and we imagined it might be hard. >> reporter: ashley kavanaugh candid as she addresses the allegationslt against her husband. at his nomination in july judge kavanaugh praised his wife as a source of strength. >> through bad days and so many better days since then she's been a great wife and inspiring mom. >> reporter: born ashley estes the 43-year-old grew up in abilene, texas. her cooper high school yearbook includes pictures of the 1993 graduate with the golf team and student council. her next stop, the university of texas at austin. ashley was an assistant to george w. bush when he was governor of texas and met her future husband while working in the bush white house as the president's personal secretary. >> our first date was on september 10th, 2001. in the difficult weeks that followed ashley was a source of strength for president bush and for everyone in this building. >> reporter: the kavanaughs married in 2004. president and mrs. bush among the guests. >> so help me god. >> reporter: in 2006 ashley kavanaugh looked on as her former boss appointed her husband to the d.c. court

schapiro said in the last eventhat he thought the was something good at the end, and i wonder if ashley kavanaughld agree with that. when i saw dianne feinstein looking rather abashed with judge kavanaugh was railing out, as i think any human being would onlyhe seemed to be the one even a little ashamed of the fact that they had held of the letters so long, that it was her law firm -- which, by the way, it was strange she had no idea about them coming to california, that all of a sudden, she can fly, when before lawyers said she couldn't. to me, this is tradecraft and blackhawks type of stuff and it is printing. -- is frightening. ♪ ♪

. >>> brett kavanaugh and his wife ashley spoke to fox news tonight in an interview, but brett kavanaugh did not let his wife answer the single post important question that was addressed directly to his wife, as we'll show you in just a moment. the interview came after a very bad weekend for brett kavanaugh and the republicans trying to make kavanaugh a supreme court justice. chuck grassly repeated embarrassed himself with his senate republican colleagues by issuing tough sounding deadlines to the lawyers of christine blasey ford. and every time dr. ford and her lawyers ignored chuck grassly's deadline chuck grassly then set a new deadline for dr. ford to decide if she would testify to the committee on wednesday, a date and time set by chuck grassly. in the end dr. ford agreed to testify but forced chuck grassly to delay the hearing until thursday, which is one of dr. ford's original demands. while that deadline kept moving, chuck grassly's judiciary committee staff showed once again just how biased and unprofessional they are. on saturday garret ventry was forced to resign from the comm

my husband joel and i have been friends with ashley kavanaugh from the early days of the george w. bush administration and well before the four of us were married. for more than 15 years we shared victories and heartaches. lows, everything from basketball teams wins and losses to the roller coaster roster of his beloved washington national. kids bicycle crashes, their broken bones. families, we spend birthdays and holidays together, and we have for years and years. there are no two people who are more humble, more honorable, more generous or more gracious. toin's case, more qualified serve this country and the role for which he has been nominated. the person who has been nominated. his family is going through this process too. my friend ashley and her .recious girls i am heartbroken over the way this precious family has been treated. the most is the fact that i know this person, brett kavanaugh, to be a person of the highest moral character and integrity. putsne who is humbled and others before himself. is someone who well-qualified beyond the position of the u.s. supreme court. br

the brett kavanaugh i know is a faithful and wonderful husband to his wife ashley, a great debt to his two daughters, and his fabulous son. and his parents who he is very close with. the brett kavanaugh i know is a dedicated coach to young girls, not only in basketball but in life lessons that come from playing team sports. winning with humility and losing with grace, determination, perseverance, grit. i know this because he coaches my niece and his impact on her has been immeasurable. the brett kavanaugh i know serves food to the homeless and tutors underprivileged children. the brett kavanaugh i know was there when one of my closest friends lost her husband to als invited her daughter to the father-daughter dance that first year and every year since. the brett kavanaugh i know stays away from his confirmation hearing when my father passed away. he skipped his separation to attend my father's funeral and went and prepared all afternoon for his hearing and asked if he could stop by my house that nice to talk to my mom and family. those of us who know brett best now and in high school,

