exactly -- when i listened to kamala harris and dick durbin, frankly some of the republicans as they try to stay up with him, it was a very, it was very revealing both as to their capacity and the -- and the nominee's extraordinary intellect as you say. we are going to see this nominee be approved and be ready for the fall term on the supreme court? >> my understanding is that they're going wrap this thing up sometime mid to late september and he will be confirmed and that he'll be sitting there for the october session and that's my hope. i mean, look, this guy is really talented. he is really a brilliant jurist, just a great man. >> you know, this nominee kavanaugh and sitting on the court, the president's other

republican lindsay graham and democrat dick durbin. plus, trade talks with canada take a tense turn. >> i think canada very much wants to make the deal and i think will be on a very good for canada if they do and not good at all if they don't. >>chris: on this labor day weekend, we will discuss what a new master means for america's workers. with the head of the country's largest group of unions, afl-cio president richard trumka. only on "fox news sunday". then the >> twitter and facebook are really treading on troubled territory. >>chris: we will ask our panel of white house talk of regulating google. for what it claims is political bias in its search service. and our "power player of the week". country music legend dolly parton on giving books to billions of children.

dick durbin / -d- illinois: "with what degree of certainty did brett kavanaugh assaulted you?"christine blasey ford / accuses kavanaugh of sexual assault: "100 percent"long-time sex crimes prosecutor - rachel mitchell --- standing in for the all-male republican committee members--- attempted to poke holes in ford's memory of the events.christine blasey ford / accuses kavanaugh of sexual assault: "i can't give the exact date."kavanaugh insisting the allegations are part of a smear campaign.sen. dianne feinstein / -d- california: "if you are confident of your position, why aren't you also asking fbi?"brett kavanaugh /supreme court nominee: "my family has been destroyed."republican senator lindsey graham blaming democratssen. lindsey graham / -r- south carolina: "this is the most unethical sham since i've been in politics."as senate republicans work to see if they have the votes to confirm their nominee to the supreme court -- kavanaugh emphatic he still wants the job.brett kavanaugh /supreme court nominee: "you'll never get me to quit. never."

it was actually after dick durbin was questioning judge kavanaugh.s many statements have been made this morning, from a lot of the colors, he got very nervous when did your been asked him -- when dick durbin asked him about another fbi investigation. immediately after that, senator grassley made the comment that it was not nobody's decision but the committee. host: right. caller: as soon as grassley finished his comments stating that, he went erect lee -- went directly to senator graham. it seemed like it was planned. he went directly, said senator graham, and that was when he unleashed. , then theyoint on never, ever let the special counsel speak again. so it was actually before senator graham speaks that they didn't allow the special counsel. so it seems like they were just -- they had lost were they were just that thewas special counsel wasn't doing them any more good, the republicans. host: we will leave it there because the house is gaveling in early this morning. thank you all for your calls and participating this morning. we will bring you to

the questions that dick durbin are asking this is a moment in history. you're the historian.his is not a case of a confirmation where how do you view this case versus that case. this is will you stand up to this realize, according to writers that the white house is in inner turmoil. >> every one is desperately asking the nominee, give us some comfort that if donald trump does wrong and it comes up to the supreme court that you're going to feel that the supreme court could stop him if necessary. instead you just saw he gives back boilerplate. this is a nominee who has not given us any comfort he feels a president can be subpoenaed, investigated, indicted. maybe he can pardon himself in is a pivotal seat in history. the white house is trying to rush this nominee faster than i've seen bhap . what is going on here? >> your comments on the way this is evolving because it does seem from the revelation of some of his prior documents that were deemed confidential there could be quote, a smoking gun here that could persuade one or the other senators although numbers add up to confirma

