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coming on and saring your views. >> thanks, chuck. >> joining me now with another perspective is patty murray from washington state. senator murray, welcome to e"met press". >> great to be here, chuck. >> i remember covering youran re it was the reason you stated for running was your reaction to le anita hill hearings and i remember a of people didn't give you much of a chance and you've now been aat united senator since 1992. >> correct. >> you said this about the ea republicans 27 later that the judiciary committee is leading us down the exact same place and an even worse one. how do you think worse? >> i think o of the things that i remember from the anita hill hearings was the way she was treated by united statest senator, t she was presumed that she was lying, that it was a fantasy, that she was making it up. that's how the questions came from the united states and she was never given a full sportunity to be believed from thert. i sense that again, as i hear a number of the comments, the majority leader saying we're going to plow right through it as if it was a pty thing. we have to deal

uests this morning, repuican senator david purdue of georgia and democratic senator patty murray of washington state. plus how serious would deputy attorney general rod rosenstein about secretly recording president trump any trying to remove him from office? and does this give there presidt ammunition in his fight with robert mueller? >> there's a lingering stench and we'rgoing to getrid of that, too. >> also my sitdown with secretary of state mike mpeo. >> the north koreans been honest about their nuclear program? >> finally, our brannew nbc news/wall street journal poll on president trump and the battle for control of congress. joining me insight and analysis are chris matthew, host of "hardball" on msnbc. helene cooper, pen correspondent for the new york times. >> andeliana johnson, for politico. welcome to sunday.ee it's "the the press". >> from nbc news inin waon chlt the longest nninru shogw i "meet thepress "" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. it was in 1991 when clarence thomas' path to confirmation was interrupted by aita hill with sexual harassment in the workplace. helping to

, id: remember the year of the woman back in 19en senators like patty murray of washington, dianne feinstein of california, and several others actually got elected. they got elected after clarence thomas hearing where anita ll was treated so poorly in such a publicashion. senator feinstein said she would not be a senator today were it not for those hearings inspiring her to run. at the moment republicans are struggling with those suburban republican women who generally don't like presidentrump very much. if this becomes another anit hill, that gets exacerbated.ka y put it very well, there is no goodwill between democrats and republicans right now.we seves out from an election, this is a tinderbox ust got a match thrown i it. laura: this seems like a particularly poisonous political moment, the me too movement meets washinouon. haveeen anything like it? reid: i feel like i have not seen anything like the last two years and i keep reminding myself that when the next shoe drops. this is a unique time in american culture where we are paying attention to elections and hearing nothg but negative v

washington state senator patty murray tweeted that she first decided to run two decades ago after sheow anita hill was treated. hill famously testified against then supreme court nominee clarence thomas about harassment she felt. ten years from now, brett kavanaugh might be sitting on the supreme court as justice brett kavanaugh, but there also might be more women inspired like senator patty murray running and winning and there on capitol hill. kendis? stephanie? >> reactions to professor ford's testimony filled social media, as you can imagine, with many messages from sexual assault survivors, sharing their stories for the first time. calls to the national sexual assault hotline rose 147% during that hearing. >> and one woman who is 76 years old called into c-span during the hearing with a powerful account of something she experienced decades ago. here is a listen. >> yes. i'm a 76-year-old woman who was sexually molested in the second grade. this brings back so much pain. i thought i was over it but it's not. you will never forget it. you get confused and you don't understand it but

before the committee announcement was made, senator patty murray spoke briefly about the nomination process on the senate floor. >> mr. president, i come to the floor to speak about the opioid legislation. i will get to that but i do want to briefly comment on another critical issue. mr. president, once again, i want to

