Jeff flake met with democrats for hours and it worked. I think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week. In order to let the fbi continue to do an investigation, limited in time and scope. The clerk will call the roll. The Committee Vote was 11 to 10 along party lines with republicans just barely staying unified. It is my hope that we could Work Together on a bipartisan basis to diligently pursue an fbi investigation within the next week, not for the purpose of delay, but for the purpose of investigating further either allegations made by dr. Ford or others. It left Senior Republicans no choice but to hit the brakes. I feel like the supplemental background check can be done quickly and i feel comfortable were going to move forward and he will get confirmed. Democrats have been pushing for the fbi to take a closer look at the allegations against kavanaugh, but needed some republican support. This was kind of a surprise to all of us. Senator flake has expressed, including in his speech yesterday, his concern about the divide in this country that is being exacerbated by whats happening here. And, of course, we have been asking over and over again for followup. Kavanaughs High School Friend mark judge sent a sworn letter to the Judiciary Committees leadership this afternoon rejecting the allegations of sexual misconduct. But concluding, i will cooperate with any Law Enforcement agency that is assigned to confidentially investigate these allegations. Two democrats up for reelection in november announced they are no votes on kavanaugh. Jon tester of montana and joe donnelly of indiana. If flake stays a yes, then the kavanaugh nomination comes down to four undeclared senators. Republican Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski and democrats Heidi Heitkamp and joe manchin. A senior republican senator talked about whats been a brutal process. Cruelty. Recklessness, indecency toward the people we should be treating with respect. Democrats had complained earlier in the day about republicans rushing this nomination. Lets be clear about something. This is part of the plan about them ramming it down. You know, we have a democracy. There should not be tyranny by the juvenile court. Judge Brett Kavanaugh said a short time ago he has done everything to cooperate and he will continue to cooperate. Attorneys for Christine Blasey ford, his accuser are praising the fbi involvement but said there should be no artificial limits in terms of time and scope. Sources close to the confirmation process say a one week delay is not the end of the world if it gives political cover to moderate senators and ultimately gets them to yes. Bret . Bret all comes down to the votes. Mike emanuel live on the hill. Mike, thanks. We will head back for breaking news. President trump reacted within minutes of a call for a delay on a vote of judge kavanaugh. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts joins us live from the north lawn with what the president had to say today. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening to you. Ever sings the allegations against judge kavanaugh first surfaced, President Trump has resisted the idea of reopening the fbi Background Investigation into the judge. Even at the very beginning saying its not something that the fbi does. But when it was requested by the Judiciary Committee late today, the president s hands were pretty much tied. Within an hour of the request from the Judiciary Committee, a statement from President Trump. Ive ordered the fbi to conduct a supplemental investigation to update judge kavanaughs file. As the senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week. The president s statement was accompanied by one from judge kavanaugh, quote throughout this process, i have been interviewed by the fbi. Ive done a number of background calls directly with the senate and yesterday i answered questions under oath about every topic the senators and their counsel asked me. I have done everything they have requested and will continue to cooperate. The news of senator flakes request for an fbi investigation came just as President Trump was greeting the chilean president. In the oval office, mr. Trump said he would defer to the senate on how to proceed. Im going to let the senate handle that they will make their decisions and they have been doing a good job and very professional. At a press conference on wednesday, President Trump said an fbi inquiry into the allegations likely wouldnt change anything. I think when you really look at it all, its not going to change any of the democrats minds. They are obstructionists. If they would have come back with the most perfect we found everything and is he perfectly innocent of everything it wouldnt have made a difference you wouldnt have gotten one voted. With critical swing vote republicans and democrats supporting senator flaks call. The president was forced to ask the fbi to reopen the Background Investigation into judge kavanaugh. Just as president bush 41 did in 1991 when anita hill came forward with allegations against clarence thomas. President trump also weighed in today on the testimony yesterday from kavanaughs accuser Christine Blasey ford. I thought her testimony was very compelling. And she looks like a very fine woman to me. Very fine woman. I thought that that bretts testimony likewise was really something i havent seen before. The president has said on multiple occasions that he is okay with the delay in judge kavanaughs confirmation as long as it doesnt