julie?julie: what is the update from democrats, mike, and professor ford's attorneys specifically? >> well, we just heard from chairman chuck grassley who told some reporters that essentially the republicans had hired an outside female attorney. that they are not giving out her name because of concerns about her safety. and we have heard some protests from professor ford's attorneys who wrote to the chairman basically sharing concerns about this shae saying quote this is not the criminal trial in in which sex expert would be appropriate. neither dr. blasey ford nor judge kavanaugh is on trial. the goal should to be drop facts not trying the indicates. the firing back at leader mcconnell. >> leader mcconnell owes an apology to dr. ford for labeling her allegations a smear job and he should apologize to her immediately. >> tension is building with a critical seat on the united states supreme court following this hearing. julie? >> julie: mike emanuel, thank you. president trump delivering his

julie? >> julie: mike emanuel. thank you. want to go to president trump now addressing the new and latest kavanaugh accusations from the u.n. let's listen. >> thank you very much. it's great to be with prime minister chin zoe abe from japan. we had a wonderful dinner at trump tower. we spent time talking about a lot of different subjects including north korea, arab sharks trade, lots of different things. we are doing much more business, much more trade with japan right now and things are working out very well. i want to congratulate prime minister abe for a smashing election win. [laughter] just last week and that was a tremendous win. we actually celebrated at the trump tower. his win, his birthday. a lot of good things are happening for him. and we have a lot of good things happening between our countries. so, prime minister abe, thank you very much. [speaking foreign language] >> julie: we are going to try to cue up the tape where he addresses the latest allegation. meeting with abe of japan and talks have been going earli

the remains of julie.ially that it was human remains. we knew that there was -- >> even with all their experience? >> yes. everything was just consumed by fire to the point that things were unrecognizable. >> as for keith, he was away calling on customers in indiana. word of julie's death spread almost as fast as the fire had raced through the house. >> i'm getting ready for work, have the tv on in the background. >> we're live in the canterbury hills subdivision on tudor boulevard. >> then temple bradley's phone rang. it was a friend who also knew julie. >> she said, you know there's a fire. i said, yeah, i saw it on tv. she said, yeah, it was keith and julie's house. and i just sat there. >> did she know at that point that julie, in fact, was gone? >> she knew. so she told me. >> temple's husband immediately tracked down keith as he was making the three-hour drive home from indiana. >> he said, i'm on my way. i'm probably, you know, two hours away. i said, are you all right? he goes, yeah, yeah. i could

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julie: john julie hyman. this is the european close. look at some of the biggest stories in the news right now. sovereign -- the emirates investment company will iner to defend percent stake the spanish growing company. learning the company wants the sale after -- or are is set to unveil a special edition supercar as part of a five-year plan to boost profits. bloomberg has learned details of the so-called icona project could come out later today. new ferrari ceo has called for the raise carmaker to double in progress by 20 to be too. special edition models are in edition. deutsche bank has reiterated it is slimming down its presence in the united kingdom to prepare for brands it. germany's largest lender is planning to frankford to avoid disruption for clients. bloomberg has learned deutsche u.k.'s $350 billion from balance sheet. frank for it is where the regulator is so in some ways it julie: sense. ubs has picked frankford as its post brings it european hub. it also have offices in madrid, .aris, >> we are preparing ourselves. whatev

julie: i'm julie hyman. this is "bloomberg markets."nvestors grapple with trade tensions, let's take a look at what sectors may be poised for gains and losses. fidelity.d of sector where were talking about credit around the globe and how to position yourself. let's talk about equity and how to position yourself. tech has been the big push this year. inks in seen some ch the armor. where do you stand? about what lot happened historically and how that can inform our investment views. people defined tech as leadership. if you look on a sector basis , any which wayt you would like to carve it up, six months, when you, from the 2009, we have ledch by about half what leadership is of the sector level. if you think technology is extended, history and be telling you that is not the case. vonnie: what about other sectors? cycle, we the profit are in the midst of what could be an extended profit cycle aced on the starting point and bait credit -- bank credit. it. is what drives a four to six year-long recovery. the sick goal set to -- cyclical se

