earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet? arthel: the political fight over the sexual assault allegation made against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh intensifies. his accuser now agreeing to testify before the senate judiciary committee next week. i'm arthel neville welcome to a brand new hour inside of america's news headquarters. eric: thank you for stay withing us. i'm eric shawn. negotiations we are told, at this hour they are still underway on exactly where and when dr. christine blasey ford will appear before the committee and if indeed that will even happen at all. sources telling fox news that she wants to testify on thursday. the committee gave her by today to respond to the request of the

testimony. utah senator orrin hatch tweeting this 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 and their letter to the committee indicated they had some reservations and objections and wanted to still negotiate even more. garrett tenney live in our newsroom in washington with the very latest. even though she said she wanted to testify, garrett, not at all a done deal yet. >> yeah, as the senator noted there this letter from the attorneys doesn't do anything in term of clarify if when and how she will testify. those have been at the center of negotiations between the judiciary committee and her legal team. as the letter stated quote although many aspects of the proposal you provided are fundamentally 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 agreement on details. her attorneys then asked to continue the negotiations on those details this afternoon, which would essentially be once again pushing back the deadline, set by chairman chuck grassley for dr. ford to decide if she will testify. here's what the two sides are pushing for: the offer the senate republicans made was to have a wednesday hearing with a female attorney asking the questions, having dr. ford testify first to lay out her allegations and then allow judge kavanaugh to respond. ford's team says she can't be in d.c. to testify until thursday at the earliest though, and they don't want any outside attorneys doing the questioning, and they want kavanaugh to testify first. this afternoon, democratic senator richard blumenthal who sits on the ju -- judiciary committee stated in part i will support her steadfast bravery against the arbitrary unfair irrational constraints set by

chairman grassley. i remain deeply disturbed by the conduct of my colleagues over the last week and am committed to ensuring that dr. ford's safety and security is made a top priority. now, at this point, the ball is back in the court of senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley because the deadline for dr. ford to testify -- or to decide if she will testify was today. and now with this letter, her team is asking to keep negotiations going. essentially extending that deadline once again. eric? eric: garrett, thank you very much. arthel? arthel: thank you. for more now we'll bring in a former chief counsel to senator dianne feinstein. he also worked on the supreme court nominations of elena kagan and sonya sotomayor. is this a case of senator feinstein playing politics or protecting the personal rights of a woman who says she was

sexually assaulted? >> well, it's clearly the latter. i worked with senator feinstein for ten years. she is not a woman who plays politics. she's a woman who has historically been very concerned with the rights and treatment of victims of crime. so she was condition -- she was confronted with a situation where these charges were brought to her, but at the same time dr. ford said please keep this confidential, please don't reveal my identity. senator feinstein chose to respect and honor that request. arthel: a couple hours ago dr. ford requesting to testify next thursday, this would hold up the scheduled -- the committee vote on monday. what do you think is the best way to proceed? >> well, i put together a lot of hearings, helped to put together a lot of hearings in the committee. and you know, the committee actually wants to have somebody testify. they work with the witness on timing and schedule. it's very common. and to think -- we're talking about a lifetime appointment to the supreme court -- to think

that they might have a problem between monday and thursday or wednesday and thursday, it's pretty ridiculous to be honest. arthel: as every move will be under a microscope from this point forward, what are the missteps that each side of the aisle risk making as this very personal allegation of sexual misconduct has turned very political? >> well, i think that the republicans and they seem to have some awareness of this, can't appear to be insensitive to an apparent victim of a sexual assault. i mean, it was sort of a lasting stain on the republican party after the clarence thomas and anita hill hearings, which is why i think the republicans want to try to hide behind the dress of a female attorney, staff member, to actually do the questioning so they don't have to do the questioning at all. and that is actually a

