he's the chief counsel for the gop, the senate gop judiciary. grassley. it was beingy -- floated last report for public hearing was agreed to, this idea "at chuck grassley would have fair, private" questitioning period with christine blasey ford in california. he was going to send his staffers other to interviview hr in private, then come e back wih a judgment on whether or not s e was sayingng something, you kno, saying whether or not she could be credible. so what she was doing effectively was suggesting he was in his chief counsel out to california to privately interview dr. blasey ford and come back with whatever he decided. this is a guy that last week at the same time that he was being floated as the person to interview her, tweeted "we will confirm kavanaugh." partials is not in n a personnel were sending out -- impartial person there were sending out to question christine blasey ford. if you care about sexual assault and harassment, you have an impartial hearing and an impartial investigation. and there is not a single shred of evidence that the g

others in the gop should take notice. white house also stayed on offense after this tweet from lisa booth about democratic senator maisie or ron oh who said men should shut up and stand up. kellyanne conway said, quote, she is a sexist. the surest sign that brett kavanaugh did well today, some on the left going a bit overboard in their attacks. someone on the hill posted on wikipedia the home address and lindsey graham and other republican senators is an ugly practice known as docs and so protesters can threaten them. there is former hillary clinton spokesman brian fowler, quote, if senate gop ignores doctor blasey-ford and tries to muscle and attempted rapists onto the supreme court they will pay dearly in november. senators up in 2020 will feel intense heat for the next two years and brett cavanagh will not serve for life. a threat that he will be impeached. allen revealed the democratic playbook earlier this week saying they want to defeat brett kavanaugh and when the senate back to block donald trump from nominating a

the gop is in a tough spot. they have a gender when it comes to the midterm elections and what they need to win. what do you think they do if doctor ford does this thursday? >> something more important than gender gaps or political issues which is how we are the country and do we think allegations are sufficient to destroy man's life. this is not just a job interview. we were told based on allegations that have not been supported by evidence or testimony under oath that this person is not just not appropriate for the supreme court but a roving monster. the idea that you wouldn't come and show up at testimony for that after the committee worked so hard so that we could hear this testimony. is there anything more to this? there's a lot of holes where we don't know where someone says something happened but she doesn't know when or where or how or have any witnesses to back up the claims, the idea we would destroy man's life cannot be the standard we use in this country and we all need to care about that, left or ri

are we seeing any cracks among the gop and their support for brett kavanaugh?no one is showing their hand in terms of how they would vote. however, you definitely see in these kind of schizophrenic swings on capitol hill between he's a hole in one or he's tanking, that republicans are now more on the side of the ledger of being very concerned. why? because just last night it became clear that professor ford does intend to testify, that she is simply trying to set the terms for that testimony. at some point, possibly as early as thursday of next week she will show up and she will probably show up with her polygraph, with her therapist's notes. she's trying to set conditions. she doesn't want that female prosecutor questioning her. she wants those 11 male senators questioning her. so we do assuming those conditions are met face here another potential situation like we did with anita hill. she also wants mark judge, who was the man who she put in the room to be subpoenaed and also show before the committee. >> heidi, we're going to talk more about exactly that, al

the current gop majority the cover to resolve the matter sooner rather than later. under president bush the white house asked the fbi to update the background check with new allegations. donald trump declined to do so in the case of christine ford and brett kavanaugh. hill says democrats were right to insist on an fbi probe. >> the right move. >> reporter: brett kavanaugh went to georgetown, both very the washington dc area prep schools, some alumni of ford's on modern have 1000 signatures that says what ford is alleging is all too consistent with stories we heard and lived, many of us are survivors ourselves. classmate appeared with democrats today. >> we believe doctor ford and we are so grateful to her for coming forward and sharing her story. sexual assault is a problem across america and needs to be heard and believed. we are so in our of her courageous nurse. the community stands with her which is why we put the letter together. i hope she gets the message that we have her back. >> what the republicans do? stick to monday or give her more time? the president o

