and i mean, this is one of the reasons why i think a lot of republicans privately were were scratching their heads why he was doing this news conference. certainly why he let it go on so long. he really tied himself, he made this parallel between himself and the allegations against him and some of the more sordid stories about him and you know, you have to think back to the access hollywood tape and that episode. he paralleled himself with brett kavanaugh. i ve been accused by these women and now he s being accused by these women. that is not a helpful thing for kavanaugh at this stage in the process. when you talk about the republican party becoming the party of trump and throwing in with these tactics, i think part of the reason is it s not just that they don t want to abandon him at this point. they don t feel they can without losing the base, without demoralizing base republican who s after hearing the access hollywood tape, going through the whole process right before the electi
process. doesn t do him nel favors. when you talk about the republican party becoming the party of trump and throwing in with these tactics, i think part of the reason is it s not just that they don t want to abandon him at this point. they don t feel they can without losing the base, without demoralizing base republican who s after hearing the access hollywood tape, going through the whole process right before the election in 2016 really embraced donald trump. he won. that s the direction the party has been going ever since. and this whole process has just elucidated that a lot more. one thing is for sure, we ll all be watching tomorrow. so there you go. 10:00 a.m. for the next few days. thank you, julie, annie, brian. i appreciate it. sure, don. when we come back, with the accusations against judge kavanaugh growing and only one hearing scheduled with one an accus accuser, should the senate postpone their vote?