Hands of the federal bureau of investigation. What counts now more than anything is what the bureau comes up with on the nominee. Did he engage in the conduct of which the several women accusers said he did . Was he a heavy drinker who becomes belligerent when intoxicated. A week from now we should know or know more of the answers. That Dramatic Development came after senator jeff flake of arizona threatened to vote no on kavanaughs nomination, unless allegations of Sexual Assault and misconduct against kavanaugh were investigated by the fbi. I would be only comfortable moving forward on the floor, ill move it out of the committee, but i will only be comfortable moving on the floor until the fbi has done more investigation than they have already. This country is being ripped apart here, and weve got to make sure that we do Due Diligence. In a statement, judge kavanaugh wrote throughout this process ive 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. Ive done everything theyve requested and will continue to cooperate. According to nbc news, the drama this morning unfolded as senator flake and chris coons and other senators huddled negotiating the terms. There they are. Another key republican, senator Lisa Murkowski of alaska was involved in the talks via phone. And on his way to the hearing, senator flake was confronted. This was a real moment to remember, by two Sexual Assault survivors. I was sexually assaulted, nobody believed me i didnt tell anyone, and youre telling all women that they dont matter, that they should just stay quiet because if they tell you what happened to them, youre going to ignore them. You are allowing someone who is unwilling to take responsibility for own actions in the higher court of the country and to have the role of repairing the harm that has been done in this country to many people. Senator flake was asked if that moment affected him. I think everything that i have seen and viewed and experienced in the last couple of weeks has had an impact, its been everything. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has no obligation, of course, to honor this commitment but was forced to oblige as other republicans joined senator flakes positions. Senators murkowski, collins, mansion and heitkamp endorsed the move to have the fbi further investigate and all of them are seen as pivotal undecided votes when it comes to judge ka kavanaughs nomination. Heres what senator murkowski had to say. How do you feel about what has been agreed to . I think it was a good step today. Joining me capitol hill correspondent, kasie hunt, Michelle Goldberg of the new york times, u. S. Congressman of pennsylvania and paul butler former federal prosecutor and msnbc analyst. What a day, i think he started today saying hes going to vote i to get it out of committee. A lot of things happened. Tell me how the sequence worked that led to this over time in the game, if you will . Chris, it was really remarkable. We in the morning got this statement from jeff flake that said im going to vote for judge kavanaugh, and we all thought, you know, that was potentially that. That was potentially going to put more pressure on these other republican senators who were still on the fence. We thought the hearing was going to go forward. The mood was going to remain con ten, contentious. Something changed. That elevator confrontation happened as he was on his way to the committee room. Reporters told chris coons that the statement had been put out, and coons became visibly emotional. Hes not a guy who typicalip sw. He used swear words in a tone that was more sad than angry. That was what proceeded what then played out in the hearing room. They were in there for hours. It started at 9 30. We didnt have an outcome until after 1 30, this was about a personal relationship between two people who have served together in the senate. It was with the cameras off, and it was because they trusted each other that jeff flake could trust what senator coons was saying, and that kind of an interaction, that kind of trust, that has been missing from the senate, and from the congress more broadly, and that is what is breaking it. If you think about the outside political forces, and weve seen a lot of this this week, the political tribalism, the way the bases in each party enforce the koerds that they have, and i have interested to see what kind of reception coons and flake receive from people on their respective sides over the course of the next week. That is forcing people to never do things like this. Instead you have people i mean, Susan Collins had to get driven out of the capitol in a police car because there are people that have been threatening her in a way that makes her feel very uncomfortable. This is a moment in our politics where people have to decide what kind of people do you want running this country. Do you want people doing what jeff flake and senator coons did today or do you want people acting differently. I think its something were all going to have to grapple with as this process unfolds. I can hear in your voice your concern on our republic, i hope this does turn the tide against this evil incivility thats going on. I think it does meet some of the demands of the people who criticized this nomination. The fbis a pretty Good Organization with a lot of resources. It can get a lot done in a week. Thank you very much for that reporting. Lets go to Michelle Goldberg whos written beautifully about this with passion. Do you think this will i mean, i do. Ill make the case. The fbis got a lot of people. They can put 50 people down in rehoboth or dewey beach down there and find this character, and they can even get him on the record if they spend