moment of truth. this is a veryom big ment for our country. hone, nobody knows who to believ the senate showdown betw brea breath and accuser short h away. these allegations are > this is getting into the twil zone. twog men comorward claimi it could have been them and not kavanaugh involved in the alleged incident in questi the couny, the president eager to see how it plays out. it's possible i willary that and say, hey, i'm changing my mind. with kavanaugh's nominat and hanging in the balance, to.

from nbc news, this is a secn of "today," the e and hoda kotb live from studa in rochesterpl a. and welcome to "today." thank u for joining us. this is be recded in the history hard to overstate the importn c hill. want to walk you through the is expected to begin 10:0 eastern. she wi go first beginning with her opening statement. that wil, five-m each center. it wil alternate between repus a democrats. th 11 republics have brought in rachel mitchell, a veteran prosec with decades of

expe in sex crimes and she once dr. ford's questioning is through the process will repe with judge kavanaugh. what is unclear is whether republ will question him them or let mitchell handle those, too. we will hear from both sides, includg one d ofr. ford's fries and former high school cl plus sarah hucka is with us in our studio live. firs to our team of corr fanned out across melvin. craig,morn good morng to you fre u.s. whe in less than three hours americans witns a dramatic and nearly unprecd event. judge b and christ for the first woman to publicly accuse him of sexualt fro the early 1980s when they were both in high sl will tell theirst s and take questions it is a hearing that will likely determhe fate of president r the first tim we are

hearin from anr woman who is making explosive ay denies. a supreme showdownn capitol with brett kavanaugh and toiey s take the stage. ford say kavanaugh assaulted her at a partyn in 1980s both were in high school. in a timeline of allegations two men came forward just this week d the encounter with ford in 1982t kavanaugh. presidnding by his embatt you have a man wh outs but he has very stro charg against him. the president that nobody is admi nbc's hallie

n if ford's testimony is convin it could change his ie to hear it. like if there is scer which you would tith brett kavanau nomina, is tha correct? >> if i thought he wasf guilty somethg like this, yeah, sure. >> mr. trump s with multiple women cusi him of sexual assault havi influenced his thinking on kavanaug it does impacmy w u know why? i have had a lot of false charge aga me. >> r kavanaugh in his prep remarks again denying ford allegatio saying, quote, l thatrospect i said and did me cringe now. i have been accused of is far moreerus than juvenile misbeh i never did anything remotely rese what dr. ford desc e 11 republics on the judie hiring

veten s crimes prosecutor mitchell to handle questign their behalf. democr senats will likely prs kavanaugh on his drinking habi after he told fox has never been blackout drunk t and theater. i was focusing numb one on mylass and bei captain of the basketball team and doing my service projects, going to church. n facing a accu this morning from julie swe releasing a sworn statement t avenatti, alleng she witnessed kavanaugh and hisriend nst at a series of partie in the 1980s. swetni saying, in a approxye 1982 she victim of a gang rape. she did not direcy accuse kavanah of being involved in her alleged rape, but she says he was present and that she beli she had been drugged.

nbc ne has not independent corr her accusationsh respondin who this is and this never happ. morning the showtime cable netwk showed thes cir releg an exclusive clip of their inter with swetni well, id to come out one day before the hes bro it out th way. this is somethire that occ a long time ago and it's not that i just thought about it. it's been on my mind ever since the occurr the things that are sworn stement, are there u rega t nominee?supreme >> i think all of the above. not the type of behavior at any age should do. i don'k woman should be tread that way and i don't k that any human being shou be treated that way. this twilhtzone. you are talking about brett h being a serial rapist o i spoke with swetnick's to michael avenatti on

wedny and asked him whyul they wait hours before this allegations.o reveal the weekend but he didapproached hear back from them. he said his client is willing to testify publicly. insists ajo mitch mcconne the full vote will happen we are getting a first look at tha testimony dr. chrid is prep to give to the sena judie today. s chief white htja hallin on the hill. she has that part of the story. hallie, morning. hi, good morning to you. dr. ford is expected to tell senato and the world that she a reluctant witness, someone who initially did not want to come is struggling with, in her words, a terrible choice between staying private nd sharing her story publicly.

