chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel following the latest developments from capitol hill tonight. good evening, mike. >> bret, good evening, it was massive political drama with the nation watching expecting to see judge brett kavanaugh's nomination advance in the judiciary committee. but there's a twist. moderate republican senator jeff flake met with democrats for hours and it worked. >> i think it would be proper to delay the floor

i am mike emanuel in for bret baier. this labor day is a sad and tragic one for the united states military in afghanistan. it appears a member of the afghan military killed one american and wounded another. lucas tomlinson has the top story from the pentagon. >> the second time in two months a u.s. service member apparently killed by the very same afghan forces he was there to train. six u.s. troops have been killed in afghanistan this year. in a statement announcing the latest casualty, the new head of u.s. forces in afghanistan said "the sacrifice of our service member who volunteered for a mission to afghanistan to protect his country is a tragic loss. our duty now is to honor him, care for his family, and

>> 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

mike emanuel is here for us.he legal affairs correspondent for npr. 1991 report on anita hill's claim that clarence thomas sexually harassed her prompted the judicial committee to reopen his supreme court hearing. the news is moving so fast. i'm sure you were hearing john roberts report and mike emanuel. whawhat we are hearing know christine blasey ford's attorney she might be willing to testify. might not need that fbi investigation, but probably not going to happen on monday. what do you make of this? >> >> well, the democrats and republicans have -- are playing a game of chicken. and the nominee and the witness, dr. ford, are in the middle. and i am sure that dr. ford doesn't want to just abandon the field at this point, having decided to come forward and at least give an interview to the "the washington post," which set all of this in motion. so, if they can reach some sort of a negotiated compromise about when she will testify and what the circumstances will be and she will go first and he will go second. wi

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roberts has more reaction from the president but, first, to the chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. is he live for us on capitol hill. mike, it is absolutely something we have never seen before what went on behind the scenes today. >> trace, no question about it. incredible drama. it's been pretty clear that senator jeff flake has been struggling with what he heard in that emotional hearing yesterday from professor christine blasey ford and judge brett kavanaugh. a lot of republicans breathed a huge sigh of relief this morning when flake said he would be a yes on the kavanaugh nomination. he said our system of justice affords the presumption of innocent to the accused absent corroborating evidence. democrats appealed to him for one week delay to have the fbi look into the allegations. i think 2 would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the fbi continue to do an investigation, limited in time and scope to the current alleges that are there and limit in time to no more than one week, i will vote to advance the bill to the floor with

let's go back to mike emanuel on capitol hill. mike? >> good afternoon., "the new york times" has obtained a an email from deborah katz, who is one of professor ford's attorneys, basically opening up a negotiation, saying that she would be prepared to testify next week. of course, chairman chuck grassley has said at a hearing for monday, potentially. but she is saying that's not possible. they are in the process of negotiating, and email sent to senior staffers on both sides of the dish era committee. we know that chairman grassley has set a deadline tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. to load the committee know whether she intends to show up on monday. if ongoing negotiations, clearly, between attorneys representing professor ford, judge kavanaugh's accuser, and the committee trying to see if they can work something out for some point next week. she clearly doesn't want to do it on monday, dana. >> dana: thank you for that. let's go back. we're not can let... going to let them go to lunch together just yet. we anticipated this. we thought she would show up, at least

mike emanuel live on capitol hill. mike? >> shep, good afternoon. main republican senator susan collins, a critical vote on the judge kavanaugh nomination tweeted this afternoon i hope that dr. ford will reconsider and testify before the senate judiciary committee monday. it is my understanding that the committee has offered to hold either a public or private session, whichever would make her more comfortable. earlier, the chairman said his focus on the the rest of the week is on trying to get her, dr. ford, to tell her story. >> we've got to have time to plan for a hearing. if it's going to come off, there's a certain time we have to notify people if there's not going to be a hearing. i don't have to notify anybody about that yet. i have hoping that this person who pleaded through "the washington post" -- i didn't learn about anything about this until i read her name in "the washington post." >> there's a number of republicans here on capitol hill that think this professor may have a change of heart. she may want to tell her story. if not, there's

