mitchell, the designated questionnaire. kept them out of trouble by not having ten men line up to confront this woman claiming to be the victim of a horrific sexual abuse. she did not put doctor forward and much difficulty herself until the very end. i think the point that she made at the end, 400 people, three men, kavanaugh, p.j., and a good friend of yours, nellie lynn kaiser. those are the people that you remember being there. they don't confirm, corroborate what you had to say. i think she scored some points on the issue of the leaking. i think bret is absolutely right. they wanted this as a talking point. they could have turned it over to the fbi and had everybody interviewed confidentiality, but now that it has been made publia democrat cost to celebrate. it keeps the focus on something they want. and if they succeed in delaying it, so much the better, but even if they don't, they occupy valuable space in the weeks leading to the midterm election. to be dumped so, given the fact that we are only halfway through, it i

. >> miss mitchell go forward. >> mr. chairman, i just want to point out to support what senator whitehouse -- >> can we hear from dr. ford. >> george bush ordered the investigation be opened again. >> miss mitchell will you proceed for senator lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. ford, "the washington post" reported in their september 16th article that you did show them therapist notes. is that incorrect? >> i don't remember physically showing her a note. >> okay. >> perhaps my counsel did. i don't remember physically showing her my copy the ♪ >> i just don't remember. i'm sorry. i have retrieved a physical copy those medical records. >> okay. thank you. you also attended individual therapy. did you show any of those notes to the reporter from "the washington post"? >> i don't remember if i showed her something that i summarized or if i just spoke about it. or if she saw it in my counsel's office. i can't, i don't know for sure but i certainly spoke with her about the 2013 record with the individual therapist. >> brett k

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mitchell: was that deeded?> it was deed over the french ministry over to america for maintenance and perpetuity. >> the ground we are standing on, which is the cemetery, how many? >> here, honored over 3000 men. there are 2289 burials and 1060 missing in action. their names are inscribed in the memorial chapel. mitchell: they could very well be buried in one of these unmarked plots. >> in fact, we have 251 unknown soldiers, sailor, airman, marines that are buried here, 10% of the burials are unknowns. their names are likely on the wall here, but they could be on another wall or tablet in one of the american cemeteries as well. mitchell: some of those unknowns have actually been recovered, is that the case here? >> there are a total of seven of the 1060 since the chapel was completed in 1930. those listening out there who go to an overseas american cemetery, if you go to the tablet or wall and you see a bronze, small bronze rosette next to the name, that means the person was identified. that doesn't mean they we

her name is rachel mitchell.hat was a secret being held by republicans all day for reasons we cannot fathom. but now chuck grassley has confirmed that is the person who the republican men of the senate judiciary committee have asked to do their job for them because they know they can't. and they're running scared, all of them are. the republicans are running scared now on the kavanagh nomination tonight. how scared are they? consider this. republican senator jon kyl was actually working, as i said before, as one of brett kavanagh's guides through the united states senate confirmation process before he was appointed to fill john mccain's senate seat. and now senator jon kyl is afraid to even say that he still supports brett kavanagh's nomination. according to politico, jon kyl declined to commit to a yes vote for kavanagh if and when the time comes. when republican senators are running scared, they don't want you to know that. they want you to think that they're confident, and so mitch mcconnell and chuck grassley

so he made a deal with mitchell. beavers' family would deposit commissary money on mitchell's account. mitchell would then order commissary goods for beavers. the dispute arose over how many packages of noodle soup beavers would give to mitchell for agreeing to the plan. >> so mr. mitchell expected some type of payment, more than two ramen noodles, and he refused and that's when the fight broke out. >> either way, the practice is a violation of jail rules. >> lean over and blink. >> [ bleep ]. >> both beevers and mitchell will soon admit with disciplinary officer hale who will determine how much time they will each get in segregation. a solitary confinement unit where, among other things, they're locked in their cells 23 hours per day. >> they're not allowed visits, they're not allowed to go to the gym, they're not allowed to have books. the only thing they can have is legal material that pertains to their case. >> most inmates don't like to fight. but some relish the violence. >> i love a fight. >> are you good at i