julie: and i am julie hyman. months of trouble in the banking system in 2008 was a surprise. norman king spoke with guy johnson in london. july 2008, eight was clear that confidence in the banking system was waxing and waning and only a recapitalization of the banking system both in u.k. and the united states would solve the house him -- the problem. we spent a lot of time trying to persuade the government to do this. britain was the first to do it. 2008, after that, one month things seem to be improving a bit, the next month things are getting worse. something deeper would have to be done. brothers was the , thef most people's list institution that would get into trouble. bernanke made it quite clear that, in his judgment, if the fed had not then dramatic action, every major financial institution in the united states could have failed. that is a pretty strong statement. that became clear as we moved towards the autumn. sundaya that somehow on 14 september, we were happy with what was going on and, on the 15, it

julie: and i and julie hyman.or most recognizable for tail ridge sating is peter, and we down with the founder and cio which it claims the approach dating back to 2007. >> if you think about it, university is a safe haven, it's an insurance like safe haven. it's their specifically, and the more explosive it is, the more systematic risk my clients are able to take. many investors who hedge or diversify, gave up must -- much of the upside in equities since the financial crisis. we need only look at hedge fund returns to see that. hedge funds don't necessarily need the s&p 500, but they do have to deliver value for the customers. and clients to think they have been doing that. what did these investors who hedged or diversify to do wrong? >> a lot of portfolio the result is a bill of goods, and that is if you lower volatility through diversification, the dogma of diversification, you will lower the return, but to get the ratio going up all is well, and you can take some leverage. which is crazy in and of itself, and a

julie: i'm julie hyman.hecking on the health of the housing market, the nahb came out with data at 10:00 a.m. and it was unchanged from the prior month, the index at 67. stabilization in homebuilder confidence, the gauge of six-month sales, the outlook rising for the first time since february. we are joined now by gerald the nahb.e ceo of sentiment stabilizing a little bit. some of the recent numbers, the home sales, other kinds of data, it has been sort of choppy in recent months. what are you hearing from your members? jerry: when i talk to the builders around the country, they are telling me that the impacts of the tax reform bill, the fact that the lumber prices, which were really high earlier this year, have come down are really keeping them in an optimistic frame of mind. julie: we have the breakdown by region, which is interesting. take a look at that in the bloomberg. and we've got, if you look at the various measures here, we will walk people through it. northeast, blue. midwest, yellow. south is pu

julie: this is bloomberg. ♪ julie: this is "bloomberg best." i'm julie hyman.'s continue our global tour of the week's top business stories with yet another sign of amazon's success. on tuesday, the company reached a market cap of $1 trillion. alix: amazon is starting september with a bang. shares of the tech giant pushing the company beyond a market value of $1 trillion, a milestone that apple reached just last month. most notable was the speed with which amazon hit that milestone. shares have more than tripled in the last three years. is this rational? >> this is a company that has executed extraordinarily well over the past 10 years. the acceleration and loyalty to amazon via amazon prime, the increasing success of fulfillment by amazon, where amazon turns its warehouses over to third parties -- all the things it does so well. and online retail is still 5% of total retail in the u.s.. it is still smaller than other markets. so i think some of the optimism is investors rationally looking and seeing that amazon is an extraordinarily well-run company in markets

on july 1. disaster, an absolute disaster. has a presence on july 1. unfortunately, the execution was not what was intended. comes on the battlefield, he does so in the wee hours of july 2. what does he see? d to theave refugee hill. what is wrong with cemetery hill? hasare smack on what meade designated as his line of supply and communication, which is the baltimore pike, from gettysburg to westminster. down at westminster, our 6000 quartermaster wagons along with all of the herds of cattle, all , 6000dical supplies wagons, 50 miles of wagon trains are down there. mules pullingand those. can he afford to have that severed, and yet look at cemetery hill? they have a place. they were able to rally and say themselves, to their credit. but look where it is. when george meade comes to cemetery hill and sees this, and sees what is left and looks at the baltimore pike, i am sure he probably like throwing up, if you want to tell the truth. think about it. they are in a defensive position are inde makes sure they place. he never goes to sleep. on july 2, when

