he's defending the attack on christine blasey ford. >> yeah, he is. i have known lindsay graham for long time and knew john mccain for a long time, and that's the sort of behavior on the part of trump, john mccain would not have approved of. we are seeing intense tribalization in american politics. if you are a republican you now, because in part of the kavanaugh nomination and the fight around it, you are lined up with your tribe and if you are not in that tribe you are in the other tribe. lindsay graham who had a representation of somewhat an independent thinker is now firmly and enthusiastically aligned with the president. >> he knows this is being discussed about him, and does he have an explanation about this? >> i can't peer into his soul. i take him at his word that this is how he feels, he feels this process has gone off the rails and brett kavanaugh is being treated unfairly. so he was booed yesterday at certain moments when he was defending the president, and every time he is booed, that's 1,000 more republicans in south carolina who had the

christine blasey ford herself and brett kavanaugh. democrats including today, dianne feinstein said an investigation without their input was incomplete. the white house counsel's office pushed back in recent days, saying that all senators had the time to get their stories because the hearing was just last week and both of them testified. christine blasey ford's attorneys are not satisfied and released this statement. they said an fbi supplemental back ground investigation did not include an interview of dr. christine blasey ford nor the witnesses who corroborate her testimony. they cannot be called an investigation. we are profoundly disappointed that after the sacrifice she made coming forward, those directing the fbi investigation were not interested in seeking the truth. they continue to hammer this point. in fact, ford's attorneys just released the letter to the fbi suggesting eight people the fbi should talk to. they are still pressing this point among the list of names that included ford's husband and the former agent who admini

the president publicly ridicules kavanaugh's accuser, christine blasey ford, as his supporters cheer him on. tonight, the white house is denying that reality as even some republicans call mr. trump's remarks wrong and appalling. >>> the boring defense. the president slams a new report in "the new york times" that shows how much of his wealth came from his father and from dubious tax schemes. new york state is now investigating the allegations that mr. trump dismisses as dull. >>> and worldwide provocation? we're learning about a possible show of force by the u.s. military in november from asia to south america. did the idea for a global muscle-flex come from the commander in chief? . >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> this is "cnn breaking news." >>> we're following breaking news on the investigation of u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. a source tells cnn that the white house expects the fbi to turn over its notes on the probe soon. then the information will be sent to capitol

christine blasey ford, imitating her while onstage. tonight, the white house now saying he was not mocking her at all. and this evening, the key senators to watch. what each of them said today. their votes will determine the fate of brett kavanaugh. >>> breaking news coming in right now. a house surrounded, after that ricin scare. three envelopes sent. among them, one addressed to the president. another to the defense secretary. tactical teams on the scene right now, and what we know about the suspect. >>> the emergency unfolding a short time ago. word a united pilot called in mayday. the plane from los angeles landing with more than 200 onboard moments ago. what triggered the alarm? >>> and there is another major tornado threat tonight, after at least ten tornadoes overnight. one on new york'son island, in pennsylvania and connecticut. the states we're watching tonight. >>> and that deadly earthquake and tsunami. and tonight, now, the volcano erupting. and our team making it to ground zero. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you

>> they are essentially standing by what president trump said last night saying that christine blasey ford's memory is fair game here. kellyanne conway took issue with the media saying president trump was mocking christine blasey ford saying that wasn't the word she would use even though he was clearly making fun of her and her lack of memory of certain details from the alleged incident. kellyanne conway says the white house has been nothing but respectful of christine blasey ford, adding this. >> he is pointing out inconsistencies. can you fill in her memory gaps, that is why the evidence gathering process and any hunt for truth are already -- >> so you see there she is giving a passionate defense on what president trump said. what we are seeing is president trump who is uncharacteristically restrained from the days after she made the allegations is realizing that some supporters agree with him on the fact that they believe there are holes in her memory. the president is making it clear saying his supporters at the rallies are coming to the defense of brett kavanaugh. you see he says

