mrs. feinstein: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: i understand that in the order i have 15 minutes, is that correct? the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mrs. feinstein: thank you very much. madam president, this has been my ninth supreme court nomination hearing, and i must say i have never experienced anything like this. never before have we had a supreme court nominee where over 90% of his record has been hidden from the public and the senate. never before have we had a nominee display such flagrant partisanship and open hostility at a hearing. and never before have we had a nominee facing allegations of sexual assault. the nominee before us being considered for a pivotal swing seat, if confirmed, would be the deciding vote on some of the most important and divisive issues of our day. i'd like to start by speaking about some of the issues in relationship to judge kavanaugh. president trump promised to only nominate individuals to the supreme court who would be pro-life and pro-gun nominees, who would automat

mr mr cotton, mr crespo, mr cruise, mr danes, mr donnelly, ms duckworth, mr durbin, mrs ernst, mrs feinsteinjill will restore order in the gallery. mr gardner, mrsjill brown... will restore order in the gallery. mr gardner, mrs jill brown. .. you're watching live coverage of the us senate, these nomination proceedings for confirming a very controversial judge brett kavanaugh as the new member of the zipping courtjudge. what you have been hearing is multiple interruptions by protesters in the gallery as the names of senators are read out. you can hear the sound come in, some of the protests are being muffled and then on it goes. let‘s talk to our correspondence mac who is at the capitol building in washington. how unusual are some of these scenes? all of this is capping what has been an intense and unusual political drama that has played out over the past week or two. we have heard the state m e nts past week or two. we have heard the statements from the minority and majority leaders, both putting out very radical and different views of thejudge they are very radical and different views of th

mrs. feinstein? mrs. fisher? >> the sergeant-at-arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. >> mr. flake? mr. gardner? >> aye. >> mrs. gillibrand? mr. graham? mr. grassley? >> aye. >> ms. harris? >> no. >> ms. hassan? mr. hatch? mr. hinerich? ms. heitkamp? mr. heller? ms. hirono? >> no. >> mr. hoven? mrs. hyde-smith? mr. inhoff? >> aye. >> mr. isaacson? >> aye. >> mr. johnson? >> aye. >> mr. jones? mr. kaine? >> no. >> mr. kennedy? mr. king? >> no. >> ms. klobuchar? >> no. >> mr. kyl? mr. langford? mr. leahy? mr. lee? >> aye. >> mr. >>> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arm will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the clerk may continue. >> mr. markey. >> no. >>> mrs. mccaskill. mr. mcconnell. >> aye. mr. menendez. >> no. >>> mr. merkley. >> no. >>> moran. >> aye. >>> ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. >> no. >>> mr. nelson. >> mr. paul. >> aye. >>> mr. perdue. >> aye. >>> mr. peters. >> no. >>> mr. portman. >> aye. >>> mr. reed. >> no. >>> mr. risch. >> aye. >>> mr. roberts. >> aye. >>> mr

mrs. feinstein. mrs. fisher. >> aye. >> [yelling] >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. >> mr. flake? >> aye. >> mr. gardner. >> aye. >> mrs. gilibrand. mr. graham. >> aye. >> mr. grassley. >> aye. >> ms. harris. >> no. >> ms. house in. > housein.>> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. hatch. [ indiscernible ] >> mr. heinrich. ms. heitkamp. mr. heller. ms. hirono. >> no. >> mr. hoovin. >> aye. >> mrs. hyde smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe. >> aye. >> mr. isakson. >> aye. >> mr. johnson. >> aye. >> mr. jones. >> no. >> mr. kaine. >> no. >> mr. kennedy. >> aye. >> mr. king. >> no. >> ms. klobuchar. >> no. >> mr. kyl. [ indiscernible ] >> mr. langford. >> aye. >> mr. leahy. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. lee. >> aye. >> mr. manchin. >> aye. >> shame, shame, shame! >> the clerk will suspend. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. >> [yelling] >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. >> [yelling] >> clerk may