enough time with him. The same with the people who may have been at the party, all the people that made this woman who went to high school in ghaithers fwur ghaithersburg, the woman in new york, ramirez. It does seem theyve got the fire power to find out a good percentage of the truth about this guy. Your thoughts, michelle . I think thats right, and i think that thats why this came as tiss i mean, this came as profound relief to me because what Christine Blasey ford, what the democrats have been asking for has not been that radical, right . Theyve been asking for an fbi investigation. Theyve been asking for at least the at least a process as decent as anita hill got, which is now remembered as a national shame, and so i think that, yes, there are a lot of leads. Its been crazy the way yesterday was presented as he said she said when by all acknowledgments there is another witness, another witness that Christine Blasey ford identified as being in the room. Two more. Wanted to be subpoenaed. Wanted the fbi to interview, and people are acting as if there is no way to get at the truth of what happened 36 years ago when as you said there are a lot of different leads that you can follow, and thats what shes been asking for all along. In following up, it seems like its not too hard to crack the case made by the nominee. If there was a party, and they know he was there and he denies it, thats a problem. If he is shown to be in public a man who drinks too much and gets belligerent and he said i hardly drink at all. It seems to me that he could be caught in a perjury trap pretty easily if the fbi goes out there and really does the job. To me one of the questions Going Forward is if they dont find anything definitive on the Sexual Assault, whether it will matter the sort of smaller lies that he told while he was testifying. Yes, the small lies. That are almost dhefinitely he was almost certainly dishonest about his drinking record, talking about how he never blacked out when many classmates said otherwise. He seemed to be dishonest about the meaning of certain sexual n innuendo in his yearbook, slang in his yearbook. There were plenty of times he could have been frank ask admitted he was a jerky high school student, and instead he put forward this image of a choir boy. I feel like all of that is going to be shown quickly to be untrue. The question is whether that will be definitive when the Senate Finally votes on this. Two women have accused Brett Kavanaugh and his friend mark judge of sexual misconduct. At parties when they were younger. Yesterday under oath dr. Ford accused kavanaugh of assaulting her while judge looked on, an allegation hes denied. And as a central figure mr. Judge was never called to testify to speak to the fbi, not yet. I think hes going to have his day. Dr. Ford was asked if she would like to see that happen. Would you like mark judge to be interviewed in connection with the Background Investigation and the serious credible allegations that youve made . That would be my preference. Im not sure its really up to me, but i certainly would feel like i could be more helpful to everyone if i knew the date that he worked at the safeway so that i could give a more specific date of the assault. With the investigation reopened now as of today, judge through his lawyers said he would cooperate with any Law Enforcement agency thats assigned to confidentially investigate these allegations. What does that mean . It seems it oto me hes a firg in this case, and hes saying i want to be confidential . Thats not going to happen. The bureau will do 302s that will go to the senators and the president. Once theyre completed. The fbi is going to be looking at witnesses, corroborating information, and assessing the credibility of kavanaugh. With witnesses you have someone you never have in a Sexual Assault case, you have an eyewitness. They have to talk to mark judge. Yes, his lawyers submitted a letter, but when youre sitting in a room with two or three Law Enforcement agents skilled in the art of interrogation, thats a different story. Corroborating evidence, dr. Ford has a very specific memory of that house. Its layout, the rooms. She says she doesnt know the address. Fbi agents will drive her around the neighborhood to see if she can locate it, and as michelle alluded to whether he is credible, whether judge kavanaugh has told the truth under oath to the senate. Among other things he said hed never been to any party like the one that dr. Ford described. I dont think anybody believes that. Again, when the senate is confronted with fbi statements about little lies that judge kavanaugh told time after time, they will have a decision to make. What about the woman who was at the Party Downstairs . Another witness to the occasion who would remember the occasion, i think. Again, theres literal a lot of people who they could talk to, including people who have come up in the other investigations because they have or the other allegations because they have consistent statements. So for example, Michael Avenattis client, he says that, yes, this was a man who was frequently drunk, and he watched a woman be sexually assaulted im sorry, mark judges girlfriend during college has the same story. She doesnt place judge kafr gn judge kavanaugh there. Mark judge told her about a experience he had in college or high school in which a woman was sexually assaulted with a bunch of guys walking. They have lie detector tests and guess what, the d. C. Circuit in 2016 decided a case when someone was complaining about Law Enforcement using lie detector tests, they said it wasnt credible. The d. C. Circuit said theyre credible for Law Enforcement agents to use in criminal