chuck grassley this morning. >> two very angry senators, if you watched. they believe that this was quite frankly a whitewash that was ordered by the fbi, by the white house. sorry. and that the fbi investigation is completely incomplete. and what you saw chuck schumer say was, you have to release this to the public because the public ought to be able to look at it for itself. and he said, look, you know, he disagrees with chuck grassley that there was no hint of misconduct through all of those -- >> gloria, i'm interrupting. that's lindsey graham, but i think we're also going to go to mitch mcconnell. whichever one we're going to take, let's take it. >> an acclaimed judge who appears and colleagues praise in the very strongest terms. a jurist whom the american bar association awarded its very highest rating unanimously, well qualified. here's what the aba says it takes to earn that distinction. to merit a rating of well qualified, the nominee must be at the top of the legal profession in his or her legal community, have outstanding legal ability, breadth

i asked chuck grassley. he said he was not on any sort of phone call with the white house to limit witnesses. i said, well who limited it. he said, you'll have to ask them. referring to the white house. we continue to have some back and forth about the extend of that investigation. but at the end of the day, perhaps that issue all moot, because we're headed to that confirmation vote in just a matter of hours. they just announced that vote. 3:30 p.m. will start this afternoon. >> that is new information. glad you pointed that out. the vote officially set to take place at 3:30. also thought his comments about the protesters were interesting. you know, there have been a lot of republicans who have been maybe annoyed is the right word with the volume of people in the halls of the capitol. we've seen intense moments between senators and some of these protesters. senator grassley seemed to think their contribution to this conversation, even though they might be on the other side of him, was still a positive thing.

that committee is run by chuck grassley. he nearly ran the republican party in the ditch. an abysmal performance. don't you think? >> from the point of view of the prosecutor role it's unsatisfactory to be interrupted every five minutes by campaign speeches of the democrats. >> lou: interrupted every ten days for a hearing instead of having expeditious process. >> of course. and judge kavanaugh drove the point home he wanted a hearing right away and mitchell exposed that looking harsh the plane myth. she got out who paid for the polygraph issue and she scored points in a way without leaving marks on the witness. a lot of us lawyers are like that with was not a great followup. >> lou: what do you think of the job grassley did? >> i would haven't chosen the methodology that was chosen and that is not the best choice in hindsight. there are many great lawyers among republican senators on the committee and they were too quick to cave in to criticism it's a bunch of white men. so what? we shouldn't be caving into that reasoning. >> lou: up next, real election meddling. russia,

chuck grassley did a great job. as you know, lindsay was outstanding. i mean, lindsay was just absolutely outstanding. his level -- couldn't believe what was happening. it was so nasty and so false and so, such fabricated stories and lies. lindsey graham was incredible. i will tell you what. i have been a fan of mitch for a long time. we have a very good relationship which again a lot of people don't know that. we've had a lot of success together and mitch was fantasti fantastic. really all three were stars. >> shannon: one last question to you before we go. the dow, a lot of folks concerned. i know you've had some theories. some critics say it's in part because of the trade war with china. what do you make of it? >> president trump: i don't think that's it at all. the trade war with china. we are taking in billions of dollars from tariffs from chinese goods and it hasn't hurt us. we are taking in billions and billions of dollars. we are going to make products here that we are buying in china. that wasn't at. the problem i have is with the fed. the fed

eight of the ten democrats of the judiciary committee writing a letter to chairman chuck grassley. their issue? a tweet sent out by republicans last night which read this, in part. "nowhere in any of these six fbi reports, which the committee has reviewed on a bipartisan basis, was there ever a whiff of any issue at all related in any way to inappropriate sexual behavior or clalcohol abuse." well, tonight, democrats say that tweet is not accurate and are demanding that republicans

chuck grassley has sent out a statement, saying the fbi did backupd third parties to allegations. he says he trusts career fbi agents have done their work and have done it without political considerations. once again, the fbi found no hint of misconduct on cavanagh, according to senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley. right now, republicans are having a closed-door meeting at which they are not allowed to take notes. we will bring you the story of nextcomes procedurally. waiting on factory orders coming in shy of expectations of 4.4%. beat expectations of 2.3%. the market was looking for a 2. 1 percent gain. nevertheless, stocks are lower. they also had the bond selloff in the treasury market that has gone global. let's get to cameron crise. cameron, is this a bond bloodbath that we are starting to see? cameron: two it agree. we had the largest move and 10 year treasury yields since the immediate aftermath of the 2016 elections, so that has raised a few eyebrows. we broke some key technical atels on the 30 year bond 25%, and have had quite a bit of follow-through. it i

