think you do not believe her. if she said that under oath and he said that under oath, you made a decision that he said is more validate than what she said. in this country we have a presumption of innocence. as a matter of fairness, what i decided to use as a standard was the question of is it more likely than not that brett kavanaugh assaulted christine ford. and there was no corroborating evidence that he did so. each of the people that she said was present that night have testified under oath both to the committee through the declarations they submitted and to the fbi now, that they have no memory of this happening, and
that s what they have become. let s turn to jeff bennett who covers the white house for nbc news. is that the message that we re going to hear time and time again with this 30 days before the midterms as he ramps up his campaigning? reporter: it appears that way. the big question after brett kavanaugh was confirmed is how will the president drive republicans out to the polls now that they have what they wanted. he motivate ons fes on fear and resentment. now we know the pitch the president is going to make. he will warn of the steaks of the democratic house and senate. means no border wall. no more conservative justices on the court and possibly even a presidential impeachment. he will take that message on the road to four states. the president is picking his
flooded that site moments after she announced her yes vote for judge kavanaugh. it s back up and running are people are voting with their dollars saying they want to be ready in 2020. those people who are dissatisfying say they want to unseat senator collins when her time comes up. no doubt the opinions are out there. they go both ways. it writes it may not seen fair to pin so much on kol lcollins was one vote out of 100. she was part of a group who would be able to slow down or stop the nomination. reporter: i haven t heard anyone who say too much has been made. people who are dissatisfied said not enough is made. they felt like there should be
was mocking dr. ford. we have to talk about that. we have to talk about the 53% of white women who voted for donald trump in this election. they were some of the folks who helped to get us a brett kavanaugh nomination and has to be discussed. but at the end of the day, i are there are more women who are angry. i think there are some of the 53% who have even crossed over. sexual assault victims, survivors who sat back and said hey, this is too much. now we see that our stories don t matter, that coming forward means nothing. and that again, if people are able to politicize this, they can just throw out real true human stories and human situations. this is too much for us. we re going to show up. november is coming. i mean, that has been the women s march campaign. we re very serious about that. we can argue, but as lola said, if you re feeling t you re feeling upset, angry, take all of that with you to the polls and make sure you take people with you to the poll. make no mistake about
ever. the final push. less than a month out from the election day, can democrats harness their frustration and get voters out or will republican enthusiasm get the better of them add the gop take a victory lap. mitch, how are you feeling? that was awesome. the laughs are there but we begin with the president and the republican party in celebration mode. having placed justice brett kavanaugh on the highest court with about three weeks to go before the mid teterm lekelecti. the if the was targeting democrats. each of you will have a chance in just four weeks to rern render your verdict on the democrats conduct at the ballot box. you don t hand matches to an arsonist and you don t give power to an angry left wing mob.