completely unprecedented procedure. i mean the teb year is worked fors -- i mean the ten years i worked for the committee, nobody besides a senator ever asked questions of a witness in a public forum and i'm not aware of it happening any other time as well with a senate judiciary committee. so republicans are walking through a land mine field here. arthel: what about the democrats? >> well, the democrats have a much easier path. they are naturally more inclined to be sympathetic to victims of sexual assault. they don't have to be on their best behavior. that's their natural orientation for, you know, the members of the committee. and there's not much of a down side for them as this goes forward either way. arthel: which is to be clear doesn't mean that people who are members of the republican party have no sympathy for victims or

alleged victims of sexual assault -- >> of course not. arthel: i understand. i wanted to clear that up for you. >> you just asked me what the problems were. arthel: i did. i wanted to give you that opportunity to clear that up. >> absolutely. and many republican women are themselves victims of assault, many many. arthel: of course. okay. the white house is saying that this is an ask to continue negotiations without committing to anything. it's a clever way to push off the vote monday without committing to appear wednesday. is dr. ford stalling? if you think yes, why would she? >> she's only stalling in the very technical sense that apparently she doesn't like to fly, and she's in california, so she wants to have time to make the drive across the country. you know, california to washington is a few days' drive. so more time allows her to make that drive. but i don't think she's just stalling for its own sake. it's going to be a gruelling

experience for her, if she testifies. it is going to be a life-transforming experience for her, not necessarily in a good way. i think you know, anita hill's life has been changed forever by her testifying, and that's what's confronting dr. ford. and if the republicans are able to use -- to avoid doing the questioning themselves, they will be able to use somebody who has no restraint to just try to rip dr. ford to shreds, and that would be a terrible experience for her, and i think she's trying to avoid that. arthel: we have to leave it there. thank you very much. >> thank you. arthel: okay. eric? eric: well, it turns out that the communications advisor for the senate judiciary committee, a committee that has been holding the kavanaugh hearings, he's reportedly stepped down over a claim of sexual harassment. nbc news reporting the accusation was made against the 29-year-old man, you can see him in the photo.

he was leading the judiciary committee's public responses to the allegations surrounding kavanaugh. he's denied any allegation of past misconduct. a committee spokesperson says he stepped down to avoid being a distraction. arthel: questions about what will come of a bombshell report that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein discussed secretly recording president trump and possibly invoking the 25th amendment to remove the president from office. rosenstein strongly denies the allegations in the new york times piece. house judiciary committee chair bob goodlatt said this earlier today. >> 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. arthel: ellison barber is in berkeley heights, new jersey, near the president's golf club where he has been spending the

weekend. ellison, as you know, you have reported earlier, that mr. rosenstein is denying the allegations saying that if he said that, he said it in jest. it was a cheeky comment. >> right. so the big question right now seems to be less did he say it and more how did he say it? the report in the new york times says that those suggestions were serious ones. they write this, quote, it is not clear how determined rosenstein was about seeing them through, he did tell andrew mccabe, that he might be able to persuade attorney general sessions and john kelly to mount an effort to invoke the 25th amendment. a source in the room when rosenstein's initial comments were made told fox news they were made sarcastically. other outlets are reporting that as well. a senior doj official who has direct knowledge of the meeting from rosenstein and others, they told fox news mccabe and rosenstein were having a heated conversation, essentially going back and forth with mccabe saying that rosenstein who

oversees the russia probe, was getting in the way of aggressively investigating the administration. that back and forth the source claims that rosenstein said what do you want me to do, andy? wear a wire? another source familiar with memos related to this meeting, some that were reportedly drafted by mccabe, they tell 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. mr. rosenstein says, quote, the new york times story is inaccurate and factually incorrect. i will not further comment on a story based on anonymous sources who are obviously biassed against the department and advancing their own personal agenda. but let me be clear about this, based on my personal dealings with the president, there is no basis to invoke the 25th amendment. democrats are already warning the president about firing rosenstein, saying that that would not be a good idea. arthel? arthel: ellison barber, thank you very much for that report. eric? eric: arthel, a fox news alert,

