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[inaudible conversations] we believe christine ford. >> we believe anita hill we believe christine ford. >> we believe anita hill. >> we believe christine ford. >> we believe anita hill. >> we believe christine ford. >> you are subject to arrest for protesting outside. do you know that. >> again the senate judiciary committee calling a hearing for monday to give judge cavanaugh along with christine ford who accuse the judge of sexually assaulting her in high school, a chance to testify. her attorney continues to call for an fbi investigation before her client testifies. we are planning live coverage monday on c-span at ten eastern. also available online at cspan.org and you can listen with the free c-span radio app. >> victoria is an attorney and the former deputy assistant attorney general from 1984 to 1988. where are you on these accusations against bret cavanaugh. >> emma for all transformer trial attorney too so i've investigated cases. it's unbelievable. just think of some he walked into an fbi office today and

we believe christine ford. we believe anita hill. we believe christine ford. we believe anita hill. we believe christine ford. we believe anita hill. we believe christine ford. we believe anita hill. we believe christine ford. >> you are subject to arrest for protesting outside. do you know that? announcer: we will have more virginiarage today as democratic senator tim kaine faces republican challenger corey stewart. it will be the first of two town halls posted by liberty university and hampton university. the topic will be domestic policy and the economy. live at 7:00 eastern on c-span, your primary source for campaign 2018. and later, trumps campaign rally in las vegas. live at 10 p.m. eastern on .-span more from the campaign trail tomorrow as ted cruz faces his democratic challenger in dallas. live tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. eastern. on capitol hill, the senate judiciary committee postponed the vote on judge breye -- --ge brett kavanaugh's her lawyer says the fbi should investigate before she appears. chairman grassley has given miss ford until tomorrow morning to tell the committee

this was the on the record statement from christine ford to you. why did she come forward and tell you this story? >> she decided not to come forward after months of thinking about it, you know, but she first came to the post in early july when brett kavanaugh was on the short list before he was announced as the nominee. she really wanted to tell somebody her story and she also didn't want to have her life upended and she was terrified of what would happen if she came forward. she struggled with that all summer long. she was weighing that into late august when she made a very clear decision, i think, that she was not going to move forward. then things started to change here in washington. she had written this secret letter, or confidential letter to dianne feinstein telling her what had happened 30-odd years ago, and news of the letter started to leak, and the intercept wrote about how dianne feinstein had a secret letter and democrats were upset and that started unspooling, and the reporters started showing up at her house and calling her colleagu

hoy enviÓ un mensaje a la doctora christine ford antes de que testificar en el senado. "estoy pensando vilma: hoy hablÓ por primera vez en una entrevista . [hablan en inglÉs] vilma: un exnovio de la mujer la acusÓ en el pasado de violencia domÉstica y le puso una orden de restricciÓn por presuntamente amenazar a su familia. Él cuestionÓ su credibilidad. el comitÉ judicial del senado recibiÓ ademÁs dos acusaciones anÓnimas contra brett kavanaugh, una de ellas en esta carta de un padre que dice: 2mi hija ocasionalmente socializÓ con brett kavanaugh. una amiga de mi hija salÍa con Élcuando abandonaron el bar bajo la influencia del alcohol vieron a brett kavanaugh empujar a su amiga contra la pared. asegura que la amiga de su hija a un estÁ traumatizada." dos hombres le dijeron al comitÉ judicial del senado que no fue el juez brett kavanaugh quien tuvo un encuentro sexual con christine ford. dicen que los hechos ocurrieron en 1982 en una fiesta estudiantil. jorge: muchas gracias. un buen historial crediticio, cambiando de noticia, tambiÉn serÍa necesario p

christine was a ford -- dr. christine blasey ford, what she is agree to them with the senate leadership, grassley and other republican senators, have not yet agreed to, she will be there with security. she does not want the man she alleges attempted to rape her, brett kavanaugh, in the room at any point t with her. what has not been agreed to is who will question her. she says she wants the senators to question her. this is a problem for republican senators on the judiciary committee. they are all male. they don't want those optics. it is said they want a female lawyer to question her and d she is saying she does not accept that. >> right. it is a constitutional duty of the senators on the judiciary committee to conduct the questioning. and the reason they don't want to be in front of the camera on this is because a couple of them are holdovers from the anita hill hearing, and they treated her very poorly, as you may well remember in watching those tapes , which is gutwrenching. they do not want to be the public

