democrats -- i think the democratic base wants democrats to show a fight on this issue.f it's a losing fight, they are worried there hasn't been enough fight in the democrats, there hasn't been enough action to take on president trump and i think is probably what you saw with senator booker saying i'm breaking the rules and showing some civil disobedience here. he wanted to show the democratic base is willing to, you know, rough it you will a little bit be a little bit like the president who doesn't necessarily abide by the rules or stay within color within the lines when it doesn't -- it's not seen as something that would help his party. >> i remember talking to a democratic operative who was involved in this fight at the very beginning after kavanaugh was nominated. he said if this is just sort of normal, you know, show, the normal circus that we all have, we will lose. something has to change and nothing, i think, looking back on it now, i don't think anything has. second point is that the republicans will take it. if the democrats want to grandstand this is a supreme

oregon, democrat line.: hi there, i just wanted to make a big shout out to the workers in this country and happy labor day. with this democrat discussion, i see myself as a then anf faith first, american, and then a democrat. when we are talking about values, we really need to look at the values as human beings, not as republicans and immigrants. also, as a person of faith, i have been involved in nonviolent , peaceful vigils at the local headquarters. friday, we had 200 people led us and clergy supported us. and it was nonviolent. coming up end of this month is going to be a seven-day march from sheridan which is one of the detention facilities. again, that is going to be nonviolent, peaceful, and moral pressure. thank you and have a great day. host: thank you from oregon. michigan, republican line. pat. good morning. caller: morning. i am calling because of a caller you had from california back in your first hour from la jolla. host: loya? caller: california, not sure of the city i was listening to televi

while he was still a democrat.senator harry byrd did the same being in virginia. disillusion with the democrats, both conservative democratic senator thought nixon is the better alternative to kennedy. when the governor of louisiana had his plan for non-kennedy democratic electors sorted in louisiana, he made certain an independent elect her sleep -- sleet qualified for the ballot. kennedy was fairly popular in louisiana because it was the one southern state that had a lot of catholics, so kennedy won. in mississippi, the segregationist governor ross barnett put independent electors on the ballot and the states rights electors nearly defeated the democrats in november. in alabama, the party picked its electors in spring primaries before anybody knew who the nominees would be. five electors were pledged to support the then unknown national candidates while six were unpledged. the six electors, as well as the eight in mississippi and the one republican defector from oklahoma, cast 15 votes for byrd inthe electoral co

those were some good democratic talking points. that is a case that democrats make. the economy is doing great but wages are not going up as quickly as many american workers would like. we are going to go up. in some industries they go up quickly and in others they stagnate but with any type of look you take at the economy whether you look at macro factors or micro factors, the economy has been doing well the past few years and that is the biggest advantage republicans have in november. host: joseph joining us in new jersey on the republican line. caller: good morning. i think there is another elephant in the room that is not being discussed and that is the possibility of impeachment proceedings should the democrats take over the house of representatives. can you imagine the chaos and distractions that would cause for the nation if that were to occur? the possibility of that happening is certainly a threat and that would be incentive for republicans to get out and vote in this cycle. many 2: there are democrats who are talking about impeachment and i think there are

the democrats set that rule. then they broke the rule and set the rule again, and if schumer's right, which he never is. that would mean that the only time you could consider a nominee to the supreme court of the united states is basically every other year. now that's preposterous. nobody agrees with that. let's take a look at this a piece by mark thesen, back in july. democrats, big mistake, was using the nuclear option to pack the federal circuit courts with liberal judges. that's what they did under obama. they said to fill court vacancies particularly in the d.c. court of appeal with, judges so left-wing, they couldn't meet the 60-vote filibuster standard. when republicans following the precedent democrats had set filibustered some of president obama's nominees, the democrats, again, broke precedent and eliminated the filibuster for all but supreme court nominees. remember those memos i showed you earlier, they were filibustering circuit court nominees and eliminated the filibuster for circuit court nominees

how do democrats justify this?nd when the tables are turned, what is it they will ultimately end up saying? >> this is so stunning. there are three c's to describe it: corruption, conspiracy, and cover up. while the press should care and should be exposing this because sunlight is the best disinfectant when you have something horribly diseased. but the other part of this is that at the highest levels of the fbi and the department of justice, there was an intentional effort to really stage what is no less than a -- and we ought to see a bunch of people frog marched across federal property, under arrest for what they have done. it is just unbelievable that this level of corruption exists among this many people at the top. >> and somehow, some way, the special is about the trump effect. i can see them only trying to do this against donald trump because he is a disruptive president, he's unconventional and he beat hillary clinton. but what is donald trump to do now? what should the president be doing? >> he's got to ha

