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this is "nightline." tonight, a nation divided. >> shame on you! shame on you! >> raw emotion piercing through a contentious day on capitol hill. >> how dare you talk to women that way! >> swing votes all but locking down judge brett kavanaugh as america's next supreme court justice. >> are you going to let the women be denied? >> tonight the question, where do we go from here? >> plus -- ♪ lady gaga in one of the year's most-anticipated movies, "a star is born." her immediate chemistry with costar and director bradley cooper. >> i looked in his eyes and i just had an instant connection with him. it made for such an authentic
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experience. i can't even tell you how much this has changed my life. >> her first leading role that's taken her back to her own roots as a budding star. >> that is where i drew from my life experience for this character. ♪ we're far from the shallows now ♪ >> first the "nightline 5." it's final day clearance at jcpenney. take an extra 50% off clearance prices already reduced up to 80% off. hurry in now. it's in-store only. jcpenney, style and value for all. 98% of us don't get enough omega 3s. which is why mega red advance 4 in 1 packs more omega 3 power into one small soft gel. it supports your heart, brain, eyes, and joints. mega red. >> number this is not a bed. it's a revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now, from $899, during sleep number's fall sale. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts
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good evening. thanks for joining us. after a few key senators broke their silence on how they'll vote in dramatic fashion, america has moved one step closer to a new supreme court justice. only after a grueling week filled with high drama and heated tensions, inflaming passions across the country. >> why aren't you brave enough to talk to us and exchange with us? don't you wave your hand at me. i wave my hand at you. >> when you grow up -- >> when i grow up? >> when we grow up? how dare you talk to women that way? >> reporter: anger and desperation on capitol hill during an ugly confrontation between republican senator orrin hatch and aro women, a scene playing out over and over. >> what is wrong with you? >> reporter: as protesters launch their final attempt to swing votes against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> shame on you! shame on you! >> reporter: it has become one
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of the most polarizing nominations in our history. >> brett and mark came into the bedroom and locked the door behind them. >> reporter: testimony that pitted christine blasey ford -- >> i was pushed onto the bed and brett got on top of me -- >> reporter: against the man she says sexual assaulted her as a teenager. >> i've never sexual assaulted anyone, not in high school, not in college, not ever. >> reporter: but the protests and the fbi investigations seem to have little impact on the partisan divide. after a critical vote in the senate today -- >> ms. collins? >> reporter: it's all but certain kavanaugh will become the next u.s. supreme court justice. >> how do you think kavanaugh will make us feel? >> reporter: today all eyes on republican senator susan collins from maine, a key swing vote. >> i will announce my intentions on how to vote later today. >> reporter: her constituents flooding into her office, trying to be heard.
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>> i believe survivors! i believe survivors! >> reporter: this week we were with maine women as they delivered 1,500 letters to collins' portland office, sharing deeply personal stories of sexual assault. >> all these stories are uncomfortable to hear, nobody wants to hear about someone's trauma. is she listening to our message? i'm not so sure. i hope, though. >> reporter: with her friend marie. >> the great people from the great state of maine -- >> reporter: as she delivered one last message for her senator, a warning if she votes yes. >> we are coming for your senate seat. >> reporter: by 3:00 today, the friends were watching together in maine. >> the senator for maine? >> reporter: as collins delivered her decision in a 40-minute speech. >> thank you, mr. president. >> senator collins, please vote no! >> the sergeant in arms will restore order in the gallery -- >> senator collins is trying to walk a fine line. she is a woman, she's been pressured by women. there were women in the gallery
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shouting "defend women" as she began her speech. >> reporter: collins lamenting the process that brought her here. >> today we have come to the conclusion of a confirmation process that has become so dysfunctional, it looks more like a caricature of a gutter-level political campaign. >> reporter: she praised kavanaugh's legal expertise and said she believes the fbi investigation does not prove that the judge sexual assaulted dr. ford. >> the facts presented do not mean that professor ford was not sexual assaulted that night, or at some other time. but they do lead me to conclude that the allegations fail to meet the more likely than not standard. therefore, i do not believe that
