judge kavanagh, in contrast, looked sort of wild eyed. he is falsely accused, you can imagine that he would feel wild eyed, but this is a man who has been a judge for 12 years, who aspires to be confirmed for a seat on the supreme court. and there is this thing called judicial temperament and we didn't see much of that today. >> do you think that that will become a problem for judge kavanagh moving forward? obviously there is the immediate question as to whether or not he's going to be confirmed to the high court. even if he isn't because his nomination fails in vote or because he's withdrawn, he'll still go back to the d.c. circuit court of appeals. i certainly felt watching him today just as a lay observer, that this was a side of the judge that, that nobody would want to put forward in a confirmation, in a confirmation context. the temperament issue is sort of partisan statements he made especially at the beginning of his opening statement in the afternoon, will those be problems for him moving forward? >> well, i would imagine given t

what are the allegations against judge kavanagh. >> also his friend mark judge, let me go through where she begins, she talks about basic having gone to ten house parties in the washington, d.c. area between 1981 and 1983. she says both mark judge and mr. kavanagh were present. she says i would describe them as joined at the hip. she says those parties were a common occurrence in the area and occurred nearly every weekend during the school year. she says on newspaperous occasionser witnessed ma eed br kavanagh and mark judge being overly aggressive with girls including the fobbndling and grabbing of girls without their concert. she goes on to describe some of that in her claims. and this is a sworn statement, she has written it as a sworn statement, and it has gone on to the judiciary committee, and the judiciary committee has said they received it. i observed brett kavanagh bel below-including pressing girls against them without their consent, grinding against girls and attempting to removz or shift girls clothing to expose private body parts. i likewise observed him to be verbally abu

ford or judge kavanagh?l, one of the compelling moments for me up on capitol hill was just how much of a standstill this hearing brought things to on both sides of the hill. walking around, you know, during the breaks, it was incredible to see so many people in various senators' offices gathered around televisions trying to watch. and this is more so with dr. ford, watching what was going on before them. the house members were keeping an eye on it as well. the senate essentially shut down after one vote earlier in the morning to let this process go forward. the other thing that was particularly compelling was that during that first vote at about noontime -- so this is midway through dr. ford's testimony -- republican senators, you know, talked to me and they said, you know, she's very credible, she's compelling. they seemed worried. they were questioning the tactic that the republican senators were using during that questioning period, allowing an outside counsel to ask the questions and not -- a lot of thes

later this afternoon she'll be before judge kavanagh. i'm sure this question was asked with specifics. >> was it your impression or do you believe it was her impression that judge kavanagh was hiding something? >> well, it really caught him by surprise and that was clear last night. but when he came back this morning, as i said, he made a pretty complete declaration, although it wasn't ironclad, as to any relationship or conversations. he used the phrase, as best i can recall, of course you have to take with a grain of salt when a witness is using it. but having said that, she is going to have her second chance. as a former attorney general of california, i'm sure she's going to zero in for more specific answers. >> let me ask you about some reporting in "the new york times" today about judge kavanagh's views on roe v. wade. the times reports that kavanagh was considering a draft opinion piece that supporters of one of mr. bush's conservative appeals court nominees hoped could persuade antiabortion women submitted under their names. it i

reporter: 21 senators sat silently as professor christine blasey ford relayed what she says judge brett kavanagh his friend mark judge did to her at a small gathering in 1982. >> i drank one beer. brett and mark were visibly drunk. i was pushed from behind into a bedroom across from the bathroom. i couldn't see who pushed me. brett and mark came into the bedroom and locked the door behind them. i was pushed onto the bed and brett got on top of me. brett groped me and tried to take off my clothes. he had a hard time because he was very inebriated and because i a was wearing a one piece bathing suit underneath my clothing. i believed he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. it was hard for me to breathe, and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. >> reporter: ford, a psychologist, sometimes relied on clinical terms to describe her experience. >> what is the strongest memory you have, strongest me havery of the incident, something that you cannot forget? >> indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter,