d.c., a democrat. go ahead.aller: i would like to know why is it that 12 judges have been unable and incapable of granting a person judgment for possession of property when the property owner really should have had the -- duey, but 12 judges to the fact of the false information from the lawyers and -- caused the judges to be incapable of granting -- host: which case are you talking about, beverly? caller: i am talking about the superior court of d.c. the way the process method works is very unfair to the -- here i am three years without getting rental service money because of the way the process of the district superior court is .nfair to the landlords something really desperately needs to be done about it. any thoughtshave on the supreme court and the confirmation process underway today? caller: i am hoping the best man wins. i am hoping whatever is will be, but the rights of people should not be taken away from them. beth any, oklahoma caller:. the line for democrats. good morning. caller:good morning, thank y

it's not just republican leadership, it's the democratic leadership. -- it's not just the democratic leadership. host: and do the polls for them show that that message resonates? alexis: this is kind of the classic midterm first year. everyone is sort of like, let's just blow it all up. we will see if that ends up being a factor. host: alexis, you asked about the factor of president trump. what are you hearing and what are you watching for in races of where the president could either make a positive difference for republicans or hurt them? alexis: i think trump looms over everything. which is why i was sort of taken aback, we got so far into the conversation without bringing him up. i think it's a mixed bag. republicans will tell you that trump is the single best way to motivate their base. but the best way to get base republicans to the poll is to have trump be there. but a lot of these races that are in the battlefield are just not those really base-heavy districts. you have more moderate voters, independent voters that are not so keen on trump. i think democrats have an interestin

. >> the contrast between house republicans and democrats could not be clearer. >> the chances of a democratic majority in the senate. >> i don't think i see that blue wave. >> and the role of women in the resistance. >> the women liked me. you know? >> "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. it is labor day. the traditional start of the electoral season. and there are just 64 days until the midterm elections. easily the most consequential midterm elections in a generation or more. for the next hour we'll look at the pitched battle for the house and the senate, the challenge for democrats within their own energized party, and the unique position of women in the resistance. the trump presidency not even two years in has challenged the nation's most fundamental democratic institutions in way that have just barely been contained by parts of the judiciary and by public outrage. since taking office president trump has launched a sustained attack on a justice department that will not bend to his will. he's called the special counsel investigation a rigged witch hu

the democratic party of today is not the democratic party of 2006.ould let candidates run pro gun, pro life, in districts -- >> connor lamb ran at pro gun. >> sort of. >> he did. >> but connor lamb didn't have to go through a primary. no democrat will get through a primary who's shooting an ar-15 in his campaign ads. so the democratic party is different than 2006 and talking about open borders, taking away people's tax cuts, all of that will work very well against these candidates. >> what can the republican house do in september that would at all help their incumbents? is there something they can do? >> avoid a government shutdown. >> pass round two of taxes, make permanent. >> give them something to sell. >> do you think it matters? >> taxes matter that much the last time around? we would be seeing more of that in campaign ads. >> to that point, the tax cuts are hurting republicans. if you look at the tax cuts right now are underwater in their approval. if you look at what republicans have been focused on in their time in power, they have not been

that's with the democrats get to.s is what happens in a state like california or new york when there's no real opposition. suddenly and this is the problem the democrats have, there has to be a central position about doing it strategically since the president's leadership getting her back on her feet. >> jason: i've got to go quickly here, i want to get one more thought on the abolish ice movement. i've never seen a party prevailed that wants t to dismantle and demonize law enforcement. >> i can't understand it i would be happy to have connor lam as our speaker and i would be happy to do a reform of ice but we need the southern border and we need strong borderng control. period. >> jason: you're in a minority of the minority. >> i think i'm right and i think i stand for reasonable policies. >> jason:ci that is a right answer but unfortunately that the position of the republicans, not the democrats. >> democrats are out there saying abolish ice is not part of our platform -- make no mistake they'rerm telling our falseh

democratic primary, it's a solid democratic see, we will reevaluated after tonight's primary. there's also a race for governor , where the first-term governor, a republican is seeking reelection and democrats have two candidates. in rhode island we are only watching the race for governor, gina remind of, the first time sent democratic senator is not terribly possible -- popular, she won without the support of ae progressive base in fractious race. her numbers in a general election don't look great and man who isbeat the likely to become the republican nominee. and to round up primary season in new york, we have the democratic primary for governor between andrew cuomo and cynthia nixon. cuomo has a 41 point lead and we are not expecting that to be competitive. and the state primary for attorney general features a number -- a member of congress who is running there. if he wins that he will withdraw from his congressional seat, democrats would have defined a new nominee in a hurry and they would be on defense in a year were they need 23 seats to pick up the house of representativ