julie: i'm julie hyman. this is bloomberg markets.onnie: audi is thrown down the gauntlet on electric vehicles. vw premium brands is unveiling the first of several that are a powered models due out by 2020. we are joined by bloomberg's david westin who is joined by a top audi executive. david: we are joined by scott keogh. you got your first all electric vehicle. why now? i think we've hit the perfect time. the market acceptance is building each and every day. the second thing of course, we want it to launch with what we call a proper audi. not a quirky car. a full stop audi that is electric. and with the cost of batteries and the technology we can put ourselves in a position to make a profit as well. those three things came together that's when we want to hit the markets. what's the price roughly on this vehicle and why did you pick that price point? >> because we want to sell this vehicle. we want to make a little bit of profit. the car is $74,800. that is where the market is. it's the largest chunk of vehicles and we wanted to make

and then even on july 2 and july 3, we get much the same kind of treatment of general meade. and so what i thought i would do today: is he a little bit about george meade and particularly number george meade on july 1. and you might scratch your head and say well, he wasn't even here. ell, he wasn't even here. he was at headquarters, which were in taunee town, 14 miles south of gettysburg. so why would you talk about him here? well, you'll find out. and let me start by reading to you some short sections from a number of texts with which we're all very familiar about gettysburg. and we'll start with edwin cottington, the dane of gettysburg scholars and his great book on the gettysburg campaign. here's edward cottington's reatment of meade on july 1. he says to challenge the enemy without recklessly exposing his army, meade had worked out a beautiful, strategic pattern based upon a realistic appraisal of geographic factors and intelligence reports. he boldly thrust out two infantry corps the 1st and 11th under perhaps his ablist general, reynolds, to a place where the greatest

julie: and julie hyman. this is the european close. time for the bloomberg business flash.ook at the biggest news stories. there's a report that the german government is open to the idea between a merger of deutsche bank and commerzbank. finance minister left schulz -- olaf schulz could envision it. the world's largest supplier of semiconductors used in cars is looking beyond the automotive sector. the california company will help -- the price represents a 16% premium to idt's close yesterday. fashion label badgley mischka marks its 30th anniversary on saturday during new york fashion week. to label has plenty celebrate. it's enjoying its best sales ever this year. mark badgley and james mischka are the cofounders and they join us in studio. congratulations gentlemen. 30 years. how have you managed to do it? fashion is notoriously difficult to last in. >> 30 years is a lifetime in this industry. the most it's one of difficult businesses. it's truly gratifying. it moves at such lightning speed today. voices, so many choices, so much competition. you never have a chance to ge

julie: i'm a julie hyman, this is the "european close," on "bloomberg markets,."ney saying that espn screening service has passed one million customers. disney announcing that in a statement. 1%, espn hasg, up been a troubled part of the disney empire. this looks like a bright spot for the unit. atnie: we are looking cannabis, new crypto shares spiting 14% before erasing gains, seemingly little rationale driving the move. iscks linked to the grace, similar to bitcoin last year. luke, is this partially because people missed out on bitcoin? reporter: i think it has to do with the volatility between them and the fact that the coin has not had as much juice as we have noted to have lately. volatility over the past 30 days is at the lows. ay, volatility has exploded to levels bitcoin has not seen since 2014. tradable.thing people are leaping into it without any rhyme or reason. juice is inl development. cannabis-based drinks. what is the outlook for these companies in terms of profits, real revenues? some of them are making decent money. ay camer: but again, tilr in wi

julie: i'm julie hyman.urricane florence could turn into this trump is hurricane to hit north and south carolina in 30 years. more than one million people have been ordered to leave their homes before the hurricane comes ashore. the damages could reach $27 billion. we are joined by our bloomberg power and gas analyst, who also happens to be a meteorologist. so a great percent to talk to about all of this. what are the prospects for damage? this is a relatively unusual hurricane, right? >> the first major east coast hurricane we have had for quite some time. i mean category three or above. what is happening right now is florence has entered an area of warm water and it has strengthened over the last 24 hours, and now the hurricane center is forecasting more strengthening in the next 24 hours or so before it makes landfall, likely as a category 3, although 4 is not out of the question. vonnie: are the storm's getting stronger because of climate change, or is it natural hurricane season? >> i do not think we ca

julie?speaking out against union strikes in germany that have forced them to cancel more than 100 flights this week. he talked about a push for active shareholders to push changes in the board of directors. >> we are confident there would be huge majorities in favor, these toxic company's do this every year with a high profile -- likely to be hijacked by union demonstration. i do not think it is appropriate or fair to our show -- shareholders. they want to ask the board questions, they do not want it hijacked by been awaiting people. -- been awaiting people. people.r waving . we have one of the most -- -- it is an arbitrary figure. in some cases, 10 years is too much for some nonexecutive directors. in other cases, you should hang on to the better one for 20 years because they make a contribution. --carry 100 some of those advising -- what you make? >> they will all vote against my reelection. >> no more? >> these you wait for the proxy firms to make cheap publicity for themselves is to reco

