WEBVTT 00:02.033 --> 00:04.566 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: President Trump has triggered fresh cries of foul today in the fight over 00:04.566 --> 00:06.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. 00:06.933 --> 00:09.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor begins our coverage. 00:09.833 --> 00:11.866 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% SEN. 00:11.866 --> 00:14.866 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% SUSAN COLLINS (R), Maine: The president's comments were just plain wrong. 00:14.866 --> 00:16.366 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% SEN. 00:16.366 --> 00:17.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% JEFF FLAKE (R), Arizona: I wish he hadn't have done it. 00:17.533 --> 00:20.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I just say it's -- it's kind of appalling. 00:20.633 --> 00:25.566 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: President Trump mocking Brett Kavanaugh's accuser, and key Republican 00:25.566 --> 00:27.300 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% senators outraged. 00:27.300 --> 00:29.333 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% DONALD TRUMP, President of the United States: A man's life is shattered. 00:29.333 --> 00:32.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Last night in Southaven, Mississippi, Mr. Trump went after Christine 00:32.933 --> 00:34.466 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Blasey Ford. 00:34.466 --> 00:37.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% She said Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. 00:37.700 --> 00:42.666 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The president made fun of Ford's Senate testimony last week with his own sometimes inaccurate 00:42.666 --> 00:44.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% version of her memory lapses. 00:44.366 --> 00:45.600 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% DONALD TRUMP, President of the United States: How did you get home? 00:45.600 --> 00:46.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% I don't remember. 00:46.600 --> 00:47.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% How did you get there? 00:47.600 --> 00:48.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% I don't remember. 00:48.600 --> 00:49.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Where is the place? 00:49.600 --> 00:50.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% I don't remember. 00:50.600 --> 00:51.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% How many years ago was it? 00:51.600 --> 00:52.600 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% I don't know. 00:52.600 --> 00:53.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 00:53.600 --> 00:54.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DONALD TRUMP: I don't know. 00:54.600 --> 00:57.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 00:57.233 --> 01:00.200 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: The president had previously called Ford a -- quote -- "very credible witness." 01:00.200 --> 01:04.866 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% After last night, Ford's lawyer tweeted that the president's words were -- quote -- "vicious, 01:04.866 --> 01:06.800 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% vile and soulless." 01:06.800 --> 01:09.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% This morning, Senate Democrats took up the cry. 01:09.066 --> 01:11.600 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% SEN. 01:11.600 --> 01:13.100 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY), Minority Leader: President Trump's outright mockery of a sexual assault 01:13.100 --> 01:17.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% survivor, riddled as it was with falsehoods, was reprehensible. 01:17.566 --> 01:19.033 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% SEN. 01:19.033 --> 01:20.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% KAMALA HARRIS (D), California: I mean, it was outrageous. 01:20.233 --> 01:22.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% There's no other way to describe it. 01:22.800 --> 01:26.000 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: The attack played especially poorly with undecided Republican, like Alaska's 01:26.600 --> 01:28.100 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Lisa Murkowski. 01:28.100 --> 01:30.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% She called the remarks -- quote -- "unacceptable." 01:30.800 --> 01:35.766 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But top presidential aides, like White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, defended Mr. Trump's 01:35.766 --> 01:37.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% handling of Ford's story. 01:37.833 --> 01:39.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% KELLYANNE CONWAY, Trump Senior Adviser: She's been treated like a Faberge egg by all of 01:39.400 --> 01:41.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% us, beginning with me and the president. 01:41.366 --> 01:45.566 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: And this afternoon, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said this several 01:45.566 --> 01:47.600 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% times: 01:47.600 --> 01:49.766 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, White House Press Secretary: The president was stating the facts. 01:49.766 --> 01:53.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Meanwhile, several public senators said the FBI is almost done with 01:54.533 --> 01:56.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the reopened background check of Kavanaugh. 01:56.666 --> 02:01.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% That's despite complaints from his accusers and Democrats that a number of potential witnesses 02:03.200 --> 02:06.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% have not been interviewed, including Christine Blasey Ford herself. 02:06.233 --> 02:10.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Democrats are demanding that some version of the FBI findings be made public before 02:10.400 --> 02:12.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% the Senate votes on Kavanaugh. 02:12.500 --> 02:15.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Delaware Senator and Judiciary Committee member Chris Coons: 02:15.033 --> 02:17.100 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% SEN. 02:17.100 --> 02:19.266 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% CHRIS COONS (D), Delaware: But I do think a summary of the report that doesn't identify 02:19.266 --> 02:23.433 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% specific individuals or allegations, but that says, this is how many, this is for our topics, 02:25.500 --> 02:28.