so we're in palo alto outside of what we believe is christine ford's home. we didn't see anyone go in and out of the house all afternoon, but about an hour ago had a man came into the house and then went out a few minutes later with a dog. we don't know the man was, but he said that he was friends with the fords and that he was helping to take care of their dog. he said that ford is doing fine but that she's not interested in talking to anybody. he said she's not planning to come back to her house either. he also said that christine in order was a great person but wouldn't really say anything more about her decision to speak out and her deliberations or anything kind of reaction to kavanaugh and denials of forced altercation. i want to get a statement we got from the in box from the head of the school that christine ford attended when this incident that show alleges happened. she attended fulton arms school, this is another school in maryland close to the georgetown prep school which is where kavanaugh attended. sidesana a. jones wrote in a recent article "t

they are doing that because they can't yell at christine blasey ford. they are attack the democrats because they don't feel like they can attack her directly. pay close attention to that. the second thing i will say is where we are this morning, i think, we are all focusing on president trump and how brett kavanaugh was trying to please an audience of one, and the more important president this morning might be george w. bush and he's been on the phone with the reluctant senators, and he may have more sway with those senators than president trump. >> the irony of cavanaugh's nomination, cavanaugh was the most established republican, and his decisions had not been incredibly idealogical, despite his past in the star commission, and it does raise the question twofold. one, does he become radicalized as a result of the bitterness around the process? >> it seems like it from his defiant tone yesterday. >> that's a real question. he is representing a more republican face, and all that is that exposed right now and that's going to be key in folk's decision. >>

. >> what is your message to christine ford? the legal team following all this, what is your message to professor ford? >> she should know she has the support of men and women in the house of representatives as well as in the senate. we have heard from many of those senators. she should also know that she has become an inspiration for women across this nation who have faced sexual assault, who have feared to come forward. this is a defining moment. a defining moment in the me too movement. this is a defining moment in how americans are going to treat women. who have put come forward and alleged sexual assault. >> do you think she should use that moment? even if she can't have supporting witnesses behind her? should she go into that hearing room by herself and face this publicly? >> side by side with the person she accused without any additional support, without the facts coming forward, without the fbi investigation, i don't know how to advise her. but i do know this. this is wednesday evening. we have thursday, friday, saturday

christine blasey ford and then the rather defined demeanour ofjudge kavanaugh. even watching the hearing all day, what struck you about the differences in the way he testified?” struck you about the differences in the way he testified? i think of firstly, one of the things that was surprising in terms of the reaction this morning when we looked at christine blasey ford is how people across the political spectrum thought she was credible, she spoke with passion, detailed what she could remember but she was very honest about what she could remember. and often with survivors of sexual violence, or sexual assault, they can only be together certain things. one thing i think we played and played again on the nightly news here in the us is the laughter she heard in the two men accused of this incident. also his friend, markjudge, who she said was there. other than the other thing was the contrasting tone. we then saw this afternoon, bread, not, was very angry, and he got very personal. he mentioned his children, his family. —— we saw this afternoon, brett kava na

but christine blasey ford continues to wa nt christine blasey ford continues to want a christine blasey ford continues to wanta number of christine blasey ford continues to want a number of conditions for this hearing to take place in orderfor her to give testimony. she wants brett kava naugh to her to give testimony. she wants brett kavanaugh to give testimony first. she doesn't want him in the room when she gives testimony and she wants no time limit on the opening statement that she gives. and it seems clear at this stage that the republicans on the committee are not prepared to accept all that she is requesting, which does leave a really difficult situation here, and one that senators themselves know they have to handle carefully. so we just have a few hours left to find out whether or not she is prepared to give testimony otherwise republicans say they will press ahead. well, chris, as we wait the deadline, we should speak about developing story that the new york times is reporting on, that the us deputy attorney general suggested secretly recording president trump to expose in the

he's known christine blasey ford for decades. thank you so much for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> you are one of the few people that christine is talking to. you've texted with her as recently as today. how does she seem? >> she is an incredibly good natured and strong person and she is considering everything. i think she's holding up remarkably well, but obviously, she's going through a huge trauma again. >> samu, do you think she will ultimately testify? >> you know, i can't really speak to that, and i certainly would not want to put any pressure on her already, because i can only imagine, really, what she's going through, and i haven't really been mostly sending her messages of support and just letting her know that her friends back home are 100% behind her and we 100% believe that this -- what she says occurred occurred. >> you know, a lot has been made about how this happened so long ago, right? i want to play for you -- you probably heard it but here's one republican senator giving his take after he'd spoken with b