anna shay you had i think the gop is wildly underestimating his peril with dr. you the republicans getting into here? >> first of all, i think what we are seeing now is exactly why -- what we are seeing now online and in reality is exactly why women don't report and i think that the gop are wildly underestimating women and what we have to go through our entire lives. this is a spectacle to cover up no member of the gop actually care whether kavanaugh assaulted dr. ford or not. they are just trying to jam their nominee through. and it's amazing to me in 2018 the parallels that not only are we seeing with anita hill but this is a demonstration in rape culture 101. normalizing men's sexual violence and blaming women. >> tracy, help peoplend why with him or men who go through something like this do not come forward with it right away? >> i think it's really common that people don't come forward and there are so many reasons. as you said the #why i didn't report is a really good thing to look at. but a lot of times it's fear. it's fear of retribution, especially if t

there's a very strong power play going on right now by the gop.itch mcconnell's calling the vote on friday. i mean, he's trying to make this seem like this is said and done, doesn't really matter what dr. ford says, they're going to move on. it's no coincidence that brett kavanaugh did that interview on fox news, that donald trump is talking about it. that mitch mcconnell said over the weekend we're going to plow through. so if these women want to go through with it, it's going to be very hard and they're going to have to show up on thursday. otherwise, their failure to show up is going to be painted as a concession. >> obviously, kirsten, ms. ramirez is not invited thursday, and obviously it seems like the gop side is saying they want more information before figuring out next steps if there are in fact any. but to amanda's point it doesn't seem like there's going to be -- there's no appetite for an fbi investigation on the republican side or the white house. >> that doesn't mean people shouldn't continue to ask for it. i think we should still exp

and yet this bill and the gop tax law insists on putting huge amounts of fiscal strain on both medicare and social security at the exact time that the baby boom generation will need those benefits most. the 2018 report the trustees for medical social security confirmed that the medicare hospital trust fund has moved three years closer to insolvency thanks to the gop tax law and their agenda, now becoming insolvent in 2026 instead of 2029. who are these trustees who confirmed this? who are these people that came up with this? well, treasury secretary mnuchin, labor secretary acosta, health and human services secretary azor. the trillions they're adding to the doves are building towards their next goal which is cutting social security and medicare. that's where the rubber meets the road. hear me, americans. the other side insists on calling social security and entitlement. it is not an entitlement. it is the insurance that you pay for. how do you know this? check your paystub. it's called the federal insurance contribution. who's? yours. you have made this threw out a lifetime. it is cong

it has to be the white house, the national gop. and it should be spread out to the state level and down to the grassroots. we need to own that message. we need to make sure it's coming through all main real media. because we cannot lose if we put the report card out on the economy. barack obama -- president barack obama is coming in now with the same old spiel with respect to democratic socialism trying to coalesce the left trying to get seats in the house and possibly senate in november. charles: the way president trump just spoke in north dakota and the way he has been speaking around the country. what would happen if you were to derail what's going on. ed koch would say how many i doing. look in your pocketbooks and look at your 401k. did somebody i in your family gt a job in the last year. >> heidi heitkamp voted against this as did every democrat. they all voted no and they should pay a price for that. are you better off now than you were two years ago. i think every american should say no. charles: it's getting closer and clo

when will the gop say enough is enough?ington. >> what i'm worried about is authoritarian tendencies could very well result in the erosion of

in my mind, the gop understands two things.fy could stop immigration they went after employers ortead of locking kids up going after these employers instead of arresting people on the job. go after people that are employing them but the point is this. if the employers were having to citizens thatl came here and got on a path to citizenship, that would bring everybody is wages up and they could not get away with some of the things that they do to these workers. host: we want to give our guest a chance to respond. guest: you made great points and thank you for your question and comments. there is a very complicated situation we've got with employers oftentimes taking advantage of the most vulnerable. that has a negative impact on wages. you also make a great point about immigration reform. we were this close to passing historic immigration reform and the republicans decided not to do it and i would argue the same reason we don't have immigration reform is the same reason that republicans are pushing all of these laws around the c

it was a gop wave year.e has soured -- and this is a souredd state -- he has some of the more moderate republicans against the republican party, giving democrats an opening. that is the only way a democrat could really win kansas. the lieutenant governor moved up to governor, but they lost the primary. koback, nearly. and is quiteon controversial. he has been controversial on voter access issues and on the issue of immigration. so to aeally even more certain extent than sam alienated moderate republicans, a core constituency in the state. the challenge for democrats, a pretty strong candidate, is there is a strong third-party candidate. greg orman ran in the senate race a couple of years ago and did pretty well. it was a contest in which there was no democratic candidate. the straight head-to-head matchup. kobach, against kelly, against orman. isach might have a base that 34%, or somewhere close to that. it is a much more competitive race. we have it as a lean gop seat, but depending on how the democratic vo

