kate irby of mcclatchy and of cq rollrich call. kate, let's begin with the brett kavanaugh nomination for the supreme court. you heard the senator request not just in light of the letter that senator dianne feinstein has made public about alleged sexual abuse when judge kavanaugh was in high school, but beyond that, democrats say a vote should not take place here when is a vote supposed to take place? kate: one quick note, senator feinstein did not make the letter public, but the allegations are public. the vote is scheduled to go forward on thursday, october 20. senator grassley has made no signs that he plans to delay. as the allegations came out this morning, his office sent out a letter that 65 woman from judge kavanaugh who knew him in high school, who spoke toward his character. they have accused senator feinstein as using a delay tactic. it remains to be seen what it looks like a plan to push forward with the vote. 20ta: so thursday, september is the vote. when would the full senate take it up? kate: i do not know if that has

senator, kate irby is going to kick off with the conversation about judge brett kavanaugh. kate: the new yorker came out this morning detailing an alleged attempted sexual abuse by kavanaugh in high school, a woman is alleging that he held her down when he was 17 and attempted to sexually abuse her. i am wondering what your take is on this. do you think this confirmation process of judge kavanaugh should continue until more evidence is found, or do you think this is disqualifying? sen. leahy: i have not seen "the new yorker" story. my concern on the process is that it has been rammed through. this is the same republican leadership that for years, stalled any action on a supreme court nominee. it stopped merrick garland who would have been confirmed overwhelmingly with both republican and democratic votes. they wanted to see how the elections came out and allow president trump to nominate whomever he wanted. now they are rushing to get done before the midterm elections. as a result, there are thousands upon thousands of pages of material we have never received about judge ka

senator, kate irby is going to kick off with the conversation about judge brett kavanaugh.e: the new yorker came out this morning detailing an