in this uncertain world, only one thing is certain. the chaos never stops. if you thought we hit the peak of presidential chaos earlier this week, buying greenland, today was a strong reminder that there is always more chaos just around the corner with this president. leading off our discussion, jared bernstein, cnbc contributor and former chief economist and economic policy adviser to vice president biden. lynette lopez senior financial correspondent at business insider. and jennifer ruben an opinion writer at washington post and msnbc. jared bernstein, you have seen a lot in your life and work in politics. and in business. in economics. the president starting a war with the federal reserve chief, comparing him to the leader of an authoritarian nation, is something i ve never seen. yeah, i got to say, i don t pay close attention to a lot of what trump says, because it s often meaningless. but that one just got deeply
itself. it s clearly been operating on this leash. jennifer, it s a little ridiculous for democrats to think that if brett kavanaugh were to withdraw or his name were to be withdrawn because of anything that s found in this report, that suddenly donald trump is either not going to nominate somebody for two years or is going to nominate a liberal to the bench. why then for conservatives for whom it is important to have another conservative on the supreme court, why does this become about it being brett kavanaugh? well, i think the president has just dug in as he usually is. he s made this into another one of the divisive issues, a gender war he s used to rev up his base for the mid-terms. had they pulled him weeks ago they might have gotten someone through. there s now a general concern that they won t.
hearing which was limited to five minute increment questions. the idea they would not go back to dr. ford also is appalling. i m not going to blame the fbi itself. it s clearly been operating on this leash. jennifer, it s a little ridiculous for democrats to think that if brett kavanaugh were to withdraw or his name were to be withdrawn because of anything that s found in this report, that suddenly donald trump is either not going to nominate somebody for two years or is going to nominate a liberal to the bench. why then for conservatives for whom it is important to have another conservative on the supreme court, why does this become about it being brett kavanaugh? well, i think the president has just dug in as he usually is. he s made this into another one of the divisive issues, a gender war he s used to rev up his base
just say it s kind of appalling. the president s comments were just plain wrong. i don t approve of the comments from last night. i thought that they were wrong, and extraordinarily unfortunate. all right, so big questions remain at this hour. did the president make it more difficult for senators flake and collins and murkowski to get to yes? did he make other republicans think twice about their vote? and the biggest unknown what is actually in that fbi report? will it contain some truths about brett kavanaugh or will it be an unfinished document hampered by a constrained investigation leaving questions than answers? joining me now lisa graves, was also deputy assistant attorney general in the justice department. jennifer ruben an opinion writer at the washington post and an msnbc contributor. and julia aimsly, national security and justice reporter
few months ago early this year we were saying oh, yeah, you know what? the democrats are not going to be able, the political climate is too toxic, there s no way that we re going to have a chance. in the terrain of the senate. and here we re talking about texas, tennessee, arizona. so there is something happening that republicans started and i don t think they re aware of what s about to happen in november. jennifer, let s just talk about how this has all gone down in terms of this cultural divide. right? we ve got an issue in this country in which women, whatever you want to divide it, however you want to subtabulate it, whether it s republican women or all women. women tend to believe christine blasey ford more than they believe brett kavanaugh. men are believing generally speaking brett kavanaugh more than they re believing christine blasey ford. and then you ve got the situation of republican women who broke for donald trump last time around. how does this play out for republican