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connie chung is not alone.rd's testimony has triggered other celebrities to come forward with their stories. it's having an impact. >> it's interesting. one she gave her testimony, i just even had a couple of friends who called and were telling me about things that happened to them. why do you think it was her in this moment that caused so many women to decide this is my time to come forward too? >> i don't know. i think there might be a couple of factors. i think seeing this woman in her 50s established, professional, with this memory from her childhood, really, and the effect that it has had on her. i also think it was the stage. it was the theater of it. here was this woman sitting there, and yes, she was questioned by a female prosecutor, but it was a line of men behind her, and it was just that -- it was very impactful and emotional. and i think it resonated maybe with some women who haven't told their stories and may be scared to come forward with their stories. >> i think there's something about what she

connie chung probably assaulted for the. say that he should be barred from coaching girls basketball "the new york times" said that because he was angry at being called a rapist therefore he was unfit for the high court in the media court had the most absurd narrative to believe in due process meant undermining #metoo. but if we are willing to destroy based on that corroborated allegations and believe all women that could be the standard of justice. it isn't even the standard of logic not even the media believes all women. they could move away even from the allegations from t3. it isn't just based or verifiable. it is very difficult with those sexual allegations because that is true and criminal summer true but not criminal summer supported by evidence and some are false. the national sexual violence research center classified 6 percent as false but added 45 percent did not proceed far enough for anyone to determine if they were actually false. the 2009 report put the rate of seven.1 percent. fbi statistics puts unfounded ac

just today connie chung penning a letter to blasey ford saying, i too was sexual assaulted.n high schools across the country, like millions of americans, these teenagers we sat down with said they were glued to the hearings even during the school day. did you find people were talking about the kavanaugh hearings in the hallways and classes? -- yeah, people were watching the hearings at lunch. >> watching on their phones? >> yeah. >> reporter: this group was decidedly behind dr. ford. >> raise your hand if you believed dr. ford's allegations prior to the hearings. raise your hand if you believed judge kavanaugh's denial of her accusations prior to the hearings. raise your hand if you believed dr. ford after the hearing. so all of you think, going into it, okay, i made my mind up even before you heard it. >> i did try to go into it with an open mind, see if maybe kavanaugh showed some perspective to the situation, or if he seemed credible. but then watching it, the way he acted and she acted, side by side, they acted so different that it really shed a light to the situation. >

. >> reporter: from connie chung, women country are coming forward. >> this brings back so much pain. >> reporter: and women voters are listening closely. >> trump and kavanaugh, anti woman. >> reporter: the d battle has awake the republican base, some who believe kavanaugh was falsely accused. >> i actually think it's like a rallying cry for the republicans. >> reporter: today, the president taking aim at some of the women protesters who say they're sexual assault survivors. mr. trump tweeting today, the very rude elevatorcreamers are paid professionals only making senators look bad after sharpening his attacks against dr. ford. >> how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. >> reporr: a new national poll shows a significant increase in republican enthusiasm about the midterms and missouri, republicans say they are energized. >> i've seen absolutehing to change my mind about mr. kavanaugh. >> reporter: still, some republicans worry thpresident's sharp words could backfire k exacerbating the gender gap. >> at moments like this we like to turn to moderator of "meet the press

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today, veteran journalist connie chung is openingbo up her own sexual assault.he wrote an op ed for the " "washington pond showed support for judge kavanaugh's accuser, christine blasey ford. shwrote, quote, i too was sexually assauld. t 36 years ago but about 50 years ago. chun went on to say, quote, i am writing to you because e i kw thct dates, exact years are insignificant. we remember exactly what happened to us and whoid it to us. chung said she was assaulted by a doctor while she was in college back in the 1960s. republicans onal appeared one step closer to guaranteeing a pay raise for workers. they strauk deal to give a 1.9% increase next year. you may remember that president trump decided to freeze federal pay lath, citing budget kernels. the dea s lifts aary freeze on executive level jobs. e mocrats support the incre but they're t opposedo the executive raises. the virginia governor was key in brokering this deal. congress likely won't vote on it until after the mid-terms. >>> with just over a month to go, barbara comstock is trailing her point. a new

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. >> connie chung is openi up about her own sexual assault. she wrote anor op-ed "the washington post" and she tried to show for for christine blasey ford. e wrote, i, too, was sexual live assaulted, not 36 years ago but about 50 years ago. she went on to say i am writing to you because i know the exact dates, exact years are insignificant. we remembe exactly what ppened to us and who did it to us. she says she was assaulted by a doctor when she was in college in the 1960s. we'll have more throughout the day as more information about this fbi investigation is released. we'll also have updates on the nbc washington app. >> let's go to our weather and what is expected to be our warmest day of the week. meteorologist chuck bell joins h the latest on the summer-like forecast. good morning. >> good morning. very nice day to be outside now. after a really foggy starthis morning, the fog is all gone. that's about seven or eight miles as the crow you can tell interest's still a lot of residual msture in the atmosphere. it will turn into a very pretty

