and we'll get a response from judiciary committee democrat mazie hirono in minutes. >>> plus, final stretch. with a month until the midterm elections, both sides are trying to get out the vote. will the bruising fight for the court rev up the gop base? >> the democrats have become too extreme and too dangerous to govern. >> ohio governor john kasich will be here in moments. >>> and political safari. first lady melania trump embarks on a good will tour of africa, but even an ocean couldn't keep her out of the political fray. >> i'm glad that dr. ford was heard. >> how is melania trump handling the world stage solo? >>> hello, i'm dana bash in for jake tapper. in washington where the state of the union is still bitterly divided after the most bruising confirmation fights ever. last night brett kavanaugh was sworn in as united states supreme court justice, ending the delicate balance on the nation's highest court, securing a conservative majority, and delivering president trump a resounding win just one month before november's midterm elections. as protesters came to the supreme court last nig

i read it clearly, whether it's mazie hirono or tom perez or some writer for colbert.are basically calling for violence. >> juan: i think you're really trying to hype it. i think it serves a republican purpose in terms of grievance or victimization policy. but you see is democrats saying we should stand up. people should go vote. this is not serving the interests of the country. it's not about a social conduct. this is just bulrush republican policy. go back to the 2000 election, al gore said the supreme court, republican majority, ruled for president bush. let it go. john kerry, let it go. >> jesse: i agree. >> dana: what about mitt romney. harry reid lied about him and said i have information that he never paid his taxes. smearing him. >> dagen: later he said i was proud that i lied about it. >> juan: i am saying what went on with the supreme court nomination and look at the idea that the seat that was held, merrick garland doesn't get a hearing. then republicans say it i can't believe we are treating this gu guy. >> greg: they accused him of attending gaining rape p

with me now is senator mazie hirono. your reaction, senator, what happened today? >> i was particularly disappointed with senator collins because she is a person who has said that she is very concerned about women's reproductive rights and she cited to a case which she didn't name where judge kavanaugh at bottom said catholic church, you folks, you know, can deny contraceptive coverage to your employees because it is too much for you to have to file a two-page form. and interestingly she did not cite to a much more relevant case in which judge kavanaugh was the dissenter. it was the garza case wherein he said, bottom line, a 17-year-old girl who should have been able to have an abortion, he dissented from that right. that is a much more relevant case. and for any of us at this point to think that any of these nominees who come before us and say roe v. wade has set a law. they don't have to overturn roe v. wade, states like texas and louisiana are very busy adopting all kinds of laws that would limit a woman's right to choose. these laws will be challenged to the su

they did to susan collins because of a republican journalist or conservative had done that to mazie hirono, they would never work again, literally. and you know it. >> laura, i don't remember you saying that when people put eight racial appetites and those casting a vote at the aca sat right behind you at the capitol. i don't remember you saying anything about that. >> first of all we did talk about that and some of that i know was re-examined on whether it actually happened. >> no one should ever scream -- >> i want to play something for the judge. this is senator cardin today speaking about whether this justice is inside mainstream justice. >> i don't believe justice cavanaugh is in the mainstream of judicial thought. look at his decisions. there is a trend, everyone of those decisions where he was in the minority or special vote, it was on behalf of the individual. consumer cases, labor cases, one after another. then his response to dr. ford where he showed that he was not not -- >> political rhetoric. justice cavanaugh had an exemplary record. the fact that justice kagan recruited him

and yet the democrats are screaming blooding murder about how this is rigged and a sham, mazie hironoping up as a sham investigation when -- while at the same time saying flake is a hero for doing this. you can't have it both ways. either flake is a hero for asking for this in getting this limited investigation or it's a sham to be just what the investigation as is tracking wanted. >> john: the prosecutor who was brought in for maricopa county, arizona, to do that questioning on friday, delivered a report of the republicans on the senate judiciary committee, and which he said, "for the reasons discussed below, i do not think a reasonable prosecutor would bring this case based on the evidence before the committee. nor do i believe that this evidence is sufficient to satisfy the preponderance of the evidence standard." she was basically saying, something might have happened to christine blasey ford but there is of the evidence here to prove it was judge kavanaugh. >> rachel mitchell took a lot of heat for how she handled the questioning but i thought it was very informative in her summa

