Which is getting a new assist tonight in its effort to quickly move from controversy to confirmation or so they hope for Supreme Court nominee federal judge Brett Kavanaugh. Tonight, the Senate Judiciary committee scheduled a vote on kavanaugh to take place friday morning. That would be one day after the hearing in which he and dr. Christine blasey ford who accused him of Sexual Assault are both testifying. The committee which has a majority of 1 republicans, all men, hired a woman attorney to question ford and kavanaugh. Moments ago the Committee ChairmanChuck Grassley confirmed what the Washington Post was first to report tonight. That the committee has, indeed, selected rachel l mitchell, an arizona county sex crimes prosecutor. Mitchell is officially the Sex Crimes Bureau chief for Maricopa County, arizona, of Sheriff Joe Arpaio fame. While all of this is going on, Brett Kavanaugh is also facing another allegation related to Sexual Misconduct. Deborah ramirez told the new yorker that kavanaugh exposed himself to her when they were freshmen students at yale. An attorney for ramirez had a call scheduled today with Staff Members of the Judiciary Committee but he said tonight only the democrats took part in the call. Kavanaugh has firmly denied both womens allegations. Ive never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or otherwise. Today, President Trump took a much more aggressive tone attacking the democrats and going after kavanaugh accuser deborah ramirez. I think its horrible what the democrats have done. Its a con game theyre playing. Theyre really con artists. They know hes a highquality person. They dont believe it. Its just resist and obstruct. Now a new charge comes up and she said, well, it might not be him, and there were gaps and she said she was totally inibriated. Oh, geez, lets not make him a Supreme Court judge because of that. While republicans asked ramirez to turn over vidence she might have, tonight her attorney told Rachel Maddow hes indeed still trying to reach that full committee. We had a number of email communications back and forth. Every time we try to set up a phone call with them, they end up pushing the phone call back. They keep on kind of changing the rules of how they want to go forward. And every time that we talk about it want to talk about how thats Going Forward and just discuss it on the phone, they push it back. So, i mean, its hard to see that theyre really interested in getting the information that miss ramirez has. Something clearly occurred. Our client disclosed to her mother and her sister 35 years ago about what happened. Theres plenty more people that need to be contacted if theres a real investigation. Meanwhile, another report out tonight from the Washington Post says three of Kavanaughs Yale law School Classmates who endorsed him in an august letter to the Senate Judiciary committee are now instead calling for an investigation into the allegations from these two women. Amid all of this, there is the increasing pressure to get to the full senate vote on kavanaugh. On that point, here is Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell from earlier today. Were going to be moving forward. Im confident were going to win. Confident that he will be confirmed in the very near future. Do you have 50 votes to confirm judge kavanaugh . I believe hell be confirmed. Yes. Mcconnell and Senate Republicans would like to have the full vote next week. All eyes are now on key republican swing votes like senator Lisa Murkowski of alaska who indicated she thinks an investigation into dr. Fords allegations is still warranted. That an investigation would certainly, certainly clear up some of the questions that are out there. But as i understand how the process works, it is not for the Judiciary Committee to make that ask. So im operating under a level of a process that is in place that we are working within. And under. A somewhat different tone tonight from her colleague from south carolina, republican senator lindsey graham. They knew about this in july. We have an allegation thats collapsing. This is an allegation 35 years old. This vote will be friday. And unless something new comes out that gives veracity to a 35yearold claim, im moving forward. Three veteran journalists to lead us off on a tuesday night. Philip rucker, Pulitzer Prize winning White House Bureau chief for the Washington Post. Carol lee, Nbc News National Political reporter. And jonathan lemire, White House Reporter for the associated press. All right, mr. Rucker, you get to go first. Why this woman as the outside counsel in a city with a greater than average number of lawyers, many of them very accomplished, many of them carrying the double x chromosome. Yeah, brian. I think the Senate Judiciary republicans did quite a search to try to find her. We dont know exactly why they selected her but i can tell you about her background based on my reporting my colleagues at the Washington Post have done tonight. Shes had 26 years of experience prosecuting sex crimes in Maricopa County which is the county that includes the phoenix metropolitan area. Why is phoenix important . Well, senator jeff flake is one of the four republican senators. Hes from arizona. The four republican senators who are seen as wavering in their support for judge kavanaugh. So theres an effort clearly to try to win his vote. But more importantly, this is a woman whos had a lot of experience prosecuting sex crimes. Shes been in the courtroom questioning both victims and people who are accused of these crimes. According to some