i actually hope that christine blasey ford does not disappear. the meat... y experienced it once a month? sexual harassment? absolutely. recent occurrences are very fresh in my mind and raw. christine blasey ford, that dominated the news. i cannot wait to see dominated the news. i cannot wait to see the results of these on wednesday. meghan markle? she is not your first choice but she has dominated this year. what is the correct era? i initially also like raikkonen, 32—year—old director of black panther. —— brian. raikkonen, 32—year—old director of black panther. —— brianlj raikkonen, 32—year—old director of black panther. -- brian. i like the black panther. -- brian. i like the black panther. -- brian. i like the black panther. more than 2000 families separated at the us border with the trump immigration policy. interesting that donald trump is also on this list. we shall see. thank you for your company and have a really good day. hello. as we go through the week that temperatures dropping across the country. on tuesday, quite cloudy for most of us and chill

hearing, which saw accusations of sexual assault from years ago by several women, including christine blasey fordavanaugh accuser: "i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me" kavanaugh strongly denied the accusations...brett kavanaugh/supreme court nominee: "i've never sexually assaulted anyone"and was ultimately confirmed by a 50 to 48 vote. natson north korea... the president going from tough talk in 2017...to a warm embrace this past june... pres donald trump/june 12: "we have developed a very special bond"...after meeting face-to-face with kim jong un in singapore.natsanother high- profile sitdown in july between trump and russian president vladimir putin shocked both democrats and republicansthe two held a private meeting before addressing reporters, with 2016 election meddling front and center.the u.s. president casting doubt on his own intelligence agencies by offering a stunning defense of putin. pres donald trump/july 16: "he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be."natsbut back home - special council robert mueller saw it different

and conservative censorship, what donald trump and robert mueller and christine ford and separated families have in common? the list for time magazine's person of the year just released. "fox and friends first" starts right now. >> good morning, we always need you to join "fox and friends first" and appreciate you joining us, thank you for starting your day with us. we begin with breaking news, developing overnight. 5 marines missing after a military plane crash now pronounced dead. the rescue surge ending a week after two american planes collided off the coast of japan. two marines were recovered. the captain died in the crash. another crew member found in fair condition. the cause of the crash investigation, we will follow it for you. a shutdown showdown, set for the oval office, making chuck schumer and nancy pelosi to talk of border security. the budget deal by next week. griff jenkins live in washington with what to expect. we have been down this road before. >> here we go again. it is not the first time between the president and chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. the deadline, december 2

it was the polar opposite of kind of the rhetorical range that was offered christine blasey ford. but historically the kind of women's anger that's been held up as a model has been anger that's been deployed on behalf of fundamentally conservative i would argue regressive politics on behalf of a white patriarchy. so that's the anger of right

is there an investigation into who leaked christine ford's letter? what about the criminal referral submitted to the doj over it false testimony by michael avenatti and julie swetnick, i'm not going to let go of that. answers ahead. extortion from the southern border. what folks in the caravan are demanding of president trump, it's not even asylum. raymond arroyo is here it break down the body language inside the oval office slug fest between nancy pelosi, chuck schumer and president trump. and a look at the outrageous new dick cheney movie coming up in seen and unseen. devin nunes will be here to tell you why the democrats ending corruption probe at the fbi is very bad news for the country and what we can do about it. first immigration truths the democrats deny. that's the focus of tonight's angle. congressmen and senators are supposed to be fighting for the american people. their constituents. but when nancy pelosi and chuck schumer pounced on the president in the oval office yesterday, for whom exactly were they fighting something >>> we have a di

one final topic has to do with sports illustrated using christine ford, the brett kavanaugh accuser toresent an award to a former gymnast who stepped up and was one of the people to expose larry nasser who pled guilty to child porn charges and the number of sexual assaults. what is wrong with you, sports illustrated, by trotting out forward as a celebrity abuse victim they devalued its inspiration of the trophy and the reason for awarding far below what the subject matter deserves saying sports illustrated has cheapened the seriousness of the nightmare by tying it to ford's when the unverified story. quick response from each of you. >> i highly disagree. sports illustrated gets most of its money from the swimsuit issue. the fact they are applauding women brave enough to come out and face their accuser or alleged accuser, it is great and it is great to do this remotely. we have to remember this woman who pointed to nasser was the first of 400 women that came forward. >> the right thing happened in both cases, nasser is going to rot in prison the rest of his life, gymnast could be celebr

