my understandi is that you sive known the kavanaughs for well o it pe that the brett h that you know w, judge kavanaugh, 53 ars old now, a candidate for the highest court in the land, very difft from a brett kavan at 18 years old? is itbl pos that maybe the guy that you know isn't the guy who existed i 1982? >> well, it's not -- know breth now, and i have known the kavanaughs for nearly 20 years. the interesting thing is, craig, they have had people testify to his charact from the time he was 14. the people that knew him best, that knew him as a middle as a high scho, when he was in colle, and they all testified to t brett kavan that i know, who is good to the core, who is decent, who is humble, who is honorable, who could never do these things. >> yesterday, at times he was emotios on the verge of tears, visibly angry. do you think that was an effecte strategy for the judg >> well, i don't know that he necey set out with a strate i know is, t eavaughs have been t last two w oces to me that emotional resp was very ap what his famil gone t ginger loper, friend of e kavana , craig. ti o

days to more women have come forward with their own serious allegations of sexual assault involving brett h kavanaugh. this past sunday we learned about deborah ramirez, who was a student at yale with brett kavanaugh. she, too, did not want to come forward, but after being approached by reporters, she told her story. she was at a college party brett kavanaugh exposed himself to bher. she recalls pushing him away and then seeing him laughing and pulling his pants up. then yesterday, julie swetnick import to say that she had experiences of being at house parties with brett kavanaugh and mark judge. she recounted seeing kavanaugh engage, and i quote, in abusive and physically aggressive behavior toward girls, end quote. quote. including attempts to, quote, remove or shift girls clothing, end quote. not taking, quote, no for an answer, grabbing girls, quote, without their consent, , end quote, and targeting, quote, particular girls so that they could be taken advantage of, end quote. each of thels stories are troubling on their own, and each of thesese allegations should be investigated by the

there was new informatio overt tha said that two men came out overnight and said actu it wasn't brett h who sexually assaultnd your fr it was me, they basiy said. is there any way you think shee could mistaken in her iden of brett kava absutely not. she knew brett. this wasn't just a chance encounr w seone shead never met before e remember who it is. this is someone she knew and knew before this happed and duri the assault she had, you wow, she k who she was dealinwith. that's interesting because hish said in intervw with fox news, he sort of denied knowing her. said he may have m her. he said, she is not a friend, not someo i knew. so what's the real story there? >>ell, you know, she may not friend.n a clearl she wasn't a friend. he did know her. was disinagain uous of him. he scrib bre kavanaugh, and you all went to school togeth, and he describes h this. i went to an all-boys catholic school arcs jesuit schoo where i was focused on academics and athlet where i was going to chur every sunday. a listen tthis. fox newss drin. >> was there a time that you drank so much that you couldn't

when i did, brett put h hid over my mouth to stop me from syelling. thishat terrified me the most and had the most lasting impact on my life. it was hard for me to breathe and i thought that brett was accintly going to kill me. >> reporter: ford remembers looking over at judg>> mark seemed to be urging brett on and at timeelling him to stop. a couple of times i made eye contact with mark and thought he might try to help me but heid not. during this assault, mark came over and jumped on the bed twice while brett was on top of me, and t last time that he did this, we toppled over and brett was no longer on top of me. >> reporter: the psychology professor asked aer strongest memory from that night. >> indelible in the hippa campus is the laughter. the uproaous laughter between the two and they're having fun at my expense. eg >> with whate of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> reporter: then it was kavanaugh's turn entering the room after ford left offering a forceful deny. >> my family and my name have been totally and pe

re >> woodruff: wrn to the confirmation hearing of brett h to be the next supreme court justice. it was another day of discord-- this time centering on abortion and race. democrats publicly released a few dozen of judge kavanaughs documents and emails from his time in the orge w. bush administration.a wyer for president bush had previously deemed those emails" "confidentiaaning senators could read, but not talk, about them. the release sparked a heated exchange among sators. >> i am going to release the email about racial profiling, and i understand that the penalty comes with the potential ousting of the senate. i am releasing it to expose at, number one, the emai that are being withheld from the public have nothing to do with national security, nothing to jeopardize the sanctity of those ideals that i hold dear. >> running for president is no excuse for violating the rules of the senate or of the confidentiality of the documents we are privy to. no senator deserves to sit on is committee or serve in the senate, in my view, if they decide to be a law into themselves and willingl