mike emanuel here. pete ducy in orange county california with better odds for democrats to flip the house. good even, peter. >> good evening. democrats deployed their most valuable weapon on the campaign trail. president obama. they sent him here for his first big rally. cycle because they believe this is where the most republican members are the most vulnerable. >> it's good to be back in alcohol. >> [cheers and applause]. >> democrats need to flip 2 dozen seats to win back the house and believe they can pick off 7 in southern california. >> if we don't step up things can get worse. >> he is trying to help katie porter. hundreds turned out for obama's rally where she is trying to beat waters in a place where voters have never elected a democrat. >> they are concerned about congress's failure to provide a check and balance on the trump administration. >> waters insists she already does that breaking from trump on tariffs and family separations. >> i won the last race by 17 points and the president lost

mike emanuel live on the hill. mike, thanks. we will head back for breaking news. president trump reacted within minutes of a call for a delay on a vote of judge kavanaugh. chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us live from the north lawn with what the president had to say today. good evening, john. >> bret, good evening to you. ever sings the allegations against judge kavanaugh first surfaced, president trump has resisted the idea of reopening the fbi background investigation into the judge. even at the very beginning saying it's not something that the fbi does. but when it was requested by the judiciary committee late today, the president's hands were pretty much tied. >> within an hour of the request from the judiciary committee, a statement from president trump. i've ordered the fbi to conduct a supplemental investigation to update judge kavanaugh's file. as the senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week. the president's statement was accompanied by one from judge kavanaugh, quote: throughout this

mike: welcome to "america's news headquarters" from washington i am mike emanuel. molly: i am molly line. mike: we begin this hour with the latest on tropical depression florence. at least 14 people have died in incidents since this storm made landfall a few days ago. more than 700,000 carolinians lost power with mike of the outages in north carolina. molly: there currently mandatory evacuation orders in effect for nine north carolina coastal communities. flooding is a major issue with the storm. nearly 31 inches of rain on parts of the north carolina coast. and it is still running across parts of north and south carolina. eight counties in north carolina have issued disaster declarations. president trump is speaking out about the fema response, just moments ago tweeting fema first responders and law enforcement are working really hard on hurricane florence. as the storm begins to finally receive, they will kick into even higher gear very professional. mike: when will the region from the get relief from the torrential rain and flooding? meteorologist adam klotz is t

. >> harris: from new york, he saw it, mike emanuel standing by in washington with the latest. >> a seniora officials says hurricane florence is going to be like mike tyson punch to the carolina coast. a huge system like hurricane florence. >> it's named a disaster for a reason, it's going to disrupt services, it's going to destroy homes and infrastructure, the power is going to be out. we feel very confident, we are going to quickly stabilize those seven critical lifelines, stabilize the lifelines our communities are used to on a daily basis, then we can turn our focus to a more long-term recovery. >> the size and strength of florence have alarmed federal authorities and concerns about what happens if that storm hovers over an area in the carolinas for an extended period of time. the red cross is warning those in the path must have a plan. >> get a kit, know what you are going to put in your kit, shelters are a safe haven but they are not a resort, so you are going to need your toothbrush, you're going to need pillows, things of that nature to sustain you. don't forget your medicine. >> p

mike emanuel from capitol hill. thank you. >>> the trump economy is booming and showing no signs of slowing despite what some media naysayers have been trying to say about rising trade tensions with china. investors showing absolutely no signs of anxiety concern today as both the dow jones industrial average and the s&p 500 closed at a record high. for the dow it's the 100th time dins president trump's election. the s&p closing at a new all-time high as well. and not only -- not the only good news. certainly jobless claims falling to a 49-year low, the third straight week it's been at an almost half century low level. with such strong numbers for the president's economy, what could the dems possibly run on in the midterms. what would it be? joining us tonight, congressman matt gates, member of the how judiciary committee, freedom caucus. great to have you with us. we look at this economy that i just reported on and have been reporting on for all of these months since the president was elected. i don't understand wha

