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FOXNEWSW Fox News Night With Shannon Bream September 29, 2018

Background check process and tells a what the fbi will or wont be doing next, Mitch Mcconnell vowing Brett Kavanaughs nomination will soon go to a senate vote. And henry with what happens next and but breaking news. The times of northwest indiana just posted a story on its website saying joe donnelly, the moderate democrats facing a tough reelection in indiana this morning before this breaking news said he would vote no on Brett Kavanaugh, hes not telling the local newspaper he will reserve judgment and wait to see what the fbi says and maybe could get to yes. This is a signal of the highstakes situation going on for the white house, the president ordered the fbi to order a supplement a background check which is a big risk because Brett Cavanagh himself testified yesterday, this could open the floodgates to more salacious and unverified allegations. On the plus side this could lock in yes votes from moderate democrats like donnelly and Susan Collins and could ultimately get him confirmed. The caveat is he could be confirmed as long as the fbi does not find evidence to corroborate doctor fords allegations, secondly urging of jeff flake, Judiciary Committee asking the white house to push forward. The Judiciary Committee said they want it limited to current credible allegations and it must be completed one week from today, next friday. That does nothing good enough for doctor fords attorney released a statement praising the senate but adding no artificial limits to time or scope should be imposed on this investigation. That is raising some eyebrows that this is just another delay tactic. Doctor fords team does not run the senate. Mitch mcconnell said this is going forward, this could be done quickly. Market judge says he will cooperate with the fbi. He told the Judiciary Committee he does not remember anything like what doctor ford said about the incident in which mark judge was allegedly there. Five key moderates say they backed this one week fbi probe. Of the president does in fact get a favorable report from the fbi and no new evidence Brett Kavanaugh may see support from those lawmakers right there, jeff flake, Susan Collins, democrats like joe mannchin and connolly. This was broken by flake in anteroom of the Senate Judiciary panel. As they were about to vote on the nomination disallow the committee to take one step forward, reporting the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh with the 1110 vote that took the cost. The fbi, cia and foreign legion. I think he showed courage and determination. It is my hope and expectation that a report from the fbi will be delivered to Judiciary Committee members to allow them to inform their vote. I will let the senate handle that and they will make the decision. That is significant because donald trump was very positive, i am going to stay out of the way about the senate do its process. Chuck grassley, what he said about diane feinstein, wasted two and sitting on that original letter from doctor ford, that was valuable time for this investigation to get started. Jillian donald from directing the fbi to dig into Brett Kavanaughs background for the seventh time saying i ordered the fbi to conduct an investigation to update judge cavanaghs file, it must be limited in scope and completed in less then one week. Prosecutor Joseph Perino is here to separate fact from fiction about how this will work. The fbi, lets talk about this. White house correspondent for bloomberg says a note on what the fbi can or cant do that was wasnt a criminal investigation, they cant subpoena records or force anyone to testify. People think this is going to be a csi type affect and the fbi will swoop in and crack the case and vindicate Brett Kavanaugh or prove these allegations true. It is none of the above. And these are still confidential. It is a hybrid, not a Background Investigation but a criminal investigation. No subpoena authority. They can ask statements. There is no forensic evidence, no electronic evidence so they are going to be limited to have a dozen people. Named by doctor ford in the allegations about the party, everyone has a greenh statement willing to participate with Law Enforcement and answer these questions. The fbi wont of its own determination about the truthfulness. Investigators will conduct interviews and pass them on to the senate. Is that going to be more of the same. Im being nominated for some condition, they talk to my childhood friend and say he committed this act back then, they might talk to other people to see who else heard this but they wont try to prove or disprove if it happened. Whether or not you think this is credible and what to do with it. Many witnesses were named, it three days. What about a 1week time frame. And is that doable . We talk about half a dozen people. Whether or not is that another question entirely, very little be gained by this investigation. And and it is unlikely they will add much to this process. It is very unlikely whatever they find will be rejected by the minority. Lying to a federal agent, big problem. All right, either way, multiple times under oath. Very interesting and helpful. A lot of twists and turns today on the Brett Cavanagh nomination turn out the window with the announcement of another fbi probe. Chad program will breakdown the next step by the numbers. Reporter Senate Action on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh started like this. He moved to pursue