dr. king received his in 1954. but, my mother finish cordova high school in washington dc, and during her high school years she lived two doors down from dr. bunch. my mother and his daughter, joan bunch, were best friends in high school. so there was a connection. joan bunch called my mother one day and say, jean, is martin luther king jr. living in your home? and my mother said, yes, joan. and she said, my father wants very much to come and talk to him about this upcoming march. and my mother assured her that, if dr. bunch came to selma, she and my father would take excellent care of him. so the trip was planned. my father went to birmingham, picked dr. bunch up at the train station and brought him here. dr. bunch, of course, spent his life negotiating and standing for peace for people not only in this country, but around the world. he and dr. king shared similar goals, similar wishes for people in the united states and around the world. so he knew that this was such an important for voting rights march in this co

, we saw and could tell that dr. king was a genuinely revolutionary leader but presented it in a christian context, which makes it more threatening, and king was very aware that his life was going to be shortened by the things he did. the black panthers were mostly teenagers, a youth movement with a handful of leaders over 21. the energy of the black panther party was a very, very different in the sense that we had chapters over the country, different programs, and we also stand on social and political issues that directly affected and the people of that generation. host: you have elizabeth and fort lauderdale, florida, on the lauderdale, -- for 60 and older. -- my pointve just is what gets me on a regular women come ony programs with these very serious subjects, and the smile, grin, and laugh. they get introduced, and they [indiscernible] in their mouth. whatever, and i understand, but i have never seen so much women coming on with the smiles. i don't see anything funny. host: professor joseph? guest: thinking about the

dr. king was standing on the balcony when, according to a companion, a shot was fired from across the street. in the friend's words, the bullet exploded in his face. police, who have been keeping a close watch over the noble prize peace winner because of turbulent situation were on the scene almost immediately. they rushed the 39-year-old leader to a hospital where he died of a bullet wound in the neck. police said they found a high-powered rifle about a block from the hotel but not immediately identified as the murder weapon. the mayor has reinstated the dusk to dawn curfew when a march led erupted in violence. the governor has called out 4 nourks national guardsmen and police report that the murder has touched off sporadic acts of violence. president johnson expressed the nation's shock. >> america is shocked and saddened by the brutal slaying tonight of dr. martin luther king. i ask every citizen to reject the blind violence that has ruck dr. king who lived by nonviolence. i pray that his f

dr. martin luther king jr. the president was announcing the fact that dr. king, his center was going to be expanded by the national park service and that was the only time i was in the pool that day. the pool is when there's a certain number of people representing each medium, going into the small rooms or traveling with the president be it in the vans to the golf course, the trump golf course, or to trump international hotel or something trump. it's true. john's laughing because it's true. i'm serious. or you know, or we go to the roosevelt room or the oval office. everyone, all the press cannot fit into those rooms so that day it happened to fall on me. i was the representative for radio. and i began questioning myself leading into that question. i knew i was going to ask it but i had not decided if i was going to ask it, because that was a question that was so heavy. the weight of that question still is an albatross around my neck. again, no one should have to ever ask a sitting u.s. president in 2018 are you a racist. but think about it. prior to that, w

dr. martin luther king, jr. the president was announcing the fact that dr. king, his sensor was going to be expanded by national park service. an that was only time i was in a pool that day. and pool is when a certain number of people representing each medium and going to the small rooms are travel with the president in the vans to -- the course trump golf course or to trump international hotel with something trump. that's true and might be -- i'm serious or you know when we travel or we go to and everyone all of the press cannot sit into those rooms. so that day it happened to fall on me i was a representative for radio. and i kept questioning myself leading into that question. i knew i was going to ask it but i had not decided if i was beginning to ask it. because that was the question that was so heavy. the weight of that question is still around the my neck and no one should have to ask a sitting president in 2018 are you a race cyst but things about it prior to that -- we had frederick wilson -- yeah. and the sergeant ledavid johnson issue -- the young m

this is what dr. king said.elled to ask the question who killed james reed. well, the answer is simple and rather limited when we think of the who. he was murdered by a few sick, demmed and misguided men who had a strange notion that you express the scent through murder. there is another desperate question we are forced to ask this afternoon that i asked a few days ago when we asked james jackson, it is the question what killed james reed? and when we move from the who to the what, the blame is wide and the responsibility grows. james#qñ reed was murdered by ey indifference of the minister of the gospel who has remained silent behind the safe security of stained glass windows. he was murdered by the irrelevancy of the church. he was murdered by the irresponsibility of every politician who has moved down the path of demagoguery and who has fed his constituents the stale bread, and he was murdered by every law enforcement agency who practices lawlessness in the name of the law. he was murdered by a federal governm

