it started with harry reed. in the toxic tit for tat.otes this is all it will be. an ugly power play. and desperation. have we bottomed and there will be some move to make improvements? >> i think the real challenge i have with this particular process is that sexual assault and sexual harassment shouldn't be a partisan issue. somehow it became one. you can look back on susan collins comments about senators -- why can't i think of his name. from minnesota. franken. what's interesting now is she had one set of standards she played by for senator franken and a different set for kavanaugh. my real question is we're talking about her today. we have a tweet from susan rice saying she would offer to run against her in 2020. >> she backed off. rice backed off. >> i would like for her to reconsider. i know. i would -- okay. well i would love for her to reconsider. i appreciate the tweet. this is the main thing i want to say. coil lins is no hero of ours and can't be considered an ally. we shouldn't forget the women in the senate like erntst. fish

. >> don't you think harry reed and your fellow democrats deserve some of the blame for that becausehen harry reed was the majority leader in the senate, he moved to do away with the 60-margin vote, and mitch mcconnell said, you know what, we're going to do away with that position, deal with the nuclear option as it is called for supreme court justices as well? >> well, first of all, harry reid preserved the 60-vote threshold for supreme court justices. >> but he did away with it for others, so he set a precedent for that. >> no. the precedence from my perspective would have been if he changed the vote for supreme court justice there would be nothing to complain about. he understood the gravity of what it is to have a supreme court nominee. he could have changed the vote then and we would have had merrick garland on the court instead of, you know, the last nominee. so the reality is that while he did it for lower courts, because we had unprecedented obstruction by the minority at the time, he preserved it for the supreme court because he understood the stakes. >> with hindsight, to g

it's going to be closer than the harry reed sharon an angle race.s going to be very, very important. you have kathryn cortez elected. hect did well but then it completely dropped off. the democrats are very worried about democratic turn out in a midterm. >> president trump called for an end to political violence and singled out the media. let's watch. >> political violence must never ever be allowed in america and i will do everything in my power to stop it. in recent days we've had a broader conversation about the tone and civility of our national dialogue. every one will benefit if we can end the politics of personal destruction. we must unify as a nation in peace, love and in harmony. the media has a major role to play whether they want to or not. >> jonathan, he can't resist the effort to turn to the audience in front of him against the people covering the event. >> he can't. the hypocrisy level is through the roof. the idea that this president of the yiet is caunited states is r civility and talking about the national political discourse has go

i'm joined by former senator barbara boxer, and jim manley, chief spokesperson for harry reed. >> the seat has been kept open, barred merritt garland for a year and mow is just going to plow through with this because he just -- this is what he's there for, right? >> this is what he's there for, you know, to give him somewhat of credit he's steel eyed determination to ram through as many judges as he can. he doesn't care about the senate. he doesn't care about the rules. he just wants to win. and so, you know, he's going to use a sham investigation to try and get this over the goal line. we'll see what happens tomorrow. you know, i think it's going to be very tough vote for a lot of folks. though, having said that, senator hidecamp showed it wasn't that tough. she showed a way to come out voting no. i hope others still out there will do the same thing. >> do you think the democrats should break the rules and make the report public? >> no, i don't believe in doing that. but let me tell you what i think. i don't praise mitch mcconnell in any way, shape or form. because what he's doing is

that's what helped harry reed survive in a midterm even though his numbers were as terrible as helleren you talk about rural nevada they love trump, they're going to vote for heller, that's only about 15 to 18% of the vote. that's threading a needle to make up what you lose in clark county. and then you have two swing counties that if the democrats can hold their own, they win. it's rural, southern nevada where the swing voters are. >> senator cruz was asked about o'rourke's challenge to him yesterday. here's what cruz had to say? >> i think it's the sign of the times nationally, the extreme left they're angry and energized and we're seeing it in texas. >> that's on the roof here. what do you make of this race, abby? i've been sensing that beto o'rourke has more guts than anybody has had in their life. he's taken on a guy nobody can beat but he's fallen behind and stuck there. >> he's trailing by about 5 points and that's a huge amount to make up. i've been covering politics in texas for a long time and i lived it as a kid and i've never seen a race like this before. >> what could tur

i knew full well based upon what joe biden had volunteered in 1992 and chuck schumer and harry reed hadd in 2007 that who controls the senate when you have a vacancy that close to the election makes a big difference. there's not a doubt in anybody's mind here, i'm sure, that if the shoe was on the other foot in 2016 and there had been a republican president making a nomination to a democratic senate it wouldn't have been filled. so we'll see what it looks like in 2020. first do we have vacancy, second, who is in charge of the senate. >> if there was another vacancy, if bay dee bader ginsburg were e the court, would you encourage the president to put another conservative on the court. >> of course. >> how do you view this in the context of legacy? >> will you try to encourage more female republican women to join the judiciary committee after all of this. >> that's a good question. we encouraged several of our women senators to go on the committee and i intend to do that again at the beginning of the next session. their particular priorities have not -- there's been no effort to avoid it.

