there is still cover for donnelly. i don't think enough not to get the republican base really riled up. neil: we shall see. chris, thank you very, very much. >> thank you. neil: lindsey graham has been making some memorable remarks on this, so too again today on setting precedent. listen. >> this has never been about the truth. this has been about the delay and destruction. and if we reward this, it is the end of good people wanting to be judges. neil: all right, mercedes cullen. let's assume by the skin of his teeth the judge gets through and become as supreme court justice. a number of democrats will not forget this, follow up on this, initiate impeachment proceedings against him had, even if he makes it, even when he is on the high court. what now? >> difficult to impeach a job. certainly one at supreme court level. it will be a long uphill battle if that is their endgame. frankly it is vote your conscience, vote what you have the information ahead of you. if you believe, senators believe they have enough evidence t

of legislation, he votes 100% against donald trump. >> on the trail, donnelly is defending no votesn big ticket items like tax reform and obamacare repeal. >> and things like trying to take away coverage for pre-existing conditions, i will pass. and i think hoosiers get that. they don't want a copy machine, they want a senator. >> the economy is a most important issue, a trump voter learning about tariffs and leaning towards donnelly. >> 80% of my decision will be in made up on how the candidates will affect agriculture. >> >> another farmer said schaer supports the tariff and liens against donnelly. >> i struggle with the fact that i think donald trump, looking at the big picture and not the short term picture on the culture. >> that's a sentiment shared by braun. >> farmers tell me they are with president trump, they don't have the capacity for this to drag on. >> donnelly disagrees. >> if there are smart ways to do this and then there's a way we are doing it. >> ultimately, he hopes that the indiana voters are happy enough with what they seem to do it again. >> they know if you k

steven: it is a tough an important issue for democrats, particularly for joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp. the stakes have really changed for democrats in this fight. the really high stakes scorched-earth approach that senator schumer has taken has put his own red state democrats in a tough spot you'd i think they will vote -- spot. i think they will vote to confirm to have any chance of winning reelection come up will hurt them more than the neil gorsuch vote with donors and activists who they need to get enthused about their candidacy, of they are in a tough spot. alexi: speaking of messaging and advertising, what has been the most effective messaging strategy for your group? that had beenue on the sidelines that we are seeing having resonance is immigration, sanctuary cities, abolishing ice, more extreme positions the party has become aligned with. not all, but some. talking about those issues as residents where we are trying to be picking up democratic seats is fall. alexi: what message or topic has fired up donors? steven: in general, our constituency of donors is interested in winni

their vote for or against joe donnelly will depend on whether he votes for brett kavanaugh. he said i know. he knows that is the sentiment among the voters in his state. president trump won that state by about 20 points. there's going to be a lot of crossover voters. in other words to hold or possibly regain control of the senate nfor democrats and hold these seats in danger, these senators like joe donnelly will really have to consider that. >> last question to you. labor day is behind us. we're facing a new season here. looking ahead to the election season, paying attention to the political foliage. despite democratic entheusiasen his attacks on civic institutions and chaos around him, strategists on both sides say. there's some criticism if president trump continues to talk so much about a red wave, republican voters aren't going to come out to the polls. what's your read on that? >> no question. that's the case in texas where we saw president trump say i'm going to go down to texas. it's going to be the biggest rally. not so clear that's not beginning do happen now. that

how horrible. >> a woman has a bigr war which of the than republican opponent in indiana donnelly tried amorphous unfit because of record but look, it will hurt, it will hurt one way or the other, think about heidi high camp north dakota if she supports cav will enrage left of her party lose a couple points over there will go vote for a green party candidate for throw away ballot if you are a democrat in red state no easy explanation to -- to be in favor of cav and you will pay a price if you are against him similar larly blue state ease for a commensurate to say against him, and very did i to be for him. >> i tell you what, my in box meal filing up with people say if republicans reject kavanaugh after these they will lose, i will not vote for them, this is what they say, and they will deserve to lose. do you think that is in fact what will happen? >> that is why i put that sentiment in column a week ago republicans will if democrats success doing this republicans will walk away from battlefield demore alized, and incumbent members dis certed will cost republicans in fall if you are in