. >> we thank her for what she did with dr. king.what she's done with all of us. >> she had money and could not buy ice cream. had a car and could not stop to buy gasoline. aretha came out of the bowels of our struggle. >> in short, her status as a queen, unlike others who inherit a title, her title was earned. ♪ amazing >> reporter: her royal highness, the indisputable queen of soul, always. ♪ always ♪ i been loving you forever ♪ always >>> up next, what comes to mind when you think aretha? there's only one word to describe the queen of soul. when we come back. ♪ ♪ if it feels like you live in the bathroom with recurring constipation and belly pain, talk to your doctor and say yesss! to linzess. yesss! linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. linzess can help relieve your belly pain, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements. linzess is not a laxative. it helps you get ahead of your recurring constipation. do not give linzess to children less than 6 and it should not be given to ch

still safety boxes of jewelry with about ten million euros for london's jewelry district happen dr. king of thieves goes on release on september the fourteenth this morning. visitors to rome are currently finding out more about meeting geishas. hash tag a should a festival. for japanese geishas provides visitors with an insight into that line and sentiments. the festival runs until the fifteenth of september at various locations throughout the time in capital. brylin exhibition is showing works owned by the late art dealer to put on girl it five years ago fifteen hundred works of art were found in the apartment of gurlitz son cornelius. the discovery made international headlines because several pieces were suspected to have been looted by nazis. the exhibition showcases two hundred fifty artworks from the collection the origins of which have been established and tells the story of the artists. as well as the fates of the paintings former. normally the colors of wine or rosé white or red but did you know that black is also an option now black wine like this one right here stems from the m

dr. king, that is not something dr. king stood for. he stood for justice without disrespecting the minute women who fight for the country. rep. o'rourke: you heard senator cruz's answer. first of all he again tried to mislead by taking a peaceful protest during the national anthem to burning a flag. no one here, myself included, has suggested anyone should be doing that. he also grounded his answer in partisanship, talking about the gop being better than a democrats. i could care less about either party at this moment. it is a deeply divided, highly polarized time in our history. this moment calls for all of us. regardless of party or any other difference or race or sexual orientation. how many generations have been here or whether you just got here yesterday, we need to come together for this country that we love so much. >> and we're moving on here. the next question for senator cruz. details are still being worked out but dr. christine blasey ford may testify about her allegations of attempted sexual assault from judge brett kavanau

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this was a time when malcolm x was calling dr. king an uncle tom also and other separatists just because dr. king sauought peace and assimilation rather than separatism. an interesting aside here, a lot of the cases i just cited were in a book, which you referenced. and the interesting aside here is that he, himself, tried to turn himself into the cia in the early '90s and was turned away. the cia, soviet, east european division, had at the time come to the '91, i think it was. the cia began to turn away soviet defectors. so, you know, folks have been underestimating the soviet side -- the russian threat for decades. even "the new york times" when i wrote about this in the '90s say the cia acted naively after the soviet union by underestimating this. today, everyone has gotten the reasonable because, you know, they think that the left now wants to use this to attack a legitimately elected president. in the age of trump, you know, the point of reference is no longer "the new york times," it's now facebook. so how is facebook dealing wit

this was a time when malcolm x was calling dr. king an uncle tom also and other separatists just because dr. king saw peace and assimilation rather than separatism. there's an interesting aside, a lot of these cases i have just decided where in the book which i think was used as reference. the interesting aside here is that he himself tried to turn himself in to the cia in the early '90s and was turned away. the cia soviet -- eastern european division hat at the time come to the conclusion this is like 1991 i think was of the kgb was no longer a threat and russia is no longer a threat, so the cia began to turn away soviet defectors. he turned to the british. so folks have been underestimating the soviet the russia threat for decades. even the new york times when it , wrote about this in the 90 said that cia had acted naively after the soviet union by underestimating this. today, everyone has gone to religion because they think the left now wants to use this to attack a legitimately elected president, and the age of trump, you know, the