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these charges can fairly prevent judge kavanaugh from serving on the court. >> reporter: having laid out her thoughts she then announced the decision that all but cemented kavanaugh as supreme court justice. >> mr. president, i will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh. >> shame! >> reporter: it was a heartbreaking moment for deannie and marie. >> i thought it was a tragic choice that betrayed women, betrayed her constituents -- >> reporter: now they are resolved to make good on their promise to replace collins. marie helped start a crowd funding campaign and now that collins says she'll vote yes, more than $2 million raised by several maine activist organizations will be held in a trust and eventually donated to fund collins' opponent in 2020. >> we will do all we can to take back senator collins' senate seat and ensure that she never
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represents us again. tuion.an collins was in a no-win if she voted against kavanaugh, she would have been primaried aggressively on her right. the fact that she is voting for kavanaugh means democrats will mount an aggressive campaign to unseat her. >> reporter: the fbi investigation into allegations against the nominee, which he denies, includes 46 pages of summaries detailing 10 additional interviews. not included, interviews with ford and kavanaugh themselves. instead, the fbi apparently relying on their previous sworn testimonies. >> the fbi never interviewed dr. ford. and they never interviewed a number of people who submitted sworn statements that corroborated her allegations. this was not an investigation. this was a sham. >> reporter: arizona senator jeff flake says without morelsor onfirm kavanaugh >> i read the report. i'm glad that we did it. >> you plan to vote yes
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tomorrow? unless something big changes. i don't see what would. >> reporter: west virginia's joe marcin agreed, another crucial vote. >> mr. manchin -- >> when joe marcin, the only democratic senator to break with his side and side with republicans, when he announced he was a yes, in front of his office -- >> shame, shame, shame! >> it was flooded with protesters. the senator trying to explain his decision to us reporters -- >> i believe dr. ford -- >> then why -- >> but he was drowned out and ultimately chased out by those who oppose his decision. >> republican lisa murkowski also broke ranks tonight announcing she will not vote for kavanaugh. >> i could not conclude that he is the right person for the
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court at this time. >> reporter: a group of native alaskan women who came to rally against kavanaugh say even though he'll likely be confirmed, their senator did the right thing. >> our opinions about who should be sitting on the supreme court count. they count to the senator and that she listens to her constituents. >> reporter: one place where today's vote definitely received a positive response, the white house. >> it's obviously a huge victory %-p supreme court. but they've also found an issue to energize republicans. >> reporter: while the president may claim a win, political observers say the cost of that victory may be too high for an already divided nation. >> we have been living with a very poisonous congress for many years now. this incident will make it much, much worse. it's going to be even more dysfunctional than it already has been.
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born" is actually a revisiting of the birth of her own career. here's abc's michael strahan. >> reporter: it's one of the most highly anticipated films of the year. >> could i ask you a personal question? >> okay. >> reporter: a raw and honest love story. >> do you write songs or anything? >> i don't sing my own songs. >> reporter: already garnering critical acclaim and oscar buzz, bradley cooper and lady gaga have undeniable chemistry, transcending the silver screen in "a star is born," in theaters today. >> i think taking off my wigs, taking off my makeup, going back to an earlier place in my life to play this character -- it's an interesting thing for me to reveal. to experience. >> reporter: gaga plays allie, a waitress whose dreams of making it big have stalled. ♪ maybe it's time to let the old ways die ♪ >> reporter: but her star ascends when she meets cooper's
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character, jackson maine, a legendary musician battling his own demons. ♪ aren't you tired trying to fill that void ♪ ♪ or do you need more ♪ ain't it hard keeping it so hardcore ♪ >> is that me? >> that's you. >> you just write that now? >> yeah. >> reporter: the movie marks a career milestone for both actors. for cooper, his directorial debut. for gaga, her first leading role. the kernel of this movie was really just a love story. you know, two people honestly in love with each other and what that means. >> i did a cancer fund-raiser, i performed that night, bradley was in the audience. the next day he wanted to meet me. and he came over, and i looked in his eyes, and i just had an
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instant connection with him. and we were so comfortable together. he made me feel so comfortable. he said to me, do you mind if we sing together? i said, sure. then he opened his mouth to sing. ♪ i was blown away by his voice. because he sings from his gut. he sings from his soul. i was overwhelmed with his ability to tell a story with his voice. that's why i wanted to do this because i believed in him so much. >> reporter: cooper believed in her too. >> it's one thing to be talented, then to harness that talent. i'm just so glad god gave her the talent she has and he chose her. because that's quite a vessel to go through. because really what you do with it, and she's such a beautiful human being. >> reporter: their mutual admiration and respect for one another is evident in their performances. culminating in one pivotal scene. >> when we sing "shallows"