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he practice that clear lamade t when he mocked christine blasey ford questioning her recollection of what she says was a sexual assault committed by judge brett kavanaugh. and wolf, the white house has been somewhat on the defensive on all of this earlier this morning, kellyanne conway said that she feels that christine blasey ford has been treated as f egg, handled with kid xwlufrs. but we're getting the sense that the glovers are coming off and perhaps they know that this is going to be a very close vote. but as in so many cases with the president when he makes comments of that magnitude, it has a toxic effect. and it is turning off members of his own party. you just played some of that sound from senator jeff flake who has been successful in delaying in process, but also senator collins and senator lisa murkowski have also come out that this was wrong in the words of senator collins, lisa murkowski said that this wauns acceptable and that she was taking everything into account. that was a pretty stern warning from the senator from alaska that the president's comments may be backfi

what do you think when you hear donald trump mocking christine blasey ford? >> i think kavanaugh's chances of being confirmed are lower today than yesterday as a result of president trump. i think there's really an audience of three that the president has to convince. that is the three senators who are wavering, and they are going to decide whether or not the nomination is moving forward or not. i think the president's tone last night was disgusting. i have questions about dr. ford's testimony, and i have raised them before, but you don't mock her. you don't make fun of her. you treat her with respect and frankly this is going to, i think, make it more difficult for the fbi's investigation to have the wait that it should have. i am somebody that supports brett kavanaugh, and i am somebody who is hoping the fbi investigation is going to not produce evidence that corroborates her story because i would like to see him on this supreme court, but the president did everybody a disservice last night. >> i want to say if i can for one more second with you, linda, bec

christine blasey-ford was not testifying for herself up there during that hearing but instead it wase blasey-ford. >> creative. >> it's creative and that's the kind of stuff we're seeing in the dark corners of the internet these days. >> wow! who can compete with that? >> i don't think i can. what are the great ironies is that republican candidates were actively supporting efforts to undermine or overturn the affordable care act, critical component which is the protections for previous conditions, josh holley of missouri, includes dana rohrbacher, opening a door for insurers to charge people more. health care is the top issue on the minds of many voters according to the polls. what republicans are trying to do is tie democrats to singer payer and shift the conversation. >> health care. >> i'll stay on health care. one of the provisions in the large opioid bill would require the use of u.s. postal service to screen for fentanyl. before this, you could presumably get it delivered to your doorstep. but more broadly, this opioid bill is a few thing that senators, congressmen and incumben

christine blasey ford. and i think that brett kavanaugh's reaction hurt him with the mainstream of the country but it probably helped him with republicans because it mobilized trump behind him and mobilized the republican base behind him. so politically, i think it was probably a smart thing to do, but i think it's going to hurt the supreme court in the long run and further politicize the court. and who could ever imagine in the future that a justice brett kavanaugh is going to be impartial when he has liberal plaintiffs coming before him? >> i want all of you to take a look at this. >> okay, but -- >> hold on. this is an ad which is targeting senator joe manchin for staying "silent while kavanaugh's family was destroyed." watch this. >> west virginia senator joe manchin spends a lot of time shooting up pieces of paper to try to make a point. but when he sat silently as a democratic mob tried to end the nomination of judge kavanaugh to the supreme court with uncorroborated allegations, he shot a much bigger

doctor christine blasey ford gave honest of herself testimony. she has a right to be treated with respect . >> the white house was saying the president was pointing out factual inconsistencies in her testimony and accusing democrats of trying to undermine the cavanaugh appointment from day one . >> on the night president donald j. trump nominated the judge, schumer declared the democrats would oppose the nomination with everything they had . before a single document was produced this is a coordinated smear campaign. no evidence, no independent cooperation just smears. >> reporter: meanwhile on capitol hill tensions are so high capital police officers are escorting senators from meeting to meeting. mitch mitch connell must move to end the debate before midnight tonight if you want to conduct a confirmation vote before the end of the week. >> for more analysis on what is playing out in washington dc we are joined by a professor of college of law. thank you for being here. it sounds as if the fbi investigation may be nearly wrapped up here. but agen

asking her direct lly about the president mocking christine blasey ford.ou comfortable with the president mocking christine blasey ford. she made an effort to respond to that question. here's what she said. >> are you comfortable with the president attacking christine blasey ford? >> the president's comments were just plain wrong. >> is it going to affect your vote, senator? >> so what's notable there is she could have ignored the question and walked into the hearing room right behind me, a hearing she's chairing and not answer questions about exactly her thinks about the brett kavanaugh nomination. she has been reticent about going into her thinking over the last several days and avoided that question if she wanted to. but she made a point to try to respond to what she believes. the president just crossing a line that she did not want to see crossed. the ultimate question is will that affect her vogt. she did not answer that. went into the hearing room. but we believe what's going to affect her vote is the results of that fbi report, if and when that come