christine blasey ford breaking her silence for the first time since that dramatic testimony before congress. why she is speaking out now. >>> the moment between santa and a very special little boy that may bring you to tears. >>> good evening, everyone. another ally of president trump is implicating his campaign in the illegal payment of hush money to women who claimed to have had affairs with him. that bombshell following today attorney, michael cohen, was sentenced to three years in prison for his part in those payoffs and other crimes. cohen's story now backed by someone else close to the president who is also now cooperating with prosecutors. our pete williams joins us with details. pete, good evening. >> reporter: lester, the same prosecutors who charged michael cohen with violating campaign laws by arranging to pay hush money to two women today announced a deal with that other man involved in those payments. they both now say it was done to influence the election, despite president trump's insistence that it was not. the man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump is now pre

. >>> christine blasey ford, who testified to congress about then supreme court nominee brett cavanaugh, breaking her silence tonight for the first time. >>> and the woman swimming alone, suddenly surrounded by killer whales. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. we have several dropping stories as we come on, but we begin with the president and two major headlines tonight. his long-time fixer and person attorney, michael cohen, is going to prison. michael cohen, who once said he the yearsrigehis, quote, onald blind loyalty caused him to cover up the dirty deeds of trump. and then, two hours later, the publishers of "the enquirer." what prosecutors say they have admitted to. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas leading us off tonight. >> reporter: michael cohen arriving at court today, clutching the arm of his heartbroken daughter. >> hey, michael! michael! are you afraid? >> reporter: hoping for mercy, he took full responsibility for his crimes. "the personal ones to me," he said, "and those involving the president of the united sta

here's the interesting part, to honor her they had her introduced by professor christine bossi ford,st against now justice brett kavanaugh remain not just unproven, but lacking any evidence at all, none. so why the pairing? lisa boothe is a senior fellow at the independent woman's voice and she joins us tonight. thank you for coming on. is the idea that christine bossi ford somehow ascended to the pantheon of people we believe unquestioningly? she is like official victim now? >> i think that's what it looks like and i think that's the danger more broadly with the #metoo movement. it presumes that every woman is telling the truth and every man is guilty. and that's what we saw with the brett kavanaugh confirmation hearings. i think that's why so many people like myself took issue with the way that he was being treated because the comparison between the two stories is both intellectually dishonest and it's just wrong. i have no problem with rachel receiving this award. she was unquestionably brave by bringing those allegations against him. there were 300 something women that stepped fo

by the time "the washington post" first ran christine ford's story she had already changed her storyraph letter alone has two different accounts of how many people were at the party in question.r you remember rachel mitchell, who is the prosecutor that republicans tasked with cross-examining her. cases are very difficult to prove, but this is even weaker than that, so to equate the two is so wrong, so intellectually dishonest and i think a dangerous precedent to be setting. >> tucker: totally insulting. thank you for pointing that out. lisa boothe, great to see you. one of our friends here at fox invented something for real. he's an inventor. it is now on the market. selling it as raising revenues for the families of our he joins us next to tell us what country's veterans. he made. ♪ j capital one cafes. inviting places with people here to help you, not sell you. and savings and checking accounts with no fees or minimums. because that's how it should be. you can open one from right here or anywhere in 5 minutes. seriously, 5 minutes... this is banking reimagined. what's in your walle

. >>> also christine blasey ford speaking publicly for the first time. the award she gave to one courageous olympian. >>> lookout californians one of your go to ways of communicating could now come at a cost. atregulators are proposing a texting tax. the proposal would involve charging a tax on text messages to support both -- programs to make phones assessable to low income people. meanwhile, wireless groups are working to defeat the proposal, the public utilities commission could vote as early as tomorrow. >>> one more note on taxes, starting in april, out-of-state online retailers will be required to collect and pay california sales tax. even if they are not physically in the state of california. according to -- about 27,000 companies will be affected, state officials will collect $1 billion a year. >>> we are getting a clear picture of how much people lost in the fires in southern california this year. insurance claims are in the billions of course, allen martin is here with a look. it is just astounding. >> the numbers keep going up, state insurance

