sen. mcconnell: that's a good question. we've encouraged our women senators to go on the committee, and i intended to do that again at the beginning of the next session. their particular priorities have not -- there's been no effort to avoid it. i've tried to encourage them to do it. obviously without success and we'd love to have one of women senators on judiciary, hopefully that will be the case next year. thanks a lot. >> that was the majority leader from earlier today after all of the republicans except for two voted for judge brett kavanaugh the two that didn't vote for him, one was senator lisa murkowski of alaska who who opposed the nomination voted president, and then steve danes who was in montana for his daughters wedding. this is what senator steve daines tweeted out earlier today. does this count? >> mr. deigns, aye, mr. deigns, aye, mr. donnelly. >> so senator danes there in montana at his daughters wedding. standing before the tv, and watching the vote take place. he voted yes. he wasn't there, senator lisa mu

sen. mcconnell: what reporter: what was your treatment like over there? pastor brunson: i think we will do that in the future. we will probably be doing some interviews. this is a time to thank the administration and people in government who supported us, and that is especially what we wanted to say, our gratefulness, say that we love this country. last night we arrived in germany on a plane president trump sent, and the ambassador to germany met us there at 1:30 in the morning. i couldn't believe it. he had an american flag to give us that had flown over berlin. and i took it and i kissed it. i love this country and we pray for this country. reporter: what do you owe the timing of pastor brunson's release, and is the possible murder of jamaal khashoggi a factor? president trump: the timing is a coincidence. i've heard people say that could be tricky. the timing, no. it's a total coincidence. it's interesting, a lot of things happening in a certain part of the world. you know that. you know what else is going on. there are probably things beyond that. but

sen. mcconnell: what we know for sure ithat the fbi report did not corroborate any of the allegations against judge kavanaugh. jon: the supplemental fbi report was demanded aer senator jeff flake was ambushed in a lift by two women protesters friday. >> you are telling me that my t assaulesn't matter@ ! jon: visibly shaken, he said more time was needed. then, he wobbled seems back on board now, saying, "we have seen no additional corroborating information." another republican, susan collins of maine, says, "it appears to be a very thorough investigation." the way the votes are stacking up, it looks like these women will be disappointed when the vote comes. it looks like threpublicans have the votes. donald trump will count this as a victory, but in this process there are very few winnena. as anti-kah protesters occupy senate buildings, maybe the biggest loser will be the prestige of the supreme court itself. hithe est court in the land where the most consequential decisions are made has been sullied by this partisan, ugly, scorched-earth battle. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. bye: for more,

sen. mcconnell: good afternoon, everyone. what we know for sure is the f.b.i. report did not corroborate any of the allegations against judge kavanaugh. and the second thing we know for sure is that there's no way anything we did would satisfy the democrats. they've always got a reason why the goal posts need to be moved further down the field. farther down the field. and nothing we could do would satisfy them. they're dug in. you've seen it from the beginning. and with that, i want to turn it over to chairman grassley and the members of the committee who i think have done a really outstanding job. sen. grassley: thank you, mr. leader. before i say a few words, so i won't have to announce each person after me in this order, it will be hatch, cornyn, lee, and tillis. please come forward and say whatever you want to say and then we'll take questions. this is three weeks longer than the average of the last three or four nominees to the supreme court. so don't tell me we haven't spent enough time. also, i feel very good about where this nomination is right now. i d

sen. mcconnell: the uncorroborated mud and the partisan noise and physical intimidation of members in the senate will not have the final saaround here. the senate will have the final say. nick: when the ve finally came, it passed by the narrowest of margins. >> yeas are 51, nos ar49. the motion is agreed to. nick: america has been transfixed by the allegations om christine blasey ford that brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her as a teenager, a claim he strenuously denied. judge kavanaugh: i'm innocent of this charg nick: tonight the key waveringn female republinator announced she would back his nomination in the final vote tomorrow. sen. collins: i do not believe that these charges can fairly event judge kavanaugh fr serving on the court. i will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh. nick: who would've thought back in july when donald trump first nominated him thathis suburban dad would be the focus of such a fight? but it ended with a majo victory for the white house. donald trump will get his man. e supreme court will have a more decisive conservative majority.ru this bl and ugly confirmatio