does that mean he did what christine blasey ford alleges? no. >> but doesn't it mean he was not credible or trustworthy when he was speaking to the senate judiciary committee. >> i think this is really important, the point, this is not a court of law. i always remind people. this is not an issue. this is called a job interview, called a political process, call it what you want, this is not is he innocent or guilty? it's is he worthy of being on the supreme court? just because the independent prosecutor said we would not have enough information to charge him, that's not what we are talking about here. >> to agree with myself -- >> well done. >> the point here is not whether there was proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the question is if you heard, and you were thinking of hiring a babysitter, who -- >> yeah. >> and you heard, well, there are three sexual assault allegations, but they are in dispute, that's the question, would you hire the babysitter, not is the babysitter guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. that i think is the more appropriate pe

christine blasey ford, and the character issues around brett kavanaugh. after she made it clear there would be enough, even though it's just a two-vote margin, the white house, of course, erupted in cheers and the west wing offices relieved that they will get their nominee on to the high court after a difficult fight. today the president hits the campaign trail himself heading to topeka, kansas, where we will expect to hear some public reaction for the first time about all of this, and that may come after the final vote late today. alex? >> all right, kelly o. at the white house. long day ahead. we will see you again. thank you so much. >>> also new today a report that u.s. congressman jared nadler is promising to investigate brett kavanaugh if democrats win control of the house in november. joining me now, congressman meeks and member of the foreign affairs committee and others. good morning, my friend. get to it here. if democrats were to try to investigate judge kavanaugh after being seated on the court, to what end? what would you be looking for? >> w

christine blasey ford, one of the women who has accused brett kavanaugh of sexual conduct. >>> plus aew explosive report from the new york times alleges on the don received hundreds of millions of dollars from his father oover the years, many from dubious tax dodges. >>> a new report finds the homeland security was not full ea prepared for family separations under administration's zero tolerance policy. ♪ >>> good morning everyone. it's wednesday, october 3rd. well, for the second night in a row, president trump hit the ampain trail, this time in southern mississippi. he brought up the alfwaglegatio and mocked dr. christine blasey ford. >> 36 we'res ago this happened. i had one beer, right. i had one beer. well, you think -- nope, it was one beer. good. how did you get home? i don't remember. where was the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. i don't bow. and what neighborhood? i don't know. where's the house? i don't know. upstairs, down stairs. but i had one beer. and a man's life is at theers. his daughters who are beautifull

christine blasey ford's hearing and testimony just last week. and so, a lot of this, perhaps, could have been clarified, not just the timing of when dianne feinstein handed over the information but what they had access to in the prior six background checks and so i think t"the 11th hour" claims is realy counterproductive to the credibility, perhaps, of senate judiciary committee, whether this is a partisan venture and certainly what the fbi was able to uncover initially in any of those prior six that could have allowed them had they looked, i guess, prudently enough or carefully enough to uncover all that we're seeing right now. everyone's in question. >> phil, on the most basic level, is the public going to get anything more than what we have at this moment about this latest suggestion from senate democrats? >> they shouldn't. i suspect they will. i mean, i don't want to take this analogy too far. the senate is like an old toilet. they're going to leak. i don't care what the agreement is. now, i think the question is, and we're confusing two qu

christine blasey ford's testimonial evidence is just that.ve to her therapist is just notes. yes, it is, because that's what is accepted as evidence. if we want to talk about court standards, that is evidence for the purposes of court. testimonial evidence that you've gifr given to other people and that you've discussed with other people -- >> she testified she actually read there were 12 testimonies, not just four, and she still found there to be enough evidence. >> on wednesday, the senate had their hands on a report that was supposed to take a whole week, that didn't talk to the victim? come on now, this was ain't reasonable investigation. it was done for show so the republicans didn't lose 100% of their women base. >> senator feinstein held onto that information for political purposes. >> for christine blasey ford to stand in front of the world and say she was sexually assaulted, to say that's not evidence again is an insult and it shows again why the republican party is so out of touch with mainstream america and particularly the women i

christine blasey ford's story. we should be open to our minds being changed. even donald trump said that in the press conference but what -- what last night revealed in mississippi is that donald trump was never open to changing his mind. that he engaged in this process in bad faith and in some ways called the fbi information and constrainting it also suggests a crisis of legitimacy around the process more broadly. so at the heart of this to my mind, chris is bad faith that suggests the process was broken. >> the republican leaders said the report would only be made available to senators but tennessee republican bob corker argued for making some of the findings public. >> i know what's going to happen to this. the two sides are going to leak out the part that benefit their side of the argument and if there was some way for us to present this to the public, i think it would be helpful. it would help the american people know there was a background check that took place and what came out of it. >> mimi, the president has argued he's the chief law enforcement offi