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together. ♪ in the shallows >> for me in that moment all i do is go, oh, i'm on set, an actress. bradley cooper, even though he's my friend, my dear friend, i was able to go, oh my gosh, this is new, this is real, this is something i've never done before. that's where i drew those circumstances from. i love this song. ♪ tell me something girl are you happy in this modern world ♪ ♪ or do you need more ♪ is there something else you're searching for ♪ >> i don't think that those words could be more relevant to these times right now. it's powerful. it plays a character in the movie. because then in the chorus she says -- ♪ all of the demons watch as i die i'll never leave the ground ♪ >> watch as i die, i'll never
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leave the ground. they can't hurt us, we're far from the shallow now. >> you about made me cry, reciting those lyrics. ♪ in the shallow now >> reporter: much like the actors, the characters form an immediate connection. >> i don't sing my own songs. >> why? >> i just -- i just don't feel comfortable. >> why wouldn't you feel comfortable? >> well, because like almost every single person that i've come in contact with in the music industry has told me that my nose is too big and that i won't make it. >> your nose is beautiful. are you showing me your nose right now? you don't have to show it to me, i'm looking at it all night. >> oh, come on. >> my initial thought, how are they able to put chemistry and energy in the film to this degree? i've never seen it. >> he said it in the movie and he said to it me in real life, all you got to do is trust me. >> all you got to do is trust me. >> the truth is that i really trusted him. i can't even tell you how much
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this has changed my life. ♪ maybe it's time to let the old ways die ♪ >> this is his directorial debut, but i feel like he's been a director in many ways his whole life because of his love for movies. >> i wanted to tell a love story, something that could connect to people. i know that people that i know in my life have experienced love and loss. so that was an ace in the hole in terms of a story people could relate to. >> you're stripped down, bare for the world to see. why was that important for your character in this movie? >> that's just who allie is. she's a real woman who also has a talent, but who has completely given up on herself. she's so different from me. i really believed in myself when i started out. i was like, i'm going to do this. my friends called me gaga. like, all right, yeah, i'm gaga. ♪ >> reporter: that name, gaga, now synonymous with some of the biggest hits in pop music. "just dance." "poker face."
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♪ poker face ♪ my poker face my poker face >> reporter: and "born this way." ♪ i was born this way >> reporter: her songs dominating the charts for the last decade. >> i hit the ground running. i knocked down every door to play every club in new york city. i mean, i had something to say. i wanted to say it. i believed in myself. but this girl, allie, she's jaded by the business. she's been told she's not beautiful enough. what's amazing is that this is a love story. and it's his love for her that gives her wings to fly. >> i was wondering if there's a part of you that goes, i remember those days of singing in places that people would never imagine that i would even sing in before i was this megastar. so did you relate to that part? >> i did relate to that part. but it was -- it was different. it was different. i really had to go back to an
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earlier time in my life, more like high school. in high school, you know, i got made fun of for having big dreams. i got made fun of for loving to sing and for loving to be in all the musicals and wanting to be an actress, wanting to be a musician. during that time i was bullied. i was made fun of. i was depressed. and that is where i drew from, from my life experience, for this character. >> reporter: while in real life gaga is nothing like her character, she says allie has stayed with her. >> the night after you stopped filming, you went back to the blond hair. because that was something else different in the movie about you. >> yes. people will understand why when they see the film, why i wanted to escape from allie very quickly. but i was foolish to think that changing my hair color would do that. watching the film again, i'm right back in there, in that character. she's still very much inside of me.
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>> reporter: for "nightline," i'm michael strahan in new york. ♪ in the shallow shallows up first lady's too close for comfort encounter with an overeager elephant. touch shows how we really feel. but does psoriasis ever get in the way? embrace the chance of 100% clear skin with taltz, the first and only treatment of its kind offering people with moderate to severe psoriasis a chance at 100% clear skin. with taltz, up to 90% of people quickly saw a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques. don't use if you're allergic to taltz. before starting, you should be checked for tuberculosis. crease risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection, symptoms, or received a vaccine or plan to. inflammatory bowel disease can happen with taltz, including worsening of symptoms. serious allergic reactions can occur. ready for a chance at 100% clear skin?
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