from my experience is the fbi is looking into something and the public knows the fbi is looking into it, first of all they put up tip lines. second of all if someone shows up at the office or calls they may listen to them. they may find it s not credible and never do any follow-up, but from my experience they will hear them out and see if there s anything to follow-up. the reason so many of these people are coming forward and writing articles and speaking to the press, the op-ed today with his roommates, kavanaugh s roommates or drinking buddies saying, you know, he can t say he didn t drink to the point of not remembering because we saw him. why are they doing that in an op-ed or in an opinion piece because the fbi didn t hear them out. and that is just strange to me. that relates to ramirez claim. but that is pure but that is something that should have been followed up on if you re going to do a thorough investigation. and why didn t they tuque the therapist on ford s claim. i wo
attempted rape described by dr. christine blasey ford because the fbi interviewed only nine people, and we only know who six of those people actually are, but most importantly we do know that the fbi did not interview dr. ford or brett kavanaugh, the two most important witnesses in that investigation. no republican senator has expressed any dissatisfaction yet with the fbi investigation. many democrats have objected to it. dr. ford s lawyers sent a letter to fbi director christopher wray today saying the investigation conducted over the past five days is a stain on the process on the fbi and on our american ideal of justice. joining our discussion now john heilemann, national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc. co-host and executive producer of show times the circus. and mimi roca is still with us. are you picking up any
kavanaugh has enough votes to join the supreme court. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell set a key vote for 10:30 a.m. then senators still weighing how to play their hands have to show their cards. the final case coming from kavanaugh himself in the wall street journal op-ed. admitting he might have been too emotional before the senate judiciary committee last week. this whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit. kavanaugh writes, at times my testimony reflected my overwhelming frustration at being wrongly accused. i know my tone was sharp. i said a few things i should not have said. i believe an independent and impartial judiciary is essential to our constitutional republic. it seems unlikely to sway one man who knows the court well. former justice john paul stevens. he said he changed his mind after that testimony.
in my experience, for most politicians, this is a trick question. what would you not do to win an election? they don t really have an answer, most of them. today we discovered the answer to that question from heidi hide camp. she will not cast the easy political vote for a north dakota senator. instead, she s going to vote against the confirmation of brett kavanaugh. wendy sherman is back with us, and wendy, when i see votes like this, it really stops me because it is so rare and in this case so important. you know, we ve all talked about who is going to be the next john mccain. who is going to be the person who have an independent mind. and i certainly didn t agree with senator mccain on many, many issues. but when he put that thumbs down on the health care vote, that was courageous. he was courageous obviously in many ways in his life. what heidi high camp did today was courageous. what s really sweet is her brother, in talking about it
president trump very quickly turn on republican lawmakers on this including don mcgahn and leonard leo and the senators and distance himself. and i think the way that he ll do that is by calling out that kavanaugh used to work in the bush administration and using that as a bit of a diss or distancing mechanism. of a diss r distancing mechanism a price you can afford, a price that can t increase, and a price that fits your budget. i m 65 and take medications. what s my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i just turned 80. what s my price? $9.95 a month for you, too. if you re age 50 to 85, call now about the number one most popular whole life insurance plan available through the colonial penn program. it has an affordable rate starting at $9.95 a month. no medical exam, no health questions. your acceptance is guaranteed, and this plan has a guaranteed lifetime rate lock,