senator dick durbin, thanks for joining us. look forward to your questioning of judge brett kavanaugh starting this week. >> thanks chris. >>chris: up next, we will bring in our sunday group to discuss what to expect from this week's showdown between the presidents supreme court pick and senate democrats. plus, what would you like to after panel about judge brett kavanaugh and how his confirmation would change the supreme court. go to twitter, @foxnewssunday > who will vote for judges who follow our laws and our constitution as written . >>chris: president trump on the campaign trail this week making the case for his choice of brett kavanaugh for the supreme court. it's time for our sunday group. former press secretary for vice president mike pence, marc lotter. charles lane of the "washington post". former democratic congresswoman, donna edwards. and former white house speechwriter, marc thiessen. when justice kennedy, the swing vote on the court stepped down and wastalk about replacement. we talk about a fierce battle for the

this is illinois senator dick durbin. >> dr. ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe right kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. they make one of the 11 republican senators on the senate judiciary committee who are all white men question dr. blasey ford direcectly. instead, seating all of their time to rachel mitchell, an crimes prosecutor, longtime registered republican, who senate majority leader mitch mcconnell called a female assistant. mitchell was also scheduled a question brett kavanaugh on behalf of the republican senators, but was quickly stopped from her line of questioning by them after she asked brett kavanaugh after details of the parties he attended in the summer of 1982, around the time the alleged sexual assault took place. in his testimony to the committee, judge kavanaugh repeatedly deny dr. blasey ford's allegations, denouncing them with barely controlled rage and repeatedly choking up with tears in his eyes. he singled out democrats on the committee, accusing them of staging a circus aimed at derailing

senator dick durbin senate of illinois is in charge of the questioning.t's listen. >> i could go into a long rift here but i won't in the interest of time but i don't know who organized these protests or why they did it. but thank goodness. and the united states of america where we venerate free speech these things can happen. i want to thank the men and women of the capitol police and those who have been in charge of our security during this period of time, as well. i would like to also ask for two things to be entered into the record. record statement in opposition of the kavanaugh nomination of several groups. >> without objection. >> thank you very much. and secondly, senator grassley closed the earlier, last session, by -- with some comment, i'll have to read in its entirety to understand but i think he said or someone said it takes 37 weeks for the national archives to go through judge kavanaugh's record. i'd like to enter into the record a letter from august 2nd, 2018, from gary stern, general counsel of the national archives which concludes the fo

senator dick durbin, thanks for joining us. look forward to your questioning of judge brett kavanaugh starting this week. >> thanks chris. >>chris: up next, we will bring in our sunday group to discuss what to expect from this week's showdown between the presidents supreme court pick and senate democrats. plus, what would you like to after panel about judge brett kavanaugh and how his confirmation would change the supreme court. go to twitter, @foxnewssunday today... back pain can't win. now introducing aleve back and muscle pain. only aleve targets tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve back & muscle. all day strong. all day long. your insurance rates a scratch so smallr you could fix it with a pen. how about using that pen to sign up for new insurance instead? for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ who would have guessed? an energy company helping cars emit less. making cars lighter, it's a good pla

joining us now in the studio is the number two ranking democrat in the senate, dick durbin. senator thank you so much for being with us this morning. we heard moments ago the attorney for dr. christine blaise-ford said she is willing to testify in the senate. will that happen this week? >> i don't know that there will be a hearing but testimony. we haven't decided the parameters. chuck grassley, senators and others have to make sure that the american people believe everyone is being treated fairly. rushing this through is not treating someone fairly. doing this in a conference call as opposed to her offer to come forward and say things publicly is certainly not fair. we need to postpone the scheduled vote, which was supposed to take place on thursday, until we get to the bottom of this. >> again, are you in favor of a public hearing? >> i think that's the only way to go at this point. she has agreed to do it and it's going to be very difficult, otherwise, to satisfy all the different things that have been said, contradictory things, as you noted, between judge kavanaugh and