mitchell -- >> mr. chairman, i just want to point out, to support what senator whitehouse said, and the anita hill case -- >> can we hear from dr. ford? >> george bush ordered that the investigation be opened again. >> ms. mitchell, will you per proceed for senator lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. ford, "the washington post" reported in their september 16th article that you did show them. is that incorrect? >> i don't remember physically showing her a note. perhaps my counsel dead, i don't remember physically showing her my copy of the notes. but i don't remember. i'm sorry. i have retrieved a physical copy of those medical records. >> okay, thank you. you also attended individual therapy. did you show any of those notes to the reporter from "the washington post"? >> again, i don't remember. i showed her something that i summarized, or if i just spoke about it. or if she saw it in my counsel's office. i don't know for sure. but i certainly spoke with her about the 2013 record with the individual the

we didn't hear anything else from rachel mitchell after that. we just heard from republican senators and democratic senators, making their respective cases. >> democrats were coming out guns blazing on kavanaugh, as one would expect. and republicans -- it was abundantly clear to everybody, obviously them as well in the room, that he needed some back-up, and that's exactly what they provided, which is why they clearly shifted strategy. it seemed as though they did it on the fly and they just stuck with it because of that. look, at the end of, what, eight hours ago, almost nine hours ago, that this hearing started. >> 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> and it is pretty remarkable that i think we're kind of where we are where we started. >> that's what i think. >> i think that's right. >> and after a day of dramatic testimony, of must-see tv to the nth degree, we are where we started, which is it is still going to be up to these senators, particularly those few who have not declared how they're going to vote, to make a judgment call. and i thought it was very

that having been said, rachel mitchell is a fine attorney.er prosecutor and is absolutely dedicated to the prosecution of sex crimes. unfortunately, given the environment she's brought into for this hearing, in a lot of ways she in a no-win situation. >> why do you say that? >> well, you have to look at this. we only heard just last night that rachel mitchell would be assigned this task and given this task and already she's getting criticism from the right, she's getting criticism from the left. so one of two things happen, either she ask blasey ford some very, very tough questions, and on the other hand if she softballs dr. ford and the republicans on the committee feel rachel mitchell is not being aggressive enough, people are going to say she wasn't thorough. so either way she's certainly up for the task. she's imminently qualified, a highly ethical attorney but there's just no good answer here. >> i'd be remiss not to ask you, you haven't been to touch with her since the news broke she'd be heading to washington, correct? >> no, i think s

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. >> miss mitchell. >> mr. chairman, i want to point out that to support what senator whitehouse said in the anita hill case -- >> can we hear from dr. ford. >> george bush ordered that the investigation be opened again. >> miss mitchell, will you proceed for senator lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. ford, the "washington post" reported in their september 16th article that you did show them therapist notes. is that incorrect? >> i don't remember physically showing her a note. >> okay. >> perhaps my counsel did. i don't remember physically showing her my copy of the note. >> okay. >> but i just don't remember. i'm sorry. i have retrieved a physical copy of those medical records. >> okay. thank you. you also attended individual therapy. did you show any of those notes to the reporter from the "washington post"? >> again, i don't remember if i showed her, like, something that i summarized or if i just spoke about it. or if she saw it in my counsel's office. i can't -- i don't know for sure. i certainly spoke wi

andrea mitchell? >> well, you know, garrett's right there and he's seeing it and witnessing it in real time. lindsey graham has been the president's bodyguard on capitol hill for quite some time, which was a quick conversion, as senator mccain became more and more indisposed and eventually passed. lindsey graham has defended president on almost every issue. it's raised a lot of questions in broader circles. i was part of an interview with senator kennedy from louisiana, and he said, even though he was supporting kavanaugh, he said, i'm going to keep an oop oppen i want to see what she has to say. we both afterwards said this guy can be persuaded by an effective testimony. so i think that, you know, mitch mcconnell is absolutely planning to, you know, plow ahead, as he said, and rally his troops, but they had a very, very long tuesday caucus meeting, much longer than their usual lunches. we know from subsequent reporting that there were some members of the senate caucus who were saying we've got to get

