ford, we were talking about you meeting in july with congresswoman eshoo. did you talk about your allegation with any republican member of congress or congressional staff? dr. blasey ford: i did not. where i lived, the congressman is a democrat. >> was it communicated to you by your counsel or someone else that the committee had asked to interview you and that they offered to come out to california to do so? fore object, mr. chairman, any call to privilege conversations between counsel and dr. ford. could you validate the fact that the offer was made without her saying a word? is it possible for that question to be answered without violating any counsel relationships? i sayyou mind if something to you directly? i just appreciate that you did offer that. i was not clear on what the offer was, if you were going to come out to see me. i would have gladly hosted you and in happy to see you out there. it was not clear to me that was the case. >> does that take care of your question? >> yes. >> proceed, then. ofbefore july 30, the date your letter to senator fein

. >> reporter: congresswoman eshoo told ktvu her office hand delivered a letter to feinstein on july 30th from ford. ford had requested anonymity but stepped forward sunday after her name was leaked. she feels she's recognized. that was deeply touching to me. >> judge kavanaugh is one of the finest people i've ever known. never had a little blemish on his record. >> president trump acknowledged the need for a delay. saying this is a completely false allegation. i have never done anything like what the accuser describes. mitch mcconnell questioned the timing. arizona senator jeff flake told republican leaders ford wasn't a chance to be heard, he'd vote no on the nomination. susan collins said she talked with kavanaugh friday. >> obviously if judge kavanaugh has lied about what happened, that would be disqualified. >> reporter: hastings law professor david lavine said both kavanaugh and ford's credibility will be on the line. >> the issue now is the veracity of somebody who we're thinking about supreme court for years and you want that person's veracity to be gold. >> it's that questio

on july 9, i received a call from the office of congresswoman anna eshoo after mr. kavanaugh had become the nominee. i met with her staff on july 11 on july18 and with her 20 describing the assault and discussing my fear about coming forward. later, we discussed the possibility of sending a letter to ranking member feinstein, who is one of my state's senators, describing what occurred. my understanding is that representative eshoo's office delivered a copy of my letter to senator feinstein's office on july 30. the letter included my name, but a request that it be kept confidential. my hope was that providing the information confidentially would be sufficient to allow the senate to consider mr. kavanaugh's serious misconduct without having to make myself, my family, or anyone's family vulnerable to the personal attacks and invasions of privacy we have faced since my name became public. letter dated august 31, senator feinstein wrote that she would not share the letter without my consent and i appreciated this commitment. all sexual assault victims should be able to d

her husband. >> reporter: eshoo helped ford write a letter detailing her claims. last week word of that letter leaked, which prompted ford to come forward. democrats had wanted the f.b.i., which conducts background checks on nominees, to look into this allegation before any public hearing. republicans called that a stalling tactic, and they're hoping, jeff, to hold that confirmation vote in the senate judiciary committee next week right after the hearing. >> glor: nancy cordes, thank you very much. n are following breaking news tonight in virginia. eevere storms and a tornado avawned by the remnants of rsorence have killed at least one person near richmond. chip reid is following this story. >> reporter: the tornado touched down in chesterfield county, just south of the virginia capital of richmond, ripping the roofs off buildings and sending countless pieces of debris swirling in the powerful winds. >> whoa! >> reporter: the chesterfield fire department confirms that one person was killed when a building collapsed. virginia's first fatality caused by florence. on

congresswoman anna eshoo of palo alto earlier this summer. eshoo's office has sent that to senator dianne feinstein's office. but that letter has now been shared with u.s. senators and investigators this week. tonight the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh issuing a strongly-worded statement saying i categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation. i did not do this back in high school or any time. >> i believe it's significant. >> reporter: santa clara university professor jessica fernandez says the timing of this allegation is important. >> reporter: when we look at court decisions that come out of the supreme court around women's right, around this issue that's very contentious, of course it's going to have implications on the type of voting and decisions he has a say in. we need to really scrutinize that. >> reporter: republican senator oren hatch accused the democrats of making a hit. according to "the new york times," kavanaugh and a teenaged friend cornered a girl. kavanaugh is accused of getting on top of her and putting a han

