christine blasi forward tells us senators that she was sexually assaulted by president trump's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh kevin all denies the accusations and is delivering his testimony to lawmakers as we speak. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with a winner and a loser in european football today germany clinched the right to host football's european champ. chips in twenty twenty four it will be the first time since the two thousand and six world cup that germany jose a major soccer event the announcement was made by european football's governing body you wave after germany won by a vote of twelve to four over turkey so that you will the host of the unit with twenty four. we beat germany german football association president reinhard grindle pumped his fist the relief for him was culpable germany's move to host the european championships was griddles project and he put his job on the line and graduations to germany now after a long drought of only disparaging he found good news. on the other side of the room the turkish delegation sat stone faced having failed

christine blasy ford. 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

front of a senate panel lawyers for christine blasi ford is said to be negotiating the conditions of her testimony the committee had earlier delayed a vote on cavanagh's confirmation. in the mold eaves police have raided the campaign office of the opposition presidential candidate a day before the election the move comes amid a government crackdown raising fears that the vote will be rigged in favor of current president ability i mean observers have denounced a repressive campaign and lack of transparency. with the syrian government preparing to retake the last major rebel stronghold of it live there are signs the country's civil war could be entering its final stages the war drove hundreds of thousands of syrians to seek refuge in neighboring lebanon after years often three years now beirut wants them to return home to areas that have been deemed safe for one returning syrian family the last five years has been a struggle on both sides of the border. the small village of beit jr knew the

doubts on the woman accusing his supremes court nominee of sexual assault university professor christine blasi ford is in hiding after going public with the accusations against brett kavanaugh which date back to when they were school students in one thousand nine hundred eighty two trump says that if the attack was as serious as she's saying she would have gone to the police straight away or female friends and colleagues of kavanaugh have held a news conference to voice their support for his nomination some of the seventy five women attending said they'd known him since high school and consider the allegations inconsistent with their experience of him. women from every phase of judge kavanagh's life those who know him best have stepped forward to say that the allegation being leveled against him is false and we are proud to stand with bret. well in another key development u.s. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein has denied a newspaper reporter alleging that he disgusted that he discussed ousting president donald trump the new york times says he suggested secretly recording trump early last

court brett kavanaugh is facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct his initial accuser christine blasi forward has completed her testimony for hours over she gave an emotional account of the evening in which she says cavanaugh tried to rape her and they were both teenagers for you dr ford also repeatedly stated that she is one hundred percent certain body that her attacker was brett kavanaugh . here's an excerpt from dr ford's testimony earlier today can you tell us what you don't forget about that night in the stairwell the living room. the bedroom the bed on the right side of the room as you walk into the room there is that bed to the right. the bathroom in close proximity. the laughter they have to worry if laughter and the multiple attempts to escape and the final ability to do so and angry kavanagh called into question the fords account of that attack he denied the allegations and he labeled them this is the day after the allegation appeared i told this committee that i wanted to hearing as soon as possible to clear my name i demanded a hearing for the very next day unfortunately

cost out on the woman accusing his supremes court nominee of sexual assault university professor christine blasi forward is in hiding off to going public with the accusations against brett kavanaugh which date back to when they were in school in one thousand nine hundred two trump says that if the attack was as serious as she's saying she would have gone to the police straight away or female friends and colleagues of cavanagh have held a news conference to voice their support for his nomination some of the seventy five women attending said they'd known him since high school and they consider the allegations inconsistent with everything they know about him. women from every phase of judge kavanagh's life those who know him best have stepped forward to say that the allegation being leveled against him is false and we are proud to stand with brant. that's now speech to a white house correspondent kimberly how could it and we had seen trump's initial position to be somewhat measured now we have these unrestrained comments about christine blasi forward what's been the reaction there by well there cer

supreme court pick of sexual assault is just a few more hours to decide if and how she will testify christine blasi forward says brett kavanaugh assaulted her at a party in one thousand nine hundred two mr cavanaugh denies the allegations. as washington prepares for those kavanaugh testimonies the largest annual gathering of conservative christian evangelicals in the u.s. is also taking place in the city some delegates aren't happy with the u.s. brett kavanaugh is hearing is being conducted his she has returned see. the values voters summit is organized by the family research council a christian evangelical group that says its goal is to defend family values and religious liberties in practice the group is best known for its attacks on muslims and the gay community the southern poverty law center which monitors right wing groups in the u.s. calls it a hate group by the way it represents an integra part of donald trump space we are now officially in session white christian evangelist. long ago put aside their skepticism of donald trump's godliness because he pledged to nominate justices to the supre