the maga she was reluctant to char kavana role in the e sit here today,ou is clie certain it was brett h who exposed himself to you know, she has inrynt bee very caree is putting out shere. " is exactly what she recalls w clarity. t she recal incident. she recalls the genitalia i. e recalls seeing brett s as though somy was zipping up theibo there after saying brett va just did that. those are the facts she is comfe with putting forwd she was deliberate to not sacificay that in that exact moment she knew it was breth and she sawwa it one of the things that has made her, to me, so cre is now putting forth more conc informatione has been care she is comfortable saying er thing the new yorker rights aft six days of cons hernd memories cons with her attorney, she fe confident enough to those six e magazine. on, you either remember or you don't. what's the six days about? first of all, maybe that gives an impression that the twa of them in a locked down for si how it went. ba to the point i was makingte she w to make sure that her recoll of what happened and what informati she was " was accur

like what you're saying is there is situation orsen narcoti scenario you would withdraw brett kavanaugh's nomination. h >> if i thoug was guilty of something like this, yeah, sure. >> hallie joins me live. give me a sense of what it was like in that room. he>> reporter: yeah, room here, lester, in the immediate short term future this puts immense pressure on brett kavanaugh to seen as credible and compelling tomorrow because as you heard ethe president say, he willwatching. the bigger picture, the last hour and 22 minutes provided us a wi extraordinary insight how this presidencys this broader cultural ment a year into the me, too, movement asked how he would describe his message to young men. this is a dangerous period. the president was trying to win over the audience of rtres, rifting, interrupting and exaggerating the rdfacts, in other classic donald trump. >> in a hotel a few bl >>> the president making big headlines about the high-stakes eting tomorrow with the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. the man that oversees the mueller investigation. krisn welker is at the white house. what's the l

brett kavanaugh. and h should be, he's the most brilliant person and lawyer. they were talkingbout him on the supreme court ten years ago i want to hear what she has to say. >> you feel like there's been numerous false allegations against you. >> oh, i had many false statements against me, and if the press would have reported it, i would have been very happy. i think john would tell you you covered the story where the men were paid to say bad things about me, and hannity covered it. i will tell you when i saw that on hannity, i actually called him. believe it or not, i don spe to him very much, but i respect him, i called him. i said, this is the biggest story. this is a big, big hstory, and agreed with me. next day in the papers, not one word about it. next day, i watchedabc news, nbc, i watched cbs, not cnn, but xt time i will, i watched everything. there was not one story other than fox. it's a big story. it's a shame. okay. enough, thank you, thank you. go ahead, that's ough, ease. good job. good job. >> mr. president, can i ask a question since i am from

since the nomination of brett kavanaugh i've been able to reflect back on those times, and what my h burns tells me brett in this crucial role big many have o given testimony to his extraordinary legal mind. the death of his experience, his intellect and his good common sense. you've heard and you will hear from his clerks and other jurists and great legal thinkers as well as colleagues from throughout his career. i do not need to repeat their praise. only to say that i know firsthand that brett is really, really smart. here is the brett kavanaugh that i know. he is hard-working. he has a sense of humor. he seeks truth in facts. there is no detail too small to gain his attention. he makes those around him better. brett is wise. he is on old soul who is made to have steady us in these complicated times. brett listens. especiallyou to those with whome disagrees. and in our charge environment, when we have become almost tribal, living in echo chambers and often finding comfort in the company of only those with whom we agree, this c is an indispensable quality for the responsibilities of

as you know ali, brett kavana h kavanaugh's view on whether the president can be subpoenaed, he certainly thought so during the clinton administration when he was working for ken star of the lewe lewinski situation. although he has said in that law review article that it would take an active congress to provide the president with immunity. i am sure we are getting a lot of questions about that. when the questioning begins on wednesday, tomorrow will be the opening statements by the senators. the opening statements by the nominee himself and the introduction of the family and then we get down to the good q & a on wednesday. >> we'll be tuning in on that. jef jeff, thank you. >>> jason, you written a detailed column arguing that kavanaugh's nomination should not be considered both because of his views, and as pete just mentioned was referred to in the guilty verdict or the guilty plea for michael cohen. >> yes, this is the most pivotal supreme court nominee nomination of our lifetime. we have a president implicated in felony and his campaign managers are convicted of eight felony charges an

calling for the immediate postponement of the nomination proceedings of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh h after a second womon came forward alleging sexual misconduct by the judge. a former classmatete of kavanaugh's at yale university has accused him of exposing himsmself and thrusting his pens into her face during a college party in a dorm room. the woman, deborah ramirez, spoke on the record to "the new yorker magazine" and is now calling on the fbi to investigate her allegations. meanwhile, dr. christine blasey ford has agreed to testify before the senate judiciary committee on thursday about her allegations kavanaugh attempted to rape her when she was 15 years old. kavanaugh has denied both accusations. as part of his defense, kavanaugh has given the senate a copypy of his calendar from the summer of 1982, when he was in high school,l, which does not sw him attending any parties like the one described by christine blasey ford. but kavanaugh's own team acknowledged the newly unearthed calendar also does not disprove her allegations. on friday, president trump openly questioned dr. chr

