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

mr. kavanaugh as my attacker outside of therapy. this changed in early july 2018. us saw press reports stating that brett kavanaugh was on the short list of a list of very well qualified supreme court nominees. i thought it was my civic duty to relay the information about his conduct so that those considering his nomination would know about this assault. i called my representative and let her receptionist know that someone on the president's short list had attacked me. i also sent a message to the inen crypted "washington post" confidential tip line. i did not kwluz my name but provided the names of brett kavanaugh and mark judge. i stated that mr. kavanaugh had assaulted me in the 1980s in maryland. this was an extremely hard thing for me to do, but i felt that i couldn't not do it. over the next two days, i told a couple of close friends on the beach in california that mr. kavanaugh had sexually assaulted me. i was very conflicted as to whether to speak out. on july 9th, i received a return phone call from the office of congresswoman anna eshew after mr. kavanaugh

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

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

mr. kavanaugh. >> okay. can you describe all of the other social interactions that you had with mr. kavanaugh? >> briefly, yes, i can. during freshman and sophomore year, particularly my sophomore year, which would have been his junior year of high school, four to five parties that my friends and i attended that were attended also by him. >> okay. did anything happen at these events we're talking about? besides the time we're talking about? >> you can answer that question and then i'll go to sandra harris. go ahead and answer that question. >> there was no sexual assault at any of those events. is that what you're asking? >> yes. >> yes. those were just parties. >> or anything inappropriate is what i'm asking. >> maybe we can go into more detail when there's more time. i feel time pressure on that question. yeah. i'm happy to answer in further detail if you want me to. >> i'm sorry. go ahead and finish answering your question. >> oh, okay. did you want me to describe those parties or -- >> should we save this for the next round, mr. chairman? >> no, answer the question. >> i'm happy

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

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

mr. kavanaugh: absolutely. it is important to understand. i think senator graham alluded to this as well. vonnie: you have been watching the kavanaugh hearings on capitol hill. this is brett kavanaugh answering questions during his hearings. before he is appointed to the supreme court of all goes well. on capitol hill, testimony from twitter ceo jack dorsey. he will be going before the house energy committee any moment. we will dip into that as well. he already had a busy morning as did sheryl sandberg of facebook. selina wang is an washington, d.c. for us. some up what was concluded from this morning's hearing. morning, the hearing was focused on election meddling and bad actors and foreign influence. the hearing i am standing outside of right now that will start any minute is really ofused on alleged censorship conservative voices. hours ago, we had the department of justice say they consider this issue to be very important in that they are looking into this alledge censorship and potential anti-conservative bias. the standing outside of ro

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

mr. kavanaugh. and a number ofkavanaugh. and a number of witnesses -- john amy: we just lost kristen clarke on a satellite. but that is today, what will be taking place at the kavanaugh confirmation hearings. kristen clarke, president and executive director of the lawyers' committee for civil rights under law. we will link to the report that her group released last week, a damming report on kavanaugh's record concerning civil rights and criminal justice, voting rights, fair housing, productive rights, informal justice, as well as the statement they issued opposing judge kavanaugh's nomination to the desk confirmation to the supreme court. when we come back, the trump administration has just said, issued a rule e they will hohold chchildren indefinitely, define the flores agreement will stop over 400 kids, number of them under fifive years old, , are sl being detained by the u.s. government, separated at the border. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy g

thank you, mr chairman. judge kavanaugh, earlier today, dr ok. uivocably. that she was a victim of sexual assault at your hands. she answered our questions directly, and she did not flinch at the prospect of submitting herself to an fbi investigation of these charges. i'm sure she has been advised by her attorneys, we know that a person lying to the fbi can face criminal prosecutions. you have clearly and unequivocably denied that you assaulted dr ford. with that statement, you must believe that there is no credible evidence or any credible witness that could prove otherwise? you start off with an impassioned statement at the beginning, and! impassioned statement at the beginning, and i can imagine —— try to imagine what you and your family have been through, i would not come close to it. no, you wouldn't. i'm sure i wouldn't. in the course of it, you said that you welcome any kind of investigation, that's a quote from you. "i welcome any investigation". i have a suggestion for you. right now, turned your left in front row, to don mcgann, counsel

