About this complaint as many americ americans are and or, that they just want to get it over. In the line of fire, donald trump hinting that Jeff Sessions may be in even more jeopardy telling an interviewer, i dont have an attorney general. Im disappointed in the attorney general for many reason, and you understand. Are you going to fire him . Are you going to fire Jeff Sessions . Is we are looking at lots of different things. And flood zone, and right now, President Trump in new bern, North Carolina, handing out meals by those affected by Hurricane Florence, and we will have a lot more coverage coming up. And good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington, and while in North Carolina, the president continues to hand out lunchboxes the people in new bern, North Carolina n the flood zone. Where, thank goodness the rains have finally stopped. We will have more coverage coming up. Meanwhile, here in washington, the republicans are pushing back from the requests of Christine Blasey ford, the woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct when they were teenagers. She wants the fbi to investigate her allegations before she testifies publicly. And the president is standing by his mom knee. I wou by his nominee. I would want to see her, and hear what she has to say. If she does not show up, that is unfortunate. I have given her a lot of time, the senate has given her a lot of time and we have held up the whole hearing. And now, democratic senator kirsten gillibrand, and fastmoving event, and now we have seen a tweet from senator Chuck Grassley that the Committee Staff can investigate, and they dont need the fbi, and the Committee Investigators are following up on the leads from the allegations, and news stories and there is no outside investigation necessary for the committee to do the investigation and dont know why the dems are refusing, and he is saying that there is no need and i hope that the dems will join me. What say you . What the republicans are doing is outrageous. They are creating a false choice can, and bully her into testifying monday before a full fbi check is completed. First, nomination for the Supreme Court and any judicial nomination, there is always an fbi investigation and they do it as part of the background check and this is new al gashgs and so they need a thorough and nonpart san review of the facts so there can be a proper hearing, but they are trying to set up a he said she said scenario, and bullying her into testifying monday or not being heard at all. And as an attorney, you know how the fbi operates in the fbi tech checks and many of us have been through this and questioned by people who have gone into or out of government, and that said, there is only one agency can now be commissioning agency acco according to the legal experts can get the powter to do that is the white house. If the white house does not demand it, the fbi does not take it on. And how do you deal with that . What is so shocking about the president is that he is constantly attacking the department of justice and undermining Jeff Sessions, and undermining Law Enforcement, but he wont ask them to do the investigation which is absurd. They are treating this issue worse than they did when anita hill wanted to test fichlt even under he review, she got the benefit of the fbi investigation, and called multiple witness, and they want just two witnesses, and they dont want to call mark judge or her therapist or the corroborating witnesses who have been told about this before brett kav can gnaw was named as a nominee. So what is so offensive and outrageous, and all women of america should be paying attention because what is happening is not right. And this is another part of what the president said on the south lawn today and our Kristen Welker was there, and take a look at this. Look, if she is showing up and makes a krcredible showing, that is going to be very interesting, and we will have to make a decision, but i can only say this, he is such an outstanding man, and very hard for me to imagine that anything happened. So, how do you deal with that with Chuck Grassley and even senator flake who was initially, you know, skeptical about going forward, and now saying, they should go forward, and a lot of the republicans are accusing the democrats and this woman of delaying tactics. We are asking for a basic review of the facts. If you are listening to anita hill herself, she said that you need to push the pause button to do this nonpartisan investigation before the s senators have the information that they need to ask appropriate questions, but make no mistake this is false choice and they are trying to bully her into testifying against her versus kavanaugh as opposed to calling all of the witnesses who have important understanding and knowledge of the events and even to have mark judge who was in the room to not be forced and inv investigated by the fbi and to be answering questions under oath and testify under oath is a dereliction of their duty. And anita hill as you referenced was speak iing out ts morning. Lets watch. Absolutely the right move. The hearing questions need to have a frame. And the investigation is the best way for that, the neutral investigation to pull together the facts and create a record so that the senators can draw on the information they receive to develop their questions. If the republicans continue to insist that this go forward, do you think that she should perhaps ask for a private hearing or as senator collins suggested having her counsel and his lawyer question each other or another format other than the Public Session that might be a compromise . The question is not necessarily about the format, but it is the timing. I mean, you need to have this thorough investigation first before she should be forced to testify. When she is going