the president said yesterday he want to hear from ford. >> joining us now is fran townsend. bush and worked alongside kavanaugh. fran, good morning. >> morning. >> so what role should the fbi play in this? >> you know, the fbi, even if you were to reopen the background information, under no circumstances will they take a view on kblt. it's actually part of the regulations the justice department regulation, that's not their job. they would interview dr. ford, interview kavanaugh, they would probably try to interview mark judge, the third person that dr. ford says was present. but in the end, this is going to come down because it's more than -- it's almost 36 years old the allegation, it's going to come down to credibility. so in the end the american people are going to the judges of this. i'm not sure what happens with this to have the fbi do the interviews. >> how long does an investigation like that take? >> look, if you did order an investigation, we shouldn't worry bay delay, right? you have the three interviews, you moi splai two or three others if there's some allegation

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fran townsend is a former homeland security adviser and cbs news contributor. >> you have the three interviews, you may have two or three others, if there is some allegation that others might have some memory of it. this is a couple of days. this is not weeks or months. >> glor: all right, so if you are, then, talking about a couple of days, weijia, what would happen after the investigation wraps up? >> reporter: so, the f.b.i. will put its findings in writing for the white house counsel, and then he will have to relay that report to senators. law enforcement officials say, if its scope is limited to ford's case, seven days should be plenty of time. but a broader investigation would be tricky. and, jeff, because this is not a criminal probe, nobody can be forced to cooperate. >> glor: weijia, thanks very much. we're going to bring in jan crawford now, who covers the supreme court for us, and also ed o'keefe, our political correspondent, both of whom were so helpful yesterday as these hearings took place. ed, first, to you. so now that we have the f.b.i. investigation, what happens in the senat