interviews that my colleagues did with some of the other lawyers who faced her in court, she has a pretty good reputation there. She is a registered republican. Shes not coming into this with political dependence necessarily. She is a republican. Shes regarded in Maricopa County, arizona, to be relatively fair and direct in her questioning. And clearly has experience in these issues. Carol lee, we should be clear, this is all fraught. Ive heard cable news types say that kavanaugh better have a better game than he rolled out during the interview because hes going to have to roll with questions. Cant always land back on his talking points. And this attorney is going to, we can guess, be very aggressive with dr. Ford in her questioning. So its all a fraught atmosphere. It is, and its going it be much a bigger a bigger spectacle than weve seen in quite some time. In any sort of hearing like this. You know, what she does that the republicans really want her to do is change the dynamics so that they they dont have 11 men questioning a woman whos accusing somebody that they have already mostly, the majority of them, said that they would support and have cast as sort of a done deal. They didnt want that spectacle and so now theyll have this woman, new woman, questioning her, but she is, you know, it will be interesting to see how the democrats respond to this because she is someone who was hand selected by the republicans and, you know, it could wind up being one more data point in this what has turned into a bitter partisan fight between the two sides to either get Brett Kavanaugh to somehow derail his nomination or to jam him through as the republicans would like. Jonathan lemire, lets talk for a minute about those who have psychoanalyzed this president down to why he might have run for the presidency. Some people theorize it was getting laughed at at the Correspondents Dinner being the brunt of obamas jokes. Well, it happened today at the u. N. No mistaking what happened there. Then you get to see him less than two hours afterwards. It was your question he was answering today when he went after this woman who has come forward. This second victim making the allegations. And then we got to see his reaction. Thats right. We thought the headline of today would have been that laugh. You know, his address to the General Assembly at the united nations. Within the of his remarks, he said his administration is that successful to the point of any presidency. It was a slow rolling but very distinctive because of the translation coming over the headlines. Exactly right. The translation rolled through the crowd. As everyone heard it there, all the dignitaries, world leaders, they began to laugh. You saw the president in a rare moment where he was obviously flusterred and tried to cover it up with a joke. Thats where we thought today was going. A short time later, the press pool which i was part of today, were taken to a bilateral heating between President Trump and the president of colombia. After their remarks, he took questions from us. I asked him after he answered one or two that was sort of pertinent to colombia, i asked him about kavanaugh. The interview last night on fox. And it was it switched. And he clearly was teed up and he wanted to talk about it. And in our reporting, this is something thats been building up within him for several days. That he initially when these allegations came out against the justice, he was sort of able to separate it from the Sexual Misconduct claims made against himself during the campaign. But that has changed in recent days. The new yorker article on sunday, in particular, sort of enraged him. He told people around him he thought it was flimsy, it was thin, the media and the democrats out to get him. We saw that explode today. In remarks that the white house aides have been trying to get throwing themselves at him to prevent him from saying. That if he were to go on the offensive against the kavanaugh accusers, its the worst thing that could have happened to the republicans cause to get him ed she was drunk. Rather, the powerful men who were facing these accusations and said today in response to my question, the idea that there would be people who wouldnt want to do these jobs, men who wouldnt want to be politicians or Supreme Court justices because of the risk of facing these accusations and i think that clearly shows the level of concern in the white house, the president , himself, heading into thursdays hearing. My sense of it is they didnt necessarily love kavanaughs interview last night. They thought they were glad to have new footage out there. They were glad to have him a little bit on the offensive. But they wanted more passion. They wanted more fire. And theyre worried how hell stand up to the democrats questions on thursday. That goes to my question for phil rucker. Phil, i want to read you two things from social media tonight. First, first of all, just before we came on the air, donald j. Trump, the democrats are playing a highlevel con game. All caps. In their vicious effort to destroy a fine person. Its called the politics of destruction. Behind the scene, the dems are laughing. Pray for Brett Kavanaugh and his family. And then theres someone you and i both know, Maggie Haberman of the new york times, trump is sounding somewhat fatalistic about kavanaugh in private discussions. Annoyed by the interview and talking repeatedly about needing to see how the hearing goes before knowing what can happen next. So, phil, as youve been reporting, some cracks in the armor