to testify, you should have other witnesses, even in the anita hill hearings which are considered a low moment in the u. S. Senate, they had 22 witnesses, so it is absurd to think that you have to have a hearing monday. I have heard my republican colleagues say that we have to vote now. That is outrageous, and we intend to be here through all of october, and we have time to do this thoughtfully, and to do it precisely and to be fair to this witness and what they are doing today is nothing short than shameful. And what do you think that democrats on the committee should do if the chairman calls for a vote, and if they call for the session and to move forward . Well, i think that they should speak their mind and be heard. As you heard, a senator was talking about her deep concern that this is not fair. Many members of the committee have spoken out that she needs to be treated with dignity and respect and fairness and what is set out is intended to smear with her reputation and she has been dealing with Death Threats and had to hire private security, and to have a vote on monday is outrageous. Does it strike you that in the metoo era, that there needs to be more care taken to these kinds of charges than there was, you know, all tof the years ago when anita hill was basically put on trial the by the committee . Not only should there be more care, but there should just be an appropriate review. There is really they are subverting the normal process for any judicial nop knee mineea background act. The fbi knows how to do this and it is nonpart sisan and they dot for any appointment and particularly for a Supreme Court appointment that is for lifetime. So you need a nonpart san full investigation than havi and to have corroborating witnesses, and so the senate can have the consideration of whether this is the integrity or the judgment to be in the highest court of the land, and for women across the country, he is going to have the ability and the position to make huge decisions about their lives and their futures and they need to know whether he has this violence, this sex yule assault in his background, and the facts as described by dr. Blasey ford are a really frightening and not only a Sexual Assault and he covered her mouth so she could not scream. And we need to hear from the corroborating witnesses who were there and who she told well before he was nominated to be a justice of the Supreme Court. Senator gillibrand, thank you very much for being with us here today. Thank you. And joining me now also from capitol hill, kasie hunt, our correspondent, and Kristen Welker, and also ashley parker, reporter from the washington post. And kristen, you were the last to the speak to the president , and you saw the demeanor today and they seem to feel that they have turned a corner somehow, and how do you assess this . That is the right way to look at this, andrea. Couple of things struck me for the first time and you heard President Trump weigh in on whether he believes the accuser of judge kavanaugh and dr. Ford and he said that it is very hard for me to imagine anything happen, and that is a striking statement, and he again reaffirmed that he stands behind judge kavanaugh, and when asked if he has any concern about dr. Ford and the accuser in this situation, the president said, well, i want to hear from her before i can weigh in on her account. So the president really digging in on this situation despite the fact that you do have dr. Ford saying that i want an fbi investigation before i come to capit capitol hill to testify, and the president is giving no indication that he is going to call for that, and as you said at the top, andrea, it is up to the white house at this point to call for the fbi to reopen the investigation and another background check into judge kavanaugh, andrea. What are you hearing, zi kasie, because now other republicans such as jeff flake have moved into a different posture. Many of the republicans have heard essentially say in response to this that they were willing to hear from dr. Ford however it is that she wants to speak with them. They are willing to do a closed testimony, and written testimony, and public testimony, and et cetera. But i do think that the point that you are making is the right one, and frankly, the mood that i am picking up among my republican sources here on the hill is that some of them feel like they really went to bat with their own leaders and pushed for them to be willing to say that they would do a public hearing, because on monday morning, there was still at lot of reluctance to go that far, and sense that it was going to be a media spectacle and all white men and republican men question i questioning this the woman, and really a bood look that they needed to avoid entirely. And people like Lisa Murkowski and susan kol lins who are the key votes, but jeff flake and bob corker went out to say we need to hear from the woman, and the pressure turned and by monday night they said, okay, lets do it in public. So there sis a feeling among al of the republicans that they are trying to do the right thing and they feel rebuffed by this. The only reason that i frame it that way is because it is changing the political c calculation inside of conference a little bit. I do think that there is an emerging sense that if dr. Ford does not testify in some way between now and monday, there is going to be a lot of increasing pressure to go forward with this confirmation vote. There are plenty of shoes that could drop and things that could happen between now and monday and a week as you know is a lifetime, and each day of the story has felt hoo like a lifetime and it depends whether the white house depends to stand behind kavanaugh, but for mitch mcconnell, this is high stakes enough, and the thing that he cares about more than anything else is getting