NAFTA DEAL, WRITING
CONGRATULATIONS TO MEXICO AND
CANADA ON THE NEW DEAL.
THE SUPREME COURT KICKS OFF ITS
NEW TERM TODAY WITH ONLY EIGHT
JUSTICES AMID THE CONFIRMATION
CONTROVERSY BRETT KAVANAUGH.
I SPOKE WITH LINDSEY GRAHAM THIS
WEEKEND.
I ASKED HIM ABOUT PLANS TO FIND
OUT WHO LEAKED DR. CHRISTINE
BLASEY FORDED CONFIDENTIAL
LETTER TO THE MEDIA DETAILING
THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT
ALLEGATIONS.
>> I'M GOING TO TRY TO FIND OUT
WHO BETRAYED DR. FORD'S TRUST.
THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE THAT HAD
ACCESS TO THE LETTER.
I DON'T BELIEVE FEINSTEIN DID
THIS.
AND DR. FORD'S LAWYERS HAD
ACCESS.
NO FRIEND SENT THIS OUT TO THE
PRESS.
THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS AN
ANONYMOUS HAD A POLITICAL
AGENDA.
I'M GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF IT.
MARIA: JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO.
GOOD TO HE SEE YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MARIA: YOUR THOUGHTS ON ALL OF
THIS?
>> MY THOUGHTS ARE I DIDN'T
EXPECT TO BE DISCUSSING THIS
THIS MORNING, BECAUSE I THOUGHT
THAT JUDGE KAVANAUGH WOULD BE ON
HIS WAY TO CONFIRMATION.
I THINK THESE ARE PERILOUS TIMES
FOR HIM WITH THE REOPENING OF
THE FBI INVESTIGATION AND I
DON'T WANT TO SEE THE FBI
HANDCUFFED.
I WANT THE FBI TO BE ABLE TO DO
WHAT IT DOES, WHICH IS IF THEY
ASK A SERIES OF QUESTIONS TO A
PERSON AND THEN THEY ASK WHO
ELSE KNOWS ABOUT THIS AND THAT
PERSON TELLS THEM, THEY NEED TO
BE ABLE TO INTERROGATE THOSE
FOLKS AS WELL.
THERE'S 8,000 FBI AGENTS.
THEY CAN PROBABLY GET A LOT DONE
IN A WEEK.
BUT I'M NOT --
MARIA: COULD IT POSSIBLY TAKE A
WEEK?
>> YOU KNOW, THEY INTERVIEWED 22
PEOPLE IN FOUR DAYS FOR THE
ANITA HILL ALLEGATIONS AND
ALMOST ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE
TESTIFIED.
SO I DON'T KNOW -- I KNOW HOW
AGGRESSIVE THEY CAN BE AND HOW
QUICKLY THEY CAN OPERATE.
BUT I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE
ARTIFICIAL TIME LIMIT ON THEM.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM BLOCKED
FROM GOING WHERE THE EVIDENCE
TAKES THEM.
DAGEN: THIS IS A SENATOR JEFF
FLAKE DEAL THAT HE INKED WITH
SENATOR KUHNS AND OTHERS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED OVER THE
WEEKEND ON SATURDAY HE WANTS THE
FBI TO INTERVIEW WHOEVER THEY
DEEM APPROPRIATE AT THEIR
DISCRETION.
THIS ONE WEEK TIME LINE, THIS IS
A FLAKE, KUHNS DEAL.
>> THIS IS A MITCH McCONNELL,
CHUCK GRASSLEY DEAL AS A RESULT
OF THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN SENATOR
FLAKE AND SENATOR KUHNS.
THE FBI HAS LEGAL AND ETHICAL
OBLIGATIONS THAT TRANSCEND THE
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO THEM.
IF THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT IS
RELEVANT TO THEIR INQUIRY OR
RELEVANT TO A CRIME, DID THE
JUDGE LIE UNDER OATH, DID
DR. FORD LIE UNDER OATH, THEY
CANNOT LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND
STILL FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATIONS
AS FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS.