a shocking attack in iran. at least 25 people were killed and dozens of others were injured when extremists suddenly opened fire at this annual military parade there today. the gunmen police say disguised as soldiers started shooting at the revolutionary guardsmen as they were marching along the boulevard in the country's southwestern province. the region's separatist groups have claimed responsibility for the attack, but iran is blaming what it calls a foreign regime and its, quote, u.s. masters. meanwhile former new york mayor giuliani addressing the threat to the world posed by iran. he is denouncing the regime in tehran and its brutal suppression of opposition saying there is no place for it in the civilized world. this comes as world leaders including president trump will converge on new york city for the united nations general assembly annual meeting next week. fox news's newest family member is in midtown manhattan where the group protesting against iran, the national council of

resistance of iran is holding their huge protest right now. hi, jackie. >> hi, eric. mayor giuliani wrapped up his speech earlier today, joking that maybe if he said enough bad things about the iranian regime that they would put him on a hit list. all this is ahead of the summit, it is the meeting place for one of the largest iranian opposition groups. they are gathering here in new york taking cues from both president trump and u.n. ambassador nikki haley and building on a resistance against the regime. after four decades of rule, the uprisings against iran regime have spread to 142 up tos and cities and led to the execution -- 142 towns and cities and have led to the

executi execution. u.n. ambassador haley had this to say. >> the iranian regime has backed dictators who gas their own people. it stokes conflict. it funds foreign fighters and terrorists. it transfers missiles to militants. >> the trump administration has shown support for the iranian people and trump's lawyer giuliani was the keynote speaker at today's event, and although he is not speaking on behalf of the white house we sat down ahead of the speech. he said without a regime change peace will not come to the middle east. >> this is a group that's killed americans in cold blood. this is a group that has carried out attacks in europe already and attempting to carry out attacks now. i would say the iranian regime right now is the most dangerous

group in the world. >> president trump will chair his first security council meeting next wednesday. one of the topics will be iran. eric? eric: jackie and the national council of resistance of iran by the way allegedly been targeted in a planned terrorist attack elsewhere in europe by the iranian regime. so we will see if they will have a protest at the u.n. this week. arthel: the trump administration putting iran on notice. >> the islamic republic of iran continues to be the world's largest state sponsor of terror. we have determined to stop that behavior and to change the way the iranian regime inflicts horrors all around the world. arthel: what we can expect from the president's speech at the united nations general assembly this week. -- next week. a congressman from the armed services committee joins us to talk about that. plus one of the most

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eric: the u.s. government naming iran once again as the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. blaming the regime in tehran for the escalating conflict in neighboring countries and for attacks on u.s. forces in the region. president trump is expected to hold an even harder line against the regime at the annual united nations general assembly session that starts here in new york next week. we impose sanctions against tehran are currently in effect with the second round to go into effect november. secretary of state pompeo addressed the support of the current deal by the european countries. >> are the european countermeasures effective, though? are they blunting u.s. policy? >> if you just watch the traffic, it's one way. folks are leaving iran, including european businesses. and so i'm very confident that we will ultimately be effective

in enforcing the sanctions the president has asked us to reimpose. eric: joining us is a member of the armed services committee. always good to see you. thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you. eric: the president last september, he was outspoken on kim jong-un at the general assembly, called him little rocket man. what do you expect the president will say what should he say about the regime in tehran? >> i wouldn't recommend the same language that he normally uses when he describes autocrats around the world. but he needs to be tough. he has been and certainly should continue to be tough. and be very very clear about what our policy is going forward. we should not have any lack of clarity about how we view this. pulling out of the jcpoa as america did, as trump did raised a lot of questions about not only our relationships with our allies, but also with the appropriateness or how the

sanctions might work. hopefully mr. pompeo is correct that they are working. how we get back to dealing with the nuclear issue remains to be seen. certainly all of us were concerned about the other things that iran does beyond the nuclear and that certainly state sponsored terrorism as has been discussed in this section, a major problem. also a major problem about what will be the role of iran in syria as that revolution or that uprising is stamped out by among other things iran and the assad regime. so we will see, a lot of things are in play. i would hope the president is tough. we need to be tough. we need to be clear and hopefully the president will be. eric: the administration says that the sanctions are working. you know, major european companies are pulling out of iran because basically they are given a choice, deal with iran, or you lose american business, so that is really hurting the

