>> on the buzz meter, a deeply emotional drama played out on camera. >> i have seen my life picked apart by people on television, on twitter and other social media, and other media by people who have never met me or spoken to me. >> it was extremely raw and extremely credible. >> the worst thing for kavanaugh happened. professor ford came across credibly. she came across as human. she didn't come across as a democrat out for revenge. >> my family and my name have

been totally and permanently destroyed by vicious and false accusations. gangs, illegitimate children. fights on boats in rhode island. reported breathlessly and often uncritically by the media. >> he seemed angry that this old stuff is being brought up than indignant that he would be ad. >> i thought it was a temper tantrum and it was scary. >> we saw brett kavanaugh's soul today. and it was powerful. howie: how are journalists covering the one-week delay for the fbi probe. and martha maccallum with her unprecedented sit-down with the

nominee. >> a source tells me rosenstein has submitted his resignation. howie: september that didn't happen. is the coverage spin out much control? i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." president trump ordered a one-week investigation of the kavanaugh allegations. the move was essentially forced by jeff flake. the senators squabbled and shouted about the investigation. >> they destroyed this man and his family. they bludgeoned him all for the sake of tour. there was -- the sake of power. >> the republican senators approached her as a nuisance and

approached her as entitled to what he should have. howie: joining me, mollie hemingway. susan ferrechio, and marie harf. ways your assessment of how the media covered the highly emotional testimony? mollie: i don't know if i have ever seen such a reprehensible performance by the media. they have thrown out any devotion to facts in favor of emotion. they were talk about emotion, they weren't talking about actual facts, actual news. it was frustrating and angering to watch because they thanked thrown off any semblance of

objectivity. in politics you expect republicans to be one way and the democrats to be another. but for the media to align themselves with party politics is frustrating and unacceptable and it should not be tolerated in any way. howie: what i saw on the hearing day was a rough consensus during the breaks that christine ford had been a credible and sympathetic witness. but the "new york times" front page headline yesterday took exception to his tone, calling it a diatribe. susan: what was unusual here is he directly addressed the

democrats and went back to the original confirmation hearing which he called an embarrassment. howie: and he talked about clintons. susan: he gave them talking points. that was highly unusual. but ruth bader ginsburg has come out against donald trump in the past. so it's not that the supreme court is devoid of politics. howie: national review's rich lowry, the headline is, judge kavanaugh should be angry because he's defending himself against charges he says are bogus. and calf on his anger as

entitled teen. marie: i'm hearing from friends and facebook and social media. the other thing i notice, can you imagine the coverage if this nominee was crying and screaming and being hysterical had been a woman. mollie: this is the disgusting thing. marie: this hearing was not a hearing about facts. we know most of of the facts that came out. no new facts generally were introduced during the hearing. we heard very emotional testimony on both sides. the fact that the stories focus on the emotion. i don't think it's fair for me to say my feeling watching the hearing are disgusting. mollie: a man accused of serial

gang rape and told he can no longer do his favorite thing which is coach his daughter's basketball team has a right to get angry. we have due process and a rule of law. this is something men and women care about. we care about the men in our lives. we care if they are accused of something, we don't say it feels a certain way. we say what are the facts that support destroying this man's life, reputation and honor. in journalism we care about facts, facts. howie: pol mollie brings up thet of extreme acow size abou -- exe accusations about gang rapes. was it a desperation campaign

trying to take the judge down? marie: before the hearing the other allegations made it a little more complicated. but on the hearing coverage, because it was the first time we had heard from dr. ford in person and the first time we had seen her other than photos from high school. the coverage from the hearing was much more on judge kavanaugh and dr. ford. i thought the facts would play more of a role in the hearing and it didn't. howie: he acknowledged his view of the kavanaugh allegations are false allegations against him in the sexual harassment area. you bring up rye moore and others for people to say the

president is insensitive. susan: look at the fair taboo. you are never supposed to question the accuser and whether there may be false accusations. howie: you don't think that's being questioned this week in this heavily intense coverage? does christine ford have one fern who corroborates her allegations? susan: despite the inconsistencies rachel mitchell elevated during the hearing, it still feels taboo to bring up the fact that we have not looked at ford's own credibility issues. no, no, no, she is not the one trying to land a seat on the supreme court. but she is launching allegations on someone who is.