mazie hirono said judge kavanaugh doesn't preserve the presuppings of innocence. democrats want to block kavanaugh and hold the seat open until the 2020 election. this is about politics. and this is about power. pure and simple. and they've destroyed judge kavanaugh's reputation, undermined dr. ford's privacy and tried to upend our -- tried to upend our traditions of innocence until proven guilty in the process. it's a complete and total disgrace. we'll receive and update the background on his nominate to the senate. judge kavanaugh deserves a prompt vote and we expect him to get one. with that, i'll take your question. >> the three people most important in this process are senators mruczkowski, collins an flake. two of those senators, flake and collins, were extremelyup set about how the president described christine blasey ford in that rally in mississippi. knowing how sensitive this issue is and how important it would be if the f.b.i. shows no other compelling tode keep judge kavanaugh from the court, these people need to be comfortable voting for him, why did

joining us now, democratic senator, mazy hirono of hawaii. three of four key votes, undecided votes, coming in today, announced their support for judge kavanaugh. do you believe there's any chance at all between now and the final senate floor vote tomorrow, to change their minds? >> well, i'm very disappointed, and the three people who kept us on pins and needles, and then they did what they did. i'm really glad that heidi heitkamp had the courage to follow her conscience, and my friend joe donnelly also, and, of course, lisa murkowski. we're going to put on the supreme court for a lifetime appointment someone with this kind of cloud over his head. i don't think this is going to be helpful to the institution of the supreme court and how people view the supreme court, because if there is one thing that is really clear, judge kavanaugh made it very clear what a partisan operative he is. and that's what he's going to take to the united states supreme court upon his confirmation. >> were you surprised by senator susan collins' decision to support

joining us now, the hawaii senator mazie hirono, soa democrat. thanks so much for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> so as we await the start of this white house briefing, let's get through some of the sense difference issues that have come up. you called the chechtomments by president typical.come up. you called the comments by the president typical. your republican colleagues seem to be stepping up their attacks on ford and other kavanaugh accusers trying to discredit them. do you believe that there is a new coordinated strategy under way? >> well, the republicans are making clear that for someone like dr. ford, one, we don't want to hear from you you, but if we do hear from you, we'll rig it so that there are no other witnesses and there is no investigation. the president went to a new low yesterday even for him in mocking dr. ford because survivors of assaults do not remember peripheral thing that's occur such as how many rooms, but one thing that she was 100% clear on is that it was brett kavanaugh who attacked her. >> there is no doubt

. >> reporter: a suggestion democrat mazie hirono called insulting. >> well to say that she thinks that dr. ford thinks that she was assaulted, what is that? >> november is coming! >> reporter: with just a month to go before the midterms, both parties say the bitter confirmation fight is helping to galvanize their supporters. >> change must come from where change in america always begins: the ballot box. >> i want to thank the other side for the tactics that have allowed us to kind of energize and get involved our own voters. >> reporter: a senior white house official tells cbs news the president sees the importance of the kavanaugh confirmation, which will be a theme in the run-up to the election and beyond. elaine? >> quijano: thanks nikole. john dickerson joins me now from washington. so john, what affect will this acrimonious battle have on the senate itself moving forward? >> well, we'll have to see. democrats certainly feel like the republicans gamed the system with the f.b.i. investigation, that it was not thorough, that it didn't really look into the questions that were at issue