he thought kavanagh, the federal judge needed to come through with his testimony. he urged kavanagh in a phone call to make sure he was defiant in his testimony and by end of day the president decided to stand by the nominee and thought he did a strong job in his testimony and really pushing back against the democrats. but it's still tbd in the u.s. not. where are senator collins, senator murkowski, they have decisions to make. senator corker one of the possible swing votes, republican retiring said he would support kavanagh. it seems to be moving toward kavanagh, but a lot of votes still in the air. >> we hear this reporting, bob, those on the fence, the collins, murkowski, flake may vote. >> in both the democratic party and the republican party, all of the senators, the red state senators, moderate republicans, that group within the chamber, they are really looking to each other. no one really wants to be out there as the isolated person taking a political stand that's very dramatic, perhaps lone vote in a way that breaks away from your party. so they're looking t

judge kavanagh. they were the only witnesses at the senate judiciary hearing which lasted nearly nine hours. competing stories with common themes, anger, memory, gender, class, affluence and the influence of alcohol. there is a missing witness, there are missing pieces of the story.ar it was also a clear and rolling demonstration of just how deeply partisan we have become. led by the people we have elected and sent to washington, and this is how we proceed. a vote on kavanagh in the committee expected at 9:30 a.m. we will begin here tonight with some of what we heard today. dr. ford was the first to testify. >> i am terrified. i am here because i believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanagh and i were in high school. a i was pushed onto the bed and brett got on top of me. he began running his hands over my body and grinding into me. i yelled, hoping that someone downstairs might hear me, and i tried to get away from him, but his weight was heavy. brett groped me an

we have reached out for a response from judge kavanagh and haven't heard back. but we do have the prepared testimony kavanagh was set to give tomorrow. brett kavanagh's high school days here in the washington, d.c. area. julie swetnick, the new woman to come forward alleges the same, brett kavanagh has nin his hearing tomorrow has said this, this earth to destroy my name will not drive me out. the vile threats of violence against my family will not drive me out. i am here this morning to answer these allegations and to tell the truth. and the truth is, that i have never sexually assaulted anyone, not in high school, not in college, not ever. that blanket denial brett kavanagh submitted to the judicial committee, runs counter to this allegation that julie swetnick submitted today. i attended 100 house parties during 1981 to 1983, these parties were a common occurrence in the area during the school year. on newspaperous occasions iness withed brett kavanagh and mark judge in highly inappropriate conduct. this conduct included the fondling and grabbing of girls with

i also don't think judge kavanagh should be left out there. there needs to be a full and fair process. how that process looks, again, chris, that's not just my decision. >> 100%. >> that's not my decision at all. >> 100%. >> that's the senate. the senate has a big role here, you know. >> they just can't call on the fbi, the president does. that's why i was asked you about it. let's take it one step cloetsseo your official role with the president. sessions had no choice but to recuse himself. you know the d.o.j. guidelines. but for the audience if we have it, put it up, what the rule is here. that if you have a connection to anybody who is going to be a subject of or in any way affected by an investigation, you must recuse. where is the surprise for the president in this? >> well, look, the recusal took place -- the president, first of all, i've said this before and you know this. the reports have been out there. the recusal took place before this was an inquiry like this. let's look at this. i will tell you that -- i understand the president's

christine blasey ford who says that judge kavanagh sexually assaulted her when they were in high school. kavanagh released a statement, this is a completely false allegation, i have never done anything like this. i am willing to talk to the senate judiciary committee in any way the committee deems appropriate to refute this false allegation from 36 years ago and defend my integrity. nbc news has not spoken to the accuser directly, but her lawyer did speak with savannah guthrie this morning on the "today" show. >> the therapist notes from three years ago when she recounted this said this was an attempted rape. does she consider this an attempted rape? >> she clearly considers this an attempted rape, she believes if it were not for the severe intoxication of brett kavanagh, she would have been raped. >> a lot of people look at this and say here's somebody who has a political motive to tell this story, what would you say to that? >> i would say no one in their right mind regardless of their motives would want to inject themselves into this process and face the kind of annihilation that she