hearing, which saw accusations of sexual assault from years ago by several women, including christine blasey fordett was accidentally going to kill me" kavanaugh strongly denied the accusations...brett kavanaugh/supreme court nominee: "i've never sexually assaulted anyone"and was ultimately confirmed by a 50 to 48 vote. natson north korea... the president going from tough talk in 2017...to a warm embrace this past june... pres donald trump/june 12: "we have developed a very special bond"...after meeting face-to-face with kim jong un in singapore.natsanother high- profile sitdown in july between trump and russian president vladimir putin shocked both democrats and republicansthe two held a private meeting before addressing reporters, with 2016 election meddling front and center.the u.s. president casting doubt on his own intelligence agencies by offering a stunning defense of putin. pres donald trump/july 16: "he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be."natsbut back home - special council robert mueller saw it differently - charging 13 russian nationals w

christine blasey ford.er her, the woman who accused justice brett kavanaugh of sexual assault? nbc's stephanie gosk explains why she's choosing now to speak publicly. >> i am honored to speak with you from afar. >> reporter: for the first time since brett kavanaugh's bitter confirmation hearings, his accuser, dr. christine blasey ford, spoke publicly, recording a statement to introduce gymnast and larry nassar accuser at sports illustrated's annual awards ceremony denhollander named the magazine's inspiration of the year. >> i accept this on behalf of my sister survivors. >> reporter: she was the first woman to publicly accuse the former gymnastics doctor back in 2016. >> the silence ends and his ability to prey on women ends. every tear will be worth it. >> reporter: she has never backed down. this week reacting to a report commissioned by the u.s. olympic committee that criticizes both that organization and usa gymnastics for their handling of the nassar scandal. >> little girls were not worth anything to

was a deeply disappointing moment, but the difference was that actually more people believed christine blasey fordd anita hill. more people believed christine blasey ford than believed brett kavanaugh. and with anita hill, more people believed clarence thomas. i think you can make the argument that the kind of movement and fierceness and anger that arose from brett kavanaugh's nomination hearings led to that democratic wave that we saw in november where you had a record number of women who were elected. >> beyond the kavanaugh hearings can't you also make the argument that there has been a real cataclysm in terms of the me too movement and the huge names, certainly in tv news and beyond that it brought down. i mean, people that were once seen as truly indispensable lost their jobs because of credible allegations. >> yeah, i mean, i think that there was so much reporting in 2017 and i remember thinking, wow, is there going to be more? is this just a couple weeks or a flash in the pan? 2018 we saw that there were still so many stories left to tell and they were stories of hotel housekeepers and they

hearing, which saw accusations of sexual assault from years ago by several women, including christine blasey fordstine blasey ford/kavanaugh accuser: "i thought at brett was accidentally going to kill me" kavanaugh strongly denied the accusations...brett kavanaugh/supreme court nominee: "i've never sexually assaulted anyone"and was ultimately confirmed by a 50 to 48 vote. natson north korea... the president going from tough talk in 2017...to a warm embrace this past june... pres donald trump/june 12: "we have developed a very special bond"...after meeting face-to-face with kim jong un in singapore.natsanother high- profile sitdown in july between trump and russian president vladimir putin shocked both democrats and republicansthe two held a private meeting before addressing reporters, with 2016 election meddling front and center.the u.s. president casting doubt on his own intelligence agencies by offering a stunning defense of putin. pres donald trump/july 16: "he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be."natsbut back home - special council robert mueller

ball was dropping back on january 1st, i bet you had not heard of stormy daniels yesterday or christine blasey ford or alexandria ocasio-cortez. you might not have known the name jamal khashoggi, either. or the name of the newspaper in annapolis, the "capital gazette." so now at the end of a year of so much news and frankly so much bad news, you might have news fatigue. if you do, you're not alone. yes, news fatigue. most americans feel worn out by the sheer amount of news these days, which means they need trusted newsrooms as guides, as curators. so have we helped? have journalists done enough to cut through the confusion and lies and propaganda and actually put facts first? you know, right now, our country feels consumed by politics. that's how it feels in america. from fire and fury the very first start of the year, a best seller straight through bob woodward's fear. the theme of the political coverage was an aberrant, possibly even dangerous presidency. president trump kept attacking reporters and reporters kept reporting. even after one of them, cnn's jim acosta, was blacklisted from the white

