are racist and sexist and throw granny over the cliff. democrats care about power. that is what this is about. they are trying to delay a vote so it does not occur. republicans must not let it happen. if they do not confirm judge kavanaugh they will lose the senate. sean: senator collins, i don t always agree with her. she said it s not fair to either side. she is right. right. sean: right. and the explanation we are getting from chrstine blasey ford doesn t make sense. citizens don t get to demand a federal investigation. there is nothing in the law or the senate rules that give a witness a right to insist on an f.b.i. investigation as a sean: it s not a federal crime. as a condition precedent to testify. it s baffling to me that ms. ford was willing to sit down to the washington post and tell a story without
clarence thomas? every two years, republicans are racist, and sexist and throw granny over the cliff. democrats care about power.e that is what this is about. they are trying to delay a vote so it does not occur. republicans must not let it happen. if they do not confirm judge kavanaugh they will lose the senate. sean: senator collins, i don t always agree with her. she said it s not fair to either side. she is right. right. sean: right. and the explanation we are getting from chrstine blasey ford doesn t make sense. citizens don t get to demand a federal investigation.n. there is nothing in the law or the senate rules that give a witness a right to insist on an f.b.i. investigation as a sean: it s not a federal crime. as a condition precedent to testify. it s baffling to me that ms. ford was willing to sit down to the washington post . and tell a story without conduct anthey investigation but she won t
hawks in israel and the hawks in saudi arabia. their biggest fear is that somehow iran will settle down, it will become a regular country, but powerful country. and it s in their interests that iran not become a powerful country, even if it s tamed. they don t want it to be powerful. they want us to be at war with iran and they want to try to destroy iran. tell me why that doesn t putin isn t any more afraid of an iran-american friendship than he is of a nuclear-armed iran. doesn t he fear most that? don t the saudis fear that? they re afraid of an older iran like the shah when we did get along with them? am i being an extremists in my thinking here? i don t know. because i think they re out for real troubles, the enemies of this deal. there may be some who believe that. i m not sure that all do. one of the ironies of this situation is in the middle east there are so many overlapping, contradictory conflicts that you can t see what will happen if there is an outbreak of violenc
bomb and the u.s. congress having sidelined an agreement that was entered into by six major countries in the world. take it a step further. i know you have done this in your head. i think the enemies of this deal, this negotiation want us to go that far. they want us to bomb iran kill any chance of reproach between our countries for decades to come. this includes putin and the hawks in israel and the hawks in saudi arabia. their biggest fear is that somehow iran will settle down it will become a regular country, but powerful country. and it s in their interests that iran not become a powerful country, even if it s tamed. they don t want it to be powerful. they want us to be at war with iran and they want to try to destroy iran. tell me why that doesn t putin isn t any more afraid of an iran-american friendship than he is of a nuclear-armed iran. doesn t he fear most that? don t the saudis fear that? they re afraid of an older iran like the shah when we did get along with them? am i
we re assured that it s a military training exercise, and i have no reason to doubt those assurance assurances, but i understand the reason for concern and uncertainty, because when the federal government has not demonstrated itself to be trustworthy in this administration, the natural consequence is that many of the citizens don t trust what it s saying. i mean, if you can t trust the military works can you trust. i m glad senator ted cruz trusts the pentagon. a pentagon spokesman told cnn jade helm is a long planned and coordinated exercise. we are not taking over anything. large-scale military exercises in western states are nothing new. the terrain is similar to places overseas where troops may be fighting. for more let s bring in wayne slater, a dallas morning news contributor and harold cook a texas democratic strategist. gentlemen, great to have you with us. mr. slater you first. how does a journalist take this reaction seriously? well you know we have a