mr. ludington described mr. kavanaugh actually throwing beer, not ice. there's a little bit of confusion there whether beer or ice was thrown. but definitely alcohol was involved in some way. >> has kavanaugh made any comment about this? >> we contacted the white house a few hours ago and so far all we can get from them is that he was not arrested, and we're seeking additional comment. we're waiting to hear back from them. but so far we don't have anything further. >> vaben, i appreciate your reporting. thanks so much. jeff, first of all, what do you make about this latest "the new york times" reporting about this bar altercation he was questioned about at the time? >> it's certainly not proof either of itself that either kavanaugh did anything wrong at the time or he was drunk. but it certainly fits with the pattern of what several witnesses are saying is that he was someone around alcohol a lot when he was an under graduate. that doesn't mean he lied in his testimony before the judiciary committee. but it also suggests that a thorough investigation of

mr. ludington, continued. at that point mr. dudley took his beer and smashed it into the head of the guy who by now had brett in an embrace. i then tried to pull chris back, and a bunch of other guys tried to pull the other guy back. i don't know what brett was doing in the mele, but there was blood, there was glass, beer and shouting and the police showed up. and so his statement in the new haven police report now add more corroboration to deborah ramirez's description of brett kavanaugh of being physically aggressive and abusive while drunk. abc news is reporting tonight brett kavanaugh was working on his defense against deborah ramirez's accusations before her accusation became public, and that is direct contradiction of brett kavanaugh's own testimony about that. nbc news is reporting, quote, in the days leading up to a public allegation that supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh exposed himself to a college classmate, the judge and his team were communicating behind the scenes with friends to refute the claim, according to

mr. ludington described in which brett kavanaugh allegedly threw a beer at someone and started a fight, well, tonight "the new york times" reports that there is indeed a police report documenting that incident and judge kavanaugh's involvement. quote, the incident which occurred in september 1985 during mr. kavanaugh's junior year resulted in mr. kavanaugh and four other men being questioned by the new haven police department. mr. kavanaugh was not arrested, but the police report stated that a 21-year-old man accused mr. kavanaugh of throwing ice on him for some unknown reason. a witness to the fight said that chris dudley, a yale basketball player who is friends with mr. kavanaugh, then threw a glass that hit the 21-year-old man in the ear, according to the police report. the report said that the victim was bleeding from the right ear and was later treated at a local hospital. mr. dudley denied the allegation, according to the report, but for his part, speaking to the officers, mr. kavanaugh did not want to say if he threw the ice or not, the police report said. the police report referred t

mr. ludington is out of his house again right now.ut he said that his ex-friend -- meaning dan murphy, the ex-roommate at yale of the judge -- he said he's lying, he's a liar. so then i said specifically, what did he lie -- kavanaugh -- about under oath before the senate judiciary committee? he said, well, he didn't explain the extent of his drinking, what i saw. i said, well, he admitted he drank, he admitted that everything he wasn't proud of, and he said, well, he didn't go far enough. i said, so in other words there are omissions that he made during his testimony? in other words he didn't go to the full extent? and he said yes. so he couldn't specifically pin point an out-and-out lie, but taking an omission as not going far enough when he's under oath. wolf. >> quickly, i see he's still speaking. i don't know if he's speaking to a reporter back there. he said he's only going the make one statement, but be precise. i know he has contacted the fbi, he wants to give them some sort of statement. has he been formally questioned by fbi

mr. ludington decided what he had seen of brett kavanaugh's drinking indicated he was not being truthful.o brings information forward. forward.s information >> packaging characterize this habit -- how did he characterize this habit? he used were belligerent and aggressive. he saw mr. cavanaugh extremely drunk on occasion, slipping his - slruring is -- slurring his words. the incident he had said, brett kavanaugh was not as drunk as he had seen him, but he reciprocated the barroom fight because he threw a beer allegedly at another individual in the bar. i: is a lot of people are saying, you do this when you are in college, so what? does this refer to his character and temperament? paints a little bit more of a portrait of mr. cavanaugh, age,vanaugh, at a young but nevertheless a portrait. at --s haidi: i have to cut you off. you can read the story on bloomberg. ♪ away fromare an hour the open of trading in hong kong. were closedrkets because of the holiday yesterday. chinese markets will be closed for the remainder of the week. >> you are watching "daybreak: asia." measure of confidence re

mr. chad ludington said he drank too much and chris dudley said he never saw him drink too much.o those accounts show up? >> what the fbi will do is interview whoever they interview and write up a report of the interview. they are not going to conclude that one is telling the truth and the other is not. they are going to say here you go. >> suppose they think one of them is lying. do they say that? >> we don't put in our reports of interview what we think. we put in what we are told. >> how about a person who gives inconsistent testimony? >> that goes in. >> he said x and then seven minutes later in the interview he said y. >> you don't characterize it. >> how about if i asked if bart kavanaugh is brett kavanaugh and he said no. the fate of judge kavanaugh's confirmation most likely comes down to a few undecided senators. let's listen to what some of the key people have to say today. >> the fbi is doing its investigation. we need them to do their investigation. and what i'm going to do is i'm going to wait to see what comes back. >> can i ask you if it turns out kavanaugh lied --

mr. kavanaugh may have been with that night. >> yeah. his name is chad ludington. let's listen to him. this is how he described the incident to chris just last hour. watch. >> brett took umbrage at this and threw his beer at the guy. i actually now found out from the report that it wasn't beer. that i had misremembered. brett said [ bleep ] or something to that effect and threw the ice at the guy. and the guy understandably, even though he had been aggressive in his response, found that was a little one step too far. >> so when he says he took umbrage to it, he says it began with an exchange with someone at the bar. his group of friends had confused for someone else. that person then made a snide remark and then the whole thing rolled out, transpired from there. does that confirm or conform to what police gathered that night? >> it does according to the report, it conforms exactly to that account, yes. >> so brett kavanaugh was not arrested? >> he was not arrested, no. >> but it shows -- >> the report indicates that he was reported by witnesses to have thrown ice at a gentleman, but he