dr. ford is ready to tell this comm ne she is here becae s wan to be. in fact, she says she is terr but because she believes it's her civic duty. rist spotl atfirst, but now it's hers. not since ani hill nearly seen such a h shkes capitol hearin judge thomas began to us with dr. fo profe in califo, pre to testify under oath about her accusation that brett kavan sexually assauld her when they we tes in t '80s. she describes a high school party where she believes kavana was going to rape me, she says. i tried to yell for help. my mouth to stop me from hand scre other women have also accud kav oft. miscond do you think these women, all three of them, are liars, yes or

>> i can't tell you. i have to watch tomorrow. kavanaugh has vehe denied the alleti i have never sexually assad anyone. ford tells a difft story. her lawyers releasing photosf her taking a lie detector test this summer, a polygraph they say she passed. the preside has suggested the alleon are part of a demo con job. they go into a room and i guare you they laugh like hell. a claim ford takes on in her prepared remarks. quote, i hav been accused of acti out of partisan political motivee w say that do not a fie pers and i am no one's pawn. w on the desk where she'll speak today a note from someone saimngy, good luck, dr. forw for what it will be like insi that room, dr. ford's team wanted a muchmaer media contin to prevent a circuse atmosphere and the judie has ac foample, there will be eight

photogs around that desk e 50 to s phs who were there duri judge kavanaugh's orig hallie jackn on the hill, joining us now from is samanth frie andma cla of chrie ford. in her opening statement she sa she is terrified. how would you describe what you think her state of mind is this morn goes in? >> she is terrified. she spent quite a bit of time centg herselfnd she is fier and determined and unda so we shouldn't underestima her. she shows up, she wil be ready. there was new informatio overt tha said that two men came out overnight and said actu it wasn't brett h who sexually assaultnd your fr it was me, they basiy said. is there any way you think shee could mistaken in her iden of brett

kava absutely not. she knew brett. this wasn't just a chance encounr w seone shead never met before e remember who it is. this is someone she knew and knew before this happed and duri the assault she had, you wow, she k who she was dealinwith. that's interesting because hish said in intervw with fox news, he sort of denied knowing her. said he may have m her. he said, she is not a friend, not someo i knew. so what's the real story there? >>ell, you know, she may not friend.n a clearl she wasn't a friend. he did know her. was disinagain uous of him. he scrib bre kavanaugh, and you all went to school togeth, and he describes h this. i went to an all-boys catholic school arcs jesuit schoo where i was focused on academics and

athlet where i was going to chur every sunday. a listen tthis. fox newss drin. >> was there a time that you drank so much that you couldn't reme what happened the nfoht ? no. you never said to anyone, i do anythinla about night? no, that did not happen. okay. younger. those w have bee w ou is he telling theth t >> i don't know if he is telling the truth. he mayth remember eveg and just deny it and he has dran h too much and doesn't it. but that's unlikely. when you t in question, your frerngsd dr. ford, doesn't remember certain things. she doesn't remember the date the address. she doesn remember how she got there. she doesn remember how she got home and there are statements from three other people we have no memory of that night.

lot of challenges for w do you think she is going to deal with that today? you know, i am note. s i think that she's been very cons with her story. e has been very forthright from the very beginning, and she will tell the committee what she knows and what she remembers. puttg herself, her family, a t of people through a very difft period. why, if you were -- in a nutshell why do you think it's impo for her to do this? >> well, she is doing it because it's her civicduty. it was never her intention to put her familydsnd fri and communhi through int was to bri forwd in a responsible way to make sure thatt was duly cons as part of this vettince p for judge kavana i think that once her

confy was breached, everyt that happened since then is what has really been puttg hernd her family throh the ringer. that's kin of on all of us what she is having to endure right now. all right. samant geary, thank you for t n to sarah who is with us in new york. morning. soet's talk about th. there n head spinning number of develops just in te last 24 hours. we haveee accusers who are willing to put their names to theirns accusat apparently tn who come out and said, no, i am the attempted rapist. what's the rush? why not have a further grassleyknow, senator alread has the vote scheduled for tomorrow. not a fuller, me compe investigati? >> i think that's one of the nk all at i t s have, but that's at the hands of the democrats. th held on tohis. ey should have brought this forw senator feinstein had that letter for two months and never