this conservative justice on the court, and with the midterm elections approaching, it is a very unpredictable scenario, taand the republicans have gotten more nervous about holding on to the senate, and so if judge kavanaugh were to withdraw or if they were not to push the nomination through, the potentially wild card scenario where the democrats start to say, you know, what i am sorry, but this, or the country starts to say, that they wont confirm one of trumps justices in the time that there would be between now and the end of the year when the Lame Duck Congress ends. So i think that the stakes are incredibly high, and there is a lot of risk for the republicans in coming out to pushing against dr. Ford. So we will have to see if she has the leverage that they clearly think they do or if this is swinging the other way, andrea. Well, there is also the fact that democrats like Richard Blumenthal said that you have to have an investigation before you bring her in. Absolutely. And this is what happened with anita hill and Clarence Thomas that they had thomas and the fbi was investigating her allegation before they came back to the open hearing. I wanted to show all of us member of the committee and her reaction yesterday. Guess who is perpetuating this . It is the men of the country. I want to say shut up and step up and do the right thing for a change. And ley parker, there is a gender distinguishing factor when you have 11 women on the committe committee, and many women voters may be reacting differently to this than the Republican Leadership in the senate. You are absolutely right, and no matter what, this is an optics problem not just for the white house, but again for a lot of the republicans who are up for reelection in the midterms and trying to win over and hold suburban female voters and independent female voters and as kasie mentioned a sense that the public hearing and especially one that could get quite emotional is going to be a real problem for them, and so i think that they are potentially from the political standpoint encouraged with this idea that she may not end up testifying, and they can try to use that, but if you are watching the way that the white house especially has been very careful and the inclination is always to fight, and to support kavanaugh, but you have seen the president do that, but even within that, he is not going out and attacking dr. Fords credibility. The President Trump is someone who often and almost kneejerk attacks the credibility of female accusers and he is not doing that, because they realize in the electoral climate and in the midterms and his own past allegations of Sexual Misconduct that they have to be care ful when dealing with this issue. And ashley, do you sense though that there is now a circling of the wagons around Brett Kavanaugh in a more forceful way with the president s comments today . They are. You have, again, you have seen the president be still a little bit more muted and restrained than he is typically in these situation, but if you are looking at the Public Comments in support of Brett Kavanaugh over the past few days, they have been highly supportive and he has talked about what a great intellect he is, and how the record is unblemished and how he thinks that he is a good man and he hates to see this happen to him and his family and his wife and his daughters and so he is getting increasingly supportive, but it is worth noting that he has said that dr. Ford should be heard from and he has not yet gone after her credibility. Ashley parker, and Kristen Welker, and of course, kasie hunt, thank you so much. Coming up, help wanted. Trump is launching a new line of attack against his own attorney general. Stay with us on Andrea Mitchell reports on msnbc. Your mornings were made for Better Things than rheumatoid arthritis. 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It may not be a bad thing. It does not mean that he is under the radar, because as we will see that Hillary Clinton is predicting on Rachel Maddow that the dependent on the outcome of the mid the terms, there is going to be a wholesale firing. It is ironic, because the one person who has the authority to remove Jeff Sessions from the job is the guy who is continually complaining about the job that he is doing. If the president is that upset and that concerned, there is a soluti solution. I am not advocating for it, but i think that it is a disgrace that he is denigrating the attorney general in public and it does not do anything for the men and women of the department of justice to have that happen, and have it happen so publicly, but if the president is that upset, he can resolve that. And it has all sorts of implications for rob mueller and the president alike. And so, now we have seen him in new bern and meeting the residents and the people affected by the floods, and so he is doing something president ial. But earlier in day, he was asked about Jeff Sessions by Kristen Welker on the south lawn as he was leaving the white house, and this is what he had to say. Im disappointed in the attorney general for numerous reasons, but we have an attorney general and im disappointed with the attorney general for many reasons, and you understand that that. Are you going to fire Jeff Sessions . We are looking at lots of different things. And we are looking at lots of different things, and in response to kristen saying are you going to fire Jeff Sessions. That is not very reassure iing obviously. And andrea, aagree with chuck that it is the silly that person who can fire Jeff Sessions does nothing but incessantly complain about Jeff Sessions, but another side of the president is that everything that he says about Jeff Sessions not being my attorney general and not protecting me and not shutting down the investigation is of keen interest to the mueller