and kavanaugh has repeatedly denied any misconduct. and the instructions to the fbi from the president have not changed the message to supporters in tennessee last night about his supreme court nominee. he is a good man. great student, great intellect, and never had a problem and all of the sudden, oh, let s go back to high school, and we will see how it all works out, but i will tell you that they are trying to destroy a very fine person, and we can t let it happen. we can t let it happen. and the republican leaders still insisting that whether the judge lied about the high school and the drinking in college should even be relevant to the confirmation. and now, joining me is national correspondent peter alexander and msnbc security analyst brett fashionl faglisi, and mimi rocha, an attorney from the southern