brout it to the table. that's true. but it's in the hands of the repus on the judicia e now why don't they say, you know what want to exonerarett kavanas get to the bottom of th. let's take our time and not try exactly what we a doing. i think that's exactly what we wee been pushing to hear from the accusation was made. they created a platform. i find it interesting, i don't ques the stories, but ques the tactics that these indis were more than willin to give ierviews to "t to the new yorker but refused to sit down with the senate judiciary commi mean, to me that is proble and certainly one of the big frustrations tt we seen in this entire process and i think that's why today is so i you won't only hear from dr. ford but also brett ka and it's a very im of the process. we are talking about dr. ford and judgekavanaugh. we are goi to hear from them. there a centralitness here, somebo that is alleged to have

been in this very room. his name is mark judge. n the committee subpoena him and have him come in and s what he saw happened? >> well, maybe at some point. but i think you have a number of people who areery good at but the vote is scheduled tomorrow right? same time democrats hav knn abo this. y wanted to go through a two-moh process, why didn't they b this up in the middle of kavanaugh's hearing? they knew aboutth it. sat on it. it's becau they want to play politil games. if people haveny firstration with the pace and the speed, ther no place to look other than at the democrats who have turned this into a complete circ came verye in the day. there is a person who has the power to say pause, let's look into itit. president t. he is the person who could say, i would like the fbio look into all of these matters. why doesn't he do that? >> the f has investigated

e allegations. but the fbi back n works. you have b probabln through one. i know i have. they talk to everybody that knows you, knew you, and no thorough. ks. extensive. theyck on your neighbor's no q no question about it.ed t have three names accusers. an no matter how you come down on thessue, why not get the infon out there? >> that's exactly what we are do that's why this day is so impo i think the president could not have been more correct when he said this is a pivotal moechln used to be you were innocent unti guilty. an accusation is made and it destro somebody's life whether it's real for not.

i am often askedei about a o sons. i wouldn't want a false accusa to be what ruins theilife. y these are false. i heard from brett. t he knoe of individual he is. he knows the extensive back check process heen has hrough and the fact that none of these things have come up. ao said, and i think it's importt a been ignored a lot that he wanted to hear her story and that he was going td he wou deteat we feel like is very importt f bh indiv be able to come out. but brett hasne been in his deni that anything like this thapped and everybot knows him and knows him well said the same thing. we will all b watching at 10:00 eastern today. white e press secrends. down to the hearing.ead as we

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7th>>t' of september, 2018. that's cap hd er eye and w be on that hearing ro a little later this rm 226 at the dirkson office building. hours frow supreme court first wto accuse him of saernl assl mal will take turns facing laers. >> craig, good morning again >> good mng you guys. it is hard to overstate the importancf this i talked to a republican senator last evengho told mehat he can't reca there being a more dramatic moment here on capitol hill. that, ofe, is saying a

lot. he also kne that t ais ut a lot more than the presidentic for the high court. this is about the "me too" movement this is about how women are treated wthe rwd and make allegations of sexual abuse. i also about how the accused a wl. are y innocent until proven guikey? a high-s hearing on a number of levels. the heari wina brett kah and dr. christine blasey fo is expected to start at 10:00 a.m. eastern. it is exped to last several hou. dr. fo will go first with her opening statement. then a round of questions from each senator alternating between republicana democrats. the repub have brought in a woman named rachelll mitc she is a veteran prosecutor. she has decades o experience with sex crimes. she will leading the questioni f republicans. once dr. ford's questioning is finished, process will then repeat with judgeavanaugh. at this point it's not clear whether the prosecutor will

question kavanaugh. will the senators question kavanaugh, will it be a ombinatif o? >> we will see. craig, thaou so much. >> it's reminding people of 1991 and anita 's televised testimony ai then supreme court nomie clarence thomas. how will today compare to that? peter zpl exise tatarof story. good mo gdog you. like 27 years ago, today the future of t court is hanging in the balance in a room that is literally away from us just down the hall behind me here. we havecapo fanning out throughout theal expecting protesters. we saw tasemng out plastic handcuffs just in case moments ago. two wet the allegations made by chstas fd, finallyer h from her in p this morn just hours away