investigation, because it is informing the investigation tbt president s motive and every act he takes and statement that he takes and every tweet that he issueses and so he is doing himself a lot of harm by continuing to ring this same bell. And i wanted to ask you about what the president says to both of you about the fbi. He keeps saying that the fbi doesnt do that, doesnt want to do that in terms of the kavanaugh reopening the investigation. They did it with Clarence Thomas and reopened the investigation, and questioned a whole lot of new witnesses that people said that they did not go far enough, and the Judiciary Committee in particular dropped thele ball then, but what about the relative roles of the fbi doing a background check, and a civilian background check. Well, it is actually clear, and there is a protocol here, and memorandum of understanding that delineates the responsibilities of the fbi and the white house when they do a fbi investigation, and so it is simple that the fbi turns over to the white house folks, and the complete folder or the dossier or whatever you want to call it on the person they investigated and if the white house folks want more done, they simply go back to ask the fbi to do it. This is precisely what the fbi does. The president is wrong. And he is misstating it or he does not understand it, but he is wrong. If he wants the fbi to further investigate this, all he needs to do is to ask. And so, if we are in this sort of the catch 22, glenn, if dr. Ford says that she is not going to testify unless the fbi investigates and unless the president of the United States orders this the investigation, we are not going to do what she is demanding. That is maybe where we will end up at the end of the day. But what i was struck by is when i saw dr. Ford or through her attorney say that i want the fbi to investigate this, i will tell you as a career prosecutor, when i had somebody who was lying, somebody who was conniving or a wrong doer, i dont know that i have ever heard them say they demand that the fbi or any Law Enforcement agency look into my background and look into this incident, and i will tell you that liars dont often make that demand. Fair point. Glenn kirschner, thank you, and chuck rosenberg, thank you. 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And nbcs Gadi Schwartz is in lumberton, North Carolina, and how are things looking there . Not so good. And the floodwaters are up to knee level at least. Yeah, and andrea, as bad as it is looking right now, the floodwaters are starting to go down and the relief for this neighborhood that was basically under water for several days, and you have these cars right here, and these cars are looking like they were just stopped and possibly the person inside of them had to get out, because they were looking like they were stopped in the middle of the street when this area was being flooded during the storm. Now, interestingly enough, this is one neighborhood here in lumberton that has been hit twice, once by Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and then once again by florence. They said that during that hurricane in 2016 that when it swept through here, it was a tropical storm. They saw a lot of the same damage. This neighborhood is really interesting, because a lot of the homes have had experience with fema. They say that fema came in afterwards and offered to buy some of the homes up, because they were in a floodplain, and they also offered to elevate some of the homes so that they would not have damage if they chose the stay, however, a lot of it did not happen. Neighbor down the street said that they would possibly raze his house, and that did not happen, and neighbor across the street said that he never heard back when he heard back to buy out his house, and so a lot of distrust of what is going to happen after the fema teams come in to assess the damage, but, but some of the residents here have a lot of support for President Trump, and they say that they are trusting him to do something about this, and interestingly enough, this is a county that was democratic stronghold for a long time, and switched for President Trump in the last election in 2016, so they are hoping that President Trump will show them the same support. Hoping also that he flies over lumberton and sees the damage for himself. Andrea, back to you. Thank you, gaudy schwartz for everything that y gadi schwarz and the team down there, thank you. 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Do you know anything about Brett Kavanaugh or mark judge the other boy allegedly in the room when this alleged assault took place . Well, i dont know who was the other person was in the room. I did know Brett Kavanaugh and his friends at a Georgetown Prep. I was quite close to some of his classmates. Did not know him well. He was an ak kwcquaintance and somebody who i have give anne lot of thought to over the years. But our class at holton was very close, and we went to School Together for six years, and chrissy came in seventh grade and we have known each other for 40 year, and everyone who has signed the letter has nothing but positive experiences with chrissy and nothing but respect for her as a woman and as a professor and as a friend. And take us back to those days when you were all in high school. These are elite schools, and elite schools, holden arms and Georgetown Prep, and judge kavanaugh was three years ago speaking at a gathering and recalling a saying that was common among the boys of his era, and lets watch. We had a good saying that we have held firm to this day which is the dean reminding me before, before the talk which is what happens at Georgetown Prep stays at Georgetown Prep. That has been a good thing for all of us, i think. Was there a lot of partying among the elite schools, and academically rigorous