>> mike emanuel live for us on capitol hill. mike, thank you. former senior editor for role call. david, i'm not sure if you heard mike there but mitch mcconnell, mike emanuel and brett kavanaugh when they both talked about this look, the phrase smear campaign is being thrown around a lot. that seems to be the operative phrase here for republicans. now big a deal is this second accusation whether it's corroborated or not? how big is this when it comes down to this nomination and confirmation process. >> it doesn't seem to be a big enough deal yet because it has not been corroborated. i think what we're seeing this afternoon is a reflection of sort of one of the first rules in politics. if you have got the votes, you want to vote. and if you don't have the votes, you don't want to vote. what brett kavanaugh said in his letter this afternoon i'm not backing down. i'm not going to drop out of this. i'm in it to win it. and mitch mcconnell with very similar language about smear campaign pure and simple coming to the senate floor saying we are plowin

let's get you congressional correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill. good to see you. >> foxes told the senate judiciary committee is not willing out the possibility of a monday hearing even though professor christine blasey ford has requested thursday. early senate majority leader mitch mcconnell try to ensure conservative voters that judge brett kavanaugh will be confirmed. >> my friends, keep the faith, don't get rattled by all of this. we are going to plow right through it. if we do our job. >> a hearing where lawmakers were both here from brett kavanaugh and from his accuser. he has categorically and unequivocally denied her allegations and he says he is committed to defending his integrity. kavanaugh brett grassley last night writing "thank you for the invitation to appear before the senate committee on the judiciary on monday, september 24. i will be there. i look forward to the opportunity to testify before the committee. judiciary committee democrats out with a letter of their own, they written to fbi director christopher wray writing "we are

we now have live team coverage, mike emanuel in washington on the federal response to this storm. meteorologist adam plotz in the fox extreme weather center. you have gotten an update, what is it? >> still a strong storm. likely still intensifying over the course of today before beginning to slowly weaken, harris. florence still a large one, winds at 130 miles an hour, category 4. we are getting to get closer and closer to the coast. begin to see an impact likely tomorrow. here is the strak, very defined track. pay attention to how it slows done. this will be a big part of the story. that slowdown means we will have more time for wind, more time for rain, more time for storm surge, unfortunately. all of the problems could get worse because of this slowdown. as far as winds actually arriving that, looks like tropical force winds get there on thursday evening, running into early friday morning. everything in the red, are hurricane force winds, beginning to linger there across portions of north carolina, stretching down into sex. -- stretching into south carolina. looks like it'll st

>>chris: mike emanuel reporting from capitol hill.oining me now, a key member of the judiciary committee, republican senator lindsey graham. we should note for the second week in a row, we invited all 10 committee democrats to join us and for the second week, none of them accepted. and with that, senator graham, welcome back to "fox news sunday". >> you must be mean. >>chris: or they don't want to talk. what's the latest on negotiations over having this hearing, what issues have been settled and what issues are still outstanding? how close are you to getting fed up with the witness dictating to the committee the terms of her testimony? >> german grassley has bent over backwards to make this happen. the offer is thursday at 10:00, she made conditions through her lawyer. we've accepted six. we will not turn over to the other side harmony witnesses to call. we will - - own counsel. if they contest those two things, there won't be a hearing. if they want to be heard, they can be heard in a small room with a lot of security. limited press

the chief congressional corr responsible department mike emanuel is live for us on capitol hill with more. mike? >> attorneys for professor christine blasey ford released a handwritten note and a read-out of her polygraph test. the handwritten note goes over the events she says happened to her 36 years ago. talks about her going to a small party, that she went to use the rest room, went into a bedroom and the door was locked on her. her polygraph test went over the allegation and it's says that blasey's responses are not indicative of deception. that sets the stage for tomorrow's hearing with a motions running high. >> we're not seeking to convict him or put him in jail. we're seeking the truth. we're seeking facts. we're seeking just what happened. >> this afternoon, a republican on the judiciary committee talked about how nasty things have gotten. >> some of the public comments about both of these witnesses have been vile. not unrelated to these comments, each of these witnesses have reportedly been subject to death threats. for that, we should be ashamed. the toxic political cultur