i thank judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley for his wisdom and fairness. and i give special gratitude to senators rob portman, susan collins, joe manchin, john kyl and lindsay graham. they are a credit to the country and the senate. i will be forever grateful to each of them and to all the senators who carefully considered my nomination. presiding over the final vote in the senate on saturday was vice president pence. i'm grateful to the vice president for his sound advice and faithful support. i thank counsel to the president don mcgahn, who was a warrior for fairness and performed his critical duties in the finest traditions of our constitution. [applause] >> i thank all the outstanding people in the white house, the department of justice, and the senate who worked day and night on this nomination. one of a federal judge's most important responsibilities is to hire four new law clerks each year. law clerks are recent law school graduates and they work in the judge's chambers for one year. they are among the best and brightest young lawyers in america. an

you know it's gotten out of control when chuck grassley not known to be. anna: mated member of the u.s. senate. the judiciary chairman. he came out and it's not just protesters, but it's also the media and bias that republicans and brett kavanaugh have seen. listen to chairman grassley and we want to get to you respond. >> i would never use the word fake news. i consider you folks policemen for our democratic system of government. i want to show you where some of have you bias. i have had demonstrators in my office for two weeks now. both for kavanaugh and against kavanaugh. one time the people that were for kavanaugh wanted to be interview. and they said we only -- we are only interested in interviewing people against kavanaugh. now, that's a bias that none of you should be proud of. pete: sounds like a guy who is finished with the fact there is only one side of the story being told. >> you know what? i'm so happy that he called out the media. this is what the media do in our country, y'all. they take and run with the narrative and the narrative is this n

chuck grassley is speaking on the senate floor now. let's step in and listen. >> he spent the last 12 years on the d.c. circuit considered the second most important federal court in the country. his record there has been extremely impressive because the supreme court is an example adopted a position advanced by judge kavanaugh's opinions no fewer than a dozen times. judge kavanaugh is also a pillar in his community and also in the legal profession. he serves underprivileged communities, coaches girls basketball and is a electorate his church and prepared young lawyers for their careers, a law professor at three prestigious law schools and a mentor to dozens of judicial law clerks. this should have been a respectable and dignified confirmation process. in a previous era this highly qualified nominee would have received unanimous support in the senate. before left wing outside groups and democratic leaders had him in their sights, judge kavanaugh possessed an impeccable reputation and was held in high esteem by the bench and the bar alik

senator chuck grassley. [applause} we are grateful to all the senators on the judiciary committee who fought so hard for this confirmation. senators lindsey graham, john --. cruz,hatch, mike lee, ted then staff, jeff lake, tom tillis, and john f. kennedy. kennedy. rob portman sitting here. finally, we are indebted to senator susan collins for her brave and eloquent speech and her declaration that would parents -- passions are most inflamed, fairness is most in jeopardy. [applause} brett kavanaugh is a man of outstanding intellect, a brilliant scholar, and his credentials are unsurpassed. a graduate of the yell and yell lost cool. he is tied -- as a graduate of yale and harvard. he is given back to his community. he said 26 years in public service. he clerked for justice kennedy. for the last 12 years, he was a judge on the pcs if the court of appeals. our nation's second-highest court. offered overr he 300 opinions. charge, he isge's and b-minded, i'm biased, anderson the justice must be divorced from passio

judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley had a chance to review it this morning. he just put out a statement saying there was nothing in there that changed his view on kavanaugh and looks forward to voting yes. dianne feinstein was in there earlier this morning and over the last ten minutes or so we've begun to see rank and file republican senators arrive for this briefing. i actually just watched bob corker come down this hallway behind me, surrounded by protesters urging him to keep an open mind and possibly reconsider his vote on this matter. right now we expect to see all these republican senators going in, get their briefing. some senators will spend additional time reviewing these individual documents, individual notes on individual interviews themselves and over the next eight to ten hours or so, this workday here in the u.s. senate, we'll start to see how some of these undecided senators break down. for now all the action is behind closed doors as the republicans are getting their first look at what the fbi reports. >> matching the white house, as kelly is

