other side of the board, house races, so much different. those suburban districts, educated women voters, not helpful. so, the question here tonight, the white house is still waiting for that fbi report, capitol hill waiting for it as well. we will not know how those three key senators will vote and the future of the kavanaugh confirmation until that fbi report comes out. but you know, despite the president s antics, many senators believe that he would just stay out of it as john cornyn, the number two republican in the senate said earlier today, mr. president, leave the confirmation fight to us up here, focus on your own thing. so they hope the president does not keep weighing in here, kate, but i think there s a decent chance that he will. fat chance that request goes through. thanks, jeff. van jones, former special adviser to president obama and the host of t the van jones sho and mark short, former director of legislative affairs for president trump. van, not mocking, just stati
president trump and other republicans have said that ford and kavanaugh are both victims here. do you sympathize with that? no. not really. i think that ford is clearly a victim with everything she s had to experience, not only when she was a teenager and then living with that her entire life, but then to have to replay in front of the entire country and have the president mock her, that i mean, that she is certainly a victim, but for him, he could have shown some character. when these allegations came up, when he had his opportunity to testify, he could have shown character and he simply did not. samantha, thank you for your time. thank you. outfront for us next, jeanne moos on the alert from president trump that comes through loud and clear that came through loud and clear today.
that midterm election and republicans are seeing data out there that this is gal have as ni galvanizing male trump supporters and voters. the president clearly at that campaign rally, which i was at last night in mississippi and you saw the excitement and interest and you heard that applause, but those senators you were just playing clips of were not laughing today, and that is the only audience that matters right now for the confirmation battle of brett kavanaugh. it is susan collins, lisa murkowski, and jeff flake, potentially a couple democrats as well, but that is the audience that matters, and the president simply was not helpful for that. but he is stoking his base and we heard sarah sanders say today in a rare white house briefing that this should not be based on emotion, it should be based on facts. kate, that s exactly what president trump was doing last night, stoking emotion of the republican base. they are seeing in polls across the country, they actually believe this is