by slight plurality more believe christine ford than judge kavanaugh, many undecided. so let's talk about kavanaugh who flatly denies that anything happened. i mean he's being attacked by some commentators as a predator, as a sex offender, that even if he gets confirmed, this is going to stain his reputation permanently because a woman said this happened 36 years ago and he says it did not. >> right, exactly, not only that, but now we have people who were identified by ford as the people being at the party saying they don't remember the incident, they don't remember the allegations and on top of this, it is not being helped by people like joe biden who have very powerful voices and were coming up to the year mark of the me too movement are saying when women step forward with stories like this, we should presume they are telling the truth, that the essence of what they are saying is real. that's why you see people like joy behar saying what she said on the view that kavanaugh is probably guilty. there's mounting evidence that supports his side of this. howard: so just t

christine blassey-ford could testify. you did so well, you arbitrarily imposed just hours before, the imposition of aggressive and art official deadlines regarding the dates and conditions of any hearing has created tremendous unwarranted stress on dr. ford. your cavalier treatment of a sexual assault survivor doing her best to cooperate with a committee is completely inappropriate. yesterday, we what happened i to the was a productive dialogue dr. ford would find it successful to testify about her sexual assault involving judge brett kavenaugh, rather than continuing that dialogue, senator grassley conveyed through the media insisting she appeared on a date i expressly told you was not feasible for her. hours after those media accounts aid period, you sent me a response in good faith yesterday. you rejected a number of proposals to ensure the process would be a fair one, including subpoenaing mark judge to testify. instead you spent much of your e-mail distorting the requests we had made. it would be fruitless to review

christine blasey ford. i never had any sexual or physical encounter of any kind with dr. christine blasey ford. it will start at 7 am our time in here has -- and there will first be an open statement by chuck grassley and a statement from the top democrat of the committee, dianne feinstein. then dr. christine blasey ford will begin her remarks. there are no time limits for opening statement . then the questioning will begin. there are 11 republicans and 10 democrats on the senate committee. they will each get a five minute period to talk or ask questions. all of the republicans on the committee are men so expect some of them to turn over their time and questioning to a special outside attorney they have hired. phoenix prosecutor rachel mitchell might be asking questions on the gop senators behalf. they will take anywhere from 90 minutes to more than two hours. they may stop to take breaks in between and when she is finished, then they will start the whole process over again with judge brett kavanaugh. >>> t

his accuser -- christine blasey ford -- also adamant christine blasey ford / accuses kavanaugh of sexual assault: "i believed he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling." sen. dick durbin / -d- illinois: "with what degree of certainty did brett kavanaugh assaulted you?"christine blasey ford / accuses kavanaugh of sexual assault: "100 percent"long-time sex crimes prosecutor - rachel mitchell --- standing in for the all-male republican committee members--- attempted to poke holes in ford's memory of the events.christine blasey ford / accuses kavanaugh of sexual assault: "i can't give the exact date."kavanaugh insisting the allegations are part of a smear campaign.sen. dianne feinstein / -d- california: "if you are confident of your position, why aren't you also asking fbi?"brett kavanaugh /supreme court nominee: "my family has been destroyed."republican senator lindsey graham blaming democratssen. lindsey graham / -r- south carolina: "this is the most unethical sham since i've been in politics."as senate republica

christine blasey ford. i have now listened to that four times and every single time it is hard to see. let us get reaction from our correspondent on capitol hill. as soon as there is a recess the senators and staff pour out into corridors where you are and start giving their reaction to what happened during the course of the morning and how they felt it went. what i do healing from members of either side? we heard the staunch defence are rare from senator lindsey graham who was defending brett kavanaugh as staunchly as he has so far and as you would expect. i think they will be wanting to get onto the evidence of brett kavanaugh, republicans, i think they are aware that this has not gone particularly well for them today, this format has not helped them, the fractured nature of rachel mitchell's questioning has been unable to compete with the compelling narrative you heard there from christine blasey ford. i think they will be looking forward to that in the next couple of hours. i think it will be interestin