i wanted to share something that the washington post published yesterday which was connie chung, andurse, the long time journalist and anchor woman detailing her own story of abuse that she has not in 50 years told, but she was motivated to the tell because of dr. ford's testimony. let e let's listen. >> christine, i, too, am terrified as i reveal this publicly. i can't sleep. i can't eat. can you? if you can't, i understand. i'm really, i'm really scared. i'm frightened. i can't even cry. i don't want to tell the truth. i must tell the truth. as a reporter, the truth has ruled my life, my thinking. i'm writing to you sh, christin because i know that exact dats,s and exact years are insignificant. we remember exactly what happened to us and who did it to us. we remember the truth forever. >> you know, this is really firing up both bases, and what we are finding in an npr and pbs and maris poll is that the gap between the democratic and the republican enthusiasm has narrowed since it exploded on the scene and really indistinguishable and both looking towards the midterm thes are fired

we've seen people like connie chung who held it for 50 years, the journalist, share her story. and so to call everyone who opposes kavanaugh a mob is -- is, you know, taking away their pain. it's telling them, you know, you are part of this mob mentality. it's not about this issue. i do think this is a -- you know, in a large part, a mars versus venus debate. i think a lot of women, when they see and hear christine blasey ford, they see themselves and hear themselves in her. i think a lot of, you know, i think some man, you know, kept thinking to themselves, do i want to be judged by something i may have done that i now regret when i was, you know, 17 years old. >> i want to get back to the fact that it was a woman who is going to be the ultimate decider here, in susan collins. she did go point by point, her reasons for backing judge kavanaugh. alice, i want you to respond to this, but let's take a listen to what susan collins had to say yesterday on the senate floor. >> the facts presented do not mean that president -- that professor ford was not sexually assaulted that night

connie chung had an experience with her family physician.the same time, david's right, they went to their cam. i think there was a facileti re on the part of some people that said something happened but it wasn't him. >> the polling that suggestedve people belher, they were uncomfortable convicting without corroborating evidence, sowf 60% of the american people say if another witness says yes, i'llt, remember tr some physical piece of evidence, yes, but without that, a lot of people who just felt unc really changing the trajectory of a man's life over this without that coborting evidence. >> just adding one thing, judy, how important the cou is,t's only 18 years ago that th supreme court resolved bush v gore. t thate case where the vi president of the unite states won the popular vote and his challenger was showsen by a 5-4 vote, and in gerosity of spirit, al gore send it an called upon his supporters to september it. i don't know given today's claimant if ao curt decision would be accepted without fighting in the streets. and i will say the

if you guys haven't read it, i suggest that you read a column, that connie chung, respected journalistwrote today about telling her -- sharing her trauma, telling her pain, her sexual harassment story which happened not 36 years ago. happened over 50 years ago. >> 50. >> and you hear the pain. that's happening all over america. victims of sexual assault all over america are identifying with christine ford and her pain. and so for him to trivialize it and make fun of it, you know, it's disrespecting all of those people. >> what do you think about it coming back to haunt -- do you think that kavanaugh if confirmed, that will be such succor for the base that it will overwhelm whatever damage is done, steve, with the insensitivity and the lack of empathy for a group of people that we're trying to encourage to come out? >> well, listen, i think the trump base is motivated by this whole saga, but not by what trump said at the rally. >> they were cheering like crazy. the more he mocked her, the more they cheered. >> i think the base is very motivated by the reprehensible conduct of the democr

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. >>> former cbs anchor connie chung says in a new op-ed i too was sexually assaulted. she made the statement in "the washington post," addressing it to christine blasey ford. the 72-year-old journalist describes in graph iic detail, e family doctor molested her in his home office. it was roughly 50 years ago. chung was a college student at the time. she read her account aloud for the post. >> i don't want to tell the truth. i must tell the truth. i know that exact dates, exact years, are insignificant. we remember exactly what happened to us. and who did it to us. we remember the truth forever. >> chung thanked blasey ford for revealing her story, writing bravo, christine, for telling the truth. judge kavanaugh denies the allegations that he sexually assaulted dr. ford in high school. >>> a south carolina city is stunned after a gunman ambushed police, killing one, and wounding six others. the four police officers from florence, south carolina, and three sheriff deputies were shot outside a house while serving a search warrant. police officer carraway died in the gunfi

people may have seen connie chung's column. that was incredible.'re so polarized is a very big challenge, but i think -- i mean the job that you are supposed to do every morning is to ask thoughtful but also tough questions of everybody, right? and that is something we need to do no matter what. >> frank, what about the daily challenge presented to newspaper editors, to television news directors, programming directors and it is this: in an administration built on a tissue of lies on a daily basis uttered by the president of the united states, this search for truth, this questioning, looking for facts each and every day performed admirably by institutions like, you know, all the tv networks, "the washington post," "new york times" and others, a substantial percentage of americans don't believe us. you know, they choose to believe the wire in chief, you know. i'm kind of reluctant to use that phrase but it's been proven true. what about that challenge? >> it's huge. but it's not new. i sort of refer to this as a pre-existing condition. we came into t