court pick of sexual assault has just a few more hours to decide if and how she will testify christine blasi ford says brett kavanaugh assaulted her at a party in one nine hundred eighty two and is being offered the chance to go before his confirmation hearing mr cavanaugh denies the allegations and as a white house correspondent kimberly how could. after days of surprising restraint u.s. president donald trump turned on christine blazin ford the woman whose testimony could to rail his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh we have to fight for him not worry about the other side and by the way women are for that more than anybody would understand on twitter trump question ford story i have no doubt that if the attack on dr ford was as bad as she says charges would have been immediately filed with local law enforcement for it is a california professor at the center of an explosive allegation against kavanaugh from thirty six years ago she says that while in high school kavanagh sexually assaulted her at a party attempting to remove her bathing suit while holding his hand over her mouth and on

senators break out in a denies assaulting christine blasi forward when they were high school students thirty six years ago are white house correspondent kelly how it has all. after days of surprising restraint u.s. president donald trump turned on christine blasio forward the woman whose testimony could to rail his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh we have to fight for him not worry about the other side and by the way women are for that more than anybody would understand on twitter trump question ford story i have no doubt that if the attack on dr ford was as bad as she says charges would have been immediately filed with local law enforcement for it is a california professor at the center of an explosive allegation against kavanaugh from thirty six years ago she says that while in high school kavanagh sexually assaulted her at a party attempting to remove her bathing suit while holding his hand over her mouth and on behalf of them or on friday more than six dozen women of any some of whom have known cavanagh since high school question ford sexual assault claim backing cavanagh as

against allegations he sexually assaulted a woman when he was a teenager his accuser professor christine blasi ford says the alleged attack changed her along. with. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show european football's ruling body you a four will name the host nation of the twenty twenty four european championships and the next few hours germany and turkey are the candidates seventeen members of the way france executive committee will be voting in a ballot in switzerland germany are favorites to come out on top they were praised for their hosting of the world cup in two thousand and six and they came out better in the way france tournaments are about. they also boast of course super infrastructure but football mad turkey is desperate to host in two thousand and twenty four having made fail for the last three tournaments. and we have to now from deed of you sports to fill us in as we wait for that vote today good morning press morning press this is one of the biggest sporting events on the planet how many people are going to be watching you do the math for me twenty four nations over fifty o

two versions of a shared past that has already altered their futures forever dr christine blasi forward and the trauma that she says has haunted her life judge brett kavanaugh and the smears standing between him and a seat on the highest court for life tonight a u.s. citizen hearing that has the world listening in for the truth i'm bored go off in berlin this is the day. came here today not because they were beat and terrified this confirmation process has become a national disgrace and i'm here because they believe they think that a duty to tell you what happened. happened and i were in. have never sexually assaulted anyone not in high school not in college not ever occur very long time i was too afraid and ashamed to tell anyone else she does not know me. i was not at the party described by dr ford but you are telling us is this could be a case of mistaken identity absolutely not. also coming up tonight talk about bad timing turkey's president won a rides in berlin looking to reset relations but on the pitch his country took a hit from you guessed it the host alluded to twenty four wi

one hundred percent one professor christine blasi forward testifies to satirise about the sexual assaults she says she suffered at the hands of president from supremes court nominee judge denies the allegation also on the program told. the host twenty four. will be germany. generally takes turkey to win the right to host the european football championships for the first time since nineteen . meanwhile turkey's president. on the rise in an almost state visit to germany i mean to defuse tensions between the two. and we catch up with the stories that went viral and then disappears into fuse the victim of an anti semitic attack caught on camera last year as part of our new facebook series what happened next. i'm still welcome to the program we begin and washington where an extraordinary senate hearing has begun it could seal the fate of brett kavanaugh the u.s. a supreme court nominee he's facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct his first accuser. blasi ford has given i'm emotional account of the evening in which she says he tried to rape her when they were both teenagers she also re