the senate judiciary committee announced they will have a meeting with judge kavanagh and christine blasey thursday's vote which was going to happen as it should be delayed, until the allegation against kavanagh is further investigated. well, obviously. with less than two months by the way until the midterm elections, how republicans handle this could have a significant impact, don't you think, on the election? let's bring in tonight's round table michael steele, adrian elrod hillary for make. and jonathan allen. i want to go to adrian on this. how do you look at this? i think the republicans -- maybe i'm projecting where i think it's going. we heard from anna eshu and what her accounting of the meeting was like with the accuser, dr. ford. you don't want to be on the side of kavanagh of next monday's tv performance. he'll be saying i don't remember nothing. i wasn't there, i don't know what she's talking about. i never met her, blah, blah, blah. and this doctor is going to come on, this ph.d. is going to come on and in detail describe what happened. i don't think it's a fair fight. i think

kavanagh from this. and i don't know why the judge is standing for it, to be honest. trump said he'll be watching tomorrow. if kavanagh is guilty, he said -- although he's not going to be found guilty or innocent or not guilty -- sure, he would withdraw his nomination. trump actually said that. if when he watches tomorrow he thinks kavanagh did it, he'll withdraw the nomination. >>> now, i'd like to get the over/under on that since he's already reached his verdict. this is stuff we need to talk about. it is the premise for the great debate next. ng something? why test a hybrid engine for over six million miles? why hand-tune an audio system? why include the most advanced active safety system in its class, standard? because when you want to create an entirely new feeling, the difference between excellence and mastery, is all the difference in the world. introducing the all-new lexus es. every curve. every innovation. every feeling. a product of mastery. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. a product of mastery. (nicki palmer) being a verizon engineer is about doing

white house counsel don mcgahn meeting with judge kavanagh trying to walk through his statements, the reaction in the news coverage closely monitoring everything. but keeping the judge away from meeting with president trump who was nearby in the oval office meeting with officials as well. >> why, why? that is fascinating to me. he's in the building for nine hours during the day. the president is the man who nominated him. the president is the person whose faith he will need through this. why don't they meet? >> they want to protect the president. this is a fragile nomination at this point. they're standing by kavanagh, but he's in damage control mode, crisis modin side the white house. the president is letting kavanagh defend himself. he's issued his statement of support at 2:15 at that press pool. >> swin, you had some reporting this weekend. the president believes there is a conspiracy to torpedo the kavanagh nomination. tell me about that. >> absolutely. i must add in the past year, this isn't even the first time this white house and this president has gone into full-blown damage c

ford is alleging, had you ever heard anything like that about judge kavanagh? it's not the first time i had heard it, in terms of the women that i know, not regarding him. >> but those sorts of things went on. >> one of the things that's surprising to me as i have got on involved in this in the last couple of days is how many women of my class have come forward to me in this last few days and said i had similar experiences in high school. and this hits me very deeply and i -- >> not with brett kavanagh, but with other boys? >> not with brett kavanagh but with other boys in our community and we all feel that if we were in her shoes, we would want to be taken seriously as well. >> we appreciate your time, samantha guerry, obviously your friend has a big story to tell, but we appreciate you telling your story. >>> and coming up, north korea and south korea announce a deal to achieve denuclearization, but there's a big catch involved. >>> and later she made headlines for this photo of flipping off trump's motorcade. now she's running for office. hey allergy muddler

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ramirez, and then also judge kavanagh. and then the senate judiciary committee can make a decision and it is all transparent for the american people to see. when they go to this rush to judgment focus on ruining his life, i think it does diminish the complaints of people like the women who are writing these letters and all of the women of america when they see how these things are treated including the basketball team that judge kavanagh coaches. >> i want to say that lindsey graham said everyone said it didn't happen. that is not accurate. there is a third person mark judge who said he didn't recall it happening, which is an important distinction. the milieux you described about dr. ford that is the subject of intense interest because of the nature of the allegation, judge kavanagh spoke about that and spoke about drinking. i wanted to get your reaction to his denial of the sort of description of the sort of activities they were up to. take a listen. >> and, yes, there were parties. the drinking age was 18. yes, the senio