executive section to calendar 1127. All in favor say aye. All oppose no . The eyes appear to have it. Reporter the senate is a week from a confirmation vote on Brett Kavanaugh. The senate is debating the nomination. Despite the delay, Mitch Mcconnell forged an agreement with democrats a little early. The original plan had the Senate Getting the nomination from the committee and waiting over the nomination to get debate on Brett Kavanaugh but the senate wont be this weekend as was the original plan. A procedural vote to break a filibuster on monday and there wont be a big confirmation vote tuesday. What is notable about the timetable is what Mitch Mcconnell didnt do tonight. The republican moved to overcome a filibuster. The process takes four days. On day one you moved to cut out debate, a cloture petition the senate. A full calendar data lapse in between, the next day too. The vote to break the filibuster and end debate occurs on day 3. If the senate votes to crack the filibuster opponent of the nomination are allotted 30 hours to make their last stand. Confirmation vote up or down is on day 4. That means we might not have a confirmation vote on Brett Kavanaugh until next weekend or even as late as the week of october 7th. There is growing frustration on the hill at the continual roadblocks for Brett Kavanaugh. One of them thrown up today by retiring gop senator jeff flake. Kristin fisher has more on the fallout today. You just cant keep up. Reporter this week is so full, i cannot believe this is happening, moments. This is one of those moments. Everyone was waiting to see how jeff flake would vote. At 9 30 he said he would vote yes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh and even had a statement saying, quote, i wish i could express the confidence my colleagues have made about what either did or did not happen in the early eighth 1980s but i left the hearing with as much doubt. What i know is our system of justice toward presumption of innocence for the accused, absent corroborating evidence. Something happened when senator flake was on his way he was confronted in an elevator by two protesters, survivors of Sexual Assault and what happened next was it on live tv. Watch this. Let me what im talking to you. You tell me my vote doesnt matter. It doesnt matter and you are going to let people do these things and put them in power. That is what youre telling me when you vote for him. Reporter that went on for four minutes. By the time he made it to the hearing room he was visibly shaken. An hour and he got up and left. He went into a side room. Other senators joint including chris coons and when he returned to the hearing room he dropped this bomb. Proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the fbi continue to do an investigation limited in time and scope to the current allegations. Reporter that reversal is being praised by democrats. I think he showed courage and determination today. Reporter senator Lindsey Graham who said yesterday any no vote would be legitimizing, quote, the most despicable thing he had ever seen in politics. Even he only had kind words for flake. Jeff is trying his best to bring the country together and vote the best way he knows how. Reporter plenty of other republicans are furious. As for how much the elevator incident was a factor in flakes reversal he hasnt said but it certainly had some impact on his decision. Tough to watch the women who are clearly in pain and him trying to be respectful and such a tough moment with the tv cameras there. That was tough to watch for everybody involved but thanks for covering it. Lets talk to two reporters who have been covering this hectic crazy historic week on capitol hill, some insider perspective from them. Mike emanuel and peter doocy are here, welcome to you both. I will start with you. Have you ever seen a week like this on the hill . Know. It has been a roller coaster ride since some of these allegations against Brett Kavanaugh started coming out and over the past 24 to 36 hours, nonstop roller coaster of emotion where a lot of republican sources after professor ford testified, they were sick, worried the nomination was going to go south and Brett Cavanagh comes out fighting and they are feeling good about it and wonder how they will get 50 votes and jeff flake says this morning he is yes but then calls for delay. There has been a lot of panic and bottom line, they think the delay is not the end of the world but some of these moderate senators shannon you have seen enormous crowds of protesters, you saw that during the original part of the program, what has that been like this week . Much bigger crowds of protesters than in any point in the tax reform debate obamacare repealed debate but Something Else you notice away from these crowds of protesters that are so loud because a lot of bringing whistles which creates quite an irritating sound. Everywhere you go while the hearings are on there is nobody in the halls. We will listen and here is to get from place to place but everywhere you go the halls are completely deserted in the common areas like the coffee shop or the cafeteria where there happened to be tv people huddled around watching or reading the closed captioning. Shannon you talked about the fact the senate Judiciary Committee announced a 1week delay, they went any investigation limited to credible things on the record, allegations and wanted wrapped up by friday. You mentioned how that may buy some boats votes. Would buy gop votes . Anything new . And democrats as well . We sensed