i made reference to what markjudge's lawyer said to the committee. reference to what markjudge's lawyereem reference to what markjudge's lawyer said to the committee. is not a sworn statement, is it? under penalty of felony... a sworn statement, is it? under penalty of felony. .. is by lawyer, is six cursory inconclusive senses. are you saying that that is a substitute for an investigation by the fbi? under penalty of felony, he said that this did not happen and i never did or would have done something like that. you always want the best evidence? senator, he has said and all the witnesses present, look at miss kaiser's statement, she is... when he moved to another topic. you have testified in this committee this morning and afternoon. "this whole two—week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit, fuelled with a pent—up anger about president trump and the 2016 election, fear that has been unfairly stoked about myjudicial record. revenge on behalf of the clintons, and millions of dollars in money from outside left—wing opposition groups. " is it your testimony that the

that extends to markjudge. obvious what is happening here with markjudge. that statement yesterday. statement yesterday. never saw brett act in the manner doctor ford describes. doctor ford describes. knowingly submitting this letter under penalty of felony. under penalty of felony. he says he has nothing more to offer. has nothing more to offer. submitted his statement under penalty of felony. here is the other point. point. he admits to being a recovering alcoholic. recovering alcoholic. as well as a cancer survivor. cancer survivor. he said he struggled with depression. struggled with depression. so much that he avoids public speaking. that he avoids public speaking. investigation and scrutiny and ridicule. that is cruel. that is reckless. that is indecent. the vote, i think the evidence all points to that. points to that. uncorroborated allegations against this nominee. this nominee. it is that about 150 are pending on the senate calendar. are pending on the senate calendar. nominees which they have sent to the senate. senate. judges, but all aspects of

she recounted parties with brett kavanaugh and markjudge. she recounted seeing cavanagh markjudge. towards girls, in an attempt, and i quote, to remove or shift girls' clothing, not taking no for an answer, grabbing girls without their consent and targeting particular girls so that they could be taken advantage of. end quote. each of these stories are troubling on their own, and each of these allegations should be investigated by the fbi. all three women have said they would like the fbi to investigate, please do so. all three have said they have other witnesses and evidence to corba -- to other witnesses and evidence to corba —— to corroborate their accounts, and yet republicans continue to blindly push forward. so today we are moving forward with a hearing, and being asked to assess the credibility of brett kavanaugh. he's made several statements about how his focus was on school, basketball, service projects and going to church. he declared that he, quote, never drank so much she couldn't remember what happened, and he has always treated women with dignity and respect, end quote

markjudge was a friend of ours in high school. and was very difficult for him to escape from. —— serious drinking problem. he nearly died. and then he had leukaemia as well on top of it. as part of his therapy, or part of his coming to grips with sobriety, he wrote a book. that is a fictionalized book and an account. i think he picked out names of friends of ours to throw them in as kind of close to, for characters in the book. you don't know whether that you were not? we can sit here and make fun of some value as an addiction... i'm trying to get a straight answer from you under oath. are you the brett kavanaugh he is referring to? you have to ask him. i agree with you there, that is why i wish the chairman had here. now you have talked about your yearbook. in your yearbook, you talked about drinking and sexual exploits, did you not? senator, let me take a step back and explain high school. i was numberone in the back and explain high school. i was number one in the class... no, no, no! i'm going to talk about my high school. i'm

in particular, markjudge, the man allegedly there at the time of the assault that ms ford season tooknt, the fa ct that there is this statement, the fact he is not being brought before the committee is difficult for republicans. the other two, the people downstairs, you could argue they did not know what happened, they did not know what happened, they had less to see perhaps, but they had less to see perhaps, but the fact that, and when you talk about sexual assault you are often talking about literally one person's word against another, here you had a third person allegedly in the room and you are not asking them what their recollection is. that is a tricky one for republicans and it is one that the democrats will not let go of. 0n go of. on that issue of markjudge there was one moment during the testimony of where christine blasey ford said she saw her between six and eight weeks after the incident in a supermarket where he was working. reporters said he also referred to working in a supermarket himself. these are the kinds of things that people who are calling for an investigation,

markjudge isa according to his lawyer.micro abuse. his lawyer has said he will answer any and all questions posed to him. there is an attempt to get a week's delay before the senate considers that nomination, pending an investigation by the fbi, no final decisions on whether the fbi investigation is going to go ahead. we will bring you more on that as we get it. in his first interview since resigning as foreign secretary, borisjohnson has repeatedly refused to rule out challenging the prime ministerfor the leadership of the conservative party. he demanded that the theresa may ditch her so called chequers compromise plan, and argued for a looser free trade deal like the one with canada. but a government source said mrjohnson‘s plan offers no answers. he's been speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg. out of government, but he still wants to get his way. the problem with chequers is it still doesn't take back control, if the link wishes, faucets, control. why do you think the super canada deal, as you describe it,