investigations and background checks. The guy who wrote that opinion, his name is judge Brett Kavanaugh. Thats relevant. Let me go to congressman ryan castol of pennsylvania. Thanks for joining us. I have to tell you it was if not a profile in courage by the senator in arizona, but it did show that one lawmaker like yourself can make a big difference when the big shots are in a hole . Well, i thought kasie was right on point in terms of needing people in the middle and anchoring things from trust and friendship, and i do applaud senator coons and senator flake for doing that because while ive always been reluctant to say we needed an additional fbi investigation because thats for a thats for confidential investigative techniques, to me mark judge holed up in row hoe bath or wherever he was didnt make much sense, and i thought it was terrible optics, and i do think for someone such as senator collins, senator myrrh c murkowski, senator flake, they tend to always reflect a real consciousness and independence and be able to explain how theyre going to vote to the other side in a way that even if they dont agree with the vote, even if they might be reluctant to want to agree, they still respect the procedure and pattern by which they got there. I think what senator flake did today is going to really outrage the right because the base is with Lindsey Graham on this. The base is outraged by what they feel is bad faith by democrats, but i think a lot of the country looked at dr. Ford and said at minimum something happened to her, i have chills saying this, that dramatically changed her life that was very, very wrong, and i also think a lot of people saw judge kavanaugh and said i think he is telling the truth, but i also dont think that i think he was probably paying more attention to beer parties than church in high school and thats where i think his testimony was a little i think hes going to to the point that someone just mentioned a second ago, as we get into the next week, some of those nonsexual misconduct type things may creep up. Yeah, i think a lot of it has to do with drinking and the way different people react to too much beer, and were going to learn a lot about this guy in a week. I have a lot of faith in the fbi. Theyve got thousands of people to deploy here. Theres only ten people weve mentioned they have to talk to certainly, certainly on the record jotting down everything they say. Thank you Michelle Goldberg, great writing as always. And paul butler my friend, thank you. President trump praised kavanaughs performance yesterday, what does he think about the delay in the judges confirmation . Plus, what kind of Supreme Court justice would kavanaugh make if he were to end up on the highest court . Do you like the show he put on yesterday . Senator klobuchar, he said what about you, do you ever black out yourself . This is the good news, arizona senator took the stand today forcing the republicans to allow an fbi investigation into the allegations against brett kafr gn kavanaugh. Who knows whos going to come forward, who knows what the fbi is going to get under oath. Let me finish with dr. Blasey fords powerful testimony yesterday about guys laughing at her as they tortured her basically. This is hardball, where the action is. Action is. 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For drivers with accident forgiveness Liberty Mutual wont raise their rates because of their first accident. Liberty mutual insurance. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Im not speaking for mitch. Im just im going to talk with jeff. Somebodys got to explain this to trump, so i guess that will be my job. Lindsey graham, that was lindsey of course just after todays Senate Judiciary committee hearing. In reality President Trump is no longer calling the shots on Brett Kavanaughs nomination. You heard it there. That role is filled by a potential 50th vote in the senate namely senator jeff flake of arizona. He called for a delay today in a vote depending on the fbi investigation, the Background Investigation thats to come this week. He demanded that President Trump honor it late today. In a statement he said quote, ive ordered the fbi to conduct a supplemental investigation to update judge kavanaughs file. This update must be limited in scope and completed in less than a week. Less than a week . Its a week. Two days ago the president said an fbi investigation wouldnt have mattered. Trump said hed defer to the senate but was steadfast in his support of kavanaugh. I think it will work out very well for the country. I just want it to work out well for the country. If that happens, im happy. Have you thought at all about a replacement for judge kavanaugh . Not even a little bit. Not even a little bit. Senior White House Correspondent pbs news hour and tony tony schwartz, coauthor of the art of the deal. Youre a trump watcher, how does he like the fact that hes no longer calling the shot . This was decided by flake who forced the Senate Committee to make the decision. Basically said to the president , you want my vote, give me an fbi investigation for one full week. Its been bizarre this week because trump in the midst of all of this has seemed jaunty and jowly. I suspect he thought it was a lock and he was going to get his candidate, his second Supreme Court justice, and look good, feel good and so on, and i think he was probably pretty stunned this morning as the the rest of us were that he didnt, and i can say with pretty much with a great deal of certainty that he is not a happy dude tonight. Lets talk about that in the way he thinks. You get two Supreme Court nominees into the ideology of your liking. Thats sort of like a pictupitc the