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♪ >>> DEMOCRATS ARE WILLING TO DO
ANYTHING AND TO HURT ANYONE TO
GET THEIR WAY LIKE THEY ARE
DOING WITH JUDGE KAVANAUGH.
THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DESTROY
HIM SINCE THE VERY FIRST SECOND
HE WAS ANNOUNCED.
THEY ARE TRYING TO DESTROY A
VERY FINE PERSON.
WE CAN’T LET IT HAPPEN.
WE CAN’T LET IT HAPPEN.
>> THE RALLY WAS TONIGHT IN
TENNESSEE.
TENNESSEE. THE PRESIDENT BLAMING DEMOCRATS
FOR THE DELAY IN KAVANAUGH’S
CONFIRMATION.
CONFIRMATION. IT WAS A REPUBLICAN REQUEST FOR
A TIME-OUT WHILE THE FBI TAKES A
WEEK TO RE-INVESTIGATE.
EARLIER IN THE DAY, TRUMP
WANTING TO TALK ABOUT TRADE, WAS
FORCED TO DEFEND HIS SUPREME
COURT SELECTION FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE ROSE GARDEN.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT HIS
LIFE, UNTIL THIS HAPPENED, WHAT
A CHANGE HE HAS GONE THROUGH,
WHAT HIS FAMILY HAS GONE
THROUGH, THE TRAUMA.
FOR A MAN THAT HAS NEVER HAD ANY
ACCUSATION, NOT A BAD STATEMENT
ABOUT HIM.
ABOUT HIM. I WATCHED HIM.
I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW VOCAL HE
WAS ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE LIKES
BEER AND HE HAS HAD A LITTLE BIT
OF DIFFICULTY.
OF DIFFICULTY. WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT HAPPENED? THEY ARE GOING BACK TO HIGH
SCHOOL AND SAYING HE DRANK A LOT
ONE EVENING IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAPPEN TO KNOW SOME UNITED
STATES SENATORS, ONE WHO IS ON
THE OTHER SIDE WHO IS PRETTY
AGGRESSIVE.
AGGRESSIVE. I HAVE SEEN THAT PERSON IN VERY
BAD SITUATIONS.
BAD SITUATIONS. I’M JUST SAYING, I’M NOT A
DRINKER.
DRINKER. I CAN HONESTLY SAY I NEVER HAD A
BEER IN MY LIFE.
IT’S ONE OF MY ONLY GOOD TRAITS.
I DON’T DRINK.
WHENEVER THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING GOOD, I HAVE NEVER HAD
A GLASS OF ALCOHOL.
I HAVE NEVER HAD ALCOHOL FOR
WHATEVER REASON.
WHATEVER REASON. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF I HAD WHAT A
MESS I WOULD BE?
I WOULD BE THE WORLD’S WORSE.
>> THEN THERE WAS THIS
REMARKABLE MOMENT DURING WHICH
HAVING MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT SHE
SAID THE PRESIDENT WENT AFTER
ABC WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
SECELIA VEGA.
SECELIA VEGA. QUESTION?
QUESTION? GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD. SHE IS SHOCKED THAT I PICKED
HER.
HER. SHE IS IN A STATE OF SHOCK.
>> THANK YOU --
>> I KNOW YOU ARE NOT THINKING.
YOU NEVER DO.
>> I’M SORRY?
>> WITH US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT
IS WE JUST WITNESSED THERE,
PHILIP RUT GR FOR THE
"WASHINGTON POST" AND KIMBERLY
ATKINS FOR THE BOSTON HERALD.
KIM, YOU TAKE THE FIRST SWING AT
WHAT IT IS WE JUST WITNESSED
THERE.
THERE. I NOTED THE WHITE HOUSE
TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESSER
CHANGES HIS REACTION TO I KNOW
YOU’RE NOT THANKING, YOU NEVER
DO.
DO. WHEN REPEATED AIRINGS OF THIS
SAY TO US THAT HE WAS SAYING I
KNOW YOU ARE NOT THINKING, YOU
NEVER DO.
NEVER DO. WHAT WAS THAT?
