is having to experience, all could have been avoided. >>chris: before the hearing, president trump said his mind was open and that if he heard information that in fact brett kavanaugh had committed sexual assault, he was open to withdrawing his nomination. does he stand by that? if the fbi were to find something over the course of this week that contradicts cavanaugh's testimony, will he pull the nomination? >> i'm not going to get ahead of what the fbi may or may not find. i think we can look at the information we have at this point. judge kavanaugh is an incredible individual of great intellect, great temperament. i think you can't erase everything by what's happened over the last week. this is a person who's had peers and colleagues from the time he was a small kid until today come out and talk about who he is. the type of character he has.