>> on the buzz meter this sunday, a white hot media debate over christine blasey ford, the woman accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual assault back in high school. the president's response and the political feuding as she's reached a tentative deal to testify on the hill this week. >> has any evidence been produced? is there any corroborating witness? so far the answer is no. it's not unreasonable to believe that she has a political ax to grind. >> these white men, old by the way, are not protecting women. they are protecting a man who is probably guilty. >> this is not a search for the truth. it is not a desire for justice. this is a political assassination of judge kavanaugh. >> everything you've got tells you this woman has no incentive to make it up where the judge has every incentive to deny it. >> her story is not a misunderstanding. it is not something that's very gray. she's talking about a vile ebt assault. -- violent assault. >> because brett kavanaugh is a man, therefore he is guilty. all men are guilty, it is the y chromosome. >> is the press treating her fairly since ford told h

we heard for the first time from christine blasey ford. she told senators under are oath this is no way a case of mistaken identity. >> dr. ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> ford grew emotional as she described the assault in detail. at one point recalling her most enduring memory of the incident. >> indelible and the hippocampus is the uproarious laughter between the two and them having fun at my experience. >> kavanaugh was furious and blaming the democrats for what he called a national disgrace. >> this whole two-week effort has been an orchestrated and political hit with pent up anger of president trump and the 2016 election. fear that has been stoked about my judicial record and millions of dollars from outside left wing opposition groups. this is a circus. >> kavanaugh's anger softening at times as he was too brought to the verge of tears. >> the other night my wife and daughter, eliza, said this prayers. and eliza, 10 years old, said to ashley we should pray for the woman.

si creÍan mÁs a brett kavanaugh o a christine blasey ford. la asociaciÓn de abogados americanos anoche hablaba luego de haber escuchado el testimonio de la doctora christine blasey ford, tambiÉn de brett kavanaugh, que se debÍa retrasar ese voto, pero no les hicieron caso. obviamente, el voto es lo que le acabamos de recortar hace unos minutos. sÍ era una recomendaciÓn y creo que es importante remarcarlo. ellos decÍan que había demasiadas evidencias y que ellos recomendaban que lo mejor que podÍan hacer era atrasar un poco esa votaciÓn, quizÁs, para que se iniciara una investigaciÓn al respecto. carolina: varios momentos que se han vuelto trending en las Últimas horas. ayer fue nueve horas. esta maÑana en la votaciÓn que se llevó a cabo en el comitÉ judicial del senado se podÍan ver cÓmo varios demÓcratas hicieron como manifestaciÓn salir del recinto. demostraron su descontento. a raÍz de todo esto la lÍnea directa nacional de christine abuso e incesto, tuvo un aumento de 147% en llamadas y conexiones online. recordemos

. >> christine ford's sister-in-law frrks the bay area sits down with the abc 7 news studios and says she is coming frward to speak out on her behalve. thank you for joining us. >> lots of local developments on the brett kavanaugh controversy. abc 7 staking out the center. christine ford meeting with the fbi over the death threats she's received. >> working out the testimony hours tonight.ate judiciary president trump, goes on the defensive against ford questioning her credibility. >> we have team coverage for you covering the developments and the federal building. we begin with kenneth live in washington, d.c. kenneth? >> reporter: republican leaders are giving ford until 10:00 p.m. to take their deal. one of many sticking points, senate republicans want this hearing on capitol hill to happen wednesday. ford and her team want it to happen thursday. no word on if or when brett kavanaugh's accuser will appear on the hill. gop leaders working to strike a deal about when e on capitol hill. president trump is no longer holding back, questioning christine ford's credibility. >> why didn't

again, professor christine blasey ford said what she said. the president of the united states said that this event yesterday was per purpose traita sham. >> if you look at what has happened here, right, dr. ford -- and, look, judge brett kavanaugh and the white house has no ill will toward her. >> let me -- >> i just want to say this. >> she is the one accusing the judge of sexual assault. either you believe her or you don't. either she is involved in what you consider to be a sham or not, correct? >> either you believe the sworn testimony of three individuals or rather the statements they have delivered under penalty of felony and judge brett kavanaugh or you believe this dr. ford's account. i agree that you can't square the two of them. but it is very clear that judge brett kavanaugh's a clear. it's consistent. his calendars do provide some circumstanti circumstantial evidence of his account. three individuals have given sworn statements under penalty of felony, including a lifelong friend of dr. ford's all say their recollections are consi

what about christine blasey ford? what about these other accusers, and what about these other accusers, and what about these other accusers, and what about the sense that perhaps they should be investigated by someone other than the senate, perhaps the fbi? yes, because brett kavanaugh, he didn't really answer that question, he was asked numerous lee about whether he would get the fbi involved and we didn't really get a clear a nswer involved and we didn't really get a clear answer on that. and what he really said was i am here to answer your questions, i am really said was i am here to answer your questions, iam here really said was i am here to answer your questions, i am here to answer your questions, i am here to answer your investigations. but there is a huge difference between a senate judiciary committee investigating something in the fbi. but he was careful in what he said. there is absolutely no doubt, from brett kavanaugh‘s absolutely no doubt, from brett kava naugh‘s point of absolutely no doubt, from b