. >> he thinks -- >> did h help brett kavanaugh today or hurt him? >> i think 's going toe in the eye of the beholder on that one. i think he t polariz situation a little bit. >> and georgetown prep, which is located in north bethesda, where brett kavanaugh school, it released a statement today, defending itself over the recent media reports, saying in part, "the temptations and the failings presented in these ories are not unique to georgetown prep. the problems a abuses of alcohol and drugs, sexual assault and dumisc, emotional and physical violence towards others areal but it is demon stra bly false that such behavior or culture is tolerated, still l encouraged, at georgetown prep. in fact, our curriculum is designed to guide students away from these ma little that influences." >> you can watch tomorrow morning's hearing right here on nbc 4. we'll have an nbc news special report, that hearing is expected to begin at 9:30. >>> well, the kavanaugh confirmation was front and center during tonight's virginia senate debate. >> northern virginia david c

they've repeatedly declined to comment on the record about h whether her allegations that brett kavanaughed h himself to her are accurate. with that said, the "new yorker's" ronan farrow joins us now. ronan, thanks for being with us. people who haven't read the article yet, can you just explain what your reporting is on this miss ramirez, what her allegation is? >> certainly. she alleges that at a dorm room party when she and brett kavanaugh were freshmen, he exposed himself and attempted to force his penis into her face and she has vivid memories of moments of that. she also was extremely cautious. as you pointed out. she pointed out wherever she felt there was a gap in her memory, due to her level of alcohol consumption, she took days to decide whether she wanted to go out and take this extraordinary step of throwing herself into this crucible of partisanship that she is now in the center of and also said repeatedly she wanted to be fair to judge kavanaugh. that she wanted to carefully consider what she was going to say and how before she did so. >> in terms of her motivation for speaki

. >> with what degree of at this dcertaintydo you believe brett h assaulted you?e today to tell the truth. i've never sexually assaulted anyone. i intend no ill will to dr. ford and her family. the other night, ashley and my daughter liza said their prayers and liza, all 10 years old said to ashley we should pray for the woman. a lot of wisdom from a 10-year-old. >> are dr. ford's allegations true? >> they're not accurate as to me. i have not questioned that she might have been sexually assaulted at some point in her life by someone, some place, but as to me, i've never done this. >> do you swear to god? >> i swear to god. maria: this coming as republican senator bob corker says he will be voting to confirm brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. we are waiting on the others and that vote, the committee vote is today at 9:30. joining us right now, two new york representatives, republican congresswoman claudia tenney and democratic congresswoman claudia malone. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. maria: congresswoman malone, i want to begin with you. you waited f

. >> jackie, thank you.on >>> the s woman accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct wants h to tell story to the fbi. tonight on twitter,ah deb ramirez's attorney asked why the judiciary committee isn't trying to make that happen this tweet came shortly after the committee announced it will take the vote on kavanaugh's supreme court nomination on friday. it will now come one day after kavanaugh and christine blasey ford address underh o an allegation he sexually assaulted her when the two were in high school. we learned that rachel mchell will question witnesses at that hearing. she's a prosecutor with decades of experience prosecuting sex crimes. >>> activists tried to shine a ght on the s assault allegations against kavanaugh. the group ultraviole set up a projector outside the courthouse on constition avenue here, where kavanaugh serves as a u.s. court of appeals judge. they hope the messages on the building will pressure kavanaugh to withdraw his name fco ideration for the supreme court. kavanaugh denies all ail allegas of sexual misconduct. >>> leon harris here at the live desk

justice department official who signed that letter, the letter basically exonerating brett kavanaugh is named brian benchkowski. hct guy that excused brett kavanaugh of any wrongdoing in his 2006 hearing. now he is back fresh off a stint doing legal work after the campaign for a russian bank called alpha bank. brian is now back at the justice department. now he is the head of the criminal division. he's in charge of enforcing all federal laws in the united states, including the crime of lying under oath. for years now brett kavanaugh has been able to dodge any fall-out from these serious accusations that he lied. in part thanks to administration officials who were there then and are back there now. but it is likely that tomorrow's hearings will offer very little opportunity for him to skirt issues about this particular thing anymore. watch this space. e. watch this space your windshiel. >> teacher: let's turn in your science papers. >> tech vo: this teacher always puts her students first. >> student: i did mine on volcanoes. >> teacher: you did?! oh, i can't wait to read it. >> tech vo: so when she had auto glass