mrs. feinstein. >> no. >> mrs. fisher. >> aye. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. >> mr. flake. >> aye. >> mr. gardener. >> aye. >> mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. >> aye. >> mr. grassley. >> aye. >> miss harris. >> no. >> miss hassan. >> hassan votes no. >> mr. hatch. >> aye. >> mr. heinrich. miss heitkamp. mr. heller. miss hirono. >> no. >> mr. hoeven. >> aye. >> mrs. hyde-smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe. >> aye. >> mr. isaac con. >> aye. >> mr. johnson. >> aye. >> plaintiff jones. >> no. >> mr. kain. >> no. >> mr. kennedy. >>. >> aye. >> mr. king. >> no. >> miss klobuchar >> no. >> mr. kyle. >> aye. >> mr. langford. >> aye. mr. leahy. >> no. >> mr. lee. >> aye. mr. manchin. >> aye. >> aye. shac >> shame, shame -- >> clerk will suspend. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. [ protesters screaming ] >> clerk may continue. >> mr. markey. mr. mccon on he winelconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. nelson. mr. paul. mr. perdue. mr. peters. mr. por

mr. chairman: senator feinstein and senator cornyn will be added. senator cruz also. senator graham -- wait a minute. cruz,e got hatch, graham, and cornyn, and feinstein, and tell us t -- tillis. and cornyn, andok. senator harris? you havearris: as noted, lynching is a dark and despicable part of our country. these were acts of violence, needless and horrendous acts of violence, but elated by racism, and we must acknowledge that, lest we repeated trade between the end of reconstruction in 1877 and as recently as 1950, the equal justice initiative has documented 4084 racial terra lynchings and 12 southern states in -- terror lynchings and 12 southern states in our country. there have been 200 attempts as you have mentioned to get congress to pass federal anti-pinching legislation and every one of them failed. we are long overdue. the justice for victims of the,ing act with them in united states code to specify mainstream attempts to lynch are all federal crimes. i want to thank you, mr. chairman, senator feinstein, senator booker, and senator scott for your support. i

mrs. feinstein? >> no. >> mrs. fischer? >> aye. >> mr. flake? >> eye. >> mr. gardner? >> aye. >> mrs. >> mr. graham. >> aye. >> mr. grassley? >> aye. >> ms. harris? >> no. >> ms. hassen? mr. hatch? >> aye. >> mr. heinrich? >> no. >> ms. heitkamp? mr. heller? aye. >> miss hirono? [inaudible] >> mr. hoeven? >> aye. >> mrs. high smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe? >> aye. >> mr. isaacson? >> aye. >> mr. johnson? [inaudible] >> mr. jones? [inaudible] >> mr. cane? >>> mr. kennedy? >> aye. >> mr. king? >> [inaudible] awed. >> miss klobuchar? >> no. >> mr. kyl? >> aye. >> mr. lankford? >> aye. >> mr. leahy? >> mr. lee? >> mr. manchin? >> mr. markky? >> no. >> mrs. mccaskill? >> mr. mcconnell? >> mr. menendez? >> mr. merkley? >> no. >> mr. moran? >> miss murkowski? >> mr. murphy? >> mrs. murray? >> mr. nelson? >> mr. paul? >> aye. >> mr. purdue? >> aye. >> mr. peters? >> no. >> mr. portman? >> aye. >> mr. reed? >> mr. risch? >> aye. >> mr. roberts? >> aye. >> mr. rounds? >> aye. >> mr. rubio? >> aye. >> mr. sanders? >> mr. salve. >> aye. >> mr. schatz. >> no. >> mr. schumer? >> mr. scott? >> aye. >

mrs feinstein. mrs fisher. mr flake. mr gardiner. mrs fisher. mr flake. mr gardiner.ighsmith. mr imhoff. mr isaacson. mrjohnson. mrjones. mr kane. mr kennedy. mr king. mr kyle. mr linford. mr lee. mrs mccaskill. mr linford. mr lee. mrs mccaskill. mr mcconnell. mr menendez. mr moran. miss matkowski. mr murphy. mrs murphy. mr nelson. mr paul. mr perdue. mr peters. mr portman. mr bede. mr roberts. aye mr rubio. mr sanders. mr schumer. mrschumer. mr mr schumer. mr scott. mrs shaheen. mr schumer. mr scott. mrs shaheen. mr shelby. miss smith. mr sullivan. mr sullivan. mr tester mr tillis. aye. mr tillis. aye. mrto me. aye. mrvan holland. mrvan holland. mr warner. mr warner. mrwarren. mr mr warner. mr warren. mr whitehouse. mr warren. mr whitehouse. mr wicker. mr wicker. mr wyden. mr wyden. mryoung. mr wyden. mr young. aye. senators voting in the affirmative. alexander, barrasso, one. bozeman, burke, 0, cassidy, collins, caulker, cornering, cotton, cruise, danes, parents, fisher, flake, gardener, graham, grassley, hatch, hello, hoven, height smith, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, l