julie hyman has more on the markets. julie: let's take a look at the major averages as we get underway. we have a divergence once again coming back into effect between the dow and the nasdaq. 1%, theow rises 2/10 of nasdaq falls about half of 1%. some of that having to do with apple today and what we are anticipating from that company and also semiconductors continue to be deeply under pressure. the semiconductor index down 2.5%. goldman downgrading companies in the sector. goldman says there was going to be a memory chip price deceleration into 2019. let's take a look at apple. days,he past couple of not unusual for apple to rise in the run-up to new product introductions and then kind of waiver on the actual day. -- kind of waver on the actual day. apple the day after the announcement, various product moving average of 2.1%. -- move an average of 2.1%. on the out with a call memory chip group and there is concern about memory chip prices and where we are in the cycle. you take a look at t

at july 30th to august 7th? >> i can't remember the exact date, but i was interviewing lawyers are in that period of time sitting in the car in the driveway and the walgreense parking lot in delaware and trying to figure out how the whole system works at interviewing lawyers and had to pick one, it better. >> youar testified earlier that you didn't see the need for lawyers and now you're trying to hire them. mind?ade you change your >> it seemed like most of the individuals that are told, the total number was not very high, but those persons advised me to a point that a lawyer for advice about whether to push forward or push back. [inaudible] >> no. >> dr. ford about acknowledging acknowledging -- senator blumenthal. thank you, mr. chairman. and want to join in thanking you for being here today and just tell you i have found your testimony powerful and credible and you are a teacher? >> correct. >> you have given america and amazing teaching moment and you may have other moments in the classroom, that you have i

10 and the july -- and july 30th, which was the date of your letter to senator feinstein? >> yes, i met with congresswoman eschew's staff and i they's july 18. the wednesday and then on the friday, i met with the congresswoman herself. >> okay. >> when you met with her, did you meet with her alone? or did someone come with you? >> i was alone. she had a staff person. >> okay. what did you talk about with congresswoman eschew and her staff on july 18 and the 20th? >> i described the night of the incident. and we spent time speaking about that. and i asked her how to -- what my options were in terms of going forward and how to get that information relayed forward and also talked to her about fears of whether this was confidential information and she discussed the constituent confidentiality principle. >> thank you. >> thank you, chairman grassley, i would like to ask for unanimous consent to submit for the record five articles, one entitled why do sexual assault memories stick. >> without objection so ordered. >> dr. ford, i want to thank you for coming to testify in front o

julie: i am julie hyman, this is "bloomberg markets." gap facing some big hurdles and its turnaround plan. declining mall traffic, we spoke with the ceo. >> we have been fairly forthright in saying the importance of old navy in our portfolio today. if you look at size and profitability, it is surpassed gap brand. still very relevant to our consumers. but it is 50 years old. brands morph and evolve and we are doing work to position gap brand back to its core. with theeen forthright investment community and saying that we are going to be of theible managers portfolio and our job is to create value for our shareholders. what about the banana republic, you are in the middle of a turnaround. what are you doing differently and what is working? >> what we are doing differently is what we had done when banana was at its best. we had a moment lori went through a tortured fashion phase and banana, at its core, and its is from banana at neutrals, amazing fabrics, incredible hand feel, and features at a slightly higher price point for his and hers w

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n july 18 and july 20 incident,ed about the and i talked about what my options were in terms of going forward and how to get that about how to get that information, and fears about whether this was confidential information. constituentd the confidentiality principle. >> i would like to ask unanimous consent to submit five articles, , why sexuale titled assault memories stick, and one titled, why didn't the accuser come forward earlier? >> i want to thank you for coming to testify today. you came forward with serious and relevant information about a nominee for a lifetime position on the supreme court. you didn't have to and i know that you've done it at great personal cost. this is a public service and i'm grateful to hear from you directly today. i would like to follow up on the line of questioning mr. mitchell was following. i think a lot of people don't realize that you chose to come forward about your concerns about judge kavanaugh before he was nominated to the supreme court. do i understand correctly that when you first reached out to congresswoman eshoo, that was when he was on