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professor christine ford. >> hard for me to breathe.ll me. >> she accused brett kavanaugh of assaulting her when they were teenagers, an accusation he repeatedly denied. president trump mocked ford's testimony during a campaign rally. >> how did you get home, i don't remember. how did you get there, i don't remember. where is the place, i don't remember. how many years ago was it, i don't know, i don't know. >> in a series of tweets, trump claimed if the attack ford alleged was as bad as she says, charges would have been filed with local law enforcement authorities. the hash tags we believe dr. ford, believe survivors, and dear professor ford started trending as hundreds of thousands of women took to social media to express their solidarity. and using the hash tag why i didn't report, countless more feeling ashamed and powerless after their own sexual assault experiences of no one believing them. number two. in parkland, florida. students of marjory stoneman douglas high school turn the worst day of their lives into a political movement

christine ford as a liar. if it was really that bad, i'm sure she would have gone to the police.a of attacking a victim of sexual assault so your followers can enjoy it. >> i'm keeping it in the trump family and mine goes to melania trump. i'm sorry, noel, but i think she tweets these things that are the antithesis of it and i think she comes out with a statement and interview that gets retweeted and retweeted, she's this victim and in december she talked about how the journalists are telling mistruths. have you looked at your husband? she also talks about people in their orbit using donald trump to advance their own purposes, said the nude model who became the first lady of the united states. has michelle obama done a fraction of any of this, had there been nude photos of michelle obama, do you think we would have a president obama today? we wouldn't, so we have to call that out and acknowledge that she is not a victim. she is a birther who advanced her own cause >> i got to ask you this. do you think a lot of that is race involved in how they would look at michelle? >> yes, of

. >>> speaking publicly for the first time in months, kavanaugh accuser christine blasey ford back in spotlight today. palt "christine blasey ford" is speaking out for the first time since testifying in the judge-kavanaugh hearing. >>> palo alto psychologist christie blaz ford is speaking outs for the first time since testifying in judge kavanaugh's hearing. today she announced. >> her courage inspired other survivors to end their silence, and we all know the results. rachel den hollander, i am in awe of you, and i will always be inspired by you. >> rachel den hollander is a former gymnast who was the first to publicly accuse usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar of sexual assault. her allegation led to more than 300 women coming forward. nassar is now serving a life sentence in prison. >>> they want a bigger raise, dozens of ghered in fremont to send a message to the district. they're upset over the 0.7% raise they're being gink this year. they say that's way below average and unfair considering the amount of funding from the state designated for employees. now students and community me

separated at the border, vladimir putin, special counsel robert mueller, black panther's director, christine fordtivists, south korean president moon and the duchess of sussex, megan markel, looking at reaction on these finalists, jim says someone attempting to improve the world through their actions and another twitter user says how they are adding border patrol to the list. leslie christopher says donald trump is the only one that deserves it. last year the silence breakers who advanced to me too movement received that accolade. rob: the fbi most wanted -- i'm not surprised. the brexit thing, lord of the rings, the favored producer of the day. >> both of our favorite movies, lord of the rings actor andy circus got back into the iconic character of gollum to mock teresa may over the controversial brexit deal. >> the ones, people vote. everybody votes. >> we never saw this movie. >> pretty good goal and impersonation. give your impression real quick. that is terrifying. rob: i was trained before that. >> never left so you hard. another twitter user says give the man an oscar. the one person not l