as a democrat, is that a position democrats want to embrace as a national party?re going to embrace a policy of significantly reforming how i.c.e. does business, and i think that's a totally fair conversation to have. i would say, you've mentioned three people, a vast majority of democrats running do not favor abolishing i.c.e. a vast, vast, vast majority. >> rachel: 's marie right, or they just not saying they favorite in their district but actually hiding their real feelings? >> dagen: if you watch cynthia nixon and andrew cuomo on that stage a giver, nixon, when she throughout the abolish i.c.e. idea several months ago, she was sitting next to joy behar and all these people were nodding their heads going as if it's a foregone conclusion that we need to get rid of the division in this country that fights human and child trafficking among other law enforcement powers that it has. she standing on that stage, she sitting there next to andrew cuomo, and andrew cuomo asked a one-up on i.c.e. it was enough to just say abolish i.c.e. come he calls them thugs. i thought

the democrats spent $10.6 million. in addition, organized labor million, mostly helping to elect democrats. this do not count the union money spent registering new voters. when the union money -- spent on the democrats taken into account, democrats outspent republicans in 1960, which is unusual. the national numbers exclude local party candidates. total political spending on all campaigns in 1960 probably came million. kennedy later privately said his own campaign had cost $30 million. election day was exciting -- $13 million. election day was exciting. turnout was high. the percentage of eligible was theome a 64.3% highest of any presidential election since the late 1800s. democrats registered 8.5 million new voters. campaign organizations got out the vote and kennedy's unique television charm mattered. nevertheless, the election was surprisingly close. reporters, many of whom had ground infatuated with kennedy while covering the campaign, were shot. the kennedys looked at the returns and spotted anti-catholicism as t

for democrats to hold on to them. he's also raising money. so these are kind of critical things that he really can do. he can raise money that republicans are going to need in order to fight the battles and the places he simply can't go. but the president has been talking about the red wave. no one thinks there's going to be a red wave except for perhaps the president. the extent to which he is being realistic about that or is just trying to change the narrative, it's unclear. but there's a really big distinction between the president's views on this red wave thing and what republicans actually think is going to happen. >> the ultimate question is at what point does he view and the republican leadership both sides view that the senate ultimately becomes the fire wall to keep the senate. the house is looking more dire almost by the day. you talk to most republicans around town, they believe that it's a very small chance of them keeping the house at this point. the map is just so daunting. it looks worse by the day. the

the democrats follow senate rules? of course not, they are democrats. don't vote for democrats." about her feare of flying? why did she talk in such a baby voice? she is not credible. she's not -- she is not credible." campaign 2016, that is why they are freaking out. people inany of those the month of october going to be doing town halls or only fundraisers?" there are debates. we will be covering all of them in the month of october. you can find schedule on our website. let's go to your phone calls. north carolina, republican line. good morning. caller: good morning, c-span. i thoroughly enjoy your shows. you are the best out there. but i thinklican, forgaveime republicans regai dr. ford. i don't believe her. she just doesn't have credibility. pary for -- pray for her. she has a lot of trouble ahead of her because she got involved in this. wase she believes that that kavanaugh, but it wasn't. host: thank you for the call. newspapers,hy republicans worry about the political cost of kavanaugh whether he is confirmed or not. dean says i will vote for backers of president trump's a

i'm raised democratic, a democrat. islong as same-sex marriage passed and the democrats vote for it and push it, i will be voting republican. trump hast president done a great job. he changed many things in america. here arering jobs helping us long-term. we need to bring the factories back to america. everyone needs to vote republican. host: let's go to barbara calling from oklahoma city, oklahoma on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to comment on something that was said it while ago -- a while ago about why we are so obsessed with the russians in our elections. this is the first time we have had a democrat or republican president, either one, collude with the russians. his family colluded with the russians. , theyne who supports him collude with the russians. that's why we are upset about it now. we've never had this before. they didn't have anyone republican or democrat or independent colluding with them. now, they do. we will get to the bottom of it. thank you. host: let's go to frank