democratic senator mazie hirono expressed doubt that the investigation will be thorough. >> to limit the f.b.i. as to the scope and who they're going to question, that- that really- i wanted to use the word farce, but that's not the kind of investigation that all of us are expecting the f.b.i. to conduct. >> sreenivasan: white house press secretary sarah sanders said the white house is not" micromanaging" the f.b.i. investigation and said the process is up to senate republans. >> the senate is going to lay out, senate republicans are going to layut and dictate those terms and we look forward to this wrapping up so we can see what was seein the last six background investigations that judge kavanaugh has been a part of. >> sreenivasan: rescuers continued searching for survivors in indonesia today. the death toll from friday's earthquake and tsunami doubled to more than 830 overnight. the city of palu, rescu workers climbed through collapsed buildings bringing out bodies one at a time. bridges and roads have collapsed making it difficult for heavy equipment toeach the region. the govern

. >> also very passionate has been mazie hirono.she had to say earlier today. >> should brett kavanaugh be impeached if dem crates take control? >> i am focused on the here and now. i said to the women who are justifiably angry and determined, they should be just focused like a laser beam on the issues. they connected the dots and know that senators are making these decisions and are the people who are elected by their voters. as voters, they have a role to play. >> dave, will this be a year of the woman similar to after the clarence thomas-anita hill testimonies? >> ultimately women hold the keys to this election. the suburban highly educated women voters and some of them helped to push donald trump into the white house. he was able to get together enough votes and historically blue blue states. pennsylvania and wisconsin. the key question here is, is that women vote going to proteledemocrats to take the house? the senate is potentially up for grabs. you have heidi heitkamp and clair mccaskill who have texas in the margin of error.

. >>> coming up on this week, councillor to the president, kelley anne conway and senator mazie hirono will discussing the appointment. watch it right here. >>> kavanaugh's accuser has no further plans. dr. christine blasey ford's attorney says she feels like she did the right thing by testifies and has no regrets. now that kavanaugh will sit on the highest court, blasey ford does not want him to be impeached. two other women later emerged with sexual misconduct allegations from the 1980s. kavanaugh denies all of those claims. >>> his confirmation sparked protests across the country and right here in the bay area, a rally in support of sexual assault survivors was held. >> reporter: on the steps of oakland city hall, a message -- we believe survivors. >> i work with sexual assault survivors a lot, so the fact this country is still not taking that seriously is beyond me. >> reporter: beyond that issue, people are concerned about now supreme court justice brett kavanaugh's judicial temperament. >> the words were so chilling -- what goes around comes around. that a threat to democrats e h

this is somebody w that set rigt behind it mazie hirono of hawaii last week when she said, i just want to tell the men of america to shut up. and he smirked. that's one thing i agree with with her, he should definitely stop lying about the fbi and its investigation and with the white house did or didn'tit do. the people that dr. ford herself claims could have corroborated her allegation were part of the fbi supplemental investigation. and guess what, they couldn't corroborate her allegation it turns out. you have a senator come forward respectively and say, one of them said there's not a hint of any t misconduct and the allegations have not been corroborated. but the point is this. there is no nominee that president trump will put forth that will satisfy liberal blumenthal. >> laura: know this is about the midterm. >> this is about the midterms but, by the way, i want to thank all these crazy liberals because they found something that i wasn't able to do. they have energized desperate republicans. there is no question about it. but i want to tell these folks, of course they have the ri

fbi that you would not consider their work complete till blah blah blah, the same nonsense from mazie hirono the senator from hawaii, it comes from every direction from these people. why is anyone -- you know, to his credit, senator mcconnell says the vote comes this week. good luck. >> yeah, yeah, and grassley had a wonderful letter back at sanders who look, i think the problem the democrats revealed their hand too early and they made it clear. now they have no credibility. lou: too early. let's remind everybody that chuck schumer, the senior senator from new york, you know told everybody, declared he was going to stop -- he would destroy this guy the day his name was announced. >> 23 minutes after, i believe. lou: the day his name was announced by the president for the post. >> if we learn the lesson on the value of these elections, if the house goes democrat, nadler will be chairman of the oversight committee. lou: that's frightening. it's frightening that he's there. >> and maxine waters will be chairman of the financial banking institutions. lou: that will be a move for jamie dimon. he