mitchell -- >> mr.to point out, to support what senator whitehouse said, and the anita hill case -- >> can we hear from dr. ford? >> george bush ordered that the investigation be opened again. >> ms. mitchell, will you per proceed for senator lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. ford, "the washington post" reported in their september 16th article that y

barzee's husband, brian david mitchell, remains behind bars, serving a life sentence. smart's courage was on display to the world during his trial as she delivered emotional testimony, reliving the trauma nearly 8 years after her release. >> i told brian david mitchell today in court that whether he received his just sentence here on earth or after this earth life that one day he will have to be responsible for his actions. >> reporter: since the trial, smart has tried to put the past behind her as she has moved on, getting married and starting a foundation. >> today is the ending of a very long chapter and the beginning of a very beautiful chapter for me. >> reporter: barzee was at one time expected to be behind bars in that utah state prison until january 2024, but a new ruling by the utah parole board found she was entitled to credit for the years she spent in federal custody. smart is now imploring the board to change their decision. >> that being said, i would urge the powers that be and anyone who works under them to really strongly reconsider this situation, to

mitchell, fascinating to me. she seemed to be simultaneously as she talked about how sex crimes victims are usually interviewed, what kind of process they usually go through. you see dr. shaking hands. question after question after mu like rachel mitchell was doing today in public in that questioning. she seemed to be saying those republicans who hired her, i came in to do this my way but it couldn't be done effectively -- >> i so related to her. i have been saying this for weeks. this is not how assaults, sex crimes are investigating. generally you work with either an fbi agent or work with the victim witness advocate. you work with a trained detective in sex crimes and you interview the complainant either video taping or audio tape. it is someone who has the training. when the prosecutor comes in, then the examination begins. so the investigation in what we just saw which is really the examination are generally separate. this is something that i just never see when it comes to an alleged sexual assault. this is

andrea mitchell. i want to bring in nina to thenburg into the conversation, npr's legal affairs correspondent. she broke the story of anita hill's allegations against clarence thomas back in 1991. nina, i want to play part of what the president said about all of this yesterday. >> well, it does impact my opinion, you know why, because i've had a lot of false charges made against me. people want fame. they want money. they want whatever. so when i see it, i view it differently than somebody sitting home watching television, where they say, oh, judge kavanaugh, this or that. it's happened to me many times. so when you say does it affect me in terms of my thinking with respect to judge kavanaugh, absolutely, because i've had it many times. >> wow, nina, can you decode that for us, what is the president saying? >> he's saying i've had this happen to me and i was -- he never says i was innocent. he said -- he identifies with kavanaugh in this battle. at the same time, he also said, well, i'm going to be wa

mitchell. >> mr. chairman, i just want to point out that to support what senator whitehouse said, in the anita hill case, george bush ordered that the investigation be opened again. >> ms. mitchell will you proceed for senator lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman.

rachel mitchell will question dr. ford. as we heard, president trump is in attack mode after questioning the credibility of the second accuser. this morning, the attorney for her is firing back saying she is willing to testify. >> i found that comment by the president to be pretty disgusting, and pretty hurtful. i think everybody can understand why a politician wants to spin bad information, but to do it in a mocking fax is inappropriate. >> frustrated and is becoming more and more motivated to participate in whatever fashion the judiciary will allow her to. >> garrett is following the latest developments from capitol hill. msnbc contributor barbara is here. on set, nita and jeff mason. garrett, let me start with you. there's a lot of action on the hill at the moment, including from mitch mcconnell talking about having rachel mitchell come in to ask questions on behalf of the men, guys on the other side of the committee. >> reporter: we are hurdling toward the hearing thursday and a vote friday. the committee set things up

