WEEK YOU, SHANNON.
>> Shannon: 'S THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.
IN YET ANOTHER SIGN OF THE
TURNED OUT THIS CONFIRMATION IS
BATTLE IS TAKING, JUDGE
KAVANAUGH HAS WITHDRAWN FROM
TEACHING AT HARVARD LAW THIS
WINTER AS SIGNATURES ARE
GATHERED OBJECTING TO HIM AT THE
UNIVERSITY.
THEY SAY THAT IT SHOULD MAKE
EVERY AMERICAN THINK ABOUT THE
LONG-TERM IMPACT ON THE
FOUNDATIONS OF OUR COUNTRY.
AND AN OP-ED PIECE, HE WRITES
"WE NOW LIVE IN AN AGE OF SEXUAL
McCARTHYISM.
EVERY PERSON REGARDLESS OF HIS
STATUS THE KIND OF FUNDAMENTAL
FAIRNESS WE WOULD EXPECT FOR
OURSELVES IF WE WERE ACCUSED."
NEW TOURNAMENT.
SEXUAL McCARTHYISM.
MOLLIE HEMINGWAY AND A
GEORGETOWN CENTER.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
AND ALL OF YOU TONIGHT.
I WANT TO START WITH SOMETHING
THAT THE TOP DEMOCRATS IN THE
SENATE, CHUCK SCHUMER, HAD TO
SAY ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND WHAT
IT'S ABOUT.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE NOT INTERESTED
IN DELAYING FOR THE SAKE OF
DELAY.
THIS CANNOT BE COMPLETED
QUICKLY.
BUT IT MUST BE DONE RIGHT.
>> Shannon: MOLLY, WHO DEFINES
HOW IT IS DONE RIGHT, OR THAT IT
HAS BEEN DONE RIGHT?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, DEMOCRATS
DURING THE HEARING SAID THAT
THEY WOULD LIKE AN FBI
INVESTIGATION, AND THEY HAVE
GOTTEN THAT FBI INVESTIGATION.
AS SOON AS THEY GOT IT, WE
STARTED HEARING THAT THEY HAD
MORE THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED TO
BE SPECIFIC.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A HISTORY OF
DOING THINGS LIKE THIS, THEY
KNOW HOW TO DO INVESTIGATIONS
LIKE THIS.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
ANTHONY WEINER LAPTOP, THEY TOOK
CARE OF THAT IN JUST A FEW DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CLARENCE
THOMAS, THAT ALSO TOOK JUST A
FEW DAYS.
DO WE KNOW WHO ALL OF THE
WITNESSES ARE?
WE KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY,
WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK.
IT IS A GOOD THING TO BE DONE.
I THINK IT WILL QUELL A LOT OF
CONCERN ABOUT THIS.
IF THERE IS ANY EVIDENCE, ANY
EVIDENCE AT ALL WHATSOEVER TO
SUPPORT THESE INCREASINGLY
RIDICULOUS ALLEGATIONS, IT WILL
CONFIRM OR DENY IT.
>> Shannon: THIS IS WHAT MITCH
McCONNELL HAD TO SAY.
THE GOALPOST IS SHIFTING.
BUT THE GOAL HASN'T MOVED AN
INCH.
WE WILL BE VOTING THIS WEEK.
>> Shannon: WHAT IS YOUR
OBJECTION?
>> I AM NOT OBJECTING THAT MITCH
McCONNELL IS OBJECTING TO
THIS.
OKAY, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF IT
DOES, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO
ASSESS ON THE BASIS OF FBI
RECORD AS WELL AS THE TOTALITY
OF THE RECORD OF JUDGE
KAVANAUGH'S TESTIMONY AND HIS
JUDICIAL RECORD, AND THEY ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A
DECISION.
WE WILL SEE THEN THAT HE WON'T
BE CONFIRMED.
I AM NOT PERSUADED --
>> Shannon: YOU DON'T THINK HE
IS TO MAKE IT.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ASKING THIS
WHOLE TIME, WE NEED THE FBI
INVESTIGATION, IT ONLY TOOK
THREE DAYS FOR ANITA HILL.
WHY IS THIS ONE NOT GOOD ENOUGH
FOR YOU?
>> THIS IS WHAT I AM NOT
SURPRISED BY.
THE LATEST POLL NOW PUTS 40% OF
AMERICANS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO
THIS, 50% ARE WOMEN, BY THE WAY
IF YOU'RE IN MITCH McCONNELL
IS LOOKING AT THIS, THIS IS ALL
A POLITICAL MOVE FOR HIM.
TO FAST-TRACK THIS THING.
JEFF FLAKE CAME OUT AND SAID
TODAY --
>> Shannon: IF THE FBI
INVESTIGATION IS DONE, WHAT IS
YOUR OBJECTION?
>> I THINK THAT THEY WILL THEN
HAVE TO ASSESS ON THE BASIS OF
THE STRUCTURE.
I THINK THERE ARE ENOUGH PEOPLE
WHO HAVE OBJECTIONS, THAT HE HAS
A VERY DANGEROUS JUDICIAL
PHILOSOPHY, AS WELL AS CONCERNS
ABOUT HIS TEMPERAMENT.