iranian economy. do you think at the end of the day that will change iranian behavior? >> well, the nuclear deal was about nuclear. it did not and many people think this was one of the flaws did not deal with all the other things that iran is up to, but it was being successful. it was successful and probably still is at this moment in deterring iran from moving forward with its nuclear ambitions. now, all of these other issues, which are important, certainly syria, certainly hezbollah, certainly the way iran is dealing in yemen, all those are important issue neensd to be dealt with. -- issues and need to be dealt with. to deal with those, the united states needs to be tough, clear, and continue to work with your allies, our allies are the

europeans. i agree with you, all appearances are that the european countries and companies are pulling out of iran, reluctantly, but nonetheless doing so. so i think we're on a path here, needs to be very carefully managed. the shooting that took place in iran apparently yesterday or maybe -- eric: earlier today, yeah. >> -- that that shooting is going to make things a little more complex. not that they aren't already complex. the problem here is that iran is very clearly blaming united states -- or others including the united states. the result of that is this thing could get amped up to be a very dangerous confrontation, not good for all of us, be tough, avoid a direct confrontation and continue to try to bring about change in iran. eric: short time left, i want to jump in on one thing, iran has

been accused of trying to launch a terrorist attack by spies against the national council of resistance of iran. that's the group that former new york mayor giuliani spoke in front of. here is the mayor talking about that because there was a california man in your state arrested, accused of being an iranian agent spying on the group planning potentially some type of surveillance perhaps, here's what the mayor -- former mayor said >> in new york, we've had enough terrorism in new york, for several lifetimes, we don't need some creepy iranian agent hanging around new york trying to kill american citizens, two of whom who are here with us today, who he was planning to murder along with another iranian creep. eric: pretty strong words. your reaction to the fact that tehran is accused of trying to murder american citizens here on our soil. >> i do meet regularly with members of that organization, and they expressed to me the concern that specifically discussing here.

we have to prevent terrorism wherever it may occur and specifically prevent terrorism of all kinds by anybody, homegrown, iranian, russian or any other group here in the united states. fortunately, our police organizations, fbi and others were able to find out about this and prevent this one plot. but there will be others. iran is clearly a bad actor, as is russia. so all of these things need to be very carefully monitored and hopefully and with appropriate support and interaction with our allies around the world, we'll be able to identify any terrorist organization or individual and put a stop to it before any nefarious thing can happen. eric: yes it is shocking and brazen if that indeed is the case that they are sending people here. >> indeed it is. eric: congressman garamendi thank you for joining us. arthel: new york city mayor bloomberg is floating a presidential run, this time as a

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eric: a showdown in the works on capitol hill. the woman accusing supreme court nominee kavanaugh of sexual assault, when they were teenagers, dr. christine blasey ford, well that happening allegedly nearly four decades ago. she is agreeing to testify before the senate judiciary committee next week. negotiations we are told still underway on exactly where and when dr. ford will appear before the committee. and if she will actually appear at all. will the accusations sway kavanaugh's nomination? joining us is steve nelson, white house reporter for the washington examiner. do you think we'll even see her?

i mean her lawyer's letter to the committee today attacked the committee while they were saying they wanted more negotiations. >> it sounds like she is willing to testify. of course the letter accepting the offer to do so came -- still disputing the details of the exact testimony. the details matter quite a bit. they have been talked about the past week since dr. ford came forward and really dropped this bombshell. the details include whether the alleged witness mark judge should be subpoenaed to testify, who is going to question her. the order the questioning is going to go in. there's certainly significant room for debate and for this to be derailed. there's the added complication as well that dr. ford apparently suffers from claustrophobia and will have to take a multiday drive across the country from california to get to d.c. for the testimony. there's a lot still up in the air. right now it appears that likely next week we will be hearing from her. eric: in terms of some of the demands, the requirements from the lawyers, they don't want