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% this is the sorts of facts we have presented, I do think, in the interest of transparency, 02:28.166 --> 02:32.266 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% would be appropriate for the FBI or the Senate to release a report like that. 02:32.266 --> 02:36.733 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Louisiana Republican and Senate Judiciary Committee member John Kennedy 02:36.733 --> 02:37.733 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% agreed. 02:37.733 --> 02:40.200 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% SEN. 02:40.200 --> 02:41.700 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% JOHN KENNEDY (R), Louisiana: Normally, FBI background investigations are not made public 02:41.700 --> 02:46.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% because of privacy rights of the person being investigated. 02:48.100 --> 02:51.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% But I think this is an instance where it should be. 02:51.233 --> 02:54.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I trust the American people to draw their own conclusions. 02:54.966 --> 02:59.766 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: As both sides wait for the FBI's findings, Capitol Police have stepped 02:59.766 --> 03:03.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% up security for senators, including police escorts. 03:03.100 --> 03:06.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% MAN: You have to stay of one side of the hallway. 03:06.000 --> 03:08.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And we have to make sure doors are clear. 03:08.100 --> 03:11.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Today, police forced reporters away from Susan Collins' office for what they 03:11.333 --> 03:13.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% said were safety reasons. 03:13.500 --> 03:16.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% All the while, Senate debate on the nomination is continuing. 03:16.600 --> 03:21.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said again today he's proceeding toward a vote. 03:21.033 --> 03:23.100 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% SEN. 03:23.100 --> 03:25.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY), Majority Leader: It's time to put this embarrassing spectacle behind 03:25.833 --> 03:27.866 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% us. 03:27.866 --> 03:32.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The American people are sick of the display that has been put on here in the United States 03:33.333 --> 03:35.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Senate in the guise of a confirmation process. 03:35.533 --> 03:39.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: As of tonight, there's no firm indication of whether Kavanaugh has the 03:39.533 --> 03:42.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% votes to win Senate confirmation. 03:42.000 --> 03:46.200 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: And Yamiche joins me now, along with our congressional correspondent, Lisa 03:46.200 --> 03:47.200 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Desjardins. 03:47.200 --> 03:49.300 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Hello to both of you. 03:49.300 --> 03:53.500 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% So, Yamiche, as you point out in that report, originally, President Trump was respectful 03:53.500 --> 03:55.533 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% of Dr. Ford. 03:55.533 --> 03:59.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% He was saying she was a credible -- someone who was credible, but then the change of tone 04:00.366 --> 04:01.233 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% last night. 04:01.233 --> 04:02.466 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% He's mocking her. 04:02.466 --> 04:04.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% What was behind the thinking here? 04:04.566 --> 04:06.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Well, this nomination has really become a moment of cultural reckoning. 04:06.933 --> 04:10.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And President Trump is responding to how polarized everyone has become. 04:10.233 --> 04:14.300 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% He senses this us-vs.-we mentality, and he's in there last night, and he feels as though 04:14.300 --> 04:17.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% he wants to really give the crowd what they're asking for. 04:17.033 --> 04:21.166 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% The crowd last night was laughing and clapping as he mocked Dr. Ford, and that's just as 04:21.166 --> 04:23.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% important as the president mocking her. 04:23.266 --> 04:27.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And this idea that people are really kind of -- especially Republicans are really feeling 04:27.033 --> 04:30.333 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% energized by this is backed up by a new poll that came out today. 04:30.333 --> 04:33.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% "PBS NewsHour," NPR and Marist put out a poll today. 04:33.300 --> 04:35.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I want to walk you through some of these numbers. 04:35.666 --> 04:40.666 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% In July 2018, this summer, Democrats had a 10-point lead over Republicans when it came 04:42.566 --> 04:45.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% to who thought was -- who thought the midterm election was very important. 04:45.366 --> 04:48.566 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% So you have this idea that Democrats really felt as though this is really important, but 04:48.566 --> 04:50.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that has all basically evaporated. 04:50.700 --> 04:54.666 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% The poll now shows that 82 percent of Democrats describe the midterms as very important and 04:56.600 --> 04:58.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% 80 percent of Republicans also describe the midterms as very important. 04:58.966 --> 05:03.100 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% And Democrats, that should be really bad news for them, because Democrats have been talking 05:03.100 --> 05:06.666 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% about this blue wave, talking about taking back the House, even the Senate. 05:06.666 --> 05:10.700 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% And now what you have are Republicans saying, this nomination is why I might go to the polls. 05:10.700 --> 05:13.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% JUDY WOODRUFF: So energizing Republicans. 05:13.733 --> 05:16.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% But you have been talking to people at the White House. 