question. if you re not the candidate, have you ever heard anything about this person that would concern us if we heard it? can you tell us three other people that we should be talking to that we aren t talking to? when we vote on brett kavanaugh tomorrow, he is likely to have been the most investigated nominee, not just for the supreme court, but possibly for any office ever with seven of these background checks, over 150 interviews, and over a long period of time. dana: it was only a week ago when the senator had found senator jeff flake kind of in their cross hairs. like why are you going to delay this? he was calling for the fbi investigation. john mccormack writing today in the week since the four kavanaugh hearings, no one has been able to disprove the unfalsifiable allegations but the extra week has very clearly helped clear kavanaugh s name. do you agree that this fbi investigate eight has been helpful in getting the republicans to the point where
trump land ing ing in africa. did donald trump personally order his son to keep stormy daniels quiet. welcome to the lead everyone. i m jake tapper. the politics lead. president trump laying down a red line saying it would not be acceptable if his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh lied in his testimony before the senate judiciary committee. not just about whether kavanaugh ever committed sexual assault, which the judge has vociferously denied, but his characterization of drinking habits as a young man. denial he was aggressive or ever passed out or memory loss under increased scrutiny particularly in the wake of a police report revealing kavanaugh was questioned by police after allegedly starting a bar fight while a student at yale in the 1980s. some republican senators said if kavanaugh was not honest in front of congress they will have trouble voting for him. today president trump seemed to agree with that assessment and voicesing strong support for his pick saying he did not
word of caution. as he left the white house for philadelphia, the president telling reporters he s optimistic the senate can vote to confirm brett kavanaugh in the coming days. hopefully as mitch said, they ll have a vote by the end of the week, and it will be a positive vote. reporter: but trump making clear kavanaugh s fate remains uncertain, as the fbi investigates the sexual assault allegations made against him. a lot is going to depend on what comes back from the fbi, in terms of their additional number seven investigation. reporter: trump implying even he could be swayed by the outcome. we re going have to see what the fbi says. they ll come back with a report. reporter: amid questions about whether brett kavanaugh was truthful when he downplayed drinking in high school and college, the president drawing a line at lying to lawmakers. you shouldn t lie to congress. to me that would not be acceptable. reporter: trump, sources say privately voiced suspicion an
kavanaugh s physical state that night. in the report, kavanaugh preferred not to answer whether he threw the ice. they saw in the report there is nothing that indicates whether or not he was inebriated. reporter: new haven s police chief said the department was not contacted by the fbi about that incident. meanwhile, jake, michael avenatti, lawyer for the third accuser julie swetnick says she, too, has not been contacted by the fbi. jake? jessica schneider, thanks. simone, republicans seem to be getting very excited about this issue, in a way that might hurt democrats in the midterms. take a look at the quinnipiac poll. in september, democrats had a 14-point lead. now democrats have a 7-point lead. republicans are getting motivated and it s hard to escape the conclusion that this might be part of the reason. kavanaugh. look, i think my polling
him. there s also i don t think i do not think that s a fair characterization. smoimone? i don t believe brett kavanaugh, jake. shocker. look, if brett kavanaugh had told other lies under oath, i ll call them lies, for example, i got into yale on my own. his grandfather went to yale. why are you lying about that? brett kavanaugh s going to lie about that, lie about a devil s triangle. not forthcoming and truthful how much he did drink, why is it hard for us to believe he s not telling the truth here? what i saw in the ex-containing, someone who was a judge, who was a skilled attorney, who was walking around the words to try to constrain himself to this little thing right here. brett kavanaugh s not believable in this scenario. so i know it might feel unfortunate. the thing that saved brett kavanaugh, the fact he lied about getting down in college. i remind everybody, bill clinton