eric: a fox news alert, after days of back and forth, christine ford who accused supreme court nominee kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were teenagers, she has agreed to tell her story before the senate judiciary committee next week. this is a brand new hour of america's news headquarters. thank you for joining us. i'm eric shawn. arthel: i'm arthel neville. negotiations are still underway about the details of dr. ford's appearance before the committee. sources telling fox news that dr. ford wants to testify on thursday. now, all of this as the white house continues to stand behind its nominee, who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. >> the president and i are

confident that senate republicans will manage this confirmation properly, with the utmost respect for all concerned and i believe that judge brett kavanaugh will soon be justice brett kavanaugh. arthel: we have fox team coverage. ellison barber is in berkeley heights, new jersey, here president trump's golf club in bedminster, where the president is spending the weekend. but we begin with garrett tenney who has the latest from washington. garrett? >> well, arthel, this around attorneys for christine ford once again informed the judiciary committee that she is willing to testify next week. the letter states, quote, dr. ford accepts the committee's request to provide her first-hand knowledge of brett kavanaugh's sexual misconduct next week. although many aspects of the proposal you provided via e-mail on september 21st are fundamental 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 are in the process. ful -- we are hopeful we can reach an agreement on details. particularly the timing of the m the and the format, republicans offered to hold a hearing on wednesday but her attorneys said she couldn't be in d.c. until thursday at the earliest. in essence this letter is repeating what her team has already said which is something republican senator orrin hatch noted a short time ago, when he tweeted, worth noting that this is exactly where we were on monday morning. without agreeing to a date, time, and terms, we are no closer to hearing from dr. ford than we were when her lawyer said dr. ford was willing to testify during their media tour six days ago. now, democratic senator richard blumenthal who also sits on the senate judiciary committee just released a statement and said in part i will support her

steadfast bravery against the irrational sent by chairman grassley. -- irrational constraints by chairman chuck grassley. the ball is back in the court of grassley as to whether or not the negotiations will continue. in essence extending the deadline for ford's team to decide if she will testify next week. arthel? arthel: thank you very much. eric: let's bring in reporter for the daily caller in washington, d.c. stephanie, do you think we're really going to see her? >> well, this letter is extremely vague and we're kind of back to where we were. now, senator grassley has been extremely patient. we know that ford and her attorney continue to delay and delay, and we were supposed to hear on friday afternoon. we didn't hear. then grassley extended the deadline, which he's been criticized by republicans for doing so.

they told him to grow a spine over it. but senator grassley, he's in between a rock and a hard place because he wants the alleged victim to be heard but also doesn't want anymore delays. will she go before the committee? we will have to wait and see, but they do have many demands. and republicans appear willing to compromise. they already said that she doesn't have to do these hearings in front of judge kavanaugh. she's also requested one camera in the room and also adequate amounts of breaks. eric: in terms of the letter, let's parse this letter specifically and just kind of dissect it for a second. in the letter, from the lawyers, it attacks the committee. it says that the aspects of the proposal from the committee are, quote, fundamentally inconsistent with the committee's promise of a fair impartial investigation into her allegations. let's start with that. what does it mean if they are already attacking the committee even before she allegedly appears? >> yeah, that's not a great

sign. some of the other things up in the air is whether -- who will go first. will judge kavanaugh speak first or will ford speak first? ford's attorney would prefer kavanaugh go before the committee and also, you know, there's just so many things going on -- eric: you mean have kavanaugh first. >> yes -- eric: kavanaugh wouldn't be able to answer the accusations she would be providing under oath. >> they haven't indicated which way they are going to go on that. there is a lot of question. we know that mcconnell and president trump and a lot of republicans, they want to back kavanaugh on this, but they also want to give her a platform. they don't want to seem insensitive, be perceived as insensitive. she does have a right to be heard. but the timing and everything is kind of sketchy. you look at what has happened, number one, rather than going to law enforcement, ford went directly to a politician. senator feinstein had this information since july. it seems like this is a

political tactic. this is a way to delay the confirmation. there's many very important issues here. there's no witness to corroborate any of what had happened 34 years ago -- eric: she says mark judge was in the room. he says he has no memory of that and refused to testify. you brought up about going to the politician instead of police. judge napolitano, this allegedly took place when she was 15 years old and he was 17 years old. under maryland state law, there's no statute or limitations on felony. there is in terms of misdemeanor. we don't know where this one falls, a felony or misdemeanor. what potentially is stopping her from stopping off at the police department in maryland?