her name is julie swetnik. she has made some claims against brett kavanagh. she says this happened between 1980 and 1981. she says that her friend mark judge and she attend eed partie where there was very heavy drinking and inappropriate behavior your on the part of brett kavanagh and mark judge. she's associated working with the federal government, that she has a public trust, u.s. department of treasury clearance, a u.s. mint clearance and an irs clearance. let us get to the allegations that she is making and that she has sent on in a sworn statement to the judiciary committee. she says that she attended well over 100 house parties between 1981 and 1983 where mark judge and brett kavanagh, the supreme court nominee were present. she says that the party were in the area, they occurred every weekend during the school year. she says that she herself witnessed brett kavanagh drink excessively, and engage in highly inappropriate conduct, including being overly greg with girls and not taking no for an answer. she says she witnessed brett kavanagh at many of these

julie: back to the markets, u.s.e lower after president trump signaled he is ready to escalate the trade war with china by imposing more tariffs. our opinion columnist joins us. it is not just a question of what is going to happen with tariffs but where do we go from here when it comes to stocks, now that we have entered yet another bull market or phase of the bull market. you have a difference of opinion where we are in the bull market. [speaking simultaneously] the dust settled right when we went to air. you guys missed a fight. let's start with you and talk about the timing of the longevity of the bull market and why it matters that we are even counting days. >> i think it is natural to ask what is going on and what does it mean because the bull market is long. barry and i might disagree when it started and how long it is, but even by his definition, he would say 2013, it is a long bull market. it is fair for people to say what does it mean? it doesn't mean anything. the length doesn't tell you anything about what

back with kaitlin and julie.milar themes, we heard judge kavanaugh, feels like he's in the twilight zone. you heard the same thing from senator graham and also the same things of julie swetnick in her sworn affidavit is saying she went to ten plus of these parties where she saw and nobody i've seen is calling judge kavanaugh a serial rapist. she's just alleging he was at the parties and was present as people were essentially standing in line and raping women. she's not alleging he was doing that. let's be on the same page. he's saying you don't go to ten parties and call the cops. >> lindsey graham sounds downright angry there. he put out a pretty blistering statement saying if republicans bail on this good man, i'm quoting him, because of the smears and character assassinations of michael avenatti, we deserve our fate. lindsey graham making clear he does not feel this nomination should be withdrawn. he's echoing a lot of what we've heard from president trump himself, casting doubt on this third accuser because o

july 6th? >> no, i did not. i did not know how to do that. >> okay. prior to july 6th, had you spoken to any member of congress? when i say congress, i mean the senate or the house of representatives, or any congressional staff members, about your allegations. >> no. >> why did you contact "the washington post" on july july 6th? >> i was panicking, because i knew the timeline was short for the decision. people were giving me advice on the beach. people who don't know about the processes that they were giving me advice -- and many people told me "you need to hire a lawyer." and i didn't do that. i didn't understand why i would need a lawyer. somebody said "call "the new york times," call "the washington post." put in an anonymous tip. go to your congressperson." and when they weigh those options, i felt like the best option was to try to do the civic root , which is to go to my congressperson, who happens to be anna eshoo. so i called her office, and i put in the anonymous tip to "the washington

10 and the july -- and july 30th, which was the date of your letter to senator feinstein? >> yes, i met with congresswoman eschew's staff and i they's july 18. the wednesday and then on the friday, i met with the congresswoman herself. >> okay. >> when you met with her, did you meet with her alone? or did someone come with you? >> i was alone. she had a staff person. >> okay. what did you talk about with congresswoman eschew and her staff on july 18 and the 20th? >> i described the night of the incident. and we spent time speaking about that. and i asked her how to -- what my options were in terms of going forward and how to get that information relayed forward and also talked to her about fears of whether this was confidential information and she discussed the constituent confidentiality principle. >> thank you. >> thank you, chairman grassley, i would like to ask for unanimous consent to submit for the record five articles, one entitled why do sexual assault memories stick. >> without objection so ordered. >> dr. ford, i want to thank you for coming to testify in front o

