. >> and pretty soon, i d anita hill's name, and i called her up >> narrator: anita hill had employmentnityt the eql commission. >> according to hill's affidavit, thomas talked about pornographic materials depting individuals with large penises or brets involved in various sex acts. >>ere is a person who is in charge of protecting rigs of women.wo he is also really violating the ws that he'shehere to enforce. >> it wajust a giant explosion. i, i... (laughs) i mean, i walked up to capitol hill... (makes explosion sound) was like ikmushroom cloud. >> good evening.en we begin tonight with thepo ntial for political explosion on capitol hl. >> clarence thomas ran into trouble toy. >> questions are growing over charges of sexual harassment agnst thomas... >> narrator: as the story broke, senator mitch mcconnell rushed to the senate floor. t>> as soon as the presid announced his choice, the special interest groups lined up their firing squad and vowed to bork him and to kill him politically. the process iseing hijacked... >> narrator: mcconnell saw the legations against thomas as yet another l

i still believe anita hill. [cheers] i still believe dr. christine ford. [cheers] and i believe deborah ramirez. amy: the weekend rally at the supreme court came after justices announced friday they will weigh the constitutionality of louisiana's anti-choice legislation, which requires any doctor performing an abortion to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. pro-choice groups call such statutes trap laws, or "targeted regulation of abortion provoviders." they say the louisiana law would leave the state with just a single doctor legally allowed to perform abortions. meanwhile, the court is set to hear arguments tuesday in three cases to determine whether lgbtq people can be fired from their jobs due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. after headlines, we will have more on what's been described as the most important case directly addressing lgbtq people ever to reach the united states supreme court. in hong kong, tens of thousands of protesters defied a ban on face masasks saturday and marchd through a pouring rain storm as the prohibi

i wanted to know we saw what happened with the anita hill. we saw what happened with christine deformed. three times a charm. what will happen if we face this again. >> i think one of the things it was most clinging to is that when she did come forward, which she was made public and there was a determination that there would be hearing that anita hill actually wrote this pretty incredible opinion piece at that moment in time and they're trying to negotiate what the rules of that hearing would be and she noted that 70 years after her experience of coming forward and having to testify, this committee had still not come up with a protocol and how to handle and how to feel the allegation of sexual assault or obligations. not having so many years at the shoot him juan pierre into me is it too. i think that what is clear is that in these cases, your talking shifts in cultural there's nono question that anita hill think will allow clarence thomas was ultimately confirmed and on a specific work that she did the usual sort of shift cultural and its us

[laughter] >> i really appreciate your journalism with the supreme court justices and then anita hill we saw that happen with anita hill and doctor ford do you think three times is a charm quick. >> i think one of the things worth pointing to that when doctor ford did come forward her allegation was made public and there was a determination there would be hearings that there was an incredible opinion piece that they tried to negotiate what the rules would be and she said so many years after her experience of coming forward to testify that committee still did not come up how to handle sexual assault. but also one year into #metoo. 's you are tracking cultural attitudes there are inflections with a question that anita hill while clarence thomas was confirmed on the supreme court that she played a huge role of attitudes toward sexual harassment and we will be watching to see the impact but meanwhile what about the judiciary committee get some protocols in place. [applause] >> thank you for all the work you have done but having him interrupt you all night has been one of the most frustrat

i still believe anita hill. [cheers] i still believe dr. christine ford.nd i believe deborah ramirez. [cheers] pressley.t is ayanna chase strangio, if you could summarize brett kavanaugh's career in this last year, his judicial record on the supreme court and respond to the call for his impeachment. his first terms on the bench. this is his first full term on the bench. what strikes me as most important in this moment is that it is a reminder of the power that these nine human beings hold over our lives. he will be hearing a case tomorrow that is directly about sex discrimination in the workplace, including, i might note, sexual harassment in the workplace, sexual v violence in the workplace. so he has s the power, along wih his eight colleagues, to really decide what the law is going to permit, what it is going to require, and how we as human beings in this country are either going to be protected or cast aside. so whether or not he is impeached, whether or not we can look back on clarence thomas and alall of the accusations against these individuals, i t