major leagues winning 20 games. Now that season is in real jeopardy. He could walk away with one, but he could also look away with a guy with a lot of stuff on his face as the guy who picked the wrong guy who had a drinking problem, who had whatever problems, belligerence problems coming forth. Whats he going to do if that happens . Hes already doing it. Hes already offloading it to the mcconnell in the senate. He did that this afternoon. This is their problem. This is their responsibility, and trump has no loyalty to kavanaugh. It wasnt his first choice, and he its not the kind of guy he could remotely imagine going out to dinner with. I would imagine that he cringed today when im sorry, yesterday when kavanaugh, when kavanaugh cried because to trump thats weakness and vulnerability and the last thing hed ever do. Why wouldnt he like a guy like this guy . Because hes not rich . Say that again . Why wouldnt trump like a guy like kavanaugh . Fill in the blank on that. Trump likes big shots like putin and whats his name, the guy from north carolina, kim jongun. He likes bosses, big shots, fire people. He doesnt like people who he doesnt think he can be like. He does think he can be like authoritarians like kim jongun and putin. He doesnt think he can be like kavanaugh in the sense of a yale graduate, a Yale Law School graduate, this elite background. Trump is the outer borrough kid whos always been tried to get accepted by people like kavanaugh, and because he never has been accepted by them, deep in his heart he hates them. President trump sees himself in Brett Kavanaugh in that he sees himself as someone who was falsely accused of sexually assaulting women. But he wasnt falsely accused. Thats what President Trump said though. You think he was falsely accused. He knows what he did with stormy daniels. He knows what he did with mcdougal. He said it was going to have an impact on the way he viewed that hearing. He felt like all these women all over tv and people were covering these women constantly. When he sees Brett Kavanaugh he says heres another guy theyre trying to take down. Add to that Brett Kavanaugh was talking about Hillary Clinton having revenge on him how did you see that wired . How did hillary get even with him in this nomination fight . Brett kavanaugh thinks its because the democrats have conjured up all of this stuff and Hillary Clinton must be in the background somewhere playing strings. Theres a conspiracy theory. Any evidence there are any groups . I havent seen any evidence that say the clintons caused dr. Blasey ford to come forward with an allegation from 35 years ago. Dont believe they may have had a role in it being leaked to the lawyers perhaps . Not that ive heard. He also talked about the 2016 president ial election and said the reason why everyones attacking me is because im President Trumps nominee and everyones mad that hes president. President trump heard that and heard that loud and clear. I talked to a source today and they said President Trump believes in Brett Kavanaugh, not believes him as much, but believes in him, which of course means that yes he might believe his allegation. Its the fact that he believes this is someone he can be tied to. By the way, guys, every member of the United States senate is going to get this report from the fbi. Leaking will be immediate, but everybodys going to read it. This idea of mr. Mark judge, what an interesting name, judge keeping his words confidential is insane. This is going to be out here. Hes a player here. Chris, this notion that time is on the republicans side is absurd. He is every day that goes by the chances that more is going to come out and that kavanaugh himself is going to dissemble again increase. I wouldnt say the republicans are feeling great right now. And the president s frustrated, very, very frustrated. He wants this to get pushed through. I think the tip box is big and its open. Thank you very much. When considering a nominee for the United States sfrouupre court, judicial temperament is supposed to be part of the equation. 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Because each job in energy creates many more in this town. Energy lives here. Welcome back to hardball. From the outside of his testimony yesterday, judge Brett Kavanaugh struck a tone of righteous indignation, dont you think so . Accusing the democrats of orchestrating a political hit job. Under questioning he appeared peeved and petulant when democrats pressed him for details of his past. Youre saying theres never been a case where you drank so much that you didnt remember what happened the night before or part of what happened . Youre asking about blackout, i dont know. Have you . Could you answer the question, judge . So you have thats not happened . Is that your answer . Yeah, and im curious if you have. I have no drinking problem. The swetnick thing is a joke. That is a farce. Would you like to say more about it . No. I was number one in the class. Freshman no, no, no. I thought only the im going to talk about no, no. Let him answer. Im going to talk about my High School Record if youre going to sit here and mock me. Did the word ralph you used in your yearbook i already answered the question. Did it relate to alcohol . I like beer. I like beer. I dont know if you do. Do you like beer, senator or not . What do you like to drink . Senator what do you like to drink . I welcome whatever the committee wants to do. Im telling the truth. I want to know what you want to do, judge. Im innocent. Im innocent of this charge. Then youre prepared for an fbi investigation . They dont reach conclusioninconclusion s. But they do investigate questions. Today the ranking democrat, senator