mollie: you can see that by the way kavanaugh's yearbook is totally scrutinized. but hers isn't. she had a story. four, five witnesses who say they have no idea what she is talking about. marie: but they said they believe her. mollie: she said she has no recollection. marie: the way we talk about those other witnesses and at language we use. some commentators who want to believe her say they have no memory of it. it. howie: let me play a clip of michael avenatti representing julie swetnick. >> what is the most of damning

nature of what she can show? >> i'm not going to weigh the allegations in the declaration. howie: he puts that out there and he doesn't want to discuss it. she said she went to 10 parties and there was gang rape. mollie: the claim is as an adult she attended 10 gang rape parties and saw women gang raped by brett kavanaugh. here they were trafficking, promoting, putting this man on the airways. this has so many costs to people. howie: the media hailing jeff flake as a hero. he forced the president to reverse himself on the fbi probe. anything strike you about the elevation of senator flake?

susan: flake has a gang on capitol hill. his gang is susan collins, lisa murkowski and' joe manchin. the four of them are working together. he's speak for four people. howie: he's going on "60 minutes" tonight. when we come back. ronan farrow taking heat on kavanaugh's second accuser. ♪ it is such a good time to kiss ♪ ♪ it is such a good time to dance ♪ ♪ it is such a good time to [ laughing ] ♪ scoobidoo doobidoo ♪ scoobidoo doobidoo [ goose honking ] ♪ [ laughing ] a bad day on the road still beats a good one off it.

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howie: the "new yorker" drew an unusual degree of criticism when the magazine published allegations that brett kavanaugh

exposed himself in college despite gaps in her memory and certainty it was him. >> after consulting with her attorneys she did become confident it was him. that's extremely typical of these stories when you are dealing with trauma, alcohol and many years in between. president trump: the second accuser does the even know, maybe it could have been him, maybe not. she admits she is drunk. she admits time lapses. howie: ronan farrow has an impressive record, but what do you think about the way the media handled this. mollie: ronan farrow had a good reputation. by running this story by running this story that a lawyer helped her work on after she was

reached out to by senate democrats. it makes it look like his previous journalism was in question if he thought this was credible without corroboration from anybody. and it weakened the overall case against kavanaugh. they took a plausible story and each story after that became more ridiculous. howie: you go to the story and there it is, a big flashing red light, her memory contains gaps. after assessing her memories and consulting with her attorneys. but the new yorker under time pressure did publish it. susan: as reporters we go through these things with a fine tooth comb. what can you remember when she heard the name brett. was she sure it was brett

kavanaugh. coming on the heels of the original accusations from ford. she is a yale graduate. howie: she was on the record. the "new york times" looked at the same story and the "times" reports to its readers. we interviewed several dozen people to corroborate her story. then debra ramirez contacted several yale classmates to see if they remembered. marie: i think the "new yorker" laid out clearly in their article gaps in their story. this was a bit of a close call in terms of whether or not you publish. but they were very up front about some of these questions. ronan is right when he says many victims of sexual assault, it's

not uncommon the memories come back later in pieces. but they laid out clearly the problems with the story. howie: the "new yorker" had not one person to corroborate. mollie: "u.s.a. today" ran a piece yesterday saying brett kavanaugh shouldn't be around children. there is something medieval in this. howie: ahead we have martha maccallum and corey lewandowski on the kavanaugh culture war and the coverage of the president. the media breathlessly reported that rod rosenstein was about to be fired but he wasn't. i know that every single time that i suit up,