mr. kavanaugh. >> okay. can you describe all of the other social interactions that you had with mr. kavanaugh? >> briefly, yes, i can. during freshman and sophomore year, particularly my sophomore year, which would have been his junior year of high school, four to five parties that my friends and i attended that were attended also by him. >> okay. did anything happen at these events we're talking about? besides the time we're talking about? >> you can answer that question and then i'll go to sandra harris. go ahead and answer that question. >> there was no sexual assault at any of those events. is that what you're asking? >> yes. >> yes. those were just parties. >> or anything inappropriate is what i'm asking. >> maybe we can go into more detail when there's more time. i feel time pressure on that question. yeah. i'm happy to answer in further detail if you want me to. >> i'm sorry. go ahead and finish answering your question. >> oh, okay. did you want me to describe those parties or -- >> should we save this for the next round, mr. chairman? >> no, answer the question. >> i'm happy

mr. kavanaugh. >> okay. can you describe all of the other social interactions that you had with mr. kavanaugh? >> briefly, yes, i can. during freshman and sophomore year, particularly my sophomore year, which would have been his junior year of high school, four to five parties that my friends and i attended that were attended also by him. >> okay. did anything happen at these events we're talking about? besides the time we're talking about? >> you can answer that question and then i'll go to sandra harris. go ahead and answer that question. >> there was no sexual assault at any of those events. is that what you're asking? >> yes. >> yes. those were just parties. >> or anything inappropriate is what i'm asking. >> maybe we can go into more detail when there's more time. i feel time pressure on that question. yeah. i'm happy to answer in further detail if you want me to. >> i'm sorry. go ahead and finish answering your question. >> oh, okay. did you want me to describe those parties or -- >> should we save this for the next round, mr. chairman? >> no, answer the question. >> i'm happy

kavanaugh. who was this person? i think that was mrwas 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 periodically at columbia country club but i didn't see him often. i saw him by his brother several times. was this personal the only common link between you and judge kavanaugh? only common link

she said she was 100% certain it was mr kavanaugh who had assaulted her. added that his notes showed he had not attended a party at the location dr ford had described. and in other news: a fierce critic of the philippines president, rodrigo duterte, is facing possible detention over charges of instigating a coup d‘etat. mr duterte ordered the arrest of senator antonio trillanes earlier this month, despite a previous presidential pardon. that‘s all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

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

mr. kavanaugh: yes. senator: attacking the claims administration's assertions during your work of the office of independent counsel, and on the other hand helping to draft executive order 13233, which establishes policies and procedures that govern the processing of request for presidential records and the assertion of constitutionally based privileges. does this executive order set forth those circumstances under which an assertion of executive privilege should be made and/or would be successful, and does anything in the executive order purport to block prosecutors or grand juries from gaining access to presidential to records in a criminal investigation? mr. kavanaugh: senator, nothing in the order purports to assert privilege at all. it is up to the individual president, former president or current president to assert privilege following procedures in the order. so nothing blocks anything from a criminal or grand jury investigator. and, again, there has been some miss impressions about the order when

in fairness of mr kavanaugh, his non—ansah a nswe rs a re of mr kavanaugh, his non—ansah answers aret have to a nswer a rule that you shouldn't have to answer questions about an issue that might come before you. well any issue can come before you. it has reduced these hearings into a bizarre form. they have got less and less su bsta nce bizarre form. they have got less and less substance to it. what you see is therefore the senators, that is what the senators daily—macro hearings are about. it is a shame, given how important this man is going to be. he was asked about the idea of subpoenaing the president, from one of the democrats. can a sitting president be required to respond to a subpoena? that is a hypothetical question and it is a matter for the canons of judicial independence. i can't give you an answer on that hypothetical question. i think we heard mr kavanaugh said this is a hypothetical question, but it might not be a hypothetical question with this president? mr kavanaugh is known to be deferential to executive power. his stiff opposition is in article two. so every expec

mr. kavanaugh senator, i would : -- mr. kavanaugh: senator, i would like to answer that question but i do not think it is my place to talk about internal discussions. i want to be careful not to go down the road. but there has been no public assertion. senator: i appreciate your desire to treat that with confidentiality. did you work on the bush administration's assertion of executive privilege to shield to the records regarding the pardons issued by bill clinton at the end of his presidency and withhold from congress justice department documents related to the investigation of alleged campaign fund-raising abuses by the clinton administration? mr. kavanaugh: i was involved in that matter, working for judge gonzalez, who in turn, was providing advice to the president. senator: i do believe the founders thought that the posture of the government with regard to religious expression should be one of neutrality. not hostility. i realize as a lower court judge you will be powered by the supreme court's precedents, but i wonder if

