Recent allegations, are you willing to have this do it . The Witness Testimony is before you. No witness who was there supports that i was there okay, im going to take that as a no. Did you watch dr. Fords testimony . I did not. I plan to. Thank you. I plan to, but i did not. I was preparing mine. At the end of the day, donald trump sent this out. Quote, judge kavanagh showed america exactly why i nominated him. His testimony was powerful, honest and riveting. Democrats Search And Destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham, an effort to delay and resist. The senate must vote. White house Deputy Press Secretary raj shaw added this. The president was thrilled with his testimony. He was strong. He was passionate. He was very convincing because he was telling the truth. The president stands firmly behind judge kavanagh. Judge kavanagh is the white
houses nominee for this open seat. Hes going to get confirmed. Let us bring in our lead off panel on a thursday nigh
republican party holding the majorities of congress and the white house. president trump disappointed in how this process played out with dr. ford s testimony. people inside of the white house, brian, tell me the president found her compelling. the testimony compelling. he thought kavanagh, the federal judge needed to come through with his testimony. he urged kavanagh in a phone call to make sure he was defiant in his testimony and by end of day the president decided to stand by the nominee and thought he did a strong job in his testimony and really pushing back against the democrats. but it s still tbd in the u.s. senate. where is senator collins, senator murkowski, they have decisions to make. senator corker one of the possible swing votes, republican retiring said he would support kavanagh.onco it seems to be moving toward kavanagh, but a lot of votes t still in the air. we hear this reporting, bob, those on the fence, the collins,
have judge kavanagh, a man who until two weeks ago, was a pillar of the legal community. there s been no whisper of misconduct by him in the time he s been a judge. what we have are uncorroborated, unsubstantiated claims from his teenage years. after today s hearing, republican senator bob corker of tennessee announced as we said he would be voting for kavanagh. there are several other important votes we don t yet know about. as we mentioned, senators flake, murkowski, collins, joe manchin met in private tonight after the hearing, after their meeting flake told reporters he is facing a tough choice. it s a close call. you leave with doubts whichever way. that s the nature of this. there s no way you can leave certain you re completely right,
steve schmidt, the bush white house, mccain presidential campaign and others. robert costa, you are among the best connected reporters that we know. take a minute. tell us how the day played out and what are you hearing importantly tonight? it played out in two fronts politically within the republican party holding the majorities of congress and the white house. president trump disappointed in how this process played out with dr. ford s testimony. people inside of the white house, brian, tell me the president found her compelling. the testimony compelling. he thought kavanagh, the federal judge needed to come through with his testimony. he urged kavanagh in a phone call to make sure he was defiant in his testimony and by end of day the president decided to stand by the nominee and thought he did a strong job in his testimony and really pushing back against the democrats. but it s still tbd in the u.s. not. where are senator collins, senator murkowski, they have decisions to make.
lindsey graham s tirade got noticed across town. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders posting this after hearing that. quote, lindsey graham has more decency and courage than every democrat member of the committee combined. god bless him. short time after graham s comments, senator orrin hatch of utah echoed some of brett kavanagh s testimony. this is a national disgrace the way you re being treated. and in the middle of it all we have judge kavanagh, a man who until two weeks ago, was a pillar of the legal community. there s been no whisper of misconduct by him in the time he s been a judge. what we have are uncorroborated, unsubstantiated claims from his teenage years. after today s hearing, republican senator bob corker of tennessee announced as we said he would be voting for kavanagh. there are several other