, including senator feinstein, who is now the ranking democrat on the judiciary committee, and patty murraycant year for women, electorally in this country. i think this attempt to rush through a single round of questioning just five minutes each for judge kavanaugh and for dr. ford is a significant mistake and will be taken by the people of the united states as an attempt to rush to judgment on judge kavanaugh. >> senator, obviously those -- the political fallout from what happened 27 years ago at the anita hill and clarence thomas hearings is never far from anybody's mind in terms of covering washington dynamics, the political dynamics here are real. obviously the seriousness of these allegations is also very resonant. i think male and female senators who are looking at these matters fairly. as this process gets under way, as we get closer to this hearing tomorrow with the kind of speed that we're expecting, all these allegations to be handled tomorrow, and not hearing from all these other witnesses, i wonder if within the senate you are hearing about or having conversations either among

.>> reporter: patty murray is calling for a formal investigation she's blasting republicans for making this a bare-bones case of he said she said without evidence.>> the hearing was a disaster period they didhave an fbi investigation and witnesses.>> reporter: regardless of what happens, it's existence has delayed the confirmation process, there will likely be only eight justices on the bench when the supreme court begin succession october 1.>>> we are also learning democrats are investigating a new allegation of sexual assault against brett kavanaugh the claim is from 1983 when he was a student at yale p the new yorker is reporting jabber ramirez a former classmate is alleging he exposed himself at a party period>>> christine blazing ford shared her story with anna an issue who appeared on face the nation and she said it took courage to come per>> it was wrenching for her to tell the story because there is a re-experience when the story is told. she went into detail and at the end of our conversation i told her i believed her.>> ford sent her a letter detailing the allegations against

mary cantwell and patty murray, you cited a litany of things. sometimes you have to dance with the one that brought you, but the fact you would talk about this person, don't know what to read into that. >> that is news to me. i won't go back and look at his log. i know he is our candidate, he won a primary, with two great recruits, his dad was in congress in that seat and that is all news to me and appreciate you bringing it to my attention. >> how often have you talked to the president about not shutting down the government? >> i talk to everyone i can about how terrible the government shutdown would be for america. not about politics but america. >> okay. let's see. helena schneider from politico. >> you were talking earlier about open seats. you wish to they were more than ideal in the cycle. do you have a historic high of open seats? not all of them are competitive but half are and i would be curious if you would speak to how that affects resources and priorities? do they fall down the priority list for you? and can you speak if you have any

john you and counselor to patty murray, welcome to you both. let's talk through this. senator grassley said this, they interviewed brett cavanagh, he doesn't hesitate, he knew it was under penalty. we invited minority staff to participate, it is all questions but minority staff declined and set interviews with two other alleged witnesses, minority staff is welcome to participate in the investigative process but they have declined. does that heard their case if they don't join in the process? >> what it illustrates, we need to take a step back and conduct a thorough independent investigation. you have heard from every democratic member of the senate judiciary committee calling for the white house to request the fbi reopened the background check on brett kavanaugh and assess the allegations that involve ford as part of that. that is what was done during the confirmation process for then judge clarence thomas and it is what should be done in this instance as well, the reason being, i am speaking for former committee counsel, not the judiciary committee but with respect to

>> secretary of state mike pompeo and then also speaking with democratic senator patty murray, as well. >> all right. see you sunday morning 10:30 right here on nbc 4. thank you, chuck. >> thank you. >>> now to the u.s. senate race inni vir news 4 is hosting a debate with democraticen incumbentor tim kaine and republican candidate corey stewart and face off next wednesda 7:00 p.m. our man chuck will moderate that debate. that's next wednesday evening. oc>>> a man disappears on his honeymoon in hawaii. his res of the search and wife's plea for help. >>> new safety recommendations for maryland athletics. what could change in light of a tragic death. > amelia is back next with a look at the weeke weather. which one of th dayse ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ >>> kind of a gray, cloudy, weekend.rt to our is there a better news ahead? >> yeah, well, i think if people are wanting the feel of fall -- >> bright side. >> but no. it is not goi to be a