joe donnelly, indiana. is that -- do you think that's an accurate prediction on senator graham's party? >> i think so. it'll be interesting to see mostly how these two republicans vote. if susan collins and lisa murkowski actually do support -- because i think the democratic strategy right now is to focus on abortion, focus on roe versus wade. if they can make the point, if they can scare these two senators into thinking, you know, that he isn't going to uphold it, that he's going to take kind of a radical position on this, those are the two people i think to watch. if they do vote for him, i think a couple of other democrats will as well because we're a couple months away from the midterms. i think a lot of people in these red states are kind of scared about, you know, their electorate and where these people will go. so i think that these are people to watch as well. but i would focus on these two republican women. >> amy -- gloria, rather, you heard amy say democratic strategy, what's the strategy going f

how horrible. >> a woman has a bigr war which of the than republican opponent in indiana donnelly triede in it more amorphous unfit because of record but look, it will hurt, it will hurt one way or the other, think about heidi high camp north dakota if she supports cav will enrage left of her party lose a couple points over there will go vote for a green party candidate for throw away ballot if you are a democrat in red state no easy explanation to -- to be in favor of cav and you will pay a price if you are against him similar larly blue state ease for a commensurate to say against him, and very did i to be for him. >> i tell you what, my in box meal filing up with people say if republicans reject kavanaugh after these they will lose, i will not vote for them, this is what they say, and they will deserve to lose. do you think that is in fact what will happen? >> that is why i put that sentiment in column a week ago republicans will if democrats success doing this republicans will walk away from battlefield demore alized, and incumbent members dis certed will cost republicans in fall if

joe donnelly, great guy. why can't you talk about whether or not we met the burden here? if he had to prove he was innocent, he did it for me, but he didn't have to. >> sean: republicans met in conference tonight and, bring us inside the meeting is much as you are able to share. >> i was blown away. can you imagine doing what he did today? your life is ripped apart, you've known about this for weeks and they spring it out you out on the, and then michael avenatti comes out and says you assault women and your whole life is absolutely destroyed? i think republicans today felt like brett kavanaugh not only met the test and pass the test, and i will be brokenhearted. if the senate rejects this good man. >> sean: bob corker said yes, jeff flake off-camera said this is a tough one. >> senator graham: i would say it is tough. i don't know what happened to dr. ford but i've been a lawyer all my life, i use to do this for a living. you could get a warrant. she can't tell you where it happened or what happened, it's not he said, she said, it's they said and they said. all people na

and again in indiana, donnelly tried to place it unfit because of a record.t them one way or the other. think about heidi heitkamp in north dakota. if she supports kavanaugh, it will enrage the left of her party and lose her a couple of points over there who will go vote for a green party candidate or throw away their ballot. so if your you're a democrat in a red state, there's no easy explanation to be in favor of kavanaugh and you will pay a price. if you against him similarly in a blue state, it's easy for a democrat to say he's against him and very difficult to be for him. paul: but i tell you what, karl, my inbox e-mail is filling up with people who say if the republicans reject kavanaugh -- >> absolutely. paul: -- that they will lose, i will not vote for them. this is what they say. and they will deserve to lose. do you think that is, in fact, what will happen? >> that's why i put it that exact sentiment in my column a week ago, the republicans will -- if democrats succeed in doing this, the republicans will walk away from the battlefield demoralized an

david: i think it will hurt joe donnelly in indiana. to win, he has to get votes from really central indiana republicans. they feel he has been fairly moderate. he voted for president trump's earlier nomination. i think this will help crystallize it really is a republican-democrat decision here and likely help mike braun. there is bob dole's told adage that you don't get politically hurt if you vote yes for a bill that fails or no for a bill that passes. if he goes through, and he votes no, maybe the affect is weakened somewhat. if he is the one vote that is 51-49, thenit i think it could be very politically damaging. reid: let's talk about the guy who has now delayed this, senator jeff flake, who is retiring. he has a long relationship with you. one of the conservative members of the house and senate. what is your understanding of his role in the senate today, and has he changed? david: so, i think what we're seeing here is jeff flake's personality separate of politics coming out. i think he is sincere about what he is saying. this is