sen. mcconnell: thank you, kentucky. aren't we proud of president trump?nks tot add, president trump and a republican senate, 80 ford new federal judges already this congress. [applause] that is already a record, mr. president. wep sending them our way and will keep confirming them and change the court system forever. thank you. [applause] president trump: thank you. a true fighter for kentucky. he loves his state. and you know, we will be running together in 2020. that will be a lot of fun. thank you, mitch. on this election day, november 6, every american faces a simple choice. vote for democrat mob rule or vote for a republican party that stands proudly for law and order, fairness, freedom and justice. simple as that. [applause] if nancy pelosi [crowd booing] crying chuck schumer and the radical democrats take over congress, they will raise your taxes, they will immediately restore job-killing regulations, they will impose, believe it or not, socialism, take away your health care, your health care and your whole life will be unaffordable, shut down imme

sen. mitch mcconnell/senate majority leaderjudge kavanaugh's nomination is out of committee, we're consideringon the floor, and, mr. president, we'll be voting this week."one person who will play a major factor in that vote..... republican senator jeff flake, who triggered the latest investigation into kavanaugh. sen. jeff flake/r-arizona "decency shouldn't be that hard, but it apparently is. the politics of vengeance, that's easy. dehumanization requires very little talent." i'm john lorinc reporting. ( robin ) in the north bay...shoppers in corte madera might notice a slight increase in prices as a new sales tax is now in effect. it kicked in yesterday. corte madera voters approved the one-quarter percent tax hike in last june's election.... bringing the sales tax to 9 percent. the three-point-five million dollars it's expected to generate will go into the city's general fund. ( robin ) on the peninsula.... new affordable housing may be coming to san mateo county. tonight... the board of supervisors will be considering a resolution to approve close to 20-million dollars for new housing proje

sen. mitch mcconnell/senate majority leader > "the fact is that these allegations have not been corroborated" "no corroboration " "no corroboration " "nothing, absolutely nothing " "enough already. let's vote."the republican leadership scheduled a procecural vote on the kavanaugh for tomorrow, followed by a final vote saturday.among the three swing vote republicans, both jeff flake and susan collins indicated the report satisfied questions they had about kavanaugh's character.lisa murkowski hasn't commented.two red=state democrats are also considered swing votes.today north dakota's heidi heitkamp said she'll vote no.joe manchin of west virginia hasn't made a commitment. democrats who shuttled in and out of the secret room gave the report a thumbs down. "the most notable part of this report is what's not in it." "the whole thing is a sham!" "wholly unacceptable, ."

sen. mitch mcconnell/senate majority leader > "the fact is that these allegations have not been corroborated" "no corroboration " "no corroboration " "nothing, absolutely nothing " "enough already. let's vote."the republican leadership scheduled a procecural vote on the kavanaugh for tomorrow, followed by a final vote saturday.among the three swing vote republicans, both jeff flake and susan collins indicated the report satisfied questions they had about kavanaugh's character.lisa murkowski hasn't commented.two red=state democrats are also considered swing votes.today north dakota's heidi heitkamp said she'll vote no.joe manchin of west virginia hasn't made a commitment. democrats who shuttled in and out of the secret room gave the report a thumbs down. "the most notable part of this report is what's not in it." "the whole thing is a sham!" "wholly unacceptable, ."