from an unprecedented scene in the senate brett kavanaugh and his acccher ristine blasey ford prei for back-to-back public grillings before the senate judiy committee. republican chairman chuck grassley picking a modest sized hearing r instead of a larger chamber li the one used in kavanaugh' hearings this month what were repeatedly interrupted by protes >> if a mere allegation would pressure a nominee to withdraw from the supreme court. >> wel senator, for me these a more mllegns. rert t republicans hiring racl mitchell to handle questionin a registered r for prosecuting high-profile cases, including abuse within thecatholic church.

but the senate panelists, including democrats, will get a chance to ask their own estions,p to five minutes each. key items could come up, detailed monthly calendars kavanaugh kes a teenager and the resultfo polygraph test where wrote down the details o her allegation and was aske if it is false. >> i am tremely confident dr. ford was being truthful. >> reporte hh stakes and high drama with some republicans whenxpressed support for kavanaugh taking a wait and see approach. >> lie him. but that don't that i could not be persuaded otherwise. >> rorr:lina jeff flak a critical swing vote, urgi colleagues not va to use ugh or ford as politicaop >> i hope that we in this body will acknowledge have all swn't >> repo: le r important details about how today will play out. ford and kavanaugh will never be in the hearing room together at

the same thae. was one of the conditions that ford had demanded befre she agreed to testify today. she will seated at the witness table alongside her lawyers and we are tld that friends of hers have traveled across th country. they will be inar that g room today trt her. >> peter, thank you. nicolle waac is with us and er kasie hunw c capitol hill. goodnb of you. kasie,ri i know you are h a lot from different renators. is tl we of support for brett kavanaugh tat this point? >> savannah, in public it's full speed ahe o kavanaughs but thareally a strategy from the republican leadership to try to hold things togethau be m sources are telling me that behind the scenes there is actually a w prettye group of republica senators for whom a this heas toer immensely and who could change their minds if it doesn't go the

way, you know, some would le toor to brett kavanaugh. we have be focused on three fnators, sacollin lisa murkowski,ke. they remain the lynch pins, the most critical group. but the fact that they are concerned at the could be more i think is very telling,i ando think that the one place wher brett kavanaugh could rea go wrong is if he is essentially a caught in lie. if fls a perception he is not telling t truth, i think this could swing against him quickly. >> nicollha if this boils down to a he said/she said? what if you either believe him or her, what happens then? >> spoiler alert. that's whe we're heading. i talked ouosto kavanau who says he controls his own destiny. if he is viewed credible, that is h only path to surviving h today. if you look at ford's account in "the washito,"t

certainlydicouf trauma an pain. i think will be the ta at kasie laid outor f the senate repnsd democts wt y thi of thepr sident hepo at length in a news conferenc yesterday. on the one hand,ha saying he believes t allegations to be false. th hsaid co be convinced,t has an open mind and he is going to watch. >> listen, i think having the president who is credibly accused of sexual miss conduct d himseend you from accusatiof assault is double edged. he is not exactly a credible fact witness. erthere is a la group of undecideatn both sides of the aisle. so i'm not sure how reassuring that is.s this mission. if you look at the decision, that fox news interview, all ofa the decisions to bring along a small group of swing republica you can be confirmed with just republic s. the fact that he doesn't have it this morng makes his mission and task all the more daunting.

>> kasie, ts is a delicate situation. is trein a in here where some repuc say, you know what? this is a little too muddy. why don't we put brett kavanaugh over here d go with the next person in line? >> i think that's an entirelyal stic possibility, hoda, standing he at this hour of the day. we are going to obviously hato reassess once the hearing has concluded. if you thin about what it's like to be susan collinsr lisa murkowsk they are the two republican women in the senate who have bon such as of this. this go be a history-mang moment for them. this cou potentially be what they are remembered for, o dependi how this hearing goes today, and it's a lot to t asse women, especially in the context of this "me too" movement wee livin ithrough. theto be a lot of very emotion pressure on them. my sours have also told me that theris little bit of a standoff and apush/pull because mitch mccn has literally make his life's work o