reporter: that was rachel mitchell talking to ford. she was also able to say ford fly as lot during vacation for our work. one. reasons this hearing was delayed until today because ford's attorneys were saying that she was afraid to fly. so again that guys to her credibility. after this testimony from ford, judge brett kavanaugh will have his chance under oath. trish? trish: okay. thank you so much, edward lawrence. we'll go back to d.c. right now where we're watching senator durbin talking to the reporters. let's listen in. >> staff counsel questioned her themselves? >> if you listen to the prosecutor's conclusion, doing an interview in five-minute segments is not recommended. you can tell she too was frustrated. i couldn't follow her line of thinking. i tried to understand where she was coming from. it seemed so oblique and so fragmented, i never quite understood what she was trying to say. >> having heard -- [inaudible] >> the thing we need to hear the most what is very obvious. if there is no evidence and there are no witnesses to

there have clearly been attem pts mitchell. there have clearly been atte m pts to mitchell., the issue of whether she was afraid of flying, was she actually afraid of flying or was she just saying that. to cast doubt on her credibility as a character more broadly, whether she was a democratic partisan, she seems to have handled that questioning pretty well. what else do they need to do withjim thing they can do is cast doubt on her credibility, they have got to be deep dent in her credibility before brett kavanaugh sta rts credibility before brett kavanaugh starts speaking. what can they do regarding that? it is difficult to see. she did not seem to be dissembling, it seems to be a sincere account. i have read the testimonial that she was going to get last night, which is released beforehand. i read it and it was tough to read that it was oaky. when you physically heard it, and her seeing it oaky. when you physically heard it, and herseeing it in oaky. when you physically heard it, and her seeing it in her own words, with that kind of emotion and the clear sense of pain, it

mitchell: this design is unique. none of the other cemeteries i've seen have the doughboy as the handle. jeffrey: we are the only one that has it. this is probably the most photographed architectural feature in the whole cemetery. everybody takes pictures of it. this is very unique. if you look at these doors, they are bronze doors. they were put up in 1932 or 1933. they work phenomenally. little kids can open them up. they have never been replaced. you have the curve of the wall. the doors are curved, too. when you look down them, you can see if they have a curve to the door. the doors were cast to fit the curve of the wall. it is a beautiful piece of architectural work. everyone in the cemetery has a battle map. this is a battle map. you can see where the salient .as, the cities you can actually see how big this battlefield was. each color, when you look at the map, you can see the 42nd, 89th, 2nd, 5th, 90th, 82nd, each one of those represents about 25,000 soldiers. is theith the 26th southern flank. and this is th

mitchell -- >> mr. chairman, i just want to point out, to support what senator whitehouse said, in the anita hill case -- >> can we hear from ms. mitchell. >> -- george bush had the investigation opened up again. >> can you proceed, ms. mitchell. >> thank you, mr. chairman.

we've also seen rachel mitchell. she's the republican outside counsel who was brought in because she's the chief of special victims division at the maricopa county attorney's office in arizona. as you may know on the senate judiciary committee on the republican side, it's all male. and the concern was that questioning a woman who has described in graphic detail an assault, that it would not look right. so they have deferred now to a prosecutor to do the questioning. she will do the questioning on the behalf of the republicans. each democratic senator, and there are ten of them, will get five minutes each. let's go to ed o'keefe, who is right outside that hearing room. ed? >> norah, good morning to you. this marble lined hallway leads into dirksen 226. we've seen members of the committee make their way in. a few democrats stopped here to tell us they think five minutes is not nearly enough time for them to try to get to the bottom of this situation. they say they will be pressing kavanaugh for details to try to establ

as to miss mitchell, that's what i hoped she would do. i heard a bunch of speeches from a bunch of politicians who have politicized this from day one, who have been lying in wait for a political purpose, not miss ford, but certainly them, making a bunch of speeches, and miss mitchell methodically went through the facts of what happened that day leading up to that day and how we find ourselves here. so from my point of view i'm pleased with what i saw. >> do you still want to vote on friday? >> i do. >> given what you laid out about your own background as a prosecutor and defense attorney and judge, did you sitting up there find dr. ford to be credible? >> i didn't find her allegations to be corroborated against mr. kavanaugh. i don't doubt something happened to me. she is saying it's brett kavanaugh, can't tell me the house, the city, the month of the year. he's telling me i didn't do it. here's what you do when you have an emotional accusation and you have an an emotional denial, you use the rule of law, the presumption of innocence atta