he was with dr. king when they watched that. they had no idea that president was to say that. if i was to boil it down to one, one-minute segment, i would say that. >> before i got into private equity, i thought i could be an actor. i thought that wass an easy thig to do. there were no takers so i had to go to law school. did you go to acting school? how did you get into that? >> i didn't get into the right school. how did you get into that profession? >> it was a calling. >> i wish it was bate more exciting. but before i was an actor, first of all, i had no idea this was pozible, y p possible, my hometown and towns like in college and in south texas, del rio, texas, and small towns in mexico. very, very small towns. and anyway, my -- >> a couple hundred people. >> something like that. yeah. >> all right. >> so did you want to go tholo hollywood and be famous? >> that was not in my radar. >> how did you get into this in case i want to reinvent my profession. >> i was a musician. i progressed in music to a certain point and then life was very, very hard. and at that point for s

they did it to the lunch protesters in the '60s and to dr. king. will you always have this.s we are seeing the tide changing. we've seen the national black association of police officer just come out and say that they support colin kaepernick's right to protest. they understand that he's not protesting the police. so i understand that they may know -- oi know that then they think he knows better than black men who put on the uniform, as police officer, that go and and defend their community as police officer, they are no better than that. >> let me clear. let me jump in here. >> no, you had time to talk. let me finish. >> i listened to you for a long time. >> we have one minute left. go ahead. rashod. >> so over and over again, so 20, 30 years from now, we will see many people that said that they stood with colin kaepernick. >> that they were on his side. but there has never been a time. i will say this one more timant corporations. >> let me just in here. >> will you get a chance, ben. >> we saw many folks say they would boycott disney because disney supported gay marriage.

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do you know when and where president johnson's final meeting with dr. king once? >> that's a good question. i don't have an answer. i'm smart enough to know, but i know people that will have the answer. but that famous one of glad you brought that up, the april 3rd meeting since so much about this rivalry between the two. if you don't mind i will tell that story. if you see me afterwards come and give me an e-mail and i'll have my people find that answer out. but what happened was right after he announced he was not going to seek reelection, robert kennedy comes trying to determine whether the president with day out in the democratic primaries. and see who the cabinet members could go and basically says yes they can make their own decisions. what's interesting about it is johnson at the end of the meeting after the reading goes and says plainly back the tape. and they went to play the tape and there was nothing on it. bobby kennedy brought a scrambler to the meeting. it's a great story and i'm sorry i cannot do that other one. i'm going to say it's probably back t

dr. martin luther king disturbed segregationists. susan b anthony disturbed the a number of ite people. hange has never been affected without disturbing the comfort of persons and likely never will. so the department of justice of interest innt this case as well. i have of the cases mentioned, the courts have agreed with us, attempts to cases i wo of the mentioned have been denied by judges who adopted the department's positions. a third was dismissed only changed its ollege speech policy rendering the case moot. we also filedmay, a statement of interest in a awsuit against the university of michigan. he university sought to forbid harassment and bullying and motivated by bias. they forbade speech that is demeaning, to be bothersome or hurtful. the rules did not give clear any of on about what these terms mean. a se rules are enforced by group of campus bureaucrats and police with the name of bias response team. students are encouraged to to the b.r.t. who investigate to see if the speech was bothersome to them. and the last year, b.r.t. logged more than 150 cases. of our statement of i

people far from the corridors of power have the opportunity to bend the arc of history as parker and dr. kingt bend that arc of a moral universe toward justice. we don't float if ket counsel drums will be playing or when ken burns makes this some day how that will sound and feel, but we do know this, that this week, the country was hurtling toward another tribal bar fight with immense implications. and we got to hit pause and see what we could find out to make a better decision. >> number one job of a television host, always have people on who are smarter than you. that is why you always have work around here. thank you as always for summing things up on a friday night. the last thing before we go is a reminder this week we've just. through has just been a week long. it feels longer but we checked. remember back on monday when the president was here in new york meeting at the united nations and all the talk was about whether or not rod rosenstein would be able to keep his job? it was a much simpler time back then. tuesday gave us the president confusing his u.n. audience for that at a trump r

