hippocampus. which you started googling. >> i come back to wh chuck said, she goes the safeway a few weeks later, didn't want to go in the same room with her mom being a teenager and runs into another kid that she thinks she remembers being part of the attack.co ing to her story. i come back to the politics. the people watching th, other republicans and what are they thinking about the political impact of taking one side or another? they have to wait and see what judge kavanaugh does. they're going to be worried about -- >> in fairness got senators, i they're also probably -- they have kids that are about the same age as a lot of the -- [ overlapping talking ]. >> on this, any references as kids -- this is painful to watch as a parent of a teenager. it is a -- i wouldn't say yes, there's politics involved and i wouldn't doubt that be very curious how he responds to this, along wi jeff flake. we've gotten words about how intently they've been ing. >> they're hearing things at idme from constituents

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doctor "f" just encoded a fresh-ass memory all up in their hippocampus! that's a hot shot of epinephrine, son! ( laughter ) now the republican senators on this committee thought it would look bad to see a bunch of old white men grilling a woman about sexual assault, so, to carry their water, they hired arizona prosecutor and board-certified woman, rachel mitchell. ( laughter ) she's sort of like a designated hitter because i believe the senate is in the american league. ( laughter ) in an attempt to discredit the dr. blasey ford's claims of anxiety, mitchell tried to pick apart dr. blasey-ford's fear of flying. >> you fly fairly frequently for your hobbies and you've had to fly for your work, is that true? >> correct. >> you were a consulting biostatistician in sydney, australia, is that right? >> i've never been to australia, but the company i worked for is based in australia. >> hawaii, costa rica, south pacific islands and french polynesia. have you been to all those places? >> correct. >> by airplane? >> yes. >> stephen: so what? being afraid of flyin

take whatever time you need. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter. the uproarious laughter between the two. and their having fun at my expense. >> you have never forgotten that laughter. never forgotten them laughing at you. >> they were laughing with each other. >> and you were the object of the laughter? >> i was, you know, underneath one of them while the two laughed. two friends having a really good time with one another. >> let me enter into the record a statement by the national task force to end domestic violence. >> without objection, so ordered. >> a letter from 24 members of the house of representatives urging the committee to use the trauma approach in questioning dr. ford. >> without objection. >> and a letter from another 116 members of the house asking to delay until all of this has been heard. >> without objection, so ordered. >> and dr. ford has at times been criticized for what she doesn't remember from 36 years but we have numerous experts that say lapses of memory are wholly consistent with severe trauma and stress of assault. i wo

. >> indelible and the hippocampus is the uproarious laughter between the two and them having fun at my experience. >> kavanaugh was furious and blaming the democrats for what he called a national disgrace. >> this whole two-week effort has been an orchestrated and political hit with pent up anger of president trump and the 2016 election. fear that has been stoked about my judicial record and millions of dollars from outside left wing opposition groups. this is a circus. >> kavanaugh's anger softening at times as he was too brought to the verge of tears. >> the other night my wife and daughter, eliza, said this prayers. and eliza, 10 years old, said to ashley we should pray for the woman. that's a lot of wisdom from a 10-year-old. we mean no ill will. >> senators quickly dug into the political trenches. democrats hammering the nominee over an lelleged behavior in hi school as the yearbook failed to state if the fbi should reopen his background check. >> i'm asking about the fbi investigation. >> the committee figures out how to ask the questions. i've been on the phone many times. >>

neurotransmitters in the brain encode memories into the hippocampus. locked their and other details kind of drift. what you're saying is that this could not be a case of mistaken identity. absolutely not. and a reminder that professor ford is a professor of psychology, and she has studied things like memory so she was able to study —— speak about this with an air of gravitas, she is an expert in this field, and the dead know if that threw off rachel mitchell a little bit, the fact that she was dealing with somebody who had studied memory, but it bolstered her credibility on issues of why it is that you can remember some things and not others, and why is that somebody who has been a victim of sexual assault, they can remember whilst the person who has committed the assault may not remember. that is something we have seen from academic studies and she can speak about that with some credibility not just because of what happened to her but because of what she has studied during a professional career. the professional aspect, when she talked about these mem