the brett kavanaugh i know is a faithful and wonderful husband to his wife ashley, a great dad to his two daughters, and he's a fabulous son to his parents, with home he's very close. -- with whom he is very close. he coaches young girls not only in basketball, but life lessons. winning with humility, losing with grace, determination, perseverance and grit. i know this because he coaches my niece. and his impact on her has been immeasurable. the brett kavanaugh i note regularly serves food to the homeless and tutors underprivileged children. the brett kavanaugh i know was there when one of my closest friends lost her husband to als. and he invited my friends -- my friend's daughter to a father daughter dance the first year and every year since. the brett kavanaugh i know -- was days away from his confirmation hearing when my father passed away. brett skipped his preparation to attend my dad's funeral, went and prepared all afternoon for his hearing, then asked if he could stop by my house to chat with my mom and my family that night. those of us who know brett best now and back in hig

that's perfectly fine but allow women like ashley kavanaugh and the 65 women that spoke up for brett vanaugh to also have their voice and also be listened to because you are absolutely right, this is political. if it wasn't political, we would be listening to both sides and listening to the facts. brian: all right. let's talk about society now. interesting statute it turns out millennials, according to this latest study, are waiting longer to find the right person to marry but when they do they are sticking it out. the divorce rate fell 18% for millennials between 2006 and 2016. congratulations, next generation. >> i know, i'm finally glad to hear good news about our generation that we might not be ruining absolutely everything. i think because the divorce rate is so high, i think it's around 50% for a lot of -- for half of the marriages in america that millennials are looking at marriage as something that they need to approach cautiously. that's probably a good thing. they are waiting a little bit longer to get married. they are being a little bit more selective about who they marry.

and the story about judge kavanaugh's daughters, talking about praying for professor ford and ashley kavanaugh's face while he was telling that story and brett kavanaugh crying every time he talked about his parents and his wife and his kids and all his friends, men and women. that's the human carnage that donald trump promised in his inauguration address. here it is. a couple things i learned about how this speech came to be, brett kavanaugh ripped up a set of remarks circulated for feedback and notes and approval yesterday. he wrote this himself. i heard from two sources close to kavanaugh that this was not a performance that had anything to do with the supreme court. it's a performance that had to do with his life. and i say performance because i knew brett kavanaugh for -- i worked with him in the white house for years and i never saw that side of him. so it was authentic and real. it may not have helped him. it may have hurt him. it may have helped him. but it was raw emotion, and i've never seen that side of him. it was a rebuke of this moment in politics, and i think the question now is,

another saying fu and your rapist husband, all kinds of things that ashley kavanaugh is receiving and any of the credible threats made against someone who does have protection like what brett kavanaugh has right now, they say they have several threats they deem pretty credible. several opened and closed since he was nominated in july to take this seat, but really the point of all of this is this drama we've seen play out in washington this week, with not just this allegation but also in these people's personal lives, how it's affecting them and their families as well, both receiving so many death threats like this. >> on that front, susan collins has also been reporting threats, and i was really disappointed to see democratic congressman eric swalwell say boo hoo to that. boo hoo, excuse me, there was a congressional baseball shooting not that long ago. rand palm's neighbor broke his ribs. violence is happening. it can happen here, and i hope to god they put this woman under some kind of protection and to dismiss this in this environment is really sick. >> we should say that congressm

>> in full disclosure, bret and ashley kavanaugh are good friends of ours.ved with him the entire time i served president george w. bush in the white house. i know him well and i know his character. i know this is not consistent with the man i know. to ping off the conversation you had with geojeff and your other guest, i felt like i was watching my country slip. we've dropped a few more notches. i feel we dropped too many notches. >> whose fault is that? >> there's so much fault to go around. i blame desperately in this situation democrats on that hearing, democrat staffers, democrat members of that committee who were willing to do almost anything to smear him. i look at the polls out of west virginia and virginia, it's back firing even with women. women in west virginia by a 30-point margin want to see kavanaugh confirmed after the hearing. >> you're bringing that up because of manchin -- >> in missouri, more women now will vote for mccaskill's opponent after this hearing. this is having big impacts in red states and blue states. you've got to also look at