how do democrats justify this?nd when the tables are turned, what is it they will ultimately end up saying? >> this is so stunning. there are three c's to describe it: corruption, conspiracy, and cover up. while the press should care and should be exposing this because sunlight is the best disinfectant when you have something horribly diseased. but the other part of this is that at the highest levels of the fbi and the department of justice, there was an intentional effort to really stage what is no less than a -- and we ought to see a bunch of people frog marched across federal property, under arrest for what they have done. it is just unbelievable that this level of corruption exists among this many people at the top. >> and somehow, some way, the special is about the trump effect. i can see them only trying to do this against donald trump because he is a disruptive president, he's unconventional and he beat hillary clinton. but what is donald trump to do now? what should the president be doing? >> he's got to ha

is nancy pelosi a political liability for democrats, and if so, how should democratic candidates respond to those attacks that we are seeing from republicans? charlie: the reality is -- look, this is somebody who did a great job as speaker, would do a great job going forward. the reality here is paul ryan is the single most unpopular political figure in the country. trump's numbers continue to drop. his jobs numbers are falling fast. paul ryan, in district after district, survey after survey in that we have done in these battlegrounds, is the single most unpopular figure. we are moving forward. what they would like to do on the other side is distract, because they have no answer when it comes to economic issues. they can't explain away their disastrous health care plan, they cannot explain their tax reform plan that rewards only those at the top. they said they would focus exclusively on the tax claim. -- tax rewards plan. then conor lamb came, and we saw it wasn't effective. the tax reform plan is underwater. it is worse today than when it was introduced last fall. the numbers keep gett

democrats are crying foul. they believe that there could be information in there that could pertain to his hearing. we are hearing from the white house is that they have shown unprecedented transparency in this process. they are pointing to 440,000 documents that have been released when it cops mes to kavanaugh's background. they have done quite a bit and it shouldn't be unusual that some of the documents related to his time in the white house would be held back. we knew this was coming, democrats had talked about wanting more time to go through kavanaugh's paper trail. i think this is the fight that we were anticipating and now as we are on the eve of the hearings, it's going to be lauder and laulaud louder that we're not getting enough information about kavanaugh's background. >> let us see how it all goes. great to see you. >>> join ming me to discuss, brn fallon, executive director of demand skrjustice. thanks for coming in. >> thanks. >> you have -- abby laid out who has been released. a million pages from

are democrats outnumbered and out of luck? >>> president trump taking a brand new swing at jeff sessions, suggesting the a.g. should have held off charging republicans until after the midterms. >>> plus, maverick or maga. now that john mccain is laid to rest, the focus moved to which kind of republican will fill his seat in the senate. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm dana in for jake today. the confirmation could change the supreme court for a generation and tomorrow brett kavanaugh will begin what will be no doubt intense hearings on the until nation. that's always the case when it comes to the highest court and even more so for this seat. replacing justice kennedy, the swing seat on many decisions. it will be an abrupt return for senators from the holiday weekend. democrats are already outraged after the trump administration said it was with holding more than 100,000 pages of documents related to the time in the george w. bush administration. republicans meanwhile they're insisting they're confident kavanaugh will be on the b

this is a seat that i have in the lean democratic -- i think it is lean democratic.et me double check. yes, it is in the lean democratic category. of the various open midwestern seats for democrats, the most likely to go their way at this point. we have a bunch of tossups, this one is lean democratic i have. host: i want to direct your attention to this website from the university of virginia, political-atlas.com. it is an interactive map. you can click on a state and get information about the polling and candidates. good morning, bill. caller: thank you for taking my call. i greatly appreciate it. i have to agree with the last color. the media is running the democrats in this election. you know, it is all about obama. what states he won. it seems like it is unfair. i think this president is doing a great job. he is not getting any credit, but he is doing the best he can and he is not getting any cooperation. hopefully, this country can come together and we can work together to make it better. what is going on now keeps dividing us. that is all i have to say. thank y

he did not expect to get interrupted by democrat after democrat. this democratic strategy began over the last several days. they've had private discussions. there was a conference call organized over the weekend by chuck schumer, the senate minority leader. talked to members on the committee, the rank and file democrats in particular on that committee, who wanted to take a much tougher line because of their frustration. grassley and the republicans were caught flat footed on that, but grassley did not want to give an inch on this because if he gave them an inch, they could take a mile. then where does it go from there? he believes if he keeps this process moving forward, ultimately, he'll get confirmed. but this is just a start. tomorrow is questioning. the day after is going to be incredibly contentious. the question is does kavanaugh slip up or not. >> he gets to speak later today. you see him watching patiently here. this is part of the process. they get opening statements, which are essentially opening speeches. they make their political views