05:16.333 --> 05:20.700 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% How concerned are they -- or are they concerned that this could cost them somehow in the midterms, 05:22.233 --> 05:23.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% especially among women voters? 05:23.700 --> 05:26.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: The president let loose last night. 05:26.166 --> 05:29.766 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% So the simple answer is, no, they are not concerned about this. 05:29.766 --> 05:33.100 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% Sarah Sanders said that the president was really just stating the facts. 05:33.100 --> 05:37.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% He's not worried about whether or not Lisa Murkowski or Susan Collins or Jeff Flake are 05:37.300 --> 05:40.566 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% going to look at his comments last night and say, you know what, this has really gotten 05:40.566 --> 05:42.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% out of hand and I can't vote for Brett Kavanaugh. 05:42.900 --> 05:45.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% So the president is really just saying, you know what, I'm going to go with my gut. 05:45.700 --> 05:49.000 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% This isn't a large change of strategy, from what I can tell from sourcing. 05:49.000 --> 05:51.400 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% It's really the president looking at this crowd and saying, I'm going to give them what 05:51.400 --> 05:53.933 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% they want. 05:53.933 --> 05:56.766 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Now, Lisa, there's some late-day developments on the part of Senate Democrats 05:56.766 --> 05:57.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% on the Judiciary Committee. 05:57.766 --> 05:59.833 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% What are you hearing? 05:59.833 --> 06:02.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% LISA DESJARDINS: A lot to talk about tonight, but we just saw a letter posted by Dick Durbin. 06:02.333 --> 06:03.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% He's the number two Democrat in the Senate. 06:03.966 --> 06:06.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And he's on the Senate Judiciary Committee. 06:06.000 --> 06:10.566 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% He posted a letter questioning a tweet by Republicans in which they said that the FBI 06:12.566 --> 06:16.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% background checks to this point on Mr. Kavanaugh have come up with not a whiff of any issue 06:19.000 --> 06:23.200 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% related to either inappropriate sexual behavior or with inappropriate behavior with alcohol. 06:24.700 --> 06:26.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% That's what the Republicans tweeted out. 06:26.733 --> 06:31.666 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% Dick Durbin has said, we reviewed these files confidentially, and that is inaccurate. 06:34.233 --> 06:37.533 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% What he's saying is, past FBI background checks have come up with something related to inappropriate 06:38.666 --> 06:40.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% behavior, either sexual or alcoholic. 06:40.733 --> 06:45.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But, you know, Judy, this is a classic just tit for tat, and everyone using any kind of 06:45.600 --> 06:48.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% weapon they can at this moment as we wait for the FBI report. 06:48.266 --> 06:53.266 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: So, state of play right now, Lisa, I mean, if the FBI continues, doesn't 06:55.166 --> 06:57.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% talk to Kavanaugh, doesn't talk to Dr. Ford, what does it look like? 06:57.300 --> 07:00.433 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% LISA DESJARDINS: Well, I can report I spoke just a short while ago from a good Senate 07:00.433 --> 07:05.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Republican Judiciary source, who said they have put no limits on the FBI, the FBI is 07:07.400 --> 07:10.900 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% free to talk to both Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh, but it's the FBI choice. 07:10.900 --> 07:15.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% It is possible the FBI will just use the committee testimony as the basis of its report. 07:15.633 --> 07:18.433 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% So, they're saying it's not any limits that they have put on this. 07:18.433 --> 07:21.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But I think what Yamiche said is very important. 07:21.466 --> 07:26.266 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% I do not think Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, as much as they don't like what the president 07:26.266 --> 07:29.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% said last night, my sourcing is, they're not going to vote based on that. 07:29.700 --> 07:34.500 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% So the president's not really taking a risk in ginning up his base. 07:34.500 --> 07:37.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think that there are bigger questions here about votes. 07:37.366 --> 07:40.866 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Democrat Joe Manchin came out today and said he is still firmly undecided. 07:40.866 --> 07:45.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Also, his office confirmed to me Chuck Schumer is not really putting pressure on him, maybe 07:45.533 --> 07:50.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% because Chuck Schumer realizes a Democratic presence on these undecided votes really might 07:51.266 --> 07:52.433 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% not help them at all. 07:52.433 --> 07:54.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And I think we're seeing that most of all. 07:54.533 --> 07:58.100 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% A quick -- another figure from the poll, Judy, very quickly, the partisan divide on this 07:58.100 --> 07:59.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% question is unbelievable. 07:59.600 --> 08:02.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Do you support or oppose the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh? 08:02.633 --> 08:04.266 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Look at that. 08:04.266 --> 08:08.633 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% Republicans, 88 percent support, but Democrats, 83 percent oppose. 08:09.766 --> 08:10.