>> that president skairs me. >> we have got to get this woman out of there. >> it'sbe going tifferent for you with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> i was not at the party described by dr. ford. this conformati process has become a national disgrace. >> adefining moment inca ame and in the lives of two people, each with a different story to tell, a nation left to decide who to believe and a nation who will put the nominee to a vote. >> then to micronesia and a passenger jet goes down into open water and all the passengers survived. breaking developments and

new information in the search for a missing 6 year old. fresh off his huge comeback, pgaournament win, tiger woods and his ryder cup teammates are in the hunt for another victorya meet the 11-year-old fenomdropping bars and signing big recordeals. it's friday and "early today" starts right now. it was nearly nine hours of powerful ast harrowing ony. a soft spoken but firm dr. christine blasey ford declaring to the senate judiciary committee it was no one else but brett kavanaugh who attacked her when they were teenagers. >> with what it gree of certainty do you believe he assaulted you? >> 100%. >> kavanaughre atedly denying the allegation. >> i welcome whatever the committee wants to do because

i'm telling the truth. >> i want t know wha you want to do. >> i'm innocent of this charge. >> then you'rerered for an fbi investigation? >> they don't reach conclusions. you reach a conclusion. and the explosive testimony that turned into a partisan braw and now t push to confirm kavanaugh continues immediately. they're expected to vote with a meeting scheduled for 9:30 a.m. >> and in regard to thisca idate -- >> reporter: republicans moving orward after a hearing marked by tenseemotion and two witnesses fiercely sticking to their stories. >> i'm innocent. i'm innocent of this charg >> reporter: christine blasey ford describing the night kavanaugh sexually h assault during a party. >> i believed he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help.

when i did, btt put hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. >> i was not at the party described by dr. ford. this conformation process has become a national disgrace. >> reporter: but in recent day as common thread. >> i have seen my life picked apart by people on television, on twitter. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed. >> reporter: law makers clearly out of patience. >> this is the most unethil sham since i've been in politics. >> and afterwards president trump tweeting his praise of kavanaugh's performance seconds liter the hearing wraps. two s, two reputation and a lifetime appointment hanging in the balance. >> dr. ford's testimony is seemingly inspiring ulgt others to talk about their own stories.

and rain saying they saw a 147% increase in calls yesterday. nbc's kate snow with more of ford in her own words and her own voice heard publicly for the first time. >> thanks, of course, for dr. ford - reporter: the moment christine blasey ford was introduced, y t could s fear in her shaken voice. >> the details about that night that bring me here today arel he ones i wver forget. they have been searednto my memory. >> reporter: after describing in detail what she says happened in a suburban washington bedroom i the '80s. >> both were audrunkenlying during the attack. >> reporter: she explained why she didn't tell anyone at the time. >> i convinced myself that because brett did notape m i should move on and pretend it didn't rhappen. orter: over the years she

did tell a few friends and her husband she was assaulted but didn't name kavanaugh until 2012. she and her husband wereng renovand her husband couldn't understand why she wanted two ways out of the house. >> explaining why i wanted another door i began explaining what happened in detail and t explainet the boy who did this to me could one day be o the u.s. supreme court. >> reporter: but the professor of psyauology says b it was so traumatic, her memory of kavanaugh's identity is vived. >> how are you so sure that was he? >> the same way that i'm i'm talking to you right now. >> both dr. ford and judgeva ugh have been through a terrible couple weeks. >> reporter: the republican chairman, chuck grassley and a series of democratic senators praised ford for her bravery. >> there are literally

of thousands of people watching your testimony right now and note aft i note got people in tears feeling pain and anguish, not jus feeling your pain but feeling pain of your >> reporter: people like 76-year-old brenda who called to say she was molested in the second grade. >> this brings back so much pain. i thought i was over it but i'm not. >> reporter: her family twrced to move. >> theseast couple of weeks have been the hardest of my life. i've had torelive this trauma in front of the world. >> reporter: the world heard her story. the senate judiciary committee is planning to push forward with a key vote in just hours. that would set the stage for a full senate vote on kavanaugh early xt week. let's go to nbc's tracie potts on capitol hill. so what will this morning's vote

mean ultimately for the na noon? >> reporter: this morning's vote is a recommendation out of the committee. iod they've got several o. if all republicans stay onar that means they can report favorably to the senates to confirm tmination. if not they can report unfavorably, they canut go wit a recommendation or they can not erow port at all, which would cause the sen toot jump through hoops. bottom line it could lead to a full senate vo and the white use says they're confident kavanaugh will be confirmed. >> the president was thrilled with his testimony he was strong, passionate, convincing and because he was telling the trut he is going to get confirmed. >> reporter: so here's a timeline of how this could happen. the full senate is ready to take

what they call a closer vote to skgin this process on saturday. then they have t a day on sunday. beginon monday they could up to 30 hours of debate, setting up a possible fin vote early as tuesday. >> as if the drama couldn't get any higher. thank you. breaking news this morning. a passenger airliner over shot the runway in micronesia and began to sink in the lagoon. a group of tiny boats helped rescue more than 40 pas6gers and crew members left stranded in the water. sarah harmon live from london with the late rs. >> reporter: good morning.ti we're gathering information but what we do know, the people on this plane got very, very lucky. every single one of them survived. there were a few reports of broken bones and other injuries but when you look at the images of this plane, you get the

feelinging it cou feeling it could have been so much worse. hot the runway and hit the water. here's how a passenger o board described the moment of impact. >> i thought we landed hard until i looked over and saw a i holen the side of the plane. we were able to get out. the wateras only up to about here on me inside the plane. >> now videos on social media show dozens of people being rescued and we understand severalere local fisherman who sprang into action to help. the question now what caused the crash? the maker of the plane said it ngs wil to provide technical assistance in the investigation. no one wants their plane to crash, but if it has to, you want it to happen like this. it's already beingre comto the miracle on the hudson and now it appears we have the

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ws> news 4 today begins with breaking >> that breaking news, overnight storms causing a mess on the roads and there's the possibility of flooding. right now les on george

washington parkway are closed. a te h fallen. more storms once again. >> i heard it all night. >> rain was coming down. good morning. >> watches and warnings for our area. >> we begin with wtop jack taylor with a look at issues that will impact your commute. jack, good morning. >> this morning we have a bit going on. mogomery county on the beltway, inner loop, i-95, that ramp is blocked and may remain closed for the next 1 to 3 hours. inner loop of the beltway near ar5. on the right side of the roadway is getting by. inner loop at the belt way and as you were thmentioning, s on

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