i wanted to know we saw it happen with anita hill. we saw what happened with christine.o you think three times as a charm. what will happen if we face this again. >> i think that one of the things that was most or worse was pointing to was when christine, did come forward. when her allegation was made public and there was a determination that there would be a a hearing. that anita hill actually wrote this pretty an incredible opinion piece about that moment in time when they were trying to negotiate what the rules of that would be.le she noted that so many years after her experience of coming forward, and having to testify, this committee had still not come up with the protocol and how to handle and had a field and an allegation of sexual assault allegations. what it does say, natalie 70 years after she ca forward but into me is it too. and so it is clear is these cases you know chucking cases and cultural attitudes. there is no question that anita hill, while clarence thomas was ultimately confirmed and there on the supreme court that she did play a huge role in helping

i believe anita hill and i was appalled to listen to him. know, as i've gotten older, listen to him invoke that history it's so deeply disturbing. and no, lynching is not a thing that only happened to african-americans, but it was certainly one of the primary ways the state enforced its supreme power to determine african-american life. and trump is doing it again. he is presiding over the terror of people at the border. he is presiding over a campaign of state violence and now he's trying to argue that the state holding him accountable is a form of violence. and one of the ways that trump is most effective is he's able to flip our media scripts and pretend to be the victim. and we should not allow him to do that because america has yet to reckon with the blood on its hands from all the things it has done. this is why the left is getting so much traction with young voters of color when they talk about issues like reparations. and trump comes in as the sort of impostor president that he is is tries to pump this history for his own. i am offend

there was a very explosive revelation once anita hill stepped forward. >> would you say your portraitate black conservatism in general? e.g. thomas or is thomas more idiosyncratic than that cannot. >> thomas was probably damage thomas soul Ãbthomas soul black economist very conservative who wrote a book called race and economics. clarence thomas gets a call saying you got to read this book the capital missouri? jefferson city? is that right he drives all the way to st. louis because thomas soul, this is 1975, thomas soul is their debate upcoming law professor by the name of ruth bader ginsburg stop he goes and kind of said, this is conversion this is the role to damascus road to st. louis. so was a huge influence on him. however, i think you can't homogenize black conservatives because there are other black conservatives who have a much stronger individualistic streak and a much stronger streak that believes in colorblindness and i don't think you see those in thomas. he's a little more intentioned with. >> is today's strain of afro pessimism analogous to those of the early 70s and to

i was inspired by anita hill when i was deciding whether to testify but it did not occur to me at the time that i would be inspiring anyone else. >> reporter: in september 2018, blasey ford braida withering attack while alleging then supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the 1980s. while kavanaugh went on to gain blasey ford helped lend greatest two claims by victims of sexual violence. >> i applaud >> reporter: remarks lasted just a couple of minutes but she had the 1400 guests in attend. the keynote speaker blazed a trail that helped change the country. at nearly 90, onlookers say dolores huerta is still speaking truth to power and pointing up with the struggle now lives. >> we've always had these issues but now they are visible . now we can attack them very directly. >> reporter: in the 60s, huerta and cesar chavez let the right for farmworkers rights. half a century later she and others say education and institutionalize patriotism of about a groundsman statement everybody man or woman can make a difference. >> be courageous and strong. be yourself.storie

justice brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a party during their high school s.was inspired by anita hill when i was deciding whether to testify. but it didn't occur to me at the time that i would be inspiring anyone else. i was focuwhat happed to me. i simply thought it was my duty as a citizen and that anyone in my position would do the same thing. >>> civil rights activist dolores was the keynote speaker today's event. >>> for the third time the federal reserve cut a key interest rate today. the move brings its benchmark rate to a range between 1 1/2 to one .75%. the goal to sustain economic expansion in the face of global threats. >>> stocks close higher today on the news. dow jones gaining 115 points. nasdaq up 27. s&p up nine. the gains were enough to push that s&p to his second record high this week. >>> check out this time lapse of an ominous orange glow. those are flames from the kincaid fire. visible last night from our camera more than 70 miles away. this time lapse showing how strong the wind conditions were last night. for another look at the wins check this out. >>> tonight