>> he brought up a great point. that may be next. who knows. we still don't know where this happened, when this happened. the time line has been changing. there's a lot of questions -- people are skeptical about it. they say if this impacted her life so greatly, why doesn't she remember any of these details? why aren't we talking about this? and also -- eric: she remembers some of them. but there have been other details that they say that she hasn't recalled specifically. >> yeah, the story line's been changing a little bit. so that's again why people are concerned. and also the selective outrage. we have the cochair of the dnc keith ellison who is a sitting congressman who is also facing this type of me too situation which is allegations and claims from his ex girlfriend karen monahan who claims that she physically and verbally abused her. so the silence from the left and those who are speaking so loudly in ford's defense, they are completely silent on keith ellison. so again, this brings us back to is this just a political tactic

to delay the confirmation of judge kavanaugh? eric: keith ellison had a debate last night, he's running for attorney general of the state of minnesota, and he denied those allegations of domestic abuse. he also says in that statement, he says, you know, people could cook this up. this brings me to what the "wall street journal" editorial says today about kavanaugh, that also i think is applicable to ellison's point of view or ellison's charge, the charge is accusations against ellison in the atmosphere today. this is what the "wall street journal" says, i'm quoting, this turns american justice and due process upside down. the burden of proof always rests with the person making the accusation. if it is allowed to defeat a supreme court nominee, a charge of sexual assault would become a killer political weapon regardless of facts. and the new american standard of due process will be the presumption of guilt. what does it mean when you have this type of thing and that could be the new era in which we

live where certainly sexual abuse and attacks are completely unwarranted and should never happen, and our heart goes out to all the victims, but when it is used in a political manner, what does it say about the state of our politics today? >> this is a scary situation, and no one should ever want this. we don't want to see due process thrown out the window. a lot of people speaking out, specifically women, they say women deserve to be heard, and women do deserve to be heard, but you say this until you think it might affect somebody in your family, your son, your boyfriend, your husband, your dad, so you don't necessarily want due process just thrown out the window. everyone deserves due process. even keith ellison. but again, the fact that some on the left and the people that are screaming so loudly have very little interest in his case. so i think that people are saying that the double standards are staggering. and if people want ford to be taken seriously and the people that are defending her to be taken seriously, that they should also be looking at

congressman keith ellison. eric: stephanie, thank you. ellison not up for the supreme court, of course, attorney general for state of minnesota. a lot of interesting questions. the conversation will continue. arthel: i want to bring back in joel ruben, a former deputy assistant secretary of state under president obama, now the president of the washington strategy group, as well as the columnist for the national review john funn. as this story has been unfolding this afternoon and so many questions swirling around here, i want to get your fresh thoughts right now at 4:10 p.m. eastern time. john, i will start with you. >> john, i'm old enough to have done a lot of reporting on the anita hill situation. she was very brave. she agreed to testify despite the trau that -- despite the trauma she experienced, agreed to testify without all these conditions. she had a legal team, top-notch, included both moderates and a

couple of republicans advising her, it wasn't monolithically left wing. she was very courageous. the contrast between the behavior of ford's advocates and supporters and i think how they politicize this, there was politicization under anita hill, but anita hill's case and the way her team handled it is a far better than this case. arthel: let me couch my question better. i want to ask you, though, listen, that was before anita hill -- anita hill's scenario was before the me too movement. does that make a difference? it was also before the prevalence of social media and 24 hour news cycles the way it is now. so are you intimating in any