here. Yeah. Certainly, brian. I think one thing going on here, you cant separate the Supreme Court nomination fight from the midterm elections that are now just six weeks away in november. The republicans face an Enthusiasm Gap with the democrats who all polling evidence shows are much more enthusiastic about voting and what trump and other Republican Leaders are doing right now in these days is to use the fight over Brett Kavanaugh as a rallying cry for the conservative base. Something that can unite republican voters, trump voters, give them a common enemy. In this case the media and the democrats who they believe are running a Smear Campaign against Brett Kavanaugh. And give them a reason to feel energized and united. Thats why i think trump is using the phrase, or the wording, rather, pray for kavanaugh and his family. Its a call to aarms, if it were to his base. In terms of trumps private thinking about kavanaugh, remember, hes never had much of a personal relationship with Brett Kavanaugh. This was not somebody that he really knew much before the interview process to consider him for the Supreme Court. He doesnt feel much personal loyalty to Brett Kavanaugh. He just wants a good conservative justice to be confirmed, to win, in trumps words, and to get onto the court. If it there comes a time where its politically expedient for trump to basically dump kavanaugh, to force kavanaugh to withdraw, and sub him in with a different nominee, i think the president would be perfectly fine doing that. Kavanaughs boosters in the white house are, you know, counsel don mcgahn, chief among them, but trump, himself, is not loyal to kavanaugh. Carol lee, i always make this point, two states that anchor our country to the north, to the east and west, are maine and alaska. You have collins and murkowski, interestingly. Today, a lot of the interest shifted to senator murkowski of alaska who dared to say that she might think an investigation is the best way to go here. Yes, and that has sent the Republican Leadership into a bit of a scramble. Im sure. I think if you look at the kavanaughs interview with fox, i mean, theory is the interview was aimed at shoring up the base but also sending a message to the senators that the base, the republicans are with this nominee and need to get onboard. Theyre under a tremendous amount of pressure to from, you know, everywhere from the, you know, Mitch Mcconnell to President Trump. And i think the problem that kavanaugh has when it comes to President Trump is not only as phil particularly laid out, the president doesnt have a relationship with him, he also doesnt like people who dont perform well. And, you know, he even said, himself, today that kavanaugh was not on his footing and so i think thats partly why you see him taking this more a little bit theres been some distance. His remarks today, frankly, you know, they were more in line with where he would want to be on an issue like this. But they also were, you know, trump very trump version of what the republicans decided they were going to do which is double down on kavanaugh after that second allegation came out. Jonathan, youre going to get the last word after we see this clip. Another moment that didnt sit well with some folks during the interview of kavanaugh, possible instance of brettsplaining when a question was directed to his wife, ashley, about an investigation. He took over the answer. Well see it and talk about it on the other side. Do you believe there should be an fbi investigation into these allegations and that a pause should happen and, you know, sort it all out . If theres nothing to worry about, nothing to hide, why not have that process, ashley . Then ill ask you that, brett. I mean, ive said all along, and ashley, too, i want to be heard. I was first interviewed last monday, the day after the allegation appeared by the committee staff, under penalty of felony, and i deny this categorically and unequivocally and i said twice during that i said i want a hearing tomorrow. Last tuesday. A week ago. I want an opportunity, a fair process. You and i have both seen the mashups, repeated use of some of the answers he returned to repeatedly in this interview. Yeah, i believe it was 17 times he said we want a fair process. Yeah, thats not great. This is something that its sort of in a moment encapsulates what republicans and the white house have been nervous about, about this whole process, is the idea of they know theyre on very shaky footing with women voters. Particularly these suburban voters who are going to be so essential and crucial during the midterm elections and to have this moment, question asked of the wife, the judge steps in and takes it for her. Certainly there was plenty of people i talked to in the last day or so who suggested that wasnt great. The people the reporting ive done the last 24 hours or so since that interview aired, you know, the white house certainly was they were glad he was out there. They pushed for it. This is sort of their more aggressive stance. They felt like for a few days they ceded the media landscape to the accusers. And fearful of the sort of drip, drip, drip, drip, of allegations. In fact, i talked to a senior white house official in the last day or so who said our biggest enemy here is time. The longer this goes, the more there can be allegations, true or not. And thats going to damage kavanaugh. And they obviously want to force this forward as quickly as they can. The president , himself, according to our reporting, wasnt thrilled necessarily with that interview. He was glad it