mr. insy. >> aye. >> ms. burnes. >> aye. >> ms. feinstein. ms. fisher. >> aye. >> mr. flake. >> aye. >> mr. gardner. >> aye. >> ms. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. >> aye. >> ms. harris. >> no. >> ms. hassan. mr. hatch. mr. hinrich. >> no. >> ms. heitkamp. mr. heller. >> aye. >> ms. hirono. r. hoeven. ms. height smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe. mr. isakson. mr. johnson. mr. jones. mr. kaine. mr. kennedy. >> aye. >> mr. king. ms. klobuchar. >> no. >> mr. kyl. >> aye. >> mr. lankford. >> aye. >> mr. leahy. mr. lee. mr. manchin. mr. markey. ms. mccaskill. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. >> no. >> mr. moran. ms. murkowski. r. murphy. ms. murray. mr. nelson. r. paul. mr. perdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. > mr. portman. mr. reid. mr. rich -- mr. reisch. mr. roberts. mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. shotts. mr. schumer. mr. scott. >> aye. >> ms. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udall. r. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. >>

mr. chairman, ranking member feinstein, members of the committee, thank you for allowing me to make my statement. i wrote it myself yesterday afternoon and evening. no one has seen a draft or it except for one of my former law clerks. this is my statement. this whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fuelled with apparent pent-up anger about president trump and the 2016 election, fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record, revenge on behalf of the clintons and millions of dollars in money from outside left wing opposition groups. this is a circus. and as we all know in the united states political system of the early 2000s, what goes around comes around. >> well, you know, mika, that is -- those are -- it doesn't matter where you stand, whether you're conservative or liberal, whether you support the judge or don't support the judge, it's so problematic. to think about somebody like that sitting on the supreme court where there is never going to be a decision that he makes that isn't tainted by partisanship. and, yes, federal judges can be partis

mr daines mr donnelly this doc worth mr durban mr and see this is aren't this is feinstein this is fisher the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery and you mr blake mr gardner. mrs jill abram mr graham mr grassley. miss harris his house and mr hatch mr heinrich miss heitkamp mr heller miss hirono. mr hove and mrs hyde smith. mr in hoff mr isaacs and mr johnson. mr jones mr kane mr kennedy mr king miss clode which are mr carlyle mr langford. mr leahy mr lee mr mansion. clerk will suspend the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant in arms will restore order in the gallery. arjen it arms will restore order in the gallery. clerk may continue mr markey we've been watching live pictures here from the u.s. senate this as a final vote is about to take place on the confirmation of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and of course it started with a roll call vote on cavanagh's nomination to the supreme court vote itself set to take place very shortly what you want of this alongside us political analyst bill schneider and bill we've been watching these remark

mr. manchin, aye. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett, booker, brown, cantwell, carden, casey, coons, duckworth, cortez masto, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, hinrich, kaine, klobuchar, leahy, markey, murkley, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, schatz, smith, stabenow, tester, u doll, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. mr. sanders, no. mr. lee, aye. ms. hassan, no. >> mr. jones. no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. schumer, no. mr. donnelly, no. ms. heitkamp, no. mrs. mccaskill, no. mr. menendez, no. >> mr. reed, no. mr. king, no. mr. van hollen, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. blumenthal, no. >> mrs. shaheen, no. >> we're waiting for the official announcement from the senate floor. it looks like this procedural vote, a very critically important procedural vote, will pass narrowly, will pass. susan collins, the republican senator from maine, votes yes. jeff flake, the republican senator from arizona, votes yes to allow this confirmation process to move forward for judge kavanaugh. joe manchin, the democratic senator from west virginia, votes yes. lisa murkowski, the republican senator from alaska, votes no. there are 51 republicans, 49 democrats,