brett hivanaugh. the "wton post" and the associated press both report that the bureau bos contacted h ramirez, who alleges kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at yale university where they were both students. the f.b. will also investigate allegations from christine blasey ford that kanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were in high school. a lawyer for land keyser, ford's high school friend, said she will cooperate with the f.b.i. and clafied an earlier statement and now says she "does not refute dr. ford's account" but still says that she has no recollection of the incident in question. yesterday, arizona republican senator jeff flake called for a gateweek delay to inves before a senate vote on the nomination. in an "atlantic" interview today, flake said he would "pla to support kavanaugh unless they turn up something, and they might." we'll have more perspective on this developing story right after our news summary. in indonesia, the death toll is rising as rescuers r ach areas hit assive earthquake which triggered a tsunami with 20-foot-high waves yesterday. the hardest hit region is on the northern c

. >>> it is day two of the h confirmatirings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. expect democrats to ask about gun and abortion rights rulings. and whether kavanaugh believes a sitting president can be investigated. if confirmed, he will fill justice anthony kennedy's seat. >>> thousands of d.c. public school parents are learningha t their kids' personal information was posed online for nearly six months. officials tell us theas information inadvertently up loaded to the d.c. council website. includes students' names, birth dates and i.d. numbers.oc no sl security numbers were listed. >>> new this morning, we now know who the washington mystics will face in their first-ever wnba finals. the storm beat the mercury to secure the second spot. that means t mystics head to the other washington for their first game on friday. the mystics topped the atlanta dream in game 5 last night. the seroer series was tied at 2. this could be the thirst championship for teams owned by ted leonsis. he won the arena football bowl. now cheering on the mystics. oh, my goodness, let's go

ford and judge brett kavanaugh at ktvu.com. h at ktvu.com. >>> let's listen in now as the democrats that walked out of this morning's hearing are speaking for the first time. we listen in. >> republican leader is jamming judge brett kavanaugh through this process without knowing the facts. but eventually the facts will come out and there will be additional investigation. and the truth will come out. >> we have to be clear, the smoke screen. they put a prosecutor in to give suggestioning that this was a hearing that was about giving into evidence and fact t is clear you don't do this without an investigation. the fbi is an agency of sworn trained law enforcement officers. they have the ability to do the investigation. so understand the misleading suggestion yesterday that this hearing was sufficient. if this hearing was sufficient, we would not have the fbi do a background investigation every time we have a nomination to the court. they wanted to cut off that process. and you have to ask why. you have to ask that. >> we're going u

in the pro-tracting drama of brett kavanaugh's nomination, any connection to his past now in h future. christine blasy ford told "the washington post" she researched moving to new zealand when she learned of kavanaugh's potential nomination. he revealed they're living in a hotel. the children are staying with friends. they have looked into security escorts for those kidding. they have received death threats. her e-mail has been hacked and they met with the fbi on friday. now more developments. this morning, we spoke with james roche, brett kavanaugh's freshmanoommate at yale in the fall of 1983. as he told "the new yorker," and elaborated with abc 7 today, the supreme court nominee was "a notably heavy drinker, even by the standards of the time and became belligerent when he was very drunk. "she wrote in support of deborah ramirez, who said that kavanaugh exposed himself at a party. judge kavanaugh would have been 18 at the time, and he has sworn under oath that he never committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature. when we spoke about ramirez today, he sa

tentatively agreed to appear before the committee on thursday to detail her allegation that brett kavanaugh sexually awe salted h-- assaulted her ata party 36 years ago. underscore the word tentatively. both sides still negotiating. new information could come to light. the deal could fall apart. either way, what happens in the next few days will determine whether brett kavanaugh cements the supreme court or has a big impact on the trump presidency. our first guest, the senior member of the judiciary committee, senator dick durbin. thank you for joining us. let's begin, you are senior democrat on the committee. somewhat the latest in the negotiations right now? where do things stand? >> i think your reporting is accurate, george. there appears to be an agreement near. it is not finalized. it will be wednesday or thursday this week, at least that's what i heard in a conference call last night. >> there seem to be a few sticking points. democrats and dr. ford want outside witnesses. she wants to be questioned by senators. senator grassley wants the questioning to be done by a staff aide. are those live-or-die point

