i think much greater. i would never have denied his nomination on the basis of either his judicial performance in front of the committee or the allegations against him. even though they may very well have some or more than some truth. i think it s all about process. and i think the process failed. i think all americans lost. the a.c.l.u. big losers, democrats big losers. i m not sure how the republicans emerge from this. i think president trump was a loser when he made the statements he made, a mocking ford. she didn t deserve that. but it shouldn t have influenced and apparently didn t influence the outcome of the proceedings. we have to improve. we have to be better than this. hope to get you back later, okay. allen dershowitz. we re off to a good start here, wi bill. we re closer to a final vote around 3:30, 4:00, you ll want to stick with us. up next, we have tom duprey, and
of state john kerry gives a major speech partly to push back against israeli claims that the u.s. engineered that u.n. vote. joining me is bill neely. 3wi bill, kindly set the stage what led up to this. what do we know about the speech? yeah, good morning, chris. what we do know comes from john kerry s spokesman at the state department, mark toner. he said kerry would lay out a pr comprehensive vision. he feels it s his duty to lay out what he believes is a way to a peaceful two-state solution in the middle east. now many, of course, in the region and beyond believe that two-state solution is dying, if not already dead. the speech comes amid a sharp downturn in relations between the u.s. and israel after the u.s. abstained the u.n. security council vote. it was the first time in almost 40 years that the u.s. did not protect israel from a vote of this kind.