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

mr. kavanagh were present. she says i would describe them as joined at the hip. she says those parties were a common occurrence in the area and occurred nearly every weekend during the school year. she says on newspaperous occasionser witnessed ma eed br kavanagh and mark judge being overly aggressive with girls including the fobbndling and grabbing of girls without their concert. she goes on to describe some of that in her claims. and this is a sworn statement, she has written it as a sworn statement, and it has gone on to the judiciary committee, and the judiciary committee has said they received it. i observed brett kavanagh bel below-including pressing girls against them without their consent, grinding against girls and attempting to removz or shift girls clothing to expose private body parts. i likewise observed him to be verbally abusive towards girls and making crude comments towards girls that were designed to humiliate and embarrass them. i witnessed brett kavanagh behave as a mean drunk on many of these parties. now you have heard, you mentioned brett k

you have been a support of mr kavanagh all along. the bottom of what happened and happyfair get to the bottom of what happened and happy fair hearing, both from brett kava naugh and happy fair hearing, both from brett kavanaugh and this force herself? yes, i do, buti brett kavanaugh and this force herself? yes, i do, but i believe it or not in order to do this fairly and quickly, they should go before a closed session so we don't have the grandstanding element and it should bea grandstanding element and it should be a counsel for the minority and counsel for the majority to ask questions of both the judge and his accuser with the notion that this will be a public spectacle, we'll never get to the bottom of it. you have always been a supporter of bread kavanagh. if this incident we re bread kavanagh. if this incident were found to have been true, how do you think this would affect his nomination? i have known him for17 yea rs nomination? i have known him for17 years and the allegations that are out there are nothing like the judge tha

monday on whether to back mr kavanagh. brett kava naugh would eventually be confirmed. he was born... you talk about central casting, he was born... he was born for the us supreme court. he was born for it. and it's going to happen. washington correspondent chris buckler has more on the story. and say she was prepared to testify at some stage next week. at some stage next week. terms of what these proceedings will take. take. doesn't want brett kavanaugh in the room. —— brett kavanaugh. opening statement and she has a number of other conditions. number of other conditions. that she is asking for —— we're getting. getting. because they have to be seen to be handling this carefully. handling this carefully. who said on thejudiciary committee are male. are male. bowl winners was handled in the last 25 years or so. —— female witness. working out exactly what will happen next. chris, thanks for that. him removing donald trump from office. office. recording the president to expose chaos in the white house. chaos in the white house. let's go back to chris. back to chris. are t

mr. kavanagh. so, richard johnson joins us now to discuss a week that promise s to captivate the political world. he is a lecturer at lancaster university. good to have you with us. >> thank you for having me. >> so, a new allegation of sexual misconduct against brett kavanagh has surfaced in the new yorker magazine involving a second woman, but her story has not been corroborated to any great degree from her freshman year at yale. as the senate judiciary prepares to hear testimony thursday from christine blasey ford regarding her sexual misconduct allegations against kavanagh, could these new allegations potentially be a game changer and force the committee to hit the pause button and investigate these allegations? >> well, the committee really can't afford any more delays. the senate goes out of session for the elections on the 26th of october. and really, between now and then, if the senate needed to have further questioning and scrutiny that had to go through the committee and then on to the se

mr. kavanagh did it because after 35 years with a therapist talking, and then she remembered his name when they told her she was going to go for the supreme court, this is a wonderful new world we live in. all you have to do is make an accusation, no proof, it is the same playbook from the left. i hope i get the same kind of dignity and support for men when men say something like that and it has to be supported. obviously, i am being facetious. it's a show from the left. it's a last ditch effort. to try to undermine supreme court nomination. just of support, you do not support presser ford? -- professor ford? caller: no, it's preposterous. host: well then you're calling in on the wrong line but i will ask you the question. what goes on from here, how does it affect future nominations? guest: absolutely. i think it goes back to the point i made earlier. we are at an inflection point where americans don't trust their institutions and the system that are set up to protect them. that is the incredible responsibility that i think the senate has and anybody involved on this on both sides to get