chairman grassley must postpone the vote on judge kavanagh's nomination until at a very minimum, the serious and credible allegations are thoroughly investigated. the fbi conducted a background check on judge kavanaugh before these allegations were known. the fbi when they did their background check had no knowledge of what went on here. so it is now the fbi's responsibility to investigate these claims, update the analysis to judge kavanaugh's background, and report back to the senate. the right place for this investigation for two reasons. first, the fbi has the resources, information, and legal tools to conduct an investigation the right way. far better than some staff are talking to professor ford on the phone. you cannot lie to the fbi. that is a crime. the fbi will get to the truth. they almost always do. second, our republican colleagues have run a transparently partisan confirmation process. immediatelyy insinuated that dr. ford is being untruthful. and their staff cannot impartially investigate these allegations. they have already said that they are not true. and their staff c

and meanwhile, the white house ask and judge kavanagh are denying another allegation against kavanagh of inappropriate behavior, this time from a woman who said she attended yale with the supreme court nominee. the new yorker reported on sunday that 53-year-old deb ora ramirez remembers kavanagh exposing himself to her during a 1983-84 school year. the president of the party issued a statement to the new yorker saying, they never heard of such an incident. and cnn has now corroborated her story. kavanagh has released a statement saying this. this alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen. the people who knew me then know that this did not happen and have said so. this is a smear, plain and simple. i look forward to testifying on thursday about the truth and defending my good name and the reputation for character and integrity i have spent a lifetime building against these last-minute allegations. white house spokeswoman kerry kupek said this 35-year-old uncorroborated claim is the latest in a coordinated smear campaign by the democrats designed to tear down a good man. this claim

in closing, judge kavanagh's nomination has raised issues about the truthfulness of his confirmation become a judge on the d.c. circuit. his answers to this committee have not resolved the issue. frank ly, i'm surprised that judge kavanagh is not demanding that every document he's ever handled be reviewed by this committee. unless of course there's something to hide. thank you. >> thank you, chairman grassley. senator whitehouse, members of the committee. a great pleasure to return where i served as staffer some two decades ago. an even greater pleasure to be here today to testify in support of judge kavanagh's nomination to the supreme court of the united states. judge kavanagh and i first met some 25 years ago when we clerked at the supreme court together during the same term for different justices. although the law clerks were an impressive bunch, brett stood out. >> that was john dean we were just listening to in his testimony against john dean's, against brett kavanagh's nomination. i want to go to elliot williams joining me now. a former deputy assistant general for legislative

ford and judge kavanagh? consolidate all their time and give their questions to an experienced prosecutor with some experience in either court or depositions which would also be a good skill set. i have to tell you that five minutes is no time when it comes to questioning anybody under oath, because getting to the truth, building up a witness or chopping down a witness's credibility, questions take time. you have to build foundation. if you're cross examining someone, you ask establishing questions to shut off escape hatches until you get to the mission. with cross examination or direct examination, the lawyer always has a mission, either to destroy the witness or build that witness up and get facts into evidence. rarely is it the case that the questioning is simply to find out the truth. really where prosecutor dos that is earlier in the process where they're meeting with victims and trying to find out for themselves this is a case that they can prove beyond a reasonable doubt. >> when that questioning happe

. >> judge kavanagh is one of the finest people i have ever known. he is an outstanding intellect and a judge, respected by everybody, never had even a little blemish on his record. i think, gone through a process's extends with him over the years, where he was to higher and higher positions. atis somebody very special, the same time, we went to go through a process and make sure everything is perfect. i wish the democrats could have done this a lot sooner, because they had this information for many months. they should not have waited until literally the very last day, they should have done it a lot sooner, but with all of that being said, we want to go through the process. as thing i will say is that i understand it, judge kavanagh spent quite a bit of time with senator feinstein, and it was not even brought up at that meeting, that she had this information. you would have thought certainly that she would have brought it up at the meeting, not wait until everything is finished and then have to start a process all over again, but with all of that bein

talk about the credibility level of the testimony we will be hearing from brett kavanagh and possibly from his friend mark judge. now, they are middle aged men now and brett kavanagh has had a long legal career in his adulthood. but the memories they will be testifying to were memories recorded in the brains of drunk teenage boys. so you will be hearing basically the recollection and the voice of a drunk teenage boy telling you what he did when he was drunk at a party that he didn't tell his parents about. when is the last time anyone believed a drunk teenage boy's version of anything? >> well, i suppose that you raise a good point, but that depends whether the incident did or didn't happen. i think the key credibility question comes down to the accuser, dr. ford. and you know, one of the things that prosecutors who handle cases involving sexual assault come to know over time is that accusers are often delayed in making their accusations, and that is because victims are traumatized. they are concerned about being blamed themselves for their assault. they are concerned about being shamed and victimized again. an

