and f.b.i. still have not complied with the president's direct order to declassify documents related to the origins of russia witch hunt. representative matt gaetz joins us here tonight to talk about the crisis of leadership at the department of justice, the f.b.i. and the intelligence community. our top story, the campaign of the radical left to try to block the senate confirmation of judge brett kavanaugh. the dimms sinking to unprecedented depth of despicable dirty tricks to keep brett kavanaugh off the supreme court. the efforts reaching a fever pitch today. kavanaugh telling senator grassley he will be present monday for the scheduled hearing before the senate judiciary committee. but his accuser is still holding out unless her demands are met by the committee. while senate dimms are demanding a new f.b.i. investigation. fox news congressional correspondent mike emanuel has our report from washington. >> why isn't judge kavanaugh asking for an f.b.i. investigation if he has nothing to hide?

first, the f.b.i. has the resources, the information, and the legal tools to conduct an investigation the right way, far better than some staffer talking to professor ford on the phone. you cannot lie to the f.b.i. that's a crime. the f.b.i. will get to the truth. they almost always do. second, our republican colleagues have run a transparently partisan conversation process, and then they immediately insinuated that dr. ford is being untruthful. republicans and their staff cannot impartially investigate these allegations. they've already said that they're not true. republicans and their staff cannot do this in a respected way because they have run such a partisan investigation thus far. there's no bipartisanship here, none. so to have any credibility, this has to be done by an independent , outside body. the f.b.i. is the best one. the vote must be postponed until it is complete. it is an insult -- insult -- to the women of america to rush this through after these serious allegations have been made. it

the f.b.i. do an investigation. >> this is unprecedented. it's historic. >> senator chris coons was a central player in this drama. >> even though he and i are from different parties, we respect each other and we can work together. >> combine that with flake getting accosted from a couple of women in the hallways. >> you're telling all women that they don't matter! >> somebody's got to explain this to trump, so, i guess that will be my job. >> breaking news-- the president has ordered the f.b.i. investigation into judge brett kavanaugh. >> they have to do what they think is right. >> hackers exploited a security weakness on facebook, compromising 50 million accounts. >> we don't know if they were able to exploit personal data. >> you're home, maddox. we love you. >> last night in north carolina, the body of a six-year-old with autism. two weeks after hurricane florence made landfall, still a lot of cleanup on the coast. >> a man died yesterday after getting an infection while cleaning storm debr

"kavanaugh clears hurdle but flake flakes and calls in the f.b.i." well, this is how the hearing ended. [video clip] senator grassley: i recess the meeting until the fall of the gavel. we're going to take action with a motion that's before us. we got to make sure we have a quorum. senator grassley: as a point of personal privilege, i'm going to call on senator flake to speak. normally we would start the vote right now, but it's a point of personal privilege, i would call on senator flake. senator flake: well, thank you. i then speaking with a number of people on the other side, we had conversations ongoing for a while with regard to making sure that we do due diligence here, and i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the f.b.i. continue -- to do an investigation, limited in time and scope, to the current allegations that are there. and limit in time to no more than one week. and i will vote to advance the bill to the floor with that understanding. and i have spoken to a few other member

the f.b.i. he has never been questioned by any member of our committee. he has never submitted a the tailed account of what he knows. -- a detailed account of what he knows. so i move, mr. chairman, that we have him before this committee as a witness. he could be interviewed beforehand on a burn basis. i recognize that he has submitted -- on a bipartisan basis. i recognize that he has submitted a cursory six-sentence letter not even signed by him, it's from his attorney. and i believe we have a responsibility to subpoena at the very least mark judge before we move to vote. it is our constitutional duty to do everything we can to uncover the truth after hearing yesterday that compelling testimony from dr. blasey ford and we cannot in good conscience vote without hearing at least from mark judge. i would submit with all due respect mr. chairman that there are other witnesses essential for us to hear from. we should hear from the other sexual assault survivors who have come forward with credible an

