let's bring in cuomo's court here, laura coats and ken cuccinelli.ons from ford if they are seen as a backing off of an original intent. is this a show of weakness, less credibility? how do you see it? >> i don't see it as a show of weakness to say you'd like to have process and time to do so. anita hill had about two weeks from the time that the fbi investigation was concluded -- that only took three days. the time she testified on the hill, are we suggesting that now 27 years later, less process is warranted when you are aware that there should be a protocol in place to judge and evaluate people? i think that's the real auditty, to rush it, when there are republicans on the senate judiciary committee have set an arbitrary 12th hour. it seems to me they're trying to check a box to placate a particular movement as opposed to saying, i need a few more days to get all the information i need. >> what do you think of the idea of how do you best protect kavanaugh, he says he wasn't there, he says he'll testify, any time, anywhere he's coming. you give him

ken cuccinelli and asha rangappa, you are both worthy.e's hearing next monday for kavanaugh and his accuser. this was not going to happen. i have to tell you, you have to call it straight when you see it. president trump cleared the way for the gop to release their hold on having another phase of this. i don't think it was going to happen until he said, you know, you've got to hear both sides, which is right. but is this the right place to do it? my next guest says, no dog and pony show is needed. this is just a spectacle for the left to get the so-called hysteria machine revved up. she will make the case and be tested, next. friends, colleagues, gathered here are the world's finest insurance experts. rodney -- mastermind of discounts like safe driver, paperless. the list goes on. how about a discount for long lists? gold. mara, you save our customers hundreds for switching almost effortlessly. it's a gift. and jamie. -present. -together we are unstoppable. so, what are we gonna do? ♪ insurance. that's kind of what we do here. ♪ people co

ken cuccinelli and asha rangappa, you are both worthy.ate's hearing next monday for kavanaugh and his accuser. this was not going to happen. i have to tell you, you have to call it straight when you see it. president trump cleared the way for the gop to release their hold on having another phase of this. i don't think it was going to happen until he said, you know, you've got to hear both sides, which is right. but is this the right place to do it? my next guest says, no dog and pony show is needed. this is just a spectacle for the left to get the so-called hysteria machine revved up. she will make the case and be tested, next. ♪ be right back. with moderate to severe crohn's disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications. and the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission in as little as 4 weeks. humira can lower

laura coates and ken cuccinelli.aura, the idea of these conditions from ford, if they are seen as a backing off an original intent to testify no matter what, is this a show of weakness, of less credibility, how do you see it? >> i don't see it as a show of weakness to say you'd like to have process, you'd like to have time to do so? remember back in '91 anita hill had about two weeks from the time the fbi investigate was concluded, that only took three days, to the time she actually testified on the hill. are we suggesting that now 27 years later less process is warranted when there should be a protocol in place to judge people on planes. i think that's the real oddity to rush it when there are republicans on the senate judiciary committee have sat an arbitrary 12 hours and call this the 11th hour seem to be they're checking a box to placate a movement as opposed to saying i'd like to have all days to get the information i need. maybe it's tuesday, maybe it's wednesday. had the been last week we'd already have that t

joining us right now is cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin, cnn legal commentator ken cuccinelli, and cnn political analyst and "new york times" white house correspondent maggie haberman. the fact they're taking the white house committee to a vote on friday it shows their desire to move forward as qu quickly as possible. >> they've been quite blunt about that. you take the aggregate of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's comments on the floor, you heard what the president said today, which was wildly off script and not what he had been advised to do and i think he had a variety of reasons for doing that, and the fact that he needed -- they needed to set this hearing i think three days ahead of time. so they had to do it today if they wanted to do it friday. they can always postpone it. but yes, it says -- you heard lindsey graham say this on sunday, you heard other senators say this, that basically they've made up their minds about the vote. >> why do you think the president wanted to make those comments today? >> two reasons. i think the president was frustrated because he h

we've got brian fallon and ken cuccinelli. this op-ed, yes, it's fueling tons of speculation because we want to know who it is. so let's start with that. brian fallon, i know you guys don't know who it is. but do you think you should know who it is? do you think that this person should have come forward or was this a crime of conscience? brian. where they decided to stay quiet because they feel their job is too important. >> i think it would have been better and more powerful if the person had given their name. but look, i think this is a cry for help from the inside. unlike the past criticism you've seen the president dismiss as coming from the deep state or coming from hillary clinton or coming from democrats, this is a call coming from inside the house. this is trump's own people that are making these complaints about him. and i think that the real onus is now on congress. this is a cry for help. this person fears reprisal, fears being fired if they speak up and give their name. i think this is a cry for help to republicans