mr. cavanaugh -- that judge kavanaugh had sexually assaulted me. i felt very conflicted to whether -- as to whether speak out. on july 9, i received a return phone call from the office of congressman -- of a congresswoman after brett kavanaugh had become the nominee. on july 18her staff and with her on july 20, describing the assault and describing my fears about coming forward. later, we discussed the possibility of sending a letter to ranking member feinstein was one of my state senators -- who is one of my state senators, describing what occurred. my understanding is that representative -- the representative's office delivered a letter. the letter included my name but also a request that it be kept confidential. my hope was that providing the information confidentially would be sufficient to allow the senate to consider mr. cavanaugh -- judge kavanaugh's serious misconduct without making myself, my family, or anyone's family vulnerable to attacks or invasion of privacy that we have faced since my name became public. in a letter dated august 31,

this all up so ms for herself came with this letter and this accusation with great detail and mr cavanaugh in all fairness and many many others who. worked and function as witnesses to his character said that this is of course not true of the sexes so yeah credibility is there and it has so far stalled at least the process of his confirmation stalling the process and it leads we do the next question how dangerous is this accusation for kevin knows nomination to the u.s. supreme court. well it is if if. if this is a case that will be determined as true or just possibly true that this accusation is true in any way or form that is a major risk for the republican party they can ignore this now and say ok they talked to both parties cavanaugh and the accused accuser misfortune and go on with the world for sir thirst and that would be of course in the interest on first sight on second side though it is a huge risk if there is something coming out after mr cavanaugh is confirmed as a supreme court judge for the rest of his life so this is not a little job this is a big job the republicans play a

the republicans by this can believe the republicans that want to see mr cavanaugh pushed through the system the nomination process the wanted in the court. absolutely and we heard from the president his he was speaking to some of the reporters at the u.n. general assembly there some of the united nations press he's defending his supreme court nominee saying he's a fine upstanding individual he's with him all the way the allegations against him are unsubstantiated and political democrats have said all along they want to darrelle this nomination they're concerned about donald trump making a second conservative appointment to the court that could shape the shape of the highest court in the land for a generation so they've said they want to stop this having said that republicans have also said they are intent on pushing this through before the november congressional elections because they fear if democrats take control of congress this could be derailed altogether so both sides have been playing politics in the midst of this you have these allegations coming forward give it a lot more we

mr. cavanaugh. >> ok. can you describe the other social interactions you had with mr. cavanaugh? >> briefly i can. during freshman and sophomore year, my sophomore year, his junior year of high school, 4-5 parties that by friends and i attended that were attended also by him. >> did anything happen at these events? like we are talking about? besides-- decides -- the time. >> there was no sexual assault at any of those events. is that what you are asking? >> anything inappropriate? >> mead we can go into more detail when there is more time. i feel a time question on that question. >> go ahead and finish answering your question. >> ok. did you want me to do describe those parties? >> next round mr. chairman.

but until july two thousand and eighteen i had never named mr cavanaugh as my attacker outside of there he. this changed in early july two thousand and eighteen 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 relieve the information i had about mr cavanagh's conduct so that those considering his nomination would know about the salt. until i fix 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 sort 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 they stated that mr cavanagh had assaulted me in the one nine hundred eighty s. in maryland. this was an extremely hard thing for me to do. but i felt that it could it not do it

on first sight on second side though it is a huge risk if there is something coming out after mr cavanaugh is confirmed as a supreme court judge for the rest of his life so this is not a little job this is a big job the republicans play a high risk here for getting. well having paying the bill for this for this misjudgment and this decision in the midterms elections yeah i mean that's what the big fear is right is that we're going to see the republicans being punished not only they lose this nomination but also in november when voters go to the polls right. yeah absolutely and here it's very important to see also female voters female voters are flocking to the democrats or seem to be flocking slease that's what the polls and most polls suggest towards democrats so yeah the republicans are in a tight spot the senate majority leader republican mcduck mcconnell said just last week that he's very concerned about many many races regarding the senate in the house it doesn't look much better in the house of representatives for republicans so they're in a tight spot. radical responded to fund the

doctor ford insists that she is certain it was mr cavanaugh that she is certain it was mr cava naughtly. judge kavanaugh emphatically denied the allegation of sexual assault. each is democratic senators of destroying his family and good name for political reasons. —— he accused. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur talks to former

a visibly angry mr cavanaugh defending his reputation but saying that the name his name and the name of his family has been permanently destroyed in the ten days since the first accusation of a sexual assault was made against him we'll have complete coverage of the hearings at the top of the hour and in the day i hope to see you in about forty five minutes . we make up over a week what time zone is that and that's because we are the seventy seven percent. want to shape the continent's future to be part of it and joining some stores as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges this is the seven percent platform for africa.