let's talk about the letter that you wrote on july 30th. you asked senator feinstein to maintain confidentiality, "until -- >> i'm trying to look for it. >> stop the clock, will you? >> i found it. sorry. >> okay. you asked senator feinstein to we had further opportunity to speak and said you were available to speak after vacationing in the mid-atlantic august 7th, is that correct? >> the last line? i'm now catching up with you. my mind is getting a little tired. i'm available to speak further should you wish to discuss? yes, i was in delaware until august 7th. after that i went to new hampshire and back to california. >> did you talk with anybody about this letter before you sent it? >> i talked with anna es choo's office. >> okay. and why did you talk to congresswoman es choo's office? >> they were willing to hand deliver it to senator feinstein. >> did anyone help you write the letter? >> no. >> after you sent your letter, did you or anyone on your behalf speak to senator feinstein personally or with any senate staffer? >> yes. i had a p

let's talk about the letter that you wrote on july 30th. you asked senator feinstein to confidentiality quote -- >> i'm trying to look for it. >> so stop the clock, will you. >> i found it. sorry. >> okay. you asked senator feinstein to maintain confidentiality until we have had further opportunity to speak. then said you were available to speak further vacationing in the mid atlantic until august 7th. is that correct? >> the last line? is that what you're -- i'm now just catching up with you. i'm a little slower. my mind is getting a little tired. i'm available to speak further, should you wish to discuss. i was in delaware until august 7th. >> okay. >> and after that i went to new hampshire and then back to california. >> did you talk with anybody about this letter before you sent it? >> i talked with anna eshoo's office. >> okay. and why did you talk to congresswoman eshoo's office about that letter? >> they were willing to hand deliver it to senator feinstein. >> okay. did anyone help you write the letter? >> no. >> okay. after you sent

this letter was secret from july 30th, september 13th -- july 30th until september 13th, when i first heard about it. the ranking member took no action. the letter wasn't shared with me, our colleagues or my staff. these allegations could have been investigated in a way that maintained the confidentiality that dr. ford requested. before his hearing, judge kavanaugh met privately with 65 senator senators, including the ranking member, but the ranking member didn't ask judge kavanaugh about the allegations when she met with him privately in august. the senate judiciary committee held its four-day public hearing from september 4 to september 7th. judge kavanaugh testified for more than 32 hours in public. we held a closed session for members to ask sensitive questions on the last evening, which the ranking member did not attend. judge kavanaugh answered nearly 1300 written questions submitted by senators after the hearing, more than all prior supreme court nominees. throughout this period, we did not know about the ranking member's secret evidence. then, only at an eleventh hour on the e

were sent bytwo you on july 6, correct? >> correct. >> the last was on july 10? >> correct. >> are those three comments accurate? >> i will read them, yes. so, there is one correction. >> ok. >> i have misused the word, bystander, as an adjective. >> ok. someone thatmeans is looking at an assault. the person pj, was not technically a bystander. i was writing quickly out of a sense of urgency. i would not call him a bystander. he was downstairs. what i remember of him, he was tall and a nice person. i did not know him well. he was downstairs. not anywhere near the event. >> ok. >> i would like to take that word out if possible. >> thank you for clarifying that. the second is, the letter you wrote to senator feinstein dated july 30 of this year. did you write the letter yourself? >> i did. july 30,it is stated, did you write it on that date? >> i believe so. it sounds right. i was in rehobeth, delaware at the time. i could look into my calendar and try to figure that out. >> was it written on or about that date? >> yes, yes. i travel the 26th of july to rehobeth. >

that is his afternoon attack of july 2. on the flipside, will one of my favorite stories, sickles makes this movement and he says they will soon come tumbling back. the confederates start to have more indecision. longstreet and lee are not getting along at this point. he is a good soldier. he is a solid soldier. he was up for core command. whenever they reorganized the army. he is going to be outranked and there are other men who they thought would do better at the job of second and third corps command. then you have droopy dog over here, that he looks like. he is a ladies man. he is known as a hard fighter. he gets this division command distinction. he only fights in one battle as division commander. he is constantly getting shot. he is shot here in gettysburg and again. eventually he will rise to army command. he thought he would arrive near the area of the longstreet tower and march where the road will take you. deploy near the peach orchard, face all of his men, and attack the road that way. that is how it was interpret