let's get the latest on all of these developments from fox news chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on capitol hill. mike. >> while there's a tentative agreement for this hearing, it is still not entirely clear if it will happen. vice president pence says in the end of the will confirm. >> i believe the judge brett kavanaugh will soon be justice brett kavanaugh. >> but first the effort continues to have christine blase ford tell her story to lawmakers with kavanaugh given a chance to respond. chairman grassley has threatened to go right to a committee vote if there is no deal. a white house spokeswoman responding one week ago dr. christine ford claimed she was assaulted at a house party but for others. since then all four of these individuals have provided statements to the senate judiciary committee denying any knowledge of the incident or even having attended such a party. then there's a controversy following the bombshell "new york times" report on deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. advisors to mr. trump are strongly urging the president not to follow through on threats to f

mike emanuel, thank you very much for the update.r poking now claiming that newly released text messages between peter strzok and lisa page show a systemic culture of leaking within the do our trump. mark meadows making those charges in the letters to rob rosenstein. president trump weighing in with the street. "so terrible, and nothing is being done at the doj or fbi. but the world is watching, and they get it completely." but strzok's attorney fired back coming calling this a conspiracy theory. katherine harris is live in washington with that. >> thank you, harris. former fbi agent peter strzok's attorney responded to the present street, issuing a statement to fox news that states it refers to a department wide initiative to detect and stop leaks to the media. the president and his neighbors are once again sounding pedalig unfounded to conspiracy theories. the back-and-forth came from mark meadows to deputy attorney rob rosenstein, highlighting two april texts sent by strzok to then fbi lawyer lisa page. "i had just literally got t

mike emanuel tells us what we know right now about thursday's hearing.s i mentioned, martha maccallum previous her interview with judge kavanaugh and his wife. brit hume will give us his perspective on the politics of this moment, but first up, correspond to peter doocy with the latest allegations in the response. >> good evening. now brett kavanaugh is being accused of sexual misconduct in high school and in college. republicans are calling the timing of these accusations very suspicious. if democrats are calling for new delays and brett kavanaugh is just trying to clear his name. >> the truth is i've never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or otherwise. from the questioning and have not questioned that perhaps dr. ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted by someone in someplace, but what i know is i've never sexually assaulted anyone. >> deborah ramirez said she needed to sit with a lawyer for six days before she was confident in details of her own story, that former classmate brett kavanaugh exposed himself to her at yale. kavanaug

. >> melissa: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill with the latest. >> good afternoon, there are number of senators here and capitol hill expressing frustration who have worked with and known judge brett kavanaugh over the years and they say he deserves better treatment. >> look, this is america here. we are supposed to uphold fairness and the perception of innocence. everyone deserves better than this. everyone. not just judge kavanaugh, everyone deserves better. >> judge kavanaugh is expected to have the opportunity to defend his integrity and his reputation at a hearing on thursday. he told fox news martha maccallum he is just seeking a fair process and his allies here say that has not been the case with democrats. >> to the democrats, they know about this since july the 30th. they chose to do nothing about it. for them to complain about the process, the allegations against judge kavanaugh are collapsing. this has been the worst low point in the senate for me and that is saying a lot. >> lawmakers are due to hear from accuser christine ford who allege

we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. firm response tenet from the head of the judiciary committee. good evening. >> fox news can confirm reports that one of brett kavanaugh's classmates, an attorney representing him, has sent a letter to the judiciary committee saying his client, kavanaugh's classmate was not of any party in question as lawmakers here try to get to the bottom of this allegation. >> judiciary chairman republican chuck grassley is still holding out hope professor christine ford will speak of his committee on monday. but he's not willing to draw this out much longer. advising her attorneys they are on the clock writing "prepared testimony and biography are due to the committee by 10:00 a.m. on friday september 21. if she intends to testify on monday. he's even willing to send committee staff to california if she wants to avoid the bright lights of a congressional hearing. >> where i'm focused right now is doing everything that we can to make dr. ford comfortable with coming before it committee either in an