democrats are trying to go after voters who don't traditionally vote democratic. and they want to tell these voters, look, it's fine, you can do it, you can come on over. i think the strategy is to try to make the democratic party seem less partisan. that's why i think we heard charlie talk about kitchen table issues. they're trying to center their campaign around things that are not controversial, so the public can organically or gradually move over on their own, and that's why we're seeing them not emphasize trump in many of these districts where, you know, there are a lot of republicans who like the president. host: sean, alexis, thank you both for being part of "news makers." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2018] >> tonight -- cbs news chief white house correspondent major garrett talks about his book, "mr. trump's wild ride." >> it's not just about partisanship. i think it transcends party. i describe donald trump in the book as protopartisan. he's bigger than partisanship. because ther

democrats sought out anita hill. two days after thomas' hearing began, senator joe biden, you remember that guy, told the committee of allegations that thomas sexually harassed her, and said hill insisted her name become anonymous and thomas kept in the dark about the accusations. days after thomas' hearings closed, hill gave a statement allowing the fbi to investigate the claims against thomas. the fbi determined the allegations were unfounded, but thomas' nomination was sent to the full senate. weeks later mpr reported on it and hill testified again before congress. thomas denied the allegations. >> i have been wracking my brains and eating my insides out trying to think of what i could have said or done to anita hill to lead her to allege they was interested in her in more than a professional way. ben: thomas wasn't wrong, there simply was no evidence of the allegations other than anita hill's allegations, by her own admission followed thomas from the department of education to the eeoc, even though she had schedu

she got elected in a democratic wave back in 2006. in 2012 it wasn't a bad year for democrats.sident obama got reelected. wasn't that good in missouri, but she managed to have an opponent, she helped to get that opponent who was very, very damaged. so she's been lucky twice. maybe she'll get lucky a third time. she's hoping that the third time is also the charm. >> can i ask you about west virginia as well, which you have moved closer to joe manchin's column. what's the rationale behind that shift for you? >> yes, i was just in west virginia taking a look at that race. listen, it's a lean democrat state, okay, lean to manchin, that is -- >> because manchin. >> yeah, just manchin. the reason is because right now in the polling averages, he's up between 7 and 8 percentage points. that sounds impressive. it is impressive for a democrat in west virginia. but he's well below 50%. and this is the state where donald trump can have arguably the greatest impact except perhaps for north dakota. recently trump came into west virginia, held a rally there, and the republican candidate, pat

trump: democrats, i had to bring it out. democrats want to give welfare and free health care to illegal aliens, funded by the american taxpayer. how about this clown in california who is running for governor? we get a lot of people from california who moved here but how about this guy? he wants open borders. he once to give them health care, education, everything. california is going to have a billion people within a very short time. somebody has to ask, who was going to pay for this? do you know how bad it is going to be? the talking up -- you talk about winning online for the vet, which we solved. you'll be waiting online for 10 years. open borders, come on in the california. all of the world they are going to be pouring into california. republicans want to protect the safety net for the truly am -- the truly needy americans, people who need help, not the illegal aliens that come and our country illegally. host: your reaction. guest: i think the president is making a big point about the expenses that come with free health

best case for democrats, the 51-49 margin probably fli from republican to democratic control but that criers a really strg night for democrats in a part of the country they haven't been strong in this years. pete: the only way impreach --ism peachment could happen is if democrats control out house. is that true and how much of a motivato is this? >> it's surprising to hear how much nancy pelosi has turned away about talking about the ispeachment sup. but i an issue we've seen that excites the base and we've ian soonin our polling that there is a large swath of voters o think impeachment is a valid issue but the president sees that one of his best political opportunities is to run against adversaries and a democratic house threatening impeachment is a great adversary, heelieves, for him. pete: one of the highlights for the president this week was the nomination hearing for his second supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. he was peppered with questions about hisn posit the roe v. wade ruling and presidential power. and the democrats revolted over the lack of access related to his work

a number of democrats exited, are they coming back, what's happening? we are in kind of a holding pattern and what happens next is that they are set to take that committee vote which would say that they will then proceed with judge kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. it is a critical first vote, you've heard some senators and the judiciary committee get on the record already with their comments about which way they will vote. and what is specifically important here is that a man who is such a stickler for time, senator and chairman grassley is letting things breathe and others are offering up their time to let their judiciary committee members, their fellow members speak. i want to bring in now republican senator steve daines of montana, great to have you during this moment of breaking news. i'm talking about the technicalities here. first of all, tell me about what's happening if you will, and the tone on capitol hill around judge kavanaugh right now and what comes next. >> i think the last two weeks, harris, have been shameful and a disgrace.