>> that red wave is -- gop leaders are concerned about that talking point specifically. a great story in "the new york times" two days ago where speaker ryan sat with trump and said please stop talking about a red wave. we need people to show up at the polls if we have any prayer at keeping the majority. the other are distractions. a couple of weeks ago -- about a week ago, republicans were meeting, talking about their messaging going into october. house republicans will be out. they're going to be on the trail. and they were talking about tax cuts, the economy, play up these things. meanwhile the president is tweeting about puerto rico and the fact that he doesn't believe that 3,000 people died. this is specifically the distraction they don't need right now. >> it really is so tough for republicans to figure out what to do with the president because he is somebody who galvanizes the base and this rnc memo that bloomberg reported about this week, 57% of people who describe themselves as strong trump supporters don't believe democrats have a chance. so him getting out the

the gop will have to hone in on that demographic.: you are saying if kavanaugh is confirmed they will lose that vote. >> i think they have lost credibility with female voters because of the way they handled this. there should be a process in place for those who will use allegations or come out and say something as well as protect those who are accused. if it comes out she is not telling the truth, that's kavanaugh's reputation, personal life, everything that's ruined. if this is the truth, this is terribly hard for her as well. and everyone should feel ashamed much this process. charles: robin, it's not sure there will be concrete proof. it's hard to prove a negative or something that didn't happen. i think it will be difficult for dr. ford to prove anything happened. so this will be about opinions. gut check. there will be a part of this that's never truly come to a conclusion. >> you are exactly correct. it's quite possible there will be a dark cloud over this supreme court justice. and that's a shame. but as the other panelists sa

former chairwoman of the nevada state gop. welcome to you both.u know, president obama will take the stage at the convention center. i may have to interrupt for a second. antoine, i will start with you. how much will president obama rally the democratic voters and how much will his presence on the campaign trail rally republicans to the polls? >> first of all, welcome back president obama but we missed you so much. i think his presence alone will be a big factor in motivating democrats to turn out in the november election. i think the president and his wife understand this, this is not about who will control congress or the senate. this is literally a battle for america's soul and we cannot afford to lose. this will be the most consequential midterm election of our lifetime. the stakes are so high and i think that's why this president has decided he cannot sit this election out. >>arthel: amy, i ask you the same question. what do you think? will president obama be the rallying card and cry for the democrats or inadvertently, bring the republicans

i believe what he says and he's the leader of the gop and in how people fall in line from there will very much control the narrative sometimes. >> sean, you mentioned the narrative. what are you looking for on thursday? >> i will keep an eye on the reactions from a handful of key republican senators. jeff flake of arizona who is retiring at the end of the term who has been outspoken about wanting professor ford to testify before the committee before they move ahead in the vote. also, susan collins of maine and lisa murkowski of alaska. they're moderate republicans who have showed that they are at times willing to go against the grain of their party. with the republicans having only a slight advantage in the senate, 51/49, there is a slim margin for error. keep an eye on how they react to the testimony if we see a hearing and how they decide to vote on this nomination moving forward. >> before i let you go, emily, the other big headline. fallout over "the new york times" report about deputy a.d. rosenstein suggesting that he secretly record president trump and also floating the idea o