i did not know many people finer than brett and his wife ashley kavanaugh. but i am dealing with this collision of these two realities. the accuser, her account reads as an incredibly traumatic and real account of someone who went through something she'd lived with and grappled with her whole life. >> ultimately, we probably are never going to know what the truth of the matter is. it does come down to credibility because this happened 36 years ago. there are only a handful of people who know the reality. so ultimately you have to come up with a process that's fair to her, that she needs to be listened to, but it's also fair to him. it would be nice if we could separate all the ideological riptides as you put it from this particular factual situation. this either happened or did not happen. and what the country is going to have now, two individuals who, i think, are going to end up testifying under oath in front of the senate judiciary committee. >> you think we get to that? >> i don't know how you don't have that, ultimately, when even the president is sugge

this is wrong. >> reporter: ashley kavanaugh, backing her husband. >> he's decent. he's kind. he's good. i know his heart. this is not consistent with a threat. >> reporter: while saying this about the accuser and the confirmation process. >> i don't know what happened to her. and i don't even want to go there. i feel badly for her family. i feel badly for her, through this process. this process is not right. >> reporter: kavanaugh insisting he's never been blackout drunk, casting himself as dedicated student and athlete. as for the latest allegation, he exposed himself, at a drunken college dorm party. >> never did such a thing. the other people allege to be there don't recall such a thing. if such a thing would have happened, it would be the talk of campus. >> reporter: in personal terms, saying he wasn't sexually active at the time. >> i didn't have intercourse, for high school or many years after. >> in all of the years in question, you were a virgin? >> that's correct. >> reporter: trump, earlier, standing by his nominee. >> judge kavanaugh is an out standing person. i'm

event was something good at the end, and i wonder if ashley kavanaugh would agree with that. when i saw dianne feinstein looking rather abashed with judge kavanaugh was railing out, as i think any human being would onlyhe seemed to be the one even a little ashamed of the fact that they had held of the letters so long, that it was her law firm -- which, by the way, it was strange she had no idea about them coming to california, that all of a sudden, she can fly, when before lawyers said she couldn't. to me, this is tradecraft and blackhawks type of stuff and it is printing. -- is frightening. ♪ ["take me home country roads"] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheering and applause] hello, was: virginia, hello. what a great song, how good is that song? applause]and >> [chanting] usa! pres. trump: i am thrilled to be back in this incredible state with thousands of hard-working american patriots, thank you, thank you, thank you. the people of west virginia love our country. they honor our history, and they always respect our great american flag. [cheering] pres. trump: this is a truly amazing time for o

senators were told to stay in town, possibly because of kavanaugh, back to you. ashley: edward, thank you very much. deroy, what is your reaction to news of perhaps another delay? apparently dr. ford not happy with the parameters what the hearing will look like on thursday? your thoughts. >> i'm not sure what we can do to satisfy dr. ford. the senate already has allowed her to go through i think five different extensions of these deadlines starting from thursday through friday morning, friday evening, over the weekend on monday. she is not happy about the people questioning her. a lot of people victims of sexual abuse, make comment if she were questioned by men it would be too much of a male female. situation. let's bring in woman to answer the questions. that is not good enough either. this is gone on wrong enough f she wants to show up thursday to tell the story terrific. if she wasn't want to, vote him out of committee and get him to the supreme court. ashley: deneen, the president calls it a con job, delay, obstruct, all of the above. what is your thoughts? >> well

kavanaugh's forceful defense. >> reporter: any message for dr. ford? gripping his wife ashley's hand, judge brett kavanaugh walked past the cameras into the senate committee. >> do you afir that the testimony you're about to give before the committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. >> reporter: then in a voice filled with anger and emotion, he proclaimed himself an innocent man. >> the day after the allegation appeared, i told this committee that i wanted a hearing as soon as possible to clear my name. i demanded a hearing for the very next day. unfortunately, it took the committee ten days to get to this hearing. in those ten long days, as was predictable, and as i predicted, my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed by vicious and false additional accusations. this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. >> reporter: judge kavanaugh blamed a, quote, frenzy on the left. >> a democratic senator on this committee publicly referred to me as evil. evil. think about that word. and said that

