a zero. 100% certain. not even a scintilla? you zero. 100% certain. not even a scintilla ? you swear to zero. 100% certain. not even a scintilla? you swear to god?” zero. 100% certain. not even a scintilla? you swear to god? i swear to god. that is all i have, judge. judge kavanagh, to god. that is all i have, judge. judge kavanagh, thank you very much. hearing adjourned. studio: there you go, testimony has been heard from supreme court nominee justice brett kavanaugh, been heard from supreme court nomineejustice brett kavanaugh, and christine blasey ford. she started just after lunchtime, uk time. went on for some four —1i.5 just after lunchtime, uk time. went on for some four —4.5 hours and it has now concluded. it was a senate hearing being held at capitol hill. we're going to discuss this further in our papers review. before that, let's have a look at some of the front pages and then we will have the discussion with my guest tonight. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will

be bringing us tomorrow. with me are torcuil crichton, the westminster editor for the daily record, and jenni russell, who's a columnist at the times. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the guardian uses a picture of professor christine blasey ford making her oath before testifying against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, with the headline "i believed he was going to rape me", an allegation judge kavanaugh denies. the financial times runs the same story, saying dr ford gave a "gripping testimony". the telegraph dedicates its whole front page to a column by borisjohnson, in which he outlines a six—point—plan for a "better brexit". the first suggestion of which is "chuck chequers". "mr loophole bends it

like beckham" says the mirror, after the famous footballer successfully fought an allegation of speeding on a technicality. the daily mail leads on a victory in the war on scammers, as they report that banks have pledged to introduce new alerts and checks to stop customers transferring their money to fraudsters. the heads of britain's leading independent schools have urged universities to stop making unconditional offers, which almost a quarter of students recieve, the times reports. and the express splash on what they call a "funding scandal", as more money is given to try to defeat cancer than dementia. let's ta ke let's take a quick look at some of oui’ let's take a quick look at some of our front let's take a quick look at some of ourfront pages. let's take a quick look at some of our front pages. lovely to have you wrote with us. we've been gripped by evans on capitol hill. let's dive

straight in and start with the guardian —— events. the senate committee hearing. jenni? the interesting thing about their front page, because they went to press for the early evening, they can only lead on the evidence given by christine blasey ford. she was extremely compelling, nobody could have watched that hearing and not believed she was telling the truth. the difficulty was after that in came kavanaugh, who did start with thought he was going to lose this nomination. he was extremely angry, self pity —— self pitying, belligerent, forceful, he thought it was a eulogy for his career but after that, because the committee hasn't agreed to hold an fbi investigation, because none of the key witnesses have been called, because there's been no proper

investigation, because the people who could it give evidence haven't been subpoenaed, he was able to say ididn't do been subpoenaed, he was able to say i didn't do it —— who could have given evidence. it captures what we have been watching, the tension that was in the room for these nine hours. the #metoo movement. this is the weinstein trial before the weinstein trial. you've got the deep conservative politics of trump wanting to get his man on there for life, and to the supreme court for life, and to the supreme court for life, and to the supreme court for life, and this knife fight going on across deeply, deeply moving testimony from ford and just as passionate from kavanaugh. she came out with incredible credibility, incredible emotion. if she's making this up, frances mcdormand might as well give the oscar back now because you can't act on this stuff. are you

surprised at how partisan it became? yes, we know about the partisanship in america but it was shocking, even coming from a briton riven by the brexit dispute, or a scotland riven by whether to stay or leave. but the hatred with which each side regards the other, the total contempt for undermining the attacks on the other side. the republicans are calling the democrats evil. kavanaugh is basically saying the entire thing is a plot for revenge because he was pa rt a plot for revenge because he was part of the team that investigated bill clinton at one point. that's related to #metoo, your truth or my truth, people only believe what they wa nt truth, people only believe what they want to see. everything else is discounted. no amount of imperial evidence would persuade them otherwise. let's go to the metro, they are leading with this. i want to direct you to rachel mitchell. what happened was the republican

members ceded all of their questioning time to her. she's an experienced sex crimes prosecutor. what did you think of her line of questioning? ipod for a start it was a disgrace that republicans, who are represented only by men on that committee, decided they had better have a woman questioning because the optics would be so poor —— i thought. avoiding the question of why they are so sexist. secondly, the prosecutor asked questions of ford, she didn't land a blow. ford is being prosecuted as if she was on trial. then the republicans took the prosecutor out of the picture altogether while they talked to kavanaugh. altogether while they talked to kava naugh. essentially the altogether while they talked to kavanaugh. essentially the winners was being challenged as if she was on trial. the person being auditioned for one of the most importantjobs auditioned for one of the most important jobs in america, auditioned for one of the most importantjobs in america, he may sit on this court for a0 years, didn't getan sit on this court for a0 years, didn't get an interrogation by a trained prosecutor. in ford's