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% That divide is just getting larger. 08:10.833 --> 08:12.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: It's hardening. 08:12.866 --> 08:17.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Yamiche, Bloomberg News is reporting that the FBI says the reason they're not talking 08:19.333 --> 08:21.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% to Brett Kavanaugh, to Dr. Ford is because the White House has told them not to. 08:21.966 --> 08:23.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% What is the White House saying about that? 08:23.966 --> 08:25.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YAMICHE ALCINDOR: The White House is pointing to the Senate and saying that the ball is 08:25.600 --> 08:27.633 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% in their court. 08:27.633 --> 08:30.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Sarah Sanders today from the podium at the White House said that the -- that they're 08:30.333 --> 08:34.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% really taking and deferring all their direction from the Senate. 08:34.900 --> 08:39.200 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The issue with that, of course, is that the FBI is really something that is really an 08:39.200 --> 08:42.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% organization, an agency that answers to the White House. 08:42.400 --> 08:45.566 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% It's the White House who can tell the FBI what to do, not the Senate. 08:45.566 --> 08:50.566 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% I talked to a lawyer, a Republican lawyer who has gone through vetting judicial nominees 08:51.433 --> 08:53.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% for Republicans in the past. 08:53.500 --> 08:57.500 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% That lawyer told me that, in normal times, the Senate would request the FBI to make some 08:57.500 --> 09:00.900 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% sort of an investigation or some sort of supplemental background check. 09:00.900 --> 09:03.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And the White House will just pass off that information. 09:03.433 --> 09:06.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% In this case there, that really could not be the case. 09:06.433 --> 09:08.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% In this case, we're not really in normal times. 09:08.533 --> 09:13.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% So it's not beyond doubt that the White House could say, you know, I want the FBI to only 09:14.266 --> 09:16.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% look at this and look at that. 09:16.300 --> 09:19.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But this lawyer said that it would be very unusual for the White House or the Senate 09:19.233 --> 09:22.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to tell the FBI, do not talk to these two people. 09:22.000 --> 09:26.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% That person said, what is really likely happening is that the FBI is making a calculation, saying 09:26.400 --> 09:29.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% if we have a week to do this, and there are 40 people who want to talk to us, here are 09:29.933 --> 09:32.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the people that we really need to prioritize. 09:32.100 --> 09:37.100 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% All that being said tonight, Dr. Ford's lawyers came out with a letter thing that they will 09:39.066 --> 09:41.133 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% not -- that they want the FBI basically to talk to their client, and that they won't 09:41.133 --> 09:45.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% give up her therapist notes or her polygraph notes that she took to Senator Grassley, as 09:47.066 --> 09:50.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% he's requested, unless the FBI talks to her. 09:50.333 --> 09:52.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So, really, her lawyers are pushing for that interview. 09:52.433 --> 09:53.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Fascinating. 09:53.433 --> 09:55.500 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Fascinating. 09:55.500 --> 09:57.766 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Lisa, just very quickly here at the end, you have been also talking to Republicans about 09:57.766 --> 10:00.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% their concerns, and as they intersect with this poll. 10:00.100 --> 10:03.166 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% LISA DESJARDINS: Yamiche reported that the White House may not be worried about the midterms, 10:03.166 --> 10:04.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but congressional Republicans are. 10:04.600 --> 10:06.100 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% And here's why. 10:06.100 --> 10:07.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Let's look at something in this poll about white women. 10:07.866 --> 10:10.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% This is a critical vote for Republicans. 10:10.233 --> 10:13.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Remember, a majority of white women voted for President Trump. 10:13.533 --> 10:17.733 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% Look at -- when asked, do they oppose or support for the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, look 10:17.733 --> 10:19.800 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% at that split. 10:19.800 --> 10:24.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% There you see white women, 45 percent oppose this nomination vs. white men, 30 percent. 10:26.000 --> 10:28.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And I spoke to members of Congress in the last day who have said they're seeing that 10:28.933 --> 10:30.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% gender split in their districts. 10:30.500 --> 10:32.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% They're worried about what that means in November. 10:32.400 --> 10:35.800 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% Remember, women turn out more than men at the polls in midterms. 10:35.800 --> 10:36.800 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% JUDY WOODRUFF: Huh. 10:36.800 --> 10:37.800 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% Wow. 10:37.800 --> 10:39.900 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% LISA DESJARDINS: Yes. 10:39.900 --> 10:41.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, we will be watching that as we get closer to these midterms. 10:41.800 --> 10:45.000 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Lisa Desjardins, Yamiche Alcindor following this Kavanaugh story, thank you both.