. >>> professor christine ford publically recounting her alleged sexual assault. >> i thought brett wasanaugh kpf of assaulting her when they were teenagers. president trump mocked ford's testimony during a campaign rally. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. i is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. >> in a series of tweets trump claimed if the attack alleged was as bad as she says charges would have been immediately filed. the hashtags started trending as hundreds of thousands of women took to social media to express their solidarity. and using the hashtag why i didn't report countless more. >>> number two, in parkland, florida the students of marjory stoneman douglas high school turned the worst day of their lives into a political movement. >> what we need more is action. >> students created the never again movement to prevent gun violence and help organize the march for our lives in washington, d.c. which became the most tweeted about movement of all of 2018. more than $2.5 million was made for march for our lives. even president barack obama's

they've published a shortlist of ten, included are donald trump, robert mueller, christine blasey fordst. with me is priya lakhani, founder and ceo of century tech, a uk based education technology platform. nice to see you and so much to talk about. i do not think we will get through all these! in france, president with a new deal. he's really trying to

his main accuser, christine ford who said brett kavanaugh assaulted her in the early 1980s. >> the onest i will never forget. they have been seared into my memory and have hunted me as an adult. >> reporter: all of the accuser's alleged witnesses denied any knowledge of the event. of all this a multiple stuff is in the year of trump, a government shutdown, abrupt departure's, the russia probe, none was more bitter yet more significant in the long run than the confirmation of brett kavanaugh to sit on the us supreme court. his legacy could now span decades. 2019 promises more drama on and off the bench. the justices will continue confronting a range of legal challenges to the president's immigration policy. the border wall, asylum restrictions, sanctuary cities, daca, birthright citizenship which the president tweeted about in october. this case will be settled by the united states supreme court. the president has had some success among the shaky conservative majority due in part to the 114th justice who promises to be a key player in a range of hot button cases. >> many issues where he

christine blasey ford wasn't served well by the way all these allegations came about either.r something may have happened to her, she might be rest remembering things. these allegations thrust her into a position that she didn't want to. due process and an actual investigation, handled the correct way could have saved a lot of people a lot of problems. >> dana: >> ed: 30 seconds. martha had an interview with susan collins, she really detailed these horrific, just trash voice mails she and her staff received. "i hope you die." much worse than that, and vile. for people to pile on after that, it is remarkable. >> does not shameful that she stood up for due process. which is shameful are the people that are condemning her for doing so. for speaking her mind and for being strong. forgiving those phone calls. >> ed: absolutely. we appreciate you coming in. >> thank you. up next, the bad news for kevin spacey. it may have gotten worse. could his alleged sex assault he caught on camera? the problem that frank underwood from house of cards may not have been able to talk his way out o

it was the polar opposite of kind of the rhetorical range that was offered christine blasey ford. historically the kind of women's anger that's been held up as a model has been anger that's been deployed on behalf of fundamentally conservative i would argue regressive politics on behalf of a white patriarchy. so that's the anger of right wing women. that's the anger of fox news anchors who, you know -- >> but is that anger or theater of anger >> that's the question. we are asked to -- i think sometimes right wing anger is real anger. -- genuinely angry at the disruptions to sort of social order that had been made by second wave feminism. she got an army of also i think authentically angry white women. i think that a lot of the white women who stood on the front lines and objected to the integration of schools were angry at the disruption of a social order. so i do think that some of that anger is real. do i think that sarah palin was -- i mean, remembering going to her rallies in 2008 and her talking about how obama was going to take the guns and we had to -- he's going to come in

christine blasey ford's memessage. denhollander, i am inin awe of you. you took a huge risk in stepping forward and you galvanized future generations to come forward, even when the odds are seeminglgly stacked against the. ththe lasting lessonn is that we all have the power to create real change. and we cannot allow ourselves to be defined by the acts of others . amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the u.n. climate summit in katowice, poland, where u.n. secretary general antonio guterres issued a dire warning wednesday that nations must act now to save humanity from devastating climate change. >> to waste this opportunity in katowice would compromise our last best chance to stop runaway climate change. it would not only be in moral, it would be suicidal. wouldldhere in katowice send a disastrous messssage to ththose who stand ready to shift to a green economy. so i asksk you to find common groundnd and to allow us to show the world that we

votes so much, but because of the spectacle and the unfair treatment of both judge kavanaugh and christine fordcifically that her allegations be kept confidential and be handled in a closed session. >> martha: you want to st. lawrence university, as did i. a letter was circulated, 1500, something like that, the festers and alumni, wrote a scathing letter saying they wanted to rescind the two honorary degrees they had given you at your university. in the past had heralded you for your bipartisan decisions. >> it was a very painful experience, because i loved my time at st. lawrence. when i was at st. lawrence, free and open debate was encouraged, diverse viewpoints were welcomed, and i could not help but think what has happened, and our students who have more conservative viewpoints discriminated against by professors who say there is only one way to think? did they not respect the process that i went through, which i think everyone would concede was extremely thorough? and it made me wonder if our liberal arts colleges are no longer bastions of free speech where people can engage in healthy deb

