court and the judge kavanaugh, i think he s highly qualified for the supreme court. i m glad that dr. ford was heard. i m glad that judge kavanaugh was heard. the fbi investigation was done, is completed, and senate voted. did you believe christine ford? i will move on that. i think all the victims, they need we need to help all the victims, no matter what abuse they had, but i am against any kind of abuse or violence. joining me to discuss this more, cnn contributor and author of the book first in line, first women and the residents. point out this is rare. we rarely hear melania trump speak on the record and answer tough questions a lot of us are
judiciary and our highest court is restored. mr. president, i will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh. cnn correspondent polo sandoval is in portland where protesters are expected to make a final plea. senator collins is under assault by constituents the last few taste. tell us what it is like there. reporter: the way they put it, if senator collins votes yes as everybody expects her to do today, she will have a lot of explaining to do when she returns to her home district. though it is a fairly liberal part of the state of maine, there are many democrats here who voted for the republican senator in the past because of her positions on health care and women s rights as well. so what happened yesterday, ryan, is something truly remarkable. we joined a group of constituents who have been opposed to judge kavanaugh s confirmation. they were extremely vocal before
tell us signs you recognized. early in the process she talked to judge kavanaugh in her office and came out and praised his commitment to precedent, and you saw that in her speech yesterday. it almost seemed like she was using the same argument she was back in august and it seemed the allegations against the judge sort of were stalemated in her mind by what she called lack of corroboration. seemed like she s back to square one, ended up where we thought she was going to end up before the allegations. so she s up for re-election in two years. she played with the idea of running for governor but decided against it, probably because she thought she couldn t win a primary there. what do you think the calculus is for her in terms of re-election? is there a chance she may not run at all, will she get a primary challenge, a democratic opponent? i think the lesson here is that susan collins waking up
well. you can see many other signs addressing the idea they feel that kavanaugh is dishonest, feel he doesn t respect women, and feel the decision itself doesn t respect women. they ve also been calculating how later today meeting and talking about how they might be able to get into the capitol and to some degree disrupt proceedings. a lot of police here, not sure it will work like they think. tom foreman outside the supreme court. thank you for that update. appreciate it. still ahead, as melania trump wraps up her first overseas trip as first lady, she s firing back that our outfit evoked colonialist comparisons. i want to talk about my trip and not what i wear.
about an entire day until a few minutes ago. it was about the kavanaugh nomination. women for kavanaugh and many others that support this very good man are gathering all over capitol hill in preparation for a 3 to 5:00 p.m. vote. it is a beautiful thing to see, and they re not paid professional protesters handed expensive signs, big day for america. a couple of notes on that as we often do when the president tweets. i have been out and talked to some of the protesters and there has been some reporting especially of conservative media about cash exchanging hands out during marches. what the protesters tell me that s about is bail. essentially a lot of people get arrested and have to forfeit, put up $50 bail to get free of the police. that s one of the issues on paid protesters. the other an issue of signs, they all point out that these are organized protests with some