mr. kavanagh is innocent of the accusation? i mean, the 65 people saying that mr. kavanagh was a nice guy and the only one that's important to the whole issue is the one that seems to have forgotten what happened that night. >> guest: well, i have a different perspective as you might imagine. or you are right. i do talk a lot about fairness and justice and that's what our system is designed including our political system. we do not want witnesses browbeaten, right? we would recoil at the so-called mccarthy hearings for now a half-century ago. as a nation we recoil in a position of power, abusing his power. power can be abused and we need to have checks and balances in order to prevent that. what i'm testifying to, kind sir, as i know brett kavanaugh. i know him and i work with him. it's not that i went out with him to washington nationals game once upon a time and he was, quote come a nice guy. he worked alongside an hour after hour, day after day, week after week, but my experience is not unique. my experience is completely consistent with all of those who work alo

been told if she doesn't agree to appear on monday, the committee will vote on whether to back mr kavanaghut her. it's the latest twist in a controversy that on friday saw president trump seek to discredit ms blasey ford on twitter. a short time ago, at a rally in missouri, mr trump said he was sure brett kavanaugh would eventually be confirmed. he was born, you talk about central casting, they were saying it ten yea rs casting, they were saying it ten years ago about him. he was born to the us supreme court. he was born for it. our washington correspondent, chris bucklerjoins us. there is less than one hour to go for a response, so there is less than one hour to go for a response, so not much time at all. what are we actually waiting on, what hurdles need to bejumped through? we have had one deadline that has been passed within the last few hours, that was the original deadline for christine blasey ford's lawyer to come back and say that she was prepared to come back at some stage next week. the committee was suggesting wednesday, she was suggesting wednesday, she was suggesting thursday.

the head of the senatejudicial committee says the panel will vote monday on whether to back mr kavanagheaking at a rally in missouri, president trump said he was sure brett kavanaugh would eventually be confirmed. brett kava naugh would eventually be confirmed. and he was born... you talk about central casting, he was born... they were saying it ten years ago about him, he was born for the us supreme court. he was born for it. applause and it's going to happen. our washington correspondent chris buckler has more on the story. we've already had one deadline that's passed in the past few hours, that was the original deadline for her lawyer to come back and say she was prepared to testify at some stage next week. the committee apparently was suggesting wednesday, she was suggesting thursday. but the problem here is they seem to disagree on the terms of what these proceedings will take. essentially she wants to be able to say that she will go after brett kavanaugh, he will give testimony first. she does not want brett kavanaugh in the room. she also feels strongly that she should have no ti

the head of the senatejudicial committee says the panel will vote monday on whether to back mr kavanagheaking at a rally in missouri, president trump said he was sure brett kava naugh would eventually be confirmed. and he was born... you talk about central casting, he was born... they we re central casting, he was born... they were saying it ten years ago about him, he was born for the us supreme court. he was born for it. applause and it's going to happen. in a seperate development the us deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, has described a report as inaccurate that he discussed invoking a constitutional clause to remove president trump from office. the new york times, citing anonymous sources, also said that mr rosenstein had suggested secretly recording the president to expose chaos in the white house. washington correspondent chris buckler has more. it seems from what the new york times is reporting that they believe that this conversation happened shortly afterjames comey was fired as fbi director by president trump, and they say during this concentrate, conversation, rod rosen

majority, i suspect there's a good chance mr kava nagh majority, i suspect there's a good chance mr kavanaghcome the next supreme court justice. let's get some of the day's other news. china has evacuated more than 125,000 people in the southern province of guangdong due to heavy rains. the rains and flooding have affected more than 1.2 million residents and have left two people dead and two missing. yemen president abdrabbuh mansur had is said to be on his way to the united states for medical treatment. mr hadi is expected to stay there until the un general assembly meeting later this month. he has been living in riyadh since the yemeni capital was seized by houthi rebels in 2015, triggering a saudi—led military intervention to return him to power. firefighters in the northern english city of liverpool are tackling a huge blaze at a well—known landmark, the former littlewoods pools building. six fire crews are trying to tackle the blaze. the office complex was built in 1938 and is considered an important example of the art deco style. there are no reports of any injuries. the building had r