also his friend, markjudge, who she said was there.sting tone. we then saw this afternoon, bread, not, was very angry, and he got very personal. he mentioned his children, his family. —— we saw this afternoon, brett kava naugh, his family. —— we saw this afternoon, brett kavanaugh, was very angry. because christine blasey ford went first, brett kavanaugh had to react you that i think his way of doing that with her anger and passion. i know you've been monitoring political reaction also gender reaction. what have you there? i've been taking some of the truck supporters i met... a couple of the older white voters in states like michigan and virginia don't believe a word of what christine blasey ford said. they believe this isa blasey ford said. they believe this is a political thing that the democrats have somehow put her up to. on the other hand, i've spoke to a couple of women down in florida, one is a survivor of sexual assault who we do believe this woman. makes them very difficult. thanks so much for joining them very difficult. tha

would you like markjudge to be interviewed in connection with the background investigation and be seriousedible allegations that you make? that would be my preference. i'm not sure that it's really u p preference. i'm not sure that it's really up to me, but i certainly feel like i could be more helpful to eve ryo ne feel like i could be more helpful to everyone if i knew that he worked at the safeway so that i could give a more specific date of the assault. it is not up to you, it is up to the president of the united states and his failure to ask for an fbi investigation is tantamount to a cover—up, in my view. thank you, mr chairman. we have heard this morning several times that you did take a polygraph and that was on august seven,is polygraph and that was on august seven, is that right? i believe so. it was the day that i was flying to manchester new hampshire. why did you decide to take a polygraph?” didn't see any reason not to do it. we re didn't see any reason not to do it. were you advise to do that? again you are seeming to call for communications between council and client, i do

you mentioned about some possible information such as when markjudge worked at the supermarket.sk you about someone else. you mentioned there was a classmate who was really sort of the connection between you and brett kavanaugh. who was this person? i think that was mr whalen who was looking at my linkedln page and then trying to blame the person. i'm not trying to blame the person. i'm not trying to blame anyone, i just blame the person. i'm not trying to blame anyone, ijust want to know who is the common friend. how long did you know this person? maybe for a couple of months we socialised but he was a member of the same country clu b he was a member of the same country club and nine years younger brother as well. so a couple of months before this took place. yes. 0k, how would you characterise your relationship with him, both before and after this took place, this person? he was somebody that, we use the phrase, i went outwith, i wouldn't say dated, for a few months. that was how we turned it at the time. after that, we were distant friends and we ran into each other periodica

do you know markjudge?” another name boy —— an unnamed boy. do you know markjudge? i do.ly group in class. you have seen the letter that was sent by friends at georgetown prep. funny guy, great writer. popular, developed a serious addiction problem that lasted decades. near—death a couple of times from his addiction. suffered tremendously. what is your relationship with him like now?|j would relationship with him like now?” would talk to him in a couple of years, we've probably been on mass e—mails, group e—mails that go around my high school friends. and how did you know patrick smith? also ninth—grade. georgetown prep. went by pj then. he and i live close to one another. played football together, he was defensive tackle, i was quarterback, wide receiver. we carpooled to school, along with davis every year, every year the three of us for two years. i did not have a car, so one of the two of them would drive everyday. they would pick me up... what is your relationship with him like now? he the area, i see him once in a while, i have not seen him this thing. do you know le

event has said it did not happen, including dr ford's long—time friend, miss kaiser, who said...m markjudgeassess his credibility. let me get through this. liz swisher isa let me get through this. liz swisher is a college classmate who is now a medical doctor. i'm quoting from a re ce nt medical doctor. i'm quoting from a recent interview she gave, she said "brett recent interview she gave, she said " brett kava naugh recent interview she gave, she said "brett kavanaugh drank more than a lot of people, he would end up slurring his words, stumbling, it is not credible for him to say he has had no memory lapses in an icy drink to excess. i know because i drink with him." how should we assess that? she then goes on, if you kept reading, saying she cannot point to any specific instances like that. the quote that jumped any specific instances like that. the quote thatjumped out to me was that you are a sloppy drunk because she drink with you. i do not think thatis she drink with you. i do not think that is a fair characterisation. and chris dudley is quoted in the article, and i would prefer to