kavanaugh in the room. they want just one camera. there's also been talk that republicans would have a woman special counsel investigate and ask the questions as opposed to the senators. what do we know more about that in terms of the inner workings of the committee and what they may or may not be considering? >> well, some details have apparently been resolved. the camera issue, two of them being in the same room matter. the more significant questionings on who will be questioning and who is going to go first and whether the alleged witnesses will be summoned to testify, those are unresolved. those are pretty significant details. eric: there's one alleged witness, mark judge, the friend of kavanaugh, he says he has no memory of this. he says he doesn't want to testify, that he's not going to testify, and said it is not in keeping with kavanaugh's behavior and denies knowing anything about kavanaugh doing this. what are they going to do? drag him in shackles? how do they do this?

or are they going to listen to one story and have the other story? and how much more information potentially could she shed that what she is alleging happened? >> well, democrats want mark judge, the alleged witness who allegedly was in the room during the encounter to be subpoenaed. republicans say that he has said that he has no recollection of this, that they already know what his testimony would be. democrats feel that the threat of perjury charges might sharpen his memory, and you know, might free some things up. republicans have additional concern of adding to a circus-like environment. mark judge has written frankly about his drinking in high school and his past alcoholism. there are other alleged witnesses who were not in the room but who were at the party. there's actually a female who was apparently there who we haven't heard from at all. there's no indication that we will. but that's certainly -- eric: do they know who she is? have they talked to her? any indication about that?

do you know? >> she has not publicly addressed this. there there's indication that people know who she is by looking up her address in the school yearbook. her name has not been publicly reported. eric: this is what the "wall street journal" is saying today in its editorial among other things about professor ford. her therapist notes there are four assailants but she says there were only two. two of the other people who were at the drinking party that night say they know nothing about the party or assault. mr. kavanaugh denies it categorically. democrats claim even asking questions about these facts is somehow unfair attack on her as a woman. the set of facts she currently provides wouldn't even pass the test that prevails today on college campuses. pretty blunt. what are the political aspect of this? what do you think will finally come out of it? >> in a perfect world there would not be false accusations, but they do happen. the allegation we may never know the truth of what actually

happens. there's an associated press article today that's gotten significant attention. talking to experts, scientific experts in the matter of memory who point out that recollections differ wildly after more than 35 years, not necessarily because someone is lying, but because someone remembers something differently. of course this is all complicated by the fact that this allegedly happened when a group of high school students had been drinking. so the truth of the matter we may never get to. the public testimony of course, though, will give the public a sense of whether the witnesses are credible or not. that's something that's going to be debated heavily next week. eric: we'll wait and see and certainly would be riveting if indeed this does occur. steve nelson of the washington examin examiner, thank you. >> thank you. arthel: former republican presidential candidate ted cruz now in an unexpectedly tight senate race with democratic congressman beto o'rourke happening in texas, the lone

star state has not elected a democrat to the senate in 25 years. anita vogel has highlights of the first debate between the two last night. hi anita. >> well, hi, arthel. remember, it was just a little over two years ago that ted cruz was battling it out for the highest office in the land. well, now he's fighting to keep his senate seat in texas. in the first highly anticipated debate, last night, senator cruz squared off against his opponent, democratic congressman beto o'rourke. they covered a range of hot topics from gun rights to healthcare to police brutality and of course illegal immigration. take a listen to this exchange on that. >> my views on immigration are simple. i have summed them many times in four words, legal good, illegal bad. i think majority of texans

believe that. >> yes there should be an earned path to citizenship. the alternative as senator cruz has proposed is to deport 11 million people from this country. >> ted cruz is known as one of the most polished debaters on the national stage. he got a lot of practice during the 2016 presidential campaign where he and the president duked it out a number of times on stage, got a little nasty at times, but the two have since patched things up and now the president is supporting cruz and is expected to come to texas to campaign for him very soon. now, o'rourke is running a nontraditional campaign, no media consultants or pollsters, just a lot of social media. at this point, he has raised more money than ted cruz. but still the latest poll suggests cruz holds a nine point lead over the congressman but still plenty of time for those numbers to tighten up before the midterms. interestingly enough the political report which watches these races very closely