explosive allegation that threatens to derail his nomination it came this weekend by this woman christine blasi forward who says cavanagh attempted to sexually assault her in the one nine hundred eighty s. a charge he vehemently denies this is a completely false allegation i have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or to anyone ford's lawyer says her client has taken a lie detector test and is now prepared to testify before congress this is not a politically motivated action in fact she was quite reluctant to come forward and she was in fact outed after she had made the decision not to come forward for does now a professor in california she says when she was fifteen a drunk seventeen year old cavanaugh pushed her into a bedroom at a party groped or attempted to remove her clothing and held her hand over her mouth to prevent her from screaming kavanagh's nomination to the supreme court faces a crucial vote on thursday in a senate committee but a number of lawmakers say that vote should be delayed until the accuser is heard something even the president agrees with if it tak

compares to respond to allegations he sexually assaulted a woman as a teenager his accuser professor christine blasi ford says the election time changed for a long. low thanks so much for being with us i'm brian thomas turkey's president tired barrel long is starting a visit to germany today ties between these two countries are strained over a number of issues but now everyone says he wants to turn over a new page security throughout berlin at this hour ahead of his arrival is that a rare level one usually reserved for the american president or the prime minister of israel large parts of berlin's city center will be closed off during this three day state visit protests are planned here in berlin five thousand police officers will be on duty in the coming days. our chief political editor michelle we're covering this worse joins us now from our parliamentary studio good morning michele why are we seeing the highest possible level of security today because wherever the turkish president goes he takes the controversies that surround him his presidency but also that involve the whole country of turkey we

woman went public with an allegation she says cavanagh sexually assaulted her in high school christine blasi forward once the federal bureau of investigation to look into the matter any witness who lied to them would be committing a serious crime but republicans said no they said that the gate is about six times before and. that's not true the f.b.i. could investigate if president donald trump told them to he won't i had the floor republicans had demanded that she testified next monday her lawyer responded she'll testify next week just not on monday where i'm focused right now is doing everything that we can to make dr ford comfortable with coming before our committee democrats say this is just simply unfair and charge republicans don't actually want to know the truth someone who is lying does not ask the f.b.i. to investigate their claims we have to get to the bottom of this as americans before we put someone on the supreme court for life this is high stakes and not just because of what it will mean to the highest court in the land right there are women took to the streets in record numbers

respond to allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman as a teenager his accuser professor christine blasi ford says the alleged attack changed her life. thanks so much for being with us and welcome i'm brian thomas turkey's president much of type very long is starting a visit to germany today now ties between these two countries are strained over a number of human rights issues especially opposed to crackdown the lead to tens of thousands of arrests but now everyone says he wants a new start ahead of his arrival. security throughout the city is that a rare level one that's usually reserved for the american president or the prime minister of israel large parts of berlin city center completely closed off during the three day state visit protests are planned here in berlin five thousand police officers will be out on the streets over the coming days. our chief political editor michelle acuff there is covering this for us joins us now from our parliamentary studio good morning michelle why are we seeing the highest possible level of security in berlin today. well the bottom line is that there

christine blasy ford, who is accusing kavanaugh of attempted rape will testimony in about two hours. >> question want to go to tracie potts live today. a lot of people will be watching this, especially a lot in the bay area with the relation to the story. >> reporter: exactly. they'll be hearing that story in detail. we already heard part of it in the opening statement that was released in advance. we know in part what dr. christine blasy ford will have to say about her attack and about why she didn't talk about it for so long. headed into today's hearing there are now five accusations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. he denies them all. two came anonymously to republicans. in interviews with lawmakers this week, kavanaugh said he was never even there. >> this is getting into the twilight zone. you're talking about brett kavanaugh being a serial rapist during high school. >> reporter: in a sworn statement julie swetnick claims kavanaugh fondled women. >> no one has gone to the police to report those allegations. it's truly outrageous. >> reporter: in her opening stateme

he and his accusers christine blasi ford have been asked to appear. we don't know if she will appear, that could determine if kavanaugh is determined as a supreme court justice. there has been no fbi investigation of ford's claim first reported in the washington post. >> that claim that kavanaugh sexually assaulted her during party at a maryland home back in the early 1980s kavanaugh denies the allegation, jeff bennett is at the white house this afternoon, case hunt is on capitol hill. let me start with you there, jeff. we just heard from president trump saying among other things the fbi doesn't want to be a part of this thing. >> reporter: that's right, craig. let me put the president's comments in context. what you see here is the white house trying to execute what is a political tricky strategy when it comes to kavanaugh. it's a strategy that serves two goals, really, they're trying to sabotage his defenders without alienating those republicans, senate republicans whose votes they need who also say that christine blasi ford deserves a public hearin