senator donnelly. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to the witnesses. earlier this year the center for disease control reported overdose deaths in my home state of indiana increased by 20% from july 16th to july 17th. over 1700 young men and women could only six states that a larger percentage increase. this is a national epidemic that gets worse and not better. so i'm asking you, how do you prioritize the opioid crisis in your combatant command priorities? >> senator, the national crisis and is a top priority for southern command in the opioids can bring in terrorists and we have ticket after those networks and interdicted drugs and work together in an interagency to find better ways and defy assets and authorities or we can stop the supply. >> one of the things we are seeing is that sentinel is responsible for a huge portion of this because 10 times more powerful than. it is cheap, it is synthetic. what's happening as it is coming from china, sending basically the components to your command into mexico words being put together and shipped up to my sta

i'm doug jones or i'm donnelly, joe donnelly of indiana or heidi heitkamp or joe manchin or i'm in a state that leans right and i'm going to go for it. >> neil: how much of an issue is this looking like it's going to be in the midterm? >> well, ironically enough, it's which side loses? if republicans fail to confirm kavanaugh, then i think it's goods to to desspirit a lot of republicans. they will be angry at the one or two republicans who didn't support him but they will take it out on everybody. similarly if the democrats come up short. their expectations have been raise sod high, they have been beginned up so much. -- i just got one from mazie hirono from hawaii on behalf of move on.org. these things are so over the top they have ginned up their base and regardless of whether it's justified or not if the democrats fail to block him this will anger some of their base and they may take it out on some democrats. we ought to be thinking about what's right for the country. and the fact of the matter is we have gone from a time when bill clinton nominated ruth bader againstburg 95% of r

chairman. >> thank you, senator donnelly.h that, senator peters, i welcome you to make any comments. >> well, thank you, chairman young, thank you for holding the hearing, ranking member merkley and other senators who are here. each of the folks who have been nominated, your willingness to serve, if confirmed, is certainly very much appreciated. i certainly appreciate the opportunity to introduce david fischer, a michigander, nominated to serve as u.s. ambassador to morocco. he is also backed up by a very large contingent of 17 members of the fischer family. it was certainly great to have an opportunity to meet them before this hearing. david is a leader in the metro detroit business community. he built his family's auto dealership p business into one of the largest dealer groups in the entire country. he and his wife jennifer are known for dedication to the community and charitable causes, particularly focused on efforts to fight cancer, help children and improve schools. david and i have talked about the importance of vocat

watch our joe manchin of west virginia, and heidi heitkamp of north dakota, both, along with joe donnellythey were -- voted in favor of neil gorsuch last year. tough reelection battles in states president trump won by huge margins. they will be important to watch. it is difficult to see them kavanaugh in favor of before the republicans have decided and neither one it looks like wants to be the decisive vote that puts them over the top . all eyes on the two moderate republican women. vonnie: watching lisa murkowski and susan collins, will they base their decision on the testimony or will it have nothing to do with what we heard yesterday? >> it will be about a variety things, many red flags democrats have wait -- raise, calling in brett kavanaugh's credibility, said he would be an unfavorable vote on roe v. wade, potentially overturning it or weaken it. is testimony yesterday consequential to republican women because there are serious and credible sexual assault allegations on the table. brett kavanaugh denied him emphatically and they will have to decide whether christine blasey ford is t

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heidi heitkamp in north dakota, joe manchin in west virginia, claire mccaskill in missouri, joe donnelly in indiana. these are democratic senators reelection in seats that were carried by donald trump in double digits. ,ome are holding up pretty well heidi heitkamp is not holding up as well, claire mccaskill is essentially tied with her democratic opponent, joe donnelly might have a slight lead over his republican opponent. these are places where democrats are on defense and the idea of trying to win the majority while defending those seats without as many offense of opportunities is going to be hard. holdingse joe manchin his own in a conservative state that donald trump one in 2016 -- why is joe manchin holding his own in a conservative state that donald trump one and heidi heitkamp can't? guest: she has favorable numbers, but she was a candidate , thatfice as a senator has really been rolling opportunity to build your profile. joe manchin has been building independent maverick democratic streak going back to his time as governor and into the senate in 2010 after the death of robert bu

on the plus side this could lock in yes votes from moderate democrats like donnelly and susan collins and could ultimately get him confirmed. the caveat is he could be confirmed as long as the fbi does not find evidence to corroborate doctor ford's allegations, secondly urging of jeff flake, judiciary committee asking the white house to push forward. the judiciary committee said they want it limited to current credible allegations and it must be completed one week from today, next friday. that does nothing good enough for doctor ford's attorney released a statement praising the senate but adding no artificial limits to time or scope should be imposed on this investigation. that is raising some eyebrows that this is just another delay tactic. doctor ford's team does not run the senate. mitch mcconnell said this is going forward, this could be done quickly. market judge says he will cooperate with the fbi. he told the judiciary committee he does not remember anything like what doctor ford said about the incident in which mark judge was allegedly there. five key moderates say they backed

