highest court in our land. is he fit to be a jurist? that is our role. when it comes to dr. ford's allegations, and we fell short. we fell short. we did not do her justice. we did not do the american people justice. >> but republicans just hours away now from confirming their second supreme court justice under president trump. they are pushing back against these claims and what this confirmation fight will mean for midterms. >> we watched what was happening. they were trying to destroy this good man with all of these rumors and the rest of the stuff. we needed to have the vote to bring it to a conclusion. >> also new reaction from one of the lawyers representing christine blasey ford in an interview with msnbc last night. >> there was no effort to leak this letter and have this unfold