live from berlin two versions of our shared past but has already altered their futures for ever christine blasi forward and the trauma she says was also her life brett kavanaugh defined in the face of accusations standing between him and a seat on america's highest court. before with what degree of certainty do you believe britain kavanaugh assaulted. one hundred percent one hundred percent. i am innocent of this charge a night of high drama in washington d.c. as for tell senators she was sexually assaulted by the president's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh denying the allegations completely. of demonstrations expected here in berlin today thousands something take to the streets in protest of a statement that by turkey's president let's entire battle on everyone's in germany to try to improve these brain toys with the german government security is extremely tight it's a level one in the center of the german capital ahead of the protests. and u.s. regulators assume iran must because we're still head of tesla cars accusing him of committing fraud by suggesting he was taking his company priv

his votes was in the wake of this to me two year ago we've been having how the committee treats christine blasi for it is particularly important in this what is being viewed as another you fear of the woman election which is to say that the female electorate is incredibly important and they already don't like president trump and there is a big concern at how the senate jerry can be treats for board the republicans on the committee it is entirely the male entirely male panel and there's a lot of concern that they can only go wrong here in how they treat her already with president trump's tweet today only needed a very important vote for him senator susan collins of maine who angrily retorted to the president's tweet and said that she didn't appreciate the way ford was being treated when when the president said that she should have said something years ago so there is our biggest issue and now there's also the question of how senator lisa murkowski got alaska another republican vote and if lisa murkowski is using collins' vote against against not a cabinet he's done. evangelical christians are ke

go live now to our white house correspondent kimberly how kit what's been the reaction that to christine blasi willingness to testify publicly now. well u.s. president donald trump has just spoken publicly about it and i'm just getting those lines now essentially he is. defending his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh saying that he is one of the great he is a great intellect and one of the finest people i'd like everybody to be happy on the vote to confirm him he says you know it takes a little delay it will take a little delay shouldn't be much to lay i'm sure it will work out very well whether he has spoken with brett kavanaugh he would only say that he has not and with regard to the withdrawal of that nomination u.s. president donald trump says what a ridiculous question so what this seems to say mariam is in fact the white house is doubling down on their defense of brett kavanaugh this kind of echoes the statement that was put out a few hours ago from the white house in fact saying that brett kavanaugh in his words calls these allegations that sexual misconduct completely false what th

doubt on allegations that his supreme court nominee calvin are sexually assaulted fellow pupil christine blasi forward in one thousand nine hundred eighty two. now protesters have been marching in syria's rebel held province calling on the international community to stop president as out from cementing his grip on power demanding he be removed from office before and you constitution is drafted and harder reports from beirut. they chant against bashar assad the syrian president to a survived an eighty year rebellion against his rule the opposition has been all but defeated all they have left is their voices. no constitution no reconstruction until a third leaves power that is there tomorrow and it's a message syrians in villages and towns across the rebel controlled province of idlib are sending to the international community. we are afraid this new constitution would not be any different and it won't be in the favor of the opposition we are concerned because some contras are now moving closer to the regime. program x. there were fears of a major assault against the province today there is a se

brett kavanaugh of sexual assault has agreed to testify in front of a senate panel lawyers for christine blasi forward are said to be negotiating the conditions of her testimony the committee had earlier delayed a vote on cavanagh's confirmation. an indian bishop accused of raping a nun has been refused bail and ordered to remain in police custody to face questioning bishop franco was arrested in southern carollo state after the pope's suspended him from office. has denied the accusations. pope francis is in lithuania the first stop on a four day tour of the baltic countries he's visiting the three nations as they mark the one hundredth anniversary of their independence from russia following world war one the pope is urging them to draw on their past experience with oppression to speak up for tolerance in europe. a warm welcome on the streets of it yes. i agree thing that comes with the shadow of recent sex abuse scandals in the catholic church looming large but pope francis has traveled to lithuania to deliver a different message one of solidarity at a time when europe's migration crisis and