way, john, that the way ford's representatives are handling this case that they are somehow mishandling it and using it for political gain? >> from their point of view, they're handling it brilliantly. because this is both an accusation that has to be taken seriously and something that is clearly political. all you have to do is look around the people advising her. they are all either former obama, clinton, or in the case of her new lawyer, andrew mccabe's only personal attorney, so if you can't see political angle here, as i said last hour, i have some bridges to sell you. arthel: what do you make of it? there are allegations of politics at play here? what do you say to that? >> we are talking about the united states senate, and that is a political body, and the venue right now is one that is driven certainly by politics, but we have to remember, that this moment is judging judge kavanaugh. he's going to be judging us

potentially for three decades. so this needs to be done right. and i agree with what john is saying about anita hill in the hearings and the process. why can't we have a similar process to what we had back in 91? why is it that the committee is not calling for the kind of process that gives people confidence that this kind of discussion will be handled properly -- >> joel -- >> i'm sorry, john -- >> what is the committee prom - proposing right now that's different than what anita hill had? >> first and foremost, the committee is denying opening up the background investigation to ensure we have as many facts as possible that could be used to provide the support to the witness testimony. that was done in the anita hill hearings. why is it not being done now? >> it was done before the name was leaked. it was not done after the name was leaked. the whole fbi process -- arthel: excuse me, john, hang on, joel, let me ask john a question. does that matter, the point you just made, john?

>> my point was -- >> it doesn't matter. >> give me the differences between how the anita hill hearing was conducted and what the committee is proposing today. he's named one which is frankly not the case and incomplete. i'm waiting for the second example. >> john, not only did i give it to you. >> it is wrong. give me the second example. >> john, what you are doing is you are rejecting the facts. the facts are that there was an additional investigation and that -- >> it stopped as soon as the name was leaked >> john -- arthel: all right. >> it is not possible for you to judge what i'm saying if you are not letting me speak. what i want to communicate clearly -- fbi investigation background that ed -- that needed to take place, but there were also additional witnesses, corroborating witnesses why are we not having this committee lay it out in an open transparent manner? that's the problem here. arthel: we have to leave it there, joel ruben and john funn, i thank you for joining in on

this very touchy conversation. sexual abuse is not funny, not political, very personal. also attacking someone's reputation without, you know -- erroneously is also a very egregious act. let's hope the truth comes out for the sake of our system and the american people. thank you, both. >> thank you. eric: the white house responding to dr. ford's decision to testify. ellison barber is reporting on that. she's live in berkeley heights new jersey near the president's golf club where he is spending the weekend. >> the white house doesn't seem to see this as a particularly significant development when you compare where we are right now to where we were yesterday evening. a senior white house official tells fox news this is to continue negotiations without committing to anything. clever way to push off the vote monday without committee to appear wednesday. the white house did not waiver in supporting kavanaugh. in the last 24 hours we have

seen a more aggressive defense of him particularly coming from the president. when you look art how he initially responded -- when you look at how he initially responded when asked about these allegations against mr. kavanaugh compare to his tweets yesterday, where he is pushing back on democrats as well as the alleged victim in this case. eric? eric: meanwhile, i mean, the bombshell report on another issue from the new york times says that rosenstein proposed to secretly record the president. he was going to wear a wire. he also talked about planning to invoke the 25th amendment. what is mr. rosenstein saying about that? he's been denying it. this has caused a tremendous amount of controversy. he said he was being sarcastic and denying it >> he denies it, said he wouldn't comment further on it but added the calveat -- caveat he said in his experience he didn't see anything that would lead him to invoke the 25th

amendment. he said this is factually inaccurate. he said this relied on anonymous sources who he says have a bias against the department of justice. the source in the room when the initial comments were made told fox news that they were made sarcastically. a senior doj official who has direct knowledge of the meeting from rosenstein and others, they told fox news that former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe and rosenstein were having a heated conversation going back and forth. mccabe saying that rosenstein was getting in the way of aggressively investigating the administration. in that back and forth, the source claims that rosenstein said what do you want me to do, andy? wear a wire? now the new york times reports that rosenstein's suggestions were serious ones. they write, quote, it is not clear how determined he was about seeing them through. though he did tell mr. mccabe that he might be able to persuade attorney general jeff sessions and john kelly, then secretary of homeland security and now the white house chief of staff to mount an effort to invoke the 25th amendment.