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. >> reporter: yes donnelly, up for re-election, in a state trump one in 2016, announce head will oh oppose kavanaugh's confirmation. angelca alvarez, capitol hill. democrats are hoping republicans will change their minds and bring in the fbi to investigate before the final vote. >>> we caught up with libby to get her take, attending the grand opening of an accra showroom. as for the senate hearings judge kavanaugh, she was disgusted by the atat our senator walked out on this sham process and i hope that voters walk out and in to the ballot box and cast votes to express their disgust at what is happening in washington dc right now. >> just minutes ago, republican senator said she supports senator flake in delaying a final vote on judge kavanaugh. >>> breaking news, a massive security breach on facebook. the social media giant saying nearly a million user accounts have been affected. the company says hackers targeted the view as feature keth keep peoplelosee eske from take over the accounts. the company says it has fixed the vulnerability. we have yet the determine whether these accou

senator donnelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to the witnesses. admiral fowler, earlier this year the center for disease control reported overdose deaths in my home state of indiana increased by 28% from july '16 to july '17. only six states had a larger percentage increase. this is a national epidemic that gets worse and not better, and so i'm asking you, how do you prioritize the opioid crisis in your combatant command priorities? >> senator, it is a national crisis. it will be a top priority and is a top priority for southern command. the same pathways that are bringing in heroin, cocaine and other opioids can bring in terrorists, and we have to get after those networks. we have to get after the sources of the drugs, interdict the drugs and work together as a whole government interagency to find better ways and to identify seams and gaps in assets and authorities where we can stop the supply. >> admiral, one of the things that we're seeing is that fentanyl is responsible for a huge portion of this because it is ten times more powerful than hero

both mccaskill and donnelly won the election in 2012 because republicans felt they damaged candidates't be in play but is is tennessee, democrats have an outside shot at winning the senate. the former governor is striking marsha blackburn. donald trump's approval rating in the state is a staggering 58%. that makes this a challenge for democrats. >> thank you so much. fox news exclusive. more text messages between peter stzrok and lisa page revealing others were leaking like mad. the exchange from 2016 indicates other government officials were leaking about the russia probe a month after the presidential election. one text said leaking like a mad, scorn and worried politicals kicking into overdrive, two former fbi agent someone who work directly with stzrok said the word sisters refers to the cia. we don't know. alleged media leaks strategy to is trove of new brett kavanaugh document, much to discuss, chief assistant us attorney andrew mccarthy. welcome to fox news at night. i want to start with these textss because this is a period where all this has been going on for months, the pres

joe donnelly, one of the three democratic senators supporting neil gorsuch was one of the ones we wereial yes vote for brett kavanaugh. he announced friday he would actually vote against him. if you read his statement, what i thought was interesting is that he doesn't mention some of the other issues that have animated democrats. for example, would judge kavanaugh vote to overturn protections of the affordable care act? that was a major concern for red state democrats but joe donnelly didn't mention that in his statement. he mentioned the lack of an fbi investigation, which was fascinating because four or five hours after he issued the statement we got a path toward an fbi investigation. he has been doing pretty well in public polling. now that he's a mo and one of the reasons he was a no is no longer a reason, i would be interested to see how that impacts the standing in the polls. >> i assume he has the right to switch back, if the investigation comes up with no corroborating evidence, he could say now i vote yes. his opponent jumped in on that. proves he's more concerned withstandin

we'll remind the viewers politely that senators manchin heitkampf and donnelly did vote for gorsuch. that is relevant. if they want to listen to the voters within their own states they will see that the voters do want a supreme court justice confirmed sooner rather than later. those who were saying fbi investigation, fbi investigation, that was the most common thing, not cory booker, who talked about me, myself and i, apparently his three favorite people. and now is -- >> i want to take a listen to what the president had to say about christine blasey-ford. >> her testimony was compelling and she looks like a very fine woman. she was a credible witness. >> compelling testimony, fine woman, credible witness. >> not what you expecting, disappointing to many in the minestream media. >> i don't have an opinion one way or the other. >> she also didn't corroborate her testimony. people who she said were at the party said they weren't. brett kavanaugh who has said under oath -- >> that's not exactly accurate. kavanaugh has said that under oath -- kavanaugh said it doesn't happen. judge said