happened and certainly he was part of the audience that kavanaugh was supposed to sort of not just sell voters but also sell the president , hey, stick with me. Trump called him before the interview to say, hey, im with you. He doubled down the support today. With donald trump, so much of this is how you play on television and the vibe that weve gotten is it was sort of a mediocre review and they are nervous. Theyre nervous how hell hold up against a far more scrutiny and far tougher questions on thursday. Considering cameras are not allowed in federal courtrooms, it was certainly a precedent that federal judge sought out a camera in this case. Our thanks. Phil rucker, carol lee, jonathan lemire. Really appreciate tonights conversation. Coming up, the president of the United States clearly taken aback when the audience laughed at him at the u. N. He later insists that was the plan all along. 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Members that the worlds leading sponsor of terrorism can not be allowed to possess the planets most dangerous weapons. President also praised the progress that he says hes made with north korea. He thanked kim jongun, notably, for his courage but added more work has yet to be done. Richard haas, president of the council on foreign relations, summed up trumps remarks today in a piece he wrote for axios. President trumps speech at the u. N. General assembly on Tuesday Morning depicted a United States under siege. President trump put his americafirst doctrine forward as a model not just for the United States but other countries. He advised them to embrace nationalism over internationalism. Trump set out patriotism as incompatible with globalism. Following the president s 34minute speech, he told reporters the remark he gave that generated laughter, that was intentional. How do you think your speech went today . I think really well. Its gotten good reviews certainly. I think it went very well. The laughter. What do you feel about that . Oh, it was great. That was meant to get some laughter. But it was great. With us tonight, christopher dickey, veteran Foreign Correspondent and parisbased world news editor of the daily beast and nancy cook in the studio, White House Reporter for politico who was at the u. N. General assembly covering todays speech. Nancy, the laughter is a little bit hard to watch. It is certainly a first. Certainly a first for an american president. And as we said, it was slow rolling because all the members are waiting for the translation in their headphones. What was it like to be there for that . Well, just to set the scene, you know, it started very it happened very early in the speech. So it was basically two or three minutes in. And it started out just really as a murmur. But it happened sort of throughout the whole big cavernous room. Trump basically said, i didnt expect that reaction. Okay. But then the laughter really crescendoed and it was more so. My takeaway from the feeling in the room was really just that trump, a, seemed a little flat and low energy compared to how he normally is. He, himself, didnt seem very engaged in what he was saying. And then the diplomats and the heads of state that were listening to him also didnt seem engaged. You know, republicans in washington really roll over for him a lot. They give him a free pass. They dont want him to tweet at them. These diplomats were not having it and they were not buying his shtick or his Foreign Policy speech and at the end, they gave him, you know, a very polite, muted, clapping, but otherwise a lot of the policy ideas he was talking about was met with silence. Christopher dickey, what does the response to the president say about the International View of the u. S. These days . And i cant help but notice, the unusual background behind you in paris and think about the celebrations there in ve day. The country, the United States, went overseas, we had a lot of help, to save from nazi tyranny, the postworld war ii Global Design that the United States with a lot of help drew up. It leaves us in an unusual spot. Well, i think first of all, if were going to talk about the laughter at trump, he wants to persuade us that they were laughing with him. And they were laughing at him. They were looking at an emperor, a wouldbe emperor, who has no clothes reciting a list of accomplishments that are not really solid accomplishments at all. When macron, president macron of france, responded to all of that, almost point by point, one of the first things that he did was to talk about the effort to establish a world order. He harked back to the problems after world war i, the horrific war that ended on november 11th, 100 years ago, and said, you know, look, the wilsonian idea, president wilsons idea of building a world order out of that failed. We cant let that fail again now with what we tried to create after world war ii. And trump is seen as a direct threat to that by encouraging nationalism, by encouraging the kinds of forces that led europe and the world to two disastrous wars in the last century. He may be leading the world to new chaos and new disasters in this century. And thats what nobody wants to see. So they laughed at him, but they dont think this is a joke. Nancy, that gets your attention. As did todays remarks on iran. Much has been said about john bolton, the veteran neocon. He, of course, is now the National Security adviser and what tells me were about to hear a fullon campaign against iran . Well, it was interesting because boltons speech really, you know, was very hawkish toward