doctor ford insists that she is certain it was mr cavanaugh that she is certain it was mr cava naughaulted that she is certain it was mr cavanaugh who assaulted her and that the assault change the life significantly. judge kavanaugh emphatically denied the allegation of sexual assault. each is democratic senators of destroying his family and good name for political reasons. —— he accused. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur talks to former conservative leader, lord howard. welcome to hardtalk. iam i am stephen sackur. britain's conservative party is about to hold its 2018 annual conference. and it promises to be a fascinating spectacle, with the party riven by deep divisions over brexit — divisions which threaten to derail theresa may's brexit strategy and perhaps her premiership as well. at sta ke and perhaps her premiership as well. at stake isn't just the future ofa at stake isn't just the future of a venerable political party, but the future of britain. my my guest is former conservative leader michael lord howard. theresa —— both in brussels and at home, theresa may is in

nine hundred eighty two and is being offered the chance to go before his confirmation hearing mr cavanaugh denies the allegations and as a white house correspondent kimberly how could. after days of surprising restraint u.s. president donald trump turned on christine blazin ford the woman whose testimony could to rail his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh we have to fight for him not worry about the other side and by the way women are for that more than anybody would understand on twitter trump question ford story i have no doubt that if the attack on dr ford was as bad as she says charges would have been immediately filed with local law enforcement for it is a california professor at the center of an explosive allegation against kavanaugh from thirty six years ago she says that while in high school kavanagh sexually assaulted her at a party attempting to remove her bathing suit while holding his hand over her mouth and on behalf of the more on friday more than six dozen women of any some of whom have known cavanagh since high school question ford sexual assault claim backing cavanagh

yesterday, the us senatejudiciary committee approved mr cavanaugh's nomination, but a full senate votepending the investigation. mr cavanaugh has been accused of sexual misconduct by three women, but he vigorously denies the allegations against him. president trump ordered the investigation but says he believes brett kavanaugh did nothing wrong. he has been speaking to reporters on the white house lawn in the past few hours. i would expect it is going to turn out very well for the judge. there has never been anybody that has been looked out likejudge has never been anybody that has been looked out like judge kavanaugh. has never been anybody that has been looked out likejudge kavanaugh. i think it is going to work out very well. the fbi, i believe, is doing a really greatjob. well. the fbi, i believe, is doing a really great job. they well. the fbi, i believe, is doing a really greatjob. they have been all over it already. (inaudible question). they have free rein, they are going to do whatever they have to do. they will be doing things we never would have thought of. and hopefully...

mr. cavanaugh.as no recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he was is in with or without dr. ford. think about that fact. the day after the allegation appeared, i told this committee that i wanted a hearing as soon as possible to clear my name. i demanded a hearing for the very next day. unfortunately, it took the committee 10 days to get to this hearing. days, as wasng predictable and as i predicted, my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed by vicious and false additional accusations. has beenay delay harmful to me and my family to the supreme court and to the country. when this allegation first arose, i welcomed any kind of investigation. senate, fbi, or otherwise. the committee now has conducted a thorough investigation and i have corroborated fully. -- cooperated fully. i know that any kind of clearly --on will clear me. listen to the people who know. listen to the people who have known me my whole life. listen to the people i have grown up with. worked