schools can and drinking and partying . What can you recall . Yes, i think that we were all are rowdy teenagers like most school schools. I think that the schools are intense, and people tend to work very hard and play hard, and, you know, i dont think thats so out of the ordinary or necessarily so specific to private schools in in area. I think it is a fairly common teenaged phenomena. And how difficult for your friend to be coming out publicly with this kind of the charge . We know that she did not want to be public, and Dianne Feinstein says in response to the president today that the senator kept it secret, because it was the confidentiality of any alleged victim of a sexual attack. Why would anyone want to the come out and bring this public scrutiny on to themselves . She has a life. She has other things the do. And to suddenly become a politicalt football is just an excruciating experience for her and her family. She has nothing to gain for this except for a clear conscience which is why she came forward. She thought that it was her civic duty to ensure that congress and in its deliberations is really considering the, some experiences that perhaps did not come forward as part of the background investigations. Do you think that at this stage when she was insisting is on the fbi reopened investigation, the president is resisting that, and the senate today saying that the senate, and the Republican Leaders are saying that it is not going to happen. Is if that position holds, should she come forward in any case even if there is not an fbi investigation to these charges . You know, christines story is inconvenient, and people hate that. There is a going to be a lot of pushback to having to slow this process down and take another look, and i understand why that is, but it does not make it the right decision. I think that she has to handle this in the way that she is most comfortable with, and you know, we aret not talking about even sexual harassment, but Sexual Assault and a situation where she thought that she might die. This is deeply personal, and it should be treated that way with the respect that it deserves. Samantha, guerry, thank you for coming forward and we appreciate that. 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[clap clap ding] inkon veconvenient and peope that. Theres a lot of, going to be a lot of pushback to having to slow this process down and re really take another look and i understand why that is, but it does not make that the right decision. And that is Samantha Guerry a few moments ago, a High School Classmate of Christine Blasey ford. And now, joining us is a panel to discuss this. And welcome all. Michael, since you are the man in the middle, and we want to put you on the spot. The republican judiciary chair m chairman grassley is saying that the fbi does not want to do this, but the fact is that the fbi does not want to do this and only the white house can ask them, and are the republicans at risk politically to shut this down . There is absolutely how do you see the politics playing out . Absolutely a risk to looking insensitive here, and everyone is alert to that. There was a time for the fbi investigation when senator feinstein first got this information two months ago and she should have gone to the fbi, and they should have done that investigation and now they do confidential investigations, and n now it is in the public sphere and she has spoken on the record to the washington post, and now you have to convene a hearing with the senate and hear from her and hum and publicly or privately and whatever she prefers, and the questions from the counsels or the senators and the way to get to the truth of the situation . And the fbi is so uniquely equipped, donna, to do this and just to make what senator feinstein said today on the tweet today was that she promised confidentiality and that means not going to the fbi, because if you go to the fbi, katy bar the door, and this is taking into confidence that this woman is not willing to be exposed at that stage, but then she was outed by the press. This is not really an unusual or a proposal that i think that puts any different light on this investigation. The fbi is there to investigate, and they follow up on a request from the president to say we have new information and now we want to get to the bottom of this. That is then prepares the record that i think that senators need as they go into the hearing asking questions. So i dont believe it is an unusual request, but it is a very responsible request and al e lous the senators do their jobs. Hillary clinton was talking to Rachel Maddow last night, and was asked about this and about what would happen if there were to be a reopening of the investigation and lets watch. I dont think that it would be a lengthy investigation. I think that it could be done in an expeditious manner if they are still trying to have a vote on this nominee, they could postpone for two weeks, and law. Ford in the position of having to make her case without any kind of investigation that could be either helpful or detrimental to her. Aim, what do you think about that . Well, report anita hills allegations came out at the final hour and that fbi investigation only lasted a few days. As michael points out, she was a federal employee and a different set of rules. There is no statute of limitations in maryland. There could be a local investigation. Im not an expert on who should investigate an how. It seems like actually if they started today they would have made a lot of headway by monday. What was interesting about secretary clintons comments last night is quoting senator byrd back from the Clarence Thomas hearing saying you just need a process when you dont know where the truth lies. Thats the best for the court and the country. And i just recommend to republicans and