but senator donnelly is a strong candidate.is a senator now, he representatived a very republican area of indiana before he got to the u.s. senate. he's gotten the republican votes he need to win elections. look, indiana and texas and some others states will be the bellwethers. >> let's go to another state where an incumbent seems to be facing difficulty and that's in north dakota. she's somebody who enjoyed some favor of the president here for these last many months. what are the challenges of her candidacy, her re-election here, trying to appeal to republicans who may have voted for him back in 2016. >> i think she faces challenges a lot of democrats face in these red slash states. the challenge for our democrats in 2018 are these are also states obviously president trump carried by big margins in 2016. again, going back a couple of questions ago, it's about turnout, turnout, turnout. even in these red states we are seeing democrats are more enthused than republicans. look, as we know polls go up and down. all i know from oth

"politico"rage from tweaking that donnelly, mention and murkowski are all supposed to vote the same way, according to aides. and nbc reports that jeff flake from arizona, retiring senator from arizona, is still undecided on judge kavanaugh. next hear from michelle up. she's in rochester, new hampshire, on the republican line. welcome. caller: hello. thank you for taking my call. i am all forself, kavanaugh. i think for somebody who has to put his whole life, personal and everything, all the way up to his sexuality when he had sex for the first time, that says something about him. she, if this really happened, i'm sorry it happened to her, but with the democratic party, they have been so hard on president trump. do not even giving him a chance. this country has not given him a chance. andas got so much to offer, people just see him for what he was and not what he can do for this country. and i'm raising two daughters, and i have a granddaughter, and i teach them right from wrong. but what that meant just did tonight, if you can't see that he just poured everything he had the that table,

they know how joe donnelly will vote, jon tester voting no. they are obviously knows, democrats, but we don't know how senator joe manchin will vote from west virginia. doing the head count on the floor, what's going to happen is you will get this committee, whether it's a full recommendation or not the vote will move onto the floor according to mitch mcconnell, the majority leader and basically it's a head count and i think it's down to if senator murkowski and collins vote yes you may see a few other democrats in tight races vote yes as well. >> harris: there was a pitch from senator blumenthal to try to repair what's happened on capitol hill, is that even possible at this point? and how sincere is it coming from cory booker when he's already said all he can say, what's your thought on that? >> i don't think yesterday was good overall for the country, there was a horrible feeling on capitol hill, throughout washington, throughout the country. two believable witnesses made their cases and an emotional way and the process seem to fail as far a

maybe you will get -- maybe you will get manchin and donnelly.but i think it would be harder for maybe some of the others to vote for him. and even manchin and donnelly, i think, could also vote against this based on the accusation. i think it's harder to get democratic votes at this point. >> i know, congresswoman, that you said you did not want to -- senator, excuse me, senator boxer, i know you said you did not want to put the pressure on susan collins and lisa murkowski. but don't you think they're thinking about history and their legacy and if they want to be the women who did -- you know, in the room where it happened, did have a seat at the table to be the person that put this guy on the court? just, again, until innocent proven guilty, but -- >> i think they're struggling mightily. they're good people. they're struggling with this. on the same token, so is senator flake. so are others. i think it is wrong to focus on two senators. and also these democratic senators. i could tell you this. this process is enough reason to say no. in anita

like donnelly in indiana. calculation for them, we show the poll earlier.it's 34-38 nationally. 34 support, 38 nationally in a place like west virginia, a place like indiana, those support numbers a lot higher. unless those numbers move more significantly in the opposition direction, still that calculation holds. the question the question on the other side is the republicans. it's susan collins, lisa america kousky. maybe you could talk about the calculations of somebody like flake or cork another aren't going to be there. who sort of is that introducer of a wild card possibility. but the politics are it's sort of where we've known them all along. i degree with the consensus emerging on your panel. a lot of republicans, it seems absent something something that rises to the level of i guess smoking gun. i think the vast majority of republicans have an instinct to stick it out. the question is on the edges there, susan collins, lisa murkowsky, one or two others. >> for those red state democrats you mentioned, donnelly and manchin and others, they've been runn