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take whatever time you need. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and their having fun at my expense. >> you never forgotten that laughter? you never forgotten them laughing at you? >> they were laughing with each other. >> and you were the object of the laughter? >> i was underneath one of them while the two laughed. two friends having a really good time with one another. >> let meighent enter into the a statement by the national task force to end domestic violence. >> without objection, so ordered. >> a letter from 24 members of the house of representatives urging the committee to use the trauma and -- approach in questioning dr. ford. letter for another 116 members of the house asking to delay until all this has been heard. >> without objection, so ordered. >> and dr. ford, has at times been criticized for what she doesn't remember from 36 years ago. we have numerous experts, including a study by the u.s. army military school of behavior sciences education that lapses of memory are wholly consistent with a bigger trauma and stress

>> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter. the uproarious laughter between the two. and they're having fun at mikem expense. >>chris: how does the president who is not only called her credible but compelling, how does he explain that she could be so credible and so specific and putting brett kavanaugh and his, one of his best friends, mark judge. in that room and be wrong? you say you think something happened. is it just mistaken identity. how does he explain it? >> i don't think anyone of us could know 100 percent. i think we have to look at the information provided. there's no doubt her story is heartbreaking and heart-wrenching to watch. i've watched a number of times. again, i think you have to look at brett kavanaugh's testimony as well. equally heartbreaking. look at the destruction of his family. look at how this has played out. the biggest thing i think is so disgraceful and so disgusting is the way the democrats have allowed this process to play out. how both of these individuals are allowed to be so be and down and destroyed by frankly, the media, whose pla

also just the level of norepinephrine and epinephrin in the brain that encodes memories into the hippocampus so the trauma-related experience is locked there, whereas other details kind of drift. >> democrats also calling for kavanaugh's alleged accomplice, his high school friend, mark judge, to be subpoenaed. not one of the 1 1 male republican senators on the committee asked a direct question of dr. ford. instead, they sat behind rachel mitchell, a prosecutor from arizona, specializing in sex crimes. >> good morning, dr. ford. >> hi. >> she immediately struck a gentle tone with ford. >> the first thing that struck me from your statement this morning was that you were terrified, and i just wanted to let you know i'm very sorry. that's not right. >> reporter: while the republicans sat in silence, the democrats heaped praise on ford. >> you are opening up to open air hurt and pain that goes on across this country. and for that, the word i would use, it's nothing short of heroic. >> bravery is contagious. indeed, that's the driving force behind the me too movement. >> she came in there looking

take whatever time you need. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproar ious laughter between the two and their having fun at my expense. >> republicans chose to end the hearing today with angry speeches telling judge kavanagh they were so sorry for him. he has nothing to apologize for. he has been victimized here worse than they could possibly imagine. judge kavanagh told senator kamala harris at the close of questioning that now he did not bother to watch dr. ford's testimony. he meant to do it. he intends to at some point, but he didn't. the country watched her, though. and that is going to be a problem for him as a supreme court nominee or even just as a judge as it goes back to the d.c. appeals court. it just, it just is. >> i only have a few seconds left and i'll just ask you a direct question. did you watch dr. ford's testimony? >> i did not. when you rent from national... it's kind of like playing your own version of best ball. because here, you can choose any car in the aisle, even if it's a better car class than the one you reserved. so no matter what, you're

just taught everyone how the brain works. [ light laughter ] she gave a detailed anatomy of the hippocampushe memory centers in the brain to a roomful of guys who look like they eat brains. [ laughter and applause ] but seriously, just think about -- think about how impressive that is. she's a research psychologist explning how the mind works the middle of a horrific experience that no one should ever have to endure. meanwhile, the most coherent thing trump has ever said about the mind is he has a -- la very, very large -- ah brain. [ laughter and ae ] >> seth: in fact, throg hout the hear throughout the hearing, republicans really had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to try to discredit dr. ford., at one poie prosecutor republicans picked went down a confusing line of questioning about dr. ford's fear of flying. republicans have ao spent weeks falsely implying that dr. ford was missing key facts of her story. but thughout this hearing, it became clear they we who had basic facts wrong. like when they asked her about her travel to australia. >> in fact, you fly fairly frequently for your

>> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and they'reaving fun at my expens expense. >> chris: how does the president -- called her not only compelling, but credible, how does he explain that she could be so credible and so specific in putting kavanaugh and one of his best friends, mark judge, in that room and be wrong about it? you say you think something kavanaugh. is it just mistaken -- how does he explain it? >> i don't think anyone of us can know 100%, but i think we have to look at the information that's provided. it is no doubt that her story is heartbreaking and it's heart wrenching to watch it. i've watched it a number of times. again, i think you have to look at brett kavanaugh's testimony as well. equally heartbreaking. look at the destruction of his family, look at how this is played out. the biggest thing that i think is so disgraceful and so disgusting is the way that the democrats have allowed this process to play out and allowed both of these individuals to be so beaten down, so destroyed by frankly the media, who have pl

norepinephrine and epinephrine in the brain that as you know that nerve transmitter encodes memory into the hippocampushat trauma awe-related experience is locked there where other details kind of drift. >> trevor: oh, snap! ( cheers and applause ) people were asking how the lady can trust her brain. she's a brain scientist! yeah, those senators were probably like, oh, yeah, we're also familiar with the hippo hippopotamus, let's move on! ( laughter ) and dr. ford had a response for those who thought she was here as part of the 2020 campaign. >> apart of the assault, these couple of weeks have been the most difficult of my life. i have been accusedov acting out of partisan political motives. those who say that don't know me. i am an independent person and i am no one's pawn. my responsibility is to tell you the truth. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: you see that? that's something that a lot of people forget -- dr. ford isn't some politician who's running for office. she's a woman whose life had been turned upside down since she stepped into this supreme court battle royal. she has gotten death threat

. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and theirat my expense. >> how are you so sure that it was he? >> the same way that i'm sure that i'm talking to you right now. basic memory functions. >> so, what you are telling us is this could not be a case of mistaken identity. >> absolutely not. >> you would not mix up somebody else with brett kavanaugh, is that correct? >> correct. >> or mark judge. >> correct. >> with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> 100%. 100% is also brett kavanaugh, equally defiant today as he proclaimed his innocence and lashed out at democrats. >> this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. since my nomination in july, there has been a frenzy on the left to come up with something, anything to block my confirmation. some of you were lying in wait and had it ready. this has destroyed my family and my good name. a good name built up through decades of very hard work and public service at the highest levels of the american government. you may defeat me in

struck by how often she has referred to that academic expertise that she has, talking about the hippocampusble. the democratic senators have heard these letters of support talking about what this dusty memory, being ina about what this dusty memory, being in a sexual assault situation. combined with what the democratic senators are doing by putting information on the record and her own personal testimony, she said, as a psychologist, it comes across as making her believable. talk to me about the process of this hearing. it is very unusual. i can't think of another time when one side of the aisle, the republican side, has given away all of the questions to an outside witness. i can see good reasons for doing that, you want somebody who knows what they are dealing with, but it seems to me that rachel mitchell who's doing the questioning, this is making herjob harder. she doesn't understand, she's not used to these weird, five—minute blocks of time, it is not her normal practice and it is not her normal practice and it is not helping them. this is a classic situation of optics versus fact. the

. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter. >> we believe christine! >> reporter: at a rally outside city hall many friends and supporters were also caught up in the emotion of the day. >> we are here to bring humanity to this case. this is a woman, a friend, and my hope is no matter the outcome, that christine gets to come home that she gets to move back into her house. i'm soar lease, it's been a very hard morning. >> mothers brought their children to the rally. many signed a banner of support. a younger woman said she understood why blas' ford waited so long to speak up. >> i know people who have gone through cases that happened their freshman year and upon graduating are not sure if it really is what they think it is or if they should ever tell anyone about it. >> reporter: and another woman who said she thought she had seen it all was saddened by the process. >> i feel a lot of pain for what christine is going through, and i feel very sad, having lived through the '60s. i thought we would be passed a lot of this. >> reporter: it has been many days

>> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two. and their having fun at my expense. >> reporter: kavanaugh came out swinging. as some in his party had advised. >> i had never done this. to her or to anyone. >> reporter: he said the accusations from blasey ford and two other women had ruined his life. >> the other night, ashley and my daughter liza said their prayers and little liza, all of 10 years old, said to ashley, we should pray for the woman. it's a lot of wisdom from a 10-year-old. >> reporter: democrats asked kavanaugh about alcohol use. >> you're saying there's never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> you're asking about blackout. i don't know. have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? >> reporter: they also questioned repeatedly to back an fbi background investigation. >> judge kavanaugh, will you support an fbi investigation right now? >> i will do whatever committee wants -- >> personally, do you think that's the best thing fo

the brain that sort of, as you know, encodes -- that neurotransmitter encodes memories into the hippocampuseth: she's in the middle of testifying in the intense glare of the national spotlight about an alleged sexual assault committed by a supreme court nominee, and she just taught everyone how the brain works. [ light laughter ] she gave a detailed anatomy of the hippocampus and the memory centers in the brain to a roomful of guys who look like they eat brains. [ laughter and applause ] but seriously, just think about -- think about how impressive that is. she's a research psychologist explaining how the mind works in the middle of a horrific experience that no one should ever have to endure. meanwhile, the most coherent thing trump has ever said about the mind is he has a -- >> very, very large -- ah brain. [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: in fact, throughout the hearing -- throughout the hearing, republicans really had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to try to discredit dr. ford. at one point, the prosecutor republicans picked went down a confusing line of questioning about dr. ford

indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the laughter between the two, and their having fun at my expense. >> once ford finished telling her story, a defiant and sometimes very upset kavanaugh addressed committee members. he argued he is the victim of totally false accusations. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed by vicious and false additional accusations. i was not at the party described by dr. ford. this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. >> so here's what happens next. committee members are supposed to hold a vote today at 6:30 a.m. our time, and regardless of what they recommend the full senate may take up the issue tomorrow. it is possible the full senate may be ready for a final vote as early as tuesday. our coverage on kavanaugh committee vote will be breaking live as it happens and we'll check in with "today in the bay's" tracie potts in washington, d.c., coming up in just about 30 minutes. there's more local coverage for support of dr. ford on our home page at nbcbayarea.com as well. >>> continuing coverage of an apartme

>> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious arughter between the two, and their having fun at my expense. >> reporter: the 11 republicans, all of them men, most of them awwyers themselves, ceded their time to an arizona prosecutor and sex crime expert. >> my name is rachel mitchell. >> nice to meet you. m reporter: she probed, gently, for gaps in ford's story. r> you said that you do not remember how you got home. is that correct? >> i do not remember. ot has anyone come forward to say to you, "hey, remember, i was the one that drove you home." >> no. >> reporter: democrats repeatedly pointing out... >> you know you are not on trial. >> this is not a trial of dr. hird. it's a job interview for judge kavanaugh. >> reporter: their questions took aim at the g.o.p. theory that this is a case of mistaken identity. >> dr. ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> 100%. >> reporter: ford said the trauma left lifelong damage. >> more specifically, claustrophobia, panic, and that type of thing. >> reporter: which is why she ini

basic memory functions and also epinephrine in the brain that transmitter puts that into the hippocampus so that is locked they are. >> see you are telling us this could not be a case of mice - - mistaken identity quick. >> absolutely not. >>. >> mister chairman. when you were stopped you were going to tell us a third correction you wanted to y make to senator feinstein quick. >> it was a comment that we did see at the potomac village safeway and it would be helpful with anyone's resources to figure out when they worked there from when the attack occurred. and i could provide more details or a timeline. >> that is not a correction quick. >> no. >> you also wrote out a hand written statement when you took your polygraph statement quick. >> i see corrections on that where you crossed out so i will go to the washington post article that was originally published september 16 of this year. >> we can come back if you need to refer to it. the washington post article , did you submit to an interview by a reporter for the washington post for the article to be written quick. >> correct. >> finally

when she talks about the hippocampus, she's a professor of psychology. she has from time to time talked about the way the brain works. some of the testimony, how can you be so specific about some things and unspecific about others. she's tutoring in the brain science. and she's explaining i think quite meticulous saying this is the very limit of my memory and this is what i don't know about and being so particularly detailed. what strikes me there, one of the claims by her is this is a last-minute opposition by the democrats. nobody could clare out this st neai suilmad deded itta up for purp minute. >> and the development overnight that two other men have come forward that said, listen, it wasn't brett kavanaugh and mark judge. it was us. and she's been asked a couple times, how can you be so 'sre.s. they're putting that out there because they anticipatered t sh. i think what we see next is miss mitchell trying to take her meth methodically through the day. and now people are thinkg there's an uh-huh moment where people are thinking, or is there one? >>

>> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and their having at my expense. >> reporter: the 11 republicans, all of them men, most of them lawyers themselves, ceded their time to an arizona prosecutor and sex crimes expert. >> my name is rachel mitchell. >> nice to meet you. >> she probed gently for gaps in ford's story. >> you said that you do not remember how you got home. is that correct? >> i do not remember. >> has anyone come forward to say to you, hey, remember, i was the one that drove you home? >> no. >> reporter: democrats repeatedly pointing out. >> you know you are not on trial. >> this is not a trial of dr. ford. it's a job interview for judge kavanagh. >> reporter: their questions took aim at the gop theory that this is a case of mistaken identity. >> dr. ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanagh assaulted y? >> 100%. >> 100%? >> reporter: ford said the trauma left lifelong damage. >> more specifically, claustrophobia, panic and that type of thing. >> reporter: which is why she initially sought to remain an

no matter how many hippocampus brain comparisons she made. she couldn't remember the fundamentals, whose house it was, where it was, how she got to the house or how she got home. she went 36 years without telling anyone before now. if ford said no one was there, that it was just she and kavanaugh and just he and she alone in the parking lot, then it's a true he said-she said. but once she chose to say there were four people there it's a they said. yet all four of they said something happened. they weren't there. they don't know what she is talking about. what does that tell you about ford's memory? if they weren't there, is it possible kavanaugh wasn't there either? crucial here is ford's therapy visit in 2012. for the first time in three decade she says she mentioned kavanaugh's name. if true, why was the name kavanaugh not in the therapist notes. and why would ford's lawyers with hold those therapist notes, at least the part that referred to this alleged event. why was ford so evasive when questioned by the prosecutor on this issue. why did

take whatever time you need. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter. the uproarious laughter between the two and they're having fun at my expense. >> you have never forgotten that laughter, you never forgot them laughing at you. >> they were laughing with each other. >> you were the object of the laughter. >> yes. i was underneath one of them while the two laughter. two friends having a really good time with one another. >> let me into the record a statement by the national task force in domestic violence. >> without objection so ordered. >> a letter from 20 from over the house of representatives urging the committee to use the nts for an approach in questioning doctor ford. >> without objection. >> a light of 116 members of the house asking to delay until all this has been heard. >> without objection so ordered. >> doctor ford has at times been criticized for what she doesn't remember from 36 years ago but we have numerous experts including a study by the literary preschool behavior science education on lapses of memory, wholly consistent with severe

actually the hippocampus and emigula, areas involved in emotion, close together. brain's way of saying it's important to remember it. as an example, you probably couldn't tell me what you were doing the morning of september 8th, 2001, but you could tell me what you were doing the morning of september 11th, 2001, an emotionally charged day for all of us. >> can two people have the same incident but different memories and both be telling the truth? >> very much so. just as the example i gave you, a nonemotional our non-emotionally charged incident is less memorable usually. so if two people come into a situation and for one it's a very emotionally charged event, for the other it's not, often you'll get a situation years later where the person for whom it was a charged event will sayd moments? literally what's happening? >> yes. so your imegdula, important for emotional processing, is telling your hippocampus, flag this. this is important. you know, so we can hopefully -- ideally, evolutionarily, avoid this in the future. t's flagged as an important thing. at the sam

. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarous laughter between two and their havingn at my expense. >> brett kavanaugh at times tier tearfully denying the allegations. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed by vicious and false additional accusations. >> reporter: but neither the committee nor the country has heard a full accounting from kavanaugh's two other accusers. deborah ramirez told the "new yorker" the details are if you see. >> i but she shall in her dorm room. after carefully assessing her memories, she remembers this. brett was laughing, she told the "new yorker," i can still see his face coming forward like when you pull up your pants. somebody yelled down the hall brett kavanaugh just put hisses penis in debbie's face. she will is have a chance to tell her story to the fbi. so far julie swetnick, the third woman to come forward with accusations against kavanaugh has heard nothing from investigators. >> if he's going to have that seat legitimately, all these things should be investigated because i don't think he belongs on th