anna: we heard ashley kavanaugh and brett kavanaugh talk about how they had to discuss this with their. this it's very difficult. it's very difficult to have these conversations with your children, which we have had to have on broader terms for our youngest. they know bret and they know the truth. we told them at the very beginning of this pro-this will be not fun sometimes. you will larry things that people feel strongly and you need to know that and just remember, you know your dad. anna: just like dr. ford has gotten death threats they have gotten death threats. >> really reportin fox is the oy one reporting on the death threats that kavanaughs are receiving. this is a family that this is their first introduction to american politics. they have been a quiet family. he has been a judge. he hasn't been involved in that process in the public like that. my heart broke for them in that regard. they have to talk to their kids about this. have to tell them these stories. my concern is what is -- we have raised the price of serving in government so high. people a lot of times complain about

ensure 911 emergency care is there when you or your love one need it. >>> judge brett kavanaugh and his wife ashleying their silence moments ago, it's the first time we're hearing from kavanaugh's wife amid the allegations. >> when you hear women say that they repressed the memory they were struggling with, they never wanted to say anything, years later, in this situation, christine ford says, i felt i wanted to submit what i knew about brett kavanaugh into his file, because i heard he was up for this important position. i didn't want to come forward, but i wanted to make sure they had that information, because she felt it was important that they know. >> i truly, i don't understand it. i know brett, i know who he is. >> do you sympathize with the idea that some women would suppress a memory or wouldn't want to share it? or would not be able to talk about it until many years later? >> i don't know what happened to her. and i don't want to go in. i feel badly for her family, i feel badly for her, through this process, this process is not right. >> do you believe there should be an fbi investigation

. >> reporter: kavanaugh's wife ashley vouched for his character. >> he's decent, he's kind, he's good. i know his heart. this is not consistent with brett. >> reporter: and kavanaugh even announced in those high school and college years, he was still a virgin. >> i never sexually assaulted anyone. i did not have sexual intercourse or anything close to sexual intercourse in high school or for many years thereafter. >> through all these years that are in question, you were a virgin? >> that's correct. >> reporter: but now, some who knew him back then are disputing his claims. a classmate from yale, steve katrowitz, taking to twitter -- "perhaps brett kavanaugh was a virgin for many years after high school. but he claimed otherwise in a conversation with me during our freshman year in lawrence hall at yale, in the living room of my suite." and kavanaugh's freshman roommate at yale, james roche, tells abc affiliate kgo that, "based on my time with brett, i believe that he and his social circle were capable of the actions that debbie described." he described kavanaugh as a "heavy drinker"

kavanaugh and the bay area woman who has accused him of sexual assault, will testify under oath on capitol hill. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen. both kavanaugh and christine blasey ford are set to appear we begin with our reporter in washington. >> reporter: the woman accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual assault is expected to tell her story to senators monday in a public and kavanaugh says he's ready to testify to defend himself. >> he's one of the great intellects and one of the finest people that anyone has known. >> reporter: president trump is saying the confirmation process should play out. >> i would like to see a complete process. i would like everybody to be very happy. most importantly i want the american people to be happy. >> reporter: christine blasey ford, a psychology professor in california. this is her high school yearbook photo in the early '80s. around the time she said she was assaulted. telling dianne feinstein kavanaugh was drunk at a party when he groped her. kavanaugh called the allegation false. i've never done anything what the accuser described to her or anyone. an attorney for bla

the last hour that he thought that the event was something good at the end, and i wonder if ashley kavanaughuld agree with that. when i saw dr. feinstein looking rather abashed when judge kavanaugh was railing out, as i think any human being would do, she seemed to be the only one who was a little bit sam a shame that they held the letter so long. it was her law firm. i find it strange that she had no idea about the coming to california. all of a sudden, she does like him when before, the lawyer said she could not fly. this is tradecraft, to me, it is black ops stuff. i do not think the democrats realize that people are aware that they are doing. i was surprised that mr. shapiro did not answer a question about a broker and the other two liberals, who apparently can abuse women and not have anybody call them on it. host: what do you think about how president trump has reacted to this entire last two or three days? he is normal very active on twitter and very stringent on his opinion. he has been less on twitter over the last couple of days. guest: this is consistent from what you have seen fr