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howie: it was breathless and down right dizzying. a media frenzy over the fate of rod rosenstein. he only raised the possibility of resignation and it wasn't accepted. then came the cable explosion. >> a source tells me rod rosenstein has submitted his resignation. >> rod rosenstein is expecting to be fired by president trump. he's coming to the right house to resign. other sources close to rosenstein saying he said i am not going to resign. if they want me out, i will have to be fired. >> rod rosenstein according to a source familiar with the matter has not verbally resigned to

john kelly. but he's headed to the white house expecting to be fired. howie: joining us is brit hume. rod rosenstein was not fired. the white house is signally he's safe for now at least until the mid-terms. brit: there is a running story in this town which is trump white house in chaos. such as anything that comes along that would appear to imperil a staff member is seized upon and they go to get fired, out. sometimes people do get fired in the trump administration. but it hasn't happenedder time. i might note in the midst of this what bothered me the most of, this had to do with a meeting where he is said to have raced wearing a wire at the

white house to assess president trump's ability to serve as president. we were given an explanation of that event is he was being criticized at a meeting by colleagues for being too soft on trump. his rebuttal was what do you want me to do, wear a wire? a sarcastic rebuttal. it was reported wildly that he was joking. a sarcastic rebuttal to criticism is not a joke. yet you are still hearing it to this day. howie: a number of women have come out with their own stories of sexual assault. kellyanne conway had this to say. >> i feel very empathetic of victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment and rape. i am the victim of sexual

assault. i don't expect judge kavanaugh or jake tapper or jeff flake or anybody to be held responsible for that. howie: does it have an impact for the white house counsel to come out and say that on national television? brit: this stuff happens, and i think that's true, and i think it's disturbing. on the other hand, consider the moment jeff flake is subjected to. he's standing in an elevator and there was a woman who says she was the victim of sexual assault and she is screaming at him that his vote to confirm kavanaugh is telling her she doesn't matter. i understand the woman's emotion. but that's utter nonsense. there is too much of that around. we have seen too many examples,

"rolling stone," uva. howie: you went to the university and you were sceptical of that piece of gang rape at a fraternity. without implying or insinuating christine ford was telling the truth, do you think many in the media refuse to consider a man might be falsely accused? brit: i think that undergirds his anger at the senate panel. he spoke about the whole thing being a circus. howie: including the media. brit: i think that represents a failure to em, to empathize with him. how would you react if you were being accused of sex crimes in an open forum without corroboration. you would be enraged, and he was. it was a one for one * match

between her emotions and his anger. howie: you said you thought christine ford was a sympathetic witness. brit: i did. howie: but you said kavanaugh's strategy was to be mad as hell. brit: i don't think there is reason to be cynical about either of these people. if we have evidence of that, let's see it. there is no reason to believe these are heartfelt reactions. she obviously was in anguish telling this story. i would say she is credible in the sense i think she believes it and i think she is sincere. that doesn't mean her recollection is correct. if you believe kavanaugh believes he's innocent, you would find it understandable. howie: the coming has become all

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howie: the response to the media coverage of brett kavanaugh is corey lewandowski. the president resisted the democratic demands of an fbi probe but changed his mind after republican senator jeff flake and a couple colleagues essentially threatened to blocking the thing. the media is claiming this is a victory for the anti-after thank you forces. corey: this isn't a victory for

anyone. when evidence comes forward, they will make a decision based upon the totality of the information they have. once they see all that, the senate will vote to elevate judge kavanaugh to justice kavanaugh and elevate him to the supreme court. howie: why didn't the president make that decision earlier before he was pushed into a corner by flake and company. corey: the testimony that took place on behalf of dr. ford and judge kavanaugh, i don't know what information the fbi thinks they are going to obtain or what the democratic senators think the fbi's 302s will give them. but they will have no excuses after the fbi gives them the information unless they want to play partisan politics which this has evolved into.

howie: at his news conference the other day the president was asked personal questions from cnn and cbs about his own experiences in this area. let me play a sound bite. >> how did those impact your opinions on the allegations. president trump: it does impact my opinion. i have had a lot of false charges made against me. so you say does it affect me in terms of my thinking with respect to judge kavanaugh, absolutely. because i have had it's times. howie: i thought that was a pretty candid answer on the president's part. he says you can't separate what he views as false sexual misconduct allegations against him. it fuels the media saying he always seems to side with the men. corey: he said he thought the testimony dr. ford gave gave was very compelling and have much in

line with what she believes happened and he was very moved by that. he has been clear about that. this is the media trying to hone in on one thing and not looking at what the president said about this. so they can clear judge kavanaugh of these charges or at least get to the bottom of it. you have to remember, everybody comes to situations with their own personal experience behind them. to think it hasn't impacted him, knowing he has been accused of similar things the past that we know have no basis and no merit is of course weighing on him. that's yes is moving forward with the investigation. i think what you will find is judge calf enough is going to have his final arbitration where he'll be confirmed as the next justice of the supreme court.