>> shepard: mike emanuel on the hill.ear politics. >> good to see you, shep. >> shepard: i want to get to this matter of the fbi. democrats are pushing for a thorough investigation of that incident which presumably would mean going back, trying to find people who might have remembered something from that time more than 30 years ago, getting together the facts they can. make a report to the congress. the congress has that report before they begin the questioning. doesn't sound that much of an appetite from the majority. >> no. basically republican leaders are saying that the fbi probe into this or whatever the initial review was following the allegation that they have closed their investigation and that they are done and as we heard from president trump today the fbi didn't do this because they didn't want to do this. >> shepard: he said that's what they do. >> he said they didn't want to do it. >> shepard: he had also didn't want to declassify a bunch of documents that they didn't want to declassify. so if he told them to

mike emanuel live on the hill. thanks by the senate has approved an $894 billion bill that funds the u.s. military for the next year and provides a short-term fix to keep the government running and open through early december. this measure includes a 2.6 increase in military pay, the bill also approves bending for health and human services and other agencies. the measure now goes to the house where the lawmakers are expected to approve it next week. well, stocks like that, they were up today, the dow gained 185, the s&p 500 finished ahead 15.5. the nasdaq jumped 60. china is retaliating tonight for last night's decision by president trump to increase tariffs on $200 billion worth of imports. the president, secretary says american consumers will not actually feel the effect and try china is "out of bullets." is it? correspondent richardson reports. >> a massive explanation in the treatment between united states and china, and president trump warns his administration is prepared to hit even more chinese imports. >> i

let's get details for mike emanuel. >> good evening.ublican sources on capitol hill are calling this a home run pick, st. john kyle is smart, principled, and no-nonsense. mccain's wife cindy quickly enjoys the joys on twitter. he's a great tribute that he can go back onto public service to help the state of arizona. the arizona governor says kyle is the best possible person. >> there is far too much work before the senate. work that is important and consequential to our state and our nation. work that demands immediate attention. it is not the time for newcomers and now is not the time for on-the-job training. >> jon kyl a 76 years old and retired from the senate in 2016 after serving three terms. kyl has served as a so-called sherbrooke for judge kavanaugh, escorting him and introducing them to senators in recent months. and soon kyl will be voting on kavanaugh's confirmation. so far, kyl says he's only committed to feeling mccain's seat until the new year. >> the governor asked me to serve for the remainder of the term and he's made s

with reports from john roberts and mike emanuel.rough the entire testimony from the chief accuser of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, christine blasey ford, his response. all the questioning. it is going to be an interesting day. the story hosted by martha starts right now. tomorrow woul will be big. >> we thought it wouldn't come together it looks like it is. we have the statement now from dr. ford that has been put in. it looks like this whole thing is a go, bret. we are about to talk about it and you mentioned moments ago there is new information coming out potentially about another accuser. we are going to have a lot on our hands tomorrow morning. i look forward to see you tomorrow morning. >> see you tomorrow. >> martha: thanks, bret. brand new information just getting details on this one. get to that in a moment. it is a more recent 189990s allegation and when we get that we will bring that to you. so the president says that he will listen to what is said tomorrow at the hearing and that he could change his mind about br

>> neil: mike emanuel, thank you very much. a lot of questions now about this second woman and her charges of misconduct and worse on the part of judge kavanaugh at the time when they were college students. the "new york times" was not able to corroborate these latest allegations so what are we to come make of where things stand right now. a former federal prosecutor. where do you see this going? >> i don't think it's going to go anywhere, neil. the woman herself said she wasn't even sure it was brett kavanaugh. so the new yorker scraped the bottom of the barrel to come up with this. the "new york times" wouldn't publish it because it couldn't be corroborated. there is nothing there that can be believed whatsoever. when she doesn't even believe it herself. >> neil: this comes and the time something interesting because in all of the of course ahead of dr. ford's testimony later this week before congress, do you think that was deliberate? >> yes, i do. in fact, i have heard that the senate had this information or at least some se