mitchell. >> thank you, senator. i have a blow-up here to my right of the map that was shown to you. the address that's indicated on here as belonging to your family is what all the property tax records showed as being your address. >> okay. >> just to put it in perspective, i would like to show you a further out zoomed out picture so that we can put it in perspective. so we can see the greater washington area. you can see the beltway on that, the beltway area. >> okay. >> then number three, if we could look at that. we drew a one-mile radius around the country club. and then we calculated from the -- >> mr. chairman, again, we don't have these documents. no, we're not. that's why she showed three different documents, because they depict three different things. we would like to see all three documents, please, so we can follow along. >> proceed, please. >> okay. looking at the third thing here, we calculated the distance from the closest point to your house from a mile radius of the country club, and then the farthes

chairman. >> miss mitchell. >> mr. chairman, i want to point out that to support what senator whitehouse said in the anita hill case -- >> can we hear from dr. ford. >> george bush ordered that the investigation be opened again. >> miss mitchell, will you proceed for senator lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. ford, the "washington post"

andrea mitchell, john meacham, thank you for joining us on this coverage.e committee is scheduled to meet at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow and they will be voting on the brett kavanagh nomination according to the chairman. you can watch that live on msnbc and we will be back here tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. with the last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >> the breaking news we're covering tonight after this in credible day after this extraordinary testimony in washington, dr. christine blasey ford fearful of coming forward,n but 100% certain she says it was brett kavanagh who assaulted her, saying she feared rape and feared for her life. then we heard from judge kavanagh speaking through anger and at times in tears, calling the process a national disgrace, a political hit, and declaring himself innocent of this charge. and now tonight the biggest question of them all. were any votes changed after what we witnessed today? "the 11th hour" just getting underway on a thursday night.h

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republicans hired rachel mitchell to ask questions for them. senate democrats asked their own questions. judge kavanaugh guesses or bottle in about an hour and a half. -- gives his rebuttal in about an hour and a half. >>> this morning, we continue our hearing on the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh to serve as associate justice on our supreme court. we will hear from two witnesses, dr. christine blasey ford and judge kavanaugh. thanks, of course, to dr. ford and judge kavanaugh for accepting our committee's invitation to testify and also thank them for their volunteering to testify before we even invite it. both dr. ford and judge kavanaugh have been through a terrible couple weeks. they and their families have received vile threats. what they have endured ought to be considered by all of us as unacceptable and a poor reflection on the state of civility in our democracy. so i want to apologize to you both for the way you've been treated and i intend hopefully for today's hearing to be safe, comfortable, and dignified for both of our witness

mitchell to ask questions and get answers. so we can do our job i appreciate chairman grassley doing his best to run efficiently as much as that is possible. i said at the firsty hearing after senators would speak over each other and make motions out of order when one senatorde said i am breaking the confidentiality rules. this seems like a hearing by mob rule. not the civility should expect from the united states senate. but chairman grassley has done then best anybody could do under difficult circumstances. this hearing was notot easy for doctor ford or judge kavanaugh. it has been painful for everybody involved. but looking closer to a resolution on this nomination. today with the judiciary committee i'm glad we could pass that nomination to the senate floor. summer saying we are moving too fast. to them i would say it is clear what the objective of the opponents of the nomination is. the objective is delay. delay. delay. some have said their goal is to delay the confirmation past the midterm electionso to hope it turns out

eddiejones got australia notjohn mitchell, they go back a long way.les in the setup. it will be alpha males in the setup. it will be a roller—coaster ride over the next few months. but at least it will be exciting, wounded ? but at least it will be exciting, wounded? let's have a look at some of today's other headlines... the vice—president of the world anti—doping agency says she will vote against lifting the suspension of russia's anti—doping agency this week. wada's executive committee are expected to pave the way for russia's re—admission into international sport following evidence of state sponsored doping. but linda helleland is the first member of wada's senior leadership to oppose the move. world middleweight champion boxer billyjoe saunders has been charged with misconduct by the british boxing board of control. he is seen on a social media video in his car asking a woman to perform a sex act in return for drugs and he also persuaded her to hit a passer—by. he has apologised saying it was ‘banter‘ that ‘went wrong'. the england rugby league i