another source familiar with memos related this meeting, some that were reportedly drafted by mccabe tells fox news that reporting in the new york times is accurate and that it was mccabe's thinking that the comments were not made in jest. this report has led to a lot of questions, a lot of speculation about what it might mean for rosenstein's future at the do j and why the story was leaked. >> if these allegations are true, they are very serious allegations, and i would say yes, that mr. rosenstein would be well advised to step aside, and the president and the attorney general would be well within their rights to terminate his employment. >> the top democrat in the senate, senator schumer says that this report in the new york times should not be used for in his words corrupt purpose of potentially firing rod rosenstein. eric? eric: ellison, thank you very much. arthel? arthel: eric, we are going to talk more about the deputy attorney general in a moment. let's get back to the latest developments on capitol hill

concerning the kavanaugh confirmation process. and for more on this, we're going to bring in republican congressman andy biggs of arizona, a member of the house judiciary committee. congressman, i want to get your reaction to the goings-on in the other chamber, concerning the kavanaugh hearings and dr. ford's anticipated testimony. >> well i think we haven't really moved a ball forward. i think the fact that she has indicated a willingness to testify is where we were first part of last week when this was starting to break and get legs. without confirmation of date, time, method, it just looks to me like a stall tactic in many ways, and i understand why they want to do it. i would urge the senate -- i mean, the hearings are already over. they are essentially reopening it for her so she can testify. it is important to hear from her, but if she's not going to be more forthcoming quickly, i think you should go ahead and vote on monday, and see if she shows up on monday to testify.

arthel: as you pointed out, the details haven't been ironed out just yet. what we have this afternoon, we know through her attorney that dr. ford is asking to testify on thursday. do you think that is a fair amount of time to give dr. ford to wait until thursday? >> i think that we've already -- i mean, these allegations were sat on my dianne feinstein for a long period of time. she waited till the hearing was actually complete and they moved into the seven-day extra window which they were allowed to ask for and the republicans gave it to them. and they waited until that was concluded before they actually brought these allegations -- this allegation forward. i think this is a delay tactic. i want to hear from her. i think it is very important that dr. ford get an opportunity to testify. but i am bewildered by the fact that she knew about this. she has a legal team. why it's taking so long for them to come around, and they want all kinds of special conditions to come in and testify.

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arthel: we want to bring back the republican congressman of arizona, andy biggs, a member of the house judiciary committee.

thanks for sticking around with us. i want to ask you to clarify, did you say dr. ford should testify monday, and if not monday, the confirmation process should proceed? >> that's my opinion. i mean, i think it would be an opportunity for her to come in and testify. she's going to be treated like any other witness, which is good. she's going -- apparently she wanted to be sworn in. i'm okay with them doing it behind closed doors which was offered by chairman grassley. i'm okay with that. so she wouldn't feel necessarily like everything was going public because sooner or later that's going to go public anyway. i want to give her every chance, but i think the committee has bent over backwards really trying to work with her and she's blown through three deadlines on committing to even come, and i'm not sure that the letter even indicates a strong commitment to come, and that's a concern i have. arthel: okay. i have more questions about that. but i need to move on, so i will. i want to talk about these allegations that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, who

denies it all the way, that he suggested wiretapping the president. now that that story is out there, where do you think the president will fall on this? do you think this justifies -- because this is swirling out there -- do you think this justifies the president firing mr. rosenstein? >> well, i think that this indicates what president trump is dealing with. rosenstein has been helping give blocks to everything we want in congress for our over sight duties. i'm giving rosenstein a little bit of a break because the new york times reporting it being highly critical of him and interpreting something that may or may not have been said in jest, but i think it is something president trump ought to review very closely because he's working with -- sometimes i think he's working in a den of vipers. i hate to put it that way. we really want those documents declassified and out front, i

