as you are the president say, do what you need to do. this is what they do. we are out of the way and letting them do exactly that. chris: to be specific, did the white house counsel give the fbi a list? not that i m aware of. they have allowed the senate to dictate with these terms look like what the scope of the investigation is. the white house isn t intervening. we are not micro managing this process. it s a senate process. it has been from the beginning of your letting the senate continue to dictate what the terms look like. chris: do you know if either are saying don t interview julie - -? that s a question you have to ask the senate. chris: but the white house is in charge of telling the fbi. that we are open to the investigation. at the end of the day, the fbi will go through this process. they will do interviews. they don t come to a
there are democrats who believe when is a credible allegation like doctor ford s, against someone who s seeking a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. that is worth pumping the brakes and doing a real investigation. i don t believe, personally do not believe, that she was treated with the respect and credibility that many people are patting themselves on the back thing they gave her. i think, democrats are often times criticized for saying, they came out against him before this started. they said - - republicans were saying before the hearing started that they were going to vote for him afterwards. i don t think her allegations were treated as credibly as a lot of people say they were and i think that s why this investigation is so important. do you think brett kavanaugh was treated well? i think this whole mess has been disgusting. she wrote a letter
news sunday . and hello again from fox news in washington. tomorrow, the supreme court opens its new term with eight justices on the bench. judge brett kavanaugh s nomination facing another week of uncertainty after president trump under pressure, ordered a new fbi background check into allegations of sexual misconduct or his nominee. all of this just five weeks before the 2018 midterm elections. in a moment, we will speak with white house press secretary sarah sanders. but first, fox news white house respondent kevin cork has the latest on capitol hill. reporter: the fate of the supreme court nominee was thought to rest in the hands of a few sitting republican senators but it s not clearly and those of the fbi which is doing an supplemental investigation into judge brett kavanaugh.
analyst, brit hume. mo elleithee of georgetown university s - -. former democratic congresswoman donna edwards and kimberly strawel. what did you think of - - to go along with an investigation. a one-week fbi investigation of brett kavanaugh. i ve heard it described as a compromise. i don t think it was a compromise because when a compromise occurs, both sides give something. it s not clear at all what the democrats gave. this is exactly what they wanted. maybe they would have liked it to go on in perpetuity but i don t think mr. flake got much for his so-called compromise. everyone knows on that committee what an fbi background check is like that it is not a criminal investigation. it s not an in-depth
front, case closed. i think there are a lot of people that won t be voting for judge kavanaugh anyway. i think look, democrats agreed with jeff flake that the investigation would be open for this week. we will see what the fbi comes up with and then i guess the nomination will go forward or not. but it s really important to do what can be done in this week. i look at doctor ford and i will tell you something. i worked with over the years, 20 years, a lot of victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. she was incredibly credible. the thing she could remember were as she said, and della bill to the hippocampus - - indelible. i think the scope of the investigation should not be limited and you ve got to look at his drinking. his companions during this time period. there will be people that they