Dianne Feinstein described kavanaughs behavior as aggressive and belligerent saying ive never seen a nominee for any position behave in that manner. Joining us is a Legal Correspondent for National Public radio and a democratic congressman from the state of washington and from seattle, which is very important. Lets go on. Youre the expert anita. Youve had fights with senator sif simpson. Youve got a history of what temperame temperaments about. Look, i didnt think that judge kavanaugh was a good witness, and the reason he wasnt a good witness was im not saying that hes guilty as charged, but he was unhinged. I mean, as you picked and chose the cuts, yes, but there was more of that than there was of anything thoughtful or there was some tearful, but there was more rage there than anything else. If you had a boss who acted like that, no what the circumstances were, you would run for the exit. Yeah, it was almost like scenes from a few good men. Youre not the first person who said that. Or when theyre yelling at each other. The crazy thing is he spent a lot of time in the earlier hearings trying to project sort of this deeply serious grounded judicial temperament, and it all fell away yesterday during those hearings. He became belligerent, abusive, defiant, defensive, you know, not righteous indignation, but actually selfrighteous denigration is what i felt like we were hearing. Do you think he felt he had already lost, he might as say what he felt . I think that might have been part of it. I will tell you, i got a lot of calls from constituents today and emails from constituents who were horrified at that piece. They were saying, look, we were horrified to start with with the allegations of assault, but this piece around temperament is really critical. We want somebody on the Supreme Court who is going to be able to be fair, and this man does not he looks unhinged. He does not look like he could kavanaugh also engaged in some conspiratorial thinking blaming the emergence of the allegations against him on left wing activists who are seeking revenge on behalf of the clintons. This whole twoweek effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fueled with apparent pentup anger about President Trump and the 2016 election, fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record, revenge on behalf of the clintons, and millions of dollars in money from outside left wing opposition groups. Anita, wheres the facts on that . Are there any facts of a big . I know there are a lot of activists on the progressive side. There are a lot of actors who opposed his nomination. There have been some ads, probably hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of ads but not as much as the millions of dollars of ads that have supported him run by conservatives for merrick garland. Theyre still running today. Theyre still running today. Ive never seen a nominee for any judicial position or any position, be so overtly partisan. He said repeatedly, i wrote this myself, i hope he didnt. I hope this is didnt you hear in his voice both of you, the voice of a former white house staffer . A guy who worked his way up the political ladder, not so much the judicial ladder. He comes from that world. He does, he does. I was in that world, im not knocking it. This is more trumpian that bushian. There were times when i felt like i was listening to the voice of a 3yearold. I like beer. It is a bizarre thing for a judicial nominee to the Supreme Court. Youre a politician, why would a guy say maybe ten times in a hearing about his belligerence under the influence of alcohol keep saying i like boo beer. I think he was trying to appeal to the trump base. I mean, i think that was part of it. I dont think thats fair. What was his argument for saying i like beer . Why else would he say that over and over again . Hes not pretending that ive never drunk beer, and so i think its a fair thing to say, look, i like beer. I probably drank too much beer in high school occasionally, but i didnt do this. Thats he went way beyond that. He actually, though, i would say he has actually tried to deny over and over again that he was, you know, that he liked beer a lot. Hes gone back and forth. Youre going to kill them on saturday night live. We were talk about that. Saturday night live is going to the bank with this guy. Theyre going to have a guy on the witness stand with a beer next to him. Thank you anita, youre a pro. Up next, a hairline fracture in the partisanship thats come to define american politics, courtesy of a republican senator from arizona with nothing to lose. What does this tell us about our politicians and the people who will vote for them in november . Look at this guy, the man who is the factor tonight. Youre watching hardball. Tont youre watching hardball. To your goals and needs. Some only call when they have something to sell. Fisher calls regularly so you stay informed. 