we are awaiting a news conference of mitch mcconnell and senator chuck grassley on the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. a white house source telling fox news the fbi found no evidence supporting allegations of sexual assault, but amid the unfolding drama, democrats and republicans going toe to toe. >> it looks to be the product of an incomplete investigation that was limited, perhaps by the white house. we do not agree that the white house should tie the fbi's hands. >> for goodness sakes this is the united states of america. nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent in this country. nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent. >> dana: we have live coverage. we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. he is live on capitol hill. mike? >> reporter: this is the point when there's a great deal of study of body language of undecided senators and careful scrutiny of their every word. susan collins and jeff flake have said positive things about the fbi review. collins calling it a thorough review. flake saying there is no ad

we did hear from senator chuck grassley and his message to the demonstrators outside. keep in mind, this is a republican saying this. go ahead. >> thank god that you're willing to exercise your first amendment rights of association and free speech, keep it up, because it is going to make america stronger. >> in an interesting wrinkle to what these protesters are dealing with today, there are repeat offender, meaning if they were arrested earlier in the week, if they're arrested again today, they will go straight to jail and perhaps not be released until tuesday, so that is part of the calculation for some of these protesters, that may want to stretch the limits of the situation there. our national correspondent tom fullerman is at the capitol. tom, you have been out there all morning. >> what is the feeling like out there right now? >> reporter: well, a lot of the folks here who are protesting are pleased i think with what happened here at least, in that they got heard, and many people made it up to the steps of the capitol, they have been lead away here to big cheers

committeediciary chairman chuck grassley for his wisdom and fairness. gratitude toecial rob portman, susan collins, joe manchin, jon kyl, and lindsey graham. they are a credit to the country and the senate. i will be forever grateful to each of them and all of the senators who carefully considered my nomination. presiding over the final vote in the senate on saturday was vice president pence. i am grateful to the vice president for his sound advice and faithful support. i think counsel to the president don mcgann, who was a warrior for fairness and performed his critical duties in the finest traditions of our constitution. [applause] justice kavanaugh: i think all of the outstanding people -- i the outstanding people in the white house and department of justice who worked on this nomination. one of the federal judges most important responsibilities is to higher for new law clerks each year, recent law school graduates. among the best and brightest young lawyers in america, and they become the future leaders of the legal profession. ank my former law cle

i thank judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley, for his wisdom and fairness. and i give special gratitude to rob portman, susan collins, joe manchin, jon kyl, and lindsey graham. they are a credit to the country and the senate. i will be forever grateful to each of them and all of the senators who carefully considered my nomination. presiding over the final vote in the senate on saturday was vice president pence. i am grateful to the vice president for his sound advice and faithful support. i thank counsel to the president don mcgann, who was a warrior for fairness and performed his critical duties in the finest traditions of our constitution. [applause] justice kavanaugh: i thank all of the outstanding people in the white house and department of justice and the senate who worked they and night -- day and night on this nomination. one of the federal judges most important responsibilities is to hire four new law clerks each year, recent law school graduates. among the best and brightest young lawyers in america, and they become the future leaders of the legal p

>> my favorite chuck grassley saying is just because i'm yelling at you doesn't mean i'm mad at you. this is strained relationships. the trust that's always important, particularly in the legislative process. we understand we are adults and weeds -- we know what's at stake here. we have different views. we've been getting a lot of things done under this administration with republican majorities in the house and senate. this process is not one i would ever want to see repeated for anybody for any nominee, republican or democrat nor for any witness. i think it's been shameful. >> dana: greg gutfeld. case, senator . i've noticed a lot of laws being broken. an intern who doxxed a number of republicans who were pro-kavanaugh. that fellow, cosko, was arrested. i want to know what's going to happen to him. is anything going to be done with avenatti or any of the people he worked with. it seems to me he broke some loss. >> this doxxing so-called incident, i wasn't familiar with the term but you described it, this person has been now charged with this crime will be charged with, as i understa

we heard from chuck grassley saying when this is all said and done we have to fix this. i want to listen to those words. sorry, we may not have it. he said when this is all done, he said this is rock bottom, and i would like to have the future mending, so we can do it in a collegial way when it comes to nominations. neither side has clean hands in terms of where we are at today. the question is can we go back, or i suppose it should be can we move forward? >> look, everybody has a theory about where this started. for democrats, it started with merrick garland. the neutral processes that have governed supreme court nominations, for example, multiple democrats voted for clarence thomas, and many republicans including orrin hatch voted for ruth gator ginsberg, and i know this is where republicans like to say, well, estrada or bourque, and merrick garland did not get a hearing, and we don't have to wait for this process to be over to figure out what would be a neutral process. it might involve, for example, one thing that i found troubling, chuck grassley himself, they have

