travel by a as part of those interests? correct. it is easier for me to travel by that direction when it isa me to travel by that direction when it is a vacation. thank you. and my old job as a prosecutor reinvestigated reports like this so it gave me a window of the types of cases that hurt woman and her all of us cases that hurt woman and her all of us andl cases that hurt woman and her all of us and i would always tell the woman that

>> that was while i was still in delaware. so before august 7th. >> okay. and how many times did you speak with senator feinstein? >> once. >> okay. what did you talk about? >> she asked me some questions about the incident. >> okay. >> and i answered those questions. >> okay. >> was that the extent -- the gist of the conversation? >> yeah. it was a fairly brief phone call. >> okay. did you ever give senator feinstein or anyone else the permission to release that letter? >> not that i know of. >> okay. >> between the letter date july 30th and august 7th, did you speak with any other person about your allegations? >> could you say the dates again? >> between the date of july 30th and august 7th, so while you were still in delaware. did you speak with any other person about your allegations? >> i'm just trying to remember what dates -- >> you're asking her any lawyers may have spoken with, correct? >> correct. >> oh. correct. i think correct then. i was interviewing lawyers. >> okay. >> but not speaking personally about it. >> aside from lawyers that you were

out of his in delaware until august 7th. after that i went to new hampshire and back to counseling it. >> did you talk with anybody about this letter before you sent it? >> i talked to anna eshoo's office. >> and why did you talk to congresswoman eshoo's office about that letter? >> because they were willing to hand-deliver it to senator feinstein. >> did anyone help you write the letter? >> no. >> okay. after you sent your letter, did you or anyone on your behalf speak to senator feinstein personally or with any senate staffer? >> yes. i had a phone call with senator feinstein. >> okay. when was that? >> that was while i was still in delaware, so before august 7th. >> okay. and how many times did you speak with senator feinstein? >> once. >> okay. what did you talk about? >> she asked me some questions about the incident. and -- i answered those questions. >> okay. was that the extent, the gist of the conversation? >> yes, it was a fairly brief phone call. >> okay. did you ever give senator feinstein or anyone else permissi

history in wilmington, delaware. >> what is delaware like? rap,lmington has a bad however the people who call it is fundamental for students to understand the context in which they live. for murder? is there a murder problem in wilmington? unfortunately, people unfortunately don't take the time to understand. it is a misguided city. a lot of folks, that relates to what i teach. they don't like to listen to the facts. >> how important is it to your students at all that joe biden was a vice president of the united states and became a senator when he was 30? >> i think it's importance. realize that there are endless possibilities and even though delaware has a rap of being a small state, the first state in the constitution. >> is there any place in wilmington or delaware you want to send them to so they can seek history? >> there are a lot of areas during the revolutionary war. the -- was the african american history museum in d.c.. our students like seeing that. it is critical for students to learn what is happening. there's no way we can match

chris coons, for example, delaware, kavanaugh said he should expect a lot of questions at the hearing on that very question. has been dealing with executive nominations, judicial nominations, a lot nominees to the circuit court, district court. really beensenate able to rapidly go through all of these nominations of the president? just i think, again, because they filibuster is no longer with us, the democrats are not as empowered as they happen in the past. the decisions were made back when he reread -- when harry reid was the majority leader. the republicans will stay united, and there are a few cases of nominees that were blocked, but for the most part, they are run by scott, his potentially racist views. democrats have not done all they can to gum up the system. major judicial confirmations will probably be 68 by the first week of september in the senate. a lot of otherso expiring deadlines in september. you have the farm bill, which is a big issue in rural america that will expire at the month. we have the federal aviation administration authority, and also a real desire to get s

>> it was why i -- while i was still in delaware. before august 7. >> how many times did you speak with senator. feinstein? >> once.>> what did you talk about.>> she asked me questions about the incident. i answered the questions.>> is that to the extent or they just of the conversation. >> it was a fairly brief phone call. >> did you ever give us senator. feinstein , or anyone else permission to release the letter? >> not that i know if. >> between the letter dated, july 30 and august 7, did you speak with any other person about your allegations?>> could you say the dates again? spot between the letter date of july 30 and august 7. while you were still in delaware. did you speak with any other person about your allegations? >> i'm trying to remember what to date. -- >> stop -- >> you're asking if there were any other lawyers she had spoken with, correct?>> correct. i was interviewing lawyers -- i was not speaking personally about it. >> aside from lawyers that you are seeking to possibly hire to represent you, to do is -- speak to a

the junior senator from delaware says bears the burden to disprove these allegations. guilty until proven innocent? in our country? similarly the junior senator from hawaii has implied judge cavanagh does not deserve a presumption of innocence. that they do not deserve a presumption of innocence. because she does not agree with his judicial philosophy. yesterday leader said in a criminal court room that there was no presumption of innocence when you have a nominee before you that democrats have not always taken a position. and back from 1991 son of the judiciary committee had this to say. but here is what he said presumption is with you. with me and in my opinion it should be you so joe biden during the clarence thomas proceedings. but my colleagues would do well with this common sense principle. every american understands the presumption of innocence for those that work so hard to clean up thiss, mess and put together a fair process and i'm encouraged with decades of experience to recognize with an award from janet napolitano to this important process. it is time for