democrats, i dont really actually want to hear from either of them on monday even if dr. Ford should be there. Done by outside Committee Counsel or other people brought in. Without grandstanding and without political scene. And i think that a process that is clean and free of politics is going to best serve. We might never know the truth and its very, very hard to know who to believe but this process at this very divisive time in our country is more important than i think people understand. And in fact, michael, you seem you want to weigh in here because having covered the thomas hearings, nobody covered themselves with glory on the committee side and some of the questioning to elicit the specific references, what did she mean by that . It was appalling. Definition of what is the meaning of large breasts was not in anybodys favor. No. It was widely mocked at the time. Not something we need to repeat. Same time theyre the senators, the men and women have to make a decision on kavanaughs nomination and i agree that Committee Counsel is probably the best way to go forward. Publicly, privately, however they want to do it. We are at this point because committee democrats, senator feinstein particularly, have so badly mishandled the situation up until now. Hiding the allegations. Putting out a bizarre statement that only invited scrutiny and questioning and led to this accuser being revealed and now attempting to rather than have an open discussion and the Committee Debate new facts go back to some sort of new open ended investigation. Well, this isnt very quickly. This isnt an openended investigation. They held out a nominee for 400 days. They can take another couple of weeks to get to the truth. Thank you, donna, michael. To be continued and thanks, a. B. Stoddard. North and south Korea Holding peace talks this week. But is kim jongun working as an honest broker . Be right back. [announcer] the typical vacuum head can struggle with large debris and stuckon dust, so shark invented duoclean, replacing the front wall with a rotating soft brush. 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The leaders of north and south korea today claiming a diplomatic breakthrough on denuclearization, the president tweeting they have come a long way. But multiple sources tell nbc news kim jongun is secretly building weapons. Janice frayer is in seoul for us. A lot of suspicion here in the intelligence world in the states about what north korea is doing despite what the president has to say. Reporter well, there are a lot of headlines that came out of this summit. Kim jongun saying he would dismantle these testing facilities, announcing that he would make a historic visit to the south and of course the surprise element of saying they would file a joint olympic bid for the 2022 games but peeling a lot of the pageantry and pleasantries of this summit there isnt much thats new. The statement is quite standard. It is short on specifics. It doesnt promise a list of nuclear facilities, any sort of time line for shutting them down and the concession that is kim appears to make are inconsequential. He had already said that they feel they have perfected the technical capabilities and dont need to test anymore. Closing the sites is not a big sacrifice. The curiosity or the curious part or the key was kim suggesting that he would shut down his main nuclear complex if the u. S. Took corresponding steps. He doesnt say what those steps are but by doing so he effectively throws the whole denuclearization process back into the u. S. s court and, of course, all of this is happening against the backdrop of mounting evidence that north korea continues to make bombs but quietly. We have the big u. N. General Assembly Meetings next week. Kim jongun and one point was coming the states, there was going to be a summit. Thats not happening. In fact, secretary pompeos last visit the north korea was canceled at the last moment precisely hes not disclosed the weapons stockpile. Reporter well, and there is the sense that the progress on the interkorean level shouldnt be down played. Theyre taking significant steps towards economic projects and i was in pyongyang last week for the military parade and there was a change there. You didnt see a lot of the antiamerican propaganda or hear the rhetoric. The whole tone has shifted. Everything now is about reunification with the south. Andrea . Thanks so much for being there as lots of developments on that front. That does it for this edition of an dr Andrea Mitchell reports. On friday well have an interview with secretary of state mike pompeo. Remember to follow our show online, on facebook and on twitter. Craig melvin is up next here on msnbc. Hey, craig. Looking forward to that conversation. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon to you. Craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. Will they or wont they . After a dramatic few days that thrown the balance of the Supreme Court into question, we are left with several questions l. The fbi investigate Christine Blasey fords claim of Brett Kavanaugh . When will the Committee Vote on the confirmation . We try to get answers this hour. Also, assessing the damage. President trump in the carolinas right now to tour the destruction Hurricane Florence left behind and to see firsthand the threats that arent over just yet. Plus, quote, its very sad. President trump just railed against Jeff Sessions in a new interview saying he doesnt have an attorney general. And its very sad. Also adding that exposing what he calls the russia hoax could be one of the crowning achievements of his presidency. Well dig into that in a moment. But we start, we start with the battle over whether Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser will testify in front of that senate Judiciary Committee and whether the fbi, whether