chairman of the judiciary committee, senator chuck grassley. thank you, chuck. [applause] >> martha: that judiciary chairman was at the center of the storm, who today spent his first day in the rogan on the court. i sat down exclusively with the senator in the very room where kavanaugh and ford's dramatic terror testimony played out. grassley has seen 15 confirmation hearing since he joined the judiciary committee back in 1981. he has not seen anything like this. >> last night the president thanked deal at the swearing in. thank you for your principal leadership and he said that your handling of the confirmation earned a wide spreading admiration, but this was challenging from the get-go. when he began the first hearing, kamala harris and cory booker both wanted to deregulate right out of the gate. >> mr. chairman, i'd like to ask questions before i proceed. >> i'd like to recognize myself or one of my colleagues. >> mr. chairman, this incredibly potential environment. >> it's very divided, but don't forget at the grassroots of america it's divided as well. if y

your senator chuck grassley is the chair of the senate judiciary committee. your reaction to all of this? >> my reaction is that it is sad that the fb knuckled under to -- that f.b.i. knuckled under to the president. i can't hear you. hello. >> we can hear you. >> and trump -- lying to that group. he puts a moniker on everybody. and that sets a harsh tone. he suted hurting -- suggested hurting hillary. i think trump sets this. >> con combrat layingses to -- congratulations to juf. >> -- to judge kavanaugh. >> we go to the independent line. good evening. >> hello. >> you're on the air. >> yeah, i -- i want to say, first off, i'm irish catholic, all right, but i -- i have just a statement about the fbi investigation itself. >> okay. >> i kind of think -- shut up. i think the fbi investigation, people believe that trump and the administration actually influenced it and made a lot of people lose faith in the fbi. my question is that people left -- now have less faith in the fbi. people on the right used to over the e-mail thing, you know, that -- the e-mail. yeah

i thank judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley, for his wisdom and fairness. and i give special gratitude to senators rob portman, susan collins, joe manchin, jon kyl, and lindsey graham. they are a credit to the country and the senate. i will be forever grateful to each of them and all of the senators who carefully considered my nomination. presiding over the final vote in the senate on saturday was vice president pence. i am grateful to the vice president for his sound advice and faithful support. i thank counsel to the president don mcgann, who was a warrior for fairness and performed his critical duties in the finest traditions of our constitution. [applause] justice kavanaugh: i thank all of the outstanding people in the white house and department of justice and the senate who worked day and night on this nomination. one of the federal judges most -- one of a federal judge's most important responsibilities is to hire four new law clerks each year, recent law school graduates. among the best and brightest young lawyers in america, and they become the futur

senate judiciary chair chuck grassley now pushing the justice department to investigate mr. avenue that thety and his client, julie swetnick, who accused judge kavanaugh of participating many gang rape. in gang rape. pretty bad stuff. now, the concern here is that mr. avenatti and ms. swetnick may have deliberately conspired to the provide false statements to congress. my next guest says avenatti could be disbarred. trial attorney and legal analyst misty meyers. great to have you. >> thank you, trish. at 8:00 instead of 2. we've got to go out to dinner afterwards. [laughter] trish: you're saying he should be disbarred. you really have a lot of questions, you think this is a bad guy who did a bad thing? >> i think that if this is true, if he conspired with a client to lie for the purpose of obstructing a congressional investigation, that is absolutely would be sent immediately to the ethics committee, and there would be very little question that there would be repercussions. trish: so is he going to say, oh, no, no, no, this is what she told me, and i was doing my job as her

that is not how mitch mcconnell wants to see it go or chuck grassley. let's discuss. so nia, to you, look, they don't know and grassley was so clear with that this morning. manchin still reading it this morning. what are you feel something. >> we don't know. we will know once they start casting these votes. very interesting that manchin says a bolt of lightening will strike him when he walks in. he says he's weighing everything. he's got to be weighing the fact he's in west virginia, a state that is heavily republican. >> 32 days from the midterms. >> yeah. he's been able to win there by being independent from his party. he didn't even endorse obama the last time he ran in 2012. so we'll see. murkowski has these competing pressures in alaska as wellment collins, somebody who probably will face a pretty tough challenger if she votes. but then you have to know that these folks are republicans, right? this is their party. this has been their party for a long time, and this has been the dream of the republican party, to have a supreme court that's conservative, that will