. >> reporter: senate judiciary committee schedule a hearing for ford and brett kavanaugh to testify but the investigation hnowledge and memory of events, nothing the fbi or any investigator does would have any bearing on what she tells the committee so there is no reason for any further delay. federal law enforcement official, for federal investigation into 35-year-old allegations when ford won't go under oath and can't remember details like when or where the alleged assault occurred. they are demanding an investigation and delay on brett kavanaugh's confirmation vote. >> republicans control on the republican side. this is a woman who has been profoundly impacted by this. i can't say everything is truthful. i don't know. >> because the allegations don't involve anything in the statute of limitations the fbi would need explicit instructions from the white house for additional investigation which is something the president said he doesn't plan to do. republicans said they plan to move forward with the confirmation vote for brett kavanaugh, not clear when the vote would occur. todd: i can't think of a situati

a look at ife democrats h a chance of blocking brett kavanaugh. >> and this story is devastating. piece of hisry destroyed by this huge fire that you are looking at. this is a museum in brazil. the oldest human remains ever found in america was house there had in that building. what we know >>> the story is devastating. centuries and cturies and t trees of research and knowledge lost in a firet a museum overnight. look at the flamesust consuming a 200-year-old building. horrible. it houses some of the first fossils found in brazil. and nbc's chapman bell reports on this devastating there is researchs >> reporter: flames lighting up brazil's night sky as the country's national museum burned overnight in the city of rio de janiero. a massive fire gutting the former palace that holds the 200-year-old colction of history. around 80 firefighters were battling the blaze into the night a a residents some museum employees watched helplessly. amid fears mosth o more than 20 million items t held building are now lost forever. the cause of the fire is not clear but no injuries have been rein

thank you. f: >> woodr test of wills is building tonight over supreme court nominee brett kavaugh and the claim that hmitted a sexual assault in high school. the accuser says she wants the f.b.i. to investigate, before a senate hearing. republicans have so far balked at that demand, and the hearing is still set for monday. we will have a full report, after the news summary. the day's other major story is the ongoing flood disaster inna the caro today, the president flew in for a first-hand look at the mess and misery left by hurrica florence. william brangham has our report. >> brangham: president trump h me to flood-ravaged nortand south carolina today to assess the response to hurricanefl ence. his first stop was a marine corps station along the north carolina coast. in a briefing with state and federal officials, the president promised full federal support. >> unfortunately, the money will be a lot, but it's going to come as fast as you need it. going to take care of everybody. to the families who have lost loved ones, america grieves with you. and our hearts break for you. god bless you. we will n

brett groped me and tried to take off my clothes. he had a hard time because he was very inebriated, and because i was wearing was wearing a one-piece bathing suit underneath my h clothing. i believed he was going to rape me. a i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most and isis at the most lastig impact on my life. it was hard for me to breathe, and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. both brett and mark wered drunkenly laughing during the attack. they seemed to be having a very good time. mark seemed ambivalent at times, urging brett on, and at times telling him to stop. a couple of times i made eye contact with mark and thought he might try to help me, but he did not. during this assault, mark came over and jumped on the bed twice while brett was on top of me. the last time he did this, we toppled over and brett was no longer on top of me. i was able to get up and run out of the room. directly across from the bedroom was a small bathroom. i ran inside the bathroom and locked the door. i waited until i heard brett and mark leave the bedroom laughing and

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president openly questioned about why it took ford so long to come guard with h -- forward with her accusations about brett kavanaugh, the man the president chose to replace a supreme court retirement. the senate indicated that the senate majority leader called trump on friday to tell him the tweets he was sending out were not helping kavanaugh in the confirmation process. others like nikki haley haven't talked to the president, but they agree that christine blasey ford should be heard and questioned. >> what i've said very clearly is every accuser always deserves the right to be heard. but at the same time, i think the accused deserves the right to be heard. i think that's going to happen, which is great. the senate has a huge responsibility here. they have to make sure it's fair, they have to make sure it's responsible, and they have to take the politics out. for the good of both families, i think they have to do this swiftly and quickly, and they have to do it with a lot of care. and so with that, we don't know what the truth is 35 years ago, but we'll find out. and i think that's the best thing we can

the house said it's to avoid conflicting with triay's senate h on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. resenstein has denied he talked of recording thedent or having him removed from office. mr. trump says he would prefer to keep rosenstein on b, and not fire him. china today dismissed president trump's accusations that it's interfering in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections. at the united nations yesterday, the president suggested china was meddling because of his tough trade policies. in beijing today, the foreign ministry denied the charge, and warned mr. trump is harming u.s.-chinese relations.ha chinalways maintained a principle of not interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. in fact, the international community is very clear over who interfer the most other countries' internal affairs. we advised the united states to stop this unseeing criticism and slander of china. >> woodruff: as evidor his claim, president trump has cited a political ad placed by china in an american newspaper. but china said such postings do not violate any u.s. laws. t the united nations, pa