philip wingmen writing, chuck schumer, dick durbin were when charges of rape were alleged against bill clinton. juanita broadderick. he was not a teenager, he was in arkansas in 1978. the senate was in middle of impeachment trial in 1999, not one democrat called for investigation into broadderick accusation. dick durbin tweeted over the weekend, if the me too movement taught us anything, respect and listen to survivors of sexual assault regardless of the age or when the alleged attack took place. broadderick was not buying it, well, dick, do i have a story for you, once upon a time, bill clinton raped me. you voted not guilty on both accounts and didn't give a dam, you dickie durbin are a fraud. here is what broadderick said recently about a confrontation with hillary clinton. >> she came ahold of me, took my hand and said, i've heard so much about you and i've been dying to meet you, been wanting to meet you. i can't, just paraphrasing now. i just want you to know how much that bill and i appreciate what you do for him. she held on to my hand and she said, do you understand everything

him with two members of the senate judiciary committee, republican lindsey graham and democrat dick durbinplus, trade talks with candidates take a tense turn. >> i think canada very much wants to make a deal and i think it's very good for canada if they do and i think it's probably not got it all if they don't. >> chris: on this labor day weekend we will discuss what a new nafta means for america's workers with the head of the country's largest group of units, afl-cio president richard trumka, only on "fox news sunday" ." then. >> twitter and facebook, they are really treading on very, very troubled territory. >> chris: we will ask our panel about regulating google to what it claims is political bias in its search service. and our power player of the week. country music legend dolly parton. >> there are many things that i do, this is the one that's nearest and dearest to my heart. >> chris: all right now now on "fox news sunday" ." and hello again from fox news in washington. the big story this week is confirmation hearings for judge brett kavanaugh, president trump's supreme court nominee

, we will leave it there. >>> joining me now from the other side of the aisle is democratic wip dick durbinwho sits on the judiciary committee. senator durbin, welcome to "meet the press." >> good to be with you. >> let me start quickly on this issue of the op-ed and the president. what should congress' role be? if there is an unelected cabal of people thwarting the will of the people and trying to stop the president from doing things that he campaigned on doing, for instance, ending a trade agreement with south korea, what is the role of the legislative branch in dealing with a troubling -- potentially troubling situation like that? >> well, of course, there is a formal role. congress under the constitution has its own authority, but it is an authority that is exercised in the extreme. the 25th amendment, the question of impeachment, but i think there's a more important role for congress to play and especially the president's own party. this is a matter of great seriousness and gravity. we should not be dismissing it. it isn't like his blizzard of bizarre tweets. we are talking about consi

president trump, kellyanne conway, republican senator ben sasse of nebraska and democratic senator dick durbin of illinois. > also, gues who is on the campaign trial. > you need to vote because our democracy depends it. >> and guess who is listening. but m sorry, i watched it, i fell asleep. >> joining me for insight are analysis abc news correspondent katy tur, democraticrn pollster l belcher, danielle pletka of the american enterprise i and erick erickson, editor of the resurgent. welcome to sunday. it's "meet theress." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, th longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. it's not every day that we have rds and phrases likehese thrown around so freely here in washington. constitutional crisi 25th amendment, sleeper cells, polygraph examinations, nervousa own, orange jumpsuit and administrative coup d'etat, but that's what happened this week when we retreated to two disturbing accounts of white house dysfunction, a one-two punch describing top officials working quietly to thwart a prident th

you voted not guilty on both accounts and you didn't give a damn back then, you dick dickie durbin areraud. here is what broadderick said recently about a confrontation with hillary clinton. >> she came ahold of me, took my hand and said, i've heard so much about you and i've been dying to meet you, been wanting to meet you. i can't, just paraphrasing now. and she said i just want you to know how much that bill and i appreciate what you do for him. she held on to my hand and she said, do you understand everything that you do, i mean cold chills went up my spine. that's the first time i became afraid of that woman. >> democrats, the shoe may be on the other foot now for kavanaugh. remember during the clinton administration, he was working on independent counsel ken starr's team and pushing for as much transparency as possible into bill clinton's personal life. rather than running from this accusation, kavanaugh has gone on the record to deny it and said he's willing to testify as soon as possible. >> laura: all right, thanks, ed. as ed highlighted, democrats sang a different tune when m