mike emanuel on capitol hill what happens now whether some senators on the fence are still on the fenceting. michael? >> neil, no doubt there is a lot of pressure. a lot of these moderate senators is really boiling down to about four or so senators who will decide whether brett kavanaugh basically gets hired or ascends to the united states supreme court. but, jeff flake asked for more time. senator john cornyn a member of the republican leadership team praised jeff flake for voting to advance the nomination while asking for more time. >> there is some difference of opinion among us as to what exactly the fbi investigation would consist of. some of us think the -- it has been concluded and supplemented by this committee's investigation. others disagree with that but, i respect the fact that not only senator flake advocated to give dr. ford a chance to appear in front of the committee, which was the right thing to do, but also that he has allowed this process to move forward. >> the kavanaugh nomination was passed by the committee 11 to 10 along party lines. it comes a day after a very em

. >> julie: mike emanuel is live for us on capitol hill.t are we hearing from some of the key republican votes on the judge kavanaugh nomination? >> julie, there are a number of republican senators who are not saying much ahead of thursday's high stakes, high pressure hearing. some republican senators to watch in terms of this nomination critical votes are susan collins of maine. jeff flake of arizona, lisa murkowski of alaska. murkowski did speak briefly to reporters this afternoon but did not tip her hand. >> i have an opportunity, a long with other members of the senate and really people all over the country to hear from dr. ford and equally important to hear from judge kavanaugh. they will be on the record, under oath, and it will be an opportunity for us to, again, hear both sides of this story. >> so that is the bottom line. we are seeing basically tension building here on capitol hill as we look ahead to this high stakes hearing on thursday. julie? >> julie: what is the update from democrats, mike, and professor ford's attorneys spec

mike: and i'm miami emanuel. the -- and i'm mike emanuel. protesters confronting jeff flake in an elevator after he announced he would support kavanaugh's nomination. after the committee voted in favor of moving the nomination to full senate. >> i think everything that i've seen and viewed and experienced in the last couple of weeks has had an impact. but, so it's the been everything. this is limited in time and scope, and i think that it's appropriate. it's a lifetime appointment, and allegations this serious, we ought to let people know that we're serious about it. mick mick rich edson's live on capitol hill. hey, rich. so senator flake says he changed his mind after a conversation with a democratic colleague. >> reporter: that's right, mike, and good afternoon. senator flake says after a conversation with democratic colleague chris coons helped to change his mind on all of this and push more that one-week investigation by the fbi. senator flake spoke to "the atlantic" in which he says he trusts chris coons and that if it were anybody else

mike emanuel is live in washington. mike? >> good afternoon, shep.d the department of homeland security general is looking into whether the fema's travel is governed by statute. he spoke about the probe earlier today. >> i would intentionally never run a program incorrectly. bottom line, if we made mistakes, we'll work with the program to get corrected. doing something unethical is not part of my dna or my track record. we'll work with the omg. >> the timing is lousy with brock long and his fema team about to be tested by hurricane florence. >> shepard: yeah, they have to be busy. >> no doubt about it. they're coordinating with the local partners and advising people in the zone. it's beyond time to get out. seven fema incident management teams and 16 urban teams have been employed. officials are warning power could be out an extended time. a coast guard admiral warning they teams won't respond quickly. >> all coast guard, small boat and cutter crews will be ready to move in as soon as it's safe to do so. for those in the path of the storms, stay off

joining me now is mike emanuel live from capitol hill. reporter: there was plenty of speech ifying.t was clear the democrats were trying to shut down the hearing. atbawctd issue of abortion. >> although you told senator collins that you believed it was settled law, the question is really do you believe it's correct law. that's roe versus wade. reporter: the republican chairman of the judiciary committee says he told judge kavanaugh not to say too much. >> i expect judge kavanaugh, and it's my advice, to follow the example of justice ginsburg that a nominee should offer quote, no hints, no forecasts, for previews on how they will vote. >> reporter: it was a full day on day one of the kavanaugh hearings. ben sasse called out his democrat colleagues and said they should stop playing games. >> the question is whether he has the character and temperament. the question is does he have the character and temperament to put his views aside when he puts on the black robe. reporter: then it was time to hear from judge kavanaugh. he didn't take questions, that will come tomorrow. but he provide