mr. kavanagh to prove his innocence. this turns american justice and due process upside down. your response. >> if t"the wall street journal really cares about due process, they should care that there's no independent investigation of these allegations. i think this kind of attitude is what makes it really difficult for victims and survivors of these kinds of dramatictraumati to even come forward. we don't seem to have come very far from the anita hill days, but for "the wall street journal" to come out and say talk to me about due process, and all the women i'm hearing about that didn't come forward, it's important not only for these survivors to be heard, but if their stories are as credible as dr. ford's story is, they need to be believed. >> four people described to be at the party, have denied knowledge of the incident. brett kavanagh, a. so there hasn't been a law enforcement investigation. but there are these statements from the four people she remembers being there who don't remember the incident or don't even remember being at the party in question, according to her f

mr kavanagh is socially conservative on issues like abortion and could tilt the balance of the courtmorning. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh faces a second claim of sexual misconduct. brett kavanaugh‘s supreme court nomination was meant to be a done deal, hand—picked by donald trump for the post but now questions are mounting about his character. the new yorker magazine has published allegations by deborah ramirez that he exposed himself in front of her at a drunken party when they were students. but the white house is backing his nominee. he has called it a smear campaign and it is starting to feel like a vast left—wing conspiracy. the new york times says they interviewed dozens of people over the last couple of weeks trying to verify this second accusation and they could not go forward with the reporting. this woman, christine blasey ford, will testify this week that he sexually assaulted her when she was 15 and he was 17. she asked senators to have the fbi to investigate her claim that the republicans said no. we have had precedents on this before and in this case they have

mr. kavanagh should >> this is an attack on women's not be on the court. rights and democracy.hut the hearing down. i urge you, shut this hearing .. >> tucker: it was not a good day for bipartisanship, brit hume seeing a lot of hearings, their perspective to draw, the senior political analyst joining us on the set, was this -- subsequently different from other confirmation hearings, would you say? >> much more of a circus, but some of the hearings have gotten pretty brutal and political, buy i think what you saw today in this whole uproar was a reflection of a couple of things. part of it is pure partisanship. part of it is resistance of trump and the desire of some democrats on the committee to show that they are part of the resistance.es but beyond that there is something more deeper and sincerely felt, a genuine fearar that the addition of judge kavanaugh to the supreme court to succeed anthony kennedy means that the court will tip to a judicial philosophy more to the right.rtce the left has been much more dependent over the decades on the course to achieve policy goals, it

mr. kavanagh, are the allegations true? >> do you have any response to christy ford? ill you testify? >> the white house did provide this statement on batch of judge kavanagh. quote, this is a completely false allegation. i have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or anyone. i am willing to talk to the senate judiciary committee in any way the committee deems appropriate to refute this false allegation. anyway, congressman anna eshu from california joins us now. congresswoman, thank you so much for joining us. i've known you a lot time, a lot of respect for you. tell us in detail right now, how did you learn about this allegation? >> my constituent called my office and asked to meet with me. it was as simple as that. and so an appointment was set up. when i returned from washington that week, i met with her with dr. ford, for an extended period of time. i think about an hour and a half, the first thing that i thought was important to tell her was that everything that she spoke about with me had complete privacy because these -- all of my constitu

rick kavanagh mr chairman. mr chairman. we cannot possibly move forward mr chairman a very warm welcome not they are given they're going on to the. floor here. we cannot be recognized i move to adjourn. them and i move. on here's why the issue is so diverse to the u.s. supreme court has the final legal say on crucial issues and justices are appointed for life no wonder both sides want to put the balance in their favor so the gloves come off the accusations are now flying first a woman who is sitting behind kavanagh was accused of giving secret fascist hand signals it turns out she is the descendant of holocaust survivors then some miss attributed quotes about birth control started flying around the internet hillary clinton herself was spreading this false information huge referred to birth control pills as abortion inducing drunks that such a fool to fall on balance for me an issue for you too i want to be sure will clear this didn't happen you were spanked chicks to prove this false then kavanagh's habit of buying baseball