christine blassey-ford could testify. you did so well, you arbitrarily imposed just hours before, the imposition of aggressive and art official deadlines regarding the dates and conditions of any hearing has created tremendous unwarranted stress on dr. ford. your cavalier treatment of a sexual assault survivor doing her best to cooperate with a committee is completely inappropriate. yesterday, we what happened i to the was a productive dialogue about the conditions. dr. ford would find it successful to testify about her sexual assault involving judge brett kavenaugh, rather than continuing that dialogue, senator grassley conveyed through the media insisting she appeared on a date i expressly told you was not feasible for her. hours after those media accounts aid period, you sent me a response in good faith yesterday. you rejected a number of proposals to ensure the process would be a fair one, including subpoenaing mark judge to testify. instead you spent much of your e-mail distorting the requests we had made. it would b

christine ford i tried to yell for help. when i did brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling.dr ford rejected suggestions that she was attacked by someone else and not judge kavanaughwhen asked about it by senator feinstein. sen. feinstein / ford split screeso what you are telling us is this could not be a case of mistaken identity. absolutely not.while dr ford was questioned directly by democratic senators on the committeerepublicans hired a prosecutor to question dr ford for them - rachel mitchell mitchellhas anyone come forward to you saying hey remember i was the one who drove you home.ford no. alexandra limonjudge brett kavanaugh defended his innocence much more forcefully than we'd seen in the past at times he was emotional and he said he would not be intimidated into withdrawing kavanaughmy family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyedduring kavanaugh's testimony republicans took questioning back into their own handssen. hatchdid the ranking member raise these allegations in your one o

christine blasey ford. her voice cracking, but detailing her allegation of sexual assault against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> it was hard for me to brthe, and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. >> dr. ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? kavanaugh, his defiant denial with flashes of anger and high emotion, at times in tears. >> i've never sexually assaulted anyone. not in high school, not in college, not ever. this confirmation process has and offices, campuses and trains and planes, riveted by every momen boiling over. >> this is the most unethical sham since i've been in politics. >> tonight we have reaction from the halls of congress, from the senators, with the supreme court nomination hanging in the balance, and from the white house where the president was watching after a day for the history books. were any minds changed, and what happens now? >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, a day that wil

after an extraordinary hearing that began with christine blasey ford emotionally recounting her alleged assault. >> i believed he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most and has had the most lasting impact on my life. >> the proceedings later dissolving into bitter partisanship after judge kavanaugh took the stand in his own defense. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed. this whole two-week effort has been a calculated and politically orchestrated hit, revenge on behalf of the clintons. >> four republican senators met privately after the hearing and could sink the nomination. susan collins left tight-lipped where ford and kavanaugh stood firm. >> dr. ford with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted you? >> 100%. >> none of these allegations are true? >> no. i am 100% certain. >> i am no one's pawn. >> what is the strongest memory you have? the strongest memory of the incident? >> indelible is the laughter, th

. >> christine blasey ford told the committee thursday that kavanaugh drunkenly pinned her to a bed, tried to take her clothes off. and deborah ramirez says kavanaugh exposed himself to her when they were both in college. at a rally in west virginia, mr. trump accused democrats of railroading kavanaugh and he mocked top democrat dianne feinstein's insistence she did not leak a letter from christine ford. >> remember dianne feinstein, did you leak -- remember her answer. did you leak the document? what? no, no, i didn't -- well, wait one minute. did we -- oh, oh. no, we didn't leak. >> president trump also told people at the rally a vote for kavanaugh's nomination is a vote to reject what he calls, and i do quote here, a ruthless and outrageous tactics of the democratic party, end quote. >> that's where he's putting his focus and mocking senator feinstein there as well. and called on the crowd to turn out at the polls in the upcoming november midterms. boris sanchez has more from the rally. >> reporter: here at a rally in wheeling, west virginia, president trump calling his nominee to

christine blasey ford. and against the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh. >> we had a lot of folks come through today who were speechless or crying. i gave a lot of hugs and i received a lot of hugs. it was really nice to feel like i was here for the community that needs support right now, and that is you asurvivors. >> reporter: earlier, some students found a way to support survivors of sexual assault. they created a solidarity quilt to honor dr. christine blasey ford. and the testimony she gave in washington today, many students say they believe her. they invited anyone to write their own quilt panels on fabric. for those impacted by sexual assau assault. that quilt will be on display tomorrow ahead of the kavanaugh vote. we are back live here as these activists and students began this demonstration in support of dr. ford and against the nomination of brett kavanaugh. we're live in berkeley, cornell bernard, "abc7 news." >> cornell, thank you. >>> people were glued to today's hearing. this picture was t