until christine blasey-ford's revelation came forward it didn't seem relevant. excessive drinking in high school, excessive drinking in college. sadly that, is part of our culture, we now know how -- just how stark it is. suddenly when there's this claim, now the drinking does seem to be part and parcel of that. joe, you know how these things work, when the white house gives a scope of what they want the investigation to follow, can they follow other leads or is it limited to a narrow scope about christine blasey-ford and debbie ramirez? >> it will be limited. what we found from the beginning is that there's something that they don't want us all to know. in rushing this through, the overall story doesn't hold up. >> who is "they"? >> the white house. senator republicans, the kavanaugh team. if you go back now a week or ten days, the fox news interview was a disaster for kavanaugh because it set up this picture that they couldn't then deliver on. he set up this image of an altar boy, who never made a mistake and worked hard in all of this. now we find those thing

most people believed christine blasey ford.he was credible he said. >> exactly. he said she was credible. i think people believed her, and it just didn't matter, because women don't have the power. the patriarchy remains. >> let me show you another view of that, michelle. i want you to take a look at some of our united states senators this week, and we'll talk on the other side. >> why aren't you brave enough to talk to us and exchange with us? don't you wave your hand at me. >> when you grow up, i'll be glad -- >> my chief of staff of 33 years tells me that we've tried to recruit women, we couldn't get the job done. >> they don't want to be on the committee? >> it's a lot of work. don't forget, compared to a lot of committee meetings, we have executive every thursday. >> i was raped 13 years ago, i don't remember the exact date. >> i'm so sorry. >> you're so sorry, do you believe me? >> she asked, do you believe me? he said, go to the cops. i thought that was as hot as it was going to get. there aren't women republicans on the

christine blasey ford. it is a week ago today that judge brett kavanaugh delivered his forceful rejoineder and rebuttal. but today, i want to take a moment and share with members of this chamber and folks who may be watching, something else that was happening during that entire appearance that i did not expect that was powerful and unique and special in my experience as a public servant and i've heard as i've listened to other senators of both parties who were present and who i've talked to afterwards, was their experience as well. this conversation is bigger. it's bigger, it's more pressing and i'd say it's more important than the question of one supreme court seat and one current nominee, this is a question about whether we as a country, at the highest levels of power, believe victims and survivors of sexual assault and are willing to listen to them to believe them and to take action. so what was it that happened last thursday? as i tried to pay attention to the remarkable testimony of dr. ford, my phone

and we do not know if the fbi is going to interview christine blasey ford or judge kavanaugh. they may simply rely on the hours upon hours of testimony they gave before the judiciary committee. clearly this is a very important issue for the president, he wants judge kavanaugh confirmed to the supreme court but he did seem to be outwardly mocking christine ford last night as he was making his case for kavanaugh, listen here. >> i don't know, but i had one beer, that's the only thing i remember. and a man's life is in tatters, a man's life is shattered. his wife is shattered, his daughters, who are beautiful and incredible young kids, they destroy people. they want to destroy people. these are really evil people. >> democrats came out on masse on masse today denouncing what the president said last night but what really matters here is the fact that two key swing votes on the republican side, jeff flake of arizona and susan collins of maine were both very taken aback by what the president said last night. let's listen to their reaction here. >> there's no time and no place for re

christine blasey-ford's testimony at a rally.the president did was just plain wrong some saying. >>> and the fbi has not spoken to brett kavanaugh or christine ford. is the white house getting in the way?

christine blasey ford. testify monday or they'll move on with the vote. >> new yorker has published a piece claiming now sexual misconduct allegations against him during his college days at yale. >> a third woman accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. >> do you have 50 votes? >> i believe he'll be confirmed. >> dr. ford has arrived on capitol hill. >> with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> do you think the american people are going to believe dr. ford? >> what happened to her, i don't know. why don't you believe him? what is it about him you don't want to believe? >> this whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit. >> the most unethical sham since i've been in politics. >> we drank beer. i liked beer. still like beer. >> i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote. >> there is a sense among some republican leaders that a delay of kavanaugh's vote is essentially a death sentence. >> how did you get home? i don't r