answers, the way she gave her testimony, it wasn't the complete plot, the complete story from a to z. plot, the complete story from a to 2. there were bits missing, she couldn't remember. she wanted to correct details and be as false as possible. it's the way people remember traumatic events. if you're making upa remember traumatic events. if you're making up a story about a knife attack, the knife is ten inches, if it was a real knife attack, it will bea it was a real knife attack, it will be a scalpel or a two inch blade. people don't make up this fractured, tiled broken testimony. people don't make up this fractured, tiled broken testimonylj people don't make up this fractured, tiled broken testimony. i agree with you. the thing that was striking was that ford was anxious, nervous, vulnerable, truthful, wanted to please. kava naugh came vulnerable, truthful, wanted to please. kavanaugh came in as an incredibly angry man who wanted to trample overall the opposition. u nfortu nately you trample overall the opposition. unfortunately you could believe that this was the kind of man, if he is this was the kind of man, if he is this angry when he is sober, he would be terrifying when also a belligerent drunk. just to point out

some feminist commenters online about the way ford's testimony was delivered, she has to fit the frame of being a vulnerable, nice woman, to be believed. if she was assertive and strong and said this is what i saw, this is what happened. and strong and said this is what i saw, this is what happenedm and strong and said this is what i saw, this is what happened. it would have gone against her. reportedly trump is pro the kavanaugh defence because he likes angry men putting women in their place. whether he gets the appointment or not, the final vote is early next week, we will find out then. it was meant to be tomorrow, has it been postponed? the final senate vote. in the senate, the committee. we have to say that he denies the allegations by christine blasey ford, and the other two that have come forward. he will come out swinging for his life. let's go closer to home, the daily telegraph. my plan for a better brexit, it says. what about the

timing? he has gone too early, the tory conference hasn't started yet. he wants to land a blow when she's about to go on stage, or in the centre stage. and, to be honest, is that the best you've got, boris? a 6—point plan, chuck chequers, that's not a plan, boris. negotiate a superb canada free trade deal by superhero, boris johnson. pay for a no deal, that's going to cost us 8% of gdp and start trade negotiations around the world. that's in the hand of the ever trusty liam fox. he's written a500 words for the daily telegraph again. i'm with brenda from bristol, not another a500 words we have to wade through of faff from boris. jenny, have you managed to go through that article and what did

you make of it? more cherries, unicorns and ferries. this is a better headline, boris, my plan to bpm. there's nothing he can take seriously in this —— we can. let's have all the advantages of being in europe without the costs and the difficulties —— the pm. europe has said you can't do that. 2.5 years after borisjohnson won said you can't do that. 2.5 years after boris johnson won the referendum, the referendum he didn't want, intend or expect to win, still hasn't a clue about how to make it work. this hasn't got anything to do with leaving the eu, it is all about getting rid of theresa may, increase his backing in the tory party and make the conference better and more comfortable for him. by firing this shot here, he has got it wrong again. let's move very quickly to the times. top schools are calling foran the times. top schools are calling for an end to unconditional offers. we are going through gcses at the moment, but obviously... this is

a—levels. this is where it gets very, very serious! this is really interesting because, of course, what used to happen is students competed madly to get to university, and you had to get strings of letter eights and bs to go to a decent one. now anyone can go, there's no problem with numbers, universities are desperate to get them in —— as. now they put loads of offers of whatever you get and you can come in. 1% of students got unconditional offers. now it is stacked them high, get the money in, because universities rely on tuition fees. an interesting story but an odd choice for a splash ona story but an odd choice for a splash on a front page on a day like today. it is quite serious. schools are saying students immediately stop doing any work. they actually don't

ta ke doing any work. they actually don't take schools seriously, not get the grades they need for the future. take schools seriously, not get the grades they need for the futurem affects performance, once they have got that offer. and affects their future, future employees will look at their a—level grades. short—term gain, but long—term it is a problem for them and the students who don't give a for them and the students who don't givea dam. for them and the students who don't give a dam. a shortened paper review. that's it for the papers tonight. riveting viewing from america. that is it for us from tonight. —— from asp for tonight. —— from us for tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. a big thank you to my guests this evening, torcuil crichton and jenni russell and goodbye. hello there. today is going to be a

much, much cooler day. early cloud in southern counties of england this morning. we could see one or two light showers coming in on the north—easterly breeze into the coast of south—east england. most of the cloud and showers coming in on a north—westerly across the north—west scotland. elsewhere, probably dry with lots of sunshine and much colder, especially in england and wales. 25 in lincolnshire yesterday and 23 in london. those temperatures will fall away quickly during this evening and overnight in the south. more cloud coming towards northern ireland, especially in the north—west of scotland, where we will see rain in the northern isles. 2-3 will see rain in the northern isles. 2—3 in northern parts of england and wales towards the south, maybe temperatures dipping away to freezing. warming up in the sunshine and light winds, it may feel warmer in the afternoon. more cloud coming into scotland and northern ireland and a band of rain into the north—west approaching the central belt towards the end of the day, but ahead of that, 16—18. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: a powerful testimony

from the woman who is accusing president trump's supreme court nominee of assaulting her 36 years ago. 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. in an angry and emotional response, brett kavanaugh denies any assault, saying the accusations are politically motivated. i swear today, under oath, i sweartoday, under oath, before the senate and the nation, before my family and god, i am the senate and the nation, before my family and god, lam innocent the senate and the nation, before my family and god, i am innocent of