where a person should be confirmed. >> so if a witness like christine ford before senate or judge kavanaugh has already been interviewed about these questions, by now many times, or some of the other people christine ford managesed at that party, i it fbi just going over the same ground congressional staff has? >> yes. >> what do you expect them to find that is new anything? >> i can't see that they are going to find anything new particularly in situation where you have the press and reporters on this 24-7 huge numbers you have also the staff, of the committee. that is one of the largest staffs on the hill. >> and it is a crime to lie not only to the fbi, but also to the congressional staff you can't wink nod say you are just a staffer that is a crime. >> it is a false statement section of title xviii. >> in the send after a week of interviews i guess they could interview find more people to interview if there are names remitted to this no new names have come up in regard to christine ford i guess a couple other accusations begins a judge could interview people. >> right. but other than tha

el juez brett kavanaugh nominado a la corte suprema por el presidente trump y la doctora christine ford testificaron bajo juramento. kavanaugh acusado de ser un abusador sexual ratificÓ su inocencia incluso jurando por dios, mientras que ford dio dolorosos detalles del ataque sexual que habrÍa sufrido hace 36 aÑos. desde washington, claudia uceda nos tienen los detalles de esta intensa jornada. claudia: el resultado fue casi nueve horas de dramÁticos testimonios. con voz temblorosa pero firme, christine ford reviviÓ el memento en que segÚn ella, el nominado a la corte suprema la asaltÓ sexualmente. >> fue difÍcil respirar y pensÉ que iba a matarme por accidente. claudia: y no quiso dejar dudas. >> doctora ford, ¿con quÉ grado de certeza cree que brett kavanaugh la agrediÓ? >> 100%. yo pensÉ que me iba a violar. yo tratÉ de gritar pidiendo ayuda y cuando lo hice, brett puso su mano sobre mÍ para pararme. >> yo no voy a estar intimidado y no me voy a retirar de este proceso. claudia: acusÓ a los demócratas de crear un circo polÍtico. >> mi familia y mi nombre han sido to

christine ford is not accusing kavanaugh of that. they believe it was an attempted rape when they were high schoolers. this is certainly a shift in tone from the president. >> reporter: you are absolutely right. white house aides, all week, have been urging restraint, encouraging the president to approach this carefully. for the most part, he listened. he said she deserved to be heard. he focused on defending judge kavanaugh. white house aides did not want to alienate republican senators whose votes they need. those republicans who also said christine blasie ford deserved to be heard. that changed a half hour, 45 minutes ago. i have no idea if the attack is as bad as she says, charges would have been filed by law enforcement by her or her loving parents. i ask she bring that forward to determine date, time and place. why didn't someone call the fbi 36 years ago? the president is echoing what he said last night before a rally, a truck rally to fox news' shawn hannity. >> to see what is going on is very, very sad. why didn't somebody c

where a person should be confirmed. >> so if a witness like christine ford before senate or judge kavanaugh has already been interviewed about these questions, by now many times, or some of the other people christine ford managesed at that party, i it fbi just going over the same ground congressional staff has? >> yes. >> what do you expect them to find that is new anything? >> i can't see that they are going to find anything new particularly in situation where you have the press and reporters on this 24-7 huge numbers you have also the staff, of the committee. that is one of the largest staffs on the hill. >> and it is a crime to lie not only to the fbi, but also to the congressional staff you can't wink nod say you are just a staffer that is a crime. >> it is a false statement section of title xviii. >> in the send after a week of interviews i guess they could interview find more people to interview if there are names remitted to this no new names have come up in regard to christine ford i guess a couple other accusations begins a judge could interview people. >> right. but other than tha

christine ford meanwhile is telling the truth because she is a woman. she is female, you must believe her. that's a command from the united states senator and it's not optional but mandatory. so repeat after maisie. men always lie, women never do. one is evil and the other is holy. that's the catechism of the church of late stage feminism. does anyone actually believe this nonsense? of course not. it's ridiculous, divisive and crazy. virtue is not restricted to a single gender or for that matter a single race. for a time it seemed like we had moved past ideas like those, they are corrosive. but now they are back in force and because the left has already decided conclusively what happened in 1982, further evidence is irrelevant. as democrats explained today, there is nothing brett kavanaugh could do to prove his innocence. senator tim came of virginia cd that's very hypothetical. while it's not very hypothetical to brett kavanaugh and his wife and their daughters. imagine you are accused of a sex crime and informed by a lawmaker that there really was rea