first, these allegations did not originate with democrats. these women came forward with principle and courage, knowing they were face abuse and lasting personal pain for doing so. but realizing they had a o obligation to the country they do so anyway. dr. ford came forward voluntarily on her own initiative. she wasn't put up by a republican or a democrat or anybody else. it came from her heart. the idea that these allegations were cooked up or instigated or encouraged by democrats in congress is patently absurd and a real insult to the members of the judiciary committee and the members of this chamber. it is against the spirit, if not the letter of our senate rules. addressing the second part of mcconnell's claim, that's even worse, democrats and republicans are always throwing charges at each other. but the idea that this is a smear job? whatever you think of the veracity of the allegations, it's shameful, shameful to doubt the women's sincerity. to say they're making it up. to discredit their sincere testimony is nothing more than a partis

, but joe biden is one of those democrats where a democrat in a tough seat is happy to stand alongsiden, of course, is focused on the midterms, as we said. he will make a decision, he and his close aides have said after the election, probably before the start of the new year. we will see. last time that dragged out a little bit in 2015. but they are pretty insistent he is going to come to a decision pretty early on. >> it's a great point that there aren't that many nationally known democrats who could appear anywhere in the country and be welcome. he looked as though he was having the time of his life. mike, thanks very much. appreciate it. >>> let's bring in michael steele, msnbc political analyst and basel schmikel, former executive director of the new york state democratic party. i want to put up a partial list of democratic 2020 candidates. joe biden, elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, kamala harris, krirsen jill land, corey booker. we could 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

you could say he's good for democrats because he's encouraged a lot of democrats to run.is mike pence, that mike pence because he's sort of a washington insider dd be mo insider could be more effective and more dangerous than donald trump. >> the top 100 reasons to dump trump and the reason to keep him. >>> up ahead on "a.m. joy," california congresswoman maxine waters. since joining ninehahi, ubmonths ago,o. my priority has been to listen to you... to cities and communities, and to my own employees. i've seen a lot of good. we've changed the way people get around. we've provided new opportunities. but moving forward, it's time to move in a new direction. and i want you to know just how excited i am, to write uber's next chapter, with you. one of our core values as a company, is to always do the right thing. and if there are times when we fall short, we commit to being open, taking responsibility for the problem, and fixing it. this begins with new leadership, and a new culture. and you're going to see improvements to our service. like enhanced background checks, 24/7 cus

all of those dates of more republicans than democrats and if they show up, democrats have a problem.democrats have wanted this to be a referendum on donald trump. do you like arnold trump or are you troubled by donald trump? to the degree that barack obama becomes the face of the democratic party and to the opposition this fall. yes of course he mobilizes a lot of people. especially minorities, young people, but he also may mobilize a lot of conservative voters that don't want to return to the days of higher taxes and more regulation of the past. >> you can anticipate he would energize a conservative base, i think that never got over the election of the first black president. obama is going to illinois, he's going to california. he's doing a lot of fundraising that is basically - - >>chris: but he's also getting national exposure. >> because he's a former president point i would say this, in fact historically in midterms, it's the democrats with a problem with turnout. i think there's the fear among democrats that you don't want to count your eggs before they're hatched. remember wha

to the democrats. [laughter] >> laura: michelle obama said it's the republicans who are nasty. okay. they actually spy on americans but we stand up for our principles. ann coulter, thank you so much for staying with us.s. we'll be right back. .. >> laura: by the way, good news, g.o.p. favorability, the highest in seven years. >> gop favorability at the highest and we 7 years 45-44, that is good news. this thing can turn around on the democrats had bite them in the posterior if they are not careful, driving people out of restaurants, seizing people in the senate offices, and corroborated allegations the republican party, you're better than this, i hope you prove the critics wrong on thursday. shannon bream and the fox news at 19, huge news, she is all over the supreme court hearing thursday and all the new development. shannon: how is it this monday? buckle up. we begin with a fox news alert. from the white house down republicans going on offense to support brett kavanaugh's supreme court nomination, do

there were democrats have been asking for it. they say nobody can read that much in time for the start of the hearings. but the whole process really now boils down to no democrats voting for this nominee, all the republicans with the potential as what was pointed out earlier you have collins and murcowski looking at this issue. because they want reassurances that kavanaugh is not going to overturn abortion rights in the country. it is really come down to that. kavanaugh is replacing justice anthony kennedy who was in a powell seat. he was there for many years and then judge bork was nominated to replace powell. all the controversy and politics around that. anthony kennedy comes in as a swing vote. for democrats the question is as well qualified as brett kavanaugh is in the aba has said he is thoroughly well qualified, is he so conservative that he would tilt this court forever and a day to the right? and lower public trust in the ability of the court to be impartial? >> we're expecting to hear a lot from democrats in their openin