not just the claims of christine blasey ford and deborah ramirez, but also julie swetnick, the woman who alleges that she was at parties in the early 1980s where she saw brett kavanaugh engage in sexual misconduct and claimed that she herself was gang raped at such a party, though she does not accuse kavanaugh of being one of her attackers. we still don't know at this point whether the fbi is looking into those claims, but julie swetnick has given her first sit-down interview to nbc news's kate snow. and let's show you a little clip of that. >> can you describe to me what you saw him do? >> he was very aggressive, very sloppy drunk, very mean drunk. i saw him go up to girls and paw on them, try to get a little too handsy touching them in private parts. i saw him try to shift clothing. >> are there people alive today? >> yes, yes. >> who would say i went to that party with you? >> yes, there are people who know about those parties. >> i would tell you as of tonight nbc news has not been able to independently corroborate swetnick's attorneys. when nbc news asked swetnick's attorney, mi

now what christine blasey ford is thinking.at have you learned about how professor ford thinks now? >> she's not happy, as you can imagine. but she is already, it appears to be, trying to get back some semblance of normalcy to her life. and i talked to her lawyers about that. and several other things pertaining to kavanaugh. >> have you heard any regrets from her about coming out the way she did? >> i don't think she has any regrets. i think she feels she did the right thing and this was what she wanted to do. provide this information to the committee so they could make the best decision possible. and i think she still feels that was the right thing to do. i don't think she has any regrets. >> president trump, i'm sure you saw, mocked your client at a rally tuesday night. the crowd who are obviously big trump supporters applauded. did you speak to professor ford? did she see that and what was her reaction? >> she did. she was upset by it. it was very hurtful. as it would be to any woman, any survivor, who had the courage to com

while lawyers for christine blasey ford say so far agents have not spoken to her, the fbi has talked with kavanaugh's second accuser, deborah ramirez, a yale classmate who claims kavanaugh exposed himself at a dorm party. a source tells abc news, ramirez provided a list of witnesses. on "60 minutes", chris coons and republican jeff flake, who forced the investigation, agreeing -- >> if judge kavanaugh is shown to have lied to the committee, nomination is over? >> oh, yes, i would think so. >> reporter: investigators do not plan to interview kavanaugh's classmates month contradict his testimony about his drinking >> isn't that relevant given there clearly was drinking going on? at least it's alleged at the party? >> no. i think you're trying to portray him as a stumbling, bumbling drunk, gang rapist. >> a former college friend trying this letter in the new york sometimes saying, quote, in denying the possibility that he ever blacked out while drinking and in down playing the degree julie swetnick claims she witnessed calf knauf mistreat women at parties in high school. kavanaugh stron

so, listen, steve, mocking christine blasey ford at a rally.ve cooled off a little while the fbi does its work. doesn't that hurt kavanaugh and the republicans politically for him to do that? >> i think it does. i don't think it's helpful. i think the momentum was going toward the nomination and there's no reason to trump that positive momentum for the administration. and moreover and more importantly, i'd say look, i prefer the president's first statement when he said she was a compelling witness. and i happen to agree that she was, i think, a compelling witness. i think brett kavanaugh was also an incredibly compelling witness. but i think it is important to not go on the attack against accusers even if you don't believe them. instead, we should just focus on the facts of the case and i think the reason that's important is we don't ever want to discourage women who are attacked from coming forward for fear that they might face ridicule. >> thank you for your candor. i have to say that some people will come on and you don't do it all the time

because christine blasey ford in my might is a good example. that is fundamental to i think the expression of mass rage around gendered and racial and class inequalities that we are engaging in right now. i believe that it matters that it was hillary clinton who was defeated in 2016. because one of the ways that rage about, for example, gender inequality and racist inequality, one of the ways anger about those issues is suppressed is by telling people you have anything to be angry about anymore. that happened around race. barack obama is president, we are post race. of course it was also fundamental to the ways hillary clinton was record on both right and left, like she had all the power. and by the way, she had one within a system that's part of why she was a compromise candidate but there was no other approach to get side that system was to be shortages in who did have the support other party. in order to become the first woman major party presidential candidate you had to find, it was was going to be a woman who could rise within the system