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

mr kavanaugh has denied the allegations. our washington correspondent chris buckler has more. the senatejudiciary committee had set a series of deadlines to try to get a firm answer from christine blasey ford about whether or not she was prepared to give evidence. now, we have had a letter from her lawyer to the committee and in it she says specifically that she is prepared to provide what she describes as first—hand knowledge of brett kavanaugh's sexual misconduct. now, judge kavanaugh denies any suggestion that he was involved in sexually assaulting her some 36 years ago at a party. but she continues to make these claims and she will now do so, it seems, at this hearing. that's provided a number of terms and conditions are met. she's understood to be concerned, first of all, that brett kava naugh

mr kavanaugh strongly denies the allegations. our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. why not wait? of the supreme court nomination. to me doesn't matter! and then you're going to let people who do these things into power! had just announced he backed judge kavanaugh. these women weren't impressed. do you think that he's telling the truth? do you think that he's telling the truth to the country? yesterday's visceral testimony. brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most. i have never done this, to her or to anyone. what is the strongest memory you have? uproarious laughter between the two. and they're having fun at my expense. | don't know, have you? could you answer the question, judge? yeah and i'm curious if you have. i have no drinking problem, judge. yeah, nor do i. on—board, a vote was called for 1:30 today to approve his nomination. but something odd was unfolding. had senator flake gone flaky? the minutes ticked by. he wasn't in his seat. he'd been meeting democrats. into the deliberations. that we do due diligen

mr. kavanaugh. judge kavanaugh. and i have been a judge, a prosecutor and a defense attorney. here is what i will tell you. when it comes to where it happened, i still don't know. i don't know when it happened. she said she is 100% certain it did happen. i bet you judge kavanaugh will say i'm 100% sure i didn't do it people named they don't know what miss ford is talking about. can't tell us how she got home and got there. that is the facts i'm left with. a nice lady who has come forward to tell a hard story that is uncorroborated and this is enough, god help anybody else that gets nominated, based on what i heard today, you could not get a search warrant or an arrest warrant because you don't know the location, you don't know the time, and you don't have any corroboration. as to miss mitchell, that is what i hoped she would do. i heard a bunch of speeches from a bunch politicians who politicized this from day one, lying in wait for a political purpose, not miss ford, but certainly them. making a bun

now mr trump has defended brett kavanaugh throughout this saga, but he did say today that...xactly. two things to note, this is the first time donald trump has referenced michael avenatti at all, despite all the work that he has done attacking donald trump and supporting stormy daniels, the adult film star who alleged she had an affair with donald trump and was paid by donald trump to keep her silent. and what donald trump right there is doing, he is drawing a direct line between those allegations, the sexual harassment and misconduct allegations against him, and brett kavanaugh and the allegations against him. he is putting all of his chips in, saying these are exactly the same kind of things, both of them are unfounded allegations. it will be very difficult for him to back down at this point, given the way he is framing this debate. full coverage tomorrow of that judiciary hearing. the bombs dropped by allied forces during world war two were so powerful they were felt in space. we already knew the allied bombing campaign in europe was relentless, as this news clip from 1943

mr kavanaugh has strongly denied assaulting her when they were at high school.h's confirmation, following the allegations. jon sopel reports from washington. brett kavanaugh, until last week, was gliding effortlessly to his seat on the all—powerful supreme court. conservative, charming, popular, and well—connected, he seemed the perfect pick to fill the vacant seat. do you swear that the testimony that you're about to give... but now a woman's come forward — a psychology professor from california — to say that she was sexually assaulted by mr kavanaugh when they were teenagers some 35 years ago. christine blasey ford told the washington post that she'd been pinned down on a bed by him and that he'd covered her mouth when she tried to scream. "i thought he might inadvertently kill me," she said. judge kavanaugh has issued a statement emphatically denying the charge. "this is a completely false allegation," he says, "i have never done anything like what the accuser describes — to her or to anyone." the white house is still pushing his nomination, but they'll be wa

mr. kavanaugh deserves to sit on the supreme court.you the truth. >> joining us now is seong min kim, she was in the room, and thank you for being here. it's a real pleasure to have you here. >> thanks have having me. >> you were in the room today. were you there for both the morning and afternoon sessions? >> yeah, i was. and it was striking just the different atmosphere that the morning session and the afternoon session had. clearly her -- you know, her testimony was just incredibly riveting. the senators who all were sitting up leaning forward in their chairs, they were really listening to her word, every word that was coming out of her mouth really intently. almost all the senators were on time for the hearing. that doesn't happen very often. and obviously judge kavanaugh came out very combative and defiant and then lindsey graham delivered, you know, his very angry monologue and that just unleashed this -- like all these tensions in the room. >> in terms of that turning point when senator graham decided to kind of break format, up