though the f.b.i. investigation does pose peril for them it reintroduces the concept it might end up as a happy ending story for republicans rather than saving, saving the last man. >> i get what you are saying. there is some danger in sort of jamming him through if you would. when you have so many people on the left saying wait a minute, why are we rushing this? there are questioning out there that we need answered. the other thing to keep in mind. lisa, i wonder what you think of this. is this going to galvanize people and get them to the polls? now they have a reason to go. because if this is still lingering as we head into mid-terms, they will be fired up in a way that maybe they, you know, might not have been otherwise. >> yeah. what i hear from the republicans is they are angry. i'm angry. i think senator lindsey graham was with right, this has been unethical sham. allegations that have been level and weaponized from the left against brett kavanaugh have been completely baseless. zero corroborati

. >> ninan: the f.b.i. reopens its background check into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh following allegations of sexual assault. also tonight, an indonesian official warns the death toll could be in the thousands following a major earthquake and tsunami. maz're massive waves swept many to their deatha teenaged boy aia southern california beach after being attacked by a shark. years after they were sent to prison by a corrupt police sergeant, the charges are finally being dropped. >> he's a sergeant with a badge, so who will believe us? >> ninan: and an american flag shredded by hurricane florence goes up for auction to help storm victims. >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. a new supreme court session begins monday with senate republicans trying to cement a 5-4 conservative majority on the bench by appointing president trump's nominee brett kavanaugh. the president yesterday ordered the f.b.i. to briefly reopen its background check into kavanaugh in light of sexual assault and misconduct allegat

not the f.b.i. we know the f.b.i. stated publicly the allegation does not involve any federal crime. now the senate can only perform their own probe. unfortunately, they are now tonight being stonewalled. politics is in play. as of tonight, dianne feinstein will not even shownate republicans on the committee the full unredacted leter that professor ford sent to democrats when she first made her allegations in july. now according to the judiciary committee chairman. charles chuck grassley. the letter to ford's attorneys the committee, they are having a hard time reaching ford. "committee staff has attempted to contact you directly by phone, e-mail several times to schedule a call at a convenient time for you and your client. we thus far have not heard back from you with regard to that request." grassley's letter reiterated the invitation to appear before congress. "you have stated repeatedly that dr. ford wants to tell her story. i sincerely hope that dr. ford will accept my enviation to the so either private -- invita

the f.b.i. investigation in the beginning have at least made this seem like a fair situation to people who were calling for it from the beginning? i said earlier today, she wanted an f.b.i. investigation and people had something to hide are not saying, please, come and investigate me. >> well, the thing, when the committee became aware of the allegations only a couple weeks ago, there could have been then an f.b.i. investigation whether they went and interviewed the witnesses. the argument against that was the senate has the same kind of... all these statements they're taking with their investigators is the forum for it. those are punishable. it's a felony if you lie. so it's really no different. we're going to do it in the committee because the f.b.i. investigation process has already ended and this had never come up by then. >> senator graham said he would have had an investigation within the last 11 days. >> no question about it. >> that's right. absolutely. that's what i'm saying. they could

we the f.b.i. the f.b.i. directed us back to the white house. sb -- so if the white house takes the lead of jeff flake that wld suggest that only the ackizations the ones from blasey ford will be investierted. the owo, we'll have to see from there. >> thes investigati would cover "current credible allegations." i asked them. so what does that mn? st dr. ford tor other two and the other one? i haven't heard yet robert: the nation was transfixed. buty the riveting testimony of blasey ford and kavanaugh. >> i believed he was going to rain me. -- raped me. i tried to yell for help. this is what terrified the most. this has had the most impacting part of my life. i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. >> i'm not questioning that dr. ford may b haven sexually assaulted by some person in some place, at some time. but i have never done this. i am innocentge of this ch robert: so different than that fox news. intervi you had judge kavanaugh almost red in the face, indignant, brought back them inries of justicehomas of his confirmation he

