then they were directly in touch with danielle hicks. this was a work in progress to get her to come forward. reid, who is the top democrat on the panel that was considering this nomination, he actually sent danielle hegseth a letter over the weekend that we have obtained asking her to detail any examples of abuse or threatening conduct conduct from pete hegseth toward any of his ex-wives. and now we have this result, which is this affidavit, which is currently being viewed by some senators. this is just started to happen after we've obtained the redacted version of this affidavit. and i'll tell you, chris, that yesterday hegseth was reported out of the committee on a party line vote, 14 to 13. that vote was swift. it sets up a full senate vote, potentially as early as thursday. that is significant because once the full senate votes and approves his nomination, he only needs a simple majority, which means 51 need to vote for him. and of course, there's a 53 threshold of republicans in the senate. that means he would be confirmed as secre

meaning, if anything, danielle hicks sets affidavit in, it is untrue. y. danielle hegseth said i believe hegseth has an alcohol abuse problem and was abusive to his ex-wife samantha. as i understand those terms as a lay person. pete hegseth s mother's email completely supports and agrees with that position. the affidavit goes on to say, samantha told me that she once hid in her closet from hegseth because she feared for her personal safety. this happened in their house sometime during the years between 2014 and 2016. i believe what samantha told me, because what she told me is consistent with what i personally observed of hegseth erratic and aggressive behavior over many years. i was aware that samantha had a plan to deploy if she felt she needed to get away from hegseth, samantha told me and another person close to her about this plan, which involved samantha texting me a safe word code word that meant i should call the other person so that person could fly out to minnesota to help her. samantha did text me this code word sometime in 2015 2016. i was my

yesterday that even if he gets confirmed, he will foia put out a request for information for danielle hicksinterview. we know that she had many conversations with the fbi. those didn't seem to make it into the presentation that was given by the trump transition team to the top two senators on the senate armed services committee. and, of course, there's also his questions. for the record, those are the additional questions that senators on the armed services committee are able to ask of hegseth outside of the scope of that public confirmation hearing. those are on the record. those are public. and in one of those questions posed by senator elizabeth warren, she asked hegseth about that payment that he made to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in monterey, california, in 2017. he answered that the number, the amount of that payment was $50,000. and we also have a statement from his attorney talking about it, he said. hegseth strongly felt that he was the victim of blackmail and innocent collateral damage in a lie that the complainant was holding out on to keeping her marriage intact

she is danielle hicks that says, as i told the fbi, samantha once told me that hegseth grabbed her groint their home. samantha told me about this sometime during the years between 2014 and 2016, she says, i believe what samantha told me, because what she told me is consistent with what i personally observed of hicks erratic and aggressive behavior over many years. she does note that she didn't personally witness any physical or sexual abuse, but this does raise new questions as to why this interview with the fbi that danielle says she had, and many others were not relayed to the top senators on that committee by multiple briefings that we now know the trump transition team provided to them as recently as last night. while hicks confirmation process is continuing to move forward on it. >> and julie, we showed some clips of your interviews with these different senators, including senator collins, senator tillis, both republicans who don't seem so certain where their vote is going to land. has this new information changed any senators minds that you know of? >> i will tell you that the sena

hicks, from michael cohen. they put out a statement there right before the 2016 election that there was no knowledge about the payments to karen mcdougal or stormy daniels. of course, we know that's false. so we know on the public record now that donald trump is willing to lie in order for his personal gain. but in terms of the threats made to district attorney, bragg made to judge merchan made to these others. jack smith i think that a moving back to washington, d.c. week, and i'll be covering all of this up close from down there. and i think that we have seen a willingness over the last two years for donald trump. effectively, we should note, effectively be able to go and undermine the credibility of politicians. liz cheney, jack smith, district attorney bragg, fani willis. and that's not to say that there's some legitimate questions sometimes about individuals. that's how this process plays out. but i think donald trump in these last two years was successful in many cases in smearing the names of some of these public servants who were not worthy of those smears. and of course, not for everybody in america. but we're talking about millions. and i thin

hicks, from michael cohen. they put out a statement there right before the 2016 election that there was no knowledge about the payments to karen mcdougal or stormy daniels. of course, we know that's false. so we know on the public record now that donald trump is willing to lie in order for his personal gain. but in terms of the threats made to district attorney, bragg made to judge merchan made to these others. jack smith i think that a moving back to washington, d.c. next week and i'll be covering all of this up close from down there. and i think that we have seen a willingness over the last two years for donald trump. effectively, we should note, effectively be able to go and undermine the credibility of politicians. liz cheney, jack smith, district attorney bragg, fani willis. and that's not to say that there's some legitimate questions sometimes about individuals. that's how this process plays out. but i think donald trump in these last two years was successful in many cases in smearing the names of some of these public servants who were not worthy of those smears. and of course, not for everybody in america. but we're talking about millions. and i