and the white house did itself no favors and did judge kavanagh no favorites by not putting the fbi to work on these charges when they first came out, for having a review outside of the lights. as a result of that we have a feeling by the democrats that this is being rushed, by the republicans that kavanagh is being sandbagged here and there's no orderly process to resolve all of this. >> and i want to ask you to respond to the rod rosenstein news, and we don't know what it is, whether he's fired, resigned or stays on for a while. what would be the impact if he is ousted. >> first of all the question is how would he be ousted? there's certain questions about the president's power to sloth swu -- slot someone in his place. to have the p.d.a.g. relieve him if he's fired. but there will be an explosion on capitol hill and i think throughout the country if trump tries to ourselves the person overseeing the russia investigation before the mid temples take pla terms take place. >> and getting sarah's view on all of these problems, you as a white house political director know very well what t

i think in response to the ranking members question, judge kavanagh saidi members question, judge kavanagh the ranking member, says no, we will not ask questions of the judge when he wanted to clear his good name. what are you really after? you may not be after the truth, maybe you are, maybe you are after executing some sort of political agenda. maybe it is a mix of its topic at the epping treated unfairly andi topic at the epping treated unfairly and i am amazed that after 32 hours of testimony, one in half hours i sat, that none of these questions came up when it was all fully known. loitered up, as a matter of of fact. —— lawyered. i go back to the record this morning, i think i heard doctor ford say that she wasn't aware of the fact that we said we had come to california, we would make it confidential, we would completely deposed and ask any questions you wa nt deposed and ask any questions you want to. i think i heard her say she wasn't aware of that. i do know if that came of council or council neglected to tell her. the fact of the matter is, that offer was out there. we were movin

think happens thursday, what do you think happens, michael, you have professor ford, you have judge kavanaghquestions. what if kavanagh and dr. ford present themselves reasonably credibly and well. >> i think we move toward a confirmation. i think how this hearing goes, if it is held publicly has dr. ford wants it. will have a lot to do with what happens in the midterms for example. >> why will it have a lot to -- say she comes off as totally credible and now there's been no investigation and you really have this he said/she said moment. and there are no additional witnesses. and jake, you could offer your platform to be able to interview her or other witnesses, i'm sure there will be shows that will offer that to her. so then the republican senators are in this position of not having done an investigation themselves and stuff being out there in the public realm and the pressure on them to vote to ram through him with credible evidence out there, i think will be very, very difficult for them. >> can we just talk pure politics? if no more information comes out. we end the week with knowing no

ford and judge kavanagh to schedule follow kuwait int-us with -- under criminal penalty, dr. ford declined. in his interview on september 17, judge kavanagh denied the allegations and requested a hearing as soon as possible. democratic staff refused to participate in that interview. the next day, september 18th, investigative staff contacted mark judge and requested an interview. mark judge submitted a statement, under penalty of felony, denying knowledge of the party described by dr. ford and states that he never saw brett at the -- in the manner described by dr. ford. and i can go on and on about that. but we got to realize that what we have done in this case, of all of the time you go through a background investigation by the fbi, then it comes to us. and there's always some holes in it that we have to follow up on, and besides -- >> mr. chairman. >> we're responding to dr. ford's request to tell her story, that's why we're here. >> mr. chairman -- >> ms. mitchell. >> mr. chairman, i just want to point out what senator whitehouse said, in the anita hill case. >> can we hea

chairman, with this hearing -- >> i extend a warm welcome to judge kavanagh. >> we believe this hearing should be postponed >> mr. chairman, i move to adjourn. >> reporter: protests erupting. 70 people ultimately arrested: in the audience, the father of a parkland school shooting victim who says brett kavanagh brushed him off when he introduced himself. the white house says the judge escorted by security didn't know who he was. kavanagh's opponents plan to pepper him about gun rights and abortion rights rulings and where he stands on investigating a sitting president. democrats furious the white house has not released more documents about kavanagh's work under former president george w. bush. >> what are we trying topouring. >> i'm still disappointed it's not hillary clinton making this appointment. >> reporter: republicans will defend donald trump's pick who could reshape the supreme court for a generation. >> judge kavanagh doesn't hate women and children. he doesn't luft after dirty water and stinky air. >> reporter: if they stick together by the end of the month, judge kavanagh coul