feinstein recommended for dr. ford and mr.rs have not distinguished himself by their conduct and the appropriate form for them to be reviewed is through the bar association, through the ethics committee. they have disciplinary authority and they can discipline or potentially disbarred people. >> dana: one last question from juan williams. >> juan: senator cornyn, you are a dignified guy. i like you a lot. you are on a brawl here on "the five." let's start the brawl. >> dana: we only have a minute. >> juan: politicization of the supreme court, i would hope it would concern you. but you refused to look at merrick garland. he said he wouldn't consider it. now you are in a situation where democrats are so upset over this process that's produced judge kavanaugh, i worry that the court itself is going to, like so many american institutions, absolutely go down in the trust factor among americans. >> juan, since the bork hearings, those wars have escalated with the nuclear option by harry reid to pack the d.c. circuit court. unfortuna

mr. kavanaugh, but for dr. ford as well. why didn't dianne feinstein release this information to be treated seriously? they leak her name when she didn't want it leaked. why did they force her into the circus when she could have been questioned privately? the most outrageous accusations, multiple episodes of gang rain said millions of americans would die. i think most americans shook their head and know many conservatives did. it stirred up a lot of emotion and anger. the president is calling the claims by blasey ford and her supporters and saying it's a hoax perpetrated by the democrats. our new poll shows his approval rating among women nationwide is just 34% compared to 52% among men. how do republicans combat what clearly seems to be a major gender gap? >> yeah, i think we do it by trying to be fair about this and saying as most of us have said, all of us have said that i'm aware of. if someone has an accusation, they need to be treated fairly and listened to and given the support and the legal structure so those accusations are taken seriously and investigated. at the same time you can still prot

mr. smith: good morning. it is a blessing and honor to be here. i want to thank chairman grassley and ranking member feinstein. i want to thank you, senator kennedy for presiding as well is senator hatch and the other members. i want to thank president trump for having the faith and confidence in my abilities to serve as united states district judge. i want to thank the department of justice and their staff. i want to thank the 36 members of the bipartisan nominating commission that vented my -- my qualifications. i want to thank our two senators for their support. i would like to would like to knowledge family members and friends who traveled to our nations capital to support my nomination. starting with my wife, dr. smith. she is a speech and language pathologist. she is a wonderful mother and god has blessed us with two children. morgan, 12 years old and in the seventh grade. old andson, seven years in the second grade. both are honor students, and i know that because i check their grades. i want to say congratulations to the both of them. ifaid i would be very busy i'm confirmed. i want to thank their sch

feinstein and asking her, you let dr. ford be a victim. you are the problem. mr. kavanaugh, you know, i trust in my senators a great deal and senator tim scott tweeted out this afternoon, you know, that he reviewed the documents carefully and there was nothing to corroborate the evidence. so let's just move forward. it is sad to see what the democrats are willing to do to hold on to power. lou: do you think the republican party has given judge kavanaugh sufficient support? i have to say, mcconnell has been exemplary in standing up and expressing himself. but i personally believe, and i'd like to know what you think, the republican establishment has been very demure rather than vocal and aggressive in responding to the smear am pai campaigns of the left. >> what we need are strong ledge legislators. lou: i'm asking you the question. what's the answer? >> i think we could have done more. lou: i'm sorry? >> i think we could have done more. we elect people into office to stand their ground and to have the -- to hold the process. innocent until proven guilty. but you k

mr. manchin aye. senators voting in the negative baldwin, bennett, booker, brown, can't well, cardin, casey, coons, duckworth, durbin, feinstein, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, schatz, smith, establish gnaw, tester, warren, white house, wyden. mr. sanders no. mr. lee aye. ms. hasen, no. mr. jones. no. >> bill: collins is a yes, flake is a yes. democratic senator from west virginia, joe manchin is a yes. lisa murcowski republican from alaska is a no. if that holds, the cloture motion will pass and we will begin a 30-hour period where we will move ultimately to a debate likely around 4:00 or 5:00 saturday afternoon. back on the senate floor. >> miss heitkamp, no. mrs. mccaskill. no. mr. menendez, no. mr. reed, no. mr. king, no. mr. van holland, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. blumenthal, no. mrs. shaheen, no. >> bill: as we await the final tally we do know what the critical votes now that they have been cast and for the moment brett kavanaugh's nomination lives. >> sandra: keep in mind senators do sometimes,, they sometimes vote to bring the debate to a close which has been a indication from susan collins. she has announced she has vot