men turning over their questioning of fordo veteran sex crime prosecutor rachel mitchell. >> we haven met. my name is rachel mihell. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: the format with mitchell given five-minute chunks at times award. democrats pressing kavanaugh if he wants an fbi investigation. >> persally, do you think that's the best thing for us to do? ,you want to answer? >> lo senator, i've -- i've said i wanted a hearing and i id i was welcome to anything. i'm innocent. >> reporter: the most heated moment coming from lindsey graham livering a fiery attack on his democratic colleagues. >> when you say sotomyer tell them i voted for them. i'd never do what you tid to this guy. this i most ethical sham since i've been in politics. >> at one point ford called running into mark judge at a safe way weeks after the alleged incident. >> i said hello to him. and his face was white elnd very uncomfortable saying back. i couldn't characterize him as not friendly. he was nervous and not really wanting to speak with me and he ill. d a little >> reporter: judge denies ford's allegations. in t

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proceed miss mitchell. >> dr. ford, we're almost done. >> thank you. >> just couple clean up questions first of all. which of your two lawyers did senator feinstein's office recommend? >> the katz firm. >> when you did leave that night, did leland keyser ever follow up and say what happened to you? >> i've had communications with her recently. >> i'm talking about the next day. >> no. she didn't know about the event. she was downstairs during the event and i did not share it with her. >> are you aware that the three people at the party besides yourself and brett kavanaugh have given statements under penalty of felony to the committee? >> yes. >> are you aware of what those statements say? >> yes. >> are you aware they say they have no memory or knowledge of such a party? >> yes. >> do you have any particular motives to ascribe to leland? >> i guess we would take those one at a time. leland has significant health challenges and i'm that she's focusing on herself and getting the health treatment that she needs and s

now, mitchell was an environmentalist, and very progressive conservationist. there's a -- you all know about woodlands they built a planned community community outside of houston that had preservation and conservations. and he's looked down the road of what was going to happen to america and the world if we turned to coal. either we would have to sacrifice energy of our civilization or we would destroy our planet with the pollution. in his opinion, the only thing that could rescue planet was natural gas it burns far cleaner than coal as it happened, he had 300,000 acres under lease. and -- and he also had a contract with the city of chicago to provide 10% of that city's natural gas needs. is a terrific deal when he signed it but resource were continually diminishing so he was facing bankruptcy. now, a mile and a half below this area that he had under lease 70 miles north of dallas is -- a geological called the barnette shale, it's -- 5,000 square miles in dimension, that covered 17 county moe of them in texas, and it was estimated and known to have the largest

i can think of no one better equipped to question the witnesses than rachel mitchell. she is a career prosecutor, civil servant with decades of experience, investigating a prosecuting sex crimes. she is -- has dedicated her career to seeking justice. most recently, rachel was a division chief of the special victims division maricopa county attorney's office, which prosecutes sex crimes and family violence. then democratic senator -- governor janet napolitano, previously recognized her as the outstanding arizona sexual assault prosecutor of the year. and she has spent years instructing prosecutors, detectives, and child protection workers on how to properly interview victims of sexual assault and abuse. aide, a look for to a fair productive hearing. i understand that there are two other public allegations. inay's hearing was scheduled close consultation with dr. ford's attorneys and her testimony will be the subject of this hearing. we have been trying to investigate other allegations. at this time, we have not had cooperation from attorneys representing other clients.