aides to chuck grassley say those issues could be critical based on the way democrats handle justice kavanaugh and the caravan, which they maintain has resulted in a backlash of voter disapproval of those tactics. the thinking of senator grassley and others as americans pair them i care about the principles of due process, fairness, and their presumption of innocence and reject what aides chuck grassley call mob rule. president trump has emphasized a number of hot-button issue, including illegal immigration and sending our troops to protect the southern border. the president has also said he's operating by using common sense. a short time ago in battleground ohio, this was the message from vice president mike pence. >> these caravans are being driven by leftist organizations in central america and by human traffickers who you need to know have no regard for human life. >> on the democrat side, former president obama and vice president biden are on the campaign trail trying to help democrats in key congressional races around the country. biden has told supporters he is sick and tired

senator chuck grassley, thank you, chuck. applause. we are grateful to all of the senators on the judiciary committee who fought so hard for this confirmation. senators lindsey graham,john this confirmation. senators lindsey graham, john corner, warren hatch, mike leigh, ted cruz, then sass, jeff flake, mike crapo, tom gillis and john kennedy. applause. and thank you all so to rob portman, sitting right here, thank you robert. applause. and finally, we are indebted to senator susan holmes, for her brave and eloquent speech, and her declaration that when passions are most inflamed, fairness is most in jeopardy, how true, how true. how true. applause. brett kavanaugh is a man of outstanding intellect, a brilliant scholar and his credentials are unsurpassed. a graduate of both yale college and gail law school, he has taught at harvard, yale and georgetown. when he is not working with his family, he is not working with his family, he is not working with his family, he is getting back to his community. he spent 26 years in public service an

that in addition to chuck grassley. take a listen. >> we as senators ought to be setting examples for civility, not encouraging incivility. you've heard about the resistance since november 2016. you're seeing the resistance headquarters right here on capitol hill. all among democrats. >> a bit of a head scratcher. we're still trying to figure out what's up with the "resistance" there. >> i don't know why he's saying it with the accent, it's very bizarre. >> maybe a "south park" -- >> i think what's happening on capitol hill, very angry. like uncontrol age rage. the incandescent right below the surface. what we're hearing from ford and other women, it mirrors our own experiences. women go through this. we're always thinking about ways to protect ourselves from male violence. for male senators, all white, all 80 years old, standing up there and basically telling us we're historical and we should calm down, it just makes us more angry. so these are not funded protests. these are women who are flying from alaska, flying fro

>> i think that is one of the more ridiculous things that chuck grassley has said. it just goes to show, is this where the republicans are that they think that women can't engage in hard work, that we can't do more than, you know, cook and clean and all of that? are you kidding? we women have had to do all this stuff for eons. for him to say what he did goes to show how out of touch and sadly clueless he is. >> how, do you think, finally he has conducted this entire affair? >> this entire hearing for judge kavanaugh has not been normal. for one thing they were just rushing this thing like crazy. they wanted to get him on the court for the october term so he could be the fifth vote on so many issues that will affect all of our lives. that was all a rush job. two, it's not normal that we wouldn't have access to the thousands and thousands of documents that we normally would have access to regarding judge kavanaugh. three, when we had a hearing, you know, of a credible report by dr. kavanaugh -- dr. ford, that not to call any other witnesses, not to have an fbi investi

you know, chuck grassley doesn't seem to care. the second thing is republicans i think will have a fundamental problem going forward with women. i was struck this morning when you were talking to ken star. here we have a character witness for someone accused of sexual assault who was forced from his job because he chose to believe his football players at baylor university who committed multiple and repeated sexual assaults, a character witness here. that's how blind they are to this. so this -- they may win the battle, but they are going to lose the war. i have no doubt about that. >> in terms of that war, i do also want to pick up on what you said about how politicized the supreme court is. who is responsible for that? it is not the justices. i think you could easily argue. they do, for the most part, do their best to keep quiet about things. it is politicians on both sides of the aisle. >> sure. >> who have pushed this narrative of your vote is going to matter most importantly when it comes to who i nominate for the supreme cour

chuck grassley says the new f.b.i. report backs kavanaugh and he is urging the senate to send him to the high court saying it's time to vote. your thoughts this morning. >> time to vote. we did the background investigation, another background investigation. everything i'm hearing there is no corroboration, and no substantiation of any of the accusations that have been made against judge kavanaugh. it is time to have a vote and to put him on the bench. now senator schumer when he was just speaking said senate democrats have had nothing at all to do with this delay. they caused the delay. senator feinstein sat on these accusations until the 11th hour and then this information comes out. they caused the delay. on top of that, i can't think of a single senate democrat who throughout this entire process has had any role to play in moving this along. thirdly, and it relates to the first two points, there was one democratic congressman when judge kavanaugh was nominated by the president where the statement said he/she, we hav

senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley calling on the justice department to investigate whether he and his client julie swetnick conspired to provide the senate committee with false information. "trish regan primetime" coming right up. authorities searching for more package bombs that may have been mailed to critics of president trump. the fbi right now interrogating the 56-year-old suspect in florida. earlier tonight he was arrested and charged with five federal crimes in what could be the end of the nearly three decade-long criminal history. all of this as the fbi tells us these bombs are not hoax devices. >> we are still analyzing the devices in our laboratory. these are not hoax devices. trish: the former assistant director of the fbi, my question is, if none of these detonated and weren't capable of actually detonating, were they in fact not hoax devices? explain that to me if you would. >> we are grateful they didn't detonate and there were no injuries. and second great piece of work by the fbi and the task force. let me try to explain what i think director wray is saying. he

chuck grassley now say the media is biased against kavanaugh. senators coming out today in his defense going into the room to read the fbi report. the white house saying there's no corroboration of the fbi charges against him. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is moving towards a debate tomorrow and a final vote on saturday. let's get you at reliance on capitol hill. >> a very politically charged day here in capitol hill today. protesters marching the streets outside the capitol outside the capitol and the rest made inside the senate buildings throughout the course of the day. republicans are frustrated, accusing democrats of moving the goalpost with senator chuck grassley. >> what i've been dealing with since july 10th, the downhill slope that schumer has put us on is really dealing with the demolition very. >> there's no corroborating evidence in the latest fbi report. marx judge, and the other friend whose claim to be in the room. the woman ford claims was that the party with her. all eyes turn to republican senators, to republican senat

the widespread chairman of the judiciary committee, senator chuck grassley. thank you, chuck. we are grateful to all of the senators on the judiciary committee who fought so hard for this confirmation. senators lindsey graham, orrin hatch, mike lee, ted cruz, ben sacher, jeff flake, mike crapo, thom tillis and john kennedy. thank you also to rob portman sitting right here. finally i am indebted to senator susan collins for her brave and eloquent speech and her declaration that when passions are most inflamed, fairness is most in jeopardy. how true, how true. brett kavanaugh is a man of outstanding intellect, a brilliant scholar, and his credentials are unsurpassed. a graduate of both yale college and yale law school, he has taught at harvard and deal georgetown. he spent 26 years in public service, and he clerked for justice kennedy. for the last 12 years, he was a judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals, widely regarded as our nation's second highest court. during his tenure he authored over 300 opinions distinguished by their masterful and impartial reasoning. known as a

and chuck grassley calling for a vote on saturday. >> reporter: these congressman were angry. senator tillis said dr. ford clearly experienced a traumatic event and that was as far as he went. what was interesting to me what chuck grassley said at the very end of the conference was that they can't release anything from this background anything, maybe not even a summary, but he said there's some talk that perhaps the white house could do that. and that was in response to a question about how can the public decide how complete this investigation was without knowing anything about what it contained. and he sort of left that door open little bit and passed the baton offer to the white house i thought. >> jeff, any indication the white house plans to make this report public? >> i picked up on that as well. i think that might have been chairman grassley and the rest of the senate trying to pass the buck up pennsylvania avenue. the reality here is if all thousand pages of that supplemental interviews were released to the public, some dissenters and critics likely won't be satisfied b

senator chuck grassley, sir, thank you for your time and good afternoon to you. i don't know what you're feeling right now but go ahead and let's start there. >> well, i feel it's a great day for us going through a fair and thorough process that i said i was going to hold throughout the committee process, a lot of times i didn't know whether we'd ever get to this point but i'm very glad we do. i think the most important thing is to think about what it says about the background of judge kavanaugh, a person who has been very well educated, very well devote today public service, but more importantly, 12 years on the second most important court in our land and having 307 opinions, if anybody reads them, you'd know that he's going to serve as a justice as anybody that's -- a judge should do. he will look at the law and the facts of the case, he will lose his own personal views out of it and he's going to not do what some judges do be super legislator trying to fill in holes or modernize the constitution. dana: senator, dana perino, the protestors are gathering in mass