hear from you, your thoughts on the hearing today, what you heard from both brett kavanaugh and christine blasi d christine blasey ford. 202, 748, 8920ed . republicans, call 202-748-8921. independent callers, call 202-748-8292. a couple tweets from reporters. the associated press, tweeting that republican senators, the judiciary committee will vote friday morning on brett kavanaugh's nomination to the pbs,me court worried tweeting that the republicans plan a floor vote on the kavanaugh nomination at 12:00 noon on saturday. that will be a procedural vote. unclear if republicans have 50. committee vote happens tomorrow at 9:30, as we mentioned. and one tweet from the l.a. possible path forward. she talks about the vote tomorrow morning at 9:30, the senate procedural vote saturday afternoon, second siege will vote at monday at 1:00 a.m., she says the soonest it could be held, and a final vote tuesday at 7:00 a.m., the soonest it could be held, because of senate that is sete clock in motion once the motion to proceed is started in the nomination comes to the floor. our coverage of the u.s. senate t

party kavanagh's already facing allegations of sexual assault brought by university professor christine blasi forward he's not any wrongdoing. pope francis has praised the latvians for winning their freedom after enduring decades of occupation at a ceremony with president of a ons in riga he said laughing new the price of freedom after suffering under nazi and then soviet occupation life is the second stop on the pope's visit to the baltics. the last private migrant each ship operating in the mediterranean can no longer conduct rescue missions panama has revoked the ship's registration under pressure from the italian government the vessel had been conducting operations off the coast of libya. well now we want to take time to shine the spotlight on those who work to make the world a better place each year the right livelihood award honors people and organizations offering smart solutions for the environment for development a swedish philanthropist created the award because these areas are not honored by the more famous nobel prize and the awards therefore known as the alternative nobel prize t

brett kavanaugh of sexual assault has agreed to testify in front of a senate panel lawyers for christine blasi ford are said to be negotiating the conditions of her testimony the committee had earlier delayed a vote on cavanagh's confirmation. an indian bishop accused of raping a nun has been refused bail in order to remain in police custody to face questioning bishop franco was arrested in southern corollas state after the pope suspended him from office a lookout has denied the accusations. and thousands of people have rallied in cities across russia against a planned increases in the country's pension age the proposed change would raise the retirement age for men from sixty to sixty five and from fifty five to sixty for women anger over the reform plans have hurt president vladimir putin's approval rating. the death toll in the tanzania ferry disaster has risen to two hundred nine but on saturday rescuers pulled a man alive from the upturned vessel two days after it capsized on lake victoria the badly overcrowded ferry was traveling between the islands of. a way when it sank on thursday tanz

the main events has is now happening that christine blasi forward is still giving testimony talk us through the highlights of the last hour or so. what was most important the written testimony that she gave has been or what was submitted yesterday you could read that yesterday the big difference the power the genuineness of dr ford the emotional content the message is much stronger now when we see judge kavanaugh testify something that is important to know is he had the opportunity to have read this he also submitted testimony. he in his written testimony comes out swinging very hard it never happened completely denies any responsibility that he was there so we really do have. two two very different takes on reality so that's a very different takes on an event that he said to have happened what is a back up back in the eighty's nobody else was there aside from this this one other person who is who is mentioned this is going to come down to what he said she said and who would believe well it would be if he will if in fact other possible witnesses such as judge kavanagh's friend. mr judge if

brett kavanaugh of sexual assault has agreed to testify in front of a senate panel lawyers for christine blasi ford are said to be negotiating the conditions of her testimony the committee had earlier delayed a vote on kavanagh's confirmation. and an indian bishop accused of raping a nun has been refused bail in order to remain in police custody to face questioning bishop franco wilkow was arrested in southern carolla state after the pope suspended him from office the lookout has denied the accusations. the death toll in the ten's anea ferry disaster has risen to two hundred and nine but on saturday rescuers pulled a man alive from the upturned vessel two days after it capsized on lake victoria the badly overcrowded ferry was traveling between the islands of the. way when it sank on thursday tanzania's president has ordered the arrest of the ship's captain and declare four days of national mourning. days after the disaster and the recovery operation is far from over the search efforts now shifting their focus to identifying the bodies. as the death toll soared there was a single moment of hope