could be that the f.b.i. finds nothing and gives cover to folks like flake and folks like murkski and collins who full heartedly support him at the owh day. robert: will they bring up mark judge one of the allegeds witnes of this incident? >> mr. judge indicated that he would be willing to talk as long as the talks were done confidentially. one person i would watch is actually senator joe donnelly because he announced earlier at today e would oppose judge kavanaugh which was very surprising. he was one of the three red state kavanaugh who is backed neil gorsuch. we thought he would be very likely to support judge kavanaugh even as these allegations broke. but if you read his stement, his statement didn't mention for example, concerns that judgeug kavawould be a deciding vote to overturn protectio in the affordable care act which is what democrats talked about. he was concerned that there was no.i f investigation, that have looked into tse allegations i don't think he's going to change his mind, butd t woe som

f.b.i. should question the witnesses before the hearing. d also, who paid for the grants? that was never answered at the hearing. -- kavanaugh questioned host: jerry, you're talking about the polygraph that christine blasey ford took? caller: yes. host: her lawyers mentioned they were paying for it. they were talking about doing the work pro bono. that's not a quote directly but i think that was the answer to that question. i didn't like kavanaugh questioning the senators. just like it was a joke like drinking and parting and the said she senator never dodd-frank and partied and he apologized to her. but he also was -- when they questioned him, he started questioning senators for different things. host: jerry, let me scufment he president is coming to your state for a rally. joe manchin, no indication of whether he would support the nominee. how do you think joe manchin will vote? he's stated on television news he would vote for kavanaugh. host: thanks for that, jerry. we go to san diego, ca

first there should be an f.b.i. investigation the senate is actually not very very well suited to be a fact finding body they're better suited to make character judgments based on facts that the f.b.i. has helped unearth for them the f.b.i. needs to go around in interview or potential witnesses it could be that mark judge who was the person who we know witnessed these events according to christine ford's version of events would talk to an f.b.i. investigator that was not willing to testify in public before the senate after that the senate would be well equipped to interview both parties involved and there may be others who come out at that point and all witnesses should be heard. and at that at that point it is for the senate to make a judgment not about whether or not it's unfair to brett kavanaugh to hold this events these allegations again against him if in fact they are true. but whether or not he is the best person to serve as the next supreme court justice that's a question that has nothing to do with fairness

senator claims the f.b.i. has been leaking information to the media on purpose the apparent strategies come to light thanks to newly revealed text messages between former f.b.i. officials senator mark meadows insists it was a coordinated effort he says by f.b.i. justice department officials to release information harmful to donald trump caleb maupin has got the story. in the times of trump the mainstream media just lives for leaks three people familiar with the intelligence ultimately people familiar with the components or says close to mccain former officials knowledgeable about the situation tell c.n.n. but are the leaks all just part of a bigger game now according to republican senator mark meadows he has proof that there was a coordinated effort by f.b.i. agents and members of the d.o.j. to leak information regarding the alleged trump russia collusion this is the letter he sent to the department of justice i will review these new documents raises grave concerns regarding an apparent systemic coach a media

that's not true the f.b.i. could investigate if president donald trump told them to he won't i had the floor republicans had demanded that she testified next monday her lawyer responded she'll testify next week just not on monday where i'm focused right now is doing everything that we can to make dr ford comfortable with coming before our committee democrats say this is just simply unfair and charge republicans don't actually want to know the truth someone who is lying does not ask the f.b.i. to investigate their claims we have to get to the bottom of this as americans before we put someone on the supreme court for life this is high stakes and not just because of what it will mean to the highest court in the land right there are women took to the streets in record numbers after trump became president angry at his treatment of women but republicans are seen to be mistreating a woman now with less than two months until the congressional elections they risk this year showing up next at the ballot box way. a point