if you look over the last year, our permian just in our delaware basin oil growth is up 50%. strong oil projects. if you go back and look at 2014, our oil mix was 50%. oil growth has grown over the last three and a half years as a percentage. ourit boils down to the returns. we have good portfolios of both. we will be growing a lot of wet gas and a lot of oil. alix: that was my interview with apache ceo john chrisman. radar. sunday, we have the joint the stock is up about 10% so far this year. here's what's on my commodities ministerial monitoring committee in algiers. that is opec, non-opec, what will compliance be? monday, climate week starts in the u.s. i will have some nice interviews with bp and equinor. they talk about their transitions to alternative energy aside from oil and national gas. car dealer reports first-quarter earnings. that does it for "bloomberg earnings. that does it for "bloomberg commodities edge." catch us every thursday at 1:00 p.m. new york time. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: i am scarlet fu. this is bloomberg "etf iq." we focus

secret and did nothing and then through her own wishes they leaked it to the press our colleague from delaware in himself indicated in the ranking member's office the democratic committee staff likely leaked the document we know the chain of custody went to the democratic side of the judiciary committee. so mister president, does this sound like the democratic senators take the responsibility seriously to want to get to the truth? >> or does it sound like a choreographed smear campaign to ignore doctor ford's request for confidentiality to inflict maximum damage at the last minute on judge kavanaugh and his family? >> this is an allegation of misconduct of supposed witnesses that they cannot verify and in addition the other three supposed witnesses have said they have no knowledge. no knowledge no recollection. no recollection. and no memory of the alleged incident. is not just one witness but literally every person who was supposedly there. one of those supposed witnesses says she does not even know judge kavanaugh. so all the witnesses doctor ford were present at the party pe record under th

a lot over towards sussex county delaware and a lot came home.lash flood warning for sussex county delaware after very heavy itrainfall. ae bit earlier you see the storms. watch them pop up right here, boom, righthere. a little bit of a sea breeze making its way in. showers and stos around the d.c. metro area and most of us stay on the dry side. high sessure. this very similar pattern to last week. high pressure all across the middle part of the country so from chicago to atlanta nothing is going on. that'srahy temres are in the 90s in the entire region. they will stay that way the next uple of days. where all the action is south florida and the entire state of florida. here's the storm right here. can you see itown around the miami area and south of mamie and making its way towardses nand ft. myers and on the coast it's making its way bstk. la advisory as of 5:00 have winds of 50 miles per hour and moving wesorthwest at 17. that's a pretty fast-moving storm and pressure down to 1,006 millibars. notice we get to hurricane strength, hurricaneenter

catch my breath is a three -year-old program, delaware , on board and make it 50. the first state to be ratified by the constitution but the last to use catch my breath. [laughter] we have two very important organizations that work with us the catch my breath program is the science behind the program and then the community funding partner. and that makes them one of the largest chains. and then as a priority just to work with us and then we formed the catch my breath coalition. >> talk about how big of a problem it is and middle schools it is important to think first. everybody is born with nicotine receptors in their brain if they are rewarded at an early age you can become easily addicted to nicotine or cocaine or heroin if you do not reward them early like at age 25 they have atrophied. so really you cannot become addicted as an adult so if you don't become addicted as a youth you will not use as an adult. so how susceptible our kids and how many are actually using it quick. >> so to focus on the middle school population with prevention activities we want to get

that is all relevant to the moment -- the mueller investigation. , the delaware democrat, says kavanaugh should expect a lot of questions. been killing has with executive nominations, judicial, a lot of nominees to the circuit court district. how has the senate been able to really rapidly go through all of these nominations? >> just because the filibuster is no longer with us, the democrats are not as empowered as they have been in the past. mitch mcconnell warned that this would happen. the republicans have stayed united. there were a few nominees that were blocked. overall, they really ran them through. donerats have not been -- all they can. we are major judicial confirmations, 68 by the first week of september in the senate. other deadlines in september. we have the farm bill, a big issue in railamerica that is going to expire at the end of the month. we have federal aviation administration authorities. a real desire to get something done on opioids. the plate is full for congress in the coming weeks. >> we will continue to follow you on twitter and your handle. thank you so much for

again the website is delaware story.t in indiana, republican line, we will hear from robert just by the way the house coming in at 9:00 today. one more hour of the program your top stories or top stories of washingtons the open discussion nor hour and we agreed you can put others in the mission and the other people talking about those hearings with judge kavanaugh and there electionse november coming up as well as "the new york times" anonymous op-ed so make those comments the next hour until 9:00 when the house comes in and robert in line.a, republican you will start us off on the second hour. go ahead. >> caller: ok, thank you, sir. i have been watching up there. to whole thing comes down booker or the other lady from california, every time they ask him a question and burn up the time to keep from answering the question, this guy is a right-wing. evil turn loss back just like they stopped the nominee -- just like they turned back the nominee. it will take a long time before the democrats to get the court balance again.