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the gop tax scam crashed the middle-class tax cut until 2026. the tax scam to point out would make their aggressive middle-class tax hikes per minute in the middle-class families who are losing this deduction, the gop assault victims live in every corner of america. for example, tens of thousands of gop assault victims who will see their income taxes skyrocket in upstate new york in places like this vehicle in cayucos county and in the city of syracuse, new york. almost 100,000 families in this district claim the salt deduction in 2016 to reduce the federal income tax burden and as with an average of $12,140. some members like to talk about how great tax cuts are coming but they never seem to get around to telling can take joints in reality though we pay more in taxes. constituents in areas like this will be lucky if they manage to break even, let alone be a tax cut. in reality especially with the loss of the personal exemption, many will see tax hikes and while the amendment may not win today in all likelihood it won't because we don't have the

show that there will be just as many gop women in the fight in two years.is going to happen come election day? is that number going to carry through in your estimation as far as who wins the races? sarah: we will certainly be adding more women as a whole to the house. which, as a woman, i am thrilled about. the gop will hold seats, especially the organization i represent, because we do understand what women in our districts one and we talked to them directly. david: for the democratic perspective, we just heard that people understand what women want. is that true in the races you republicans and democrats tailoring their messages to be more attractive to women? >> absolutely. what we know is that midterm elections this year are all about women, women at the booth, because women will decide the elections, and women running for office. it's an incredible year across the board. i agree that we want more women running on both sides of the aisle. we never want to pigeonhole women is just liberal or just conservative. represent an, we variety of ideologies. this

and three seats are moving towards the gop.ats cnn considers tossups, 28 are held by republicans. 12 of those republicans are running in districts hillary clinton won in 2016. so at least in the house, for the most endangered gop candidates, the president's presence probably hurts more than it helps. now his post labor day travel schedule mostly keeps him out of purple territory. the president, he's keenly aware an election day wave would imperil not just an agenda but things like impeachment on the table. his message to voters this week, i'm not on the ballot but 2018 is about my presidency. >> you aren't just voting for a candidate, you're voting for which party controls congress. somebody has a cold, we no longer have the majority. we need republicans in congress. >> look, first of all, he's not wrong. he's absolutely right about his agenda, absolutely right about his poll here, but i want to pull up -- we noted there are the abc washington post poll where we talk about the president's approval is. take a loot at his approva

, rather the senate gop could certainly delegate it to them.he fbi does the background check on kavanaugh already. i understand this didn't come up. but we've got to take it seriously. i think the gop does but i also think you can't rush it either. no matter what happens in the midterms -- cheryl: i think both sides, made very clear, both sides, this is serious allegations. no one is ignoring a woman who sauce she is assaulted obviously. i think it is the way, amy, it is being handled. her attorney, to his point, actually her attorney said the rush to a hearing is unnecessary and contrary to the committee discovering truth but feinstein had this over the summer. she sat on this. i think that where this is kind of you kind of have to question the motives behind all of this and timing of this, amy? >> exactly, cheryl. the problem is they keep moving the goalpost. that is one of the biggest issues. as of last night, i don't know as far as today has gone but as of last night, chairman grassley was saying they couldn't even get a response from her a

this is a place where you see the gop's demographic challenges on display.gree with mark i don't think it's enough for the democrats to overcome this time around. but we have to be cognizant of this in future races. kennedy: ben sasse. here is an ideologue who has been almost as oppose to the president as jeff flake and bob corker. but he shows there are people out there who would like to leave the party. and there are coalitions to be made in the senate that are beneficial. >> this is the old parents leaving their kid in the store. mommy is going home now, have a good night, republicans, enjoy macy's, mommy is going to go. but the republicans aren't going. so you have to do swog your fat kid. because they are not leaving the store. kennedy: ben sasse is just eating more cake. >> he may not like the style, but the results are there. kennedy: i think that's the interesting disconnect with this presidency. people who can't stand this personality say that's reason enough t to remove him from office. but when you look at the results, they say i don't think hilla

collins, murkowski, flake, any gop-er, they're thinking this.t are the women going to do to me if i vote for him? what will the party do to me if i vote against? and if i still do, if i say i can't do this, this is about integrity, this guy is at a minimum lying about who he is and what he's about, maybe not about what happened with ford, i don't really know about that. these other women, i don't have time to assess. but i know he's not telling the truth. and it was under the oath. so if they feel that in the extreme, right? i'm giving you an extreme position. i can only vote him down if i think we're going to win the senate because i have to make sure we get the court or i'm in really deep trouble. that's the political calculus. now, what should the real question be? do i believe that this man represents our best? that he is a paragon of integrity. because i'm going to put him in a position as a young and healthy man for the rest of his life, probably 35 years, and he is going to decide what matters most about who we are and what we're about as