i met with her staff on july 11 -- july 18, and with her on july 20, describing the assault and discussing my fear about coming forward. later, we discussed the possibility of sending a letter to ranking member feinstein, who is one of my state senators, describing what occurred. my understanding is that representative eshoo's office delivered a copy of my letter to senator feinstein's office on july 30. the letter included my name, but also a request that it be kept confidential. -- ied that are providing hope that by providing the information confidentially, the information would be enough for the senate to seriously consider mr. kavanaugh's conduct, without making myself or my family vulnerable to personal tax and invasions of privacy that we have seen since my name became public. august 31,r dated senator feinstein wrote you would not share the letter without my explicit consent, and i appreciated this commitment. sexual assault victims should be able to decide for themselves whether their private experience is made public. as the hearing date got closer, i struggled with a terrible ch

julie: i am julie hyman in for scarlet fu. caroline: i'm caroline hyde.i'm joe weisenthal. welcome to the closing bell coverage everyday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. eastern. julie: we begin with market minutes and stocks. we are seeing this divergence once again with the dow performing better here because a lot of the selling is concentrated in technology. nasdaq is down for the third tense -- is down for the third straight session. this is the deepest three session slump since july. it is notable that we are kicking off september here. a period of increased volume when people are getting back to work. the volume in the nasdaq specifically about 22% above the 20 day average. if you look at the 100 day volume, about the same level above. people are selling in tech in relatively high volume. speaking of tech, we just talked about a semiconductor maker, the worst stock in the industry currently. there is analyst pessimism we are seeing within the semiconductor industry. we are also seeing pessimism in the casino industry with when resorts walling -- wynn resorts f

of july 30 to august 7? >> i cannot remember the exact date, but i was interviewing lawyers during the appeared of time, sitting in the car, in the driveway and into the walgreens parking lot in delaware. and trying to figure out how the whole system works with interviewing lawyers and how to pick them.>> you testified earlier that you did not see the need for lawyers. now you're trying to hire them. what made you change your mind? >> it seems like most of the individuals that i had, the total number was not a very high that the persons advised me to read at this point lawyer for advice to push forward or to stay back. suspected that include covers woman anna eshoo and senator. feinstein. >> i want to take does mike think dr. ford for what you said but acknowledging that we had said that we would come to california. senator. bowman tall. >> thank you, mr. chairman. want to join in and thank you for being here today, and just tell you that i found your testimony powerful, and credible and i believe you. you a

this changed in early july 2018. i saw press reports stating that brett kavanaugh was on the short list of a list of very well qualified supreme court nominees. i thought it was my civic duty to relay the information i had about mr. kavanaugh's conduct so that those considering his nomination would know about this assault. on july 6th, i had a sense of urgency to relay the information to the senate and the president as soon as possible before a nominee was selected. i did not know how specifically to do this. i called my congressional representative and let her receptionist know that someone on the president's short list had attacked me. i also sent a message to the encrypted "washington post" confidential tip line. i did not use my name, but i provided the names of brett kavanaugh and mark judge. i stated that mr. kavanaugh had assaulted me in the 1980s in maryland. this was an extremely hard thing for me to do. but i felt that i couldn't not do it. over the next two days, i told a couple of close friends on the bea

this changed in early july 2018. i saw press reports stating that brett kavanaugh was on the short list of a list of very well-qualified supreme court nominees. i thought it was my civic duty to relay the information i had about mr. kavanaugh's conduct so those considering his nomination would know about the assault. on july 6th, i had a sense of urgency to relay the information to the senate and the president as soon as possible before a nominee was selected. i did not know how specifically to do this. i called my congressional representative and let her receptionist know that someone on the president's short list had attacked me. i also sent a message to the enscripted "washington post" confidential tip line. i did not use my name, but i provided the names of brett kavanaugh and mark judge. i stated that mr. kavanaugh had assaulted me in the 1980s in maryland. this was an extremely hard thing for me to do, but i felt that i couldn't not do it. over the next two days, i told a couple of close friends on the beach in

this letter was secret from july july 30th, september 13th -- no july 30th to september 13th when i first heard about it. the ranking member to no action. the letter wasn't shared with me, my colleagues or our staff. these allegations could have been investigated in a way that maintained the confidentiality that dr. ford requested. before his hearing, judge kavanaugh met privately with 65 senators including the ranking member. but the ranking member denounced judge kavanaugh about the allegations when she met with him privately in august. the senate judiciary committee held its four-day public hearing from september 4th to september 7th. judge kavanaugh tested for -- testified for more than 32 hours in public. we held a closed session for members to ask sensitive question on the last evening, which the ranking member he did not attend. judge kavanaugh answered nearly 1300 written questions admitted by senators after the hearing. more than all prior supreme court nominees. throughout this period, we did not mail about the a ranking members secret evidence. then, only at the 11th hour on th

