>>> ♪ i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia.s this going to be trump's long rumored saturday night massacre? the new york times says rod rosenstein discussed invoke thing 25th amendment. if true, president trump has reason to fire rosenstein and if sessions won't do it, could clear the path to firing robert mueller. and the conformation battle over brett kavanaugh at a fever pitch with a deadline today about whether his accuser will testify before the judiciary committee. his friend tweeted an alternate theory accusing an innocent look alike before deleting and apologizing. as joe biden considers whether to run for president in 2020. might he have an anita hill problem for his role in the clarence thomas hearings? and could there be a worst week for his sentencing for sexual assault? what will the #me too factor be? what are we to make of the times story friday claiming deputy attorney general rod rosenstein discussed the possibility of invoke thing twoivth amendment and suggested wearing a wire during his dealings with the pres

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go to smerconish answer what impact will the new fbi sfregz? or twill voono impact joining me now, fuentas and gal yawno. james, what now takes place and who carries out this probe? >> 28 years gou go i became a poelgs special oins ajt. and irn this instance and? fbi is a seat note. what are they going to do. a background check of judge kavanaugh. when they pras these for -- this is a special inkwry. so there's going to be head quarters and oversight. frors they're going to look into nine different things. character, asiegeiations, reputation, loyalty, ability, finances, potential biases, alcohol and drug use. they normally only go oas far back as their 18th birthday. judge kavanaugh was 17 when the allegations took place. >> so much of the focus seems to be on judge kavanaugh and fact checking his testimony. does dr. ford also run some riskz in this process? >> she has bp because her credibility is essential. she can't recall where this took place or who was there or can't quite place all the facts that's going to be a major difficulty for her

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person who has no regrets over the iraq invasion so that's definitely something to think about smerconish live from washington d.c. this hour thank you very much. moving air attention to iraq where a spree of us lawmakers state kidnappings and attacks have targeted security forces on civilians despite losing territory the militants are still active in many parts of the country turning to grow to let or for we heard from the relatives of some who lost their lives in the ongoing violence. fuel says have lost for good so far so controlled areas. of. the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to one hundred percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in iraq we have just absolutely decimated i suspect just absolutely obliterated isis in iraq. yeah that one hundred i don't have one but the checkpoint and the six haven't militants or did they manage to get out of the car before but this terrorist didn't ask why data cards or anything that opened fire on them straightaway that i'm and my son and husband her lying on the ground why not do it the motorist told us they w

. >>> ♪ i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia.e trump's long rumored saturday night massacre? the new york times says rod rosenstein discussed invoke thing 25th amendment. if true, president trump has reason to fire rosenstein and if sessions won't do it, could clear the path to firing robert mueller. and the conformation battle over

. >>> i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. the vote delayed because of a fbi probe.few key swing votes that will make all the difference. but what will we learn from an fbi probe? and could brett kavanaugh's calendar end up c

you are carrying trump's water also, michael smerconish. carrying his water, yet out to do him in. thank you for watching. see you next week. >>> good morning, everyone. it is saturday, september 22nd. i am diane gallagher in for christi paul. >> i am victor blackwell. you're in the cnn news room. following two huge political stories this hour. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is on the defensive, denying he suggested wearing a wire to record conversations with president trump, or that he wanted to recruit cabinet members to remove him from office. >> meantime, the woman accusing the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault has until 2:30 today to decide if she will testify before the senate judiciary committee. >> that's coming up. >>> right now, we want to take you live to conway, south carolina where we are seeing flood waters rise. nick valencia is there. nick? >> reporter: good morning, victor, diane. we have been talking about this all week. residents have been expecting this to happen. now the water from waccamaw river that overflowed from north carolina