audience when she contemplated whether or not to share the story she was inspired by actions of anita hill. dr. christine blasey ford became a houmds name last year when she alleged that u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her back when they were both teenagers. today the ywca silicon valley gave her the empowerment award for speaking up. >> i was focused on telling the u.s. senate what had happened to me. i simply thought to a my duty as a citizen and that anyone in my position would do the same thing. >> dr. ford also encouraged women to be strong. >> everyone has the power to inspire others. be courageous, stand strong, be yourself. >> many woman women here applaud ford's decision to share her story. >> a very, very moving, because i very much relate to the experience that she had from my early 20s appear my college years, very, very similar behaviors were going on. and i -- she is a hero the way she stood sfwlup attendees also inspired by keynote speaker labor activist dolores jaurta. she spent her life fighting to for worker rights and against discrimination.

there is no question that anita hill while clarence thomas was ultimately confirmed on the supreme courtshe did play a huge role in how things shift cultural attitudes and i think that we are going to be watching to see the impact. meanwhile, how about the senate judiciary committee get some protocols in place if this does happen next time [applause] thank you for all the work you've done. you are one of the legends of the profession of hearing you repeatedly interrupt women all night has been one of the frustrating experiences. on the assumptions of what they were about to say she was going to respond to a question with a discussion and i think you assumed she was going to say something about the justice and you wouldn't let her finish so that was frustrating. in any event, i'm interested in hearing your experiences as women doing this work, how have you emotionally dealt with information you've been receiving? i know when i've kind of looked through the hearings i couldn't breathe for three weeks and statistically we know that you have been victims and certainly know personally many pe

we saw what happened with ford, and with anita hill, we see there a sort of you know speculation andut what did she do or he do that prompted this assault. kennedy: sometimes you never know you never get the facts. >> a lot are committed by someone that you know. my also happened by someone that i know. kennedy: that is the basis of this movement a lot of peal peoe done realize, now i can thank you. >> thank you so much. >> tropical storm is next. ♪ limu emu & doug hour 36 in the stakeout. as soon as the homeowners arrive, we'll inform them that liberty mutual customizes home insurance, so they'll only pay for what they need. your turn to keep watch, limu. wake me up if you see anything. [ snoring ] [ loud squawking and siren blaring ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ that's why xfinity mobile lets you design your own data. you can share 1, 3, or 10 gigs of data between lines, mix in lines of unlimited, and switch it up at any time. all with millions of secure wifi hotspots and the best lte everywhere else. it's a different kind of wireless network,

i was inspired by anita hill when i was deciding whether to testify. it didn't occur to me at the time, that i would be inspiring anyone else. >> in september of 2018, blasey ford bridged heavy criticism, while announcing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. in santa clara today, she accepted the silicon valley ywca's empowerment award. >>> a number of fires. we'll tell you about the efforts to try to save the historic ronald reagan library. >>> and in bay area weather, our intense winds have moved out of the area. with that, temperatures will be dropping rapidly as we head into the overnight hours, coming in details on a freeze warning in portions of the bay area. we'll let you know if we have any raindrops on the long range weather maps. >>> fire crews in southern california are battling a wildfire that started today, close to the reagan national library in ventura county. the easy fire exploded just after 6:00 this morning, in simi valley amid an extreme red flag warning with dangerous santa ana winds. at last c

>> i think it's important the american people hear from people like taylor, from people like anita hilliona hill. >> sorry, fiona. early in the morning. yes, i believe they need to hear that. i don't want to get out in front of the committee but i think that's -- americans need to understand exactly what happened. we learned in the mueller report, reading page 197 doesn't convey the same sort of attention that actually live testimony can. >> we appreciate you joining us this morning. thank you very much. >>> john, president trump's new defense secretary is not holding back about the decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria and let turkey and russia move in. >> we're not going to go to war against a nato ally and certainly not over across -- with regard to a border that we didn't sign up to defend in the first place. >> well, more of crist ahristia amanpour's interview with secretary esper, next. erage. it's a network that gives you... with coverage from big cities, to small towns. introducing t-mobile's 600mhz signal. no signal reaches farther or is more reliable. and it's built 5g rea

