robe: the move comes one day after both kavanaugh and hisis accuser, cne blasey ford testified before the senate judiciary committee. this whole two-week effort has been a polical hit fueled with pent-up anger about president trump and the 2016 election, revenge on behalf of the clintons. to believe he was goi rape me. i tried to yell for help. it was hard for me t breathe. and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. robert: both this accused and the accuser noted the moment and it's cost. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently ystroyed. >> m family and i have been the target of constant harassment and death and i've been called the most vial and hateful names aginable. robert: we report ons t historic week, next. announcer: this is "shington week"." funding is provid by -- newman's own foundation, donating allrofits to charity. ku and patricia ewi committed to bridging culture differences nities. om the excellence in journalism foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank

to believe hisy accuser instead of his denials. 36% say they believe his accusations.im is in new york. good morning, you are up next. caller: hi, thank you. i am really disappointed in you guys. i don't understand. if you had a segment that actually dealt with a person who was falsely accused by putting this narrative about that we are talking about -- you are not giving brett kavanaugh a presumption of innocence at all. by are taking something -- constantly parading this sexual assault stuff, it is almost implying he had done it. i haven't heard a segment where you dealt with someone who had been falsely accused or something happened 30 something years ago and there is no one that can corroborate the story. why aren't you dealing with that end as well? host: we decided to make the phone lines in this segment experience with sexual assault at the top of this program, invited callers to call in if you had experience with sexual assault or you were in the experience as brett kavanaugh saying you are falsely accused. the first color of the day may have been falsely accus

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proceeding but fairness applies in all proceedings, like what hisis children think of hi, are you comfortable with the standard that once accusedf something, that you should be the one who disproves the accusation, that is up to you to prove where they are saying about you isn't true? are you okay with that? >> i think what we have to have is a hearing both sides. we will have that at least from dr. ford. we need to hear from all of the accusers. most importantly, we need to hear under oath from the actual suppose that witnesses to the events that occurred. this is not, by the way, i think it's really important, though, to go back back to something yu pointed out. it is not a criminal trial. due process does not apply the same way. this is like a job application. >> tucker: no. hold on. you are arguing something parallel to what i ask you. i am in favor of hearing all the evidence we had -- have access to it, including when and where the suppose of crime took place, which is a very basic questions still unanswered. the question is what you make of your party leaders, members of the judiciary committee, saying that the onus is o