pencil, because the story has changed directions multiple times since the dramatic testimony of christine blasey ford, who accuses kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were in high school, and the angry confrontational testimony of kavanaugh himself. and that was just this past thursday. there has been a ton of breaking news since then, including today. even just in the last couple of hours. and we have a lot to get to regarding the state of play as it stands tonight. but first, let's briefly recap the whiplash that we've gone through over the past few days. on friday, at the moment that the senate judiciary committee was expected to vote quickly along party lines to advance kavanaugh's nomination, the process was suddenly thrown into disarray when republican senator jeff flake made an unexpected last-minute deal with the committee democrats to secure a one-week delay in the full senate vote, during which the fbi would look into dr. ford's allegations and possibly into other allegations, too. it was not really clear at the time. later that day, we learned that the white house had indee

there are just five more days for the fbi to complete the investigation into christine blasey ford's accusations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. but tonight, sources tell abc news blasey ford has not yet been contacted by the fbi. good evening and thanks for joining us. eric has the night off. >>> the white house is denying reports it's micromanaging the fbi investigation. president trump ordered the agency to reopen kavanaugh's background check but that it be completed within a week. white house press secretary sarah sanders says the administration is leaving it to the fbi and senate to handle. >> the fbi is going to go through this process, they're going to do interviews. they don't come to a conclusion. that's something the senate has to do. they'll go and provide information and the senate has to make a determination to either vote for brett kavanaugh or not. >> president trump tweeted last night that he wants the fbi to interview whoever they deem appropriate at their discretion. peninsula congressman jackie speier is raising concerns about the investigation and a

christine blasey ford say they stand with her. a group gathered here in palo alto last night among a lot of other protestors across the country that were gathered for so-called cancel kavanaugh demonstrations. they were held everywhere from palo alto to new york city to washington, d.c. last night. thousands stood outside the federal courthouse near the u.s. capitol and inside the senate office building. republican leaders felt confident going into the morning procedures. >> what we know for sure is the fbi report did not corroborate any of the allegations against judge kavanaugh. >> i feel very good about where this nomination is right now. >> reporter: those who gathered in palo alto said they don't believe judge kavanaugh has the temperament or the integrity to be seated on the supreme court and think he would show hostility toward minorities if nominated to the supreme court. people in dr. ford's hometown say they support their friend and neighbor and regardless of what happens this morning and this weekend, they will continue

christine blasey ford. the post basically stays agnostic on the credibility of her accusation. but they say this. quote, we continue to believe that ms. ford is a credible witness with no motivation to law. it is conceivable she and mr. kavanaugh are both being truthful in the sense he has no memory of the event. it is also conceivable miss ford's memory is at fault. we wish the fbi had been allow today probe mr. kavanaugh's fitness does not rest on one side or the other. if he believes himself to be a victim of mistaken identity, his anger which he displayed at his confirmation hearing is understandable. but he went further in last thursday's hearing than expressing anger. he gratuitously engaged in hyper partisan rhetoric against the left describing his stormy confirmation as, quote, a calculated and orchestrated political hit fueled by apparent pent up anger about president trump and the 2016 election and revenge on paf of the clintons. kavanaugh provided neither evidence nor a plausible explanation for

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he out right blocked christine blasey ford.it's important to know whether you believe ford or not we do know victims often don't tell their stories for years and we know their memories of specific events following the assault sometimes vary, so keep that in mind as you listen to this. >> 36 years ago, this happened. i had one beer, right? i had one beer. well, you think -- no, it was one beer. how do you g

and nbc news has learned agents do not plan to interview christine blasey ford. tonight, president trump saying this when asked by nbc news what he would say to young people at this moment. >> it's a very scary time for young men in america, when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of. >> and what about young women? >> women are doing great. >>> also breaking, a ricin scare at the pentagon. mail sent to the defense secretary testing positive for the lethal poison. >>> amazon's surprise move. will it start a trend? tonight what it means for workers and amazon customers. >>> a political rising star suddenly drops out of his race. the army veteran going public with a very private struggle. how his revelation could help others. >>> caught on camera. football fans outraged and the faa investigating after a police helicopter doing crowd control gets dangerously close. >>> and the new alert coming to your cell phone. why phone also be blaring at the same time all across the country tomorrow. >>> and hang ten, a wall of water 65 feet tall. can you e