but i would have to say the most relentless in her attacks mazie hirono the senator from hawaii. do we have some of the sound of this woman attacking this man, viciously and throughout? i'm sorry, i couldn't hear you. okay. we do not have that. we will have it here in a moment. your thoughts on senator hirono? >> well her comment of stand up and shut up told you everything you needed to know. my hope we never have to watch her again. she's not a player in the senate. she's player obviously of one of three or four that were the most noisy and most unfair in that judicial hearing. three or four people running for president on that group and they used this as to try and move forward. but i think they hurt themselves immensely. lou: i think they tore themselves apart. i think they shredded themselves. i mentioned senator hirono. just a few of her recent remarks to tide you through any thought of perhaps hirono for president. >> and she is under absolutely no obligation to participate in a smearing of her and her family. guess who is perpetuating all of these kinds of action? it is th

what they did to susan collins, because the republicans are less or conservative had done that to mazie hirono, they would never work again. they literally would never work again. and you know a it. >> i don't remember you saying that but people -- african-american lawmakers who are casting a vote on the aca, standing right behind you, i don't remember you saying that at all. >> first of all, we did talk o about it and some of that i know was re-examined. >> of course, and -- i want to play something for the judge. whether this justice brett kavanaugh is inside the judicial mainstream, judge. let's watch. >> take a look at his decisions. there is a trend and every one of those decisions were he was in the minority or eight and a deciding vote, it was on behalf of special interests in behalf of the individual, consuming cases, environmental cases, one after another. then his response to dr. ford where he showed that he was not -- >> laura: it was too long. >> political rhetoric. judge cavanaugh now justice kae kavanaugh -- coupled with his record for 12 years, exemplary and frequently affirmed

and here on set with me democratic senator mazie her rei -- hirono of hawaii. senator, let me ask you about the limits to the fbi investigation. we have multiple reports that it has been very limited. we have had one of our contributors saying that the fbi has been handcuffed, yet he is putting it back on the senate and saying that it is up to the senate to decide who can be interviewed and how far it goes. >> i think the president's comments on this point are unbelievable, because they're contrary to everything else that we know. so what's resulting are letters from dianne feinstein asking for -- give us a copy, don mcgahn of the parameters of the fbi investigation. >> white house counsel don mcgahn? >> yes, white house counsel. and i just signed on to a letter with all the democratic members of the committee, and said here is a list of the people you ought to be talking to. >> and are these people, potentialnesses, college classmates and should alcohol, what he did in terms of his drinking and whether or not, as you have suggested, whether or not he lied to t

. >> tonight, the backlash to manchin, flake and collins with senator mazie hirono. >> i gave my reasons for my decision. >> the lasting damage to the supreme court with sherrilyn ifill and nancy girtner. >> this was not a search for the truth. >> how we move forward after a nightmare week were survivors. >> indelible in the hipaa campus is the laughter. >> when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. well, in the words of mitch mcconnell they plowed right through, ignoring testimony from christine blasey ford that even they themselves said was credible and compelling. as well as evidence that brett kavanaugh repeatedly lied under oath, senators from the party of trump today moved to give kavanaugh a lifetime appointment on the supreme court. final vote is expected tomorrow, but the fight appears to be over. one republican, senator lisa murkowski of alaska voted no today, a decision she said she made at the last minute after

senator mazie hirono vote this to the donors.cused on stopping kavanaugh's nomination and finding the truth, i'm asking you to step up now and ensure my team in hawai'i has everything they need to win our campaign in november." her radical friend in the senate kamala harris. senator harris posting around 3,600 different facebook ads, fundraising. and opposing, of course, the confirmation of judge kavanaugh. the disgusting politicalization of the hearings on full display today as the radical dimms try to turn unfounded allegation of sexual assault into an attack on not only the judge, but the president. >> you and your family should know for every scurrilous charge and pathetic tweet there have been thousands of americans. >> the president admits on tape to i a salting women, he separates children from their parents and takes basic healthcare protections from those who needs them most. he nominates and stands behind a man who stands credibly accused of a horrible act. >> it's not up to you. it's up to the president of the united s