iran. Separately, you know, in a bilat meeting with the colombian president , trump gave a really different response. He was asked if he could see iran going on the same trajectory as the relationship with north korea. And he said, perhaps. So trump was presenting sort of a mixed view on iran i thought. It was very, you know, hawkish during the u. N. General assembly speech, but then in a much smaller setting, he did sort of leave open, you know, the door for some sort of relationship. I dont think the iranians are buying it, though. Christopher dickey, it is possible that all the prognostications we make on this broadcast, on this network, about the midterms, are going to be thrown out the window because maybe, just maybe, the russians already have their hands in all of the state mechanisms. Who knows. All we know is were under continuing electronic attack. Though no mention of russia. No mention of putin in todays speech. No. There was one brief mention, but only to criticize germany for depending on russian energy. But no mention in all that talk of sovereignty about the greatest assault on american sovereignty that weve seen in recent memory. Maybe in my lifetime. 9 11 was not as big an assault on the core sovereignty of the United States. Its what russia did by directly interfeing in the elections of 2016. Now were coming up with new elections. Theres more interference. Yet our president isnt talking about russia because deep down, he thinks probably the russians helped get him elected and his is an illegitimate presidency. And that scares the hell out of him. Christopher dickey actually managed to look awake at 5 30 in the morning where the ark de triumph looked beautiful behind him. Thanks to you. Thanks to nancy cook for joining us in new york as well. When we come back, the campaign now under way to put up the guardrails to protect robert mueller. That and more when we come back. A reminder that Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein attorney general Rod Rosenstein is still in charge of the Mueller Investigation for now. Theres been rampant speculation that he will be fired when he meets with the president on thursday, but according to new reporting from the the wall street journal tonight, trump has told advisers hes open to keeping Rod Rosenstein on the job and that the president s willingness to hear out mr. Rosenstein signaled to advisers that he harbors doubts about whether the top official, in fact, sought to have him ousted from the oval office. Washington post adds, two white house officials said that trump is unlikely to fire rosenstein until after the election. Well, what could go wrong then . The uncertainty over rosensteins fate is prompting a renewed push by democrats on social media, especially for legislation protecting the special counsel. A bipartisan bill that would do just that has yet to come to a vote. Lets start off, at least, talking about this, with our studio guest tonight. Eli stokols, White House Reporter for the aforementioned Los Angeles Times and bill kristol, a veteran of the reagan and bush administrations, editor at large for the weekly standard. Gentlemen, thank you both for coming in. Bill, does it when we say that rosenstein could keep his job until right after the midterms, does that make it any better that he would be fired immediately after the midterms . Yeah, no, thats a good point. Everyone takes solace if trump wont do anything until november 7th. What he fires sessions and rosenstein on november 7th, the day after the midterms, where are we then in terms of the Justice Department and the Mueller Investigation . I dont know that trump would fire mueller or shut it down. Ive talked to people who have experience with these investigations. Theres a lot rosenstein appears have to venn to move obstacles that might exist. To allow the Southern District of new york to coordinate with mueller. To approve certain things that might be controversial. You know, Michael Cohens office and stuff. Different person in there with authority over the investigation, doesnt need to shut it down or dramatically, you know, go against mueller. He just needs to slow walk some things. Be more cautious. And suddenly an investigation that seems to be moving with considerable speed and success could get, you know, some obstacles in the way. Eli, do you believe any of these predictions about what will or wont happen on thursday . No, i mean, whats the point in making predictions . You know, you can talk to all the aides you want, but until the president is in the room and he makes the decision, you dont know what hes going to do. I would say just based on past behavior, with this president , remember how agitated he was with Rex Tillerson and the secretary of state was someone he could have fired and there wouldnt have been a huge impact on an investigation. Something he could have done easily and still waited to do it for a long time. My sources tell me the president over the weekend after the story came out wasnt fixated on the rosenstein story. More concerned with what was happening with the Supreme Court nomination fight over Brett Kavanaugh. The reports came out yesterday about rosensteins fate, but the president who never really likes to fire people face to face had that opportunity to get rid of him yesterday when he was up in new york. Could have had john kelly do it. Didnt do it. Said im waiting for all the fact. This is not always a president who needs to have all the facts before deciding. I think if you just step back from all these things you see a reluctance, i