ford's allegation, anna eshoo. congresswoman joins froes mountain view, california.gresswoman, good morning i want to start, you talked -- >> good morning to you, john. >> dickerson: what did she tell that you would convince her doubters? >> well, dr. ford called my district office and we met for quite a long while for about an hour and a half. and she told me her story. my impression of her was that she was intelligent, she spoke softly, it was wrenching for her , i think, to tell the story because there's a reexperience when the story is told. she went into many details. and at t ef our conversation i told her that i believed her and that it was important that she tell me if what she wished me to do with the information if in fact she chose another path. and she did. she said she wanted me to take it to -- down a different pathway. and of course with anonymity and privacy. that's paramount in sexual abuse allegations or cases because the individuals are terrified. this is one of the highest un reported crimes in our country so she understood the risks and the conse

woodruff: representative anna eshoo, thank you very much. >> thank you, judy. >> woodr someone who's known judge kavanaugh for more than a decade. jennifer mcott clerked for vanaugh during his first year on the u.s. court of appeals in 2006. she also clerked for supreme court justicclarence thomas. today, she's an assistant professor at george man university law school. welcome to the "newshour".be thank you fong here. you just heard what congresswoman eshoo said, that she listened for an hour and a half to prfofessor blase and believed her. >> well, yes, this is a very challenging set of circumstances and everybody should be listened to and treated with dignity and respect. my pertsonal experience h judge kavanaugh, and i've known him twelve years, him and his family, worked for him his first year on the bench and he has acted with the utmost integty and character. before and after the latestlo deents came forward, people testified to his character and my understanding he has since given a statement to chairman grassley under penalty of perjury categorically denying the ons and, you

on july 9, i received a return phone call from the office of congresswoman anna eshoo after mr. kavanaugh had become the nominee. i met with her staff on july 18 and with her on july 20, describing the assault and discussing my fears about coming forward. later, we discussed the possibility of sending a letter to ranking member feinstein, who is one of my state senators, describing what occurred. my understanding is that representative eshoo's office delivered a copy of my letter to senator feinstein's office on july 30. the letter included my name, but also a request that it be kept confidential. my hope was that providing the information confidentially would be sufficient to allow the senate to consider mr. kavanaugh's serious misconduct without having to make myself, my family, or anyone's family vulnerable to the personal attacks and invasions of privacy that we have faced since my name became public. in a letter dated august 31, senator feinstein wrote that she would not share the letter without my explicit consent, and i appreciated this commitment. sexual assault victims

she contacted her congresswoman, anna eshoo, a democrat, sending a letter describing her allegation.resswoman anna eshoo then passed that letter along to california's senior senator, dianne feinstein, the senior democrat on the senate judiciary committee. "the new yorker" reports the woman considered speaking publicly about her experience with brett kavanaugh but, quote, after the interactions with eshoo's and feinstein's offices, the woman decided not to speak about the matter publicly. republican senator susan collins had a pre-scheduled hour-long telephone discussion with brett kavanaugh today, but senator collins made no comment, no public comment about that discussion or about the new accusation against judge kavanaugh. so what will the judiciary committee do next? after this break, we will be joined by jill wine-banks and lisa graves, who is the former chief counsel for nominations on the democratic staff of the senate judiciary committee. -computer, order pizza. -of course, daniel. -fridge, weather. -clear skies and 75. -trash can, turn on the tv. -my pleasure. -ice dispenser,

her husband. >> reporter: eshoo helped ford write a letter detailing her claims., word of that letter leaked which prompted ford to come forward. democrats had wanted the fbi, which conducts background checks on nominees to look into this allegation before any public hearing. republicans called that a stalling tactic. >>> the rain and ferocious winds of hurricane florence have died down, but for millions of people in the carolinas, this is likely the calm before the next storm. record rainfall has already washed out roads and bridges and turned hundreds of neighborhoods into swamps. but the rivers there are slowly rising, threatening more wet misery. demarco morgan is in fayetteville and begins our coverage. >> reporter: the river is now the city's biggest worry. much lower than this before florence made landfall. now it's almost at 54 feet. and it's expected to go even higher. more than 30 feet above flood stage. a break in the clouds today can't overshadow the looming threat, the overflowing rivers and lakes could swallow whole communities. brandon came to have

california congresswoman anna eshoo passed the letter on to dianne feinstein.ker reports that the woman considered speaking publicly about her experience with brett kavanaugh but, quote, after the interactions with eshoo's and feinstein's offices, the woman decided not to speak about the matter publicly. republican senator susan collins had a pre-scheduled hour-long telephone discussion with brett kavanaugh today, but senator collins made no public comment about that discussion or about the new accusation against judge kavanaugh. so what will the judiciary committee do next? after this break we will be join by jill wine-banks and lisa graves, who is the former chief counsel for nominations on the democratic staff of the senate judiciary committee. judiciary committee. ♪ carla is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking prescription ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormo

on july 9th, i received a return phone call from the office of congresswoman anna eshoo afterer mr. cobb and i had become the nominee. i met with her staff on july july 18th and was heard on july 20th describing the assault and discussing my fears about coming forward. latery we discussed the possibility of sending a letter to ranking member feinstein who is one of my state senators, describing what occurred. my understanding is that representative eshoo sophist delivered a copy of my letter to senator feinstein's office on july 30th. the letter included my name, but also i request that it be kept confidential. i hope was providing the information confidence confidentially would allow the senate to allow mr. kavanaugh of serious misconduct without having to make myself, my family or anyone's family vulnerable to the personal attacks and invasions of privacy that we have faced since my name became public. in a letter dated august 31st, senator feinstein broke that she would not share the letter without my explicit consent and i appreciated this commitment. sexual assault victims to b

california congresswoman anna eshoo passed that letter to senior senator diane fine teen, the "new yorker" reports the woman considered speaking publicly about her experience with brett kavanaugh but quote after the ber actions with eshoo's and feinstein's offices the woman decided not to speak about the matter publicly. susan collins had a pre scheduled hour long telephone conversation with brett kavanaugh. they made no public comment. so what will the judiciary committee do next? after this break, we will be joined by jill winebanks and the chief counsel of nominations on the democratic staff of the senate judiciary committee. >>> kavanaugh put a hand over her mouth and held her down and attempted to force himself on her. she did escape. she said in her communications and her letter on the hill, this was a traumatic incident so much so she had to seek psychological treatment for it. >> chief country sell for the senate side a deputy attorney general in the department of justice, jill winebanks is back with us, lisa no one knows more about this process tan you do, what happens next in th

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. >> reporter: congressnama eshoo of palo alto was the first to hear the accusation and said she findsirely credible. christine blasey ford is a clinical professor for psychology at palo alto university and claims supreme court nominee, judge kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a marion -- etta marilyn house party when they were teenagers in the 1980s. according to ford, drunk 17- year-old, brett kavanaugh, cornered her in a bedroom, pinned her to a bed and groped her. she said kavanaugh tried to remove her clothing and put his hand over her mouth when she tried to scream. she said there was another teenaged boy in the room and has revealed details of the attack to a therapist in 2012. ford first notified congresswoman anna eshoo in july and we are told that the office had a hand-delivered note to dianne feinstein on july 30. ford originally requested anonymity to protect her children. >> she has two children and a wonderful husband and i believe she came forward knowing that there was a risk factor for presenting the truth. in going public, she wanted to tell her truth. my constituent

much more of our interview with anna eshoo on abc 7 news at 5:00 and 6:00, including advice that congresswoman gave to blasey ford after hearing what she had to say. live in palo alto, david louie, ashs 7 news. >>> thank you, david. members of her family have written an open letter of support. her honesty is above reproach and her behavior highly ethical and respectful of everyone's point of view. we believe she's acted bravely voicing her experiences from the past and we know how difficult this is for her. they also ask people to make every effort to respect the family's privacy. >>> for a complete look at the letters writte on behalf of dr. blasey ford and the updates on the supreme court showdown, go to abc7news.com as well as the abc 7 news app. >>> in sonoma county, winds and or a red flag warning today that expires tonight if all goes well. >> wayne feedman spent the day in the region joining you go from unincorporated santa rosa. excuse me. santa rosa. >> reporter: that's it. you got it right, larry. around sonoma county, they know red flags lead to red tags. they've been down that road

she contacted her congresswoman ana eshoo, a democrat and then passed that letter along to senior senatorn. and reports that the woman considered speaking publicly about her experience with brett kavanaugh, but quote after interactions with eshoo's and feinstein's offices the woman decided not to speak about the matter publicly. republican senator susan collins had a prescheduled hour long discussion with brett kavanaugh today but senator collins made no comment, no public comment about that discussion or about the new accusation against judge kavanaugh. so what will the judiciary committee do next? after this break we will be joined by jill wine-banks and lisa graves, who is the former chief counsel for nominations on the democratic staff of the senate judiciary committee. senate judiciary committee this is an insurance commercial. but let's be honest, nobody likes dealing with insurance. which is why esurance hired me, dennis quaid, as their spokesperson because apparently, i'm highly likable. see, they know it's confusing. i literally have no idea what i'm getting, dennis quaid. that's

