Evidence to support their allegations. Including naming over two dozen witnesses each. Unfortunately, the limited investigation that was conducted by the fbi failed to interview any one of the witnesses these two women identified who could support her account. Let me say that again. They refused to investigate, to talk with any of the 24 witnesses that could have supported their accounts. Mr. President , i think its important to remember why were here today. Were here to determine whether judge kavanaugh has demonstrated the impartiality, the temperament, the even handedness thats needed to serve on this Great High Court of our land. If confirmed, he will join eight
other individuals who are charged with deciding how the laws of our land are interpreted and applied. He would be a deciding vote on the most important issues affecting our country. And every american for generations to come. Mr. President , Madam President , based on all of the factors we have before us, i do not believe j
he was determined that despite offers for his safety, he is staying put. i would be surprised if he did leave. he also says his family is staying. he has come out on the street and his ministers are staying. they don t appear to be ready to leave at this point. shannon: what is the psychological impact of that? the fact that he s there with them. i think it means a lot to people. his popularity is going to be astronomical if he survives this episode. it s clear that he is a target. he s has studies at target. u.s. officials have said russia has targets they want to detain or kill. they may kill zelenskyy. he is staying put. shannon: you know, as i said to you earlier, our prayers are with you and the crew and the brave people. thank you so much. thanks, shannon. shannon: let s get analysis.
sandra: an oscars producer says the lapd was ready to arrest will smith after he slapped chris rock on stage on sunday. he tells good morning america the police were prepared to arrest smith for battery but rock dismissed any charges and declined to file a police report. parker thought the incident was possibly part of the act. i said did he really hit you? and he looked at me and he goes yeah, he goes, i just took a punch from mohammad ali. he was in joke mode but you could tell he was very much still in shock. sandra: take from that what you will. i think there was an initial debate a lot of people debated whether or not it really happened. bill: that was me. sandra: whether it was planned or organic and you decided that it was real. and now a lot of people are
want to talk to their american counterpart because they are talking from a position of disadvantage. they go to great extent to choreograph any discussions or interface that you have with them to make them appear to be from a position of leverage. bill: i just want to pull this quote from the wall street journal. let ukraine go on offense against russia. to our viewers at home check out this piece. the key line that i find. zelenskyy wants to go on the offensive. the more territory his forces can win back, the stronger position his country will have at the bargaining table. that makes sense, doesn t it? yeah. we ve heard discussions earlier in the week of the russians of people saying they re pulling back. in the end will you have to push them out. ukrainians have done very good job of reacquiring territory that the russians have taken and there were just reports in the last 24 hours of them
happening with russia in war in ukraine. so i think that part is perfectly appropriate. as you know, when you release oil from the strategic petroleum reserve, its direct impact lasts only as long as you are releasing oil. and the question always becomes how does it change the dynamic? it s a world commodity. how does it change the dynamic for the other producers? they aren t fighting it thus far. a lot of times they say if the u.s. releases oil we ll cut our oil to try to keep prices the same. they aren t doing that. hopefully it doesn t happen. bill: i guess what i was looking at one of the times we did this was 9/11. september 11th. i know the war in ukraine is significant, steve, but wow, is that apples to apples? well look, i agree with austan. now is the right time to be drawing down oil from the