think mr. rosenstein has become a bit of a road block to that. arthel: as you just pointed out, mr. rosenstein said listen that comment was made in jest, sort of cheeky, like what do you want me to do, wiretap the president, per our sources. if the president fires or does not fire mr. rosenstein, what damage has this alleged incident created? >> well, i think it further calls into question those who in the closest circles around president trump. i mean, president trump is operating at a very high level in spite of some very difficult circumstances. and that can be even mr. rosenstein who i personally -- i've been highly critical of mr. rosenstein. although, this i find really kind of odd, an odd statement and hard to believe that it was true, but i'm very critical of mr. rosenstein and the way the doj has been handled. arthel: is this all representative of a department of justice that's out to get

president trump? or is this more of a reflection on president trump, his presidency, his character and perhaps the way he runs his white house? >> well, i think there's no doubt that president trump is comfortable operating in a certain environment of contestance if you can put it that way. the congress has been trying to get ahold of documents, trying to open up everything from the fisa warrant abuse to bruce ohr's documents, all these things should be declassified and the whole series that we go back for a year. arthel: do you think congressman that declassifying those requested documents, it is okay, and that this does not put national security at risk? >> well, consistently they have claimed national security, and we haven't ever seen anything that even came close to being national security. everything we've seen is it embarrassing them because they've been caught violating ethical standards. arthel: what about intelligence

sources who may be reluctant if the u.s. starts declassifying all sorts of sensitive documents, then would that hamper, you know, attempts to share information and to collect information from other intelligence allys? >> i agree with that part of it, but the fisa documents, we're talking fusion gps, a fake dossier that was used. we're talking about some more e-mails between strzok and page. we're talking about bruce ohr and conversations he had with christopher steele who was later fired by the fbi because he was leaking things to the media. i don't know that that's going to cause some kind of deterrent of agents wanting to work with the united states. seems to me that if we have a transparent and honest approach and we see what really is national security, i think we as american people will be better served. arthel: okay, congressman andy biggs from arizona, we will leave it there. thank you for sticking around with us this afternoon, sir. >> my pleasure arthel, thank

you. eric: we have not forgotten about the damage from florence. the agricultural industry down south, well, sadly they're bracing for some major losses, where the farmers go from here. plus, the democrats looking at the midterms, a referendum on president trump, can the republicans use the booming economy to their advantage? >> get out in 2018 because you 'voting for me -- get out in 2018 because you're voting for me. vote for any democrat this november is a vote for massive regulations, massive taxes and i hate to say it, massive crime. you see so many people walking around here in their hundreds. so how do you stay financially well for all those extra years? well, you have to start planning as early as possible. we all need to plan, for 18 years or more, of retirement. i don't have a whole lot saved up, but i'm working on it now. i will do whatever i need to do.

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eric: fox news alert on staggering losses from florence. the economic cost predicted between 38 and 50 billion dollars, and you know, sadly farmers, well, they are among the hardest who were hit. bryan llenas is in north carolina with the latest. >> it's probably going to put

the nail in the coffin for a lot of our farmers who were already financially strapped. >> farmers in north carolina are reeling after hurricane florence. floodwaters devastating hundreds of acres of crops from soybeans to cotton, north carolina's top ten agricultural counties were among the most heavily flooded. this is a corn crop, 100 miles-an-hour winds from hurricane florence snapped the stocks in half. the corn fell to the ground, making most of it well unusable. some are even growing sprouts at the end, ruining them. glen thinks he's probably going to lose at least half of his crop. >> i mean the farmer, he sees everybody, the military, the schoolteachers, everybody, all fashions walk of life, the farmer feeds them all. >> glen also lost a year's worth of tobacco, even crop he already picked after his curing barns lost electricity. joseph andrews' farm spans three generations.