sen. mitch mcconnell/senate majority leader > "the fact is that these allegations have not been corroboratedtor bob corker/(r) tennessee > "no corroboration " "no corroboration " "nothing, absolutely nothing " "enough already. let's vote."the republican leadership scheduled a procecural vote on the kavanaugh for tomorrow, followed by a final vote saturday.among the three swing vote republicans, both jeff flake and susan collins indicated the report satisfied questions they had about kavanaugh's character.lisa murkowski hasn't commented.two red=state democrats are also considered swing votes.today north dakota's heidi heitkamp said she'll vote no.joe manchin of west virginia hasn't made a commitment. democrats who shuttled in and out of the secret room gave the report a thumbs down. "the most notable part of this report is what's not in it." "the whole thing is a sham!" "wholly unacceptable, ." "it di

sen. mitch mcconnell/senate majority leader > "the fact is that these allegations have not been corroborated" "no corroboration " "no corroboration " "nothing, absolutely nothing " "enough already. let's vote."the republican leadership scheduled a procecural vote on the kavanaugh for tomorrow, followed by a final vote saturday.among the three swing vote republicans, both jeff flake and susan collins indicated the report satisfied questions they had about kavanaugh's character.lisa murkowski hasn't commented.two red=state democrats are also considered swing votes.today north dakota's heidi heitkamp said she'll vote no.joe manchin of west virginia hasn't made a commitment. democrats who shuttled in and out of the secret room gave the report a thumbs down."the most notable part of this report is what's not in it." "the whole thing is a sham!" "wholly unacceptable, ." "

mcconnell republican. i am a massachusetts republican that has worked with democrats and republicans. sen. warren: when was it exactly that you called out mitch mcconnell on this and said you were opposed? i think i am doing it now. sen. warren: you waited until tonight to do it? mcconnell is a one who has done it. mitch mcconnell, the republicans, have said over and over, the republicans have said that they want to pay for it now by cutting social security. i have forgotten when in the past did you call them out for that and say, absolutely not? we can't cut that. mr. diehl: i don't want to cut social security. i want to make sure we restore it. by making sure the economy continues up the pace a disaster. we have gdp at 4.1% going toward 5%. we have a stock market that is making sure our 401(k)s are shored up because the economy is doing well. may i please finish? you have already interrupted me once. you talk about the fact that massachusetts people are not benefiting from the tax cut. 80% of massachusetts residents are getting a tax cut, lower taxes federally because of the tax reform. t

sen. mitch mcconnell / -r- senate majority leader: the fbi report did not corroborate any of the allegations.it is the beginning of the end for the nomination, and potential confirmation, of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh.he's been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women including christine blasey ford, who alleges he pinned her down to a bed at a high school party in the early 80's and tried to forcibly remove her clothes. kavanaugh denies those claims and now republicans say the latest f.b.i. investigation did not corroborate any of the allegations.sen. chuck grassley / -r- iowa -- or -- chairman, senate judiciary committee: i think i've carried out what i promised immediately, that we were going to have a fair and thorough process.but democrats arguing, the investigation should've covered more, including interviews with both ford and kavanaugh.sen. dianne feinstein / -d- california -- or -- ranking member, senate judiciary committee: the most notable part of this report is what's not in it.sen. chuck schumer / -d- senate minority leader: why shouldn't all of america see the fac

sen. whitehouse: and i would not. >> there is no indication mitch mcconnell stays? >> bob: it depends on who's running against him it depends. >> would you support chuck schumer? >> sen. whitehouse: yes i think he's done a terrific job. >> mr. white house what letter grade would you give president donald trump for his job performance in office so far. >> sen. whitehouse: probably d for dangerous. >> bob: a minus for his policies and a c minus for his tweeting and his other personal characteristics. >> yes or no would you support term limits for members of the use senate. >> bob: absolutely, two terms and time is up for senator white house. >> sen. whitehouse: i would not, jack reed being the perfect example of why seniority can help all right ted. >> ted: during 2016 in your washington office i asked you about this issue, you told me "i am not objecting to that particular plant because it's a choke point issue. a nub of you constituents should say you should be objecting to the power plant how queue swire that. >> sen. whitehouse: i square it because the the power pl