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chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel following the latest developments from capitol hill tonight. >> bret, good evening, it was massive political drama with the nation watching expecting to see judge brett kavanaugh's nomination advance in the judiciary committee. but there's a twist. moderate republican senator

mike emanuel on capitol hill as the story picks up heat right before that hearing tomorrow. >> i'm told the senate judiciary committee is reviewing the latest allegation with attorney michael avenatti. he is sent in a sworn declaration from his client named julie sweat neck. he's described her as brave and honest. she's now the third accuser. now on the judge kavanaugh side of things, his site has turned in the old calendars. for example, may 1982, showing the kinds of things he was doing at the time and he did not attend a party like the one christine blasey ford has described. he cut the grass on the third and went to his friend timmy 'party on the beach on the 22nd. >> if you are a public servant whose confirmation of our love happens to oppose because they dislike the fact that you will interpret the law law and the constitution according to what they mean, rather than with the far left wishes they would mean, they are not going to hesitate to weaponize uncorroborated allegations and drag your name and your family right through the mud. >> that's for that hearing tomorrow, republica

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mike emanuel and peter doocy are here, welcome to you both. i will start with you. have you ever seen a week like this on the hill? >> know. it has been a roller coaster ride since some of these allegations against brett kavanaugh started coming out and over the past 24 to 36 hours, nonstop roller coaster of emotion where a lot of republican sources after professor ford testified, they were sick, worried the nomination was going to go south and brett cavanagh comes out fighting and they are feeling good about it and wonder how they will get 50 votes and jeff flake says this morning he is yes but then calls for delay. there has been a lot of panic and bottom line, they think the delay is not the end of the world but some of these moderate senators -- shannon: you have seen enormous crowds of protesters, you saw that during the original part of the program, what has that been like this week? >> much bigger crowds of protesters than in any point in the tax reform debate obamacare repealed debate but something else you notice away from these crowds of protesters that ar

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mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. mike, what more do you know?dana, good afternoon, it sounds like chairman chuck grassley is willing to do whatever it takes to get professor christine de blasioy ford to speak to the judiciary committee on monday. >> where i'm focused right now do everything we can to make dr. ford comfortable to come before the committee either in open session or closerred session or a public or a private interviews. that's four different ways she can choose to come. so i'm not worried about anything other than just focusing for the next few days on encouraging her to come. >> the attorney for professor christine blasey ford has argued a full investigation by law enforcement officials will ensure that crucial facts and witnesses are assessed in a nonpartisan manner before conducting any hearing lipids is i graham a member of the judiciary committee says that's playing politics quote requiring an fbi investigation of a 36-year-old allegation without specific references to time or location before professor ford will appear before

brett kavanaugh speaking out and sending a letter to members of the judiciary committee, mike emanuels live on capitol hill. mike, i understand in this new letter to the digit sherry committee, he writes "i will not be intimidated to withdraw close process, efforts to destroy my d name will not drive me out. brett kavanaugh has spoken. >> that that is right, julie. he wrote, "these are smears, pure and simple. they are also a threat to any man or woman who wishes to serve our country. i will not be intimidated into withdrawing from this process, the coordinated effort to destroy my good name will not drive me out." earlier today president trump says he is standing by his nominee. >> president trump: judge kavanaugh is an outstanding person. i am with him all the way. we will see how it goes with the senate and how it goes with the vote. i think it could be -- there is a chance that this could be one of the single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a candidate. >> arkansas senator tom cotton is losing patience with the campaign of delay and character assassination against judge ka

mike: and i'm miami emanuel. the -- and i'm mike emanuel.rotesters confronting jeff flake in an elevator after he announced he would support kavanaugh's nomination. after the committee voted in favor of moving the nomination to ful