here is senator dick durbin. >> senator, any reaction? >> she's credible, calm. she told us she was terrified but i thought she handled the questions professionally and honestly. volunteered answers when she didn't have to. i thought she made a very credible presentation. >> do you think it backfired on the republicans to have an outside counselor or counsel question dr. ford? >> if you listen to the prosecutors conclusion, doing an interview in five-minute segments is not recommended. you can tell she, too, was frustrated. i couldn't follow her line of thinking. i tried to understand where she was coming from. it seemed so oblique and so fragmented. i never quite understood what she was trying to say. [ inaudible ] >> the thing we didn't hear tis the most obvious. if there is no evidence to support what she's saying, why aren't you supporting an investigation by the federal bureau of investigation? wouldn't you want to clear your name and make sure that the court didn't have a person that came under a shadow of suspicion? >> senate kyle expected to stay at least

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. >> reporter: democratic senator dick durbin is demanding president trump release the records from judge brett kavanagh's work in the white house for former president george w. bush. >> if we're lucky, we will see 6%, 6% of all of the documents that have been produced. so, if he's so proud of his conservative credentials, shows us the record. stand before us. trust the american people and will they'll trust. >> reporter: the trump administration is citing executive privilege to withhold 100,000 pages of records. an attorney for mr. bush revealed the decision in this letter to the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. senate minority leader chuck schumer reacted swiftly, declaring, we're witnessing a friday night document massacre. adding, it has all the makings of a cover up. but majority leader mitch mcconnell said the outrage is unfounded. >> so far i believe the only senators who have met with this nominee and didn't have negative things to say about him were democrats who had already announced beforehand they were going to oppose him. >> reporter: the chairman of the judiciary

july 19, seven weeks ago, burgess everett, for politico.com, was apparently right outside senator dick durbin's office in the capitol. because he's a congressional beat reporter, right? but for whatever reason he ended up at that exact spot at a very opportune moment and he was able to report this. quote, mcconnell withdraws bounds nomination. i can hear democrats literally cheering in senator durbin's office. that day in the u.s. senate, democrats were not going around in the halls openly cheering and celebrating what had just happened but they apparently did burst into cheering behind closed doors. doors that apparently were not thick enough to block shoe leather congressional reporters. at least one of them from hearing they were shouting and cheering inside senator dur binl's office. what they were celebrating that day was this guy. not becoming a judge. for everything else the trump administration has proven itself incapable of doing, they have been just a juggernaut at confirming conservative judges. republicans in the senate under president obama had a strategy about this. they held open

senate democrat dick durbin of illinois was highly critical of judge kavanaugh today. i want to play the sound and get you to react. >> he was most unpopular supreme court nominee in the last 40 years. how did he reach that point so quickly? i think there were a number of reasons. you look first and foremost the fact the president said i'm not going to put a man on the supreme court less is going to overturn roe versus wade. and the affordable care act. the president is never at a loss for words. he was very explicit. in terms of what he wants in the supreme court nominee. those positions may be popular with his republican base but not with the american people. >> republican sound confident. is that your sense? no damage done so far? >> the facts speak for themselves. i think with the american people look in the senate looks at judge kavanaugh is record, he's been on the circuit, he has been fair and impartial. he has been endorsed or spoken kindly of by a lot of people across the political spectrum. including people like the president obama is chief lawyer in the supr

>> president trump at times was a focus of the hearing for judge cavanaugh and senator senator dick durbin topic. watch this. >> you are the nominee of president john donald john trump. this is a president who has shown us consistently that he is contemptuous of the rule of law and he has said and done things as president which we have never seen before in our history. >> martha: here now, raj shah, white house principles press secretary. judge cavanaugh said this is been what has absorbed you. what are you thinking? >> first of all, thanks for having me on. the opening of these hearings was regrettable, and we think that democrats frankly haven't taken this process all that seriously. the judge of the night he was announced, they refused to meet with him in several months. they had one complaint about process, it should be to the former democratic leader who got rid of the filibuster for the judicial nominations. nonetheless judge cavanaugh got an opportunity to talk directly to the american people. and we think that that story is something the american people will respond to and the like