i was inspired by anita hill when i was deciding whether to testify, but it didn't occur to me at the time that i would be inspiring anybody else.>> reporter: in september 2018, she braved a weathering attack while alleging then supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the 1980s. while he went on to gain confirmation to the high court, ford helped lend credence to claims made by victims of sexual violence. >> i applaud her courage and continuing to come out and be firm in her message. >> reporter: her remarks just lasted a few minutes, but she had the 1400 guests in attendance captivated while she blazed the trail through washington's power elite in the keynote speaker blaze the trail that help change the country. at nearly 90 years old, onlookers say dolores is still speaking through power and pointing out where the struggle now lies.>> now, it is visible and -- >> in the 60s they led the fight for farmworkers rights and more than half a century later, she and others say education and institutionalized hatred are the new battlegrounds. >> everybody, man or woma

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. >> it's funny, i was inspired by anita hill when i was deciding whether to testify but it did not occurt the time that i would be inspiring anyone else. >> her remarks lasted just a few minutes but had the 1400 guests captivated. many said they hope her story will empower the next generation of female leaders. >>> the kincade fire has separated many pets from their families. a facebook page has now been set up for people who lost their pets during the evacuation.the kincade fire pet rescue and reunification page is posting photos of lost and found dogs, accounts, goats and other animals and some of the animals have already been reunited with their owners. >>> several companies are donating money to fire victims. wells fargo said they will donate $300,000 to organizations including the red cross and the california fire foundation the bank is donating $100,000 to help those in southern california. and will also reverse bank fees for customers who have to use non-wells fargo atm's and fire zones. apple ceo tim cook says his company will donate to relief efforts as well and will help employ

i don't like it when now just clarence thomas used it talking about the anita hill hearings as a high tech lynching or when bill cosby spoke about it because it was inconvenience to him about allegations and cannot be reduced in this way and we're here we few weeks before halloween where the term is a witch hunt. that might have been better in this instance but to have the president of the united states given all of the things he's said by race up to this moment in time to be completely inept to understanding the racial dynamic in this country, we don't reduce things in that way and lynching is not one of the categories to reduce and use as a cole o-- cole oak wal punch line. >> murdered by white supremacists and trump used that word to describe impeachment. i'm as disgusted as laura and i'm less dumbfounded because he's a racist and when his back is up against the wall he does racist things. did he tweet in this way because he's winking at those who show up at his base in rallies or is he rude and crude on twitter. it is an eternal mystery. you're not sure if it is one or the other o

. >> just remember anita hill testified in the daytime. clarence thomas testified at night. who won? >>> meanwhile another central figure in the impeachment probe is speaking to reporters right now intentionally. i don't know this term but i'm learning it. giuliani, here it is, butt dialled nbc news reporter ricktia peero last week. giuliani accidently followed up with a, quote, message exactly three minutes long. the words tumbling out of giuliani's mouth was not directed att shapiro but he was speaking to someone in the same room. a few weeks earlier he did the same thing this time railing against the bidens. let's listen. >> i expected it to happen. the ment you touch on one of the protected people, they go crazy. they're coming after you. it's very powerful. >> the most powerful weapon. >> they follow a pattern when peoples lives are somewhat disorganized. >> i tell you what bothers people about this entire episode the most, why do you have people like rudy giuliani conducting foreign policy? he's talking about our policy towards turkey, and the front liners it, the demo

one could have put it better than anita hill herself who told meet the press in 1998.the nature of politics. she was defending bill clinton with serial sexual misconduct. he is good on other women's issues i like let's give him a pass. that's outrage jugs. that is the kind of thing that justice thomas has experienced his whole career. they have been trying to block him the whole time because he is that articulate principled conservative voice on the court. and you know what? i think he has shown them because he has been one of the most influential supreme court justices of our generation. jedediah: there was an excerpt from time magazine on thomas and the modern day liberal that really struck me. i want to read it to you and get your reaction. thomas says his experience in the hearings made him realize that he had been expecting a certain type of person as he described the bigot, clansman and rural sheriff to held him back over the course of his life. the confirmation hearing changed his mind. quote. it turned out through all of that, ultimately the biggest impediment