f.b.i. and yet this president picked a nominee who has the most expansive view of executive power that we've seen divisions and emotions on full display roslan are you getting any indication of how this vote is going to go and what happens after the vote. daryn the nomination is probably going to be indoors when they take the vote at seventeen thirty just a few minutes from now then unless something else comes up on saturday the senate majority leader will hold an open session basically to start the clock so that senators can officially consider brett kavanaugh its nomination as of right now there is probably a vote going to happen on tuesday of next week it could slip to wednesday but again the tentative plan is to open the clock for the consideration of his nomination on saturday roslyn just give us a sense of how much this whole case has captivated not only the democrats and the republicans but really the whole nation and many parts of the world. it really has captivated both domestic and

the f.b.i. agents told social workers they found drugs in the house based on that baby sara has been taken away to a foster home i have to find a place for her outside of this property and do some made a drug test and pending that and my people be given back to me. they're arresting people that are charged with these you know what in the government's mind of these horrific crimes and there's kids are so the easiest thing to do is scoop the kids up put them into what the government considers a safe environment and then let the family court determine what to do with them and there's one charge against max for a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine with him on a codefendant thirty six hundred dollars was involved in the transaction and the customer turned out to be a confidential informant for the f.b.i. . the rest happens three years later because they don't want to burn the confidential informant there's all this is real typical. max is denied bail daisy will not be allowed to see him in pers

i'm disappointed the f.b.i. white house are failing to take the most basic steps to investigate this matter. we must not repeat the mistakes of the past and rush the process before we're able to gather more information and the f.b.i. is able to reopen and complete the background investigation. >> she is talking about the clarence thomas, anita hill event which mirrors this. professor hill made her allegations the last minute. there was no f.b.i. investigation. they extended the hearing by three days. she testified, judge thomas testified and then various witnesses testified. judge thomas, then judge thomas who sat right where judge kavanaugh sits today, the very same court, walked in and the first question to him was well, what do you have to say about her testimony? his answer was i didn't watch her testimony. this is a hi-tech lynching and i'm not going to watch it. i don't know if judge kavanaugh will watch his accuser on television as she makes these accusations but we will see some high drama. i don't know

>> the f.b.i.as conducted an extensive background investigation in to brett kavanaugh. >> tucker: not a criminal investigation. >> correct. but it's probably best means by which to expand the investigation. >> tucker: last question. i'm told we are out of time. do you think she should participate in the f.b.i. or investigation or has she said enough to the therapist? we are in crazy town now. does she have an obligation? >> that is up to her. she has done more -- >> tucker: no it's. no you can't allege a felony and not explain herself. that is not up to her. i have tried to be sensitive. every american citizen who alleges a crime has an obligation against him or herself. >> she is trying to shed light on her experience with this man. it's one view. >> tucker: you are a rapist. just one view. thank youment -- thank you. what does a law enforcement official think about the allegation against kavanaugh? we will speak to one after the break. will it feel like the wheend of a journey?p working, or the b

and after that confrontation we saw him call for the f.b.i. investigation going against the party line high emotion surrounding this process is getting to the politicians in washington. we've definitely seen the politicians themselves getting emotional particularly during the hearing yesterday during both dr blaser flossy ford's. testimony and during judge half an oss testimony. it's unclear what was going through senator flakes have there but is his proposal of an f.b.i. investigation really looks like an olive branch to the democrats he had previously announced that he was that he was on the fence about voting on judge kavanaugh and so he did ultimately vote with his party and advance judge kavanaugh to the full senate vote but in the wake of this he said look democratic colleagues i see what you're going through i understand here we could have this week and we could have this investigation that you've been calling for. there with the latest on this confirmation vote for the nation's highest court a lifetime appointment there to the supreme