mitchell, has been doing this for years and years. so, that will be interesting. they'll kind of have to ride the emotion of the moment as they encounter it. chairman grassley has found his seat. you saw senator cruz right behind him. cynthia, in the closing seconds before we hear the gavel, tone is going to be important today. >> tone is important. do you know what else i'm looking for? the little facts. the little things people can remember can really weigh in on credibility. we read her earlier statement. she does have interesting, little facts about remembering the music was turned up and the way they walked away after the assault happened. i'm looking for more of that to come out. >> this will be interesting. five-minute rounds among the senators. and we believe the following to be the case. we believe republicans are all going to, in effect, donate, yield their time to the overall effort of the questioning of this witness. let's open the microphones in the room and take in this. i've been told that the committee has not opened the microphones and allowed sou

mitchell is serving life. for smart, who has moved on with her life, today a grim reminder of how her past can still haunt her. ellmaguer, nbc news >>> coming up, corporal punishment controversy. why one school is bringing back paddling. >>> let me pose a question to you. one i think a lot of you will be discussing after this story. if you got a call from school saying your d involves being struck with a paddle, what would you say? nbc's blake mccoy now on a controversial form of corporal punishment making a comeback. >> reporter: tonight, a georgia school asking parental consent for a classic form of corporal punishment. the paddle policy at the georgia school for innovation in the classics states the student will be taken into an office behind closed doors. the student will place their hands on their knees or piece of furniture and will be struck on the buttocks with a paddle. >> there was a time where corporal punishment was kind of the norm in school and you didn't have the problems that you have. >> assum

miss mitchell for senator graham. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you told senator feinstein in your letter that you and four others were present. you've corrected that today to say it was at least four others. when you were interviewed by the washington post you said that there were four boys present at the party. and then in your polygraph statement you said there were four boys and two girls. when you say two girls, was that you and another or was that two other girls? >> that was me and one other girl. >> and that other girl's name? >> leeland. >> leeland kaiser now? >> correct. >> okay. so then would it be fair to say at least p.j., brett kavanaugh, mark judge, leeland ingram at the time and yourself were present and possibly others? >> and one other boy, so there were four boys. i just don't know the name of the other boy. >> have you been contacted by anybody saying, hey, i was at that party, too? >> no, i haven't talked with anyone from party. >> okay. now, you've been detailed about what happened once you got up the stairs and so i don't ne

mitchell that that was very telling, she showed that dr. ford flies an awful lot for somebody who doesn't want to fly from california to the east coast when in fact she was in bethany beach, delaware, from august until now. they lied. the democrats lied about where she was. they said she was in california and couldn't get here which is why the committee offered to fly to california to interview her. guess what? if they had flown there, she would have been in delaware. >> laura: she went up to new hampshire -- >> she flew around a lot. >> laura: we'll get to this yearbook stuff in a moment. there was another moment about the polygraph, scott, where she was asked about the polygraph and again, the senators -- the point didn't get nailed on this. i don't understand why. mitchell just was too slow. i don't know. it was like, come on! that whole format was a joke. but she was asked about the polygraph, did anyone record it. and she said, there was a laptop -- where there notes? i think the committee wanted whatever those notes were or recording,

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mitchell. tomr. chairman, i would like point out, to support what senator whitehouse said, in the need a hill case, george bush investigated that the -- order that the investigation be opened again. >> will you proceed? >> dr. ford, the washington post reported in their september 16

who they have hired just for this hearing. >> i'm not interested in seeing miss mitchell go cat woman on anybody. she has an extraordinary reputation for being able to ferret out the truth and sexual allegations of sexual assault. >> reporter: ford's lawyers released photos today of her undergoing a polygraph test in august. a former fbi agent found her responses about the alleged high school groping incident were not indicative of deception. >> yes, people might have had too many beers on occasion. >> reporter: in his prepared testimony, kavanagh was more frank about alcohol than he was on fox news, admitting, i drank beer with my friends usually on weekends, sometimes i had too many. but i never did anything remotely resembling what dr. ford describes. >> there's plenty of reason for people to think that this is a smear campaign. >> but doesn't that imply that the women are lying? >> it doesn't, it doesn't hold them in high esteem, put it that way. >> reporter: ford's attorneys have released her extensive written testimony. she is expected to say tomorrow, i believed kavanagh was go