democrat dick durbin will weigh in on that confirmation vote. >>> some lawmakers are calling for judgeer to tell her side of the story. senator bob corker says he believes a vote on kavanaugh should not be held until the accuser speaks to the committee, which he says she should do fromp promptly. senator lindsey graham is voicing skepticism about the timing of the allegations against kavanaugh but says he is willing to hear her testify before the judiciary committee. he says if ms. ford wishes to provide information to the committee, i would glassily list -- gladly listen to what she has to say. if the committee is to hear from ms. ford, it should be done immediately so the process can continue as scheduled. >>> the trump administration looks ready to dig in for a fight over the accusations against judge kavanaugh. asked if kavanaugh would withdraw his nomination, the white house issued a firm know. politico says sources noted that the president has made this kind of move before, not just denouncing his own accusers but also attacking those of others, notably failed alabama senate cand

dick durbin, -d- illinois> "with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you?" "100%"( pam) dueling realities on capitol hill today supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh says, no he did not ... bay area professor christine blahzey -ford says, with 100-percent certainty - yes he did sexually assault her when she was a teenager. (catherine) the senate judiciary committee scheduled a vote on the nominationfor tomorrow... with the full senate vote on saturday. ryan o'donnell has the story of today's supreme court showdown. "you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy."> brett kavanaugh's prepared statement angrily denounced senate democrats. "i will not be intimidated by withdrawing from this process. you've tried hard. you've given it your all, you may defeat me in the final vote, but you'll never get me to quit. never." "my greatest fears have been realized - and the reality has been far worse than what i expected. christine blahzey ford said she was victimized by

dick durbin, -d- illinois> "with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you?" "100%" a supreme court showdown...with sexual assault allegations at the center of the fight. a definant judge...brett kavanaugh... saying did not attack palo alto professor...doctor christine blasey ford. both addressed the senate judiciary committee today... to explain themselves and answer questions. tomorrow the committee will vote on kavanaugh's confirmation...p aving the way for the entire senate to vote by the weekend. ((2shot))((grant))thanks for joining us at nine...i'm grant lodes.((vicki))and i'm vicki liviakis.republicans and democrats are claiming victory after today's heated hearning in the nation's capitol. christine blasey ford...making her first public appearance since she accused brett kavanaugh of sexually abusing her 36 years ago.((grant)) kavanaugh...attacking democrats, calling the entire thing an attack on his character...something he says he spent years to buildintwo more named women who have accused kavanaugh of abuse...were to testif

this is why the dick durbin question was so compelling today and why chuck grassley felt the need to jump in to save brett kavanaugh -- >> lindsey graham. >> no, no. this was the dick durbin exchange with brett kavanaugh over why in the world would you not submit to -- just say. this b.s. line that the fbi doesn't investigate this or well, i'll do whatever the committee says, that was an evasive answer. if he would have said, listen, i may not control it. but just as the president has selected me i would ask that the president, who has the power to ask for the fbi to reopen the investigation, i would ask the president to please do that. let the fbi do whatever they need to do to clear my name because i'm an innocent man. he never did that. and that is something that i think sticks with people. there's no explanation, no republicans have given an explanation as to why would he not do that to clear his name. >> clearly the president can make that decision. he clearly doesn't want to. >> if he asks for it, it gives credibility to him and puts the onus on the president. >> alice, why won

. >> senator dick durbin? >> there was a phone conference and i can tell you that many issues were raised. one of the issues was the fact that over 100,000 documents had been characterized by the chairman of the committee as committee confidential. i have any member of the committee for a number of years. committee confidential does -- documents have been limited to extraordinary circumstances. if somebody is accused of taking drugs during an investigation, i am not making a suggestion that that is the case here, but it was done in a confidential setting in fairness to the nominee. same thing on dui's. circumstancesare where we would meet after the committee hearing and eight -- it was usually related to a handful of documents. what we have found out is we have hundreds of thousands of documents characterize as committee confidential unilaterally, not on a bipartisan basis, it is done by the chairman. so one of the said just as was -- one of the suggestions was whether the committee will hear the nominee for a