this changed in early july 2018. i saw press reports stating that brett kavanaugh was on the short list of a list of very well-qualified supreme court nominees. i thought it was my civic duty to relay the information i had about mr. kavanaugh's conduct so those considering his nomination would know about the assault. on july 6th, i had a sense of urgency to relay the information to the senate and the president as soon as possible before a nominee was selected. i did not know how specifically to do this. i called my congressional representative and let her receptionist know that someone on the president's short list had attacked me. i also sent a message to the enscripted "washington post" confidential tip line. i did not use my name, but i provided the names of brett kavanaugh and mark judge. i stated that mr. kavanaugh had assaulted me in the 1980s in maryland. this was an extremely hard thing for me to do, but i felt that i couldn't not do it. over the next two days, i told a couple of close friends on the beach in

. >>> julie chena says goodbye to "the talk "her tearful goodbye in the wake of her husband's sexual harassment allegations. *chanting in spanish employees and their supporters hed outside the >>> mcdonald employees around the country walked off the job today. employees and his supporters marched outside of the mcdonald in san francisco, they carried signs that said "me too mcdonald." they say they want improvements in the companies sexual- harassment procedures. they also want better training for managers and employees. in a statement mcdonald's says "we have strong policies, procedures and training in place designed to prevent sexual harassment." airport with a history of security breaches... was just selected for a multi-million- dollar security upgrade. mineta san jose international w techno >>> a bay area airport with a history of security breaches was just selected for a multimillion dollar security upgrade. the airport will be testing out new technology that aims at detecting a security breach the moment it happens. systems would monitor the parameters of the airport using a r

>> i certainly feel for julie chen today.'s in a very difficult position. >> for the third day in a row, julie chen did not attend "the talk's" live taping. her and her husband were spotted out for the first time since he stepped down. a team of movers were outside their house unthough it's unclear what they were doing there. moonves left cbs monday amidst sexual assault allegations. >> today we say enough is enough and today we say we believe you. >> "the talk" panel discussed the scandal on monday and tuesday, but not today. >> chen is expecd first tv appe husband's exit tomorrow for double eviction night on "big brother." >> "variety" executive editor, debra birnbaum says julie chen is in an awkward position. >> when the first story broke she came out saying she was standing by her husband. i think she has to address the questions in her personal life before she has an answer for the nation. >> you work for your husband. >> technically. >> they've been married for nearly 14 years. last year she told larry king one of her s

>> i provided her a letter on on july 30. >> we're talking about the july july 30 letter.at to senator feinstein, correct? you provided the letter to representative su to deliver it to senator feinstein. >> yes. >> besides those two individuals , and your attorneys, did you provide that letter to anyone else? >> no. >> do you know how that letter became public? >> no. >> after that letter was made public, or leaked, did you reach back out to the washington post? >> i reached out, well, they they were continuously reaching out to me, and i was not responding, but the time that i did respond and agree to do the sitdown was once the reporters started showing up at my home and workplace. >> okay. >> thank you, mr. chairman. doctor ford, thank you for being here. i just want to remind everyone that this is not a courtroom, this is not a legal proceeding. you are here under your own foolish in. prosecutors have been engaged here to represent my colleagues, you are here under a civic duty, as you you said. i want to join my colleagues, it is really more than that. our founding do

but i'm hoping he might speak to julie.ly chance that the community are going to find out what has really happened up there. he's a professional that can answer quite a lot of questions. essentially, the point is does the work justify the money that's been spent? here you go. this is a big moment forjulie. hello, it's julie from whitehaven. she has two years of unanswered questions. our only hope of getting some answers about what's been going on up here. did you think there was a lot of work done around the school an led lights? the government gave the trust £320,000. but the engineer says only around £20,000 worth of work has been completed. so there's no way, that's not just the lights, there's no way it should have been that amount of money in your opinion question at no. it looks likejulie was right all along. it's shocking. it's what i thought, it's just been confirmed. it's a vast amount of money. it's just really upsetting. really upsetting that there's been children... sorry. the money should have been spent on the