then and still does today i think it's i think this is this donna thing but they can do this to mr cavanaugh it is the absolute definition of hypocritical and that's what's really disheartening especially for the american public to see these democratic leaders that have been elected being absolutely hypocritical and two faced really not only when it comes to the clinton trials where all of this wasn't enough what we heard it wasn't enough you can't come against him whereas a woman makes one allegation is refusing to testify there's no other information nobody really has any information there's no evidence but the word of this woman that's not to say that sexual assault allegations are important but the timing is very suspicious of course so we've now shown that the congress the united states of america doesn't care about facts or evidence as mrs it's as about political differences. coming up on the program after the break china threatens consequences after washington piles more sanctions on beijing stay with our two international. hello again yesterday saturday china summoned the u.s. ambass

mr. cavanaugh and mr. judge were extremely inebriated, they had clearly been thinking prior and the other people at the party were not -- mr. cavanaugh -- kavanaugh. >> dme prior to the time you had gotten there are prior to the time they had arrived? >> prior to the time they arrived. please continue. >> i recall, eakin sketch a floor plan -- i can sketch a floor plan. it was a sparsely furnished, modest living room. it was not really a party, like the news has made it sound. it was a gathering that i assumed would lead to a party later on that those boys would attend because they tended to have parties later at night and i was allowed to stay out, it was a pre-gathering. >> was it loud? >> not in the living room. >> besides the music you have described playing in the bedroom, was there any other music or television or anything like that that was adding? >> no. >> there was no stereo downstairs? >> no. >> senator leahy. dr. ford, thank you for being here -- >> mr. chairman, the way to make this inquiry tr

mr. cavanaugh had become the nominee. met with her staff july 18 and with her on july 20 describing the assault and discussing my fears about coming forward. later we discussed the possibility of sending a letter to the ranking member feinstein who is one of my state senators describing what occurred. my understanding is that representative office delivered a copy of my letter to senator. feinstein's offer office july 30. letter included my name, but also a request that it be kept confidential. my hope is that providing the information confidentially would be sufficient to allow the senate to consider brett kavanaugh's serious misconduct without having to make myself, my family, or anyone's family vulnerable to the personal on track and invasions of privacy we faced since my name became public. and a letter dated august 31 senator. feinstein wrote she would not share the letter without my exquisite consent and i appreciated the commitment. sexual assault victims should be able to decide for themselves when and whether the

christine blasi forward says brett kavanaugh assaulted her at a party in one thousand nine hundred two mr cavanaugh denies the allegations. as washington prepares for those kavanaugh testimonies the largest annual gathering of conservative christian evangelicals in the u.s. is also taking place in the city some delegates aren't happy with the u.s. brett kavanaugh is hearing is being conducted his she has returned see. the values voters summit is organized by the family research council a christian evangelical group that says its goal is to defend family values and religious liberties in practice the group is best known for its attacks on muslims and the gay community the southern poverty law center which monitors right wing groups in the u.s. calls it a hate group by the way it represents an integra part of donald trump space we are now officially in session white christian evangelist. long ago put aside their skepticism of donald trump's godliness because he pledged to nominate justices to the supreme court of the united states who would rule in favor of christian fundamentalist belief eighty perc

mr. cavanaugh's alendar, july 1, 1982, meeting mr. cavanaugh went to that was very interesting. mr. anaugh -- mr. kavanaugh was mimicking clarence thomas almost verbatim. what do you think of the bar association's letter? guest: i'm glad you brought that up. i forgot to mention earlier, but i think you're absolutely right. that was a surprising development. wasamerican bar association such a critical institution in bringing kavanaugh's name forward in the first place. we heard their letter of endorsement quoted a lot. they initially gave him a totally clean bill of health, said he was an outstanding nominee, an outstanding person. for them to come out on thursday and say, look, that letter was true based on what we know, but these are serious allegations, they deserve to be investigated. that caused people like jeff flake to step back and say it's another delay, but if we are going to say we did our due diligence, we have to take a break and look at these allegations more clearly. host: does limiting the fbi investigation to one week help or hurt? guest: politically, no, i don't thin

mr. cavanaugh. the last caller.er.ee with i have some friends who were assaulted and they went to the nurse and police right away. that is the right way to do it. honestly, i have to ask, what was this woman doing at parties drinking at age 15? i have a son. he is going to be in the world out there with women like her who think all they have to do is shout out, he got me, and then they can destroy a man's life? this is awful. there is no evidence, she waited 35 years to come forward. for realit harder women who are actually, legitimately survivors. it is astounding that the democrats who will not go into and keithlinton rapes ellison of assaults, they will not go into them but they will come after a man who has the lawd his life to and helping out. he helps out at the shelters, girls basketball. if you was a predator, you would see examples of things in his life in the last 10 years. leopard do not change their spots. he is a decent guy. cynthia in california. democrat line. good morning. thank you for having me on.