. >> with his wife ashley by his side, kavanaugh spoke with fox news. >> i am not questioning and have not questioned that perhaps dr. ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted by someone in some place. but what i know is i've never sexually assaulted anyone. >> ashley, how has this been for the girls, for your family? >> it's very difficult. it's very difficult to have these conversations with your children, which we've had to have, some broader terms for our youngest, but they know brett and they know the truth and we told them at the very beginning of this process this will be not fun sometimes. you're going to hear things that people feel strongly, and you need to know that and just remember you know your dad. >> reporter: kavanaugh says he will not bow out. >> i'm not going anywhere. [ chanting "we believe dr. ford" ] >> reporter: on thursday america will hear from dr. christine blasey ford, his first accuser. in a letter to the republican chairman chuck grassley, blasey ford writes, while i am frightened, please know my fear will not hold me back from testifying. chai

ashley: yeah. >> this is a very vague accusation with a lot of details missing. now people saying well, kavanaugh is guilty. how on earth do we know what happened if. ashley: yeah. >> sad part, i don't know if we'll ever get to the bottom of it. ashley: that is my question. i don't think we can. james, what about gop, some republican senators may end up opting out of voting for brett kavanaugh? bob corker, who else, jeff flake, susan collins of maine, lisa murkowski of alaska, they may opt not to vote for him? >> that is possible but i think given chairman grassley given this hearing, this opportunity for, for the professor to say her peace. ashley: yeah. >> i don't understand what the argument would be, unless, the result of monday and i think it should go forward monday, unless the result is that she raises issues that the judge doesn't have an answer for. other than that, if we're at the same place where it is a, a accusation but no additional detail, no further evidence i don't know what their argument would be. i think the reason this is getting delayed so much is the people who really don't

-- we are all -- mainstream media who lives here think they can run into brett kavanaugh and ashley kavanaughre, the coffee shop. and they can live with themselves the way they have treated him. just him, don't talk about the accusers for a movement don't talk about the process. and don't talk about the lifetime appointment to the supreme court, have you seen some of these senators? folks keep on electing them. they effectively have lifetime appointments to the united states senate. if they can live with themselves the way they have treated a human being and they can look their kids in the eye and say i would -- i treated him as a human being the way i would wants you to be treated, i would really like that -- i know you see me out here as counselor to the president on tv often, doing lots of things inside, by the president's side for over two and a half years now. i'm also the mother of four school aged school children including an almost 14-year-old son. the conversations being had in the suburbs among women are not just about those accusers. it's about the accused. and the implications thi

was she ashley's says by kavanaugh the judge, did he see it, was he in the room?id it not get to the polic police? any lawyer who loves cross-examination would love nothing more than to examine a witness holding that affidavit in his hands and saying, here? here. but he doesn't care about that. all he cares about is getting the headline, maybe she will testify and maybe she won't. but if she testifies, she will be cross-examined in a very effective manner by the cross examiner. >> why not ask real questions and why not see the claims align common sense, they become so intense that everyone is afraid to ask real questions? >> it was terrible because she had a woman say on television that it was sexist to have appointed a woman lawyer. she would have said it was sexist to appoint a male lawyer. you need a general neutral robot now to cross examine if you want to avoid claims of sexism, it's a "no" win. cross-examination must be effective and it must be tough. it has to be respectful. you can be respectful and tough but do not pull punches. there is so much at stake

kavanaugh. i have known brett and his wife ashley since before they were married. and i had the opportunity to work with brett during his service in the george w. bush white house. as secretary rice has just said very well, those of us who worked with him universally praise his work ethic, his intelligence, and his integrity. i visited with george w. bush a few days ago. we talked about brett. he put it simply. brett kavanaugh is a class act. in endorsing brett, former lawyer to president bill clinton, bob bennett, called him a strong advocate of decency and civility. of all the attributes you look for in a judge, what is more important than good judgement? brett definitely showed good judgement in marrying ashley. so did she. and they're a great family. it's wonderful to have their daughters margaret and liza with us here today. brett's parents are also here. that's especially appropriate since brett's first introduction to the law came from listening to his mom practice closing arguments at the dinner table. she was a trailblazer. she went to law school at age 34

