already there, exacerbated by the kavanaugh confirmation fight. now republicans think they have got something to push back on and say, hey, the democrats want to storm the gate, you should be afraid, and keep us in power. abbey, listening to the president call these accusations against brett kavanaugh not one, but certainly two credible ones, there was also a third one a hoax, it was like the real president trump was back from hiding. i mean what was so stunning was that other person who materialized for a little while who seemed so measured and claimed that he felt that christine blasey ford was credible. do you have reporting on who that person was and where that person has gone? i think, alisyn, a lot of people were really more surprised by the restraint than by the president reverting back to the person that he really is. i mean if you listen to him both when when he was talking to us on the lawn i was there
pretty good about his instincts right now. i think a lot of republicans actually who once doubted them, who were quick to condemn them, criticizing christine blasey ford now believe they helped change the dynamic in kavanaugh s favor. there is a needle that needs to be threaded that he is not exactly threating. most republicans are happy about criticizing the process. saying the democrats threw this up and were on a witch-hunt. that polls well. what doesn t poll well is going after christine blasey ford. on accusations of sexual misconduct who do you believe, 61%, kavanaugh, 39% men. the president seems intent on driving a keeper wedge. his instinct are winner for the republican base, of course white
being sworn in in a ceremonial fashion after his official swearing in over the weekend. it was attended by all the members of the supreme court who were seated in that audience as well as several republican senators. now, just to underscore the political nature of this event. republicans gave mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader a standing ovation at that event and president trump used it as an opportunity to sharply criticize democrats for this confirmation battle and he used them of using this as a cudgel against his nominee. president trump is using this argument as we go into the mid terms to build a wedge between voters and democrats. as we are expecting what could be a kind of wave election especially for thousands of representatives. president trump hoping to put stop to that by using the momentum on the republican as a result of this kavanaugh fight. abbey thank you very much. president trump s reversal on christine blasey ford whether or
fear equals republican strategy for the midterm. in 2002. i was thinking of an example of an incumbent party that actually did well this the midterm. that was well after 9/11, and the republicans did well. but a lot of that was about fear. i was talking to joe lockhart who was on the program yesterday who was in the middle of that fight. the economy was beginning a downturn in 2002 but republicans were able to stave that off because of the need among voters for continuity to stay unified in the fight against terrorism. i think it is more i think it s interesting alisyn. it is not accomplishment. the republicans should be talking about the president got a big trade deal, the economy is really hot, know unemployment and all of these things and relative peace and prosperity. instead it s no, be afraid of these democrats, who are acting who are overdoing it, who had an unfair process and
prove that khashoggi left the consulate. but of course this latest news that you are reporting, this we are hearing from state media here, the news agency saying that saudi officials have now agreed to allow turk irk investigators into consulate behind me. but it is a week after khashoggi s disappearance. it is not clear what they are going to find what the conditions of access might be. we have heard from president trump on this saying he is concerned about khashoggi s disappearance. he says nobody knows anything at the moment. vice president mike pence weighed in saying he is dooply troubled. and says that the saudis should support an investigation which appears on the surface at the moment that the saudis are now supporting an investigation, they are allowing the turk irk officials in a week after the disappearance, into the consulate. but suspicion here in turkey centers on other video