we heard about markjudge, who has been hiding out, who a p pa re ntly who has been hiding out, who apparently is not willing to come forth to the senate, does not wa nt to come forth to the senate, does not want to come forth, but the fbi can actually compel testimony from someone actually compel testimony from someone like him, or elect a witness. according dr ford, he was there, he was a high an eyewitness, andi there, he was a high an eyewitness, and i think it is critical that the senate in trying to determine the a ccu ra cy senate in trying to determine the a ccu ra cy of senate in trying to determine the accuracy of what happened that day. —— he was an eyewitness. accuracy of what happened that day. -- he was an eyewitness. is that what is likely to happen next, do you think? do you think we will end up you think? do you think we will end up with the fbi involved? no, to be honest, no. sadly, the senate judiciary committee went ahead and scheduled to vote that is scheduled to ta ke scheduled to vote that is scheduled to take place just hours from now. they have not had a chance of the

sheldon whitehouse, his grey hair showing him, he walked out, he was so cross about the fact that markjudgeted with brett kavanaugh had not been called to give evidence before thisjudiciary committee. that was voted down 11—8 because several democrat senators walked out. this committee has 21 people on it, there is a republican majority. chuck grassley is the chairman sitting in the front of the camera now alongside him, diane feinstein who is a democrat also thatis feinstein who is a democrat also that is sheldon whitehouse, the man who left. but it is thought this particular vote will go through which will then kick it ahead to next week where there will be a full senate vote. worth remembering the senate vote. worth remembering the senate has a republican majority, 51-49. senate has a republican majority, 51—119. potential couple of republican waverers there so it might not be a figure compleat but the white house is putting everything behind this nomination, donald trump saying on twitter after yesterday he had full confidence in brett kava naugh yesterday he had full confidence in bret

by the fbi and will not talk that fact will be noted and will be prejudicially noted, for example markjudges,... henry i apologise we are just greedy for a moment because lindsay graeme is having whatjeff is saying makes sense to me. inaudible i don't know, i'm not speaking for him. somebody has to explain this to trump sol him. somebody has to explain this to trump so i guess that's myjob. laughter inaudible ifiam inaudible if i am nothing i am practical, 0k? that was lindsay graeme, i don't know if you heard what he said, henry, the editor of unheard .com, he said somebody has to explain this to trump, what's trump got to do all this, should the supreme court not be above all this? trump us to order the fbi investigation, it is part of the fbi investigation, it is part of the executive branch, if we are having an fbi investigation, the executive must order it and that means ultimately it comes down to president trump so that is what that has to do with president trump. how likely is the fbi investigation to go forward? i would think that presuming there are other senators who are backing

we cannot in good conscience vote without hearing at least for markjudge.ut the passion stirred has not dissipated. some democrat members walked out. why not wait? a republican senator who had been wavering had been ambushed in a list. you are telling me that my assault does not matter, that what happened to me does not matter and that you are going to let people who do these things into power. white house staff have been streaming every sin you to get brett kavanaugh onto the supreme court and though their candidate may be bloody, bruised and with undoubted damage to his reputation and the democrats would say would still many questions to answer, it looks as though they're going to get their man, finally, over the line. he felt like judge kavanaugh. his testimony was powerful, it was riveting. and it was honest. thejudiciary committee will vote shortly assuming they vote for brett kavanaugh, his nomination will go before the full senate, ending the formal and deeply ugly process. we are expecting that senate judiciary committee to vote on whether or not th

. —— put markjudge.emories may be different from when they speak to the fbi and they are basing the threat of perjury. there is growing pressure from the democratic side to say they need some kind of external fbi investigation because it is now more than one woman coming forward, is this started like a pattern canas pattern canas earlier we heard reports that this man, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, could resign. he's significant because he currently overseas the department ofjustice's investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. but then it got confusing. as our washignton correspondent anthony zurcher clarifies... nothing particularly concrete yet, but katty told me why this is significant. it is important because the president would like to have an ally overseeing the russian investigation. he wants some of the things he could rely on to make sure the investigation goes in the direction he would like to go. he does not feel that rod rosenstein is that guy. if he can get rid of hi

i think markjudge has to be subpoenaed to testify if we are going to get any where close to the truth judge knows a lot about brett kavanaugh's days at georgetown prep. thank you very much. one thing we can say is that the state will be a big day and i have horrible feeling it will be an ugly have horrible feeling it will be an day have horrible feeling it will be an as have horrible feeling it will be an ugly day as well thursday. now you'd think as a tennis player your coordination skills would be pretty good but it seems sir andy murray doesn't have reflexes quite quick enough. this was a rather awkward moment ahead of a tournament in china. not sure how much of this is his fault or the person who we thought had attached it to the box. you wonder if it is an incredibly valuable plate he hasjust you wonder if it is an incredibly valuable plate he has just thrown on the ground! poor sur andy murray! he looked suitably sorry and i'm sure is hosted the mind. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, emmanual macron — is he a