we found out when that region is activated and it blocks the , the prefrontal cortex, and the hippocampus which is memory and learning, through mindfulness we are able to, through mri results, shrink ,he hippocampus, the amygdala so this is how we address the issue with a bully. and also from the social media perspective, we encourage the ,lder students to check in thought perceptions at each , and before they lock on before they post something. to help them. with respect to the victims, through social media we can help build more compassion, build more -- and let go of thoughts and emotions by observing them, so they disengage from their own thoughts that have fear in them. the third portion would be the victim, the witnesses and morenders, so by building empathy and compassion we help them to interfere. >> deb had mentioned the victim, and what we try to do in my we usedistrict, evidence-based practices within our school district. present we use second steps, a social skills-based program with our elementary schools, and part of our middle schools as well. ann though it may be elementar

no matter how many hippocampus brain comparisons she made. she couldn't remember the fundamentals, whose house it was, where it was, how she got to the house or how she got home. she went 36 years without telling anyone before now. if ford said no one was there, that it was just she and kavanaugh and just he and she alone in the parking lot, then it's a true he said-she said. but once she chose to say there were four people there it's a they said. yet all four of they said something happened. they weren't there. they don't know what she is talking about. what does that tell you about ford's memory? if they weren't there, is it possible kavanaugh wasn't there either? crucial here is ford's therapy visit in 2012. for the first time in three decade she says she mentioned kavanaugh's name. if true, why was the name kavanaugh not in the therapist notes. and why would ford's lawyers with hold those therapist notes, at least the part that referred to this alleged event. why was ford so evasive when questioned by the prosecutor on this issue. why did

let's listen in as she answers questions with the senate judiciary committee.>> and elavil and the hippocampuss the laughter. the laughter between the two and they are having fun at my expense. >> you never forgot the laughter. you never forgot them laughing at you. they were laughing with each other. slackened you are the object of the laughter. >> i was underneath one of them while the other two left. two friends having a good time with one another.>> let me enter the record the national task force in mesick violence. >> without objection. a disorder.>> the robert -- the members of the house of representative urging the committee to the nts, informed approach and questioning dr. fort. in light of the other hundred 60 members of the house asking to delay until all husband hurt. >> without objection, it is order.>> dr. ford is at times -- has at times had been criticized what she does not render -- remember from 36 years ago and we have numerous aspirates with military police school behavior, scientists and education and lapses of memory. are already consistent of severe trauma and stress and

. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter of the two and their having you've never forgotten that laughter? you've never forgotten them laughing at you? >> they were laughing at each other. i was underneath one of them while the two laughed, two friends having a good time with one another. >> when judge kavanaugh got his turn, he was angry, indignant. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed by vicious and false additional accusations. your coordinated and well-funded effort to destroy my good name and destroy my family will not drive me out. the vile threats of violence against my family will not drive me out. you may defeat me in the final vote, but you'll never get me to quit, never. >> raw emotions and plenty of raw politics. >> what you want to do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. you've said that, not me. to my republican colleagues, if you vote no, you're legitimizing the most despicable thing i have seen in my time in politics. you want this seat? i hope you never get it. >> and

. >> what is a hippocampus? >> a school partner hippopotamuses. a school of fish. a campus of hippos. >> who invent ed the internet? >> this is going to be wrong. teddy roosevelt. that's wrong. he was lightbulbs, i think. >> jimmy: that's right. he was lightbulbs. who invented the lightbulb. what's that noise? what is that noise? i'm sorry, give me a second. what's going on back here? oh, my goodness. [ cheers and applause ] what's going on? >> i know what i'm doing. son of a -- >> jimmy: guys. what's happening here? look at this. it's jack black and kyle gass of tenacious d, everyone. >> i'm so sorry, jimmy, we wanted to have this whole bad ass entrance where we were going to rip out on this war machine. kyle was going to blast a burrito cannon but this damn thing. >> jimmy: how is this thing starting on its own? >> i did that. hold on. >> jimmy: we're in the middle of the show. >> it's almost starting. it never turns over. the jalopy! >> jimmy: surely you've noticed that we have a whole studio full of people here that are trying to -- [ cheers and applause ] >> y

>> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and them having fun at my expense. >> when it was judge kavanaugh's turn to testify, he was defiant and eager to clear his name. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed by vicious and false additional accusations. i was not at the party described by dr. ford. this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. >> kavanaugh at times tearful, looked directly at democrats as he insisted that he would not be intimidated into withdrawing his name from the supreme court nomination. >>> in washington, d.c., dr. ford faced a mixed senate panel but in palo alto a much different story. a large crowd of friends and neighbors gathering at city hall with the simple message, we believe you. nbc bay area's robert honanda i in palo alto with the outpouring of support. robert? >> reporter: that's right. the crowd that gathered here at the palo alto plaza said their support was more personal than political, but they also said they believe her testimony is part of a rallying cry that

. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two.hey're having fun at my expense. shannon: she had been asked about so many things she couldn't remember and a couple senators said what do you remember? i am guessing you thought that was a powerful moment. >> yes and had a big impact on me and a lot of women and hopefully men in america as well. doctor blasey-ford came across as very sincere. certainly very credible. there are things she doesn't remember about this. this happened when she was 15 years old. number 2, we know for a fact that when victims experience sexual assault they often forget certain aspects of that assault but they certainly do not forget the accuser and they do not forget the key moments that stick with them. what you saw today was a woman who before the last week let a private life in california, was doing her thing, a college professor -- has real concerns about the credibility and character of brett kavanaugh serving on the supreme court, took a major risk. she is a hero and it was hard to listen to her today

>> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the laughter, uproarious laughter between the too, they're having fun at my expense. reporter: republicans used a a career female prosecutor to ask questions of ford. she wanted to focus exactly what happened that day but during before and after the attack allegedly happened. a few questions went unanswered. where exactly did this attack take place? what day did this attack take place and how did get home. the prosecutor, lawyer, zeroed in on the polygraph ford took and passed according to her attorney from that report. >> have you ever given tips or advice for somebody looking to take a polygraph test. >> never. >> okay. did you pay for the polygraph yourself? >> i don't, i don't think so. >> okay. do you know who did pay for the polygraph? >> not yet, no. reporter: that was rachel mitchell talking to ford. she was also able to say ford fly as lot during vacation for our work. one. reasons this hearing was delayed until today because ford's attorneys were saying that she was afraid to fly. so again that guys to her credibility. after this te

level of epinephrine in the brain that encodes that neurotransmitter that records memories into the hippocampus. >> so you are telling us this could not be a case of mistaken identity. >> absolutely not. charles: tammy? tammy: in the context of what she was able to remember, she was forgetting things from this summer. everything in its totality, the conditions that night, what she doesn't remember of that night. and there is a political problem here. if you say 90% confident. 90% confident considering everyone had been drinking. it was dark, there was music on. you can say 90% confidence and still be sure. she can't say that because it suggests like any other human memory there could be an issue. i believe something happened to her. you can believe dr. ford and brett kavanaugh and realize something happened and it was not him. this is where judgment comes into play. when it comes to judge calf false response to the democrats, all of them have already decided. some of them told them he's guilty until he proves his own innocence. he's facing people with the background of the last two weeks where

. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between two and their having fun at m expense. >> you've never forgotten that laughter. you never forgot them laughing atyou. >> they were laughing with each other. >> and you were the objectf the laughter? >> i was underneath one of the while the two laughed. two friends having aeally good time with one another. >> i categorically deny the allegaons against mey dr. ford. i never had any sexual or physical oencounter any kind with dr. ford. i never attended a gathering like thene dr. ford describes in her allegations. i've never sexually assaulted dr. ford or anyone. again, i am not questioning that dr. ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person in meplace at some time. but i have never done that to her oran to ne. >> that kind of capsulizes it.sn a disagreement about a given seventh facts. she says it happened. he said it didn't happen and didn know her. it was you, chuck, that raised the idea, if wthink there would be a resolution today. that's what we knew yesterday. >> there are two back drops we ca

. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the uproarious laughter between the two and their having fun atexpense. >> you've never forgotten them laughing at you? >> they were laughing with each other. >> and you were the object of the laughter? >> i was, you know, underneath one of them while the two laughed, two friends having a really good time with one another. >> meanwhile, judge kavanagh came out swinging with an angry and emotional opening statement denying the allegations and slamming the process. >> i was not at the party described by dr. ford. this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. the constitution gives the senate an important role in the confirmation process, but you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy. since my nomination in july, there has been a frenzy on the left to come up with something, anything, to block my confirmation. the day after the allegation appeared, i told this committee that i wanted a hearing as soon as possible to clear my name. i demanded a hearing for the very next day. unfortunately, it took the committee ten days

indelible in the hippocampus was their laughter. their hysterical laughter between the two.ng fun at my expense. you never forgot that laughter. never forgot them laughing at you? they were laughing with each other. and you were the object of the laughter? i was underneath one of them while the two laughed. two friends having a really good time with one another. well, in his opening statement, brett kavanaugh strongly denied the allegations against him. here's some of what he had to say. iam not i am not questioning that doctor ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person in someplace, at some time. but i have never done this. to her, or to anyone. that's not who i am, it is not who i was. i am innocent of this charge. i intend no ill will to doctor ford and her family. the other night, ashley and my daughter eli is said their prayers and little eliza, all ten years old, said to ashley "we should pray for the woman". that's a lot of wisdom from a 10—year—old. we mean no ill will. that senate committee was made of both republican and emma kratz and led by the chairman

. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter. between the two, and they're having fun at my expense. >> dr. ford, with what degree of certainly do you believe bret kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> you sewed the wind for decades to come. i fear that the whole country will reap the whirlwind. the behavior of several of the democratic members of this committee at my hearing a few weeks ago was an embarrassment, but at least it was just a good old fashioned attempt at borking. >> none of these allegations are true? >> correct. >> no doubt in your mind? >> zero, 100% certain. >> not even a cintilla? >> not a scintilla. >> you swear to god? >> i swear to god. >> we'll be showing you more key moments, but the critical reaction from lawmakers, there's news unfolding right now. manu raju is where it's happening. so talk to me about the meeting between key senators tonight. >> reporter: four key senators huddling behind closed doors. they'll hold the key in determining whether or not brett kavanaugh gets this seat. three republican sen

. >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two, and there having fun at my expense. >> you've never forgotten that laughter. you've never forgotten them laughing at you. >> they were laughing with each other. >> and you were the object of the laughter? >> i was, you know, underneath one of them while the two laughed. two friends having a really good time with one another. >> andrea, under that pressure in that question of what do you remember most, she actually references the center of the brain where that information is processed. >> and the reaction -- i was on set at the moment on the air with some of our colleagues, mika roca, and joyce, both former prosecutors and dan goldman -- and their response as former prosecutors was that she was the best witness that they could have imagined because she was an expert witness as well as a fact witness of what she could remember. she didn't speak beyond what she could remember. she acknowledged what she doesn't. but those former prosecutors and some have handled these sex cases said she remembered

strongest memory, something from the incident she couldn't escape she testified, indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter. the uproarious laughter between the two. as a teen-aged judge kavanaugh drunkenly pinned dr. ford down to the bed and attempted to sexually assault her. indelible is the memory of the laughter. the uproarious laughter between the two. as a member of this committee, as a former prosecutor, as a husband and a parent, i have found dr. ford's testimony to be wholly credible. not one member of this committee has suggested she was not. and the same cannot be said of judge kavanaugh. judge kavanaugh's veracity has been an issue every single time he's ever testified before this senate. whether it's repeatedly telling senators they had no role in vetting or working on various controversial bush era judicial nominees, something that turned out to be a blatant untruth. or whether it's testifying in response to more than 100 different questions from both republican half a dozen republican and democratic senators, they never received or believed he received, obviously stolen mater

hippocampus in the is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and they're having fun at my expense. >> you have never forgotten that laughter? you have never forgotten them laughing at you? >> they were laughing with each other. >> you were the object of the laughter? >> i was underneath one of them o friendsy laughed, tw having a really good time with one another. record,e enter into the statement by the national task force in domestic violence. >> without objection. >> a letter from 24 members of the house of representatives urging the committee to use the approach, to question dr. ford. >> [indiscernible] >> letter for another 116 members of the house, asking to delay until has been heard. >> without objection. has at times been criticized what she does not remember from 36 years ago. we have numerous experts including a study by the u.s. military, tied to education in lapses of memory, wholly consistent with severe trauma and assault. cannot be entered? >> without objection. you do remember what happened, do you not? >> very much so. >> thank you. >> now, miss mitche