kavanaugh this after a request from the senate judiciary committee one day after testimony from christine blasi forward who testified the kavanaugh assaulted her at a party back in the early one nine hundred eighty s. earlier the judiciary committee recommended that the full senate vote in kavanagh's favor in a vote along party lines the committee backed kavin off the deciding vote was cast by trump republican jeff flake he urged the republican senate leadership to ask for an f.b.i. probe and to delay a full vote on cavanagh for a week let's listen in now to flakes statement to the committee thank you i think it would be. proper to delay the floor vote. for up to but not more than one week. in order to let the f.b.i. . continue to do an investigation limited in time and scope. to the current allegations that are there and i've spoken to a few other members. who are on my side of the aisle that may be supportive as well and earlier i spoke with. her in washington i asked her whether brett kavanaugh was closer to or further from becoming a supreme court justice. closer actually despite the hearin

serious accusations of attempted rape which is career ending stuff in the age of me two came up christine blasi forward accuses brett kavanaugh the tempting to rape her back in the one nine hundred eighty s. when they were both teenagers at a party now she wants an f.b.i. investigation if the senators who have come forward and said they want to treat the seriously mean that then they'll they'll have an investigation of these allegations so that we all go into this more informed so twenty four women who went to high school with brett kavanaugh signed a letter saying that they support the accuser then sixty five women signed another letter saying that they defend brett kavanaugh his character now those who support the democrats generally believe the accuser those is the republicans think she is lying and i've been calling her names not surprisingly the media is now taking sides this was intended. and i believe. offensive forward judge cabinet has lied multiple times she's not sure when it happened where it happened who else was present she never reported it to anybody this is nothing if they get

week today's session comes just twenty four hours after an explosive emotional hearing in which christine blasi forward told committee members that cardinal tried to rape her when they were teenagers then the committee listened to capital refute allegations of d.w. corresponds to mayor schmierer schrader is in washington on the capitol hill welcome my which way do you expect his votes to go. well just before the committee met this morning we got breaking news that one of the senators who was considered a key swing vote who might swing this against kavanaugh was in fact going to vote yes so they are scheduled to vote in a few hours on whether or not to move his nomination to a full senate vote and it looks like at this point barring something else happening that that will actually go through and that as early as monday next week the full senate could vote on whether brett kavanaugh will be on the supreme court which weighs a vote like this ago. at this point it is looking like he could actually make it through despite what we saw yesterday despite the high emotions on the high drama of the heari

dramatic test and testimony by cavanagh and one of the women who has accused him of sexual assault christine blasi forward now despite passing the judiciary committee's cavanagh's nomination could hit further trouble republican senator jeff flake says that he will only back the appointment of cavanagh if the senate agrees to give the f.b.i. a for the way to investigate the allegations against trump's nominee have a listen but i will only be comfortable moving on the floor until the f.b.i. has done more investigation than they have already. it may not take them a week i understand that some of these witnesses may not want to discuss anything further but i think where we owe them due diligence news of the potential delay reached president trump during a beating with a chill a and president a journalist asked trump what he made of flakes conditions for voting for cavanagh well i'm going to let the senate handle that they will make their decisions and they've been doing a good job and very professional i'm just hearing a little bit about it because i've been with the president of chile and we're talki

let's talk about what has happened christine blasi forward she finished her testimony before one time around lunch time how did she do. as you said it was very emotional and alternately very credible i don't think there was a person who was in that chamber who didn't walk out thinking that something happened to her and many republicans when asked by reporters afterwards said yes i believe that something happened to her even though many of them are still sticking by this nominee and this is going to be a challenge for judge kavanaugh as he steps up to the plate metaphorically here because she did come across as so believable on her account it was so riveting and compelling we should say he is now going to have to has this task if he wants to save his nomination and ultimately get to the supreme court yes to try to separate himself from her in the minds of these people who are judging him he's going to be saying things like you need to pay attention to me and my character he's going to invoke his catholic faith if there is really no easy way for him to undercut this and all eyes right n

college party cavanagh is already facing allegations of sexual assault by university professor christine blasi forward he's denied any wrongdoing. pope francis has praised lothians for winning their freedom after enduring decades of occupation at a ceremony with president raymone a yawn as francis said live in new the price of freedom after suffering under nazi and then soviet occupation latvia is the second stop on the pope's visit to the baltics. we want to shine the spotlight now on those who work to make the world a better place each year the right livelihood award on his people and organizations offering smart solutions for the environment for development a swedish philanthropist created the award because these areas are not honored by the more famous nobel prize and they wards therefore known as the alternative nobel prize there are four winners this year we'll be looking at them throughout the day here on the dub you one of them is tony we're not zero. he's pioneered a simple but effective solution to deforestation that has earned him the nickname the forest maker or not us technique in