the number two in the senate, dick durbin, one of the senators questioning judge brett kavanagh this week and today we're so grateful for your time. let me bring you into this conversation we're having. did the op-ed yesterday in "the new york times" from a political appointee of donald trump that told all of us that the cabinet has talked about invoking the 25th amendment change things in your view? >> i can tell you that 25th amendment is a steep hill to climb. to have the vice-president as well as a majority of the cabinet notify the congress, both the house and the senate that the president is unable to continue in office is a pretty steep request against any administration. and then a two-thirds vote in both chambers to move the vice-president into the operating position, that, too, is a big high hill to climb. we have with this "the new york times" piece an indication that within this administration there is a genuine fear that this president is going to go too far. i've had that fear for a long time, and hope there would be saner people around him. >> senator, is the fact that

we showed a clip of one of the more fiery exchanges with senator dick durbin going after kavanaugh and saying if you really wanting t the truth, why wouldn't you tell all of your republican friends that you want to see the fbi involved. let's listen to the clip and let me get your reaction. >> i welcome whatever the committee wants to do because i'm telling the truth. >> i want to know what you want to do. >> i'm telling the truth. >> i want to know what you want to do, judge. >> i'm innocent. >> he clearly -- well, i don't want to speak for judge kavanaugh, but clearly the republican party wants to move this along. what's your reaction to that exchange? >> so sort of on the playing level of things, if you think you're innocent and the accusations who are completely false, the people who are accusing you have a lot to lose for there's nothing magical about tomorrow, the same vote can take place on wednesday. there's nothing that requires the vote to happen on friday. so this is anship. when you look back at '60s, '70s, '80s, it hasn't always been this way. it's a relatively new phenome

and yesterday it was when dick durbin sort of pinned brett kavanaugh into a corner and said, turn to your left and ask don mcgahn to open up a fbi investigation. he dodged the question and you saw lindsey graham paint him -- >> chuck grassley said it's not his job. 1:30. this is when the committee vote was supposed to happen. senator chris coons just walked in the room and talking with jeff flake for a listening time. they're very close. jeff flake said he is voting in favor of kavanaugh. coons is up -- >> he was torn last night. >> we think coons is working on him and reporting that conversation we think to die nan feinste feinstein. to their right, there's a conference of senator sass and leahy and talking and laughing. seeming like they're hamming it up. i'm not sure whether they're killing time. doesn't look like a serious conversation about the topic. their aides are around them. i don't think they're discussing how they're voting but coons and feinstein are discussing we think what just happened with jeff flake so that's where we stand. here's the thing about jeff flake. he sai

it was right after dick durbin, you'll forgive the phrase, drew blood on the subject of the fbi. and let's face something here. it's a town of a lot of whispering and a lot of cynicism and people, as soon as they heard lindsey graham, thought this was an audition for a cabinet position, perhaps justice, perhaps pentagon at some point in the future. >> i'll tell you what it was, brian. someone who was at the capital all day reporting, it was revealing. it was revealing about the republican party. what a split screen. senator graham versus senator flake. senator graham just like judge kavanagh, taking the advice of president trump, following the model of president trump, defiant, fight, total political war in this charged america that we're all living through and covering. and then there's retiring republican jeff flake of arizona, reluctant to embrace that kind of turn in the republican party, that kind of war mentality when it comes to american politics, unsure of how he's going to vote. it's just a split republican party in how they're coming down on this. for now it's that grah

. >> bret: we have peter doocy standing by, i think he has senator dick durbin from illinois. peter? >> judge kavanaugh, i don't doubt for a second that has family has gone through hell with this. i thought my recommendation was the only way to bring this to a conclusion. and that's an fbi investigation. >> republicans are planning to go forward with a vote tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. is there anything that you guys are going to try to do to stop it? or is there anything you can do? >> nothing can be done. it's been noticed and it will come up for a vote. i wish they wouldn't and they are hurrying this thing through at this point and i don't take it's fair. >> you don't think any of your republican colleagues will join you in voting? >> if that's good question. there are 11 democrats and ten republicans and if one decides not to vote it changes the outcome. >> interesting reaction from dick durbin which may answer the question that i just posed about whether or not democrats are done with this fight. chris wallace, the other piece of information that we got from the president is tha