christine blasey ford there. the chairman of the republican committee began at the beginning of this hearing by decrying the nature of the environment that she has had to operate in, he said it has not been fairto operate in, he said it has not been fair to both the witness and to brett kava naugh fair to both the witness and to brett kavanaugh and they should not have had to go through this treatment. it is worth remembering, backin treatment. it is worth remembering, back in 1991, anita hill's lawyer said that she also received death threats regarding the allegations against clarence thomas. at capitol hill it is lunch, we can surely you the senate room, there are some staff there, as of yet christine blasey ford is not back, the senators are not back, as soon as these healings resume, we will go back to them so that you can listen infor back to them so that you can listen in for yourselves. let us speak to our north america reporter. you have been watching these key rings. earlier when we spoke you said about

allegations from christine blasey ford emerged in the media last week. she gave details of an incident which she says happened when they were teenagers. mr kavanaugh has denied the allegations. our washington correspondent chris buckler has more. i think it is extremely significant, and it sets up a potentially very sensitive, but nonetheless very high—profile hearing next week. one in which he will deny these allegations that he sexually assaulted christine blasey ford at his party in the 1980s. he says he wa nts to his party in the 1980s. he says he wants to clear his name following these allegations and the media. now, according to the lawyer of christine blasey ford, she too is prepared to go forward and give what she describes in a letter which has been sent to the committee as first—hand details of brett cavanagh's first—hand details of brett cava nagh's sexual misconduct. first—hand details of brett cavanagh's sexual misconduct. now, in this letter sent by her lawyer, they are very critical of the process which has taken place leading up t

ford reached out a while ago before actually brett kavanaugh was the supreme court nominee but at a time when he was on a reported to be on rather the president's short list for this job she provided notes from a therapist's visit back six years ago which described a similar set of circumstances it did not name brett kavanaugh personally and there are there is one discrepancy there is a note that says there were four boys in the room where as christine ford now says there were two boys in the room the first she blames that there are or incorrectly writing that down there's also just the fact that she did reach out before brett kavanaugh was the nominee which lends credibility to her account suggests that it wasn't something that was cooked up just because he was the nominee and so we're all combing through this right now people who know christine ford say she's credible but denials have been rather firm for brett kavanaugh and his supporters there's also another angle with this story the democratic senator dianne feinstein she knew about the accusations she's known about them since

to know more we need to hear from christine ford. both sides once agreed on that because it's obvious she should have a chance to speak. everyone thought it was a good idea. consensus view. republicans in the senate asked ford to testify this week. she refused.d. they offered to send a staffer to her house in california and take her testimony privately. she refused that,o too. they asked her to testify this coming monday, she said she won't but won't explain why she won't. ford's lawyers are now saying she is willing to explain herself in the senate next thursday. thursday is a significant date in the story.s because of senate rules, which are complex, if ford testifies next thursday to vote on kavanaugh, it will be pushed back at least another week. in this environment, that very likely means forever. his nomination will be over and so will any trump nomination to the court. there is a time for the midterms the for the white house to introduce and vet a new candidate. the democrats will have prevented the administrationdt from filli

for now it's just judge kavanaugh and christine blasey ford. kavanaugh issued forceful de denials that this happened. who will ask the question for the republican majority. blasey ford's team called for the senators themselves to question her. there is talk from republican who is said they prefer a female outside couple. a date and a time now set. thursday at 10:00 a.m. we will wait and see what other details emerge. they are pushing for other witnesses and some of them could be a polygraph examiner who administered her polygraph and two trauma experts. now that the hearing appears to be set, mazie hirono has plans on what questions she will be asking. here's what she told jake tapper earlier. >> what do you plan on asking brett kavanaugh? >> there are a lot of issues around brett involving what was happening in high school. we want to hear -- i would be wanting to hear what kind of environment it was in high school. there was a lot of drinking and partying going on. this is why we need an investigation. we need an independent investigation tha