he is just i'm the republican and between donald trump and mike pence, joan donnelly is probably goingse. heidi heitkamp has a similar problem in north dakota with the partisan composition. kevin kramer has won and run four times and he has just as good name i.d. and he's going to lock himself in a silo at a norad base so he doesn't -- i'm a republican, just vote for may. >> martha: how does this impact their votes, . >> claire mccaskill is ahead and she is under increasing pressure to say no. she would probably like to say yes. if he could do anything that would serve her political needs, she would vote yes. she's at 44. she's got a lead on the much lesser known holly. she would love to be able to vote i'm sure but she has two big cities with lots of liberal democrats. >> martha: she could pick up some of those urban voters. >> but then does she lose support among progressive and liberal -- these calculations, one of the big advantages that somebody like kevin kramer in north dakota has, there's no cities in north dakota. it's all red, all rural, all uniform. the comb is easy to run t

what's interesting is senator joe donnelly, up for reelection this year in indiana, a vulnerable democratme ou today as a firm no on judge kavanaugh and referenced the hearings because as much as the white house may be happy with what judge kavanaugh said, there are democrats lke joe donnelly who thinks his performance actually harmed him. >>aloodruff: fin, yamiche, what is the president doing to continue to push brett vanaugh? >> today at the white house, the president was very careful to not twist the arms publicly of any senators that are still waiting to make their decision. he said he had no specific message but he said home they do what's right and he expects ruem to do that. however, president is known to call senators bersonally, and he's also, from the sources i havn talking to, allowed senators to call him directly. so if you're ae snator like senator collins and you call the white house, you can get through pretty quickly to president trump. so, essentially, he really wants to be able to talk to these senators but doesn't want to badger them.o a source me today that the white h

in indiana, joe donnelly. >> i'm joe donnelly and i approve this message.n network of auto parts suppliers. uses foreign workers in mexico, taiwan, all across china. in a debate, he tried to hide it. >> come on mike, this is your company website. click here. it's even in chinese. he lists more than 200 foreign suppliers. >> i don't know where they get it made. >> china, mike. and you and pulling anyone in indiana -- and you are fooling anyone in indiana. >> you can't build a company alone. we did it by treating folks like family. paying nearly double the minimum wage. leading the industry in workplace safety and not raising health care premiums for 10 years. we are proud to be made in america and unlike senator donnelly, we never send jobs to mexico. people keep attacking us but we will keep telling than our american story. i approve this message. politics in the indiana senate race, mike is joining us from new york, democrat line. good morning. happy labor day. caller: you, too. on that last add, i have to make a comment. first of all, whenever they mentio

like donnelly in indiana. calculation for them, we show the poll earlier.f it's 34-38 nationally. 34 support, 38 nationally in a place like west virginia, a place like indiana, those support numbers a lot higher. unless those numbers move more significantly in the opposition direction, still that calculation holds. the question the question on the other side is the republicans. it's susan collins, lisa america kousky. maybe you could talk about the calculations of somebody like flake or cork another aren't going to be there. who sort of is that introducer of a wild card possibility. but the politics are it's sort of where we've known them all along. i degree with the consensus emerging on your panel. a lot of republicans, it seems absent something something that rises to the level of i guess smoking gun. i think the vast majority of republicans have an instinct to stick it out. the question is on the edges there, susan collins, lisa murkowsky, one or two others. >> for those red state democrats you mentioned, donnelly and manchin and others, they've been ru

i think that gives them more outs. >> it's harder for donnelly. >> this is my point.fbi investigation. lisa murkowski represents alaska. many alaskans have a terrible problem with judge kavanaugh's rulings, separate and apart from sexual assault. joe manchin is running for re-election, he's going to win, on preexisting conditions. the health care bill. if you can persuade him that judge kavanaugh becomes justice kavanaugh and takes away people's right to insurance after preexisting -- nothing to do with the fbi. so this gives opposition more time to work these senators on local and state issues. and national issues, separate and apart from whether he under oath at the senate or committed sexual assault 30 years ago. >> what republicans are worried about is a bit cynical. >>> everyone anxiously awaiting president trump's reaction to this new proposed delay. what he said might surprise you. stay with us. you know, i used to be good at this. then you turn 40 and everything goes. tell me about it. you know, it's made me think, i'm closer to my retirement days than i am my