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it was about how politics is practiced in wasngdaby confir h bbe watintt kanau especially the brett kavanaughings. and we'll be right back. >>> and in "this week," where service and sacrifice were in the spotlight, we honor two americans who died in the month of august serving our country in afghanistan and iraq. that's all for us today. thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. we leave you this labor day weekend with a final salute to senator mccain, the battle hymn of the republic performed saturday by the u.s. academy glee club and the u.s. navy brass ensemble. ♪ ♪ mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord ♪ ♪ he is tramming out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored ♪ ♪ he hath loosed the lightning of his terrible swift sword ♪ ♪ his truth is marching on ♪ >>> up next, a high speed chase on south bay streets ends in a crash. we'll have the latest. >>> good morning to you. a live look outside from our east bay hills camera, trying to get some sunshine here. temperatures in the low to mid-60s already. concord and livermore. we're on our way to a modest does yo

he represents debbie ramirez, the second accuser of brett kavanagh and the way the republican staffer h republican staff. and the republicans refusing to deal with him pretending to deal with i am had. i'm stunned by it. >> it seems unprofessional. unfortunately the tone is set at the top by senator grassley and by senator mcconnell. and so, you know, we have certainly had good relationships on a professional level with staff on the other side because we are there, when i was there all the time trying to get our jobs done. but in this case you have people who are exceedingly partisan. you had the chief counsel for senator grassley conduct his own solo interview of the nominee and then pronounce him cleared basically. and so i think all processes are broken down. they're not following the rules, they don't care about the rules and they're doing so in order to install someone on the court with the job of following the rules, someone who actually, i think, has not been honest about the facts or the law in brett kavanagh. so it's all coming together in one pattern. >> and chuck grassley in

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i was h excited to see the president strongly defending brett kavanaugh and to see mr. kavanaugh speaking for himself with his wife. the american people can see what this iss about. the reason they elected donald trump is he was going to appoint strong constitutionalistha justices to the supreme court. this game of playing dirty is going to go o we can't cave into it. what's amazing is that people on the republican side say, oh, she deserves to be heard. i don't think she deserves to be heard. what we deserve is any allegation to be investigated, but investigated by the fbi in private in time. senator feinstein shouldn't be sitting on this this long. >> richard, i want to play another clip from the kavanaugh interview from tonight. >> one said he could see this kind of thing happening, you drank a lot in high school, drank a lot in college, although he hadn't seen or heard the incident himself, that it addedi up to him, that it made sense that you treated women that way. >> i have always treated women with dignity and respect. >> he was your roommate. >> i do. >>at why

washington.tuesday begins the confirmation hearings for judge brett kavanaughexpected to last days in front of the senate judiciary committeewit h implications for both parties."we need the opportunity to ask the questions. if we walked out, it would be one side asking the questions. i don't think that's the way you examine a nominee and get the facts out". with a successful confirmation...kavanaugh would give conservatives a firm majority on the supreme court. "if you are looking to a republican president to pick a qualified conservative, he would be on the top of anyone's list including not just donald trump."and as the confirmation hearings continuethe tech sector hits capitol hill wednesday."theres a lot of emphasis today on politics twitter and politics twitter tends to be pretty divisive."jack dorsey, c-e-o of twitter, will appear alongside sheryl sandberg, c-o- o of facebook, as they testify before the senate intelligence committee.the topics will (anchor1) m omar jimenezwashington...i'm omar jimenez (anchor1) taking a live look outside-- our camera looking at the golden gate bridge. (anchor 2) time now to check on our we

christine blasey accuse brett kavana of sexually assaulting w her when the in high school >> i believed he was going to rain me. i tried to yell for help. when i putd his h over my mouth to stop me from wyellin thisat terrified me the most and had the most lasting impact on my life. it was hard for me to and i thought that brett was accide going toill . >> judge kavanaugh denied the allega but this timee did so with anger. he railed against democrats fors trying sink nomination and destroy his name. >> this ole two-week effort has be a calculate and orches political hit, fuelle apparent pent up anger about president trump and the 2016 election, fear thatb hs n unfairly stoked abou my judici record, revenge on rehalf of the clintons and millio of dollars from left wingpposition groups. >> to discuss all of this is congre schiff who joins mefr via skype washin nice to have you back. what else wouldkeou l to see happen before a full senate vote happen >> as a prosecutor and there are a number of republicans on that commit have done invest of prosecution before whenyou have two witnesses who have cant dictory stories and both of them cannot be telling the tr