mrs. cavanaugh and thankful to have him as my mentor and friend. [applause] thank you all and we would be happy to take a few questions. yes, ma'am. you said the accusations against brett kavanaugh are false. what evidence do you have to support that claim, and does that mean therefore you do not think an fbi investigation should take place, nor that christine blasey ford should be given a fair hearing? >> the senate judiciary committee has invited her and we all hope she has a chance to be heard. know theeason we allegation is false is because we know brett kavanaugh. , the reason there are more than 75 women standing up. today is because we know the man, his heart come and we have known him over every aspect of his life and the charge against him is inconsistent with everything we know about him. we stand here proud to support brett and are confident the things being talked about are completely wrong. >> but you do not have details of the allegations. >> i am standing here to talk about brett kavanaugh's character and his character is the highest

college not ever for a very long piece today only after ford had left the committee chamber did mr cavanaugh enter to deliver his side and his record with anger in his voice he denied ford's allegations and said that recent accusations of other women were last minute smears to block his confirmation to the supreme court this is destroyed my family and my good name a good name built up through decades of very hard work and public service at the highest levels of the american government this whole two week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fuel to the parent pent up anger about president trump and the two thousand and sixteen election fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record revenge on behalf of the clintons and millions of dollars and money from outside left wing opposition groups. this is a short it's a circus well joining me tonight to discuss the circus in washington is our very own why it's waiter and here with me at the big table is boris foreman u.s. government policy analyst with bard college here in berlin to both of you it's good to have y

has reportedly conducted numerous background checks on mr cavanaugh we are discovering new facts about the judge and how he has characterized his own youth today a u.s. senator posted a video in which judge cavanagh makes comments about his time at georgetown prep school take a listen. fortunately we had it we had a good saying that we we've held firm to do that to this day as the dean was reminding me before before the talk which is what happens at georgetown prep stays at georgetown. that's been a good thing for all of us. well the u.s. senator who posted that video also posed the question is this really what america wants in its next supreme court justice or the latest polls suggest that the answer is increasingly known only thirty one percent of u.s. adults polled say they are in favor of kavanagh's appointment according to gallup polls if support remains this week and the nomination gets senate approval trump spic would rank among the least popular supreme court nominees in u.s. history. for monday's deal between turkey and russia to establish a demilitarized zone in syria's it li

members to get their votes and that's what you don't want to do and that's why i don't believe mr cavanaugh is going to answer questions with regard to how he would vote on any particular case and also the real problem here for the democrats is they shot themselves in the foot up until very recently until judge garland you had a rule called filibuster you needed to get sixty votes to be confirmed because other than that the opponents could filibuster and prevent a vote on it it was the democrats who basically took the pioneering effort to reduce sixty to fifty one and that's where there is hoisted on their own petard today we will talk about some of the hot button issues that he's likely to be grilled on and one of them is roll the weight the other one of course the debt the democrats the second big issue is how kavanagh would deal with donald trump he said in the past said a sitting president shouldn't be distracted by investigations and lawsuits what do you think the implications sauce for the miller investigation. well i think two fold one i believe that there's a substantial question wh

now joined by tony cabin a former diplomat and the author of a book called return to moscow well mr cavanaugh it's great to have you in the studio thank you very much for your time and happiest rally a day thank you very much. now when you say australia in the russian context it conjures up an image of a beautiful faraway land with bright sun blue sky beautiful beaches with friendly people who spent most of that time surfing and i know it's a typical but i think it's a nice mental picture to get you through the long russian winter but i suspect when you say russian there's trial and context. the associations are probably not so positive are they. they can be quite negative unfortunately we've been fed a diet of cliches about russia. russia is still very much seen through a post soviet lens. of success the strike to the soviet union and somehow or other images of. starvation in the countries of extreme cold discomfort of rudeness of the kinds of things that unfortunately stilling groom and you wrote the whole book to address some of those negative stereotypes and i think you have a very unusua