several of the 23 house gop women are at risk of losing re-election this fall.opted to either run for higher office or retire. so, we could end up seeing two parties in the house next year that look very different from one another. i'm joined now by david wasserman, house editor of the cook political report and an nbc news contributor, who wrote about this trend. welcome, david. thanks br hofor being here, fir all. >> thanks, katy. >> let's talk about what's going on with the gop and women. is it likely that there will be less women in office for the gop come november? >> yeah, that's right. and americans are poised to elect more than 100 women to the house of representatives for the first time in history. there are likely to be between 30 and 40 new women in the house in 2019. keep in mind, back in 1992, which was supposedly the year of the woman, that set a record of 24 new women in the house. we're talking about between 30 and 40 in 2018, so this could make that look tiny. and what's remarkable is that the parties are pulling apart demographically. this is en

that's the view of a gop staffer.anu, on capitol hill, clearly, have you some differences there. >> that said, the two sides are talking. is it correct to say they seem to be moving closer to an agreement about testimony last week? >> reporter: i think it's likely they could reach an agreement the really only red line the ford camp drew last night was monday's hearing, they did not want to do this monday. also, they want to make it very clear that she would not be in the same room as brett kavanaugh at the same time and to ensure that her safety was taken, accounted for, there was really about it in terms of red lines that the ford camp drew. they did raise other issues that she referred to, jim, including ensuring that kavanaugh testifies first, was asking if that was a possibility and into subpoenaing other outside witnesses like mark judge, the alleged witness of this incident that occurred in the early 1980s. those types of issues were more asked than they were demand. so the republicans clearly are not going to g

speeding up the tax scam, the gop tax scam has not provided -- and the gop tax scam is in fact raising taxes on the middle class to lavish tax breaks on the privileged few. so if you live in california or new york, you can't deduct all of your state income taxes anymore. if you live in texas or florida, where this isn't a state income tax. you can no longer write off your property taxes anymore. this is a problem that affects all states, all red, white and blue states in america. to make matters worse, corporations can still deduck a -- deduct all of their state and local taxes. all of middle class americans, republicans and democrats who get shafted by this tax bill. because they can no longer deduct their state and local taxes. this is why i support the common sense amendment to roll back this immoral tax increase on working families. specifically this amendment restores the tax break given to working people so they can deduct from their federal taxes the money they pay in state and local taxes. everyone who pays taxes to their state and city will pay state sales tax or pay property

if every democrat votes against kavanagh, the gop can't afford to lose one of their own. the focus remains on at least five republicans who said they would withhold judgment until after the hearing including tennessee's bob corker. >> i'm not going to give any impressions. i want to hear the whole testimony before i say anything. >> reporter: so what happens now? republicans are set to meet this hour here on capitol hill to discuss next steps. they'll use that meeting to gauge support for kavanagh. as of now the senate judiciary committee is scheduled to vote tomorrow on kavanagh's nomination. if they do, the earliest the full senate would consider him is monday. but it bears repeating, jeff, in a chamber divided, 51 republicans, 49 democrats, if all the democrats vote no, republicans can afford to lose just one vote. >> and there are five republicans who have not said one way or the other which way they're going to vote. adam keefe, thank you very much. president trump said yesterday he would be watching the hearings and he held open the possibility he might pull the kav

we have anything but with this candidate who is a gop operative.came across in the hearings and by my count there were several things that he said that weren't true. he did not step up in terms of roe v wade because when secret e-mails came out, he was saying it really wasn't settled law when he said something different, and there's a pattern of him not stepping up to the plate when it came to his role in the torture issue. so there are many other areas and i just think at this point if this confirmation does not go through, clearly there has to be a pause and clearly we have to get back to advice and consent. it is in the constitution. and this president, you know where he got his advice and consent from? the federalist society, the far right organization that's after women's rights and after workers' rights and after the environment. that's a fact. >> senator boxer, hold on. casey, are you hearing any more of the news from "new york times" that dr. ford could potentially be willing to testify next week, that she's in negotiations or will be start