brett act that way. feinstein revealing the letter's existence thursday saying she gave the information the fbi. feinstein spokesman writing the woman in question made it clear information to be made public. ha h blasting it as an 11th hour accusation the democrats didn't see fit to raise over a month and 65 women that knew kavanaugh known brett kavanaugh he's behaved honorably and treated women with respect. peter alexander, nbc news. >>> when we come back, more from the storm zone as florence continues to pound the carolinas. s. ♪ s. be right back. with moderate to severe crohn's disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications. and the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission in as little as 4 weeks. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failu

very troubled by not pin-pointing how is it that she is able to identify brett kavanaugh as her attacker. jeanine: and now that she's hsistance on the part of the attorneys to allow ttus -- allow the senate to look at the notes with the therapist, lie detector test before teverything was revealed gives e the sense that there was a whole plan here. i don't have you onto discuss that, but more the reality that there are people out there who are honest in their claims but just can't be specific enough. >> yeah, i prosecuted the lead case in new york 35 years ago, a woman was brutally raped and for months and months we were so frustrated, she couldn't identify her assailant and we finally went to hypnosis and she was able to identify assailant and he was convicted. the court of appeals said, look, it's just not reliable, you can't cross examine someone effectively who absolutely believes they are telling the truth and only as a result of a false memory that was created by hypnosis and you think that's good probability here? >> i think i would be suspicious or favorable to that possibility if the lawyers for dr. ford do no

the fbi investigated anita that sexually h sexuallyly harassed by coll cla thomas. the fbi know brett kavanaugh very well. they have investigated him several times and this hearing. if she shows up and makes a credible showing, that'll be very addressed and we'll have to make a decision. i can only say this, he's such an outstanding man, very hard for me that anything happened. >> a couple of take aways here. you can hear the president's hedge on brett kavanaugh's nomination. decisionia to make. he pointed out the fbi have done background checks on brett kavanaugh several times. a background check is not the same as a criminal investigation and of course up until a couple of days ago, the fbi did not know about theseto allegations. that's been one of anonymous complaints and it got passed up to diane feinstein who sat on it. we don't think she asked about it in private meetings with brett kavanaugh. >> has she said she was trying to respect -- >> right, what we saw is happening to dr. ford now that she's been outed by the press to be honest with you and all of that. it is one of those

. >>> judge brett kavanaugh midway through his first full day of testimony in h senate confirmation hearing. each senator on the judiciary committee gets 30 minutes to question kavanaugh. democrats have h press on abortion, gun laws and presidential pardon power. this e hearingected to last until at least 9:00 tonight and everybody's back tomorrow for even more.ll >>> a prince george's county public schools closed early today because of the extreme heat and problems with air conditioning. ousands of parents had to scramble to find childcare or some way to take off work. the prince george's county school system says 209 of their hool buildings have h vac problems. >>> this firee caused m than $1 million damage overnight. it had been under renovation at the time. they say the fire does appear to be an accident. the good tng is no on was home at the time. one firefighter was inj ed. >>> they've been missing for more than a decade. now a pair of the mt famous shoes in the world, judy garland's iconic ruby wed slippers in "wizard of oz" have been. found news 4's derek ward explains how the smith

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ri i welcome everyone to this confirmation h on the nomination of judge... >> mr. chairman... >> brett kavanaugh to serve as associate justice... >> mr. chairman... >> ...of the supreme court of the united >> ...i'd like to be recognized for a question before we proceed. >> mr. chairman. i'd like to be recognized to ask a question before we proceed. the committee ceived, just last night, less than 15 hours ago, 42,000 pages of documents that we have not had an opportunity to read or review or analyze. >> you are out of order. i'll proceed. >> desjardins: one by one, democrats on the senate judiciary committee derailed the planor opening statements an demanded more time to review judge brett kavanaugh's massive >> we believe this hearing irould be postponed. >> mr. cn, if we can not be recognized, i move to adjourn. mr. chairman, i move to adjourn. ( applause ). >> ...directly from judge kavanaugh. >> mr. chairman, i move desjardins: the mele continued for more than an hour. republicans texas republican john cornyn pushedack. >> how ridiculous it is to say that we don't have the records