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To the fullest. I have been speaking with a number of people on the other side. Weve had conversations ongoing for a while with regard to making sure that we do Due Diligence here, and 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 paraphrase russell crowe, the actor we owe this fbi to one bloke. Jeff flake is one of 100 u. S. Senators and today he took the rae ra reins in the confirmation of judge kavanaugh. He has received support from democratic senator joe mansion of west virginia, Lisa Murkowski of alaska and Susan Collins of maine. President trump was forced to bow to a man he called a nonfactor in the u. S. Senate. Lets bring back congressional reporter for politico. Clarence page columnist for the chicago tribune. One vote does make a difference, one guy, one person. It also really shows the power of this block of swing votes in this senate, in a 5149 chamber, jeff flake was able to get together, and we have an indication they were talking about this last night to get this. About the fbi report. What was the smarts about him saying ill vote the out of committee. He didnt become a nay vote. He became an affirmative demand vote. Clarence. Whenever youve got a close Vote Congress like this one, it empowers the middle, and hes taking advantage of that now, and it also shows you what a senator can do whos not planning to run again. And hes taking advantage of that. Hes not worried about the nine out of ten Republican Voters who backed trump on every single thing. Thats why the other ones are hog tied. It is a big relief, but i was struck by, you know, a profile in democracy. Heres a guy who held an elevator door. Senators have their own elevators in order to keep those people out. They dont welcome them in. And he listened to them for as long as they went. Hes not an elitist. Hes got a warm and human side to him. The friendship with coons is real. He showed you can do something if you want. Weve come a long way from Strom Thurman who would not get on the elevator. Lindsey graham has been one of the most vocal defenders of Brett Kavanaugh. Today lindsey insisted he was not going to back down from speaking his mind. I know im a single white male from South Carolina, and im told i should shut up. Ly not shut up if thats okay. I got here the same way everybody else did. The people in South Carolina voted for me. Was that a cry for help . A single white male . You know what it actually was was senator ma sooe hirano a while back had told the men to shut up. He was actually subtly telling democrats i see you. Im not going to shut up. It was an interesting moment. Looks like a draw, at least today. Lindsey has always been a free thinker, too. Whats interesting is how hes gone from being the never trumper who had to throw out his cell phone because trump gave his phone number away to being a disciple, a spokesman, an advocate. Today he said somebodys got to get the president s permission. I guess thats going to be me because he was the guy. Lets have a little fun. Whos going to have a bad week next week . With the fbi out on the trail, thousands of agents deployed all over talking to every accuser, every possible witness, everybody whos ever drank with him, everybody whos ever been around when hes not in the best mood. This is a lot of fire power and candle power. They know what theyre doing. Its hard to bear up under that. We already know about the little lies, the gratuitous lies he didnt have to tell about what words meant and what was in the yearbook and about that poor girl. You didnt think ralph had to do with his bad stomach. If you go to the urban stomach, its not spicy foods. Its booze. The partisan attacks were on pulling display at the Senate Judiciary committee. Two members of this committee leveled personal attacks at senator feinstein. They said she concealed dr. Fords letter for partisan reasons, perhaps in this trumpian era those sorts of baseless personal charges are to be expected. Our democratic colleagues are embarrassed to say publicly because they demonstrate this has become a partisan circus. This is not about substance. This is about smears. The constitution does not say we the ruling party. The constitution says we the people. As far as im concerned, congress has hit rock bottom and started to dig. What do you think of that . Theyre all knocking themselves. I have to say i have been a reporter on capitol hill for more than a decade, and ive never seen it this intense and this strained between these members. Its been a really rough month. Why . Part of it is yes, the high stakes politically. The two factions that are so impassioned that the stakes are so high, and you hear from the people who are so polarized on an issue thats not making 7,000 or 9,000, lets make it 8. Abortions very hard to compromise on. This is their base. It is hard to compromise on. Go back to 1980 when Ronald Reagan brought the Christian Coalition and robertson and falwell into the party. They became a core group in the gop and since then now they care about the Supreme Court more than democrats do. Democrats get upset at times like this when they can see the courts going it difficult the wrong way, but whos out there every election day pitching for a conservative court. Its the right. Thats why republicans now are forgetting merrick garland. Theyre forgetting the hardball politics of the past that they played and say the democrats always do all this. Youre a lawyer, and i think its fair to say that the politicians in both parties have shoved the hardest issues of our times, this has been going on since the 50s over the court. You decide about integrating our high schools and grade schools. You decide on whether we have prayer in school. You decide womens rights, and the court ends make ing the most horrifically difficult decisions. The stakes are very high, but also that division between left and right, yesterday it was depressing because half of the country was going to end up not speaking to the other half of the country over Brett Kavanaugh. It had seeped down, and i had friends where we can bridge the gap. It was very hard yesterday. Hes not the strongest personality in the world either. Not yesterday. Dont forget thomas hill. Youre right about that. We all remember that one. Up next, these three will tell me something i dont know. Youre watching hardball. Me something i dont know. Youre watching hardball anoro. 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