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ford and judge kavanagh have a right to be heard. if we don't hear from both sides on monday, let's vote. so republicans at the moment have their ducks in line, their votes in line, it's a risky strategy, but they're prepared to go forward. >> with respect to senator corker and senator flake, neither of them matter, this is about sus san coan collins and murkowski, because they're the two that leadership has been worried about. and when they said there should be a hearing, this woman should be heard, you knew that was going to happen. we'll see how they react. in order to get a firmer sense of what's going to happen here, because democrats now do have a reason to not vote for this nominee. so i wonder how much are you going to worry about the red state democrats at this point, more so than their own conference. >> it if republicans go forward with this, they will be making the political risk that they can go forward without a full accounting, without calling in everybody they could call in. number one, if they can't reach an agreemen

ford and judge kavanagh to schedule follow kuwait int-us with -- under criminal penalty, dr. ford declined. in his interview on september 17, judge kavanagh denied the allegations and requested a hearing as soon as possible. democratic staff refused to participate in that interview. the next day, september 18th, investigative staff contacted mark judge and requested an interview. mark judge submitted a statement, under penalty of felony, denying knowledge of the party described by dr. ford and states that he never saw brett at the -- in the manner described by dr. ford. and i can go on and on about that. but we got to realize that what we have done in this case, of all of the time you go through a background investigation by the fbi, then it comes to us. and there's always some holes in it that we have to follow up on, and besides -- >> mr. chairman. >> we're responding to dr. ford's request to tell her story, that's why we're here. >> mr. chairman -- >> ms. mitchell. >> mr. chairman, i just want to point out what senator whitehouse said, in the anita hill case. >> can we hea

unphased and determined, of we will confirm judge kavanagh. #confirm kavanagh #scotus. >>> okay, you can see the problem. if this is the lead investigator that chuck grassley has put on this matter, this guy who is #confirm kavanagh all the way, already proclaiming himself to be unphased by this little problem that's a raise enin the confirmation process. and there's chuck grassley saying no other outside investigation is necessary because his committee investigators are taking this on and nobody should have any reason to doubt their impartiality or whether they have an open mind on these matters. #confirm kavanagh. after posting his unphased and determined #confirmkavanagh tweet last night, chair grassley's chief investigator mike davis deleted those tweets and he locked his twitter account. >>> so there's no explanation still from the white house or from republicans in the senate as to why they will not let the fbi conclude this matter, this investigation of kavanagh background check which would be standard procedure. understandably there are

in november twenty seventeen as part of judge kavanagh's nominations room court. 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

judge kavanagh said i am here. you're asking me questions.when the committee staff knew directed by the ranking member says no, we're not going ask questions to judge kavanagh when he wanted to come in and clear his good name. what you really after? you may not be after the truth. maybe you are. maybe her after executing some political agenda. maybe it's a mix about i think even treated unfairly and i'm amazed after 32 hours of testimony, i sat in this room, that none of these questions came up when it was all fully known, lawyered up as a matter of fact. ies also want to go back to the comments this morning. i think i heard them we can go back to the record of someone disagrees withts me. i think i heard dr. fordyce said that she wasn't aware of the fact that we've come to california, make it confidential completely deposed and ask any questions you want to. i think i heard her say she wasn't aware of that. i don't know whether counsel just neglected to tell her counsel. the fact that the matter is that authors out there. we were moving heav

he says the fbi has already investigated judge kavanagh six times. he says they know kavanagh well. of course, there is precedent for fbi investigation. the fbi investigated allegations made against clarence thomas. the president said of christine ford, if she makes a credible showing, that would be interesting. the white house walking that fine line. as you saw the president's tweet not really going after kavanagh's accuser but suggesting that this is something out of the democrats' play book. i did want to point something out in the letter to attorneys to senate judiciary committee chairman, her attorney wrote about the fact that her client had been harassed viciously numerous times, that she had to move out of her home and was hacked and asked the press team how they felt about the harassment in light of the fact that president trump and others have asked for patience when discussing the allegations. i did not get an answer. >> it's an important question. i'm glad you asked it. great reporting at the white house. it now appears that if the senate judiciary committee goes through