originally called this one as likely g.o.p. and then it went to lean g.o.p. and as of yesterday they are now calling this a toss up. back to you. arthel: a texas toss-up. >> very nice. arthel: you know, i try. anita, thank you. [laughter] eric: the president's wall, it turns out construction of a four mile long portion of the border wall began today in el paso. customs and border protections says the metal fence will be replaced with an 18 foot high wall. the project is expected to be completed in april and the cost of this tiny little bit about 22 million dollars. arthel? arthel: well, eric, former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is actively considering a run for the white house in 2020, as a democrat. the 76-year-old also plans to spend at least 80 million dollars to help democratic candidates in this year's midterm elections.

laura ingle has more. >> we have been here before. talk of a possible run from michael bloomberg, the three time mayor of new york city, and multi-billionaire who is now considering a run for president in 2020. >> you know, puts up a trial balloon, floats it and then it sinks. and he realizes that he couldn't win in 2008. he couldn't win in 2012. and he couldn't win in 2016. >> a bloomberg spokesperson confirms to fox that he is considering a run as a democrat in the next presidential election. the native new yorker has worn many hats throughout his political life, once a democrat, then a republican, now an independent, he told the new york times last week that he firmly believes only a major party nominee can win the white house. bloomberg is getting involved in upping the ante for the midterms, recently saying that he would give 80 million dollars to democrats in hopes of flipping the house of

representatives while attending a global climate summit last week. >> the republicans in washington have had years to show that they could lead on this issue and they have failed. >> political analysts say while money matters in campaign spending, the battle of the billionaires may be a tough one for bloomberg who holds opposing views with progressives on issues like bank regulation and stop and frisk police policies which could end up hurting his chances, while others say he has a chance. >> there will be other big names, but at the end of the day, none of them are as dominant heading into the process as we've seen in the past and so anyone that's got a message and a record and the resources to build an organization has a good of a shot as anybody else. >> as far as timing goes, bloomberg has said he wants to work on the november 6th elections and then he will take a look at 2020 after this. in new york, laura ingle, fox news. eric: many thousands of people in north carolina still dealing

with the rising floodwaters there. now there's a new concern that one river may be contaminated. jonathan serrie is in lumberton north carolina with the latest. hi, jonathan. >> hi, eric. you know, residents here, they went through hurricane matthew. they experienced epic flooding. they were told that it was a 1 in 500 year floods and now they are dealing with this all over again. i will have details when we come back. ♪ flintstones! meet the flintstones. ♪ ♪ they're the modern stone age family. ♪ ♪ from the town of bedrock. ♪ meet george jetson. ♪ ♪ his boy elroy. with instant acceleration, electric cars are more fun to drive and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present.

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eric: the neighborhoods that already experienced flooding from florence, well they are getting hit with another wave of water. the heavy rainfall travelling to the ocean at the coast and now it's coming back flooding neighborhoods yet again. jonathan serrie is at the banks of the lumber river in north carolina. jonathan, this isn't the first time lumberton where you are they have had flooding like this in the past but not like this. >> yeah, well, just two years

ago, when hurricane matthew came through, they experienced epic flooding, many residents assumed that it was a 500 year flood, something they would only have to contend with once in a lifetime and now this is happenihappen ing all over again. take a listen. >> i lost my home twice, but you know it is not about me. i represent thousands of citizens here in this city that are in the same boat. >> lumberton city officials say more than 800 residents are staying in shelters. they say supplies are running low and they are in need of everything from drinking water to sheetrock. meanwhile the floods are also threatening two former coal plants. north carolina environmental officials are monitoring a dam breach near a coal fired power plant near the cape fear river in wilmington. their concern is a hazardous byproduct of burning coal. duke energy says ground and ariel survey shows the facility