. >> and, danny, he invited these investigations but he pushed back when senator dick durbin told himo show his cards. let's take a listen. >> when this allegation first arose, i welcome any kind of investigation. i know that any kind of investigation, senate, fbi, montgomery county police, whatever, will clear me. >> will you support an fbi investigation right now. >> i will do whatever the committee -- >> personally, do you think that's the best thing for us to do? you won't answer? >> you know, look, senator, i've -- i -- i've said i wanted a hearing, and i said i was welcome anything, i'm innocent. >> danny, what do you make of that exchange? >> i think it's fascinating because many people assume that because judge kavanaugh has been a judge for 12 years, he would be able to keep his emotions in check while testifying, but the reality is judge, lawyers, we often don't testify ourselves. we have lots of opinions about how to testify and whether or not people are credible, but we simply don't have the practice of testifying ourselves. you know who does? fbi agents and police officer

reporter: but that all changed after this back and forth between kavanaugh and illinois democrat dick durbin. >> why would you resist that kind of investigation? >> sir, i welcome -- i wanted the hearing last week. >> i'm asking about the fbi investigation. >> the committee figures out how to ask the questions. i've been on the phone multiple times with committee counsel. >> judge kavanaugh, will you support an fbi investigation right now? >> i will do whatever the committee wants -- >> personally, do you think that's the best thing for us to do? you won't answer? >> look, senator -- >> reporter: that exchange sparked an explosion of emotion from republican lindsey graham. >> if you wanted a fbi investigation, you could have come to us. what you want to do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. this is the most unethical sham since i've been in politics. you have interacted with professional women all your life, not one accusation. you're supposed to be bill cosby when you're a junior and senior in high school, and all of a sudden you got over it. >> judge,

. >>> well coming up on "cbs this morning," illinois democratic senator dick durbin shares his thoughts of the hearing for brett kavanaugh. "new york times" investigative reporter jodi kantor explains how far we've come since anita hill's testimony 30 years ago, and the series a more perfect union looks at one man's quest to provide fresh produce to low income areas. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. watching. i'm anne-marie green, have a great day. i'm kenny choi. c1 p kpix. >>> let's get this morning started as we say hello, thursday. also can see fog coming into this picture and we can see, through the fog, the weekend, or at least i can. good morning, i hope you are with me. i'm kenny choi. >>> and i'm ann mack vick. >> positivity at 4:30 in the morning. we are doing well. we are doing well. how is the weather looking? >> reporter: back in the bay once again, we are looking at temperatures on the cool side for the bay, especially for the coast. we are looking at areas of low clouds and fog for the coast and

you had senator thom tillis ask about that and he was asking for dick durbin to comment on it dick temperaturein didn't really respond. thom tillis says i' m review ago tweet by nbc democrats plotted a protest strategy over the holiday weekend all agree to protest the hearing sources tell me. he goes on to continue the tweet. dick durbin was asked to respond and he deflected, listen. >> there was a phone conference yesterday, and can i tell you at the time of the phone conference many issues were raids. one of the issues was the fact that over 100,000 documents related to judge kavanaugh have been characterized by the chairman of the committee as committee confidential. steve: there you have got it. he did confirm there was a phone call. what the democrats wanted yesterday obviously to de rail the nomination plaintiff kavanaugh. they will want some documents that show what did he when he was a staff secretary during the bush white house. the documents not about his legal thinking but rather the papers that went onto the desk of george w. bush. most of them are privileged and for good reasonabl