marriage about this incident you know let us not forget that this is not the first time that judge kavanagh has been in the public eye judge cavanagh was held up from his confirmation from the district court of appeals d.c. district circuit court of appeals excuse me many consider that the most powerful if not the second most powerful of this circuit court of appeals in our country and that confirmation was held up for three year eyes if i had the gavel because of his but i would be wrapping the deficit in because of this partisanship but not because of this allegation of this allegation is that relevant gentlemen extraordinary why did it jalen into my mind the only other than the really really honestly cases out of the course and came up very early on he said listen senator wanted it dr ford wanted it to be kept confidential and they've never mind the red headed alley visibly in it having them stay they have it on a victim's permission i should have gone to law school i agree with the issue among you wanted tases the supreme court is going to hear this year and i've read up a little on thi

republican member in that individual, senator cornyn proceeded to know that the documents that judge kavanagh hadte generated or contributed o from his tenure as staff secretary should be conveyed to the committee. and he added, quote, it just seems like common sense. in other words, just seems fundamental to our responsibility here in the senate to review the record of judge kavanagh. but just days after the senior republican of judiciary committee expressed the sentiments. republican senators were summoned to the white house by the white house counsel in immediately following that summit meeting, those instructions, those directions from the white house suddenly senators are being denied the opportunity to see those documents. in fact, he went so far as chairs the committee not to ask for t the documents after this direction from the white house. certainly, compromise to review the record of the nominee and therefore the separation of power or violated each of our ability to fulfill our constitutional responsibility. the second occasion is that defendant william burke who has a serious of c

christy blazy ford and she lives in this neighborhood and now making some serious claims against judge kavanagh. >> it's very brave of her. >> reporter: the jenkins family just later than their neighbor is the one accusing supreme court brett kavanagh of sexual assault. >> so we're surprised. >> i think she for some reason felt she couldn't do it for and she is now and i think i'm glad she did. >> reporter: ford tells the "washington post" the alleged assault 1980s when they were at high school party. she said that he started her and groping her. i thought he might . >> kavanagh said i did not do this back in high school or at any time. ford is a clinical psychology professor at palo alto university. her claims were sent to a high rinking democrat in a letter. senator dianne feinstein's statement, i support mrs. ford's decision to share her story and now that she has, it is in the hands of the fbi to conduct an investigation. >> personally i do believe her. >> reporter: stanford law professor erin dauber led t-- >> given these allegations it's not even clear to me that judge kavanagh can retain

judge kavanagh, to god. that is all i have, judge. judge kavanagh, thank you very much.earing adjourned. studio: there you go, testimony has been heard from supreme court nominee justice brett kavanaugh, been heard from supreme court nomineejustice brett kavanaugh, and christine blasey ford. she started just after lunchtime, uk time. went on for some four —1i.5 just after lunchtime, uk time. went on for some four —4.5 hours and it has now concluded. it was a senate hearing being held at capitol hill. we're going to discuss this further in our papers review. before that, let's have a look at some of the front pages and then we will have the discussion with my guest tonight. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are torcuil crichton, the westminster editor for the daily record, and jenni russell, who's a columnist at the times. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the guardian uses a picture of professor christine blasey ford making her oath before testifying against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh,

to the white house where judge kavanagh possibly mccord kavanagh's -- judge supreme court appointment gets combo gated. -- gets complicated. kevin: ted kavanagh meeting here at the white house earlier today as all of the democrats on the senate judiciary committee urging senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley to delay the confirmation vote later this week as a result of christine ford's allegations from 36 years ago ros regarding sexual misconduct at a party. judge kavanagh says i'm willing to talk to the senate judiciary committee in any way the committee deems appropriate to refute this false allegation and defend my integrity. a lawyer for miss ford says she is also willing to testify publicly about an allegation she said in an interview earlier today was "attempted rape." all of this comes with the republicans holding onto a razor thin majority, 51 republicans in the senate. two senators of the republican party say they feel this vote ought to be delayed. bob corker as well as jeff flake. the latter of whom is the senate judiciary committee member. this puts pressure o