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you can see a picture of christine blasey ford on the verge of tears. ford says she was 100% sure that attacker.was her her voice shook as she described how she thought kavanaugh was going to rape her. her testimony is the lead story in "the new york times." you can see 2 photos side-by-side. one of ford with the headline "0%%" and one of kavanaugh and 100% certain." the accused and accuser have spoken. what will the senators say? kavanaugh's fate is in the balance. >> many are praising ford for her courage. kavanaugh's testimony has been criticized? crying andtude, getting upset, has inspired cartoonists in the u.s.. you can see this cartoon, kavanaugh dressed as a baby having a tantrum standing next to donald trump, who is also known for tantrums. >> what comes next? >>'s nomination must be cleared by the senate judiciciary committetee and a approved i the senate. should there be a vote now? papers are divided. the washington post says the vote should be delayed. time, thelenty of paper argues. the senate should begin access of all relevant documents

accuses brett kavanaugh of sexual assaulting her christine ford, , to testify before the committee at 10 a.m. eastern on monday for chairman grassley is also invited the nominee to tesla to respond to the allegations. christine ford has said that she wants the fbi to investigate the allegations before she testifies. if that hearing goes forward as planned on monday at 10 a.m. eastern, it will be live on c-span. president trump have remarks for reporters as he prepared to board marine one in washington, d.c. the president was on his way to the carolinas to her storm damage from hurricane florence. [inaudible] >> we're going to north carolina. carolina. we would then be heading to south carolina. we are doing very well there but the rivers are cresting. they are just starting to crest. we are really just going to say hello to all of the folks, the people are working so hard because you think it will be an incredible day. will be coming back at about six or seven tonight. [inaudible] >> say it? [inaudible] well, it was in that the fbi really doesn't do that. they have investigated -- [in

the lawyers for christine blazey ford write dr. ford's accepts the request to provide her firsthand knowledge of sexual misconduct next week. although many of the aspects of the proposal you provided are inconsistent with the committee's promise of a fair, impartial investigation into her allegations. and we are disappointed with the leaks and the bullying that have tainted the process. we are hopeful that we can reach an agreement on details. can we set up a time for later this afternoon to continue our negotiations? our supreme court reporter

professor christine blasey ford and kavanaugh will be the only two witnesses testifying before the senate judiciary committee. ford claims that kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and groped her and held his hand over her mouth to keep her from screaming. in her prepared remarks she says she believes kavanaugh was attempting to rape her and has had a lasting impact on her life, and brett kavanaugh denied all the allegations calling them last-minute smears. >> there have been new allegations that surfaced overnight, two anonymous claims against kavanaugh with no verifiable details and republicans say they talked to two men that say they were the ones that assaulted ford, again, no verifiable details there. there's the accusation that says the kavanaugh was present when she was drugged and gang raped. she's represented by michael avenatti and alisyn spoke to him a little while ago and pressed him on the claims, claims that kavanaugh denies. president trump is standing behind his nomination calling the allegations a democratic con job and at the same time he said he could be swayed by the testimon

christine ford. democrats want this extended to other women who have made allegations like debra ramirez and julie swetnick. so we really don't know for sure what that would involve or, for example, what the fbi investigation would involve. and who it would talk to and how long it would take to do. we're also told republicans have an understanding that this would be no more than one week. but, all of this prompted by jeff flake, the outgoing arizona republican senator who looked like a yea vote early this morning and then something changed. we suspect this incident this morning might have been it. take a look. >> how can you be speechless? we demand to know what you're thinking. do you stand with women? >> i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the fbi to do an investigation limited in time and scope. >> neil: all right, that wasn't very clear obviously the far more gripping and emotionally gripping exchange that the senator had was wit

christine blasey ford. we were talking about this, she is but a witness and an expert in this particular case because she does have this background as a professor of psychology where she can bring the size into her answers as we were hearing, there. that is bolstering her credibility and making it harder for the bolstering her credibility and making it harderfor the prosecuting counsel to bring up these questions because she is somebody you know some of the science of what she's talking about, particularly the issue of memory, which is a critical around this issue of mistaken identity. she has been categorical about her memory. she has also been very clear about what she does not remember. she has said i don't remember, i don't know, i'm not sure about that, she is choosing her words very carefully. let's bring in our north america correspondent. there was a short break earlier in the morning. i was listening to fox news, which is everybody knows, is a channel in the united states that is sympathetic to pre

one, the tweets smearing christine ford are gross. they counter the narrative by the white house that she had not be attack and should be heard. three, they seed the point that the gop makes and trump is asking why the fbi did not all those years ago investigate something that republicans said that they should not have. the most important problem coming out of this tweet is for someone like susan colins who has been carefully trying ingi navigate this in a wait and see mode. this does not make it easier for her to throw her arms around brett kavanaugh. if you are the gop, you are increasingly worried that senators like susan collins are maybe not in the yes column. that's a problem for republicans. >> it's a problem for the republicans on the committee as well. you could argue that chuck grassley, the chairman has bent over backwards to try and come up with some kind of a deal. offering all kinds of, you know, compromises so that they can get her in front of the committee. they learned lessons here and they know this election is comin