palo alto's christine blasey ford who testified in front of senators in september against then- supreme court nominee and now justice brett kavanaugh...ac cusing him of sexual assault when they were in college. the list also includes names behind big moments in entertainment like black panther director ryan coogler and former hollywood actor meghan markle, now duchess of sussex after marrying prince harry. the winner will be announced tomorrow morning. court decides áánot to hear two cases the group is involved in. details on what this means for patients. (vicki) planned parenthood is celebrating a decision by the supreme court not to hear two cases the group is involved in.(jr stone) kron 4's washington correspondent alexandra limon explains - the case doesn't involve abortion at all... but whether patients can use medicaid for other health care services at planned parenthood. it's a victory for planned parenthood.the us supreme court will not hear two cases in which states tried to block medicaid patients from getting care at planned parenthood. dana singiser is the vice president of

. >> also christine blasey ford who accused brett kanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party when they were in high school. >> a group of students that survived the parkland school shooting made the list as well the announcement will happen this morning on the "today" show and not only will the choic will revealed but the magazine editor will explain why. >> always interesting to see why they made the choice t. y ma >> today marks two weeks to go until christmas and your e-mails inbox full of coupons and offers from retailers asking for your >>business. e aware, a new scam is hoping you'll click o a link. >> plus, say it ain't so. the cdc says stay awayrom eating raw cookie dough. stay with us, your time is 4:30. ♪ they're all going in the same direction but in very different ways and pampers gives all of them our driest best fitting diaper. pampers cruisers with three-way fit. they adapt at the waist, legs and bottom with up to twelve hours of protection for all the freedom to move their way. in pampers cruisers only pampers diapers are the number one choice of hospitals, nurses

christine placy ford makes her first statement since ifte kavanaugh. >>> and a man found stuck in a greaseent above an east bay restaurant.he was in there for two days. what investigators think he was trying to do. >>> don't miss that story. >>> don't miss that story. it is wild. morning, there is no fog to contend with. that is a big change from what you experienced the rest of the week on this thursday, december 13th. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is here with the nice,arle cus. vie >>> i have overlaid the visibility layer on live doppler 7. a little bit of fog trying to develop around know vat is toe but it is very small right now. most of it is in the central valley. the winds are pulling offshore

christine blasey ford makes headlines again. because she )s on the short list for a prestigious honor. next. right now at 6 >>> in this busy holiday travel season, we have a moving story of a good samaritan and what he did for a mom and her baby on a flight. rehema ellis has our "inspiring america" report. >> reporter: kelsey was flying from orlando to philadelphia so her 11-month-old daughter lucy could be treated for a chronic lung disease. with baby and oxygen machine, it was a complicated balancing act. then, something unexpected and wonderful happened. >> i noticed she had her arms full and wanted to help out. >> reporter: an american airlines flight attendant asked kelsey to switch seats with a man that wanted to switch. she was in economy, he in first class. kelsey sharing her gratitude on facebook. not able to hold back tears, i cried my way up the aisle while my daughter lucy laughed. she felt it in her bones, too. real pure goodness but jason councilman says it just felt like the right thing to do. >> it made me feel g

christine blaze ford of palo alto, who channeled brett kavanaugh's confirmation to the supreme court.land native ryan kugler who directed "black panther." the rest of the list, president trump, the families separated at the border, vladamir putin, robert mueller, jamal khashoggi, the march for our lives activists, south korea's president, and meghan markle. >> quite a list. >> and maybe draymond green is on that list. we'll show you what he did tonight. stay with us. thi >>> okay, this is more like it, the warriors getting healthy, beginning to get on a roll, getting their mojo back. >> this is good news for us, some bad news for the rest of the nba. we start with boogie, that's his nickname, remember? damarcus cousins practicing in santa cruz. he's recovering from an achilles injury and expected to make his debut in a couple of weeks. and that's draymond green back in the lineup for the first time in nearly three weeks. draymond did draymond things. warriors win 116-108. >>> wild night at the shark tank. the sharks hosting the devils. very serious pete da bore there. timo myer going