>> WHAT HAPPENED IF THE END OF
THE WEEK COMES AND THEY
INTERVIEW WITNESSES AND
WITNESSES NAME OTHER PEOPLE AND
THEY CAN'T PHYSICALLY GET THEM
OR GET TO THEM BY FRIDAY?
>> THAT WILL BE PART OF THEIR
REPORT AND WHETHER THAT PART OF
THE REPORT IS MADE PUBLIC OR
NOT, WHO KNOWS.
THE DEMOCRATS WOULD MAKE A BIG
DEAL OUT OF IT.
THE REPUBLICANS WOULD SAY ENOUGH
IS ENOUGH.
I HONESTLY THINK THAT IT COULD
ACTUALLY HELP JUDGE KAVANAUGH
BECAUSE HE'S GOT TAINT ON HIS
SKIN THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE
FOR A LONG TIME, WHETHER HE GETS
CONFIRMED AND GOES ON THE
SUPREME COURT OR DOESN'T GET
CONFIRMED AND GOES BACK TO THE
SECOND HIGHEST COURT IN THE
LAND.
AND A THOROUGH FBI INVESTIGATION
MIGHT ACTUALLY HELP THEM GET RID
OF THAT TAINT.
MARIA: THAT'S WHAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID.
AND THAT'S WHAT SENATOR LINDSEY
GRAHAM SAID.
LET ME ASK ABOUT THED ROD
ROSENSTEIN STORY AS WELL.
SARAH SANDERS INDICATED THE
PRESIDENT MAY DELAY THE MEETING
FOR A SECOND TIME AMID
UNCERTAINTY WITH THE SUPREME
COURT.
TREY GOWDY WEIGHED IN ABOUT WHAT
HE WANTS TO SEE BEFORE TALKING
WITH ROSENSTEIN HIMSELF.
WATCH.
>> I WANT TO SEE THE MEMOS.
I NEVER THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE
GONE TO JOURNALISM SCHOOL TO GET
ACCESS TO ANDY McCABEED MEMOS
INSTEAD OF RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.
YOU NEED AN ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION
TO THE NEW YORK TIMES TO READ
ANDY McCABE'S MEMOS DESPITE
THE FACT CONGRESS HAS BEEN
ASKING FOR IT FOR MONTHS.
I NEED TO SEE THE MEMOS.
I NEED TO SEE WHAT HE SAID AND
THEN WE'LL ASK WHAT HE MEANT.
ROD DESERVES TO BE HEARD OUT.
I APPRECIATE THE PRESIDENT
TALKING TO HIM THIS WEEK.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO HIM.
MARIA: WE'LL SEE IF THE MEETING
TAKES PLACE.
IF THE PRESIDENT IS BE PUTTING
THE MEETING OFF AGAIN, IT
DOESN'T BODE WELL FOR ROSENSTEIN
A AFTER THE MIDTERMS.
>> WELL, LISTEN, I THINK THE
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO MAKE
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AT THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AFTER THE
MIDTERMS.
BUT I ALSO THINK THE PRESIDENT
AND ROSENSTEIN HAVE BEEN
SPEAKING ON THE TELEPHONE AND
DECIDED THERE'S NO COUPES
DECIDED THERE'S CO COUPES
DECIDED THERE'S COUCOUPES
DECIDED THERE'S COUPOUPES
DECIDED THERE'S COUP GPES
DECIDED THERE'S COUP GOIS
THE PRESIDENT IS PRETTY MUCH
DECIDED THERE'S COUP GOING ON
RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE BASE, I
HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE U.S.,
MEXICO, CANADA AGREEMENT AND GET
JUDGE KAVANAUGH CONFIRMED.
I ALSO THINK THAT DEPUTY
ATTORNEY GENERAL ROSENSTEIN'S
AGREEMENT TO SPEAK WITH MEMBERS