especially, hawaii senator and woman who looks like she has to work with chuck grassley... ( laughter ) mazie hironoon tuesday, senator hirono called everyone out. well... half of everyone. >> but really guess who's perpetuating all of these kinds of actions? it's the men in this country. and i just want to say to the men of this country, just shut up and step up! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: wait, wait! but-- wait! don't look at me. wait, hold on. don't look at me. don't look at me. we want to! senator, we want to, but do you know how fragile our masculinity is? ( laughter ) we don't even buy loofas, we use the "axe detailer shower tool"! it's black and looks like part of a socket wrench set, because loofahs are for ladies! ( laughter ) meanwhile-- and i don't want to shock anyone-- donald trump is still president. ( laughter ) >> audience member: boo! >> stephen: and this week, president trump ordered the justice department to declassify secret documents related to the investigation of russia meddling in our election. he did this in an ongoing investigation, despite the fact that the intell

impossible imagining the heritage foundation saying to employees, go to national airports and scream at mazie hironohat a legitimate use of a nonprofit? >> that's the left today. two days after maxine waters said go harass people, we got the treatment. we got the treatment. right here in town. you and i would never do that to someone at a restaurant or some public event but the left now thinks that's appropriate because they applaud colin kaepernick. that is the left today and frankly as we head into this campaign that is how we should frame this. here's the left and all of their craziness and look at the record under president trump's leadership in the last 20 months frame it up like that. how amazing that is. if we do that i think we can win.n lowest unemployment in 20 years, think about the twist. taxes have been cut regulation, we are out of that crazy iran deal. the embassy is in jerusalem the hostages have been returned from north korea. contrast those up and i think we can win, particularly when you demonstrate here's what the radical left is up that is what this election is about. to in this

impossible to imagine the heritage foundation saying to employees go to national airport and scream at mazie hironomate use of a nonprofit? >> that's the left today. two days after maxine waters said go harass people, we got the treatment. you and i would never do that to someone at a restaurant or some public event but the left now thinks that's appropriate because they applaud cap her con kaepernick. here's the left and all of their craziness and look at the record under president trump's leadership in the last 20 months. frame it up like that. if we do that i think we can win. lowest unemployment in 20 years, taxes have been cut regulation, gore such already there. the embassy is in jerusalem the hostages have been returned from north korea. i think we can win particularly when you demonstrate here is what the radical left is up to in this country. that is what this election is about. >> tucker: for those of us who are worried if this is accelerating into a scary place has anyone thought about going over to maxine waters office i get we disagree but please don't encourage a physical confrontatio

and we'll get a response from judiciary committee democrat mazie hirono in minutes. >>> plus, final stretche midterm elections, both sides are trying to get out the vote.

here's what senator mazie hirono from hawaii said this morning about the court with kavanaugh now onen. >> he's going to be on the supreme court with a huge taint and a big asterisk after his name. the partisanship he showed was astounding. and behavior was bizarre. >> how are americans going to perceive decisions that come out of the court with kavanaugh on it? is everything going to be tainted or the american public at large is going to discern every decision on its own merits. >> given the aggressive outburst that judge kavanaugh made at the hearing, i think that his opinions will be seen in some instances as ill legitimate. he talked about the allegations of him being payback for the clintons and the election of trump. we never heard such partisan comments bay nominee for the supreme court so when we look at what's coming up not this year, but soon, abortion. senator collins has this fantasy that he's not going to vote to overturn row versus wade. we have four votes on the supreme court right now for that. he will be the fifth. we look at gun rights. there was a law in d.c. that