it's not about what christine blasey ford says brett kavanaugh did to her when they were teenagers. it's not about whether or not brett kavanaugh is qualified for a seat on the supreme court. it's about for him, a political hit job, by democrats who want to stop a conservative at all costs. >> the democrats have been trying to destroy judge brett kavanaugh since -- [ booing ] >> the very first second he was announced. people see what's happening and they don't like it. the people of minnesota and the people of america are going to reject the democrat politics of anger and destruction and they are going to vote to keep making america great again, greater than ever before. >> so, what's the theme? a theme that this president is returning to again and again, a real crowd pleaser at all of his rallies. >> no one under any circumstances is allowed to speak up if you're on this side of the equation. but guess what? we're speaking up like nobody has ever spoken up before. >>> they want to get the power that they so desperately crave, that was taken away from them. all of the democrats know

christine blasey-ford's testimony at a rally. what the president did was just plain wrong some saying. >>> and the fbi has not spoken to brett kavanaugh or christine ford. is the white house getting in the way? >>> a new investigation that shoots down the statement that donald trump is a self-made millionaire and democrats wanting to see his tax returns if they win in november. >>> a, quote, credible witness with, quote, compelling testimony that supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh assaulted her? then he mocked that testimony. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. where was the place? i don't remember. >> how many years ago? >> i don't remember. >> what neighbor was it in? i don't know. where is the house? i don't know. upstairs, downstairs, where was it? i don't know. but i had one beer. that's the only thing i remember. >> let's put aside for a second the fact that such memory lapses are not even remotely uncommon for survivors of sexual assault and for one men let's ignore whether or not you believe that it was kav

>> no. >> we are also hearing from members of christine blasey ford's family. her sister-in-law spoke to cnn about the backlash that ford has received for speaking out against brett kavanaugh. listen. >> i think when her sexual trauma involved being laughed at and being helpless and both of those things have happened, she's been laughed at by the president of the united states with people applauding and laughing. so i can only imagine from what i know about trauma that she is probably feeling a whole host of intolerable terrible feelings right now. >> in the meantime demonstrations against kavanaugh's confirmation are planned around the united states. one of the biggest scheduled for washington, d.c. in the coming hours. the planned parenthood action fund, sierra club and naacp are among those supporting the rallies. several have already taken place this week against brett kavanaugh. >>> now to russia, fighting back against being accused of carrying out worldwide cyberattacks. moscow says that it is all hysteria and spy phobia it says. the united states, united

it's been 18 days since christine blasey ford's allegations were made public. there's been an ongoing strain in washington. this morning the chairman of the senate judiciary committee had this plea. quote, stop personal attacks and destruction of dr. ford and her family or judge kavanaugh and his family. day after day new revelations attempting to either corroborate either side have continued to spill out as ford's attorneys push back against the fbi decision not to interview her as part of their background investigation. senator grassly is calling from notes from her therapy sessions as well as audio and videotapes from her polygraph tapes. i want to start at the white house with nbc news' kelly o'donald. there was that press conference, press briefing the president held during the united nations general assembly in new york. but this was the first time sarah huckabee sanders was back and forth with reporters on this, and it was tense. >> reporter: it was. it was three weeks before the press briefing, though it can't be called daily before. in the month of sep

but what about christine blasey ford's. we have our hands on them and we'll reveal that next. >> laura: activists on the left have created a deadly ideology where harassment and even doing bodily harm has become a legitimate tool of the resistance. to allow this dangerous trend to continue of the kind of stuff that we've been seeing is going to take a republic and our politics to places we dare not go. now we at the angle have been warning about these hostile tactics. and when two activists cornered jeff flake in the elevator they found they could get results. tell me again why we shouldn't confront republicans until they stop being complicit in the d destruction of our democracy. lookr at this chorus of entitled white men justifying a serial rapist e arrogant entitlement. all of them deserve miserable deaths -- -- -- >> laura: this is quite something. joining us monica crowley -- monica we have so many things to get to. so glad we have you. do democrats really believe this extreme behavior is going to carry them to victory

he imitated christine blasey ford's testimony and praised his nominee.on the rally and the fbi investigation straight ahead. >>> you may get an alert on your phone today from the president. the first ever test of the presidential alert emergency text system happens today. the test starts at 2:18 p.m. eastern time. >>> we have some new images of the close encounter between a navy destroyer and a chinese warship in the south china sea. the massive vessels came less than a football -- half a football field from each other. sparking tension on both sides. >>> and we may all get to be toys "r" us kids again. a little more than three months after the u.s. retailer shut its u.s. stores, the company cancelled its bankruptcy auction and is even talking about a revival. those are some of your top stories on this wednesday, october 3rd. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we love a good revival. it would be great if we start that. maybe circuit city will come back. >> all of the goodies from the past. >> a & s, the department store. >> whatever. i'm exc