kavanaugh, it could be that senator flake is going to vote for him, but leader mcconnell, will we be getting about this week? sen. coons: it will be procedural, there may be a cloture vote later. another piece of bipartisan legislation you have done with senator bob corker, it really does overhaul overseas financing in really engages the private sector. tell us about that. >> it's been great working on this with a broad group of cosponsors. ted from the freedom caucus, the far right roof within the house , aublicans, and adam smith democrat from washington. the trump administration has embraced and endorsed the bill. it takes our existing ,evelopment institutions doubling it in size, modernizing it, allowing it to take equity positions that partner with our allies in helping to fight poverty through development projects that are privately financed. it doesn't cost money, it actually returns money to the u.s. treasury. are in thef you private sector, how would they get involved? let's say i got a product in a developing country where the rule of law is not as predictable as it normally would be involved in, but i

sen. brown: i am not scaring people. mitch mcconnell is scaring people by saying he will a for the tax cuts by going after medicare and social security. his would be the leader of body, his party, doing that. forgets he renacci has been in congress for almost a decade. they kept voting to repeal the aca. goingt know what we are to replace it with. we are not doing anything to protect consumer protections and pre-existing conditions. they did nothing for 10 years on that and now they act interested because it is election time. moderator: thank you. have to stop you there. our next question comes from curtis fuller. regainingmigration is renewed attention because of the caravan from south america. president trump claims the caravan includes middle eastern or's and maybe financed by the democratic party. none of these claims appear to be supported by any specific information. what is your position on these and how does this discussion impact u.s. immigration policy moving forward? ,oderator: congressman renacci 90 seconds. rep. renacci: i

sen. brown: i am not scaring people. mitch mcconnell is scaring people by saying he will pay for the tax cuts by going after medicare and social security. those aren't my words. that would be the leader of his body, his party, doing that. congressman renacci forgets he has been in congress for almost a decade. he has been in the majority party the whole time. they kept voting to repeal the aca. they said repeal and replace. it was like repeal underline and replace question mark. i don't know what we are going to replace it with. we are not doing anything to protect consumer protections and pre-existing conditions. they did nothing for 10 years on that and now they act interested because it is election time. moderator: thank you. have to stop you there. our next question comes from ourtis fuller. >> let's talk about immigration. it is gaining renewed attention because of the my grant caravan from central america. president trump claims the caravan includes middle easterners and maybe financed by the democratic party. none of these claims

sen. donnelly: thank you very much. whatu look at this, happened is mitch mcconnell had a huge tax cut.e gave all the money to his richest friends. mike walked away with a will heelbarrow full of cash. it could been used to shore up for medicare.y or it increased the deficit by over $2 trillion. we couldn't afford mitch mcconnell's tax cuts for the wealthiest. went to the wealthiest for every one dollar that went to regular families. i will fight for regular families. i will protect social security and medicare. we do it by making sure we grow our gdp, that grows up to a point where it meets spending, which has kept very tight. when the tube meat, approximately 20% of gdp and 20% of gdp on revenues and expenses. that is where we had our last budget surplus. that is about the neighborhood it happens in. we can't have tax cuts that only help the wealthiest. thank you. moderator: mrs. brenton, you have 30 seconds to respond. mrs. brenton: yes. let's talk about how much federal debt there is out there. we're not talking about unfunded liabilities. economic slavery to everyone born and not y

mcconnell is promising a vote by this weekend on brett kavanaugh's supreme court nomination.(ken) as ryan o'donnell shows us, iing to his testimony as evidence he's unfit to sit on the high court. coons (d) delaware> i think he crossed the line in terms of the sharpness and the partisanship of itcritics zeroed in on brett kavanaugh's confrontational reply to sex abuse allegations "this whole two week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit."and his sworn denial of extreme drinking in the past, "i liked beer. i still like beer, but i did not drink beer to the point of blacking out." "brett has not told the truth"some former yale classmates are challenging his recollection. "he drank heavily. he was a sloppy drunk /// there's no problem drinking in college. the problem is lying about it." "i think he's not told the truth to this committee, repeatedly. how can it not concern anybody that cares about the institution of the supreme court. "opponents say kavanaugh has disqualified himself "if you are lying you should not be seated." president trump a