floodwaters destroyed his home, crops and livestock, 100 of his 120 cattle drowned, so did tens of thousands of chickens. >> it's bad. but it's humbling. our little community has come together so much. it's just very humbling. excuse me. >> agriculture is north carolina's top industry. farmers say this storm combined with low commodity prices, driven down by tariffs has left them on the brink. farm insurance won't cover all their losses, and many can't afford to take out any more loans. they are asking for more relief. >> farmers has had a rough few years, and this will probably wrap up half of farmers in eastern north carolina, i would say. i would say that's a safe figure. >> i hate to ask for assistance, for handouts. i know that people are tired of

hearing folks in agriculture talking doom and gloom, but i will tell you it is doom and gloom. >> the full extent of the crop loss in north carolina is still unknown because some fields are cut off by flood watters. more than 5,000 people have been rescued, and the rivers continue to rise more than a week after hurricane florence. in new bern, bryan llenas, fox news. arthel: devastating conditions. okay. we get back to politics now. democrats are predicting big gains in the midterms, despite a booming economy under president trump. the president touting those numbers today, tweeting, quote, new economic records being set on a daily basis, and it is not by accident. let's bring in our panel right now. eric cook is the managing principal at precision strategies and a democratic campaign strategist, beverly hallberg, the president of district media group and host of the filler words pod cast and beverly i will start with you. listen, you have got all of these other -- you have the economy, which is going well,

and it's a good story for the president. then you have these scandals that are out there. will it be a case of good news outweighs the bad news? >> well, i think when it comes to the good news, let's just start with the economy first. what republicans really need to do is twofold, when it comes to the messaging. they need to make it very clear that the reason why people are getting more in their paycheck is because of things they have passed under a trump administration. obama wants to take credit for the great economy, but the reality is it is largely because of rolling back regulation and because of tax cuts. if people like that they are getting more money, have more money in their pocket, they need to realize if more democrats take over congress and the democrats take the house, that these tax cuts can go away because they are not permanent. that is the message that republicans need to give is look, we have made a lot of progress, but we have so much more to go. when it comes to these scandals, a lot we could say about it, but i would say that democrats have handled them very poorly. republicans have to be careful, but i do think that the

republicans in the senate have handled it well so far. arthel: how will the democrats use the headlines to their advantage? >> i'm happy you brought up tax cuts. this week the rnc in their own research found that the tax cut was not something that voters were responding to. it was unpopular. voters have found that it is going to the wealthiest among us. it is going to corporations. it is not going to their pockets. so democrats are happy to bring up the tax cuts on the campaign trail. quite frankly that's why republicans aren't. look, democrats are in a very good position right now. i'd much rather be a democrat than a republican heading into this election. you know, we've seen numerous state legislative pick ups over the past year. democrats picked up a senate seat in alabama. picked up a seat in pennsylvania. there's 119 other seats that republicans have that are currently less democratic than the land seat. i think democrats will feel pretty good that 45 days from now we will pick up the 23 seats

we need to take back the house. arthel: beverly, listen, a lot of president trump's supporters, they are turning a deaf ear to the scandals. but there are people who are independent out there. they are undecided voters. there are people who the president will need in some of the other republican candidates will need to actually put w's in the column. since these scandals are surrounding a republican president, does the g.o.p. have a more difficult sales job on their hands? >> i think the president shouldn't be talking about this situation. i thought he handled it very well. a few days ago, when he talked about wanting to hear what dr. ford had to say and also praising kavanaugh, his choice, his nominee, at the same time, though, i think what we need to do moving forward with republicans and how they are handling this is making it very clear that you are innocent until proven guilty. we should hear what dr. ford who has to say. i hope we do hear from her. what democrats have done with all of this is really paint him already as somebody who has committed this crime. you even had senators come out this week and say i believe her.

well, we still need to hear from her. arthel: you make a good point, beverly. you have had that on both sides of the aisle. you have had both sides saying that i believe her. i believe him. eric, ultimately what matters is how this will affect voters. which party has the upper hand in regards to that particular part of this scenario, going into the midterms? which party has the momentum going into the midterms? >> i mean, i think democrats overwhelmingly have the wind at their back in the midterms. just last week in the democratic primary in new york, you had something like three times the number of voters that came out in the 2014 primary. seeing historic turnout across the board in special elections, legislative elections, district elections. democrats have been on the streets since president trump took office in january. 43 state legislative seats. a ton of enthusiasm. a ton of energy. you have to look down in texas and see what's going on there