the court. he is asking them to potentially do a very, very difficult thing. ey may rather see him take the pressure them. so all of thosewi dynamics be at play over the next few hours. >> kasie, thank you. nicolle, aou souch. a reminder. nbc news will have special live start atof the hearing 9:30 eastti >> hi, a >>his e g feeling llil especiat n plains, a that cooler air is going to be heading its way south. tod dulu 53. same in bismarck. philly 59. little ro 73. we move into tomorrow, look att perat i new york city, 69 degrees. 80 memphis. fa dgo 48rees. by the weekend we are looking at much morere tempera-- we are looking at temperatures more temperata lower humidity. will fe so much nicer. chicago, d.c., columbia, tulsa, lincoln and nashville. that's what going on around the country. here's wh happeni in your neck of the woods.

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we are heg another woman whos making explosive allegationab kavau which he adamantly denies. this morning a supreme showdown on capito with judge brett kavanaugh d his accuser christines taking center sta in separate appearanc be the senate judiciarymi. ford set to publicly testify that kavanauh sexually assaulted h a party in the 1980s when both were in high school. but in timeline of allegations against kavanaugh released by senator chugrassley's office last night two men came forward just this week to say they believe th, quote, had the eounterh is t2 kavanaugh. hefrid speaking out about that development this morning on "today." >> she knew brett, and this wasn't ju a chance encounter with someone she had never met before and she doesn't remember who it is. knew s someone that she

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i never did anythingemotely resemblin what dr. ford describes. kavah facing a new accusatiois morning from julie swek,releasing a sworn statement through her lawyer, michaelavatti. swetnick alleging she witnessed kavanaugnd his friend fopdling grabbing girls without t consent at a series of house parties in the 1980s. swetnick saying in approximately 1982 she whe virctim of a gang rape. she did nec accuseva ugh ei involved in the alleged rape. but she says he was present and she bees she had been drugged. nbce h not independently corroborated accusations. kavanaugh responding, i don't know who this is and this never happened. this morni the showtime cable network showed a circus releasing xc cp of thei interview with swetnick. >> it wasn thatnt wa to come out day before thear

g. cirmsncug that way. this is something that occurred a long time ago, and it's not that i ju thought about it.ver since the occurrence. >> report: i actually intervieweswetnick's attorney, michaeavenatti, on n wednesdayi yld they wai hours before this morng' hearing to reveal the details o the allegations? he said he sproecpth sear judiit over the weekend b doar back from them. he said his client is willing to testify publicly only after an fbi investigation. senate matyr mitch mconnell is csiri keeping the sena here over the weekend to confiretnah. there be a full committee vote tomorrow morning. thank you.ht. again, ou coverage of thisrn g's ints 9:30 eastern h on nbc and

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mae wl easier if i just jump. it will be all over. i can get out of this. >> people think she has it all going , she doesn't really deserve to bad about herself, that's something that she has very much internali >> poere acknowledges strugles in her marriage t brady. a r someone famous for her body, how motherhood and breastfee h taken a toll. >> in 2015, she went under the knife for a breast augmentation. she says she immediately regrett it. she spent a year or so wearing baggy clothing. >> report: is not the only celebrity w dealt with mental healthc hallenges. dwayne jon posted about depressind carson daily has spoken out about his anxietdig kn dia. she gave up coffee and alcohol, turned to yoga and meditation and worked oner making insides as beautif asher tside.

>> she has a memoir coming. why is choosingto speak out now? >> she says the reason she wrote the memoir is she felt plagued by this idea that she hasthat everythingng on, that she is the perfeome rft image. she wand shatter that image for the public. with so ma people, xmillion people affect by anxiety disordersm tce as likely to tell aingbe hete story might b to help others. guys, had a conversation with gisele ahead of the release of the book. i will haha ac next week. >> all right. thank you. >> i thinerpel talk about, it helps somr ody. >> fosu a wy got? th>> we ha se wet wea to talk about. we are lookingng at st storms still firing up down through texas, pa of the system tat stretcheso utas but all the way from alabama up into pennsva ave got a risk of some flash flooding. we will be watching this as that rain conesnues.