where you did today really really really but in his defense of mr cavanaugh was me. absolutely it's been interesting that he hasn't cool whites gone after the women making these accusations either they have been some tweets in that direction as well but he's very much sticking by his nominee this is a big deal for the republicans they want this win especially before the midterm elections happen in november and we should note that trump was particularly vehement in attacking the lawyer who put out julie sweat next statement today. and we're looking at the tweet that came from her that came from trump today do you see that mio. yeah i can read for anyone who can't see it he's attacking michael evan not he who is also the same lawyer who it represents stormy daniels the porn star who is also suing the says he is a third rate lawyer who is good at making false accusations like he did on me and like he's now doing on judge brett kavanaugh he's just looking for attention and doesn't want people to look at his past record and relationships he's a total lowlife obviously pre

joined by tony cab and a former diplomat and the author of a book called return to moscow well mr cavanaugh it's great to have you in the studio thank you very much for your time and happiest charlie a day thank you very much. now when you say australia in the russian context it conjures up an image of a beautiful faraway land with bright sonde blue sky a beautiful beaches with friendly people who spent most of that time surfing and i know it's a typical but i think it's a nice mental picture to get you through the long russian winter but i suspect when you say russian there's trial and contacts. the associations are probably not so positive are they. live they can be quite negative unfortunately we've been fed a diet of cliches about russia. sure it's still very much seen through a post soviet lens as the success of the state of the soviet union and somehow or other images of go leg and stuff in the countries of extreme cold discomfort of rudeness and these are the kinds of things that unfortunately still linger on and you wrote the whole book to address some of those negative stereotypes

who gave very tearful testimony describing what she alleged was a sexual assault against her by mr cavanaugh we then also heard very tearful testimony from kavanagh himself now the whole the whole confirmation process has been surrounded by protests let's take a quick review of what happened yesterday as things got rather intense on capitol hill. i recall saying that the bully who assaulted me could someday be on the u.s. supreme court i denied the allegation immediately categorically in unequivocal my family and i have been the target of constant harassment and threats the other night actually in my daughter in law's assert their prayers and little lies all of ten years old. said to actually we should pray for the woman. it's a lot of wisdom from a ten year old republican schedule to hearing without talking to her or even inviting her to testify republicans also scheduled this hearing with dr ford without having her allegations investigated by the f.b.i. if you wanted an f.b.i. investigation you could come to us what you want to do is destroy this guy's life hold the seat open and hope you

students he denies the allegations the trumpet ministration is continuing to offer strong support for mr cavanaugh. civil rights groups in the u.s. are calling for the removal of police from schools they usually room the school hallways but a new study shows a growing number of attacks the children they are supposed to protect is highly jocasta. these are not the images you would expect from school you know remember a police officer responsible for keeping students safe has put one in a choke hold the reason the boy's friends say was because he turned an orange at a wall when you're in the hallways isn't atmosphere of tension and slight worry and fear the incident in philadelphia in two thousand and sixteen sparked student protests and demands to remove police from the city's public schools the school district spends thirty million dollars a year on police deploying about three hundred fifty officers across some two hundred campuses the philadelphia student union says that creates a militant environment in feel like oh i have to put on this may i have to make sure. you know. i'm not acting out of

weighed in today really really really in his defense of mr cavanaugh wasn't. absolutely it's been interesting that he hasn't cool whites gone after the women making these accusations of have been some tweets in that direction as well but he's very much sticking by his nominee this is a big deal for the republicans they want this win especially before the midterm elections happen in november and we should note that trump was particularly vehement in attacking the lawyer who put out julie sweat next statement today to try and we're looking at the tweet that came from her that came from trump today do you see that mio. yeah i can read for anyone who can't see it he's that's hacking michael evan not he who is also the same lawyer who represents stormy daniels the porn star who is also suing tron the says i have an audience a third rate lawyer who is good at making false accusations like he did on me and like he's now doing on judge brett kavanaugh he's just looking for attention and doesn't want people to look at his past record and relationships he's a total lowl