and i want to ask you lisa, you were on the legal team for christine blasey ford. can you share with us how she is doing? and what you think the impact has or has not been long term of those signature historic hearings? >> i can say that she is doing pretty well and trying to get back to normal life. she is still not living at home. she is still fearful. she is receiving threats. it is not safe yet to be back in her home. she still has security detail with her everywhere. i think the impact of what she did is significant. and i think it came on the heels approximately a year after the weinstein matter exploded in the #metoo movement began. and i think what she did was incredibly courageous. women who have been coming forward in the workplace looked at her and said, wow, what courage to come forward on a national stage. and i think she took the conversation and made it national in a way that it had not been before. and moved us forward. and i think that is important, and i think that will resonate with the country. and move us forward as a society. >> tina, you are

christine blasey ford from palo alto is speaking out for the first time since testifying in the judgeng on capitol hill. on twitter, she announced the winner of sports illustrated's inspiration of the year award. >> her courage inspired other survivors to end their silence, and we all know the results. rachel hollander, i am in awe of you and i will always be inspired by you. >> quite an endorsement. rachel is a lawyer and former gymnast who is the first to publicly accuse former dr. larry nassar of sexual assault. her allegation led to more than 300 women coming forward. dr. nassar is now serving a life sentence in prison. >> after 15 years of hosting her afternoon talk show, ellen degeneres is thinking about signing off. as the world's highest paid talk show host, she said it's not about the money. the new profile in "the new york times," she said she wants to do other things. she's actually torn between her wife porsche de ross i and her brother. her brother said people need her up lifting show. her wife is encouraging her to do other things. she has a debuting show on netflix. she

christine blasey ford ahead of time, and then of course, the story leaked. but i think that is one of the problems. this is a political process. and it has become more and more political. and unprecedented -- and it was unprecedented -- holding up other garland nomination so that he did not get any consideration, because there would have been the votes to confirm him. there certainly would have been, if there had been a hearing. i think it is likely to repeat itself. and even to be a longer a road. this was 10 months -- a longer years,-- this was 10 almost a year between the time the vacancy occurred and the nomination -- 10 months. almost a year from scalia's aath to the nomination of successor. i keep hoping it'll get better, but it never does, it always gets worse. i wish i had a solution, but i don't. capt aldana: i was going to ask you about a solution. nina: adam have one. capt aldana: kind of does pressing -- kind of depressing. nina: it is extremely depressing. it is not like there is a lot you can change. the independent counsel law which eventually

pleaded not guilty to charges of escape and identity theft. ( james ) palo alto professor christine blasey fordeaking out publicly for the first time since testifying in september against supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. she accused kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were both in high school. he denied the claim and was later sworn in as a supreme court justice in early october. blasey ford spoke out in a video to present sports illustrated's inspiration of the year award to rachael denhollander... the first woman to publicly accuse disgraced former u-s-a gymnastics doctor larry nassar of sexual abuse. in her remarks... blasey ford said the honoree "inspired other survivors to end their silence." ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news...how do you feel about paying a tax on your text messages? the idea is being floated by state officials. we'll break it down. ( james ) plus...bay area food banks are struggling this holiday season. how you can can help. ( james ) and after the break...the important shipping dates you need to know so your holiday packages arrive on time. ow whe

they are still looking for more witnesses. ( darya ) palo alto professor christine blasey ford is speakingublicly for the first time since testying in september against supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. she accused kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were both in high school. he denied the claim and was later sworn in as a supreme court justice in early october. blasey ford spoke out in a video to present sports illustrated's inspiration of the year award to rachael denhollander... the first woman to publicly accuse disgraced former u-s-a gymnastics doctor larry nassar of sexual abuse. in her remarks... blasey ford said the honoree "inspired other survivors to end their silence." ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news...how do you feel about paying a tax on your text messages? the idea is being floated by state officials. we'll break it down. ( james ) plus...bay area food banks are struggling this holiday season. how you can can help. ( james ) and after the break...the important shipping dates you need to know so your holiday packages arrive on time. ( john ) and i am tr