judge kavanagh, welcome. welcome to your family, to your friends come andh, demonstrate n your good judgment coming away and raised in west texas and u.n. she had been friends of heidi in mind for 20 years. thank you for your decades of public service and then sorry that your daughters had to endure the political circus this morning. that is the world that is washington in 2018. i want to discuss with us. it's about and what it's not about. first come of this hearing is not about qualifications of the nominee. judge kavanagh is by any object to measure questionably qualified for the supreme court. everyone agrees is one of the most respected federal judges in the country. he has impeccable academic credentials, even if he did go to jail. .. >> by far what type of justice that nominee will be. and we have heard very little today from democratic senators about the actual substance of judge kavanaugh's judicial record. it is also not about documents we have heard a lot of documents we have heard the saying if yo

republicans and keep them on board for the absolute necessity of voting to approve and confirm judge kavanagh. if those republicans back away or slip away, then the white house is going to have to go through a shake down cruise it's never had to contemplate. replacing brett kavanagh with another nominee, and knowing that fateful decision -- and i'm not predicting it. but should it be made -- puts this nomination in a lame duck session after a midterm and a completely turbulent political environment. that's why they feel if they can possibly achieve it, to push this through even if it creates enormous backlash the kind senator cruz and others are experiencing. >> let's sink to into a little more. you speak about the book and the potential of nominating supreme court justices and getting trump elected. that's how he won over some republican voters, by releasing a list of possible supreme court nominees during the campaign. and here's what you write. you say the list bound uneasy republicans to his cause. if for no other reason than to investment in his hands and not clinton's the future of the

he said it's not fair what is going on for judge kavanagh.st of judge kavanagh and if he is confirmed on the court sitting on the high bench for decades on end without a cloud, isn't it in his interest -- >> it is very much in his interest. he is convinced he is innocent. >> it would be helpful if judge kavanagh came forward and said i would prefer. he would win a lot of points across the board if he did that. i just think -- i think he has been through hell. it would be nice to for the republicans acknowledge what is going on with the woman who was the alleged victim in all of this. she has had to move out of her home because of death threats. she has gotten vial stuff over social media. she has just been pommelled. her life has been turned upside down. now she is told you have about three or four days to get ready. >> the context of how she is faced with this decision. she has kids. she has had to move out of her house. understandably there is a lot that she is facing now. jennifer, david, thanks so much. coming up next, on the korean penin

the timeline that jason just mentioned back in two thousand and twelve mitt romney mentioned judge kavanagh as a potential nominee for the supreme court were elected as president it was twenty twelve when we can all cues are doctors who are rather went to the psychologist the irony of that is rather eerie was a result of his name being mentioned publicly or likely the left bringing someone to the surface that they could concoct and produce a story that could block him potential conservative nominee for romney and they kept this under file for many years and now it's come out in his book and so i'm going to give i have. lived this more than they're willing to admit thirty seconds left jason. go ahead so i just wanted to say number one we've seen the right often times you know they're contradicting themselves number one we've seen one need a broader rick brought out many times and that was maybe forty five years ago. and people are still talking about it and i believe juanita broaddrick. every right to talk about what happened to her and what brought her out into the into the for was the fact

we have access to judge kavanagh's opening statement? few minutes, last the senate judiciary committee reaching -- releasing part of brett kavanaugh's opening statement which you will read tomorrow morning -- he will read tomorrow morning where he will testify with his accuser, christine blog before. in his opening statement, he says that the allegation of misconduct is completely inconsistent with the rest of my life. record of my life from my days in grade school through the present day shows that i have always promoted the equality and dignity of women. in that same statement, he said he had engaged in juvenile behavior that in hit word is "cringe worthy," but he never engaged in sexual assault. meanwhile, democrats are pouncing on chuck grassley of iowa for scheduling a committee vote at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. so after the hearing on friday morning, they will vote to move the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the senate floor. democrats say they need to go through the development of tomorrow's hearing. david: we will be glued to that tv