the news, he made his way over to the hospital to give his condolences to dan my great friend, harry reed, majority leader. i could tell they were friends. it's -- the senate is an interesting place. in the sense that it is as legislative bodies go it's quite collegial as a generate matter. but then again it is a legislative body. and you are going to have conflicts every now and then. but you know the trick is to as the saying goes, disagree without being disagreeable. and to do your best to aspire to that. i'm sure there were times that the two of them didn't see i did to eye. but i did certainly get the sense that there was a great deal of respect and affection there. another book we have here is john carry's book that he wrote with theresa heinz, on the environment and such. john carey, he and my father were quite good friends. they just got along. mr. carey's a good guy. to chairman dan thank you for your many courtesies through the years for me personally. thank you for your partnership and leadership on so many issues. it is a privilege to serve with you, all the best, john. to sho

. -- i knew full well based on what joe biden volunteered in 1992, and that chuck reed and -- that chuck schumer harry reid volunteered -- a vacancy that close to the election makes a big difference. there's no doubt in anybody's mind that if the shoe was on the other foot and 2016 and it had been a republican president taking a nomination to a democratic senate, it would not have been sealed build -- it would not have been filled. so we will see what happens in 2020, who is in charge of the senate. there was another vacancy, if ruth bader ginsburg were to relieve the court, would you are the president to put another conservative in that seat? senator mcconnell: of course. encourageyou tried to more female republican women on the judiciary committee after all of this? that's a goodell: question. we have encouraged several women .enators to go on the committee there has been no effort to avoid it. do it,courage them to obviously without success, and we would love to have worn of our wonderful centers on -- one of our wonderful senators on judiciary. >> shortly after the senate confirmed him, brett kava

donnelly, duckworth, durbin, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, heinrich, heitkamp, hirono, jones, cain, king, markey, mccaskell, murray, nelson, peters, reed, sanders, supporter, shaheen, smith, tester, udall, van hollen, warner, warren, whitehouse, widen -- >> mr. markey. >> mr. murphy, no. >> so we have the vote there. interrupted by the protests, but not that many. i counted about four or five winl women eye voi women's voices. they were orchestrated. they know what they are doing. one male voice called flake a coward. and shame was a word that we have been hearing a lot. and i think we'll see again from the protesters. they do feel as if this was a shameful act. as a student of this senate hearing from my years as a kid, watching movies like advise and consent, this is one of the -- see all the pages sitting there dutifully in their uniforms? look at all the members of the senate sitting in their seats. look at the vice president who is the president of the senate sitting up there at the desk. this is a rare look. of course if you get a pass from your senator and you is sit in the galgry, you will see one or two members of the senate t

>> harris: you gave me what i needed for my next conversation. let's bring in collin reedecutive director of america rising. colin, i'm going to start with you. the numbers are stable at about 7% or so for people preferring democrats in a generic ballot. >> on the gender gap question, there were a lot of experts who used the gender gap issue to predict why helle came to them be donald trump two years ago and i look how that turned out. you see president trump's approval numbers getting better. midterm elections tend to be referendums on the party in power, and two, they tend to be based elections. the president flooding the zone with interviews, town halls, events, that's good news for republicans because he's the best messenger to drive out the base. president trump is the one who can really do that. >> harris: why do you think president trump's approval numbers are going up and what are you going to do to counter that? >> obviously when you see the increased intensity from republicans over kavanaugh, that has a natural effect of getting more approval. but collin made the

duckworth, durbin, fine sign, gillibrand, harris, has san, heinrich, heitkamp, hirono, jones, kaine, king, klobuchar, lakie, menendez, merkley, murray, nelson, peters, reed, sanders, schatz, schumer, shaheen smith stabenow, tester udall, van hollen, warner, warren, whitehouse, wyden. >>> mr. murphy. mr. murphy, no. >>> and we have been watching -- and we are still watching a dramatic, historic moment in the united states and of course on the floor of the united states senate. you saw senators until just a minute ago sitting in their desks, standing to announce how they're going to vote on brett kavanaugh, whether he should or should not be confirmed to the united states supreme court. now it's clear that the senators are waiting for some who are not yet there, which is why the vote is not finished. we don't have the formal vote tally. he's not formally confirmed, but he is all but confirmed. as we wait for that to happen, for the senators who are missing to come in and cast their votes, i want to go straight to phil mattingly, up on capitol hill, who was in the chaim% as this vote was starting, the vice president and the chair, phil and obviously a coord

. >> harris: breaking news come on the hearing has just happened but this aspect of the shootings in pittsburgh. robert bowers, judge reed'sarges against robert bowers. no cameras in the courtroom so i'm bringing you the transcript now. the judge as have you received a copy of the complaint? bowers says he has. asked for a federal public defender will be appointed. detention hearing has been waived. in the next time that we will see him for court appearance schedule now is 10:00 a.m. eastern on thursday. the hearing is over with that. let me tell you what's about to come next. let me get a shot of the lectern here. the u.s. attorney for the western district of pennsylvania and the u.s. magistrate brian mitchell are expected to step up and talk about this case. a lot of questions to ask about the evidence that they have against robert bowers is a suspect. they've got to piece together the scene. 11 people dead. those 29 charges having to do with death and injuries have that synagogue in pittsburgh. and now we'll wait this news conference with these two leaders, the u.s. attorney for the western district of pennsylvania to c