go past the mid terms as to whether he is looking at a possible replacement for jawrch, President Trump today said no. Not even a little bit. The white house began the day fairly confident that judge kavanaugh would be voted out of committee and straight to the senate floor im told by sources here at the white house thought president is pretty sanguine about the idea of reopening the fbi investigation. Still confident that ultimately judge kavanaugh will find himself seated on the Supreme Court. Bret . John roberts live on the north lawn. John, thanks. We are now looking live. There is chad pergram, our senior capitol hill producer, but we are looking live at the senate floor because we are expecting majority leader, Senate Jordan leademajority leader mith mcconnell with remarks about what has transpired with this delay the fbi investigation what the president has now ordered once senator mcconnell takes to the floor, we will bring that to you live. We turn now to our senior capitol hill producer chad pergram. Good evening, chad. Good evening. What does this do to the timing here in the tha senate. There is an old expression on capitol hill that nothing is decided until everything is decided. Any time you start to have another delay here that can open up a new can of worms. I mean debra katz the attorney for Christine Blasey ford indicated there should be no artificial stricters on this. So you dont know where this could go. If they find Something Else out. Its very unclear right now and it could bleed into next week or the week after that bret. So once whats the process once they get the nomination . It takes four solid days. First, you have to get onto the nomination itself. Thats two procedural votes. Then if you want to wrap up debate you have to start right away because you have to have a day in between before can you wrap up debate and break up the filibuster, opponents of the nomination get to burn 30 hours after until you get to a final confirmation vote. Lets say this start a week from today next friday that gets us well into the week after next. Thats a lot of time starts to push it closer and closer into the mid terms. Nobody knows where that goes. Does that help democrats or republicans . What else is revealed. That they have to stick to that timetable that was tee to get jeff flakes vote. Chad, it all comes down to numbers, right . It all comes down to the votes. Now, once have you flake say yoy he was not going to do it unless you have a fbi investigation. Its simply math. Math is paramount. Look at flake he is now a yes its contingent upon them playing out this process here. We dont know how long the fbi can get through the investigation. Susan collins ohio spoke to earlier is in play. Lisa murkowski from alaska is in play. I start to look on the democratic side of the aisle joe manchin of West Virginia signaled he was for this delay as did Heidi Heitkamp. They are both senators who are up in competitive states this fall. Both of them voted to confirm neil gorsuch lacy year thats why this could have big time impact on the mid terms. We dont know who it benefits. Bret chad pergram senior capitol hill producer up on the hill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell to make remarks about what has transpired today with the Brett Kavanaugh nomination and confirmation process once that happens, you will see had here live on fox news channel. Facebook is owning up to another Security Breach as it announces today that up to 50 million accounts were hacked. 50 million. Conkt Gillian Turner joins us live with that maybe you should be concerned about. Facebook announced a few hours ago an attack on its network has expose the information of nearly 50 million of their users, including names, jeopardy and hometowns. In a bombshell revelation the social Media Company admits the attack allowed hackers to take over real accounts and impersonate actual users for a period of time. In a call with reporters earlier this afternoon, Mark Zuckerberg said were taking it really seriously. We have a major security effort at the company that hardens all of our surfaces. Im glad we found this but it definitely is an issue that this happened in the first place facebook confirms its Engineering Team discovered the Security Breach tuesday afternoon. A favorable recommendation. Number two,. Bret take a listen. Shortly move to proceed to the kavanaugh nomination and im pleased to announce that all 51 republican members of the Senate Support the motion to proceed to the nomination. 100 percent of the republican conference supports proceeding to the kavanaugh nomination. Now, in committee, they reviewed the most pages of documents ever produced pertaining to any Supreme Court nomination. Literally hundreds of judicial opinions from his tenure on the court of appeals for the d. C. Circuit. And five days of hearings during which judge kavanaugh testified for nearly 40 hours. Judge kavanaugh testified on every topic from complicated legal subjects, to sensitive personal matters. And there was testimony and statements from countless personal friends, classmates, coworkers, former clerks, and other associates. So the picture that emerged from all of this is clear, judge kavanaugh is one of the most qualified and most impressive Supreme Court nominees in the history of our country. He has excelled at the highest level of legal scholarship, he holds two degrees from yale and for years has lectured at the harvard law school. He has issued more than 300 legal opinions from