christine ford's letter accusing kavanaugh of sexual harassment. now, they could have gotten it sooner. the democrats had it but they didn't bring it forward. why the they'd say they were respecting the anonymity of ford. but then who leaked? the justice department says they respond by forwarding the letter to the white house counsel's office. it seems then the buck stops with the president. only he can reopen the background investigation and get it on a roll here. just as bush did with anita hill. today we hear the president's former lawyer has been meeting with mueller a lot. two big stories, one perfect guest. michael mukasey. thank you for being here as always. >> thanks for having me. >> there are two points i want to hit on. the first one is if you sponsor kavanaugh, if you want kavanaugh to make it through, why wouldn't you err on the side of showing