jon: mazie hirono, the hawaiian democratic senator, has been outspoken through all of this.s likely that democrats would try to impeach justice kavanaugh. she kind of sidestepped that question, but listen to her response. >> this whole impeachment thing, you know what? i'm very focused on the here and now which is all of these very angry women mainly out there who saw what was going on and how the senate was not able to deal fairly with the entire issue of sexual assault, clearly this idea that dr. ford was given, you know, all accommodation is really, i have to say, baloney. jon: so in her view, it's guilty until proven innocent, apparently. >> i don't think the impeachment idea's going to go anywhere, at least not immediately. who knows if republicans actually take control of the senate or the house, that might change. on the democratic side, one thing that's interesting that hasn't gotten a lot of attention is in california, because of the way their election system works, there are two democrats on the general election ballot for senate. there's dianne feinstein and then

you're about to have a democratic senator from hawaii mazie hirono on your show. she told you and the men of america to just shut up several weeks ago. this has been a low point for many people whose job it was to advice the president on nominations. they wanted to see brett kavanaugh as a gang rapist. a lot of women, including me, saw a man who was -- a political character assassination and we looked up at him and saw possibly our husbands, sons, brothers. this was unfair. had they showed brett kavanaugh the grace and dignity that his 10-year-old daughter showed dr. ford, that we all showed her in her testimony and the fbi supplemental investigation, i think there should be soul searching, but not the supreme court. >> you heard elena kagan. about the court's legitimacy being seen apart from the politics of the other two branches. i assume you agree with that. >> absolutely. >> regardless of what you said there are questions in roughly half the country's mind about justice kavanaugh's objectivity. how would you advise him to overcome those questions about whether

. >> shepard: the democrat senator mazie hirono from hawaii says her colleagues need to focus on getting control of congress. >> and i said to the women who are justifiably angry but determined i said they should focus like a laser beam on the elections because they have connected the dots. they know the senators who are making these confirmation decisions are the people elected by their voters. >> shepard: a deeply divided senate confirmed justice kavanaugh 50 to 48 on saturday in the closest vote to put a supreme court justice on the bench since 1881. at the center was dr. dr. christine blasey ford. she accuses justice kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party three decades ago when both were teenagers. the supreme court nominee denied the accusation and other claims of sexual misconduct. now, justifiable kavanaugh sits on the highest court in the land with a chance to shape america's legal system for generations to come. our chief white house correspondent john roberts is live this afternoon on the north lawn, hi, john. >> shep, good afternoon to you. the president is on board a

. >> dana: senator mazie hirono is dodging questions on a democrats -- if democrats are responsible for are you confident democrats didn't like the letter and how do you respond to senator graham's charge that it was inappropriate for senators to refer dr. blaise a ford to a lawyer? stick with these things don't focus on the things we should be focusing on which is the credibility of judge kavanaugh. >> dana: emily, your chance to cross-examine even though she is not here. the question is about this block, talking about the leak, had the letter from her, the information in july and they waited until the last minute. if it was that serious, why did they wait and who leaked her name? >> emily: i waver back and forth on whether the investigation is something i am for food on the one hand it's another race to which verses and time. and on the other, it sets the example in the point, just what you said. we're not going to stand for that kind of leak when the democrats are clearly weaponizing this poor woman, dr. ford, all she want to do was say and private, remain anonymous, feinstein had mu

to turn over any communications they had with senator feinstein's office are democratic senator mazie hirono about the allegations against kavanaugh. one thing is for certain. a month from now, we will know a lot more about where all these investigation go. >> shannon: and how voters feel. thank you. the confirmation battle has been so heated that many, a former fbi agent, monica mclean, trying to pressure and alleged witness and changing her initial statements. at issue, the journal says is a statement to the judiciary committee by lee lynn kaiser that she didn't know kavanaugh, remember the party, or whether there was assault. jason chaffetz joins us. good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. i want to make sure i read what we hear from mclean's attorney. any notion or claim that... "the wall street journal" continues to report that keyser told the fbi she was under pressure to clarify or change in some way her initial statement. what do you make of it? >> i think this does require congress to look a little bit further. chairman grassley has a lot of latitude. a letter from the co