would believe well it would be if he will if in fact other possible witnesses such as judge kavanagh's friend. mr judge if he were invited to testify because he was also said to be in the room he was also said to be at the room another boy was identified p.j. . so that would be someone else who should be examined under oath and a girlfriend of hers was their normal procedure of course would be to get beyond the he said she said what were other people now they might say i don't remember this was. people were drunk there might have been many such. parties. so that memories can be hazy but that has to go on the record and the f.b.i. would be doing such things if the f.b.i. was investigating then why didn't you mention the f.b.i. to this hearing opened with statements from the chair of the judiciary committee chuck grassley followed by dianne feinstein the ranking member of the ranking democrat member. said grassley made much of the fact that the judge has been investigated by the f.b.i. something like six times in order to get this far into career absolutely and one knows there are. areas you know i

mr. chairman. judge kavanagh, welcome. welcome to your family, to your friends come andh, demonstrate n your good judgment coming away and raised in west texas and u.n. she had been friends of heidi in mind for 20 years. thank you for your decades of public service and then sorry that your daughters had to endure the political circus this morning. that is the world that is washington in 2018. i want to discuss with us. it's about and what it's not about. first come of this hearing is not about qualifications of the nominee. judge kavanagh is by any object to measure questionably qualified for the supreme court. everyone agrees is one of the most respected federal judges in the country. he has impeccable academic credentials, even if he did go to jail. .. >> by far what type of justice that nominee will be. and we have heard very little today from democratic senators about the actual substance of judge kavanaugh's judicial record. it is also not about documents we have heard a lot of documents we have heard the saying if yo

mr. kavanagh that did it because after 35 years with a therapist talking, and then she remembered his namen they told her she was going to go for the supreme court, this is a wonderful new world we live in. all you have to do is make an , it is the no proof same playbook from the left. i hope i get the same kind of dignity and support for men when men say something like that and it has to be supported. obviously, i am being facetious. it's a show from the left. it's a last ditch effort. host: does to clarify come you don't support professor ford? caller: no, it's preposterous. host: well then you're calling in on the wrong line but i will ask you the question. what goes on from here, how does it affect future nominations? guest: absolutely. i think it goes back to the point i made earlier. we are at an inflection point where americans don't trust their institutions and the system that are set up to protect them. that is the incredible responsibility that i think the senate has and anybody involved on this on both sides to get that back on track. that someone who has faced a trauma like thi

mr. chairman, with this hearing -- >> i extend a warm welcome to judge kavanagh. >> we believe this hearing should be postponed >> mr. chairman, i move to adjourn. >> reporter: protests erupting. 70 people ultimately arrested: in the audience, the father of a parkland school shooting victim who says brett kavanagh brushed him off when he introduced himself. the white house says the judge escorted by security didn't know who he was. kavanagh's opponents plan to pepper him about gun rights and abortion rights rulings and where he stands on investigating a sitting president. democrats furious the white house has not released more documents about kavanagh's work under former president george w. bush. >> what are we trying topouring. >> i'm still disappointed it's not hillary clinton making this appointment. >> reporter: republicans will defend donald trump's pick who could reshape the supreme court for a generation. >> judge kavanagh doesn't hate women and children. he doesn't luft after dirty water and stinky air. >> reporter: if they stick together by the end of the month, judge kavanagh coul

thank you, mr chairman, judge kavanagh, i apologise when you are going to right now.t it pales in comparison. i think one thing, 1.i would like to make from the onset, if we go back and review how this committee process has worked, we have a lot of work to do. have had members take it on themselves to release committee confidential documents, instead of respecting the process. we have had an allegation held in nearly seven weeks that would have given us plenty of time to investigate, and then when we finally got the information, i invite everybody can particularly the american public, there is an investigation going on. a lot of it has been committed, there is a chronology on the website as each and every time an allegation was made, the staff followed up on it and in several of instances the democrats declined to participate. they listened in on at least one interview with you, didn't ask a single question. they wanted to find other weeds, why not ask? if you're trying to get the facts, if you try to dojob to trying to get the facts, if you try to do job to investiga

mr. kavanagh have been made available to this committee. just want to say to my colleagues, particularly my colleague in new jersey, i completely agree with you. i concur with what you are doing, and let's jump into this pit together. i hope my other colleagues will join me. so that there is good to be some retribution against the senator from new jersey, count me in. i want to be part of this process. i want to understand how bill burke, this private attorney, has the right to say as one of my colleagues mentioned "this should be considered a classified document." a top secret document. a document that relates to the national security of the united states. by what right? by what authority can mr. burke possibly designate a document as committee confidential? he has no authority to do that. he only has authority because he has the consent and the cooperation of the republican majority on this committee. that is the only thing that brings us to this moment. let me just say in closing, one last thing. i am sorry that one of my colleagues is c