if the f.b.i. did the most their own investigation of the history of the f.b.i. and they found him to be one hundred percent perfect he would lose every single vote now if the republicans win tomorrow i think you're going to get some votes from the democrats you know why because we all know why because it's called politics then you'll probably get some votes and ok let's go it's one more question i guess to follow this up i'd like to ask about three questions it's not really fair to everyone else between should i let her ask another question. go ahead it's a follow up on a question that a colleague asked as well about the benefit of the doubt that you have given to people like more and more to roger ailes to bill o'reilly to brett kavanaugh they're all men why is that it's not a benefit of their doubt but i'd instance when given the best i've known them one hit halle i've known them for a long time and a lot of these people lot of people and some i've been disappointed with i have been disappointed with some others and i you know there are two. that are pretty we

the f.b.i. conducted its sixth fall field background investigation of judge kavanagh sends one nine hundred ninety three twenty five years ago nowhere in any of these six f.b.i. reports which committee investigators have revealed on a bipartisan basis was area where if of any issue and he issue at all related in any way to inappropriate sexual behavior. dr former first raised your allegations in a secret letter. to the ranking member neary two months ago in july this letter was secret from july thirtieth september thirteenth. to no giant thirtieth until september thirteenth when i first heard about it. the ranking member took no action the latter wasn't shared with me or colleagues or my staff these ality the asians could have been investigated in a way that maintained the confidentiality that dr ford. requested before his hearing judge have cavanaugh met privately when sixty five senators including the ranking member but the ranking member didn't ask judge kavanaugh about the allegations when s

this is what the f.b.i.'s protocol is for all cases, not just this case, that they gather the evidence and simply put it t,rward and then it's to whoever receives the repn this case the white house, to determine what to do of it and what to makto have the assessments. i talked to c boyden grey ho was in the bush white house in the anita hill allegations and he me e the samgument that the f.b.i. can't really render a judgment. so what woulwe learn we don't already know? supporters of dr. ford, including janet napolitano, who i spoke with today, said ther are so many other threads to. this they could interview north america judge, the other students who might have been at that party, the therapist dr. ford allegedly told this to. so they arigue that ths time line set forward with the g.o.p. is completely artificl and there's no reason why it couldn't cake days, perhaps weeks to reopen this andet to the facts. >> woodruff: in the meantime, we pate. the republicans are in control of this. >> stay tuned. >> woodru

would be doing such things if the f.b.i. was investigating then why didn't you mention the f.b.i. to this hearing opened with statements from the chair of the judiciary committee chuck grassley followed by dianne feinstein the ranking member of the ranking democrat member. said grassley made much of the fact that the judge has been investigated by the f.b.i. something like six times in order to get this far into career absolutely and one knows there are. areas you know in the high school this was a very closed group. so that it's quite possible that the f.b.i. in its back this was not for something national security is what the the launch codes i think there are different levels of seriousness when they're doing the background checks you know looking for the chris obvious criminal activity if it sounds like it's private parties i could imagine. that would have been enough oh yeah there was while i had beer when i was a boy he could have told them that that probably somewhere in the f.b.i. record and it wasn't pursued further well that the hearing is continuing as we speak so if yo

he described the f.b.i. russia investigation as a "cancer" and suggested declassifying documents related to the investigation will be "one of his crowning achievements." ( applause ) today, attorney general jeff sessions spoke to a group of law enforcement officials in waukegan, illinois. >> we believe that law enforcement is a noble profession and one that demands respect. >> reporter: sessions did not directly respond to the president's attacks, but we were given an advance copy of his s marks, and we noticed when he actually delivered that speech, he took out a reference to president trump improving moral among law enforcement. jeff. >> glor: all right, paula, thanks very much. es're going to move now to a story that unfolded this afternoon in western pennsylvania where a man opened fire outside a judge's office. at least four were hurt, including a police officer. the shooter is dead tonight. julie grant of our cbs station kdka is in masontown, pennsylvania. julie, what can you tell us about this? >> rep