chuck grassley. ( laughter ) and things went really smoothly for the first... three seconds. because here's what happened when grassley tried to welcome kavanaugh. >> i welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of brett kavanaugh-- >> mr. chairman? mr. chairman? >> --to serve as associate justice-- >> mr. chairman, i'd like to be recognized for a question before we proceed. the committee received just last night, less than 15 hours ago, 42,000 pages of documents that we have not had an opportunity to review or read or analyze. >> you are-- you are out of order. i'll proceed. >> mr. chairman, i agree with my colleague, senator harris. mr. chairman, we received 42,000 documents that we haven't been able-- >> ...and everyone else joining us today. >> --to review last night. and we believe this hearing should be postponed. >> i know this is an exciting day for all of you here. >> stephen: "and once all the shouting stops about advice and consent, we will have fun. because that's what this is: the kavanaugh family fun day. now let's all go roast marshmallows

senate judiciary committee chair chuck grassley, i don't know if you saw this, he got agitated at some point over the way he said the nomination has been handled by the senate as well as the media saying he would never call the press fake news, in fact, he says he considered policemen for democratic system but he did say he did see firsthand bias on behalf of some members of the media, bias against the judge. edward lawrence is in the rotunda on capitol hill, got very heated as we say, let's spin this forward, where does this bring us to when the vote will happen on the confirmation of brett kavanaugh? >> yeah, and before we go with that, you know, i have not sen senator chuck grassley this worked up. i saw him during hearings, a little bit worked up but he was upset senator chuck grassley saying that we have seen demolition derbies and we are seeing demolition derby and a good person was almost destroyed. all eyes are on three republican senators, senator jeff flake, senator lisa murkowski and senator susan collins, we are starting to hear positive comments from two of them. senator s

we are awaiting a news conference of mitch mcconnell and senator chuck grassley on the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. a white house source telling fox news the fbi found no evidence supporting allegations of sexual assault, but amid the unfolding drama, democrats and republicans going toe to toe. >> it looks to be the product of an incomplete investigation that was limited, perhaps by the white house. we do not agree that the white house should tie the fbi's hands. >> for

a blistering criminal referral against him feels handed to doj by senator chuck grassley. details next. >> ♪ . >> laura: a bombshell criminal referral dropped by the senate judiciary today calls for a criminal investigation into the allegations made by michael avenatti and julie swetnick. joining us ed henry. what is the latest tonight? >> more trouble for michael avenatti starting with the fact that chuck grassley is pressing the justice department to investigate whether he and his client conspired to provide false statements to congress and tried to obstruct a senate investigation during the confirmation bat l or justice kavanaugh. she alleged kavanaugh was involved in gang rapes during high school and gave varying accounts. she said in the heat of partisan moments some do try to mislead the committee. that's unfair to my colleagues and others. it steveless our ability to w k work -- i don't take lightly making a referral. ignoring this will ask for more in the future. avenatti lashed out at grassley saying this is clearly political and added this at a news conference

know senator chuck grassley and mike lee we have a copy the letter here to kirstjen nielsen with homeland security. they have a solution. they said like we have done in the past in 2002 with canada, maybe this would work with mexico. require the migrants to stop in mexico and seek asylum there and mexico would have to agree to do that? will it work. >> mexico has been very cooperative here and i want to make that clear. they have offered to i have think grant temporary visas or asylum there as i understanding it, many in the caravan are pushing forward and refusing that the majority of them it's estimate you had are economic migrants. not those that have a of asylum. that's very instructive too to my other point. we have to try what's been tried in the past. at least you have republican senators like the two you just mentioned trying to solve the problem. you have got democrats out there running for 2020. they have done absolutely nothing in 2018 to secure our borders. to keep us drug-free and safe. they all voted against tax cuts that are stem a little oustimulatingour economy. blue coll

the republican chairman of the senate judiciary committee, chuck grassley, called for one today. nancy cordes has this story. >> senator grassley just stepped in it, to be clear. >> reporter: in new york this evening, a defiant michael avenatti hit back at senate republicans. >> we want a full and complete investigation into each of my client's allegations. >> reporter: avenatti's client, julie swetnick, is one of three women who came forward with allegations against supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. swetnick said kavanaugh and his friends spiked drinks at high school paro but her explosive story had some inconsistencies, and kavanaugh vigorously denied it. >> the swetnick thing is a joke. that is a farce. >> reporter: in a letter to the department of justice today, the republican chair of the senate judiciary committee, iowa's chuck grassley, asked that the f.b.i. investigate whether mr. avenatti criminally conspired with miss swetnick to make materially false statements to the committee. avenatti, who also represents porn star stormy daniels in her case against the preside