>> well, brian, i thought the moment was a strong one for dick durbin who is not normally a master of political theater, but delivered that line, as you said, clearly rehearsed and setup moment. did it well. i do not think brett kavanaugh's response to it was nearly as strong, for some of the reasons that relate to some of the legal issues that some of your fine legal analysts up there have been suggesting. he could easily embrace two things if he were fully confident of his innocence. one of them would be to ask for an fbi investigation of every serious charge levelled against him, not just by dr. ford but for others. he could ask for his longtime friend mark judge to come forward and testify under oath and be cross-examined. he's not done either one of those things. every time he's given an opportunity to do that, which would not just be a thing that would speak to his confidence, but it would also be a politically strong move, he demurs in one way or another and defers back to the republican-controlled committee. look, brian, the reality of this day is we walked into the hearing wi

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

reporter: but that all changed after this back and forth between kavanaugh and illinois democrat dick durbin. >> why would you resist that kind of investigation? >> sir, i welcome -- i wanted the hearing last week. >> i'm asking about the fbi investigation. >> the committee figures out how to ask the questions. i'll do whatever. i've been on the phone multiple times with committee counsel. i'll talk to -- >> judge kavanaugh, will you support an fbi investigation right now? >> i will do whatever the committee wants to -- >> personally, do you think that's the best thing for us to do? you won't answer? >> look, senator -- >> reporter: that exchange sparked an explosion of emotion from republican lindsey graham. >> if you wanted an fbi investigation, you could have come to us. what you want to do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. this is the most unethical sham since i've been in politics. you have interacted with professional women all your life, not one accusation. you're supposed to be bill cosby when you're a junior and senior in high school. and all

. >> senator dick durbin earlier we will now will continue with your questions. >> teetwelve asked that her information be kept confidential and it was a only referred to her letter to the fbi basically republicans are blaming the messenger also making reference to anita hill telling the republicans not to blame the victim but tonight they are blaming the messenger. elizabeth from pensacola florida republican line. >>caller:t. >> first of all i feel for kavanaugh and his family and also doctor ford and her family. but on the other hand, all i saw was a continuous attack on judge kavanaugh. i did not see fair questioning. talk about fbi investigation. fbi investigation. but then the next person would do it again even after saying there would not be one. basically they were badgering him. i can see being frustrated i woulde also. but as far as i can see, i don't think judge kavanaugh he comes off as a very good man i'm not saying that doctor ford did not have something happen to her i am sure something had but i am not sure what and my final point is this information should have been brou

>> you have incredible senators on there like cory booker and dick durbin, dick blumenthal and you name it, i think it's more powerful if we go in there and we ask the questions. patrick leahy. we need that opportunity to ask the questions. if we just walked out it would simply be one side asking the questions. i don't think that's the way you skchl e get the facts out. >> does she have a point? >> tomorrow tuesday is the first day of the hearings. there's not going to be any questions asked tomorrow. it's every senator on the committee droning on with ten-minute opening statements and at the end of the day we will hear from brett kavanaugh and then they will adjourn. how about talking out on tuesday? i think the larger point -- >> walk out on tuesday and show up to ask questions on wednesday? >> sure. the larger point is this. a fox news poll -- i don't usually cite fox news polls. it showed the majority of the public, a plurality of the public wants to see democrats do everything they can to block this nominee. senate democrats need to show this is not business as usual. >> fox news p

dick durbin / -d- illinois: "dr. ford with what degree of certainty did brett kavanaugh assaulted you?" christine blasey ford / accuses kavanaugh of sexual assault: "100 percent" long-time sex crimes prosecutor - rachel mitchell --- standing in for the all-male republican committee members--- attempted to poke holes in ford's memory of the events.christine blasey ford / accuses kavanaugh of sexual assault: "i can't give the exact date."kavanaugh insisting the allegations are part of a smear campaign.sen. dianne feinstein / -d- california: "why aren't you also asking the fbi to investigate these claims?" brett kavanaugh /supreme court nominee: "my family has been destroyed, whatever the committee decided. i am all in immediately."republican senator lindsey graham blaming democratssen. lindsey graham / -r- south carolina: "this is the most unethical sham since i've been in politics. and if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn't have done what you've done to this guy."kavanaugh remaining adamant