congresswoman eshoo then relayed the letter to senator feinstein's office.ports that last night senator feinstein told fellow democrats on the judiciary committee about the existence of this letter and its contents, though she didn't actually share the letter. "the times" reports that several of these democratic senators that feinstein spoke with advised her that she needed to take these claims to the fbi. and now she has done so. the fbi for its part says yes, they received this information and they say they have forwarded it to the white house to be part of judge kavanaugh's background file. and that means that not only the white house but potentially other senators could view it. "the new york times" reports that a copy of the letter was included in an upgraded background file sent to judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley. so the white house today did not comment on the content of this letter. the white house spokesperson instead railed trump administration style against democrats for what she called an 11th hour attempt to delay kavanaugh's confirm

blasey ford contacted her congressmember, democrat anna eshoo, and then sent a letter via eshoo's office to senator dianne feinstein, ranking democrat on the judiciary committee. later in july, she contacted "the washington post" through a tip line. she also took a polygraph test regarding the incident, which the paper reviewed, and she passed. but for weeks she declined to go public, citing concerns about her and her family and privacy even as judge kavanaugh could still be confirmed. blasey fordd -- told "the post" -- "why suffer through the annihilation if it's not going to matter?" but last wednesday, the intercept broke the news that senator feinstein had a letter describing an incident involving kavanaugh and a woman in high school, and that feinstein was refusing to share it with her democratic colleagues. feinstein then issued a statement that the author had "strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter further, and i have honored that decision. i have, however, referred the matter to federal investigative authorities." the fbi reportedly sent

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the next i called -- anna eshoo. we spoke on the phone. she reiterated that she wanted this held confidential, and i held it confidential. up to a point where the witness was willing to come forward. and ihe think as i make my remarks, perhaps you will see why. because how women are treated in the united states with this kind of concern is really wanting a lot i of reform, and i'll get tt for a minute. but in the meantime, good morning, dr. ford. thank you for coming forward and being willing to share your story with us. i know this wasn't easy for you. but before you get to your testimony, and the chairman chose not to do this, i think it's important to make sure you are properly introduced. >> by the way, i was going to introducer, but if you want to introducer of a glad to have you do that. but i want you know i didn't forget to do because i would do that just as she was about to speak. >> thank you. i have to say when i saw your cv, i. was extremely impressed. you have a bachelors degree from university of north carolina, chapel hill,

feinstein says she received the information from palo alto congresswoman anna eshoo. committee chair chuck grassley says he has no information beyond what he read. >> right now families are being told to leave the city. about 2 1/2 hours ago, fire started breaking out at many homes. investigators think it's an issue with the natural gas system through at least 35 fires. at one point 18 were burning at the same time. one police chief said you couldn't see the sky it was so smokey. police say currently crews are looking into 70 reports of fire, explosions or gas. people in the expected neighborhoods have been told to get out. power has been turned off. at least four people treated at the hospital. we've been waiting for news conference for officials. we'll bring you updates on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> so strange. >>> the onslaught from hurricane florence has begun. the rain and wind now bearing down. north carolina's gov noer says his state is simply on the wrong side of this thing. >>> i'm sandy patel. i'll have the latest on this large and dangerous storm. >>> the bay a

eshoo helped ford write a letter detailing her claims. last week word leaked which prompted ford to come forward. nancy cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> ahead, california democratic senator kamala harris, a member of the senate judiciary committee, joins us to discuss monday's hearing. >>> this morning what was hurricane florence is now a low-pressure area moving into the northeast. the crisis produced by the storm continues in the carolinas as rivers continue to rise, producing catastrophic flooding. as florence heads north, it is still dropping heavy rain. authorities say at least 32 people have died because of the storm. most in north carolina. nearly half a million customers there remain without power. one of the fatalities is tied to an apparent tornado spawned by the remnants of florence that hit near richmond, video. laura podesta has the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. and because rivers are still rising, that 32-person death toll may possibly increase in the coming days. florence is also shaping u

. >> i want to thank chairman walden and representative eshoo and brooks as well as all the staff for their hard work on this bill. together we have a robust product. mr. pallone: this is a vitally important public health bill that ensures we can prepare for and respond to health security events like bioterrorism, emerging infeshes, diseases and natural disasters. it will support the go new treatments and the stockpiles of medications and supplies that will be deployed to communs nationwide in the case of an emergency. as we all know, effectively prepared for and responding to these events requires extensive coordination between federal, state, local and tribal governments as well as private sector organizations across the country. this bill re-authorizes orest tab learns critical programs that will help us better prepare and respond to any major health emergency. let me discuss some of the specifics of how this bill will help us do that. it rethosheses a loan repayment program that would help strengthen and grow our public health work force. this is crit kay cli important as we're st