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but when you look at states like indiana, where you got joe donnelly who i think is now up six points him at six points, what was interesting, nobody pushed back on it, not only that, it was the quiet of -- >> yeah, then you look at a state like tennessee where the former governor is on top of a very weak candidate in marsha blackburn. i think that the senate has been moving itself in play for a long time. and now finally mitch mcconnell is owning up to that publicly. >> julia, there is another reason why the senate is in play. it's four states that mitch mcconnell didn't talk about. they are four states that donald trump carried spiesingly to win the presidency and they were four states that were going to say, guess what, democrats are in real trouble in the senate, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania and ohio, none of them are on the playing field. i think wisconsin will be very close. it's the closest one to the playing field, ohio, pennsylvania, michigan, republican terms aren't seeing those as pick-up opportunities now. that's why i would also argue the senate is in play. >> right.

one person i would watch is actually senator joe donnelly because he announced earlier at today e would oppose judge kavanaugh which was very surprising. he was one of the three red state kavanaugh who is backed neil gorsuch. we thought he would be very likely to support judge kavanaugh even as these allegations broke. but if you read his stement, his statement didn't mention for example, concerns that judgeug kavawould be a deciding vote to overturn protectio in the affordable care act which is what democrats talked about. he was concerned that there was no.i f investigation, that have looked into tse allegations i don't think he's going to change his mind, butd t woe something to watch. robert: geoff? geoff: heheeached outer this investigation should be limited in scope, what that really means. we ask.b the. the f.b.i. directed us back to the white house. sb -- so if the white house takes the lead of jeff flake that would suggest that only the ackizations the ones from blasey ford will be investigated. the oth two, we'll haveo see from there. >> the investigation would cover "current

you think it's possible at least in senator donnelly's case he could change his mind?e. he's very vulnerable right now and his no is pretty flimsy. if he's going to vote no on judge kavanaugh's qualifications, he's basically ending his political career. he had some excuse in some minds with the lack of a fbi investigation. if he continues to stick with that no he's going to be in serious trouble here in indiana. neil: i'm wondering -- i'm no lawyer and don't know if you are. >> i'm not. neil: we're in good stead here. is there a sense-- new things comes up not necessarily charges, but inside that could provide fuel to those who don't like the judge say i'm not going to vote for the judge. others to say, all right, now i have the cover to go ahead and vote for him. but is it your sense that whatever happens with this investigation, because it makes no conclusions, we have started a dangerous precedent whether you like the judge or not, now we can go back quite a ways to high school, maybe earlier than that, that it's reset, sort of the test for what you look for in a ca

moderate democrats up for reelection, there is joe donnelly of indiana.eidi heitkamp of north dakota. and joe manchin of west virginia. the senate, 51 republicans, 49 democrats and independents. the nomination of judge kavanaugh can only lose one gop if all the democrats vote against him. that would set up a 50-50 tie with vice president mike pence breaking it. what do all of you think? let's go to jan in -- let's go to tennessee. man put on.act that i cannot say his name. of fakingan act crying and drinking water. he reminded me of me a long time ago when i was drinking, before i got my life together. god knows in heaven what will happen to us if we put that liar up there. with all of that. the way he talked, the way he was asking, you can look at his face and tell he was lying. host: why do you think that? because of his body language, for you? that is what it was? caller: i tell you, please, listen to me. host: i am listening. caller: a long time ago, when i used to drink, i did the same thing he did and it came back to me and it hurt. i apologized to

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for some moderate republicans but the republicans are banking on red state datemocrats like s joe donnelly here in indiana who already embraced the president's position on immigration. could they now be pressured to vote for kavanaugh? even know familiar some wary republicans like the moderate republicans from alaska and maine and senator rand paul has hat concerns about kavanaugh on the national security policy. i think they'll get them and even pull off some of the vulnerable red state democrats. peert pete : these hearings seemed especially yeasty because of the fact that brett kavanaugh had itten before he became a judge about whether the president should be beyond the reach of a civ lawsuit or a criminal trial. many of the senators wanted to ask him what about that? does the president have to answer a subpoena? what did you make of his apses? >> i don't think he had any ss ps. he was very artful at stepping around them. not sayingeferent actively, for example, when -- whether a president can paon himself. i don't see any major stumbling block to him getting confirmed. i do thinkhat we