you really saw it exposed and full site when lindsey graham really took after the democrats on the panel. i think there s a feeling on both sides that they are playing dirty. i fully expect that although this talk about it happening at 9:30, it won t. when the committee comes in, you re going to see some of that bitterness continue, and you re going to see democrats. i feel like they think it is an effective talking point, they say let s have an fbi investigation. you heard that from every democrat on the panel yesterday. and remarkably, overnight, the american bar association, which had given judge kavanaugh its highest rating came out and said that they are now calling for a delay, so that there can be a full investigation, so they change their minds yesterday with their push. i fully expect them to continue to make that push today before we get to a vote, and i fully expect the republicans to push back hard. martha: chris, as you were
bookends. is that allowed? a preemptive sale smirk stop by, stay high, shake my hand, and we will find your book. the happy cookbook. go by my canal. bill: good morning everyone everyone. we are back at it again. 30 minutes away from a key vote on supreme court judge brett kavanaugh. i am bill hemmer. ascender is off today. where have you been? we have been all through the same thing. what an incredible week. good morning to you, i am martha maccallum. it s good to be here with you. really incredible. and we are going to see more about this morning. dr. christine blasey ford, her allegations against a judge kavanaugh, giving rise to one of the most contentious memorable senate hearings and recent
a week ago, the majority leader declared in the near future, judge kavanaugh will be on the united states supreme court. so, my friends, keep the faith. don t get rattled by all this. we are going to plow right through it. this was not about ensuring a fair process. this was about doing the bare minimum. and finally, to my republican colleagues who are so upset about the time that has passed, let s be clear. dr. ford asked for confidentiality. and that s what i did. we all know that if i had referred her allegations to the fbi when she would not come forward, there would have been nothing to do. the fbi would have had an anonymous allegation with no name, no contact information, and no way to follow up. in addition, dr. ford s allegations were referred her to the fbi on september 12th.
the last few hours that they actually believe the allegations even more because the allegations are based on a picture of judge kavanaugh being aggressive, being angry, having rage. and that came out yesterday. i think it is unfair to judge a human being in the circumstances that judge kavanaugh has been an aunt say that it reflects something about their entire life. especially when they have such a long record of being a judge on the second highest court in the land. shannon bream, your thoughts on judge kavanaugh this morning as we watch and wait for this process? it looks like senator flake will be a yes vote. i talked to lindsey graham last night after that passionate speech that he gave yesterday. you know, he is looking over to jeff flake. my speech was really for jeff flake too. maybe it works. they were divided amongst republicans and across party lines. it is such a tough combative
recognized that we needed to hear her testimony. chairman grassley was committed to making sure that she had a safe forum in which to tell her story. try to make it a form of her choosing. either public or private, although it appears that the democratic colleagues suggested to her that they had other plans. yesterday, we found that we were able to hear from dr. ford and judge kavanaugh. i want to personally thank them. i want to thank them both for attending the hearing and speaking to the committee and all of us and to you the american public as well. michael avenatti thought that the best place for his client to give her first interview was on a show called the circus. they have all set for weeks that they will vote against a judge kavanaugh. here s where i stand. we can t allow more time for new