howie: the president doesn't do have many of those solo news conferences. corey: i love when he bypasses the fake news media. people are riveted listening to this president. he speaks candidly, boldly and pushes back when questions are unfair. i wrote a book "let trump be trump." and i love it. howie: do you think the media have been more sympathetic to christine ford and her emotional testimony than to brett kavanaugh who also was emotional. and some said he was angry, but he's defending himself and his family against unjustified charges. corey: i think the media is in tough spot. i think if the media would stop making the news and just reporting the news people would

have more confidence in them. i have seen multiple feeds on twitter from outlets that say brett kavanaugh was angry. the "usa today" editorial said potentially he should not be coaching girls' basketball and they had to change that. that's a disgusting display. that's making the news, not reporting the news. this man coached his daughters' and friends' basketball program and "usa today" is saying he should be off the court until this is resolved? that's a liberal bias the american people are sick of. howie: it was over the line line and the "usa today" corrected it. they say he's likely to be convicted and even if he is, it

will hurt the republican party in the mid terms because the gop will be responsible for putting kavanaugh on the high court. corey: i don't believe that. i think this is an issue that unites the republicans. this man has been impugned. his reputation and his family's has been attacked. the testimony that it thought was the most compelling when he talked about his 10-year-old daughter asking for a prayer for dr. ford. that tells you something about the character of this man who raised his children to do the right thing. establishment republicans or trump republicans are unified in their support saying we want to see brett kavanaugh confirmed. and that is driving them, that's energizing them to show up in just over five weeks to show up on election day. howie: that was a touching moment. i think anybody would choke up talking about young children.

thank you very much for joining us this sunday. ahead, a trump supporter sues joy reid by accuse her of using a racial slur. martha maccallum on her interview with brett kavanaugh. ♪ dad: oh, hey guys! mom (on speakerphone): hi! son (on speakerphone): dad, i two goals today! vo: getting to a comfortable retirement doesn't have to be an uncomfortable thought.

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[♪] howie: it's unheard of for a supreme court nominee to break

his silence in a tv it view. but that's what happened when brett kavanaugh sat down with martha maccallum. martha: why would she make this up. >> what i know is the truth. i never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or otherwise. martha: were you ever aware of any gang rape that happened at a party you attended. >> that's totally false and outrageous. never have done any such thing or known of any such thing. martha: you are saying all these years in question you were a virgin. >> that's correct. martha: never had sexual interest course with high school? >> that's correct. howie: i spoke to the anchor of the story. when your interview was announced some so-called media critics said it will be an infomercial. what do you make of that

dismissive attitude. martha: it's always dangerous to judge what happens in the news before it happens. anyone who calls themselves a journalist or media analyst would be so quick to jump the gun before the actual event. howie: unlike the angry brett kavanaugh we saw at the hearing. when he sat down with you, many journalists points out he seemed cautious and sticking to talking points. were you cautious of that? martha: absolutely. it was very clear to me that he and his wife, they were understandably nervous and up tight about this. they obviously talked about the line he wanted to remember to say and hammer home as anybody does when they are going into a difficult situation like that. i felt he was simmering beneath the surface. it was almost as if he had a cork in the top.

but it was very clear there was a lot of emotion going on. when we saw him coming to that hearing this week it was clear the cork had popped, and he was sticking to any sort of talking points, and he knew how important it was for him to fully express himself. i think when he looks back on that, he probably looks back on monday as an enlightening experience in terms of how he wanted to express himself if he wanted to be convincing. howie: you could sense the tension underneath. were you surprised when judge kavanaugh volunteered he didn't have sexual intercourse until many years after high school. martha: i went through all three different allegations with him. the woman we now know as julie swetnick, debra ramirez and dr. ford. we didn't know her name at that point. but that allegation was out