what is widely considered the Second Highest Court in the nation. Several have subsequently been cited in the Supreme Courts own majority opinions. Along the way he has build an outstanding reputation within the Legal Community for his clear, thoughtful writing, his exemplary fair minded judicial temperament. Judge kavanaughs qualifications have been affirmed by his peers and renowned legal scholars . Across the ideological spectrum. One democrat who advised him at yale said that judge kavanaugh, quote, demands wide and deep respect among scholars, lawyers, and jurists. And this praise has been echoed by hundreds of character witnesses who testified before the senate or written us letters to praise judge kavanaughs personal character and his integrity in the strongest terms. The committee has also thoroughly investigated the lastminute allegations that have been brought forward, the evidence that has been produced either fails, fails to corroborate these accusations, or, in fact, supports judge kavanaughs unequivocal denial. And in some cases, the accusers have been have even recanted their baseless allegations. All in all, this is a nominee who has received what many considered the Gold Standard of judicial qualification. A rating of unanimously wellqualified from the american bar association. So, this is a nomination that deserves to move forward. And that is precisely, mr. President , what is happening. I commend our colleagues on the committee for sending this impressive nominee here to the floor with favorable recommendation, now we will keep the process moving, the full senate will begin considering judge kavanaughs nomination today. Bret senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell saying they are moving forward which means it sets the clock and now they are moving this forward even though there was a call for an fbi investigation now you have a situation to wait to see what comes from all of this and the votes whether he has them or not for the up and down vote on judge kavanaugh on the senate floor. Again, this has been a long two days in this process. Longer for judge kavanaugh, who has been waiting throughout, but we are being told that they dont have the votes minus this investigation as of now. Well continue to follow this and bring you the latest. The dow closing up 18 points, the s p 500 off two tenths, the nasdaq was up four. For the week the dow was down a point. The s p was off a half point. The nasdaq was off three quarters of 5 . Today marks the three quarter of the year. All three indices grew 7 . The s p had the largest percentage gauge since 2013. Keep it here, special report with breaking news coming up as well as a look out to california drawing a line over his partys plan on Illegal Immigrants. Take us downtown, waze. Waze integration seamlessly connecting the world inside with the world outside. Making life a little easier. The new wellconnected 2019 lincoln mkc. Td ameritrade select securitiese 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. So i can trade all night long . All night long. Lets reopen the market. Trade 24 5, with td ameritrade. A peaceful night sleep without only imagine. Frequent heartburn waking him up. Now that dream is a reality. Nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for allday, allnight protection. Can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn . Bret new bill would make the individual and Small Business tax cuts permanent. Todays vote was 22 to 191. Mostly along party lines. Obviously some didnt vote. Its the second tax cut proposal that Republican Leaders have pushed in less than a year. The house is now out of session until after the midterm november mid terms. The senate not taking this up. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein is still on the job but not out of the hot seat following a New York Times article that claims rosenstein suggested recording President Trump and using the 25th amendment possibly to oust him. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge joins us live with whats the official next step here. Thanks, bret. Good evening. The president will not meet with the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein until next week and some House Republicans have say new support to bring rosenstein to hill for closed door testimony. Mark meadows chairman of the Freedom Caucus tweeted leadership has agreed to call rod rosen stein before congress for a closed door hearing so he can explain his alleged comments on wiring the president. Mr. Rosenstein fails to show up, we will subpoena him. The house Judiciary Committee also issued a subpoena for the mccabe memos drafted by former fbi Deputy Director andy mccabe. That document contains the allegations pardon me that rosenstein discussed secretly recording the president and invoking the it 5th amendment to remove him from office as the president fired then fbi director james comey. In a statement house Judiciary Committee chairman Bob Goodlatte said rosenstein agreed to meet with lawmakers to clarify the allegations. Its important to note that neither goodlatte nor Justice Department officials described the meeting as testimony. Or a transcribed interview under oath. Committee democrats say its about pressuring the man who overseas the Russia Special counsel case. Republicans want rosen stein to explain very serious allegations. Essentially we are wired to eavesdrop on the president to get evidence that he is mentally unstable for a 25th amendment claim. We need to know if