donald trump s tenure, the never trumpers, luke-warm trumper, all-in on kavanaugh. never seen a galvanizing bar fight stories, the smear campaign and hate it. democrats proved one thing. they will always be counted on to overreach. middle america isn t fair. talking about men. many men in middle america. a lot of women live in middle america, too, and are unhappy, too. in middle america, just saying that across the board, look at the split. women are also looking at this story. this election will be decided on women across the country. what i think. we can have a debate and i know mitch mcconnell and republicans will say great for them, and some democrats say great for them. what donald trump really wants to do, make this another culture war where it s bean mtween men women. i hope end of the process you agree it s not a political issue as something about the truth about what happened. having said that, just to say
traffic and roads. a mess, honestlyrents going up,le. friends and family moving out of state, millions of californians live near or below the poverty line. politicians like gavin newsom talk about change, but they ve done nothing. sky-high gas and food prices. homelessness. gavin newsom, it happened on your watch. so, yeah. it is time for a change. time for someone new. well, a day full of drama on capitol hill. the fate of brett kavanaugh still very much up in the air after today s sudden about-face by senator jeff flake and the president, who has now ordered the fbi to conduct an investigation into allegations against kavanaugh, something he had previously refused to do and said the fbi wasn t interested in, didn t want to do. joining me now is senator richard blumenthal, a member of the judiciary committee. senator blumenthal, watching
leaders who are unhappy tonight one day will thank jeff flake. he pulled them, along with chris coons, pulled them back from the brink of what would be what would have become the most divisive vote in contemporary history. taking an extra week to look at this, satisfying the democratic demands to get closer to the bottom of this really changes the dynamics and makes it easier. if there s nothing there, it also makes it easier to vote on judge kavanaugh and send him to the court for those who are disposed to do that. but the real credit here belongs to dr. ford and to all the american women who are speaking up. the coming week is going to be featuring not just this investigation but hearing from the voice of the people. and that voice changed jeff flake s mind. it s going to have an enormous impact in the days ahead. but what if they vote to confirm him, and all these women
family. think about them. i have two children. i cannot imagine that for the next 50 years, they will have to have someone in the supreme court who has been accused of violating a young girl. what are you doing, sir? i was sexually assaulted, and nobody believed me! i didn t tell anyone, and you re telling all women that they don t matter. look at me when i m talking to you. you re telling me that my assault doesn t matter, that what happened to me doesn t matter and that you re going to let people who do these things into power. that s what you re telling me when you vote for him. don t look away from me. look at me and tell me that it doesn t matter what happened to me. ana maria archila joins us now. thanks so much for being with us. i m wondering when you made the decision to confront senator flake. at that point, were you aware of his intention to confirm judge kavanaugh? i ve been coming to the
to yes without having this investigation, and it s as simple as that. can i ask dana a question? dana, one thing i don t understand about this, and i ve seen conflicting stories. does this mean that the fbi investigation ends a week from today, or there is a vote on kavanaugh a week from today? i asked that very question just before coming on. what i was told by a senior leadership source is that the agreement was it s a gentleman s agreement. there are no votes or anything. and woman agreement. they agree that the vote will happen no later than a week from today. so if the fbi investigation is done earlier, then there could be a vote earlier, but no later than a week from today. that s what they agreed to. jeff, you had some tough words for senator flake this morning before the deal. i m wondering what you make all week i had tough words for jeff flake. not a profile in courage, i believe was and time for me to eat crow. i was wrong. jeff flake changed history. i mea