senator grassley claims that senator dianne feinstein gave the green light, and that now democrats are just opposing the hearings to stall the process. either way, mrassley, federal judgeships need to be properly vetted. they need to be properly vetted through bipartisan efforts because they are lifetime appointments with tremendous influence on american life and lives. you derided the so-called, quote, erosion of our checks and balances when president obama was in the white house and warned that, quote, once the wall separating the powers allotted to each branch of government are eroded, they will not easily be rebuilt, end of quote. but again, y'alls is the party attempt to go build walls. how's that going? while the rest of the nation may be focused on the president's meeting with kanye or a melania trump look alike in music videos. i want to see i see what's going on, and i got cha. ♪ (woman) one year ago today mom started searching for her words. and my brother ray and i started searching for answers. (vo) when it's time to navigate in-home care, follow that bright star. because brightstar care earns the same accreditation as the best hospital

mr. speaker rate analysis tonight, right on the money, thanks for being with us. when we come back, this shouldn't surprise you. dianne feinsteins to reopen the sexual misconduct allegation, the brett kavanaugh if democrats win back the senate in 20 days. lindsey graham, who was also spat on, he will weigh in. laura ingraham coming up, a lot more news to get to, stay with us. ♪ this place isn't for me. that last place was pretty nice. i don't like this whole thing. i think we can do better. change is hard. try to keep an open mind. come on, dad. this is for me, son? principal. we can help you plan for that. traffic and roads... a mess, honestlyrents going up,le. friends and family moving out of state, millions of californians live near or below the poverty line. politicians like gavin newsom talk about change, but they've done nothing. sky-high gas and food prices. homelessness. gavin newsom, it happened on your watch. so, yeah. it is time for a change. time for someone new. >> sean: another investigation? there was no cooperation in the first one. none. >> it's not funny, but in a way it is. apparently one kick of the meal was

feinstein. what he didn't do was answer the question, so our katelyn collins tried again. >> you didn't answer my question, mr. president. so if he did lie about his drinking -- >> i don't think he did. >> still didn't answer the question. now many people who knew brett kavanaugh publicly indicating he did just that. it is after all a possibility if you're blackout drunk you can't remember all or part of what you did, that's the significance of it. senator amy globe char tried to get at that at last week's hearing. >> you're saying there's never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> you're asking, yes, about blackout. i don't know. have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? so to you that's not happened, is that your answer? >> yeah, and i'm curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem, judge. >> nor do i. >> the defensiveness and the disrespect, and not the issue, although kavanaugh came back after a break and apologized for that, the issue of course is potential lying. if he lied under oath before the senate jud

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statements from two of our members kamala harris and dianne feinstein both of california be included in the record. >> without object. >> thank you, mr. chairman. their views and i agree with them are that a reorganization of the ninth circuit is very questionable, if any value it would prompt inefficiencies and obstacles that are unnecessary, disruptive and massively expensive. the record from this summer's hearing makes it clear, and i believe that this hearing will, if anything, just affirm that view and i want to welcome our witnesses today and judge sydney thomas, the chief judge of the 9th circuit who is in the audience who will steadfastly defend this circuit. we are honored to have you. i will keep my remarks short, but i do want to add how deeply troubled i am. i think that's putting it mildly by the stance and approach of our chairman in effect cutting short and depriving our access to documents that are absolutely essential for us to fairly assess the record and qualifications of judge kavanaugh to be on the united states supreme court. in effect, he has chosen to keep from us cokey records from the kavanaugh administratio

feinstein, was always there. but my fears of the consequence of speaking out started to exponentially increase. during august 2018, the press reported that mr. kavanaugh's confirmation was virtually certain. i believed that if i came forward, my single voice would be drowned out by a chorus of powerful supporters. >> i believed if i came forward, my voice would be drowned out by a chorus of powerful supporters. but despite that fear, she did, of course, come forward. even though she knew what would happen as a result. we know that she saw it coming. she knew that this, in fact, would be the result. >> they just about destroyed a good person to be on the supreme court. hopefully we're 48 hours away from having a new person on the supreme court. >> i believe that we should and we did treat dr. ford the same way i would want my daughters or my wife or my mother treated under similar circumstances. so now is the time to quit all of these antics, these high jinx. >> this is a man of outstanding character who has lived an exemplary life. >> we need to confirm him right away. i think he's one of the best nominees i've seen in my 42 years in the un