thats real. I mean, because that would be basically a coup attempt. What is the intent here . Is it to try to intimidate Rod Rosenstein so he does things that the Trump Administration wants him to do . Is it to try and get him out . No official date is on the calendar but congressional sources told fox news today that they anticipate rosensteins capitol hill appearance in the next two weeks, bret. Bret quickly as this investigation of judge Brett Kavanaugh is starting it seems like its a tough spot because the fbi has been trying to get out of politics. Thats right for fbi director wray this has to be one of the worst Case Scenarios in the sense that it thrust the bureau right in the center of a very heated controversy and the politics of it and the director has been trying so hard to turn the page. And to really stick to the process and the procedures. He has said publicly and privately it was by failing to adhere to the rules that director comey got the fbi into such a tight spot. Bret some people i talked to say its not going it take that long. We will see. Catherine, thank you. Thank you. Bret californias governor breaxz with illegal immigration. Bring you there first here is what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. Fox 5 in new york details of a honda recall of nearly 1. 5 million cars to replace takata front passenger airbag inflaters. Part of the companys attempt to get ahead of the a government mandated schedule of recalls on the japanese need made airbags. Fox 59 in minneapolis with news that 38 million americans who suffer from my grains will want to hear this. The fda just approved a migraine treatment drug made by drug giant eli lily. The drug is a once monthlily selfadministered injection to prevent my grains and will bmigraines. This is a live s angeles fox 11. One of the big there travelers at Los Angeles International airport can bring small amounts of marijuana with. 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Bret marine corps fighter jet crashed today. The pilot ejected safely. An investigation is underway to find out what caused that crash. But officials tell fox news this marks the first f35 crash since first taking flight in the 1990s. Overseas now state Department Officials have ordered the evacuation of the u. S. Consulate in basra, iraq. That moves comes after secretary of state mike pompeo tweeted militias had launched rocket attacks against the u. S. Embassy in baghdad and the consulate in basra. The Trump Administration has been increasing pressure on iran ahead of powerful sanctions set to go into effect in november. Back here in the u. S. , californias democratic governor is drawing a line on Illegal Immigrants in the golden state. The governor vetoing two bills thursday put forth by members of his own party. Norpght william la jeunesse is live in los angeles with more on why governor is making this break, good evening, william. Well, bret, this was a bridge too far even for governor jerry brown who last year, of course, made california a sanctuary state. Yesterday he vetoed two bills giving Illegal Immigrants more rights. One would allow them to serve on state boards and commissions. Now, in vetoing the bill, brown said i believe existing law, which requires citizenship for these forms of Public Service is a better path. The bills sponsor disagreed saying californians should be judged on their experience and merit not legal status. Brown also vetoed a bill stopping ice from arresting criminal aliens inside courthouses saying i support the underlying intent of the measure but im concerned that it may have unintended consequences. A dozen cities did already rebel against browns sanctuary lay, which he defended earlier this year there is a lot of politics involved on all sides. I tried to carve a path down the middle to respect our immigrants and border and law. So big picture california remains immigrant friendly. It provides Illegal Immigrants drivers license, does not impound their cars when driving without insurance. If grant it does grant professional licenses to those who practice medicine, law, construction and more regardless of legal status. Illegal immigrants qualify for instate tuition and state funded medical care and the state also shields immigrants accused of many crimes from deportation and provides many with a state funded lawyer. So the bottom line, bret, Illegal Immigrants here may not have the right to vote, but they are not without political insurance. Or excuse me, political influence. Back to you. Bret all right, william, back to you. Up next the controversy over the kavanaugh vote. First beyond or borders tonight. Pope francis invoked his Supreme Authority to defrock the chilean priest at the center of the global sex abuse scandal that has rocked the catholic church. The 88yearold was originally sanctioned to a lifetime of penitence and prayer for having sexually abused minors. Victims criticized that as all expenses paid retirement. The vatican didnt say what new evidence prompted francis to reevaluate the original punishment. 900,000 tons of radioactive water stored in tanks from japans wrecked Fukushima Nuclear plant is still not clean enough to be released into the ocean. Tokyo electric Power Company officials have said treatment of that water could remove all radioactive elements except trid yum which experts say is safe in small amounts. The Company Plans to further treat the water to ensure safety. All 47 passengers and crew survived a plane crash in a pacific lagoon this morning. Passengers weighed through waist deep water nearby boats that came to the rescue from micronesia, the airline said the plane landed short of the runway there. Just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. Well be right back. 