he fought to build what dr. king called a beloved unity he wanted to redeem the soul of america he wanted to bring people together. it didn't matter whether they were black or white, latino, asian american or native american. he saw us as one people, one family, living in the same house, not just american house but the world house. i tell you as one member who came here after winning election , i 986, coming here in 1987 would talk with ron a great deal. i learned a great deal from him. he used his leadership on the armed services committee to award andthe simplest fought for the public good. he fought for peace at home and abroad. as a member of congress he was the author of legislation and the movement for corporate ispensement in south africa. as a political leader she was an inspiration to people all over the world. people loved him. he was tall. he stood up, he stood out. and he spoke with passion. in his passing the country has lost a powerful crusader for justice. for equality and peace who was cool before it

dr. kinggnal to us about how you do that. >> i mean the question for a lot of people is who will lead that because you saw in front of us today leaders that are no longer in office, no longer with the bully pulpit to do it except on occasion like this, so it feels like there isn't a presence. john mccain was that guy. who does that now? >> when abraham lincoln was elected, that fact voiwas lamen by sherman. we elected a backwoods, bar bearian, uneducated, the country is doomed, he has no confidence for the task. when lincoln was assassinated, general sherman had seem him with general grant a week before, was asked to reflect on his life, the man he had come to know. he said he met all the great men of the world, industrialists, kings, emperors and generals, but never met a man that possessed more of the qualities of greatness and goodness than abraham lincoln. what's always been true about the country, almost providentially so, the right leaders have emerged at the right time. dwight eisenhowe

concerned about voting, that they would help us add back to the voting rights t of 1965, in which dr. king marched, our colleague john lewis was beaten to almost his death, bleeding on the edmund pettus bridge, to restore section 5. section 5 might even help this issue. because section 5 provides preclearance to any voting procedure that any state may have that would be unfair and discriminatory. so if my colleagues want to argue anything, they can argue that really the main bill that they should be putting forward is a restoration of section 5 of the voting rights act. because we have found throughout the states that we do have violations. voter i.d. laws that are discriminatory. we have voter suppression. we have people being purged off of lists. and interestingly enough, they happen to be poor people, african-americans and hispanic citizens. so i am opposed to this legislation. i don't like legislation that is a get-you legislation. i have great respect for my friend from california. i frankly believe it's a state matter. it's really a city matter that could be handled by those who are

dr. martin luther king, jr. library. the power of protest features historic photos, autographed books and memorabilia from the olympic project for human rights. the exhibit is part of a series of campus events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 mexico city olympics where former spartans, tommy smith and john carlos were aspirin stripped of their medals for -- were stripped of their medals for their powerful human rights protests on the podium. >> if you were willing as kap says to take a stand for something even if it means losing everything, the american people have shown a persistent, not just capability, but commitment to changing. >> now that collection is on loan from sports sociologist dr. harry edwards who you saw there. he served as a consultant to the 49ers, warriors and several other teams. >>> actor burt reynolds who was a top movie draw for many, many years has died at the age of 82. audiences enjoyed his authentic personality and self-mocking charm and on the set he often insisted on doing his o

dr. martin luther king disturbed the comfort of segregationists. comfort of quite a number of people. change has never been affected without disturbing the comfort of persons and likely never will. so the department of justice filed a statement of interest in this case as well. in each of the cases i have mentioned, the courts have agreed with us, attempts to dismiss two of the cases i mentioned have been denied by judges who adopted the department's positions. a third was dismissed only because the college changed its speech policy rendering the case moot. at the end of may, we also filed a statement of interest in a lawsuit against the university of michigan. the university sought to forbid harassment and bullying and actions motivated by bias. they forbade speech that is interpreted to be demeaning, bothersome, or hurtful. the rules did not give clear definition about what any of these terms mean. these rules are enforced by a group of campus bureaucrats and campus police with the name of the bias response team. students are encouraged to compla

dr. martin luther king, because one of the places where you're beginning to make a mark, and one of the placeshat you seem to care quite a lot about, is racial reconciliation. one of the things you've written is that the sbc was forged on the wrong side -- that's the southern baptists were forged on the wrong side of the racial question for far too many years. and so, for people who aren't familiar with the history of southern baptists, what is that history and what do you mean by that? >> yeah, so, 1845, the southern baptist convention was formed. it split from the northern baptists, and one of the primary issues was the fact that the northern baptists did not want to appoint slaveholders as missionaries. and southern baptists wanted to leave that as an issue of conscience. well, now we recognize that that was something they were woefully ignorant of and even tragically used the bible to try to support that. you know, the southern baptists officially repudiated slavery years ago. what we're looking at now is, how does... it's one thing to say that the races are equal. it's another thing to ac