a female friend of mine from delaware who i've known as an adult. reached out and texted me during the hearing today, with just striking stories of surviving sexual assault and rape. and that's -- you know, if nothing else comes out of today's hearing, the fact that dr. ford came forward bravely, was heard, gave her full testimony and that inspired survivors around the country to also come forward, i think that's an important contribution. the senate seems to have made some progress since professor anita hill came forward and was put on trial. >> how so? >> in recognizing -- well, the majority structured the hearing in a way that only allowed her to be heard. but didn't respect her story. we didn't have the folks in front of us today. if they confirm kavanaugh, they will have done so without getting the rest of the information. i think that prevents him from clearing his name. >> what i'm worried about most as a father and as a spouse is, the women who watched that today and saw ford get taken on by a prosecutor. mitchell, who i thought did a fine j

history, in wilmington, delaware. brian: what is wilmington, delaware like? a badortunately, it has rap for a high rate of murder, however, the people who call it home enjoy its history in laying a key role in the board of the education ruling. a bad rap for murder, is very murder problem in wilmington? >> there is, but unfortunately, folks don't take time to understand what makes the city so wonderful. it is a midsize city and a lot of folks come unfortunately that is how it relates to what i teach. folks pick up the what is sensational but don't want to understand the people and the ideas on the ground. brian: how important is it to your students, if at all, that joe biden was the vice president and became a senator when he was 30? >> and think our students realize, i teach in a school identify asof them students of color. i think they realize that even though delaware has the rep of being a small state, we were the first state to ratify the constitution, and they take it with great ride, to see that they can be the game changers and influence what happens

democrat from delaware, senator chris coons. and if the fbi looks into the allegations with any depth kavanaugh's truth about his partying may become relevant. did he lie under oath? we have someone who can help answer that question from firsthand experience. friday night. let's get after it. one week. that's what the fbi is being told they have to conduct a supplemental investigation into the shocking allegations against judge kavanaugh. big turn of events that unfolded in the final minutes before a critical vote this afternoon that could have set the stage for kavanaugh's swift confirmation. not now. so it seems it was all set in motion after republican senator jeff flake, who was seen as a swing vote, announced he was a yes on kavanaugh, delighting republicans, crushing the hopes of democrats. but then this twist, senator flake stepped into an elevator at the u.s. capitol, was suddenly confronted by two women who identified themselves as victims of sexual assault. take a look. >> look at me when i'm talking to you. you're tel

may be giving him safe harbor in delaware.up finding him and i went to his house, his mother's house, a lot of houses over the weekend. we found him yesterday, in fact, in bethany beach, delaware, at a longtime friend of his. their family home. his friend actually a bartender. and so we waited, staked him out. he came out looking for a snack yesterday afternoon. and that's when we spoke to him very briefly. >> and joyce vance, i think one of the questions that the democrats should ask rachel mitchell when she's working on the committee hearing, have you ever prosecuted a sex crimes case in which a named witness in the room during the sexual assault was someone you did not subpoena as a witness? >> it's unfathomable that you wouldn't want to get as much information as you could from everyone who was a witness to an alleged incident. so this just dies knows how to talk to recorders. immediately after the how'd you find me, he goes off the record. he has experience as a freelance journalist, himself. >> this is true. this is true

chris coons, the delaware democrat says he thinks brett kavanaugh should expect a lot of questions on that very question. been dealing has with executive nominations, judicial nominations, a lot of nominees to the circuit court and district court. how has the senate been able to rapidly go through all of these nominations? nobecause the filibuster is longer with us, the democrats are not has empowered as they have been in the past -- are not as empowered as they have been in the past. warned thisell would happen. the republicans have stayed united. a few occasions where nominees but overall,cked democrats have not done all they can. 660re seeing a confirmation. there are a lot of other expiring deadlines in september including the farm bill which is a big issue in rural america that will expire. we have the violence against women act. the federal aviation authorities and also a real desire to get something done on opioids. >> we will continue to follow you on twitter and your handle @elwatson. t well -- thank you so much. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and p

hoped to potentially completed by the october 3rd date, that being the potential day delegation in delaware we'll have to wait and see when that investigation ends. as for moonves, carl and gyjim, what i have been hearing is he's been focused on the settlement and litigation and not as much typically for a case of a man that's all over that company and takes a look at everything that's been the case for him there is been no senior staff meetings for a long time i had quite a few who have not heard from him and he's certainly not communicating and done the job the same way he has been doing previously. as for ianiella, it is my understanding that he'll take the position and it would be interim position and it is unclear if he'll be replaced by somebody by the outside. remember guys, the reporting yesterday indicate that cbs may remain an independent company. mr. moonves' departure would not come with the offering of a potential deal of viacom it will come more likely being the potential of cbs would remain an independent company as seen of a key between settlement discussions. >> how long wo