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I think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the fbi continue to do an investigation, limited in time and scope to the current allegations that are there. I think he showed courage and determination today in making it public that i will not moving ahead with a final vote on the floor unless there is a brief fbi investigation. Im going to let the senate handle that, they will make their decisions and they have been doing a good job. So sights and sounds from this delay an fbi investigation into judge kavanaugh part of the stipulations that arizona senator jeff flake made just moments ago, the Senate Majority leader taking to the floor. This is a nomination that deserves to move forward and that is precisely, mr. President , what is happening. I commend our colleagues on the committee for sending this impressive nominee here to the floor with favorable recommendation. Now we will keep the process moving, the full senate will begin considering judge kavanaughs nomination today. Bret so just interpreting there, they are starting the clock. And the the senate process, which is sometimes arcane starts and then when the fbi investigation is finished, they will be ready to vote on the floor. Lets bring in the panel bill bennett former education secretary, mollie helpingway Senior Editor at the federalist. Amy senior fellow at the manhattan institute. Okay, bill, thoughts on this day and what we have seen over the past day and a half. Steady, calm, statesman like president that we have come to know. Right . Very cool, everybody was waiting for him to abrupt like, he didnt. He may yet. Depending on how this thing turns out. Lindsey graham has become the chairman of the Department ExplainingPolitical Science to democrats and to the public. And he splantd t explained to te democrats today if you win elections you get to pick the nominees to the Supreme Court. Im sorry, guys we won this election. Another lesson today, which is that if you win the senate by only one or two votes, have you to be able to count and have to be willing to do things like this week. I dont think much damage will be done provided its limited. I cant imagine the will ask for an extension, yeah, right. I think its okay. I only feel badly for the judge. Another terrible week for him and there will be some craziness. Bret a. B. , it really is just numbers here. If they had two more senators who were ready to sign on, they wouldnt have to have this over a barrel situation. There is no doubt this is just the political reality has forced them into this corner to provide the fbi investigation and an additional week. That said, it is going to help the senate, its going to help the court, its going to help judge kavanaugh and its going to help the country if this concludes in a cleaner, more comprehensive way, a less divisive process. And i just think an fbi investigation could have been concluded by now if it were allowed 10 days ago. I think its the best way to swear him onto the bench of the Supreme Court if thats what the outcome is going to be. He needs this removed from him before his tenure there. Bret mollie . Yeah, i think that the real reason why people were asking for an fbi investigation was that they were just trying to delay the process. There is no problem with having an fbi investigation at this point. And there were many things that happened that are good for people who would like to see Brett Kavanaugh seated on the Supreme Court. It got out of committee today. That was huge. It got out of committee with jeff flake saying is he going to vote yes pending this return of this investigation. And the fbi investigation itself actually has fewer investigatory tools than the senate has. They are not able to compel testimony. We already know who all the players are they have already given statements. It should not take long it only took a couple days to investigate the anita hill situation. Only took a couple days to investigate Anthony Weiners laptop. Certainly not going to take more than a couple days to find out whats going on here. This public appetite for delay, delay, delay. I cant fly. Oh, we cant fly with this is gone. So, it just has to happen now. And when it comes back, i think we can move forward. Bret is there a conventional wisdom that any one of those democrats on the senate Judiciary Committee after an fbi if it comes back clearing his name is going to somehow vote for judge kavanaugh . I cant imagine. These are redundant investigations. Intended to delay the vote. Not to seek the truth as to what did or did not happen. Just to give you an idea of the bad faith that the democrats are arguing here, shortly after almost immediately after the republicans agreed to an fbi investigation, senator chris murphy of connecticut, a democrat senator, tweeted. This. He said of course there should be an fbi investigation but whatever they find doesnt change the fact that kavanaugh, especially after his performance yesterday is the most dangerous Supreme Court pick of our lifetime. Democrats have already come out and said a week . How can we get this done in a week . This is not about seeking the truth, bret. It is simply to ride out the clock here to run out the clock. Bret all right. So lets say in the election coming up how does this play . You have two senators who said they support this fbi investigation. Heidi heitkamp and joe manchin. Trump won north dakota by 35. 