he is on the back foot of the allegations about mr kavanaugh.mes about mr kavanaugh. if you look at his twitterfeed, sometimes he about mr kavanaugh. if you look at his twitter feed, sometimes he was talking about the un and sometimes he was talking about the supreme court nomination and he feels that bashing the un and escalating the trade war with the chinese can only help him in the november mid—term elections. so professor crabtree, is he saying all of this in the united nations to gain an audience in the domestic market, ahead of the mid—term elections? domestic market, ahead of the mid-term elections? i don't think it is quite that simple. i think innocenti does have a message for the international audience. he has consistently cared about these issues of reasserting bilateral power and american power in the world. nonetheless it is is pretty clear that part of the people he is talking to hear is his own core base, republican base, he needs to get the turnout. but he is not only doing that. it is interesting what is it about north korea, f

until july 2018 i had never named mr kavanaugh as my attacker outside of therapy. eme court nominees. i thought it was my civic duty to relate the information about mr kavanaugh's conduct so those considering his nomination would know about this assault. 0n considering his nomination would know about this assault. on july six i had know about this assault. on july six ihada know about this assault. on july six i had a sense of urgency to relate the information to the senate and the information to the senate and the president as soon as possible before a nominee was selected. i did not know how specifically to do this. i cold my congressional representative and let my perception is now that someone on the president's shortlist had attacked me. i also sent a message to the incredibly washington post confidential line. i did not use my name but i provided the names brett kavanaugh and markjudge. i stated that mr kavanaugh had assaulted me in the 1980s in maryland. this was an extremely hard thing for me to do. but i felt that i couldn't not do. but i felt that i couldn

mr. kavanaugh as my attacker outside of therapy. this changed in early july 2018, i saw press reports stating that brett kavanaugh was on the short list of a list of very qualified candidates for supreme court. i thought it was important for me to relay the information to the senate and the president as soon as possible before a nominee was selected. i did not know how specifically to do this. i called my congressional representative and let her receptionist know that someone on the presidential supreme court list had attacked me. i also left a message on the tip line. i did not use my name but i provided the names of brett kavanaugh and judge. i stated that brett kavanaugh had assaulted me in the80s in maryland. this was an extremely hard thing for me to do but i felt that i could not not do it. i told some friends that mr. kavanaugh has sexually assaulted me. i was very conflicted on to whether to speak out. on may 9 i received a return phone call from the office of anna ishue after mr. kavanaugh has become the nominee. i met with

mr. kavanaugh for a see the seat on our nation's highest court.ousands of documents from mr. kavanaugh's time as white house secretary have not been turned over. and in a shocking move on friday night, the white house indicated that they were invoking executi executive privilege, something that has not been done in modern time perhaps ever and refusing to turn over materials to the senate that they need to do their job. it makes us ask what are they hiding in his record. >> yeah. >> what are the issues that he touched during his time in the white house working shoulder to shoulder with mr. bush but they don't want to surface during these hearings? >> john, let me ask you this because i'm a little confused. when you laid down why you and the hater table foundation was pushing this choice of brett kavanaugh, you talked about his pedigree and his service. where were all of those standards when president barack obama nominated merrill garland who was actively stalled and actively blocked for over a year? i mean, he certainly had pedigree, he certainly

mr. kavanaugh as well as with the accuser. even the white house seems to indicate that the president is fine with a delay in the confirmation process. she came with this letter and this accusation with great detail. mr. kavanaugh in all fairness and many others worked and functioned as this witness to his character. they said that this is not true, these accusations. credibilitity is there. so far, it stalls the process of his confirmation. brent: it stalls the process. how dangerous is this accusation for his nomination to the supreme court? stephan: it is. if this is a case that will be determined as true or even partially true, this accusation could be true. that would be a major risk for the republican party. they could ignore this now. they could go on with the vote on thursday and that would be in the interest on first sight. on second, it is a huge risk. if there is something coming out after, this is not a little job. he would be confirmed for the rest of his life. -- republicans play a high risk of paying the bill for