grassley relying on women to do his dirty work? >> susan collins is controlled by chuck grassley. susan collins stood up and gave an incredible speech in the tradition of senator margaret chase smith. she spoke to reason. she spoke to fact. she gave a very principled explanation. >> laura: almost an hour. >> thank goodness, laura, somebody broke through the moe m -- morass and brought in common sense and decency to reset this. >> i thought murkowski's speech was heartfelt, deep, and good. >> laura: are you kidding, murkowski lost me when she said, our role of advice and consent. it's advise and consent. i'm sorry, for you a senator, you don't know it's advise and consent, sorry, you lost me. >> it was from her heart. >> laura: i'm not saying it's not important. we all love good emotion. i love a good cry. i love a good laugh. but at some point facts have to win out. do they not? >> and there was a doubt about whether he did this and so he should not be on the supreme court, herd. >> laura: i hope you are never subjected to this kind of claim?-- >> he failed it. >> laura: he didn't

but while son cheered on for political purposes the judiciary chairman chuck grassley and his staff rolled up their sleeves and went to work. they promptly investigated the allegations that materialized at the last minute. chairman grassley reopened the public hearings of judge kavanaugh and doctor ford to speak directly to those clients under oath. that was after he offered her to tell her story from any point of her choosing here or in california, public or private, private, with staff or with members, and according to the testimony was it was seemingly never communicated to her lawyers long - - from her lawyers despite the professional requirement to do so. but now of course the fbi has completed a supplemental background investigation and deliver the results to us here. mister president this is the seventh time the fbi has thoroughly reviewed judge kavanaugh's background. what are the facts and the evidence tell us that there are seven investigations? the fact is they have not been corroborated those that have been corroborated by the seventh not with theve new fbi investigation, not a

thank you all very much. >>> so, the senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley says nothing to see here. more on what we're hearing as people are poring through this fbi report on judge kavanaugh. also, vice president mike pence about to deliver a scathing speech on china. it will no doubt increase tension. his words we will not be intimidated. we will not stand down. >> president trump heading to minnesota today to campaign for republican candidates in crucial swing districts. can he turn that state from blue to red, as he once promised? i know that every single time that i suit up, there is a chance that's the last time. 300 miles per hour, that's where i feel normal. i might be crazy but i'm not stupid. having an annuity tells me retirement is protected. annuities can provide protected income for life. learn more at retireyourrisk.org annuities can provide protected income for life. chloe fall in love with iphone xs on t-mobile, and right now, save $300 dollars. sometthat's when he needs the way ovicks vaporub.'s sleep. proven cough medicine. with 8 hours of vapors. so he can sleep.

the judiciary committee chuck grassley had the most complete statement saying that after reviewing all of this he didn't find any corroborative evidence, didn't find any reason to change his support for kavanaugh, and he's comfortable pushing through. we are forced to rely on the white house and on these senators for this because the universe of people who can actually see this report is very small. 100 united states senators can look at it, and it is only a hard copy. there's no e-mails. there's no pdfs. 100 senators can look at it and ten judiciary committee staff, and the staff could even hand deliver a copy to an individual senator if they wanted, but then they're taking it back with them. the actual eyeballs on this report will be a very small number, and that leaves us to try to find out from these senators today to characterize what's in it and to see if anything in it is strong enough to push a vote one way or another. >> some of those characterizations already starting. let me bring in kelly o'donnell. she's over at the white house. we have heard from the press secretary on th

you can see senator chuck grassley on the floor right now. and in your other box is the folks gathering up on capitol hill ahead of this 10:30 vote. we are taking your phone calls. how do you want your senator to vote? st. petersburg, florida, democrat. good morning to you. for taking myyou call. i would hope my senators would vote no on kavanaugh, but i have i have hope, but i'm thinking it won't turn out that way. i was against kavanaugh before all of this with dr. ford and with the testimony even by kavanaugh himself. it is a feeling that bigger picture involved here, and it has to do with the federalist society. you know they have been pushing the nominees in to trump. they want to see a conservative judicial court. and they are really powerful. and i don't like that. for dr. ford and kavanaugh, this testimony was ace tactical. testimony was painful. the bigger question is the federalist society and what they want to do about the courts. people need to open their minds. and start looking. caller: ms. forde did take a lot ford did take a l