he ismachine, the great hope of the democratic party.lose loss puts him at the top of the 2020 contender list. they're looking for their next barack obama. he has been to every single texas county, some of them several times, drawing crowds in places that people have not expected him to. it's time for senator cruz to get nervous. that's why he's having president trump come to the biggest arena they could find to do a rally in october. >> we keep hearing that this is a referendum, jonathan, on president trump, but could it turn out that maybe it's that but maybe even more, a referendum on business as usual in d.c.? >> i think there's a part going on there. look, o'rourke has shown democrats and republicans who are watching how to run a grassroots campaign, how to get people energized. you know, i think this is a very difficult race for the democrats to win, but also that ted cruz is obviously nervous or wouldn't be trump. let me associate myself with everything she just said. if o'rourke wins this race in texas, he won't just be toward th

i think -- the way the democrats have come at it, make it less likely that three or four democrats may come over. this may be -- come down to a party line vote at the end of the day. kavanaugh has successfully duck and dodged. he left himself from the point of view of collins and others who care about roe v. wade, he left himself a big, big loophole to overturn roe v. wade. he never really answered the question of whether it was a correctly settled law or correctly decided case. he left that wide open. he said, the precedent upon precedent. but at the end of the day, he can do anything he wants. i can't say how partisan this is. it's driving each side into a block that is irreconcilable. it's a sad day for democracy, a fascinating day for politics. >> jeffrey? with a do y what do you think about what david said? >> there are lots of sad days these days. i think we are at a moment where there are such deep divisions between the parties. one of the most important divisions between the parties is over a woman's right to choose abortion. that is an issue that is coming to the supreme court

maybe a couple of other democrats from red states.our lawmakers you see there, they met tonight behind closed doors for 30 minutes to think about what exactly they are going to do next. they are keeping their cards close for now. a democrat chris tonight called for a one week delay, perhaps hoping to get momentum for a new fbi investigation that does not seem likely to happen. republican john cornyn said meanwhile the longer republicans wait to vote, there will be more allegations thrown at kavanaugh. he declared this idea that thee judge is guilty until proven innocent is like a police state. watch. >> it's time to vote.s the longer the nomination remains open, the more and more of these anonymous and uncorroborated allegations will be made. unfortunately that's part of the search and destroy process that frankly, i think is an embarrassment to the senate. >> that is the lingering core concern about his credibility. he's worked very hard to put forward the aspects of his t life, and it's undeniable that there is a whole series of inc

if you talk to democrats or people who are thinking of voting democratic, they believe dr. ford.e convinced that she is absolutely right and they think he should not be confirmed. if you talk to people who are supportive of president trump you get completely opposite view that this is an unfair allegation, they don't believe her, they have questions about the timing of it all of that. having said that, i think there's another element to that, that is i think that the people who are opposed to judge kavanaugh or inclined to vote democratic seem to feel more passionate about this. and that depending on how these hearings go that could further energize, these are people who are already energized to be active in this campaign. many in ways that they had never been active before in terms of doing phone banks or canvassing or things like that. this is adding one more element to their energy. >> dickerson: in all of your reporting, you're trying to figure out when the hearings are going to be held, who is going to be doing the questions. people when they see situation like this, leave t

some democrat members walked out. why not wait?avering had been ambushed in a list. you are telling me that my assault does not matter, that what happened to me does not matter and that you are going to let people who do these things into power. white house staff have been streaming every sin you to get brett kavanaugh onto the supreme court and though their candidate may be bloody, bruised and with undoubted damage to his reputation and the democrats would say would still many questions to answer, it looks as though they're going to get their man, finally, over the line. he felt like judge kavanaugh. his testimony was powerful, it was riveting. and it was honest. thejudiciary committee will vote shortly assuming they vote for brett kavanaugh, his nomination will go before the full senate, ending the formal and deeply ugly process. we are expecting that senate judiciary committee to vote on whether or not they believe brett kavanaugh should be the next us supreme courtjustice at any time now. we can bring you live pictures of that