is stable and repairs will begin as the water level drops. the coast guard is imposing temporary boating restrictions along a river in conway south carolina. there's another ash bin there that they are concerned about and they believe by limiting boat traffic, that will protect flood control burns and prevent the water from seeping in to those dangerous materials. eric, back to you. eric: really remains -- still so overwhelming. thank you. arthel: many groups dedicated to helping animals find a forever home coming to the rescue during hurricane florence. we will talk to the president of american humane about how the group was able to save the lives of so many pets. today, 97% of employers agree that skills like teamwork, attention to detail, and customer service are critical to business success.

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arthel: teams rushed to the rescue to save shelter animals. the pets were stuck in floodwaters caused by hurricane florence. so volunteers from american humane shipped out as soon as possible saving so many animals that were left behind. american humane president and

ceo joins me now. and i think you have your baby daisy on your lap. you can hold daisy up, we can see her. >> there she is. arthel: oh my goodness. >> she's about ready to go to sleep. arthel: of course. i see that daisy is safe and sound because you will tell me about your rescue in a moment, your escape. talk to us now, doctor, about how many dogs have been rescued there from the floodwaters of florence. >> we have rescued so many, hundreds of dogs so far that we have been able to save, a steer, two parakeets earlier this morning that we saved from the rising floodwaters. what america humane has been worried about is all the daisies left behind. the floodwaters came in so quickly that they just left families with barely being able to escape themselves. we came upon a flooded trailer just yesterday, most horrific story i have ever heard of. we heard dogs barking and our rescuers -- arthel: i can't take too many difficult details. >> i will tell you, we went in and found six dogs that we were able to save.

arthel: okay. >> those dogs were just caught in horrible floodwaters. arthel: yeah, and so do you think -- thank you first of all for your efforts. do you have more crews? do you need help physically to help get more dogs and animals saved from the floodwaters? >> we do. we need all the health. you can visit america humane.org to learn more about how you can help. three rescue trucks, half a dozen boats, and first responders in the water as we speak tonight. arthel: american humane.org, please go there because they need help finding the animals who are stuck there, and also those animals may need a new home or the people who -- the original owners of these doggies may want to try to find -- and the other animals may want to try to find their beloved pets. >> as always, our first job so the reunite a family's best friend and get them back together. and those families that cant reclaim them, we will make sure

we find them. arthel: there are so many people who have katrina dogs and they are flourishing just fine. it is very very important work that you are doing and very important work that all of your volunteers are doing. now, tell me about you and daisy in about -- i've got about a minute left -- how you escaped. >> well, daisy and i escaped right before hurricane florence hit, from the low country in south carolina. so we were able to get out. we had our emergency preparation kit ready to go, all the things we talk about. at the same time daisy and i were evacuated, american humane saved 72 cats from a shelter that would have flooded in a storm. we were getting out. and american humane was doing great work saving some kitties. arthel: very important. we can't thank you enough. we are very animal friendly at fox news. i have two doggies myself. we're all about the animals. thank you very much, doctor.

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arthel: they pinpointed the location of wreckage belonging to the ship endeavor, that 18th century explorer captain james cook used to sail around the world. check it out.

a 3-d image shows the sight off the shore in rhode island. captain cook used the endeavor to claim australia from the british. eric: how about that? isn't that a rum? arthel: it is in about 3 minutes. [laughter] jon: new developments in a high-stakes senate hearing. a california psychology professor agrees to testify over her accusation the supreme court nominee kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers. good evening i'm jon scott. this is the fox report. christine blasey ford accepting the senate judiciary committee's request to testify after she was granted more time to make a decision. her agreement, though, is anything but a sure thing. the format and timing of her testimony very unclear at this hour. we have fox team coverage with ellison barber live from berkeley heights, new jersey. but we begin with garrett tenney live from washington. what has dr. ford agreed to at this point? >> well, jon, this afternoon, her legal team sent the senate