and brad kavanagh the rest of their life. and brad kava nagh is the rest of their life.vanagh is a conservativejudge with strong feelings, for example, on issues like abortion and lgbt issues. —— brett kavanaugh. moving the court in that conservative direction is something that donald trump was dizzy with brett kavanaugh. but this is not a done deal yet. that is partly because of these allegations which will be tested at the senate judiciary committee. will be a difficult hearing, but you can imagine during this, you have effectively senators who tried to balance two stories: the one coming from christine blasey ford, who says that she was actually assaulted and felt that brad kavanagh assaulted and felt that brad kava nagh tried to assaulted and felt that brad kavanagh tried to rape her. and from brad kavanagh who says that is not the case and is defending his revision as he goes to this importantjob. revision as he goes to this important job. —— brett revision as he goes to this importantjob. —— brett kavanaugh. it is amazing that a man who has been appointed to the hi

ford so she has received death threats and has had to move house since the allegations against brad kavanaghlic on sunday. mr tom's simply seem to be more would be accused, then the accuser. as you know, mr kavanaugh has been treated very badly. her lawyers have written to the senate judiciary saying that she does not want to appear in front of the judge. that refusal to testify. if doctor ford doesn't appear. 0ne refusal to testify. if doctor ford doesn't appear. one other important voice is recommending a pause. anita hill went through similar hearings in 1991 hill went through similar hearings in1991 and hill went through similar hearings in 1991 and was widely seen to be treated badly. my advice is to push the pause button on this hearing, get the information together, bring in the experts, and put together a hearing that is fair, that is impartial, that is not biased by politics or by men. the memory of that hearing looms large. and there is clearly frustration among some women in the senate. is clearly frustration among some women in the senatelj is clearly frustration among some women

well christine ford and brad kavanagh on the verge shared the same space today only after ford had left the committee chamber did mr cavanaugh enter to deliver his sign and his record with anger in his voice he denied boards allegations and said that recent accusations of other women were last minute smears to block his confirmation to the supreme court this is destroyed my family and my good name a good name built up through decades of very hard work and public service at the highest levels of the american government this whole two week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fuel to with apparent pent up anger about president trump and the two thousand and sixteen election fear that has been a unfairly stoked about my judicial record revenge on behalf of the clintons and millions of dollars and money from outside left wing opposition groups. this is a circus. a circus joining me tonight to discuss the circus in washington is our very own bias waiter and here with me at the big table is boris foreman a u.s. government policy analyst with bard college here in berlin

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brad kavanaugh of a salt could rove -- of sexual assault, could testify next week. we are joined by bloomberg opinion columnist jonathan bernstein. we just got the latest lines right now from judge kavanaghnding a letter to the senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley that he will be at the september 24 hearing on monday, that he wants the hearing as soon as possible and denies categorically those claims. what does this mean for the supreme court nomination going w?ward jonathan: we know that he is denying these serious acquisitions, we don't know yet how it will play out next week, but certainly, we think he will show up and we have to hear from the lady making the accusations. shery: they are accusations of sexual harassment which they had before with justice clarence thomas, and there were also allegations against president trump. if the nomination goes forward, will the gop face an image problem here? jonathan: i think the supreme court will face a real problem. to have two problem on the supreme court, two justices, one of them with very serious accusations of sexual harassment that are as close to proven as we can get, and then the second case of an acquisition of sexual assault th