kavanaugh. finally, i thank my wife, ashley. she is a strong texan. a graduate of the university of texas at austin. she is now the popular town manager of our local community. this is not exactly been the summer that she had planned for the family. i am grateful for her love and inspiration. ashley is a kind soul. she always sees the goodness in others. she has made me a better person and a better judge. i thank god every day for my family. mr. chairman, senator feinstein, members of the committee, i look forward to the rest of the hearing and answering your questions. i am an optimist. i live on the sunrise side of the mountain, not the sunset side of the mountain. i see the day coming, nay not e day that is gone. i am optimistic about the future of america. i am optimistic about the future of our independent judiciary. i revere the constitution. if confirmed to the supreme court, i will keep an open mind in every case. i will do equal right to the poor and the rich. i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united states and the amer

ashley didn't -- mrs. kavanaugh didn't have an answer to answer. he then pivoted to something else. he never directly answered that question. so while he categorically denies it over and over, he has yet to say why he wouldn't want a fbi investigation. if the goal was to win all of his varsity basketball games, be number one in the class and go to chapel and do service projects. >> also, not like he is just sitting back now and put out a calendar as proof and i don't know what smoking gun they have in there that they're going to show up but so far all that calendar shows is corroboration of what many of the women are saying. he went to the beach, parties, he was friends with mark judge. and that's just on a glance of one thing. so, you know, on the one hand don't do an investigation. on the other hand, but here's my piece of evidence that i'm going to put forward that by the way i don't think proves his point at all. so, you know, they're really distorting what he says he wants, a fair process. it is not fair at all. >> stick around for a moment. we have new developments from capito

covered the supreme court for years for us, and here's what judge kavanaugh said just a short time ago. >> reporter: with his wife ashley by his side, an emotional judge brett kavanaugh speaking today to fox news, defended himself from allegations of sexual misconduct and vowed he would not bow out. >> i'm not going to let false accusations drive us out of this process. and we're looking for a fair process where i can be heard and defend my integrity, my life-long record. my life-long record of promoting dignity and equality for women, starting with the women who knew me when i was 14 years old. i'm not going anywhere. >> reporter: and he insisted -- >> i've never sexually assaulted anyone. i did not have sexual intercourse or anything close to sexual intercourse in high school or for many years thereafter. >> through all these years that are in question, you were a virgin? >> that's correct. >> reporter: his nomination reeling from a second accusation of sexual misconduct in his youth. it comes from deborah ramirez, a former classmate of kavanaugh's at yale university, who spoke to reporters ronan farrow and jane mayer

kavanaugh, and even suggested that these women might be working together to sneer the nominee. >> i'm not going to let false accusations drive us out of this process. >> reporter: with his wife ashleyhis side, judge brett kavanaugh told fox news he never sexually assaulted anyone. >> we're looking for a fair process. where i can be heard defending my integrity, my lifelong record-- my lifelong record of promoting dignity and equality for women, starting with the women who knew me when i was 14 years old. i'm not going anywhere. >> reporter: kavanaugh gave the rare interview after 53-year-old deborah ramirez of colorado told "the new yorker" that, as a student at yale university, "kavanaugh had exposed himself at a drunken dormitory party, thrust his penis in her face, and caused her to touch it without her consent as she pushed him away." jane mayer wrote the article with ronan farrow. >> we found another classmate who remembers hearing about it that night or the next day. >> reporter: classmates who were at the party told "the new yorker" they don't recall kavanaugh doing that. but kavanaugh's yale roommate, james roche, a software c.e.o., told a san francisco reporter today that

. >> reporter: kavanaugh and his wife, ashley, sat down for a fox news interview to tackle the allegations had on. they came from christine blasey ford and now deborah ramirez, reported in the new yorker. >> i know i'm telling the truth. i know my lifelong record and i'm not going to let false accusations drive me out of this process. >> brett kavanaugh is an absolute outstanding person. hopefully, he will be confirmed quickly. >> reporter: president donald trump shows no signs of backing down and neither does the uncharacteristically angry senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. >> this shameful, shameful smear campaign has hit a new low. >> reporter: the senate is edging closer to the thursday hearing but will we hear from others? a controversial attorney, michael avenatti, said he knows of another accuser. what is lacking is corroboration. republicans questioned the timing and democrats want the process delayed. >> if you really believed the allegations are part of a despicable smear job, leader mcconnell, why don't you call for an fbi investigation? >> reporter: what senator mitch mcc