7 . West virginia by 42. 2 . They are looking, obviously, at races maybe more heitcamp than manchin, how does this play not only with this delay but also for women who do look at dr. Blasey ford who say i see someone who came up and told her story . Are you asking me about women . Bret yeah. I dont think we are allowed to comment anymore. Bret im going to ask you to, hold on. I think in the case of a woman, Heidi Heitkamp, i think if she looks at the numbers and is fair she will end up supporting, if nothing else comes out only thing that will come out is more craziness out of the woodwork, then she may well support him as will manchin. I think this is possible it could heal to some extent what a. B. Said. Also on the same time a part of the the democrats a reuse. What does one week get them . I dont know what one week gets them. They would have to extend it further, werent they. You are assuming thats their plan to push it past the mid terms. You cant take senator coons at his word . He asked for a week. I guess i cant. Women believe in due process they have husbands and sons and brothers. Bret listen to President Trump today on this testimony and on dr. Ford. I feel that her testimony was very compelling. And she looks like a very fine woman to me. Very fine woman. And i thought that thats testimonythat bretstestimony le something i hadnt seen before. It was incredible moment, i think, in the history of our country. But certainly she was a very credible witness. She was very good in many respects. I just want it to work out well for the country. If that happens, im happy. Bret mollie . Some people may find dr. Ford credible. Other people will not. Thats why in this country we go with what evidence is, not how you feel about someone but whether you have provided the evidence to destroy a mans life and to destroy his career and i just want to reiterate what jason said, which is women are not some monolithic block. We all have different ideas about things. Just because we are women doesnt mean we dont care about the constitution or due process or rule of law. We also just care very deeply as people who love men, who love our husbands and our fathers and our brothers and our sons. We dont want to see a country where you can have your life destroyed without having evidence to destroy someones life. Two separate credibility questions i think are being collapsed into one. Emotional credibility and factual credibility. Emotionally, they were both credible, seems to me they were both persuasive. I generally believe she believes what she is saying. I know Brett Kavanaugh believes what he is saying. In terms of factual credibility, the case is overwhelmingly strong for kavanaugh, and she has no evidence, factual credibility. Brett kavanaugh has passed a half dozen fbi background checks in the past quarter century. Bret without the allegations though. I get it, the allegations understanding the timing and process they werent a part of those six investigations. You know the way they work, you were asked i have been through dozens of them and you are asked is there anything in this persons background that ought to be brought to our attention, which suggests invitation with problem of character, reliability, dependability, violations of law. Bret there are two separate things here, one is the process the democrats had and how they held the ball and feinstein had the letter they could have started this process a long time ago. The other is the actual credibility of the incident in the early 1980s, those are two separate things. If i i have criticism of the process the way both parties have handled it and i think you can criticize the democrats if in a week ask for another extension. But they have, in good faith joined with jeff flake who has given them cover. Yes, he was. Given collins cover, murkowski cover, democrats in red states cover to be able to vote for judge kavanaugh by saying this was a clean process. Women and men out there watching this testimony yesterday and millions of them did who are not partisans and not members of the political do not know about july 30th and some letter from feinsteins office. What they learned about yesterday is there hasnt been an fbi investigation and subpoena for mark judge. They heard it all day long. And they want to know the answer to that. Which is why jeff flake came out with this demand. It is in the interest of healing bret do you think any democrats at the end of a week when the fbi comes back and says you know what . We didnt find anything that corroborates her story. Do you think any of those democrats i think heitkamp senator heitkamp and manchin. Coons . Anybody on the senate judiciary. Coons already said is he voting no after the hearing executive power. Bret klobuchar. Healing the divisions of the committee and not trashing the senate. They already have complaints on him on policy question. Bret thats my point. Its all about healing the divides that have exploded in the last few days about the process and helping the court retain its respect and trust in this country as the only institution left that has it my point is Lindsey Graham pointed for all of these senators. Unfortunately those days are done i agree with you. I wish this was a bipartisan process. But the precedent is important here. Think of the press denting we are setting. Allegations decades