one critical gop vote appears to be wavering a bit. alaska senator lisa murkowski telling "the new york times," quote, it's not about whether or not judge kavanaugh's qualified. it is about whether or not a woman who has been a victim at some point in her life is to be believed. and murkowski later added this -- >> should there be a full fbi investigation into these allegations from kavanaugh's past? >> well, it would sure -- it would sure clear up all the questions, wouldn't it? >> murkowski also wants the judiciary committee to hear from a second kavanaugh acures -- accuser, debbie ramirez. around the time that murkowski said that tuesday, the president forcefully rejected ramirez's allegations. >> new charge comes up, and she said, well it might not be him and there were gaps, and she said she was totally inebriated and was all messed up, she doesn't know it was him but it might have been him. oh, gee, let's not make him a supreme court judge because of that. >> a senior republican senate aide said those comments were not helpful. a

she was there before the committee with 11 men from the gop on one side. but she did not face questions from them. they instead had outsourced their questioning to rachel mitchell, a sex crimes prosecutor from arizona, and a woman, a female assistant in the words of mitch mcconnell. this woman who came forward with her story was someone evidently reluctant, both in the reporting and her presentation today, to tell what happened to her, evidently traumatized by what happened. and the story she told was remarkable and affecting. and i think traumatizing deeply for the millions of americans wo watched who have also experienced the same. she began by talking about how terrified she was. >> i am here today not because i want to be. i am terrified. i am here because i believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanaugh and i were in high school. >> the allegation that she makes against brett kavanaugh that had circulated first in an anonymous letter that had been sent to her member of congress, then on to senator dianne feinstein a

that's when you felt the gop snap. he was like a field general who had had enough and was no longer in the mood to agree. i don't think if we had seen grandstanding from republicans all day long i don't think senator graham would have that much energy and i also don't think it would have been as effective. >> i think you're exactly right. they held their power all morning and waking to the afternoon several of them felt like this. we now judge kavanaugh felt like this. there was this explosion of emotion and you will notice senator graham when he is turning in pointing and looking down the dais he is looking at jeff flake. he is one of the people is so critical and he's on his way out. he is not running for re-election. doesn't like the president so he has been one of those ones that has been wavering. obviously it's more important would be votes on the full floor. graham essentially is lecturing him looking at him eye-to-eye during that speech. if you vote for -- if you are voting for the character assassination and t

but the president's attempt to boost gop hopefuls is part of the story. like all things on his regular schedule, his midterm effort is being overshadowed or framed by news the president can't help but amplify. he called on the doj and his attorney general to find the anonymous senior administration official who wrote an op-ed in "the new york times" calling him amoral and warning the country that his own advisors, donald trump's own advisors are constantly working to pull him back from the brink. >> do you think jeff sessions should be investigating who the author of the op-ed piece was? >> i think it's national security. i would say jeff should be investigating who the author of that piece was because i really believe it's national security. >> reporter: is there action that should be taken against "the new york times"? >> we will see. i am looking at that right now. >> at the white house the search for the anonymous senior white house staffer who wrote that op-ed has consumed the west w g wing. how do they pare down the list of 12 to 1? give them a lie

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experience with all the cameras on and a collection of all men interrogating her, that is not what the gop wants going into the mid-term elections. you have already got women in this country, many of them are fired up and enthusiastic to a vote against president trump. the possibility of that hearing in late september, early october, i can tell you from talking to folks, that is not something the gop wants to see going into it. >> early voting now starts before election day, too. >> i agree with the optics and your point about the committee and one of the reasons we have a delay is you have 70 something-year-old white men who don't like the process being disrupted. it's not about process. this woman wants to come forward and tell a story and she deserves to be heard. kellyanne conway, the most senior woman around the president of the united states who has controversy with issues like this and one of the most reasonable things in washington. everybody take a pause. let everybody tell their story and we regroup. >> this is the catch 22. the prospect that a hearing itself could be really bad