vatican protesting the sexual 007 with members of the italian parliament and the peace group after dr. king and gandhi. it is the transnational party, not a political group. the me too movement came to light last year. i think the founder in her efforts for the last 10 years thisssential as much as this toy also reported her psychologist in counseling over six years ago. as to the ad hominem attacks against her as well as anybody having been assaulted, i think are very egregious. in my situation, i am going to court because i did a silent protest when senator gillibrand spoke at cornell university, my alma mater on march 19. i had a sign. me too, both of you never responded. like the teacher would have had. i had been raped in the new york seminary after leaving for now. i had been accosted at the st. paul's college at the bishop supporters in washington -- bishop's headquarters in washington, d.c. i was fired when i confronted a priest who was having sex in the rectory. when i went to the cardinal of washington at that time, his secretary laughed at me. he ended up being the spokesperson f

dr. martin luther king as one of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity. as the day continued, thousands of african-americans protested, gathering in scenes across the state. vernor wallace at the time called in the police to break up the protest. two young black boys were killed that day. johny robertson, 16. nd virgil, 13. robertson was shot by a police officer and ware was killed by two white youth within hours of the bomb detonating. following the attacks, several people were suspected but no one was immediately brought toment it wasn't until 14 years then-alabama when attorney general bill baxley -- bob baxley reopened the case and the investigation began to make headway. eventually klan leader robert chambliss was finally brought to trial and convicted of the murders but it would take another 20 years before the other klansmen acomp police were brought to -- accomplice were brought to justice. thomas and bob were arrested. the bombings that took place in 1963 became a major catalyst for the civil rights movement. the loss of four young girls was not

dr. martin luther king's cause, later tearfully sing at his funeral.g "respect" considered an anthem of the civil rights movement and women's advocacy. at her detroit service in the greater grace temple, power voices. chaka khan, and jennifer hudson. and sentiments from the youngest members of the franklin family awe struck and grateful. >> as a kid, i couldn't understand what it was like to be aretha franklin's granddaughter. i didn't know what that meant, b but now i know what it feels like. she's a part of who i am. >> i want to thank everyone who bought her album or concert ticket. >> you show the world god's love, and there's nothing more honorable. >> reporter: fans and friends remembering and rejoicing the heart of detroit and the soul of a nation. >> aretha's voice will be heard. aretha's voice will be impacting. aretha's voice will be influencing others literally for centuries to come. >> a beautiful service for the queen of soul. we'll be right back. (man) managing my type 2 diabetes wasn't my top priority. until i held her. i found my tresib

dr. martin luther king jr.'s cause, later tearfully singing at his funeral.ghest civilian honor, the medal of freedom, her song "respect" considered an anthem of the civil rights movement and women's advocacy. ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t >> reporter: at her detroit service in the greater grace temple, power voices, shaka kahn and jennifer hudson. and sentiments from the youngest members of the franklin family, awe struck and grateful. >> as a kid, i couldn't understand what it was like to be aretha franklin's granddaughter. i didn't know what that meant, but now i know what it feels like, that i have that running through my blood and that she's a part of who i am. >> i want to thank everyone who bought her album, who bought a concert ticket. i want to thank everyone who ever took a picture of my aunt. >> you show the world god's love and there's nothing more honorable. >> reporter: in this nearly eight-hour farewell, fans and friends remembering and rejoicing the heart of detroit and the soul of a nation. >> aretha's voice will be heard. aretha's voice will be impacting.