think the president over the weekend had been in a place where he felt like, okay, if im going to do this, im not going to do it now. And it seems like hes still in that place. Its impossible to predict what hes going to do but i think, you know, you talk about what happens on november 7th. And afterwards. You know, come january, you could have democrats in charge. So if he waits until after the election, he could have a new majority, at least in the house, possibly the senate, ready to start a lot of investigations. Making it even harder for him to do. All the thing, the republicans reluctance to pass legislation to protect mueller, all the chaos, makes the likelihood of a democratically controlled house and senate better. Bill kristol, tell the folks about this group youre part of, your silly obsession with the rule of law. As an ancillary matter, an effort to protect robert mueller. Yeah, well, i thnk they go together. Yeah. We have a little group. Republicans for the rule of law. Imagine that. Yeah. Look, whats really shock bing is this legislation. 147. Normally, in the old days when government kind of ran the way you sort of read about in the textbooks, if a big gets reported out of the Senate Judiciary committee by 147, the majority leader brings it to the floor. There are amendments and debates. Mcconnell wont bring it to the floor. I do think one reason he wont do it, perhaps, on thursday, though, is i do think there are enough republicans who really would be outraged that kavanaughs confirmation would be put in even more doubt and there would be a real backlash of a kind that even trump understands would not be helpful to the republicans and to him going into the last four, five weeks of the campaign. Thats exactly where im going to call timeout and continue on that thread with both gentlemen right after this. Sooner or later, we all sign up for medicare. Figuring it out. Not that fun. And like my dad, you might want Medicare Supplement insurance, too. Uh oh, more research. No big thing. Not with this website. 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It there pay be some of the ones like the jeff flakes and bob corkers of the world and then perhaps richard burr, you know, somebody whos had a role as a chair of a committee that has been pretty sort of nonpartisan in his approach to them. I just it remains to be seen. At every point, we have watched this play out and we have said, when mueller was appointed and all the republicans were saying mueller is a great guy, impeccable credentials and a lot of the same people have now, you know, basically taken the president s side. So every time you expect people to sort of step back from politics and do something that is motivated not by political interests but national interests, a lot of times theyve been disappointed. It is amazing, bill we discussed mcconnell hasnt been brought to the floor. Corker pushing a bill to curb what the president has been doing on tariffs and advance a traditional republican free trade view. That bill is not coming to the floor. The Election Integrity act that senator langhorn was pushing. Also, to their credit, bipartisan, working with senator klobuchar on. So even these tentative baby steps i would say of trying to be bipartisan, trying to do things the president doesnt quite approve of, have all died in the senate. Election integrity act doesnt have support. You start to worry a little bit. Bill, i thought of you when i read our friend, Susan Glasser who writes at the new yorker, a very simple tweet tonight. She just said, no doubt what this u. N. Speech will be remembered for. That time the u. N. General assembly laughed at a u. S. President. And i think of you because of all that you stand for and republican politics and globalism you witnessed. What a moment we witnessed today. Say nothing of the message in his speech. Terrible. Im for an american president taking on the u. N. Or parts of the world community. Sure. On behalf of American Values and interests. And you can do it in a digniied way and make your case and say many of you dont agree with me, you can do that on iran, for example. Yeah, to get laughed at is bad and to be laughed at justly when youre claiming, what did he claim, that his administration was one of the most successful in American History in the first two years. Forgetting the marshal plan for a moment. Terrible. Eli i wont make your point for you. Another thing he didnt mention in the speech. He mentioned russia one time obviously in the speech and that was about energy independence. Theresa may is here taking about russia poisoning people on british soil. No mention of that, no mention of the interference in the election. But you know, the other thing you said Bolton Bolton and pompeo yesterday had been briefing reporters and saying on the record that russia has been acting against u. S. Interests in a number of places. That somehow did not make it into the speech but i think, you know, the world, this is just year two of seeing donald trump at the u. N. And to have that reaction, to be so used to his antics, hishyperb bragging. To laugh and kind of roll your eyes, thats where the world is at with this president. As much as he hates being laughed at, this is the the reaction he will have and bind him to his supporters, but this is just the response to trumps actions and his behavior and his approach to the world. I looked at the german delegation. They were shaking their heads and laughing at different times. Unbelievable day here in new york at the u. N. Eli stokols and bill