out of 55 recipients, christine blasey ford has the most votes. the professor made had lines while accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were teenagers. other names include serena williams and harris and ryan kruger expect visitors at the zoo have the chance to meet three reindeer. the visiting trio includes the male calf. the young addition was a surprise to the staff so they are holding a naming contest in the name will be announced before christmas. the reindeer can be seen every night through the end of the night. >>> rain is returning so you can get more news and weather on www.ktvu.com . >>> the raiders have a home game this saturday. >>> thank you for joining us and we will be back here at 4:00. >> comedian howie mandel is here. >> it is a real human heart. where is the person? >> your whole life you want to be on the dr. oz show. >> opening up about his health battles. and revealing his private pain. >> i just said that publicly. i held it myself. my career is over. >> coming up next. ♪ dr. oz: are you ready for season 10? >

all the recipients, christine blasey ford has the most votes. the university professor made headlines when she acute brett kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were teenagers. names include kaepernick and harris and the movie director ryan. >>> amtrak is getting into the luxury goods business and has teamed up with people for urban progress to create a first- class bag. there it is. it is made from leather seats that are recycled. they feature small holes and even stain >> the cost of the bags range from $75 to $435. >> okay. >>> let's look at traffic. >> i draw the line at stains. i was out after i heard that. >> good morning. what do we have on tap? the gilroy commute. thank you for asking. 101 into the area, you can see it looks good. this is a good time for the gilroy commute. they're getting up to san jose gets busier but it looks good into the silica and valley and continues to be on 280 in san jose. in east bay, it is getting crowded at that toll plaza yesterday, it was wet and rainy and now it is mostly dry on the roads. >>> we will sta

in the newsroom, justine waldman kron 4 news. ( darya ) palo alto professor christine blasey ford is speaking out publicly for the first time since testifying in september against supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. she accused kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were both in high school. he denied the claim and was later sworn in as a supreme court justice in early october. blasey ford spoke out in a video to present sports illustrated's inspiration of the year award to rachael denhollander... the first woman to publicly accuse disgraced former u-s-a gymnastics doctor larry nassar of sexual abuse. in her remarks... blasey ford said the honoree "inspired other survivors to end their silence." ( james ) another big story we are following... christmas eve may be the last time you will get to see the raiders play in oakland.( darya ) the team is pulling out of a lease proposal to play at the coliseum next season. kron 4's will tran is live at the raiders headquarters with the latest. the divorce between oakland and the raiders got uglier as the team said it is pulling out of the la

is an accuser, christine ford who claims brett kavanaugh assaulted her in the early 1980s. >> the onesave been seared into my memory and have hunted me episodically as an adult. >> reporter: all of the accuser's alleged witnesses denied any knowledge of the event. automotive us tough full in the of trump a government shutdown, abrupt staff departures in the russia probe, and perhaps more bitter, yet more significant in the long run than the confirmation of brett kavanaugh to sit on the us supreme court. his legacy could span decades. 2019 promises more drama on and off the bench, the justices will confront a range of legal challenges to the president's immigration policy, the border wall, silent restrictions, sanctuary cities, daca and birthright citizenship which the president tweeted about this october, this case will be settled by the united states up in court, the president had success among the shake conservative majority due in part to the 114th justice who promises to be a key player in a range of hot button cases in coming months. >> many issues, he has the potential to be a sw

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christine bla blazy ford speaking out since testifying against brett kavanaugh. >> i am honored to speak about a woman i admire so much, a woman who suffered abuse as a vulnerable teenage athlete, who found the courage to talk publicly to stop the abuse of others. >> the california professor appeared in a video statement for sports illustrated and presented this year's inspiration of the year award to former gymnast rachel dinhollander, who accused former usa gymnastics doctor larry nasser of sexual abuse. ford said she inspired others to end their silence. >>> in the east bay, a long-time community church is in jeopardy of falling into a creek. the culprit -- heavy rain and soil erosion. the second baptist church in martinez needs $500,000 to repair the damage and stabilize the embankment. our reporter is there live with what church leaders are trying to do to save their church. >> reporter: yeah, ama, the problem is right here in the backyard. you can see tit's covered in tarp, and you see the pipes that keep water away from the church and to keep this church from falling into the cree