last thursday, students at dr martin luther king jr. academic middle school participated in passport day, which helps onboard students with the school 's expectation for the year and a fun learning environment. students obtain stamps on their passports, which were earned in various ways, like taking a self eat with the a self with the head counsellor, or doing a dab dance with the principal. [laughter] >> these activities and other efforts at the school have led to a decrease in suspension from 118 and the 2014 school year to just a 16 last year. for the second school year, nearly every high school senior at the academy of san francisco is taking classes at city college of san francisco's mission centre or ocean avenue campus. each afternoon to earn college credit as part of our district's early college program. students selected from 19 classes including african-american studies, film history, child development and other classes. san francisco international high school also has a very similar partnership with the city and college of sa

dr. martin luther king couldn't make payroll, harry belafonte and aretha franklin went on an 11-city toure talked about it many times, how we were the two who were -- who were left out of all our neighborhood friends. we were the longest ones. we weren't the only two left, but we were the longest ones. ♪ i'm really going to miss you ♪ it's really going to be different without you ♪ >> and when i would go to her shows and watch her sing, it would be the best feeling in the world. nothing sounded better to me than the way my grandma sings. her voice made you feel something. you felt every word, every note, every emotion in the songs she sang. her voice brought peace. >> dear grandma, i love you. i know in my heart that you're happy now, and that's all that i care about. >> she lived with courage. not without fear, but overcoming her fears. ♪ ♪ some love and care, ain't nothi nothing, i said ain't nothing >> but when she sang, all of that went away. all that pomp and circumstance and pretension went away. she brought them all to their feet so they can bow to the queen of soul. >> yes, she tr

dr. martin luther king jr.'nging at his funeral. ♪ a recipient of the highest civilian honor, the medal of freedom. her song "respect" considered an anthem of the civil rights movement and women's advocacy. ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t, find out what it means to me ♪ >> reporter: at her detroit service in the greater grace temple, power voices, chaka khan. ♪ and jennifer hudson. ♪ and sentiments from the youngest members of the franklin family, awe-struck and grateful. >> as a kid, i couldn't understand what it was like to be aretha franklin's granddaughter. i didn't know what that meant. but now i know what it feels like, that i have that running through my blood and that she's a part of who i am. >> i want to thank everyone who bought her album, who bought her concert ticket. i want to thank everyone who ever took a picture of my aunt. >> you showed the world god's love, and there's nothing more honorable. >> reporter: in this nearly eight-hour farewell, fans and friends remembering and rejoicing the heart of detroit and t

dr. martin luther king jr. this experience started a decades-long career fighting for the rights guaranteed to all americans under the united states constitution. in his time as executive director at the aclu of florida, mr. simon oversaw landmark work defending the rights of lgbtq floridian, protecting immigrants, reforming our criminal justice system, froketting free speech, preserving women's health. and strengthening the right to vote. the rights that floridians enjoy would not be the same without the tireless work of this champion of liberty. i am proud to call howard simon my dear friend and i join my fellow floridians in thanking him for his thoughtful and compassionate work to safeguard our civil liberties and helping to make the united states a more perfect union for us all. thank you, i yield back the alance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, for five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker.

dr. martin luther king, jr.me court nominee brett kavanaugh facing another marathon round of questioning. here's a live look at the hearing room on capitol hill. senators are in their final round of questioning kavanaugh. senator dianne feinstein used her time to ask kavanaugh about a previously confidential e- mail from 2003. in it he said, "i am not sure that all legal scholars refer to roe as the settled law of the land at the supreme court level since court can always overrule its precedent and three current justices on the court would do so." >> this has been viewed as you saying that you don't think roe is settled. >> i'm always concerned with accuracy and i thought that was not quite an accurate description of all legal scholars. >> after a line of questioning by california senator kamala harris, kavanaugh said he never had improper discussions about special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. >>> ford is recalling about 2 million f150 pickup trucks because the seatbelts can spark fires. ford s

dr. ford's description. ms. king subsequently recanted her claim and publicly refused to cooperate with the committee's investigation. dr. ford is the only firsthand witness not to provide a statement to or interview with the committee. several democrats on the committee say they believe dr. ford's story and planned to defend her from attacks during the hearing on thursday. >> i would like -- >> is what you're saying? >> there is credibility to her story, and i'm going to make sure that i and others, the democrats, at least, want to make sure she is able to come forward. and there's nothing for her to gain by coming forward with this. >> dick durbin said lawmakers don't have way to know the truth what happened 35 years ago, and he also said they aren't sure what the standard of proof should be in this case of he said/she said. >> i have republican senators who reached out to democratic senators and assured them they are looking to this as kind a determination as to how their final vote will be cast. in one republican