the f.b.i. opens an investigation into her claims. >> there should be an investigation. that's the right thing to do. >> if there is not an investigation would she appear on monday? >> she is prepared to cooperate with the committee and any law enforcement investigation. that has been her position and continues to be her position. she will cooperate with the committee in whatever form that takes. >> sandra: peter doocy is live on capitol hill this morning. if dr. ford does not testify monday, how much longer will the kavanaugh confirmation be delayed? >> not long. the republicans say they gave her a week's notice. if she doesn't show up it's time to move on. corker says this, after learning of the allegations chairman chuck grassley took immediate action to ensure both dr. ford and judge kavanaugh have the opportunity to be heard in public or private. we extended a hand in good faith. if we don't hear from both sides on monday let's vote. grassley, the point person is the judiciary committee cha

republican senator calls for the f.b.i. to investigate sexual assault claims against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh the move could delay it final senate vote to acquit.

is incomplete and so they will demand that the f.b.i. now complete its background check of cabin all based on this additional information democrats will use that as a way to continue to stall the confirmation vote if you will you know the immediate reaction to that though has been one of skepticism from a lot of americans suggesting miss ford has the offer to testify perhaps he should go ahead with the monday meeting we will find out on monday. beyond painting kevin was the victim trump has been pretty restrained in his response and says that. he has you know there's been some story lines that he has been counseled by his daughter ivanka that apparently she has suggested it might be time to back off supporting kavanaugh from the white house i think mr trump also knows that if this goes worse it gets worse from here he perhaps does not want to have his fingerprints on the kavanaugh nomination at the end of the day larry and this is just one republican's opinion my recommendation is kavanagh should actually withdraw it should come to the d

and after that confrontation we saw him call for the f.b.i. investigation going against the party line high emotion surrounding this process getting to the politicians in washington. we've definitely seen the politicians themselves getting emotional particularly during the hearing yesterday during both dr blaser flossie ford's. testimony and during judge happened last test a monet. it's unclear what was going through senator flakes have there but is his proposal of an f.b.i. investigation really looks like an olive branch to the democrats he had previously announced that he was he was on the fence about voting on judge kavanaugh and so he did ultimately vote with his party and advance cavanagh to the full senate vote but in the wake of this he said look democratic colleagues i see what you're going through i understand here we could have this week and we could have this investigation that you've been calling for to feed her there with the latest on this confirmation vote for the nation's highest court a lifetime appointment there to the suprem

have a short pause and make sure that the f.b.i. can investigate. but first we begin in berlin where the german chancellor angela merkel and turkish president of type area won have taken a first step toward repairing the fractured relationship between their countries aired one pointed to a win win business project on the horizon and merkel said that she was hopeful on finding common ground in their press conference on friday we heard diplomatic words that were in sharp contrast to the insults and ultimatums we have heard over the past years with germany demanding turkey improve its human rights record an heir to one accusing german politicians of acting like nazis so is this now a relationship reset between two nato allies the critics are skeptical and on friday they were out in force. even in germany there are sometimes moments when journalists can't behave exactly as they please president adeline was in the middle of his press conference but chancellor merkel when a man stood up and revealed a t. shirt with the words press freedom he was quickly b

in >> desja even as the f.b.i.estigation goes forward, republicans still hope to startenate debate on vanaugh this weekend. >> woodruff: and lisa joins us now to go over the very latest heists from capitol hill. and, our own yamlcindor is here as well.be she' tracking reaction to all this at the white house. so, lisa, first to you, where does this stand right now with the f.b.i., with what the senat is planning to do? >> just when you thought there weuldn't be more surprises had another one today. the plan right now is for the f.b.i. to begin thisground investigation largely in questioning witnesses, we don't know who they're going to question, anthe deal that has been struck here is that they can do no more than aeekas worth of work before republicans will move toward a final vote on this nominee.rt process here and we're going to talk a little bit about that. but first i want to mention the key witness democrats want to be swear viewed is mark judge. she put out a statementaying wants to corporate cooperate but h