we will speak to play right eve ensler. she just wrote an open letter to "white women who support brett kavanaugh." and then the nobel peace prize goes to nadia murad and congolese doctor denis mukwege for fighting sexl violence. there i s just ting care of -- i srted to k mysf, what is this anhow we c fight rate.t the root cause of amy: they will talk about their campaign against central -- sexual violence. and glenn greenwald on sunday's election in brazil. the current presidential front runner is a far right former army officer who is openly present -- praised brazil's military dictatorship. all of that more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the senate will vote this morning on whether tend debate on the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the u.s. supreme court, setting up a confirmation vote as early as saturday. key republican senators, including susan collins of maine, jeff flake of arizona and lisa murkowski of alaska, have yet to announce their position

earlieri spoke to eve ensler. i asked for her reaction to brett cava nagh eve ensler.rett cavanagh being confirmed. i think the republican party and the president have showed that not only do they not care about sexual violence or sexual survivors of violence, they have actually carried on these proceedings with the kind of violence, the kind of route force, destabilising everything with this rapid speed. they are operating in secrecy, they have made sure that the truth in all its complexity and depth has not been exposed. they have actually used the language that we have two palau disappointment through at the expense of women's pain and truth and trauma. to be honest, the energy of all of this fills in keeping of the kind of great culture this president ushered in and maintained since he came to office. people other than the president has backed this move obviously and plenty of saying there isa obviously and plenty of saying there is a right here for a presumption of innocence and there wasn't simply enough evidence to overrule that. from my point of view, we had a

we will speak to play right eve ensler. she just wrote an open letter to "white women who support brett

we will speak to play right eve ensler. she just wrote an open letter to "white women who

eve ensler is an award—winning playwright and author of the vagina monologues.day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls. thank you to being with us. first of all, what is your reaction to brett kavanaugh all, what is your reaction to brett kava naugh now all, what is your reaction to brett kavanaugh now being an member of the supreme court? it is a devastating day. it is an utterly devastating day. it is an utterly devastating day for many of us, for me as a feminist, for me as a human, for me asa feminist, for me as a human, for me as a survivor of sexual assault. i think the republican party and the president have shown unequivocally that not only do they not care about sexual violence or sexual survivors of violence, they have actually carried on these proceedings with a kind of violence, a kind of rude force —— brute force, destabilising everything with this rapid speed. they have operated in secrecy, they have made sure that the truth, in all its complexity and depth, has not been exposed. they have actually used the language, that we h

who support brett kavanaugh for some reason.ve in an open letter published by "time" magazine, eve enslerlent, abusive behavior. "i don't think you want to apologize to her daughters 40 years from now. stop the ascension of a man who is angry, aggressive, and vengeful, and could very well be a sexual assaulter."rs, time is short, call your senators, and start fighting. tammy bruce is a radio show host and has been watching all of this very carefully. she joined us tonight. tammy, what is your assessment? >> we are seeing something that i think has actually been pretty predictable. hillary said at one point that women voted for trump because their husbands told them to, do you remember that big controversy? because she was relying on the women's vote to elect her as president, and the majority of white women, as the polls tend to categorize people, voted for donald trump. so in her explanation, it was because those particular women clearly are zombies. they have no mind of their own. and maybe, they are the walking dead, i don't know. but they certainly don't have personal agency, that was