and it's unclear whether the red state democrats are going to stay with the democrats, because they'reried about their re-electi re-election. manchin and heidi heitkamp, et cetera. but, if they are unsuccessful in keeping kavanaugh off the court, which it looks like they will be, are they -- is there some sort of maneuvering going on here, so that when these e-mails come out, the full documents and records come out, and they will potentially next year, after i think the presidential records acts takes effect , that if the find something where he perjured himself with those e-mails, are they holding, you know, a trick up their sleeve for a potential argument to take him off the court afterwards? i mean, is that -- is that too far? >> i mean, it's possible -- i mean, i think they were trying to prevent his nomination. i think they were hoping they could present these facts and there would be one or two republicans on the other side who would look past the partisan moment and how popular president trump is with the republican base and say, you know what, i'm going to stand with you on thi

or what happens of democrats?ts, i think the american people want to see and understand why -- >> harris: that's my question to you because it's got so political. >> adrienne: i think the answer is yes. once investigation is closed and we find out what the mueller investigation comes forward with, all we want as a country. he has conducted a very above-the-board investigation. we have no reason to question his findings. >> melissa: would here's my question -- why is james comey calling to local public radio? >> emily: i was going to ask the same thing. >> melissa: he needs to get on with his life. when you see other people on television afterward, they are establishing a new career and they are trying to become, you know, tv pundits. he's calling into local radio! [laughter] >> emily: we don't care. >> tom: he starting at the bottom and working his way up, too. [laughs] >> harris: start of the bottom, now we are -- no! [laughter] >> harris: rebel democrats taking a new shot at nancy pelosi. they are planning to ma

but that's not what senate democrats did. this is the democratic caucus whose leader, my friend, the senior senator from new york, said just hours after judge kavanaugh was nominated that he'd, quote, oppose him with everything i've got just hours after the nomination. this is the democratic caucus of which several members preemptively announced fill in the blank opposition to any nominee before judge kavanaugh had even been named. this is the democratic caucus that spent all summer searching for reasons to delay, delay, delay this nomination. there weren't enough documents because there were too many documents, because of unrelated headlines. you name it. mr. president, these democratic colleagues did not treat dr. ford or her allegation with the seriousness and discretion she deserved. apparently, they took no meaningful action with respect to her claim for weeks, and then finally at the 11th hour, when its introduction was virtually certain to introduce further delay, they got it to the press. so much for dr. ford's reques

let's hear from lynn, emporia, kansas, democrat. you're on c-span. >> thank you very much for taking my call. i feel sorry for both of them. but i do have a comment to make on she's a clinical psychologist. what year did she graduate? should she have known better to come with this sooner since she has spoken to many people about this. i find it alarming that she is a clinical psychologist and taking care of other people when she has not resolved her own issues. i do believe her. but i don't believe going back to 15 years old. we all partied. i'm sure every committee member partied. i'm sure they all took a stand back when on where they were going and what parties they were going to. and not only sometimes self-the man to make misjudgment but so can the woman. i thank you for your time. >> ruby, covington, georgia, republican. hi, ruby. >> hi. i am so proud you took my call. but the guy from connecticut was downgrading mr. graham. he is a fine man and he knows what he's talking about. i appreciated him ip down -- can i say stupid dem

it is a last stand for the democrats. i used to be a democrat.urn independent because of all of the baloney democrats do. go ahead and testify but i think a boast -- they both should. before thursday. this is a 36-year-old allegation. >> the senate judiciary committee was set to vote the nomination out of committee. go to twitter, we have a poll asking a question, should the senate hold off on the process. 73% of those participating on twitter say yes and not a scientific effort -- estimation, just people responding. saying that mostly because of america, a victim is able to face their abuser. saying i think she should testify and in the vote on brett kavanaugh should take place within 24 hours. make your thoughts known on twitter, facebook, and the phone lines. -- cynthia in north carolina, go ahead on our independent line. caller: thank you. both testifyshould but the allegation 36 years ago is ridiculous. let them go testify but i mean, a lot of times we have all the done things in our past, a majority of us, anyway, 30 or 20 movement, the me

, very democratic. white catholics tend to be republican. not entirely. obviously there's still a pretty large share of democrats there, but they've swung toward the republican party considerably. but the hispanics are the only part of the catholic community that is actually growing in size. white catholics are shrinking, and so if the catholic church in this country is going thrive in the future, it's going to be because of this growing latino presence in the church. >> we have to take questions. let me just ask you this smart lady is where you're supposed to go and get in line if you want to ask a question. of you'd identify yourself and if you're with the media, identify what media organization you're with. >> i'm deanna mccarthy, i'm not with the media. i'm an -- about life-long mississippian. i have two kind of related questions. one is i was curious as to why -- i don't know if you can speak to this -- why in a forum about political divisions between two parties, we have all conservatives with one