they could have done this in a private way to protect doctor ford. instead, for the people who claim to champion women, democrats have exploited doctor ford and this process. i think it's been totally disgraceful and i do think anyone has hit the nail on the head better than lindsey graham did in thursday's hearing. >>chris: so why did jeff flake go along with it? >> that's a question you have to ask jeff flake. we want this process to be completed and brett kavanaugh to be able to take the bench and be a supreme court justice without the cloud over his hea . if that allows us to do that, by all means, let's get this done. but the senate has to make a decision and a determination and they have to vote based on information they had. >>chris: here's what the president said after the hearing about christine blasey ford's appearance before the senate judiciary committee. >> i thought her testimony was very compelling. she looks like a very fine woman to me. very fine woman. certainly she was a very credible witness. she was very good in many