i'm going to move to hawaii and run against that crazy mazie hirono. although i would rather be in alaska than hawaii. want to trade? >> laura: i'll do the fly fishing, you can do the surfing. thanks, michelle, historic night in washington, d.c. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is here next, exclusively with us, his reaction to today's events. and a look ahead to tomorrow's historic kavanaugh vote. stay right there. here. >> that those who have known him best have attested, he has been an exemplary public servant, judge, teacher, coach, husband, and father. mr. president, i will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh. >> laura: that was senator susan collins delivering a crushing blow to democrats hoping for a last-minute defection. during her nearly one hour long speech earlier today she echoed many of the sentiments offered on the senate floor day after day by our next guest. we're happy to be to be joined exclusively by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. senator mcconnell, when did you know you had the votes? >> when the roll was called. >> laur

. >> tonight, the backlash to manchin, flake and collins with senator mazie hirono. >> i gave my reasons the lasting damage to the supreme court with

he'll go one on one with counsel to the president kellyanne conway, plus the hawaiian senator mazie hirono, offering the democratic perspective. on this morning. it's all coming up on "this week," right here on abc. our thanks to jon karl. >>> first lady melania trump held an impromptu presser during her trip to egypt. coming up in the next half hour on "gma" what she has to say about newly sworn in supreme court justice brett kavanaugh and her husband's tweeting habits. still ahead. >>> now to a new tropical threat. >> a disturbance in the caribbean sea is expected to become a named storm later today. rob is keeping an eye on this. rob, good morning. >> good morning, dan. we showed you this yesterday. it's our newest tropical depression. our 14th of the season. it should become a tropical storm by the end of the day. when it does that it's name will be michael. here's where you see the satellite imagery. all the cloudiness. our computer models bring it to the gulf coast. panama city to gulfport, mississippi. this is where the national hurricane service track is showing where this is going

what's also exciting for a lot of women is to see senator kamala harris, senator amy klobuchar, mazy hironostand up for women as well as men on the committee was inspiring. >> what are you looking for in this senate race, and i haventh really hasn't been a democratic challenger in texas for a long time? >> it was exciting. they saw thousands and thousands of people. something they haven't seen in years since progressives won those races. this is the first time democrats have contested every single congressional race in the state. we have got lizzy fletcher, the first two latinas coming to congress from tex. it's a new day for texas and people can feel it everywhere. >> i remember the first convention i went to was 1988, and walked into the convention hall and your mother was at the podium delivering the speech, because like beto o'rourke, she knew exactly what she was talking about and why. and you knew what she felt about it. and she took whatever the complex subject was and made it easily deliverable in a speech. and that was what i was seeing when i was watching him on the stage. >> i th

the judiciary committee's democrats include sheldon whitehouse of rhode island and mazie hirono of hawaiist astounding things that judge kavanaugh did was to blame the democrats for some kind of conspiracy that went on. that we had been plotting all of this. although, thank goodness that he acknowledged that dr. ford was not a part of that conspiracy, that she had no political motive. >> whitehouse: it was really quite astonishing how the tone in the room changed when judge kavanaugh came out explosively confrontational. >> this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. >> what you want to do is destroy this guy's life. >> whitehouse: and then lindsey graham burst out... >> you said that! >> whitehouse: and just went on his own explosive statement. >> this is going to destroy the ability of good people to come forward, because of this crap! >> whitehouse: we're not just entirely logical people. there are animal spirits in humans, and that's true in senators. >> this man is not a monster! >> whitehouse: and so, when somebody goes into the breach in full on battle mode, if they'r

bauer, and to mazie hirono, the senator from hawaii, who was the first person to ask at the original kavanaugh hearings, the judiciary hearings, whether or not there had been any adult misconduct, sexual misconduct, which would not, of course, apply to high school, but would apply. that's it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." and here is stephanie from velshi and rhule. >> good afternoon. i'm stephanie rhule. my partner ali velshi on assignment. it's monday, october 1st. let's get smarter. >> i think the fbi should do what they have to do to get to the answer. at the same time, just so we all understand, this is our seventh investigation of a man who has really, you know, you look at his life, until this happened, i want them to do a very comprehensive investigation. whatever that means according to the senators and the republicans and the republican majority. i want it to be comprehensive. i actually think it's a good thing for judge kavanaugh. i think it's actually a good thing. not a bad thing. my white house will do whatever the senators want. we don't want to go on a