heartburn from Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, two of the republican moderates, jeff flake called for the delay so a lot of them are breathing 5 relief. They would like to say to their constituents we have the fbi look at the allegations. There is also some thought that moderate democrats up for reelection in conservative states like joe manchin and Heidi Heitkamp could get to yes and a political cover to come around and say the fbi looked at it, it was nonpartisan and in the end i decided to vote for his nomination so jeff flake not guaranteeing democratic votes. Shannon the fiery speech from senator graham yesterday in front of Brett Kavanaugh, we saw him looking down the dais and he confirmed he was talking to jeff flake. How are they feeling about each other today . I had a chance to ask the senator about that and he said there is no ill will towards jeff flake. He likes the attribute flake has and Susan Collins has that they take things so seriously. If any republican senators got out of the meeting, like the senator who is retiring holding up the cavanagh nomination and as far as we can tell nobody is willing to air the dirty laundry from the Conference Room in public yet. Shannon those things have a way of trickling out. Thank you for the extra time, great to see you. Tonight you have the latest details and the calendar for moving forward but what about the politics of all this . Stakes are huge in the camera the Brett Cavanagh confirmation panel. Live after the break. The Brett Cavanagh confirmation panel. Live after the break. Your fantasy draft, the computer wont autodraft a kicker in the 7th round. Or. You could just trust duracell. Could help them save money on Car Insurance . Yea,that and homeowners, renters, motorcycle and boat insurance. Huh. Thats nice. What happens when you catch a fish . Gecko whoa. Geico. More than just Car Insurance. See how much you could save at geico. Com. Im ok . Many americans b shannon Many Americans believe the Brett Cavanagh confirmation drama is bringing out the worst in the world of politics, anger growing by the day at an alltime high. Lets talk about that with the power panel, the author of the upcoming book militant normal and the director of political communication for planned parenthood, welcome to all of you. Lets talk about this, a tweet from diane feinstein, Ranking Member of the committee, judge Brett Kavanaugh did not reflect impartial temperament or fairness and evenhandedness one would see in a judge. He was aggressive and belligerent, he should not be rewarded with a Lifetime Supreme Court seat. You have been backing him, what is your assessment of her assessment of the performance . She wasnt going to be happy, already said she was going to vote against him. We got one step closer to having Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. He is out of committee. It is great news because we heard impassioned testimony on both sides. We ended the day where we started, not even a he said she said. She said, nobody else said. Everyone else at the scene says i dont remember this party happening. Brett kavanaugh, her close friend leland saying i dont even think i know him even though she supportive of her friend i dont remember this at all. That is a problem when talking about making someones reputation stand or fall on uncorroborated allegations. Most americans agree with that. We did some polling overnight, looks at arizona where senator flake is, strong polling, thought that Brett Kavanaugh should be conference but look at West Virginia 30 points, that has gone up from a high but a 30 point difference is a big deal and that holds strong for independents and women as well. Red state democrat in north dakota, strong support. Shannon and fbi investigation the left has been asking for, now carried out next weekend we will see what the results are and what the vote turns out to be. The confirmation jeff flake faced, talk about how uncomfortable this is for everybody involved, tell me again why we shouldnt confront republicans where they eat, sleep and work until they stop being complicit in the destruction of our democracy . Is that the most effective way . People think that is what changed jeff flakes mind how to proceed. One thing is clear, across the country this is resonating with them, they are speaking out loud and clear this is not someone they went to see on the Supreme Court of the United States or that they trust to protect our rights for decades to come. Thursday we saw a woman who was strong, brave, telling her story and then we saw somebody who is supposed to be a fair and impartial jurist come out combative and disrespectful to the senators. I dont know how Brett Kavanaugh can come out of this with his credibility intact and i dont know how he can be confirmed to the Supreme Court after what we saw thursday without a serious threat to the integrity of the institution. It is the threat to his credibility what he is confirmed or not that had him so fired up yesterday. Senator blumenthal weighing in, democratic member of the committee, says i appreciate senator flakes need to know more, the push for the fbi investigation, i support the call for an fbi investigation which has to be real and penetrating, not a show or a charade. This nomination is too important to rush the vote without a full, fair, independent inquiry. Putting a 1week time limit on this, senator Chuck Grassley who chairs the committee, do you think there is any investigation tha

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