. >> and that was congresswoman eshoo's staff.er office. >> did you come alone or was somebody with you. >> it was her and her staff member. >> what did you talk about? >> i described the night of the incident. and we spent time speaking about that. and i asked her how to -- what my options were in terms of going forward. and how to get that information relayed forward. and also talked to her about fears of whether this was confidential information. and she discussed the constituent confidentiality. >> thank you, thank you. >> thank you senator grassley i would like to submit into the record five articles including one titled why sexual assault memories stick. police often ignore sexual assault allegations. >> without objections so ordered. >> i want to begin by thanking you for coming to testify in front of us today. you came forward with very serious and relevant information about a nominee for a lifetime position on our supreme court. you di't have to and i know you've done it at great personal cost. this is a public service an

did anybody ever advise you from senator feinstein's office or representative eshoo's office to go get a forensic interview? >> no. >> instead, you were advised to get an attorney and take a polygraph, is that right? >> many people advised me to get an attorney. once i had an attorney, my attorney and i discussed using the polygraph. >> and instead of submitting to an interview in california, we're having a hearing here today in five-minute increments. is that right? >> i agree that's what was agreed upon by the group here. >> thank you. i have no further questions. >> i have something to submit for the record. we received three statements under penalty of felony from three witnesses identified by dr. ford, mark judge, leland keyser and patrick smith. all three denied any knowledge of the incident or gathering described by dr. ford. without objection, i'll enter into the record. >> mr. chairman, i have something for the record as well, a number of letters from the witness' family, friends, including her husband. >> okay. i'll get to you just as soon as the ranking member. >> mr. chairm

did anybody ever advise you from senator feinstein's office or representative eshoo's office to go get a forensic interview? >> no. >> instead, you were advised to get an attorney and take a polygraph, is that right? >> many people advised me to get an attorney. once i had an attorney, my attorney and i discussed using the polygraph. >> and instead of submitting to an interview in california, we're having a hearing here today in five-minute increments. is that right? >> i agree that's what was agreed upon by the group here. >> thank you. i have no further questions. >> i have something to submit for the record. we received three statements under penalty of felony from three witnesses identified by dr. ford, mark judge, leland keyser and patrick smith. all three denied any knowledge of the incident or gathering described by dr. ford. without objection, i'll enter into the record. >> mr. chairman, i have something for the record as well, a number of letters from the witness' family, friends, including her husband. >> okay. i'll get to you just as soon as the ranking member. >> mr. chairm

bay area congresswoman anna eshoo says she was the first to hear ford's story.that she was intelligent. she spoke softly. it was wrenching for her, i think, to tell the story because there's a re-experience when the story is told. she went in to many details and at the end of our conversation i told her that i believed her."> ( james ) kavanaugh said he looks forward to testifying before the senate judiciary committee thursday and clearing his name. ( lydia ) last night a rally was held in palo alto in support of christine blawsey ford. tonight another one will be held in berkeley.( james ) that's where we find kron 4's will tran. will? ( lydia ) in the east bay... we are hearing from the victim in a freeway shooting on interstate 9-80 in oakland. the man was injured by shattered glass after someone opened fire just before 8:00 on friday night. you can see the injuries on his chin and behind his ear. the shooting happened while the man was driving in eastbound direction-- near interstate 5-80. he had been watching a dog and says he was driving to walnut creek to

. >>> christine ford first notified bay area congresswoman anna eshoo about this and she told ktvu that her office hand delivered a note to senator dianne feinstein on july 30. at the time, ford requested to remain anonymous to protect her children and family but stepped forward sunday after her name was leaked. >> she feels she is recognizing her civic responsibility. that was deeply touching to me. she is not a politician and knows nothing about the politician world. >> more than 200 former students of the high school she went to supporting her. >>> new information surrounding the investigation into a shooting at an auto parts store that killed a sacramento county sheriff's deputies and injured another. the sheriff's department identify the suspect as a man from rancho cordova and they said he got into a fight with an employee at the pep boys and rancho cordova, and witnesses said the suspect started shooting when deputies arrived before they even knew he had a gun. deputy mark stasyuk was killed as a result. >> it's incredibly difficult for all of us. i'm fortunate to find strength t