women only, sarah is in indiana on the line for those who support brett kavanaugh. go ahead. us?hare you with caller: i just want to let you know i support brett kavanaugh. i listen to the hearings and stuff what i can get because i don't have the cable to get all of it because you switched it over to c-span 2. i felt sorry for all the men because if they get to digging in everybody's background, i am sure they have got something in their background. i have had a lot of things happen in my life. i have been married since i was 16 years old, married to the same man and i feel like if they are going after him, it is a witchhunt. democrats, all they are is obstr uctionist. democrat and now i voted republican and i will never vote democrat again. host: you mentioned the term witchhunt. here is the headline of the piece in the washington times, adrift in the age of me too, the stocking of a supreme court nominee based on charges from high school takes us back to salem. betty on the line for those who support brett kavanaugh. caller: hello and good morning to you. i just wanted to make

brett will she or wo she? questions over mr. supreme court h accuser will tesfy before the senate. you can't put the geni in the bottle and the american people are entitled to hear both of them. >> republica setting a deadline for her to decide but vowing t move forward if she doesn't.t overni her attorney blasting the rush it a hearing as not fair. e does it go frem we are live at the white house and onhi capitol ll. >>> still rising. newlooding and new evacuations in the hricane-ravaged carolis w nearly a week after flor made landfall entire neighborhoo remain

. >> woouff: the drama swirling around supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh has taken a new turn. othe woman who accusing h sexual assault in high school now says she might be willing to testify next week, after all, but not monday, as senatnt republicans amna nawaz begins our coverage. >> nawaz: they protested today in the halls of congress. supporters invoking the name of christine blasey ford, spurred by her sexual assault allegation against supre court nominee brett kavanaugh. that, as debra katz, a lawyer for ford, sent an email to the senate judicia committee, to negotiate the terms of any potential testimony. in that email, the text of which was obtained by the newshour, katz said ford "would be prepared to testify next week," but only under "terms that are fair and which ensure her safety." the lawyer reiterated that ford "has been receiving death threats." the committee, chaired by republican chuck grassley,pr iously invited ford and kavanaugh to testify nexta mondayte ford's lawyer now says is "not possible."li today, repubns stayedel largout of public view, even president trump ignored ilreporte

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blasey ford" plans to detail an alleged sexual assault by judge brett kavanaugh, and reveal her motivation for coming forward. plus the c-h colored sedan. it happened just before 9 wednesday morning on highway 87 in san jose. our next update is in an hour. when gas companies aren )t busy pumping for oil-- they )re [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: our next guest tonight is a model and actress whose work you've seen on "transparent," as well as lifetime's new series, "you." she's currently starring in "assassination nation" which is in theaters now. let's take a look. >> it's amazing how someone so inconsequential can make you feel so inconsequential. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ] once. [ bleep ] twice. >> hold your head high. ♪ >> seth: please welcome to the show hari nef, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: welcome, hari. how are you? >> i am great. how are you? >> seth: good. i have a question. you -- i was very excited you were on the show. i think you were excited, as well, because you tweeted about it. >> oh, my god, yeah. i'm doing my talk show leg cross. >> seth: oh, wow. [ light laughter ] >> i'm ready to rock an

we'll hear from brett kavanaugh and the intention is for them to never be in the same room as they both give their testimony tomorrow. sdm,000 hthey pull that off, we'll have to see. five minutes of time is not a lot of time for these senators. he was brett kavanaugh's former law professor. he testified to the senate in support of kavanaugh's nomination during his first hearings. thank you for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> we now have more accusers tonight. today earlier today, the accusations came from a woman named s ed julie swetnick. her accusation is he was present at parties where she was gang raped. you heard this come out, you thought what? >> i thought that this is yet another allegation and it needs to be investigated and i want to hear from both sides. one of things that i admire about judge kavanaugh and his written opinions is he strikes me as someone who has tried to be open minded. he's surrounded himself with clerks who are liberals as well as conservatives. i think you heard senator collins say she wants to keep an open mind. she wants to hear from both sides. a good judge hears from both sie sides.

brett kavanaugh treats a handful of women from elite institutions. it is about real people on the ground, people like the women to my right and the people they represent who will not have lunch h with judge kavanaugh, wo will notau meet with judge kavanaugh but you'll nonetheless depend on judge kavanaugh to protect the constitutional rights to make decisions about their lives. as you heard from women like alicia baker and ms. weintraub, confirming judge kavanaugh to the supreme court would threatee people stability to make fundamental personal decisions including deciding whether to have an abortion. reproductive rights are under serious threat inht this countr. what we've seen over the last two decades is the concerted strategy that would dismantle roe v.ma wade piecemeal, not in one fellne swoop but rather to a death by a thousand cuts. this nomination is the culmination of the decades long effort to destroy roe v. wade incrementally without necessarily formally overruling it. the supreme court stands as a bulwark against this assault on reproductive freedom. just two years ago in whole woman's health, justice kennedy joyed a majority to reaffirm the undue burden standard f