. >> reporter: tonight embattled supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh alongside his wife ashley vowing he will not withdraw. >> i'm not going anywhere. >> reporter: that following a second accuser coming forward. >> i won't let false accusations drive us out of this process and we're looking for a fair process where i can be heard and defend my integrity and my lifelong record. >> reporter: the new allegation from 53-year-old debra ramirez, one of kavanaugh's classmates at yale. she said at a drunken dorm room rt her. ramirez acknowledges she was drinking to the point of being foggy and slurring her words, i was embarrassed and ashamed and humiliated but she remembers kavanaugh next to her pulling up his pants. brett was laughing. i can still see his face. the new yorker has not confirmed with other eyewitnesss kavanaugh was present at the party and two of the male classmates who ramirez alleged were involved and the wife of a third despute ramirez' account. >> judge kavanaugh is an outstanding person and i'm with him all the way. i think it could be there is a chance this could be one

. >> reporter: kavanaugh, with his wife ashley on fox news, responding to ramirez's charge. >> never did any such thing. the other people alleged to be there don't recall any such thing. if such a thing had happened, it would have been the talk of campus. >> it's very difficult. it's very difficult to have these conversations with your children, which we've had to have, some broader terms for our youngest. but they know brett and they know the truth. >> reporter: but tonight, new scrutiny over this answer. >> was there ever a time that you drank so much that you couldn't remember what happened the night before? >> no, that never happened. college roommate, james roche, disputing that, writing i did not observe the specific incident in question, but i remember brett drinking excessively and becoming incoherently drunk. now less than 48 hours from when kavanaugh and christine blasey ford are set to testify before congress, the top senate republican predicting kavanaugh will get 50 votes. >> i'm confident he will be confirmed in the very near future. >> reporter: lisa murkowski urging h

kavanaugh's wife ashley has received graphic e-mails since he was accused of sexual assault. in one, a critic writes my condolences to you for being married to a rapist although you probably deserve it. ford is married with two sons. she received death threats of her own. she has not been seen publicly. >> the threats have forced she and her family to move out of the home. the support for the nomination is slipping. an nbc poll after allegations were made, finds more americans oppose the nomination than support it by 4%. the increase in opposition is coming from women over 50 and independents whose support plunged by 31 points. >>> president trump's former lawyer michael cohen is cooperating with special counsel robert mueller. according to abc news, cohen spoken to mueller's team several times over the past month with prosecutors focusing primarily on mr. trump's dealing with russia. cohen is cooperating with the new york state investigation with the trump charity and trump organization. cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts last month and implicated the president with payoff

. >> with his wife ashley by his side, kavanaugh spoke to fox news. >> i am not questioning and haveuestioned that perhaps dr. ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted by someone in some place. but what i know is i've never sexualy assaulted anyone. >> reporter: kavanaugh says he will not bow out. >> i'm not going anywhere. >> reporter: on thursday we'll hear from dr. blasey ford. she writes, while i am frightened, please know my fear will not stop me from testifying. senator grassley writing back, i look forward to your testimony. for now they are the only two people scheduled to testimony on thursday but there's also now another accuser, deborah ramirez, a former classmate of kavanaugh's at yale university. she says kavanaugh exposed his genitals to her at a drunken party. kavanaugh denies this allegation as well. now ramirez's accusations against kavanaugh have become the subject of a nationwide debate. in washington there's a lot of talk about abc's own reporting. he met up with someone who knew kavanaugh in college, and he says he believes her and fully believes bas

. >> i extend a very warm welcome to judge kavanaugh, to his wife ashley, their two daughters -- >> mr. chairman, i agree with my colleague senator harris. mr. chairman, we received 42,000 documents that we haven't been able -- >> and everyone else joining us today. >> we believe this hearing should be postponed. >> i know this is an exciting day for all of you here. >> mr. chairman. >> you're rightly -- >> if we cannot be recognized, i move to adjourn. >> the american people -- >> i move to adjourn. >> hear directly from judge kavanaugh and later this afternoon. >> mr. chairman, i move to adjourn. >> all senators on the judiciary committee gave their opening statements today, democrats remain furious they have not been given access to all of kavanaugh's documents in his time working with the bush white house. >>> gwyneth paltrow's wellness company has lawsuits against ten -- the suit claims no scientific support for the products advertised medical claims. the jade egg and rose quartz could balance hormones. the eggs are sold online starting at $55. customers who bought them can contac