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

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

mr. kavanaugh. maya: absolutely. it has been intnteresting that e has not gone after the women making the accusatations, althoh there have been some tweets in that direction, but he is sticking by his n nominee. this is a big deal for ththe republicans. they want this win before the midterm elections happen in november. we should note that trump was particularly vehement in attacking the lawyer who put o t julie swetnick's statement today. brent: we are looking at the tweet that came from trump today. do you see that? maya: i can read for anyone who can't see. it is attacking the lawyer who also represents stormy daniels, the poor and star who is suing trump. obviously, president trump not a fan of him. brent: you can say that again. thank you. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. thousands of palestinians have rallied around the border between israel and the gaza strip. some hurled rocks at israeli forces. they responded with tear gas. the gazans have staged protests since march, cal

mr. kavanaugh's. put up side by side images, they look a lot a like. is it a case of mistaken identity. dr. ford put out a statement she knows the difference between judge kavanaugh and the other man: we were teeing um. this is going to be a real clash of ideas. they are are going to talk about abortion. they are going to talk about gun rights. all these big things before the high court. and what happened before dr. ford came out? they had those three or four days of confirmation hearings. from the opening moments, it was resist. it was protesters screaming, shouting down dr. kavanaugh and senators. spartacus moment. all of that was a circus before we even got to this. instead of hearing from this woman, instead all the focus has been about politics and all of that instead of the actual substance of the allegations. ainsley: those were her terms. her attorney gave those three terms. the last term is kavanaugh should be questioned first. he might say i don't agree to that i need to hear what she is accusing me of exactly before i can go under oath and sa

mr. kavanaugh was nominated to the court. from my understanding, there are multiple ways to keep her privacy, respect -- keep her privacy respected, keep mr. kavanaugh's privacy respected and do investigations and find out if they still wanted to nominate this person to the supreme court. and then again, as other people have said, when it finally did , i to senator feinstein can't imagine what reason she didn't find a way to look into this, to share it with the committee and also to keep ms. ford's privacy. all these things were possible. highway kathleen let me ask you something. you identify as a democrat, you said you're conservative. do you feel out of sync with you're party not only on this ssue but other issues? caller: let me clarify, i'm a republican. i got the wrong number. i told them when i called in. host: that's ok, appreciate your call. we go to our republican line, kingsport, tennessee. this is j.d., go ahead. make sure you mute your television and go ahead with your comment. caller: yes. yes, sir, i have and f

mr. kavanaugh's shoes, not doctor ford's. mr. kavanaugh is the victim.-ed and she said that it's up to kavanaugh to demonstrate that he is innocent. this turns our entire notion of justice on its head. nobody can prove their innocence under circumstances like this. look at your bill of rights and the federal constitution. so many are there to protect the accused. due process, the right to a jury trial, warrants, probable cause, the right not to testify against yourself. look at the litigation process. where the accuser and the accused are deposed, you have discovery, it gets to a trial you have cross examination. you are required to have an objective judge, objective jury. democrats want to confer more justice rights on terrorists and mass murderers than they do constitutionalists. we shouldn't put up with this. judge kavanaugh doesn't have to prove its innocence. the accuser. i heard conduct and by working with the median schumer and the democrats. it is she that is required to prove her case. but, not now. she is too late. the republicans on the senate

mr. kavanaugh, when she alleges she was accosted by mr. kavanaugh.men who have come forward alleging incidents against mr. kavanaugh. can they be forced to cooperate, man must they? >> i'm not a fence sitter if you heard me on cnn. i normally take a position and go -- on this one, a little more nuanced, my answer. if dr. ford or any of these, you know, victims, people bringing these allegations is willing to fire a -- file a police complaint, in that instance, folks could be compelled to a grand jury subpoena. but there hasn't been one filed yet. in the instance of dr. ford, she would have to file that with the montgomery county police department, the d.a.'s office could get grand jury subpoenas to compel people to testify. absent that, fbi will go, knock on doors, ask questions of the people, some of them that you referenced, some that are going to come out of other interviews and from the testimony of judge kavanaugh and dr. ford, and then they're going to ask people questions. can people slam the door and say, i'm not interested? absolutely. so th

mr. kavanaugh was the one who supposed herself. ugh. after six days she started to have a memory and he was there. anna: kavanaugh saying this is smear campaign against me and i'm going to clear my good name. brian: geraldo rivera has a radio show. not only does he work here. he has a radio show in cleveland. he talked to the president yesterday. you talked to the president before the new yorker article broke. what we've told you, what you already read, what do you think of the second accuser? >> we want every accuser to have a full opportunity to air their grievance, air their allegations. this one seems in all fairness to all parties concerned a little cheesy. a little sketchy. she remembered. she didn't remember. did it happen? was kavanaugh the guy? i thought about it years and years, suddenly becomes clear it is kavanaugh. in a court all i can tell you, i'm a lawyer. if this was a criminal trial it would just not, and burden was beyond a reasonable doubt there would be no doubt this would be thrown right out. is there a prepond