christine blasey ford. for many are versed in this, that doesn't come as a complete surprise? >> reporter: that's correct. dr. ford says she's not been con tacked by the fbi in some cases, the fbi will wait to talk to a primary witness. but dr. ford maintains she's 100% certain that kavanaugh is the person who assaulted her. david? >> pierre thomas tonight. >>> we move on this evening to that scene of desperation in indonesia, after that deadly earthquake and tsunami, sending a wall of water crashing into the shore at speeds almost impossible to dlooef. hundreds may have been swept out to sea. abc's james longman from indonesia tonight. >> reporter: tonight, indonesia's race to find survivors. as it counts the cost of an earthquake and tsunami that's now known to have killed more than 800 people. but authorities say those numbers are set to rise. a massive wall of water surging at nearly 500 miles an hour, ripping through sulaweisi island friday. waves reaching at high as 20 feet. rescuers now picking through the carnage it left behind. sky news' siobhan robbins is in palu. >>

it was a couple of days that the president called christine blasey ford a very credible witness. very credible, very compelling -- but now he's basically making her out to be a liar. which is it? >> certainly the testimony by dr. ford was compelling. but you can't make this decision based on emotion. it has to be based on fact. they have to determine what the facts are of this case. that's one of the reasons that they asked and begged for the fbi and delayed a hearing vote so they could get more facts on this case. we expect the fbi to turn those facts over to the senate and they can make a determination based on that. that's all we're asking for. >> you said that he was stating the facts at the campaign rally but this was so much more than stating the facts. this was a full-scale campaign rally assault on a woman who says she's a victim of sexual assault. what do you get out of that? is that to help kavanaugh's nomination? rally the base? going to help with the midterms? like what's the point in doing that? >> again, i dispute that it wasn't anything other than the president sta

pushing back declaring any fai report incomplete without interviews from judge brett kavanaugh and christine blasey ford. for the senate majority leader to trigger a vote on the president's supreme court nominee. senators await the crucial next step, the heated debate is gone from a search for the truth to a debate over the tone the president is taking. if john roberts is following a dull, good evening. >> democrats are upping the pressure for the fbi to interview judge kavanaugh and christine blasey ford, senator dianne feinstein saying no investigation would be credible without those interviews and ford's attorneys sending a message to senator charles grassley that he will only get information he is looking for regarding christine blasey ford's counseling sessions and polygraph tests. if she hands them directly to to the fbi. three key republican senators appeared none too happy with president trump. at a campaign rally in northern mississippi, president trump wound up his face unloading on judge kavanaugh's accuser christine blasey ford. >> president trump: i had one beer. it was one beer. how d

each of them came out today saying all right, the president mocking christine blasey ford was wrong. they should not be doing that. did he damage meaning the president the chances kavanaugh's chances by doing this. >> doesn't help. certainly doesn't help. riles up the troops. each one have people in their offices protesting down the halls, in the will bes, ask jeff flake. we've seen the video. it makes it more difficult for the ones who we all know are going through a thoughtful and rigorous process to evaluate. >> i mean sarah sanders said the -- >> i would like that job. >> just giving the facts. >> no, that is not what he was doing. it was especially despicable what he did at that rally. >> but was that too cute for her to say he's just giving the facts? >> look, i don't know what compels sara huckabee sanders to say what she says to defend whatever she has to defend this day or the next about donald trump. but many people by now have seen the clip and what you saw donald trump doing was in fact mocking dr. ford, making fun of her and by making fun of her, he's making fun of so ma

chris: you were in the room for thursday's hearing and you say you believe christine blasey-ford. here was senator lindsey graham. >> there is no house, there is no location. i have been a prosecutor and defense attorney of the judge, there is no way to investigate something that happened 35 years ago when you can't tell the month, the location. chris: in addition to that everyone christine blasey-ford put in the house that night, none of them back up her story. >> the graham's conduct during the hearing was shocking and was reflective of the real concern, you have this woman who has come forwarded given such edible testimony and around the country whether you were in the room or not people believe this woman. what do you do with that? what you should do when you have such credible testimony is treat is seriously, investigate thoroughly, not have a process where you have doubted her with the process and the graham has. chris: he is saying, other people are saying you don't know where the house is, don't know how you got there, how you left the house, you mentioned four names, bret