explosive allegation that threatens to derail his nomination it came this weekend by this woman christine blasi forward who says cavanagh attempted to sexually assault her in the one nine hundred eighty s. a charge he vehemently denies this is a completely false allegation i have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or to anyone ford's lawyer says her client has taken a lie detector test and is now prepared to testify before congress this is not a politically motivated action in fact she was quite reluctant to come forward and she was in fact outed after she had made the decision not to come poured forth is now a professor in california she says when she was fifteen a drunk seventeen year old cavanaugh pushed her into a bedroom at a party groped her attempted to remove her clothing and held her hand over her mouth to prevent her from screaming kavanagh's nomination to the supreme court faces a crucial vote on thursday in a senate committee but a number of lawmakers say that vote should be delayed until the accuser is heard something even the president agrees with but it ta

woman went public with an allegation she says cavanagh sexually assaulted her in high school christine blasi forward once the federal bureau of investigation to look into the matter any witness who lied to them would be committing a serious crime but republicans said no this investigation is about six times before that that's not true the f.b.i. could investigate if president donald trump told them to he won't i had the floor republicans had demanded that she testified next monday her lawyer responded she'll testify next week just not on monday where i'm focused right now is doing everything that we can to make dr ford comfortable with coming before our committee democrats say this is just simply unfair and charge republicans don't actually want to know the truth someone who is lying does not ask the f.b.i. to investigate their claims we have to get to the bottom of this as americans before we put someone on the supreme court for life this is high stakes and not just because of what it will mean to the highest court in the land right her human took to the streets in record numbers after trum

allegations which threaten to derail the confirmation process of president trump supremes court nominee christine blasi ford alleges brett kavanaugh tried to assault her when they were in high school and her lawyer says she is prepared to testify publicly to the senate judiciary committee it's juta vote on his appointment this week but some members have requested a delay have an office called the accusations completely false and says he is also willing to talk to the committee to defend his integrity. well u.s. president donald trump says a little delay might be needed on the cavanagh vote but that he's still on track for superman course approval george kavanagh is one of the finest people that i've ever known. is that outstanding intellect of outstanding judge respected by everybody never had even a little below average of his record of the f.b.i. as i think going through a process six times with him over the years where he went to higher and higher positions. he is somebody very special at the same time we want to go through a process we want to make sure everything is perfect everything is just wrot

christine blasy ford's fear will not hold her back from testifying thursday. she's accused supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers. yesterday, another woman came forward, accusing kavanaugh of sexual misconduct atya.kavanaug allegations. >>> a young roommate of kavanaugh, james roche, spoke with abc news reporter wayne freedman. wayne will have more at 5:00. >>> the man suspected of being the nor cal rapist made a court today. investigators say they connected him to the assaults of ten women between 1991 and 2006. waller was arrested last week. >>> a man accused of kidnapping denise hus kins in 2015 has requested a public defender. a day before he was set to cross examine his victim. me tlatest. >> reporter: disbarred harvard attorney matthew muller facing kidnapping, rape, robbery, and false imprisonment charges, decided today he would rather not represent himself. >> this is a guy who is a premeditated, deliberate rapist, home invader, kidnapper. >> reporter: dan russo is the criminal attorney. mueller is ser

of sexual misconduct have been made against the first woman to come forward christine blasi ford says he sexually assaulted her while they were at high school the second deborah ramirez claims cover now exposed himself to her at a yale university party in the nineteen eighties a third is also expected to come forward this week i've got occasions have democrats to call for cavanaugh's nomination to the country's highest court to be blocked on thursday he will give testimony on the claims leveled against him though he does deny all allegations of a fair process at a minimum. of waters hearing from both sides before rushing to judgment we invited guests to debate the possible political motives behind the story and what's happened to the idea of innocent until proven guilty. convincing people who probably had no idea anything about this case or even that there was a supreme court nominee to suddenly think that brett kavanaugh is a monster based on these these these allegations these paintings of how he's been meanwhile all we have are the words of two people that's not to say that they ar