>> WELL, THE TRANSCRIPT IS
CLEARLY A BIT OF A REVISIONIST
HISTORY BECAUSE IT SEEMED PRETTY
CLEAR THAT HE WAS INSULTING THE
REPORTER IN THAT MOMENT, IN A
MOMENT WHERE HIS SUPREME COURT
NOMINEE IS BEING ACCUSED OF
MISTREATMENT BY WOMEN, AT A
MOMENT WHEN WOMEN ARE WATCHING
THIS WHITE HOUSE VERY CAREFULLY
AND AT A MOMENT THAT WOMEN ARE
RECEIVING THE MESSAGE THAT IS
COMING FROM THIS PRESIDENCY.
I THINK IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR.
THE PRESIDENT HAS AN ACRIMONIOUS
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRESS IN
GENERAL.
GENERAL. WE ALL KNOW THAT.
I THINK WHAT WE SAW TODAY IN THE
WAY HE SPOKE TO AND THE WAY HE
TREATED THIS REPORTER AS WELL AS
ANOTHER REPORTER, CAITLYN
COLLINS CRIES SOMETHING ELSE AT
A TIME WHEN I HAVE WOMEN LEAVING
VOICE MESSAGES EXPRESSING THEIR
DISPLEASURE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING
ON IN WASHINGTON ALL OF THE
TIME.
TIME. WE HAVE MID TERMS COMING UP.
I THINK THAT IS A PERILOUS
APPROACH FOR THIS PRESIDENT AS
HE IS TRYING TO DEFEND.
HE HAD ANOTHER PERSON CLOSE TO
HIM OR THAT HE HAS NOMINATED HER
ON HIS TEAM WHO IS BEING ACCUSED
BY WOMEN OF MISTREATMENT.
>> A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS SHOWS
THAT THIS NOMINEE’S SUPPORT IS
SLIPPING AND KAVANAUGH IS
UNDERWATER IN ALL CASES.
WE KIND OF PUT TOGETHER A SUM OF
THE POLLS.
THE POLLS. THIS IS QPAC.
NO 48, YES 42 SHOULD THE SENATE
CONFIRM.
CONFIRM. THE NEXT ONE, WHO DO YOU BELIEVE
MOST?
MOST? AND THIS WAS A BIG ONE.
ALMOST SEVEN IN TEN AMERICANS
SUPPORT THIS RE-OPENING OF THE
FBI BACKGROUND CHECK.
SO PERHAPS IT’S NUMBERS LIKE
THIS AND COVERAGE LIKE WE HAVE
WITNESSED IN THE FIRST 28:30 OF
THIS BROADCAST THAT MOTIVATED
WHAT WE JUST WATCHED.
>> PERHAPS IT MIGHT BE RIGHT.
THIS OF COURSE IS A POLITICAL
DECISION ABOUT WHETHER TO
CONFIRM JUDGE KAVANAUGH.
IT’S A DECISION BEING MADE BY
REALISTICALLY THREE KEY
REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO ARE ON
THE BUBBLE, SO TO SPEAK, JEFF
FLAKE, SUSAN CALLERS AND LISA
MURKOWSKI.
MURKOWSKI. I’M NOT SURE THEY WILL BE
PERSUADED BY PUBLIC OPINION
SURVEYS.
SURVEYS. ONE THING I THINK THEY ARE
THINKING ABOUT IS THE INTENSITY
OF THE SUPPORT BEHINE KAVANAUGH
WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THERE HAS BEEN A REAL RALLYING
CRY AND YOU SEE THE PRESIDENT
PLAYING THAT OUT IN PART BY
AIRING THE GRIEVANCES OF MEN.
WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE
ME TOO MOVEMENT PROPELLING
ENTHUSIASM AMONG FEMALE VOTERS
FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
DEMOCRATIC SIDE. THERE IS A REVERSE EFFECT
HAPPENING WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN
BASE WHERE MEN ARE RALLYING TO
KAVANAUGH’S DEFENSE AND FEELING
LIKE THEY ARE BEING UNFAIRLY
TARGETED BY THIS CULTURAL