she said the president was just giving a litany of facts. she is wrong there. ford did have answers to many of the things trump mocked. she specifically recalled the assault happened 36 years ago and it happened upstairs in the house. a number of republican senators crucial to confirming kavanaugh take issue with the president s tone. i thought it was obviously insensitive and appalling, frankly. i don t approve of the comments of last night. i thought they were wrong and extraordinarily unfortunate. the president s comments were just plain wrong. nebraska senator ben sasse expected to vote for kavanaugh. in an emotional speech from the senate floor, he criticized the president for his tone toward women. we all know the president cannot lead us through this time. we know he is dispositionally unable to restrain his impulse to divide us. and senator lindsey graham
she says she didn t actually see kavanaugh take part in a rape. she stopped going to the parties after she herself was gang raped at one of those parties. what you re saying, after i understand it, is that the allegations by dr. ford, ms. ramirez, and ms. swetnick are wrong? that is emphatically what i m saying. swetnick s attorney, michael avenatti, says she has not been contacted by the fbi, and the clock is sticking. according to our sources, brett kavanaugh nor christine blasey ford were on the initial list the senate had for the limited probe for the fbi to look into. and ms. swetnick s name never appeared as well but they caution that list could expand. as manufactufor michael avenatt client, they still haven t been contacted by the fbi.
alluded to some of them. paul manafort is 69 years old. he has a family to worry about. he s had so much financially taken away from him already, i think he is concerned about what happens to his family if he does go to jail. and if you are anybody and you are happening your future on a decision president trump is going to make, that s probably a unpredictable. signaling that if he didn t make stayed firm, that he could get a pardon. but trump, again, is so unpredictable. if that is your strategy, to go through a second trial and hope for a pardon, i think he was probably getting some pretty strong advice to think otherwise. that advice. panel, we have to take a break, we ll see you all later. up next, a bitter confirmation battle over supreme court nominee breath9 kavanaugh take brett kavanaugh takes a new turn involving an allegation of sexual misconduct decades ago. we ll talk with a key republican on the committee, john kennedy,l
reporter: the allies watching the nato summit and the meeting looking to see whether america s president really will have an easier time with the russian leader than with longstanding partners. and, wolf, following the past couple of days and the kremlin careful with the statements that it has been giving saying, look, we don t want to expect too much from the summit right now and good that the men are talking to one another. however, if you listen to pundits in russia, politicians, as well, they do believe that it could be the steppingstone for very good relationship between vladimir putin and president trump, wolf. lots at stake on monday. fred, thank you. coming up, democrats accuse president trump of picking brett kavanaugh for the u.s. supreme court to foil robert mueller s investigation. should kavanaugh take part if mueller brings a case that makes it all the way to the highest court? and we re also awaiting word on how many immigrant parents and their very small childre