there. that was the point when i asked about the gang rape allegations, him being in the hallway standing in line to participate in something like this. that's when he was extremely emotional and launched him into that alibi saying that wasn't me. i would never do that and i didn't have sex in high school and for many years after that. clearly he thought it was so objec -- soabhorrent. howie: why did you decide to include that? you knew it would be bubbling up afterwards? martha: i didn't necessarily not would bubble up afterwards. but it was well out there in the public domain and people were discussing it. and i wanted to give him an opportunity to respond to it, and i'm glad i did, because there was a name attached to it

within 48 hours after that. that is the tricky thing in covering these stories. there are so many wild allegations. we saw another allegation coming out of rhode island that was shot down by the person who presented it in the first place. i put it out there, it was in the public domain and i asked him to respond based on what we knew at the time. howie: you tried to get kavanaugh to talk about the motivations of his accusers and he continually deflected. were you conscious of that. martha: absolutely. howie: was it frustrating that he wouldn't go there? martha: it was frustrating because i could sense in him he was extremely frustrated by what he saw, the powers behind this. he said i didn't do this. i said where do you think this is coming from? what do you think is behind

this. and he said i don't know. but between monday and when we saw the hearing later in the week he clearly had decided there was no reason for him to hold back on that. howie: given you knew he had the only interview given the huge stakes with the supreme court, did you feel a lot of pressure? martha: absolutely. we put in a request for him some time ago. supreme court nominees don't do interviews. it was clearly a unique situation. and when they did give us the go ahead that he wanted to sit down. i did feel a big responsibility to the public and also to him, and i felt it was very important to get those allegations to him as difficult as some of them were to talk about in front of him and his wife. i felt it was important for the american public to watch his response to them and gauge what

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howie: president trump had a lot to say about the media at the 80-minute u.n. news conference. >> how are your personal experiences being accused --

president trump: i have been accused of false accusations. and i was accused by i believe it was four women. you can check with sean hannity, you can check with fox because they covered it very strongly. i was accused by four or five women who got paid a lot of money to make up stories about me. we caught them and the mainstream media refused to it on television. the next day i picked up the papers there wasn't one word about it. i abc abc, nbc, cbs. i didn't watch cnn, but next time while watch. i watched everything. there wasn't one story other than fox. howie: cbs, abc, and nbc and "the washington post" did report the following. lisa bloom said she lined up hundreds of thousands of dollars

to support accusers. most of of the money wound up being returned. we found no reports on this by nbc or cnn. the president was having a good time. he called on jim acosta and had this to say about the failing "new york times." president trump: the "times," i think they are going to endorse me. i think abc -- fox, i like fox, i really do, but i think abc, cbs, nbc, the "times," they are all going to endorse me, because if they don't, they will go out of business. can you imagine if you didn't have me. howie: it's extremely unlikely the "times" will endorse trump. but he is boost everyone's ratings and circulation. president trump: i think i average three or four a day.

and they are all negative. that's okay, i still love the paper. howie: i have been telling you it's a love-hate relationship. as for the mockery over the president calling on a kurdish reporter and calling him mr. kurd, the reporter loved it. bill cosby is behind bars. his spokesman is blaming the racist media. the consequences underwater can escalate quickly. the next thing i know, she swam off with the camera. it's like, hey, thats mine! i want to keep doing what i love. that's the retirement plan. with my annuity i know there's a guarantee. annuities can provide protected income for life. learn more at retireyourrisk.org

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howie: bill cosby is in state prison serving three years. his spokesman andrew white is blaming a racist and sexist trial and racist and sexist media. he was found guilty and he never

uttered a word of remorse. joy reid has been sued for defamation who was captured in a viral photo in what looked like a heated debate with a teenaged boy. the tweet from mrs. reid said it appears i got this wrong. reid said the woman yelled at the boy and called him a dirty mexican. the boy said he appreciated their talk and it was civil. and the video shows them hugging at the end. why would joy reid make this baseless charge in the first place. this is the most of emotional show we have ever had. check out my buzz mader. you can subscribe at apple

itunes or foxnews.com. check out my facebook page. see you next sunday with the latest buzz. [♪] reporter: the white house pushing back on reports it's working to limit the scope of the investigation into brett kavanaugh. the white house wants the fbi to focus on current allegations and not make it a fishing expedition. molly, the democrats are focused on stopping the nomination at any cost. president trump: thursday the american people saw the brilliant and really incredible character, quality and