the eve rain amounts from the gulf c to the mid-atlan states. below averter through the plains and autumn warmth in the southwest and into californi that'wh goi on around the country. here's wh happening in your neck the woods. good morning. i'm storm mlost chuck bl. es are on the bright side across washin now, but they are tdhickend more rain chances coming our pockets of rain overnight. heaviest ra probably 10:00 tonight to 3:00 or 4:00 tomorrow morning. durthe daylight hours hit-and-msh w floodches for the potential of an inch of rain tonight. the rain is over first thing ni tomorrond we will be rain free for the weekend. >> thanks. to an all new rossen report series, o fake. this morng police impostors. bad guys dressing up a uniformd they look like real officers.

>> jeff roen with h they are doing it. >> tse fakes look like the rl deal and the threat is very real. new cases of police impostors striking from montana florida, ch to maryland. some even pulling over drivers. breaking into homes and assaulting innocent people. i ersoni police officer is illegal, but get this. anyone can e unifor even the badge, and that is legal. nowole departments around the counreng warnings res t question. could you spot a fake cop? check this. i am walk down the street. it looks like a legitimate police uniform. seeing if anyone will stop for me. do you knowho i work for? >> police?sp ial police? >> reportcestop, the danger could be very real. real life impostorsp dressing as police, casing popping up across the country. watch as these armed gunmen and

police in tactical gear break into this miami home stealing more than 00 valuables. and this f cop in new york flashing a phony badge before trying b this innocent man. and in tucson this police impostor cua n. how arey doing it? fake polices buying gear online. according t the consumer watchdog sthteeit report, or00 fake law enforceme badges and i.d.s have been found for sale online. so we went online and bought a full police uniform. quick and easy, no questions asked. now foeal test. would you fl for it? my producer wires me up. >> i am going to put this camera right here into this button. >> reportth t hidden camera right there shooting everything withhe permission of richmond, virginia,o i hit the streets. a real i richmond cop watching it all from this suv parked right do the street.

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in fact, nearly every person falls for it, giving me their i.d.s except this woman. we are checking i.d.s to make sure everything is good. >> do you have any identifiti >> poer you want addion i.d.? >> yeah. >> reportam jeff rossen from nbc and you just did right th ug a o o what ye t? >> it's scary. s> reporte whahaen when i t the oth in on it. i am jeff rossen from nbc. >> nice to meet you. >> reportwe doing a story aboic impostors. she fell for it because of my uniform. > a woman, because if youi see you automatically think you areoo and we areng goio you, you know? that's >> reporteut you know how we do it. i'm sharing tips to keep everyone safe. here is tip. every re cop will have a name tag here. and they al have a badge number. that way her identifiable.

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gulf. that's w gn the country. good morning. loudy d cool to start off your day. have the umbrella with you. flood watch for the area startingisng thr the overni hours. we have heavy rain that will move in. temperaturs nowhe about mid-60s f the most part. we stay cool all day. showers mov thugh this afternoon heavst ts here later tonight a overnight, but we start to dry out through the day tomorrow. the weekend looks gorgeous. sunny, lowid temperas m0 >> that is your latest weather. >> al, thank >>you. now to a force to be reckoned with. our pal kevin hart from his movies to hisstand-up, even working o. he is on top of the game 24/7. heas a new movie called "night school." kev s guy with a lot gog for him, but something is holding bac he needs his g.e.d. guess who helping him get it? take a look.

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simple. i wanto simple stuff. about an age when it's being in my home. so, you know, quiet is good. i tell my kids to get out, you know. forth, get out of the house. >> wh do you think of what will did? >> i think will is living his life. i think is at a mental space where is he like, i'm going to do any and everything that e i har thout about, you know? i'm comfortable. i've worked hardnd givent my all. at this point it's about happiness at'shaove. that's inspiring. that's motivating. >> how a your kids, by the way? >> great. i amso lucky to have the kids that i have. you know, they are amazing students. but great people. >> okay? >> i love their heart. their hear are made of gold. that's soi treat in the hoeosehold we e we wanted to be treated. we set examples.

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