values senator dianne feinstein >>> with allegations that the president's rhetoric about invaders coming into the country played a role in the horrific events here in pittsburgh, mr. trump is certainly not apologizing or backing off. considering that president just announced he's immediately sending thousands of troops to the border to allegedly stop a group of migrants, the president calls it an invasion we're hundreds miles away from the united states. some of the troops are expected to arrive a day before people go to the polls. let me repeat, this main group of migrants who the troops are apparently to stop are walking on foot and are nearly 1,000 miles away from the u.s. border. consider now one week from the mid terms, he apparently thinks you also should be afraid of baby who's are born here and become citizens saying he can end birthright citizenship, the 14th amendment, with an executive order. which is not true. in an interview on axios, the president said, "we're the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby and the baby is essentially a citizen." that also is not true. dozens of countries have the same situation but you don't ha

feinstein and schumer talking about brett kavanaugh's nomination. >> he would be a deciding vote on the most important issues affecting our country. and every american for generations to come. mrsident, based on all the factors we have before us, i do not believe judge kavanaugh has earned this seat. >> i asked my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. why judge kavanaugh? there is no dictate that you have to march blindly forward with a nominee when there are others available. there are many judges who i'm sure conservatives would be happy to have on the court. >> so back with the panel. let's talk raw politics because we are so close to election day and so many of these key decision makers are on the ballot in really red states where the president won by more than double-digits. three in particular. heidi heitkamp, north dakota who decided to vote no. joe donnelly voted no. joe manchin on the procedural measure voted yes. we will see if he continues that way. all signs point to yes and that that will continue, but in terms of the politics of how this plays out in the senate. the house is a different story, but in the senate, it's very, very fascinating. i want to pull up

mr. miller, you may proceed. youood morning, and thank for chairing this hearing. it's an honor to appear before you. i like to thank the president for this nomination, chairman grassley and ranking member feinstein for scheduling the hearing and senators murray and my home who represent state of washington. i am pleased to have many family members and friends and current and former colleagues. i will introduce just a few, .tarting with my wife teal we met at the chicago law school and we have been married for 15 years. i consider my marriage to be the great blessing of my life and i cannot adequately describe how grateful i am to her. she is a fourth-generation washingtonian, a practiced attorney who devoted her career to public service. she's an assistant to the united states attorney in the western district of washington. she is also the mother of my two children. they are kindhearted and thoughtful people who love to learn, to laugh, to ask why, and why not. one love skiing and building things, greta can always be found with a book, and she says she likes everything about our family backpacking trips except for the hiking. i should add the both of my children have made clear to me that in the

mr. smith? >> good morning. it is a blessing and an honor to be here. i want to thank chairman grassley and ranking member feinstein for holding this hearing to consider my nomination. i want to thank you, senator kennedy, for presiding over this hearing as well as senator hatch and the other members of this committee. i want to thank president trump for having the faith can confidence in my ability to serve as southern district judge for the district florida, and i want to thank the white house counsel, and i want to thank the florida settled judicial nominating commission that netted the application and qualification. i want to thank senator nelson and senator rubio for their support. at this time i would like to introduce or acknowledge, family members and friends that travel to our nation's capital on support my nomination beginning with my beautiful, loving and intelligent wife of 15 years dr. tangela smith. she's a learning pathologist for the public schools and she's a wonderful mother that blessed us with two amazing, talented and very smart children. bee have our daughter morgan. she's 12 years old in the

eschoo's office and senator feinstein's office was always there, but the my fears of the consequences of speaking out started to increase. during august 2018, the press reported that mr. kavanaugh's confirmation was virtually certain. his allies painted him as a champion of women's rights and empowerment. i believed if i came forward my voice would be drowned out by a chorus of powerful supporters. by the time the confirmation hearings, i had resigned myself to remaining quiet and letting the committee and the senate make their decision without knowing what mr. kavanaugh had done to me. at the same time my greatest fears have been realized and the reality has been far worse than i expected. apart from the assault itself, these last couple of weeks have been the hardest of my life. i had to relive my trauma in front of the entire world and seen my life picked apart by people on television, in the media and in this body who have never met or spoken with me. i have been accused of acting out of partisan political motives. those who say that do not know me. i'm a fiercely independent person and i am no one's pawn. my motivation in coming forward was to provide the facts

