do you remember harriet meyers? the nomination was considered to be one of the worst botched supreme court nomination attempts, one of the worst nominees in modern history. facing a world of criticism, not only from democrats but also republicans. she had to withdraw as a nominee less than one month after she was picked for the court. it was a famously disastrously bad nomination. a nice woman, lovely to be around. the president sure liked her a lot. they concluded everyone, including ultimately harriet meyers. so it is not good news right now that trump's supreme court nominee is anywhere near the harriet meyers standard of disapproval, let alone actually falling short of the kind of support that harriet meyers received before she had to withdraw. so right out of the gate, a week later. it was more unpopular than the harriet meyers population. that makes it historically unpopular. since then, he's been circulating on capitol hill, taking meetings with senators, the white house has been trying to build support for t

is what that poll reflects. >> we are watching it closely and we know you will be as well and harriet meyersrrect that. catch the cnn film rbg, hero icon descentor here on cnn. tonight at 9:00. >> tropical weather may ruin the holiday for a lot of people in a certain part of the country. allison chinchar has the details for us. >> notching not one but two tropical systems and we will talk about what impacts the united states coming up. this wi-fi is fast. i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. >>> this week's staying well shows how rock climbing provides stress relief. >> i need you to breathe. you're not going to get beat by this wall. >> i'm a nurse in an outpatient facility. i've been climbing for about two and a half years. when i come here all my stress is released, just gets out of my body. my very first time getting

the reason i'm not saying just as harriet meyers, she never made it to the supreme court. she had to withdraw when it became clear that she had nowhere near enough support to proceed. public support for brett kavanaugh's nomination is even lower than what harriet mers had. and it is even lower than what we had for robert bork. judge bork insisted on going all the way through to a vote and not withdrawing the way that harriet miers did. but bork was rejected by a fairly large majority in the senate. that was a failed nomination. he didn't have enough support. brett kavanaugh's support is lower than bork's support. and the public doesn't get a direct vote on supreme court nominees but it is striking in this case that support is so low for kavanaugh. and ultimately that kind of thing does end up mat ordering the senators if they have reason to really seriously consider their vote here. ultimately, it does matter to elected officials. particularly right before an election when more americans don't want brett kavanaugh confirmed than do want him confirmed. and in national polli

i thought it couldn't get worse than harriet meyers. and, wow, i have to say one thing kavanaugh said in the hearing that is absolutely true is that this changes things forever. i think the entire process is irrevocably change. we're going see a lot more attention to potential allegations of #metoo, and a lot more also questions about the gravitas and bearing of a justice when they're, the politics of a justice in this kind of situation. >> you see the president actually brought that up, and he said, look. i may get more seats. always talking about how many seats he'll get on the supreme court, and he said, it's going to make it harder for people to come forward now after this. that will be an interesting thing to watch. that was a real argument point and he said, he's already been through seven background checks. it's going to be harder to get people to come forward. a theme that the president was pushing here. >> i don't think we've seen that the senate is prepared to respond to allegations of this type, and, you know, maybe we would

again, if you look at these kavanaugh numbers, they are down there with the harriet meyer numbers.not go on. she withdrew her nomination. not very popular, he's one of the least popular supreme court nominees that we have had in the last 20 years in our country. i think you are seeing that unpopularity reflected in these polling's. >> tom: i have always thought -- and maybe this is wishful thinking -- but i had always thought and hoped that when the american people saw judge kavanaugh testify and talk about his understanding of the constitution, and when they looked at his extraordinary record, that they would say "look, he may not have been the guy that i would have chosen if i were president to put on the supreme court, but you can't dispute that the guy is incredibly smart and incredibly qualified." i think. i think that right now the calculation that a lot of these red state democratic sarah and to to senators are making, that they don't have to worry about merit at this point because thee enough political cover for a "no" vote based on the accusations. of course, we will see h

he's in worse shape than harriet meyers was.l political environment with the midterm elections not looming, this nomination's out, right, and they probably find a replacement. it seems as if mitch mcconnell is worried enough about the majority that they're basically all in with brett kavanaugh whether they like it or not. >> it's a really dismal prospect that we're now taking -- we're polling on public opinions about nominees. >> right. >> we've been doing it for 20 years, 25 years, since anita hill and clarence thomas. >> i know. >> i hear you. >> he was nominated 73 days ago. it took sandra day o'connor was confirmed in 33 days. hugo black, five days. frankfurter 12 days. william douglas, 15 days. robert jackson, 25 days. byron white under kennedy, eight days. >> merrick garland, never. >> basically since ginsburg, though, nobody has been less than 60-plus days. it does seem to be this is the new standard. >> yeah. the "times" said vigorously, to the annoyance of my friend mitch mcconnell, that merrick garland was treated shab

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