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with me now is hawaii senator mazie hirono, a member of the judiciary committee and a democrat.enator hirono, thanks for being with us. i'm wondering, first of all, your reaction to the president's comments tonight. >> we can always count on the president to go down to the lowest common denominator, mock people, call people names, attack them. this is what he does. and the thing that dr. ford did remember, with 100% recollection, was that it was brett kavanaugh who attacked her. >> i would also like to get your reaction to what the president said earlier today that, quote, it's a very scary time for young men in america, where you can be guilty of something you may not be guilty of. do you think it's a very scary time for young men in america, compared to young women? >> no. because that really flows from total mistrust of women. they must think that we all sit around making up stories about them. we have a few other things that we like to do, such as getting on with our lives and making a living and all of that. so i also know that his son said the same thing and i guess the ap

mazie hirono said that "judge kavanaugh does not preserve do not deserve the presumption of innocence. democrats want to block kavanaugh and hold the seat open until the 2020 election. this is about politics and this is about power, pure and simple. they've destroyed judge kavanaugh's reputation, undermined dr. ford's privacy and tried to upend our traditions of innocence until proven guilty in the process. it's a complete and total disgrace. we will receive and submit the fpi supplemental background investigation on his nomination to the senate as a leader mcconnell said, judge kavanaugh deserves our prompt vote and we expect them to get one. with that, i will take your questions. >> the three people that are the most important in this processor senator murkowski, collins, and ford. this morning, to go of them were upset about how the president described christine mallozzi ford in that rally in mississippi. knowing how sensitive this is, these people need to be comfortable with voting for him. why did the president say what he did in the way that he said it? >> secretary sanders: the

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mazie hirono fbi: "to limit the fbi as to the scope and who they're going to question? that is -- that really -- i want to use the word farce. but -- that's not the kind of investigation that all of us are expecting the fbi to conduct." president trump -- pushing back -- charging that nothing will ever be enough for democrats.sanders: "the white house counsel has allowed the senate to dictate what these terms look like and what the scope of the investigation is."klobuchar: "you can't interview this person, you can't look at this time period, you can only look at these people from one side of the street from when they were growing up. i mean c'mon!" a source tells cnn that kavanaugh's drinking history -- a key point of contention at last week's hearing -- is not part of the probe. kavanaugh: "you're asking about blackout. i don't know, have you?"one of kavanaugh's yale classmates -- accusing kavanaugh of being a "frequent" and "heavy drinker" in a statement sunday, stating "in downplaying the degree and frequency of his drinking, brett has not told the truth." pelley: "i

mazie hirono said judge kavanaugh does not deserve the presumption of innocence because of his judicial is clear. democrats want to block kavanaugh and hold the seat open until the 2020 election. this is about politics and this is about power, pure and simple. they destroyed judge kavanaugh's reputation, undermined dr. ford's privacy and tried to upend our traditions of innocent until proven guilty in the process. it's a complete and total disgrace. we will receive and submit the fbi's supplemental background investigation on his nomination to the senate, as leader mcconnell said judge kavanaugh deserves a prompt vote and we expect him to get one. with that, i will take your questions. john? reporter: the three people who are most important in this whole process are senators murkowski, collins and flake. this morning, two of those senators, flake and collins, were extremely upset about how the president described christine blasey ford at that rally in mississippi. knowing how sensitive this issue is and how important it would be if the fbi investigation shows no other compelling evidenc