they're willing or even privately yet starting to assume any responsibility for any of this. it seems like the white house could have called for that fbi investigation the minute the first allegations were published in the "washington post." >> well, what's interesting here is you've seen the white house stance and, frankly, the stance of kavanaugh allies and conservative groups in general change between the first accusation then sort of the next bucket of accusations. after the first one, they were quite concerned. they still sort of publicly defended him but they really -- it felt potentially true to them. they weren't sure how this would play. they're still worried about public testimony from dr. ford. they were quite nervous and there was even private chatter of, look, if he doesn't make, i, we could push someone else flu who would be equally conservative. after the "new yorker" story came out and michael avenatti who toyed with running as president in 2020 as a democrat said he has a third accuser he's