expanding the whole question as to whether lying about drinking should be relevant. let s watch. the interaction with the members was sharp and partisan and that concerns me. i tell myself, you give a little leeway because of what he has been through. but on the other hand, we can t have this on the court. we simply can t. so that is to judicial character and the sharp interactions were about high school and college drinking, and the questions asked. and mimi rocha what does the fbi do now and should the character beyond the sexual assault questions if they cannot be corroborated and the witnesses cannot validate what dr. ford said, should these other issues which came up in the hearings, and most importantly, the responses to the senators the way he reacted, and the belligerence in the responses to the questioning on last thursday
and kavanaugh has repeatedly denied any misconduct. and the instructions to the fbi from the president have not changed the message to supporters in tennessee last night about his supreme court nominee. he is a good man. great student, great intellect, and never had a problem and all of the sudden, oh, let s go back to high school, and we will see how it all works out, but i will tell you that they are trying to destroy a very fine person, and we can t let it happen. we can t let it happen. and the republican leaders still insisting that whether the judge lied about the high school and the drinking in college should even be relevant to the confirmation. and now, joining me is national correspondent peter alexander and msnbc security analyst brett fashionl faglisi, and mimi rocha, an attorney from the southern
it s a close call. you leave with doubts whichever way. that s the nature of this. there s no way you can leave certain you re completely right, he s right, she s wrong, she s right, he s wrong. i mean, you re never certain. you just do the best you can. that s what we re trying to do. back with us, robert costa, cynthia alksne, mimi rocha, steve schmidt. robert, not since the heart injection and pulp fiction have i seen someone spring to life the way senator graham did today. it was right after dick durbin, you ll forgive the phrase, drew blood on the subject of the fbi. and let s face something here. it s a town of a lot of whispering and a lot of cynicism and people, as soon as they
and good day, everyone. a busy day in washington. president trump after avoiding direct criticism of brett kavanaugh s accuser all week, today, he crossed the line, and writing to the the 50 million twitter followers. i have no doubt that if the attack on dr. ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with the local law enforcement by either her or the her parent, and i ask that she bring them present for the date, time and place. and tweeting again, why didn t someone call the fbi 26 years ago. and joining me is kristen welker and mimi. and kristen, it is clear that he
campaign manager? why did the republican platform change shortly after? all that stuff. paul? and the wikileaks stuff. that happened. so i think there s lots of questions that, you know, mueller will be able to ask. and importantly, part of the deal was that when these great fbi agents and prosecutors sit down with manafort, manafort s lawyer does not get to be there. no. so he gets teamed by some of the best prosecutors and agents in this country. elie honig, mimi rocha, paul butler, thank you. florence, downgraded to a tropical storm, but still poses threat of catastrophic flooding as it stands to dump rain. bill karins is up next.