are you starting to see any cracks in the confidence behind the supreme court nominee and the gop andhe white house's side >> they're defiant, saying this man has a good reputation that he spent his lifetime building but they're going to deny that he's going to withdraw until the moment he might do so. so it feels like this is another case where they feel like they have a hot potato that they have to get rid of, because these accusations just keep coming >>> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh plans to hand over calendars from the summer of 1982 to the senate judiciary committee to dispute the claims of christine blasey ford, this according to someone working for his confirmation the "new york times" reports that kavanaugh's team plans to argue that the calendars provide no corroboration for ford's account of a small gathering at the white house where he allegedly assaulted her. however, kavanaugh's team acknowledges that the calendars do not disprove the allegations. the "washington post" reports that kavanaugh has called republicans on the judiciary committee and other key allies,

these democrats, seven candidates, they all are running in gop house seats where hillary clinton was the victor in the presidential election. of makes up the core batch of seats nationwide they are looking at right now. host: any big-name republicans being targeted? guest: definitely. congressmantime whose name has been in the news a lot, being too cozy with the russians, wanting to promote closer relations with the russians. the democrat running against him , you've got walters, part of the gop leadership, the only woman in the california delegation in the house, she is being challenged by katie porter. these people are running against high-profile incumbents who have won many of their elections before. so, they feel like they have an uphill battle. host: will this be a test of president obama's ability to inspire the democratic voters? what will we learn at the end of the day today about president obama's current ability to move votes? guest: really, the proof is in the pudding for weeks from now. -- four weeks from now. lots of people vote by mail. the point is to demonstrate whet

the gop basically said the leaders are like, hold on hold on hold on hold on we go through a step byit is picking up steam this weak. foreign relations look at nato and looking at roush's role in syria. the banking committee actually look at what sanctions look like if they went forward the question are they going to do anything as people wanted them to? not necessarily that. clear they have time or inclusion to do so but the process afoot right now and give clues what they may do down the line after november once they have all of the politics and -- with the president settled as to this issue which is a real life one. >> it's the inclusion part. you're being kind. up close with this circling back to the mid terms. they are harder to find these days but some republicans believe is a path to narrowly save the gop house majority. race-by-race. make it about the economy and local issues and minimize any intention on the recess. but there are rising doubts even in this group and during the stretch now. for starters the trump noise has made it noted and hard to block out. despite great na

. >> do you think you can convince your brothers and sisters on the gop side. you think flake, it was remarkable today he gave a speech. he didn't ask a single question of kavanaugh. do you think any of the republicans who are supposedly in play are actually in play? >> i do. although after their caucus meeting this evening, a number of them have come out and said -- >> did manchin go to that meet something. >> i do believe he's been having direct conversations with a number of undecideds. >> here's what concerned me near the end of our hearing today. he said with humility, we all need to recognize there will always be doubt. why would you move ahead with a lifetime confirmation to the supreme court if you have any serious or significant doubt about judge kavanaugh's credibility and truthfulness in his testimony today. >> we should be talking about all of what was learned today and how that's going to help you guys make a decision that benefits the rest of us. it's worth taking a step outside the room for both of us, we had a similar experience, and it's not a

andrew guillemot face off against gop congressman ron desantis in the florida governor's race. he is supported by donald trump. regularly thinks trump should be impeached. >> he has already incriminated himself by interfering in the department of justice, firing jim comey, obstructing justice and the persons that time is only driven deeper down a dark hole for himself in the country. >> trump responded calling gillam of failed socialist saying he is rhonda santos's dream opponent, several democrats suggested abolishing immigrations and customs enforcement. arizona democratic congressman took it further threatening ice agents who carry out deportations tweeting if you are a us government official and you are deporting americans be warned, when the world turns you will not be safe because you were just following orders, you do not have to take part in illegal acts ordered by this president's administration, critics point out ice agents are not in the business of deporting americans. new york gubernatorial candidate cynthia nixon says increasing taxes on the wealthiest residents a