old and allegations alone none of dr. Fords supposed witnesses corroborate what she is saying and several of them refute what she is saying. Think of the precedence. I have complaints with both parties about how they have handled the nomination of judge kavanaugh. I think its in his best interest to go through with this and see it through another week and not go past. I think this week will do a lot to provide healing for the left. The right will need healing from what they saw this man being put through. Thats what some people need though think about and anger unleashed. I dont care about healing the committee healing the country if it does good in that connection, fine. Bret next up, winners and losers of the week. N its place. And if i can get comfortable keeping this tookus safe and protected. You can get comfortable doing the same with yours. Preparation h. Get comfortable with it. Bret were back with the panel. We have winners and losers. Jason, winner first. My Windsor Tiger woods who won his first Golf Tournament in five years and showed he still has some game left. My loser is Tesla Ceo Elon musk being sued by the consumers fraud for tweeting. Maybe its time for him to put down the bong. Bret winners and losers. Charlie won the round. My windsor senator klobuchar who wins the least overreaching and grandstanding democrat on the senate Judiciary Committee. She conducted herself very well in her questions and her assessments of her of this whole situation and dealing with the witnesses even when judge kavanaugh was rude to her. My loser is rachel mitchell. Forced into the most thankless 15 minutes of fame left Standing Center stage after she lost her job in the middle of the hearing. Forced into her line of questioning by Senate Republicans and probably had to cram all night since she was hired for this job and had to fly washington. I cannot believe what happened to her. Bret she seemed like a nice lady. I loved rachel mitchell. She do all questioning for senate . House here on out. My Windsor Brett winner is bt kavanaughs daughter. Praying for her fathers accuser good lesson for anybody everybody. No matter where you are in the country. My loser ronan farrow such good reputation as a journalist. Doing good work on the me too story and published a story that never should have seen the light of day against Brett Kavanaugh and it hurt his credibility. Bret bring it home, bill. Stuck in the beltway impressive you guys can reach out. Im stuck in the beltway in politics my winner is harry reid, very thoughtful about the nuclear option. Really. I wonder if is he out there thinking oh my god what did i do. Who did this . My loser is Sheldon Whitehouse he went over the High School Yearbook like it was the zimmerman telegram, maybe he should go back to high school and have innocent, harmless fun. What a grim guy. Bret judge kavanaugh get through and when . Down the road . Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Bret unanimous. Next week. Yes. The committee is healed. This committee. [laughter] bret all right. Panel. Thank you. When we come back, some of the best things some of the interesting things said this week. Bret its friday. Its been quite a week. Notable quotables. Its an honor to be here in new york for the 73rd United Nations general assembly. The super bowl of diplomacy. Were here with a bang. All hands on deck by the united states. President trump my administration accomplished almost more than any administration in the history of our country. You didnt expect that reaction but thats okay. They werent laughing at me. They were laughing with me. We had fun. Whoa people that work in the administration do go to the white house. He shouldnt fire rosenstein unless you believe rosenstein is lying. Democrats have already made up their mind and chosen their tactics. Delay. Oh histrionics. Obstruct. No smearing. Resist. No name calling. I like beer. I dont know if you do. Do you like beer, senator . With what degree of certainty do you believe Brett Kavanaugh assaulted you . 100 . None of these allegations are true . Correct. No doubt in your mind . Im 100 certain. I dont believe boof if flatulence. This is the most unethical sham since i have been in politics. I think if he gets on the court he will be there under a cloud and there will be an asterisk by his name. President trump if we brought George Washington here and the democrats would vote against him. He may have had a bad past. Who knows . Go back for an encore. Elton john said rocketman when you hit the last tune and its good. Dont go back. Martha one week in the nations capital. And in new york. Thank you for inviting us in your home. That is it for this special report. Fair, balanced unafraid. The story hosted by trish reagn in for martha. What a week it has been. It continues. Breaking tonight, President Trump reverses course to side with the democrats and order the f. B. I. To get to work. I think it will work out well for the country. I want it to work out well for the country. If that happens, im happy. Have you thought about a replacement for kavanaugh . President trump not even a little bit. Not even a little bit. What is your message for murkowski . I have no message. They have to do what they think is right. With that, the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh hangs in the balance tonight for at least another week. Good evening. Im trish reagan in for martha maccallum. This is the story. Confirming judge kavanaugh to be on the Supreme Court will be a fight to the