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separatist group within the country. this took place in the southwest in a region that has a substantial population. that has been a separatist group there but never done something quite as brazen about this. the iranian foreign minister tweeting a short while ago, terrorists recruited trained armed and paid by a foreign regime have attacked, iran holds regional terror sponsors and their u.s. masters accountable for such attacks. iran will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of iranian lives. what kind of response might we get? well, look, iran and saudi arabia are already engaged in a

number of proxy fights in places like yemen, in syria, any kind of direct conflict, that appears to be somewhat unlikely. that would be a real escalation. the united states -- does iran want to have to go there. we will have to see. arthel: ryan chilcote thanks very much. eric: dr. ford says her lawyer claims she's going to testify next week. will she? some republicans say nothing has really changed. and they even question if she's going to show up. plus, coming up, a cause close to my heart. my mom died of a brain aneurysm when i was 14 years old. you know today brain aneurysms can sometimes be caught in time. and the lisa foundation is spreading the word. what you need to know about a little talked about affliction that claims too many lives. get your groove on with one a day 50+. ♪ get ready for the wild life ♪ complete multivitamins with key nutrients

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eric: september is brain aneurysm awareness month. my next guest, he knows the grief and shock all too well. his wife, an abc news correspondent here in new york, suffered a brain aneurysm three years ago when she was in a live news van returning from covering a story. lisa, was only 49 years old, and she also leaves two sons. also my mom, she was the same

age as lisa, she was an actress and a long running cbs soap opera search for tomorrow, she was struck with a fatal brain aneurysm two days after christmas when i was 14 years old. now both women have united myself and lisa husband's todd crawford who founded the lisa foundation to spread the word about brain aneurysms and i'm proud and honored to have todd joins us in the studio. good to see you >> thank you. eric: tell us about lisa. >> one of a kind. i mean, what do you say? tremendous mother, wife, you know, just picture of health, you know, someone who was just a very special, very loving, outgoing, caring, you know, person who everybody loved and adored. and a tremendous and very talented television anchor reporter for abc news whose life was taken too early. eric: very respected in our community here in new york and in broadcasting. she's in the live van. she suddenly has a headache, and that's the cruelty of brain

aneurysms because they can strike just like that. >> yeah, she had experienced symptoms for several weeks leading up to this, not every day, maybe a couple times a week, and for her it was the worst headache of life. and so the key is that many who do have a brain aneurysm do experience symptoms and the key is awareness and education nationally, which is what the lisa foundation is all about, which is what our mission is. we are creating a national dialogue for the very first time for the brain aneurysm industry, with the american public about brain aneurysms, what the signs and symptoms are, what they should do. eric: very little known and much more widespread and afflicts people more than you think. what are the symptoms? what should you look out for? what do you do? >> affects up to 15 million people, women are more at risk,

some of the biggest symptoms include worst headache of life, it is a thunder clap headache that is sudden onset as most symptoms are, sudden on set, come out of nowhere, could be fine one second, the next second, bam. feels like your head is going to explode. sharp pain above or behind one of your eyes, stiffness of neck, nausea, and vomiting, a sensitivity to light, and there are many others, which we list on our website at lisa foundation.org. eric: that's lisa foundation.org. how do you know it is not just like a migraine? you don't want to scare people. but if you get lots of headaches, how do you know you just pop an advil or aspirin? >> it is very different because what's happening is blood is seeping into the brain at this point. it's a thunder clap headache. feels like you have been struck by a lightning bolt and like your head is going to explode. so even for people who suffer from extreme migraines, they know if they get this headache, it is very different, very unusual. eric: finally there's a way to

screen it? it is called an mra, not an mri, but mra. >> it is a version of an mri, but it focuses in exclusively on the blood vessels in the brain and is the best way to detect a brain aneurysm, which is a weakening wall, blood vessel that eventually forms a bubble. that bubble when it forms is prone to rupturing. an mra detects the bubble in the blood vessel in the brain. eric: it can be hereditary. so if you have someone like me in my family, direct in line, get an mra, talk to your doctor. go to the lisa foundation.org. todd crawford, the founder, lisa foundation.org. we think of you and thank you you and her for this legacy. >> thanks, eric. keeping me from the things i love to do. talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424.

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