kristol l, our thanks as always for joining and spicing up our conversation. Coming up, a very big name in this country is behind bars tonight. That story when we come back. The man once regularly referred to. Americas dad, bill cosby, is spending tonight behind bars where hell spend each night for the foreseeable future. The courthouse this afternoon, an American Icon suffers a final fall from grace. A judge handed out some long delay justice for dozens of women who say he assaulted them. The 81yearold cosby was sentence todd three to ten years for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. Thats his mug shot. The judge who sentenced bill cosby called him a sexually violent predator adding cosbys time. Stephanie gauss this report late today in norris town, pennsylvania. Reporter an image of a man once adored and celebrated is now on his way to prison. The 81yearold sentenced to three to ten years for drugging and sexually assaulting former employee, Andrea Constand in 2004. He cant seek parole until he served for at least three years. Finally, bill cosby has been unmasked and we have seen the real man as he headed to prison. Reporter judge Steven Oneill was not convinced based on his verdict on the seriousness of the crime and Andrea Constands own words. She described her assault in the statement to the court. I could not move my arms or legs or remain conscious. I was powerless to protect myself. Constand testified in the trial and the retrial was in court for both verdicts and the sentencing this week. Reporter today when she was asked to react, she just smiled and shook her head. For more than 60 women who have accused cosby ranging from verbal abuse to rape, this sentence is vindication. Is it relief today . Yeah, i think it is. I think it is going to take time for us to process. We are caught in the throw of the emotion, tears and laughters and nervousness. Reporter cosby is classified as a sex offender and meet with Police Four Times a year and report any change of address and get counseling. Cosby denied dozens of allegation against him from the begin. After court today, his experience lashed out the process. This is the most racist and sexest trial of the United States. Now, bill cosby, will have to fight back from behind prison walls. Norris town, pennsylvania. Coming up, the resistance of polarizing playing out in washington. Last nights story when we come back. The last thing before we go sooner or later, we all sign up for medicare. Figuring it out. Not that fun. And like my dad, you might want Medicare Supplement insurance, too. Uh oh, more research. No big thing. Not with this website. Unitedhealthcare Insurance Company created aarpmedicaresupplement. Com to help make your decision easier. With answers to important questions about aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plans, insured by unitedhealthcare Insurance Company. Like how this type of plan, also called a medigap plan, helps pay for some of what medicare doesnt. And how aarp Medicare Supplement plans are the only ones endorsed by aarp. Selected for meeting their high standards of quality and service. And check this out. All you do is type in your zip code. 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Yeah, just like you, dad. The last thing before we go the last thing before we go tonight, senator ted cruz of texas can be said clinically and without bias, hes a polarizing figure. Just to establish how hes viewed by some members of his own party, there is this from the new york times. Part of a conversation paula between writer. Hes like a servant covered in vaseline. He sucks up the guy who insults his wife by retweet, no less. Because of his phony piety and even phonier principles and because he makes donald trump looked like a humanbeing by comparisons. Because he never got over being the smartest kid in eighth grade. Because hes caniviing enough to put one over you and not deceptive enough to see right through him. Hes the type of man who would sell his family to slavery if thats what used to get elected. Otherwise, you may say i am his number one fan. Again, that was Brett Stevens on ted cruz. This has been a bad time to be ted cruz. Hes in the race of his life with the very human seeming democratic congressman beto orourke. Cruz is on the Judicial Committee which is why hes targeted by protesters and why this happened on a restaurant in washington last night. We believe in survivors. We believe survivors. God bless you. Excuse me, let me wife through. We believe survivors. We believe survivors. We believe in survivors. Because these tactics work both ways and because the secretary of Homeland Security was also heckled out of a restaurant, there was a roundly negative reaction to that video today, mostly among people who cant imagine getting shouted out of a restaurant during dinner for two. There is a time and a place. For his part, orourke says it was not right what happened in that restaurant. He says the cruz family deserves to be treated with respect. Thats our broadcast tonight, thank you so very much for being here with us, good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york. A were a day away from an potentially explosive senate day and his accuser, Christine Blasey ford has four people who can corroborate her claims of Sexual Assault. And draws laughter from the crowd, while boasting about his presidency. And bill cosby behind bars. The 81yearold has been sentenced to three to ten years in prison after convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constan back in 2004