. >> just remember anita hill testified in the daytime. clarence thomas testified at night. who won? >>> meanwhile another central figure in the impeachment probe is speaking to reporters right now intentionally. i don't know this term but i'm learning it. giuliani, here it is, butt dialed nbc news reporter rick shapiro last week. the two had spoken earlier that day, but around 11:00 p.m., get the time of day, giuliani accidentally off the top of my head with a message exactly three minutes long. the words tumbling out of giuliani's mouth was not directed at shapiro but he was speaking to someone in the same room. this isn't the first time that giuliani accidental or butt dialed someone. a few weeks earlier he did the same thing, this time railing against the bidens. let's listen. >> these things follow a zblarn i tell you what bothers me about this entire episode the most. why do you have people like rudy giuliani conducting american foreign policy. in the call that's leaked he's talking about policy towards turkey and bahrain. and the front liners, the reason they've come

anita: well, you know how capitol hill is. [laughter] anita: i assume some of it will get out. you saw secretary of state mike pompeo saying he did not want people to testify, or at least not yet. we will see how many really are this week. you mentioned one, volker, who said that he would come forward and testify. i thk it is significant. one of the things going on is that it has been the president against this anonymous whiseblower. thisill show what other people and the more it comes out, the more it will bolster the congressional case. laura: speaker of the housea: nancy pelosi was always a little anxious about embark an impeachment inquiry. have her anxieties been borne out by what s happened, by the fact that there is such a frenzy? anita: i think that listening to her and other people around her that this shifted a lot of things, not just iher mind -- this means ukraine, the call to ukraine's president -- but she saw members of her caucus really shifting and saying that thi is significant, i'm ready to go she saw these new polls coming out. more americans want to start im

those in south carolina who look at joe biden's record look at the 94 crime -- when hemendment the anita hillclarence thomas -- all of those things, he is trying to run on the coattails of president obama. don't look at obama record, look at joe biden's record and vote for elizabeth warren. thank you. host: as you know, elizabeth warren has said she is with a burning when it comes to medicare for all. take a look at the hill article this morning with the headline support drops for medicare for all, but increases for public option. the kaiser family foundation favored poll -- medicare for all proposal in which americans would get there insurance from a single government plan. 47% of those surveyed said they opposed medicare for all an increase of two percentage points from september. by eightn has grown points. elizabeth warren has not endorsed all of what bernie sanders has said on medicare for say she has pivoted away from it. an interview elizabeth warren did in 2012, she was interviewed .y a new england host she is asked about medicare for all. [video clip] a let's look obamacare for secon

anita. we don't know if ambassador yovanovitch is testifying on the hill right now or not. we haven't seen her come in the building. but the state department also hasn't pulled her like they did ambassador sondland this week. how significant is that and what does it tell you? >> it's very striking, actually i was surprised this morning to hear that. remember the letter the white house sent a couple of days ago -- >> and she has just arrived. keep going but we're looking at live pictures of her arriving. >> i think the white house, the state department had said in general they would not cooperate, they did not want evidence going over there. now we see more than one -- >> let's listen in. hold on just one second. okay, go ahead. thought we might hear something. >> we've seen more than one person saying just like she did she's going to come. we don't know exactly how much she's going to say and reveal but i do think all these people in the next week or two saying despite what the white house has asked them, they are going to come enand talk it's very significant. >> anita kum

hill made the right decision stepping down. >>> no scheduled races on the calendar today after another horse died at santa anita park. bye-bye beautiful making her second career start she suffered a leg injury and had to be euthanized. this is the fourth since the santa anita fall meat which began the 27th these 2/36 death of a horse since last december. the california racing board announced it will issue a report in december to provide a strategy to avoid any more horse injuries or deaths. >>> a human rights activist shot answers injured in the philippines is back home in san francisco. brad henley arrived at sfo early saturday morning following a 20 hour overseas medical flight. the 37-year-old is now recovering from what family members and friends are calling and attempted assassination. they are delighted he survived and is back home in his native san francisco >> the fact that he went to this whole different country with a different community to do the work that he was doing, he is a really special person.>> it is a powerful story. it is also fairly something that has happened to a lot of people who live in the

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