mr. coxe. he will be getting my vote because the california libels -- liberals electing gavin newsom, it is like, we cannot vote that way. what do you think of dianne feinstein? caller: she was good at a time but the time is up. the time is up. cavanaughion with mr. , that, to me, caused a lot of civil discord for her to hold back like that. me being african-american and when i say i do vote republican and i do vote democrat but i am not >> that with the democrat -- i am not lockstep with the democrat. even with president trump, president trump is the president and everything he does is not wrong. president trump is correct in some of the issues and policies he has been doing with. he is doing a good job in some instances. host: enqueue for calling. lots of other folks to get in this segment. if you have made up your mind yet, where are you leaning and what important issues out there this cycle for you. we had a gentleman talk about the propositions in california. we want to hear about the issues involved. financial times has this piece this morning about u.s. politics, the battle for congress. black voters hold the key. m credit -- democratic midterm ex fac

mr. president, madam president, based on all the factors we have before us, i do not believe judge kavanaugh has earned this seat. thank you. >> i'm hallie jackson in washington, you've been listening to dianne feinstein as all of this goes down this morning for one of the most controversial supreme court nominees in history. we expert to hear from chuck schumer momentarily and then mitch mcconnell as protests erupt on capitol hill and across d.c. buckle up, our a-list team is here for what is expected to be a jam packed hour of news. we're 30 minutes from that vote. i want to bring in chuck todd who is joining me here. chuck n th chuck, in this moment, we will hear from chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell, and then the vote goes down. what happens? >> the quartet. we're trying to figure it out. lisa murkowski, susan collins, jeff flake, joe manchin. based on my own reporting, i think lisa murkowski feels least likely to vote for judge kavanaugh. if you recall, there's the native alaskan issue. it feels like manchin and collins will go together. the one i have a doubt about is jeff flake. i think he's -- i think -- i'm less -- i'm more convinced he votes yes today, but i wouldn't assume a yes today for him

diane feinstein and democrats doing the same thing with republicans, we're better than that as a country and we need to do better in bringing the country together in the future. >> the rebuttal is mr. hill's, one minute. >> i would just add that i worked on the white house staff in the confirmation hearings for justice thomas and it was a horrific period of time, those many years ago. and i watched the u.s. senator turn their back on a good friend of mine, one of my -- one of my closest friends, john tower, when he was in confirmation hearings in 1989 to be secretary of defense. this policy of blocking nominees through sneak attacks or through innuendo or unsubstan shated claims is a bad part of washington life. i oppose it. i think we ought to step beyond that and make sure that we debate. judges or cabinet secretaries on their merits and not go off on innuendo or rumor. and so i've seen too much of that kind of destruction over my career and i share representative tucker's rejection of that kind of behavior. >> next question first to to the mr. swafford. >> what should be done about immigrants brought to america illegally as children? >> thank you for the question because this i

. >> durbin, feinstein, harris, heinrick, kaine, leyhi, murkowski, murphy, murry, nelson, peters, shots, smith, tester, udall. >> so lisa murkowski a no as you just heard there. >> mrs, no. mr. lee, aye. ms. hasson, no. >> let me bring in casey hunt right now. casey, explain where we are now. >> of course. just to reset here, we now know where our four undecided senators are on this procedural motion to move forward. senator collins voting yes. senator flake voting yes. senator manchin voting yes. senator murkowski voting no. so again that means that this vote will likely be cleared and our policy here at nbc news is not to report the outcome of a vote until after it's been closed. so just to give our viewers that caveat, but right now it does look like it is on track for this to continue forward. so justice brett kavanaugh's -- excuse me, judge brett kavanaugh's nomination does not look like it will be stopped here this morning. instead the drama will shift to this potential final vote. susan collins scheduled to announce how she is going to vote at 3:00 this afternoon. so there has been something of a -- and i have been texting with my sources about this in the l