>> Shannon: YOU THINK THIS IS
ABOUT MORE THAN JUST JUDGE
KAVANAUGH, THE MAN.
>> THIS IS ABOUT STOPPING A
CONSERVATIVE FROM MAKING IT ONTO
THE COURT.
THIS WOULD BE ABOUT STOPPING THE
NEXT ONE THAT WAS NOMINATED IN
HIS PLACE.
AND, WORST-CASE SCENARIO, IF HE
MAKES IT ON THE COURT, THIS IS
ABOUT DELEGITIMIZING THE
SUPREME COURT, A FIVE VOTE
SUPREME COURT.
THIS IS ABOUT DELEGITIMIZING OUR
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT,
SOMETHING THAT WE WERE TOLD IN
THE PAST WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING,
BUT THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
IF KAVANAUGH SHOULD GO ON THE
COURT, THEY WANT ANY RULINGS
THAT COME FROM THE COURT TO BE
DAMAGED.
>> Shannon: DO YOU THINK WE
ARE STILL ALONG THE SAME VEIN OF
THE PRESIDENT DID NOT ELECTED,
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE HAS TO BE
REPEALED.
THEY QUESTION THE VERY
LEGITIMACY OF HIM, WHETHER HE
WAS HELPED BY RUSSIA, SO THAT IT
BRINGS INTO QUESTION ANYTHING
THAT HE DECIDES.
>> WE ARE GOING FROM ONE
INSTITUTION AFTER ANOTHER.
ONE OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS AFTER ANOTHER AND
IT DELEGITIMIZING THEM WHEN THEY
GET IN THE WAY OF THE OTHER
SIDE.
>> I THINK THIS IS ABOUT EVEN
MORE THAN THAT.
THIS IS A QUALIFIED JUDGE WHO
HAS HAD HIS NAME AND REPUTATION
AND HONOR COMPLETELY DRAGGED
THROUGH THE MUD.
IN THIS COUNTRY, WE TENDED TO
HAVE A BELIEF THAT PEOPLE ARE
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
WE HAVE A RESPECT FOR DUE
PROCESS.
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE THEIR
LIVES DESTROYED THROUGH
ALLEGATIONS.
YOU ARE SEEING A LOT OF OTHER
INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE MEDIA JUST
THROW THAT AWAY AND SAY THAT
THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS
ALL AMERICANS, LEFT OR RIGHT.
>> YOU WANT TO DETER ANY FUTURE
PEOPLE, FOR FEAR THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO UNDERGO WHAT BRETT
KAVANAUGH HAS GONE THROUGH.
>> Shannon: DO YOU THINK
PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT THAT?
HE STARTS TAKING NOMINATIONS TO
THE SUPREME COURT.
DO YOU THINK THAT FOLKS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE SHOULD BE
WORRIED?
>> I THINK THAT WHEN
MAYOR GARLAND IS DENIED EVEN A
SINGLE MEETING, WE LOOKED AT
THAT AND SAID WHAT THE HECK IS
HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON?
WE ARE STILL VERY DISMAYED BY
THE PROFOUND POLITICAL CYNICISM.
I DO THINK THAT IS A VERY
LEGITIMATE CONCERN.
THIS IS A PHENOMENAL CONSPIRACY.
BUT LET'S KEEP IN MIND THAT
PROFESSOR FORD CAME FORWARD AND
OFFERED UP HER CONCERNS AND THE
LETTER BEFORE BRETT KAVANAUGH
WAS NOMINATED TO THE
SUPREME COURT.
>> Shannon: DIANNE FEINSTEIN
HELD THE LETTER.
>> WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS HIDDEN,
AS TO SUPPOSE THAT THIS WAS SOME
SORT OF PREMEDITATED CONSPIRACY
ON HER PART IS JUST LAUGHABLE.
>> YOU NEED TO HAVE EVIDENCE
INSTEAD OF JUST STORIES.
SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP
MERRICK GARLAND, I THINK THAT IS
A REASONABLE THING TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT.
THANK A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T
DRAG HIS NAME THROUGH THE MUD OR
ACCUSE HIM OF BEING RAPIST >>
ABSOLUTELY, I WOULD HATE TO SEE
ANYONE HAVE AN ALLEGATION LIKE
THAT, I AM VERY GLAD, AND I
THINK MOST REASONABLE PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR THIS, THAT
WE HAVE AN FBI INVESTIGATION
THAT CAN HELP BUILD A FACTUAL
RECORD.
>> Shannon: SO WHAT DO YOU TO
SAY?
>> A VOTE AT THE END OF THE WEEK
IT, AND IT SHOULD GO FOR
KAVANAUGH.
>> I AGREE WITH THAT, AND THE
FBI INVESTIGATION, SUCH AS IT
IS, WILL BE TRASHED.
>> Shannon: I HAVE A FEELING
THAT WHOEVER FAVORS OR DOESN'T
FAVOR, I THINK THAT THERE WILL
BE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHAPPY WITH
IT.