mr kavanaugh denies the claim. katty kay has more. christine blasey ford so she has received death threats and has had to move house since the allegations against brad kavanaghlic on sunday. mr tom's simply seem to be more would be accused, then the accuser. as you know, mr kavanaugh has been treated very badly. her lawyers have written to the senate judiciary saying that she does not want to appear in front of the judge. that refusal to testify. if doctor ford doesn't appear. 0ne refusal to testify. if doctor ford doesn't appear. one other important voice is recommending a pause. anita hill went through similar hearings in 1991 hill went through similar hearings in1991 and hill went through similar hearings in 1991 and was widely seen to be treated badly. my advice is to push the pause button on this hearing, get the information together, bring in the experts, and put together a hearing that is fair, that is impartial, that is not biased by politics or by men. the memory of that hearing looms large. and there is clearly frustration among some women in the senate. is clearly frustration among some women in the senatelj is clearly frustration among some women

mr mitchell. good afternoon judge kavanagh we have not met my name is rachel mitchell i'd like to go over a couple of guidelines for our question and answer session today if i ask a question. you know already but if i ask a question if i ask a question that you do not understand please ask me to clarify it or ask it in a different way. i may ask a question where i incorporate some information you've already provided if i get it wrong please correct me i'm not going to ask you to guess if you do estimate please let me know your estimate. and i want to make sure that all of the committee members have gotten a copy of the definition of sexual behavior. at least i have one. and you have that as well judge cavanagh yeah ok first of all have you been given or reviewed a copy of the questions that i will be asking you now has anyone told you the questions that i will be asking you now i want you to take a moment to review the definition of this before you have sexual behavior. and you had a chance to review it i have i may refer back to it if i can yes please i'd like to point out two specific parts. amo

this is the first thing at the beginning of the process that brett kavanagh said. he said, mr. president, thank you. throughout this process i have witnessed firsthand your appreciation for the vital role of the american judiciary. no president has ever consulted more widely or talked with more people from more backgrounds to seek input about a supreme court nomination. of course, that is self-evidently not true. he made an untruthful statement and a political statement with his first utterance as a new nominee for the court. now the rage and the anger that we saw from him today i think is appropriate for somebody who feels that they are falsely accused. but as you go through this, it makes no sense why someone who is falsely accused would not want to instigate a reopening of the fbi background investigation for the purposes of explicating him from the situation. the answers on drinking were not credible. and lastly, and i say this as somebody who worked with brett kavanagh in the bush white house and has no ill will towards brett kavanagh, liked brett kavanagh, but in his stat

mr. chairman. judge kavanagh you and your family have been treated incredibly poorly by senate democrats and by the media they have been treated incredibly poorly by senate democrats in the media. you have a senior good names dragged through and this has been sadly one of the most shameful factors in the history of the united states senate. thank you for a lifetime of public service. i will say watching your mother 's face has been heart-wrenching as she seen her son's character dragged through the mud after not a major lifetime of public service, but her lifetime of public service as well. i know if a father there's nothing more painful to you been talking to your daughters and explaining these attacks that the media is airing. i also believe that the american people are fair-minded people, and that the american people can set aside the partisan warfare of washington and look to substance and fax. and that is the charge of this committee. there have been three different sets ofe allegations that it dominated the