no gop women, but there are four democratic women. do you believe that will in any way impact the tone of this kind of hearing? >> i hope it will. i hope it will. i hope the republican leadership will understand that they need to have gender balance in the u.s. senate as well as the me s committees. it's important to have women participate. i served on the senate finance committee and they proposed a tax on mammograms. i said fellahs, you may not have to get that as a result of the proposal. having women involved makes better policy. i would encourage my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to do what they can do to get forward and get them recruited into their caucus and they can be more gender-balanced on the committees and they won't have to go about finding a female to do their work for them. >> what a pleasure. thank you. >> thank you. >> still ahead, senator lindsey graham suggesting lawyers should be asking questions at next week's hearings. >> we have 11 politicians who haven't done a trial in about 20 years. >> u.s. amba

will conformation of judge kavanaugh come at the expense of gop prospects in the midterm elections? and the strikingly different demeanors of kavanaugh and blasey ford says a lot about what society expects from men and women. and shouldn't that be a warning to today's teens about their own digital paper trails. but first i was able to watch or listen to every minute of thufrz's remarkable hearing. in fact i tweeted contemporaneously to share my thinking and record my thoughts before all the spin set in. you can access them. they serve as a round by round recap. about dr. ford i said gut check on opening statement. straight forward and yes, credible. about judge kavanaugh, i said question is this what you think a man wrongly accused looks like? this far, yes. in other words i found them both to be credible but as an attorney i found the process to be lacking. too much grand standing, not enough search for the truth. i think it disgraceful that senators on both sides of the aisle weighed on on whether they believed one or the other before ever hearing them speak. it was not fair to th

the gop, surprisingly, 81% support this president.e them control of the supreme court for generation, and that's hugely important. not just to the evangelicals, but several republicans. >> do you agree? you've had a lot of issues with president trump. >> i'm shocked democrats aren't doing better. to me, i think they have a lot of enthusiasm. they have a lot of issues that i think would do well for them in the mid terms. i mean, think about everything. family detention issues, black lives matter, parkland. and yet the national party hasn't been able to channel that or focus that in any way. and the democratic party at large seems very reactionary and i don't see any leaders with a positive, compelling, alternative message. and that's i think why we're hung up. >> we're competing in georgia and florida. that's a manifesto that democrats are coming together. you know, every race is different at the state level. and so -- but when you get a number like what we see. when you get numbers in georgia and florida where you have a woman candida

and the gop senator, susan collins, said it today.obviously, if judge kavanaugh has lied about what happened, that would be disqualifying. >> and the reason the senator said "obviously" is because it is obvious. the problem is, it's equally obvious that it's so unlikely to be proven. so how do we judge this allegation from dr. ford? let's bring in aisha rangappa and ken cuccinelli. good to have you both. let's get to that issue and then i want to talk about how the politicians are dealing with this. aisha, she said it happened, he said it didn't. she said/he said is nothing unusual in the law. how do we assess in a court of public opinion, being that it doesn't seem that the white house will give it back to the white house to investigate. >> i agree with you, chris, that that's a mistake and we can talk about that. in a he said/she said situation, you are assessing the credibility of the people who are speaking. you know that from people who go on the witness stand. that is just a judgment call. unless you have corroborating evidence,

the gop refusing to delay kavanaugh is hearing. a second woman had come forward with allegations. something the president took time to address on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly. >> the democrats are playing a con game. a con game.>> immigrants are calling for a investigations in her accusations. >> we are heading for a hearing but is far from a serious -- they have hired a female lawyer for dr. ford's hearing on thursday. all 11 gop members on the committee are men. >> we have an outside person coming in, and i think that's an appropriate way to do it. so that you don't -- women should not dr. ford's attorney is objecting to the outside counsel, saying it's not appropriate to bring in an experienced sex prosecutor, because the hearing is not a criminal trial. julie, any word to who else could be questioning dr. ford and kavanaugh on thursday? >> right now what we are hearing from the senate, they have this outside counsel. her name is rachel angel, she has been chosen at the recommendation of one of arizona's senators john kyle, the newly appointed senator th