kavanaugh. finally, i thank my wife ashley. she's a strong west texan, a graduate of abilene cooper public high school, and the university of texas at austin. she's now the popular town manager of our local community. this is not exactly been the summer she had planned for the family, but i'm grateful for her love and inspiration. ashley is a kind soul. she always sees the goodness in others. she's made me a better person and a better judge. i thank god every day for my family. mr. chairman, senator feinstein, members of the committee. i look forward to the rest of the hearing and to answering your questions. i am an optimist. i live on the sunrise side of the mountain, not the sunset side of the mountain. i see the day that is coming, not the day that has gone. i am optimistic about the future of america. i am optimistic about the future of our independent judiciary. i revere the constitution. if confirmed to the supreme court, i will keep an open mind in every case. i will do equal right to the poor and to the rich. i will al

. >> reporter: kavanaugh with his wife ashley on fox news responding to ramirez's charge. >> never did any such thing. the other people alleged to be there don't ucrecall any thing. if such a thing had pped, it would have been the talk of campus. >> it's very difficult. it's very difficult to have these conversations with your children, which we'o had have. ome broader terms for our youngest. but they know it's brett and they know the truth. >> reporter: but new scrutiny over this answer. >> was there ever a time you drank so much you that couldn't remember what happened the nighe re? >> no. that never happened. >> reporugr: kavas college roommate james roche disputing that writing "i did note observ specific incident in question but i d b remembertt frequently drinking excessively and becoming incoherently drunk." kavanaugh and accuser christine blasey ford are t set totify in front of congress. the top senate republican predicting kavangh will get 50 votes. er i'm confident he will be confirmed in the near future. >> reporter: still key republican lisa murkowski urging republicans no

kavanaugh. i have no brett and his wife ashley since before they were married. the opportunity to work with brett during his service in the george w. bush white house. as secretary price has just said very well, those of us who worked with him universally praise his work ethic, his intelligence and his integrity. i visited with the george w. bush a few days, talked about brett. he put it simply brett kavanaugh is a class act. and endorsing brett conformable to president bill clinton bob bennet called him a strong advocateet of decency and civility. by the way, of all the attribution to appoint a judge what could be more important than good judgment? but definitely showed good judgment in marrying ashley. so did she. and they are a great family. it's wonderful to have their daughters, margaret and liza with us here today. brights parents are also here. that's a special appropriate since brights first introduction to block it from listening to his mom, practice closing arguments at the dinner table. she was afi trailblazer. went to law school at age 34 and eventua

being bullied and cavanaugh supporters of released hate filled emails that have been sent to kavanaugh's wife ashley. the emails which fox news has heavily redacted because of the extremely obscene languages being investigated by the department of justice as a potential threat. in congress, senator jeff blake who said he couldn't proceed in a confirmation vote unless there was a hearing now said to come if ford doesn't show up on capitol hill the committee should proceed to the vote. susan collins who has been on the fence about kavanaugh's urging ford to come forward and florida senator rubio said it would definitely be a turning point. >> she shouldn't be criticized for not doing it, and we can't force her and shouldn't try to but then the senate has to move forward based on the information we haven't before us. >> i talk to a senior white house official a short time ago and they say they are confident that when all is said and done, kavanaugh will find himself on the supreme court. >> martha: thank you very much. more here now with more is tammy bruce, fox news contributor, and marsha catherine,

>> look, we are so proud of brett kavanaugh and ashley. they went out tonight, they spoke from the heart. and they sent a powerful message. brett said he's going to fight, he's going to stand strong and he's not going to be intimidated by those democrats placing false claims on him. he is strong in defending his character and his integrity. that was such an important message for the american people to hear to. the pain they are going through, the threats on their family and the mere fact that the democrats are playing politics with this family, with this man's life, someone who has dedicated hisd life to public service, laura. i have to tell you, when you listen to these democrats and when they say the verdict is in, brett kavanaugh is guilty, theyo believe her, then why the heck are we having a hearing if they are believing her and not even giving brett kavanaugh the fair process he deserves especially after six weeks that they had these lengthy hearings, that they have asked him over a thousand questions and yet the democrats continue to