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 win it twenty twenty you said that not me. now many obse

ford, you've got judge kavanagh, but you also have a third person who said was there, mr. judge.and talk to each one of them. that wouldn't take very long. but have people who are trained in this kind of investigation who will be totally impartial. listen to what senator grassley, who is a friend of mine, but i just cannot believe the way he's handled this. look what he did. he sends his political counsel to say, i'm investigating and i'm asking all these questions. and then immediately afterwards sends out a tweet saying, confirm kavanagh. well, there is not even a semblance, not even a pretense of doing this in a nonpartial way. just do what we have always done. i did it as chairman. i did it as ranking member of that committee. when a question came up, whether it's a democrat or republican nominee, questions came up, we'd say, here, this is what the fbi is for. let them give us an impartial report. what is so difficult to do that? stop the playing games. this is a lifetime appointment. if it takes a few days longer, so what? what are they trying to hide? >> senator, we've lear

judge kavanagh's one of the most distinguished judges-- mr.n, i think we ought to have this loudmouth removed. cheryl: drama on capitol hill on the first in hearings for supreme court many brett kavanaugh. today the question and answer session begins and what am other democrats plan to use to derail the nominee. lauren: political drama not affecting markets at least not yet. the tao did fall yesterday. cheryl: worries about a possible following emerging market hitting futures. the dow down 113, s&p 10 and a quarter. lauren: theme is read and europe. trade tensions weighing on stocks. cheryl: new us tariffs on chinese goods take affect tomorrow. the shanghai composite down 1.7%. lauren: the once highflying blood testing is taking its final bow. "fbn:am" continues right now. lauren: not quite 5:30 a.m. in new york. wednesday, september 5. good morning. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning. i'm cheryl casone. a little drum on capitol hill with more coming today. brett kavanaugh is back in the hot seat with the president trump supreme court

and a mockery of our norms well mr chairman i therefore moved to adjourn this hearing the democrats and her aggressive groups are trying whatever they can to stop kavanagh from joining the high court they accuse the appeals court judge of wanting to outlaw abortion of favoring businesses over employees unions and consumers and of wanting to end overstretch and on firearms ownership democrats are also accusing republicans of trying to rush through kavanagh's confirmation for political purposes namely to protect president donald trump the interruptions and accusations angered republicans who run the jujitsu kerry committee this is the first confirmation hearing for a supreme court justice i've seen basically according to mob rule can i ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle how long you want to go on with this because i'm not going to entertain any of the motion and you're making do you want this to go on all day because i have been patient at the end of the day cavanaugh finally had a moment to speak and he addressed the question about his ability to be fair. over the past twelve years i've ruled sometimes for the prosecution and sometimes for

and a mockery of our norms well mr chairman i therefore moved to adjourn this hearing the democrats and her aggressive groups are trying whatever they can to stop kavanagh from joining the high court they accuse the appeals court judge of wanting to outlaw abortion of favoring businesses over employees unions and consumers and of wanting to end overstretch and on firearms ownership democrats are also accusing republicans of trying to rush through kavanagh's confirmation for political purposes namely to protect the president donald trump the interruptions and accusations angered republicans who run the jujitsu kerry committee this is the first confirmation hearing for a supreme court justice i've seen basically according to mob rule can i ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle how long you want to go on with this because i'm not going to entertain any of the motion and you're making do you want this to go on all day because i have been patient at the end of the day cavanaugh finally had a moment to speak and he addressed the question about his ability to be fair. over the past twelve years i've ruled sometimes for the prosecution and sometimes

kavanagh. documents could not be raised during the hearing. >> mr. at the supreme court confirmation hearing. cory booker a possible presidential contender in 2020 claiming he was going to expose documents marked committee confidential. >> i am going to release the e-mail about racial profiling. i understand that the penalty comes with potential ousting from the senate. this is about the closest i will have to an i am spart ks moment. >> reporter: republicans call the move a political stunt saying the documents have been cleared for release hours before the hearing calling out those across the aisle. >> running for president is no excuse for violating the rules of the senate or of the confidentiality of the documents that we are privy to. >> reporter: one of the newly released documents disclosed the 2003 e-mail from brett kavanagh when we was working at the white house. court can always overrule its precedent. kavanagh down played the e-mail exchange and tried to clarify. >> i think it was overstating something about legal scholars. i am always conc

mr trump's sympathies today seemed to be more with the accused than the accuser. as you know, justice kavanaghvery tough and his family, i think it is a very unfair thing what is going on. dr ford's lawyers have written to the senate judiciary committee sang she does not want to appear with the judge and wantan not want to appear with the judge and want an fbi investigation. that refusal to testify has angered even sympathetic republicans like senator bob corker, who now says there should be a vote to confirm the judge on monday, if doctor ford doesn't appear. but one other important voice is recommending a pause. anita hill went through similar hearings in 1991 and was widely seen to be treated badly. my advice is to push the pause button on this hearing, get the information together, bring in the experts, and put together a hearing that is fair, that is impartial, that is not biased by politics or by men. the memory of that hearing looms large. and there is clearly frustration among some women in the senate. i want to say to the men of this country, just shut up and step up. do the right thi

mr cavanaugh himself. well certainly this is something that is being strongly denied as we expected from judge kavanagh in a statement that has been released to the media widely reported he is calling this a smear campaign this report now of a second accuser he says that he's looking forward to being able to testify on thursday and what we believe will be a hearing where we will hear from christine blazin for the woman who first came forward alleging sexual misconduct by the supreme court nominee but now we are also hearing of a potentially third accuser that is being represented by michael ivan nadi he is of course the lawyer that represents stormy daniels who has made her own accusations against president trump with each hour this becomes more messy more complicated sensually it all boils down to the fact that the supreme court nomination by donald trump of brett kavanaugh to the highest court in the land in the united states certainly with each passing hour seems to become more and more in jeopardy given the fact that there have been these strongly worded accusers who have come out pointing the finger

kavanagh. today he answered questions while welcoming poland's president to the white house. you see them both there. mr. trump supports extending the confirmation hearings, but he's clearly frustrated by the delay in all this and he's blaming democrats. >> it should have been brought up long ago and that's what you have hearings for. you don't wait till the hearing is over then all of a sudden bring it up. >> first in line for the blame is senator feinstein. the president says she should have come forward months ago. feinstein says she was honoring christine blasey ford's request to remain anonymous. our coverage continues on "nightly news" including the tactics of the republicans are taking when it comes to addressing this upcoming hearing. lester holt joins us in 25 minutes. >> a show of force by mcdonald's employees today. workers across the country walked off the job to demand better protection against workplace harassment. that included workers in san francisco. nbc bay area sam brock joins us with the employees demands. sam. >> reporter: you know, zero tolerance for sexual harassment, that's what

senators say they haven't been given enough time to review kavanagh's record records i welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of mr brett kavanaugh mr chairman you're a very warm welcome not they don't even have an off duty to have a meeting his wife. and me their two daughters mr chairman or and i agree with and i call a manager harris mr chairman of the revenue has already large files and documents that we have and everyone else joined we know you last night and we believe this hearing she knows no need you or your out of order i'll proceed crossing jordan has more now from washington. it's the first of four confirmation hearing days for judge brett kavanaugh he's hoping to join the u.s. supreme court the hearing which started tuesday morning has already been interrupted dozens of times and at least twenty two people have been arrested by capitol police for interrupting the proceedings democratic senators also interrupted her seedings they tried it first to adjourn the session because they said they haven't received nearly enough information about kavanagh's record both on the high court that appellate court i s

well christine ford and brad kavanagh on the verge shared the same space today only after ford had left the committee chamber did mr cavanaugh enter to deliver his sign and his record with anger in his voice he denied boards 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 with apparent pent up anger about president trump and the two thousand and sixteen election fear that has been a 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 circus. a circus joining me tonight to discuss the circus in washington is our very own bias waiter and here with me at the big table is boris foreman a u.s. government policy analyst with bard college here in berlin to both of you it's good to h

mr. president -- >> is a delay acceptable, sir, on the hearings for judge kavanagh? there is some discussion he may not be coming in on monday. >> i think it's a great question frankly. we are looking to get this done as quickly as possible, so we have time available. we will delay the process until it's finished out. i guess we have invited everybody -- i know i can tell you this, that judge kavanagh is anxious to do it. i don't know about the other party, but judge kavanagh is very anxious to do it and a delay is certainly acceptable. we want to get to the bottom of everything. we want everybody to be able to speak up and to speak out. >> lisa, every democrat on that committee is going to be quoting president trump saying, a delay is certainly acceptable. we have time available. we will delay the process until it's finished out. >> that's right. and i think that that statement by senator graham and also the way that senator grassley set this hearing so quickly is really contempt with us of not only dr. ford, but of the seriousness of this matter. it's certainly --