patty murray got nominated in september.tate because the incumbent democrat brock adams had to leave the senate because of sexual misconduct allegations and patty murray called herself a mom in tennis shoes got nominated. so many women nominated within the democratic party not entirely but heavily with so many nominated, there was not a huge gender gap but with so many nominated, the number soared from two to six, 28-47 number of women. in fact, with six women in the senate after the '92 election, george mitchell. the majority leader held a press conference and announced we'll put in a women's bathroom for the first time. >> yeah, steve, you know, that's a great point. it's funny. i walk by that bathroom all the time. i was quite the fight and it is -- we shouldn't -- i should stop being surprised by how many institutions are around being all male but the numbers when it triples from two to six. >> two to six, right. >> yeah, well, thankfully there are more women in the senate and both parties now. eddie i want to go to you

they ran for office, supported each other, did it in numbers unheard of, the year of the woman, patty murrayny more all made their big leaps in politics in 1992. it was a development that shaped the decade, the decade i write about in my new book "the red and the blue," it's coming out on october 22nd, you can preorder it now. i'm super excited for it. i hope you will. while we're in the midst of another year of the woman right now, 2018, for now whatever the senate judiciary committee was told about brett kavanaugh is very murky. the exact accusation still unknown. it goes back more than three decades. we may never learn who the accuser is. it may not deliver a hill/thomas moment. but if you've got a long delivery, it's impossible to look at this and not recognize it was the setup to the 1991 drama. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in". >> paul manafort who really is a nice man, you look at what's going on with him, it's like al capone. >> paul manafort flips. >> that's what he said. that's what i said -- that's obviously what the opposition. >> donald trump's

i want you to listen to democratic senator patty murray talking about that specifically on met the press this morning. >> one of the things that i remember from the anita hill hearings was the way she was treated by united states senators, that she was presumed that she was lying, that it was a fantasy, that she was making it up. that's how the questions came from the senators, and she was never given the full opportunity to be believed from the start. i sense that again. >> david, what do you think needs to happen to make sure there isn't an anita hill 2.0 as she would describe in terms of the process of questioning? >> we may already be beyond that point, and that is whether in hill's case the president george bush sr. quickly sent word what they heard about hill's complaints, they sent a directive to the justice department to run an fbi investigation. there were a few witnesses, and then both on the question of an fbi investigation and the question of witnesses, so far christine ford has been told no. she's getting less due process than anita hill got. >> do you think that there's bee

patty murray/(d) washington"this is a test for the united states senate on how we handle accusations of sexual harassment and assault. i am hoping this senate passes it."and if it does take place questions about who will testify.sen. chuck schumer/(d) minority leader"chairman grassley said there'd be only two witnesses. that's simply inadequate, unfair, wrong and a desire not to get at the whole truth and nothing but the truth."senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley telling radio host hugh hewitt the hearing would only include two witnesses. judge brett kavanaugh and professor christine blasey ford in that ford had still not responded to the committee's request for a follow up phone call or its hearing invitation.sen. chuck grassley/(r) judiciary committee chairman"we have reached out to her in the last 36 hours, three or four times by email and we've not heard from them. so it kind of raises the question do they want to come to the public hearing or not?while all 10 democrats on the judiciary committee called for the hearing to include more witnesses, including kavanaugh

. >> good yeses toipght listen to patty murray. >> i've said that anita hill hearing was a disaster buthave an fbi investigation. they did have other witnesses there were other ways to judge this. the senate republicans have predetermined the outcome of the he said she said by taking that away. >> david how do you litigate a he said she said from 35 years ago -- and then deal with these new allegations too? >> yeah. this is wild, wild west of legal procedure here no burden of proof like a criminal or civil case. you know so comes down to credibility, and sure, this is an interesting issue. although there's a second allegation now, the question of the timing again in question just like dr. ford why come forward so long -- why not come forward earlier and why come forward now less than 50 days from an election. whaivetle did what does a proser do with late evidence like this? >> common for a sex victim not to come forward. corroborating evidence is key or for a prosecutor to have this person come forward before, it is culled a fresh compliant is there any corroborating evidence in forensi

democrat patty murray and erdue will be id chuck's guests. >>> also this morning, iran is summo ining dipmats after this attack at a milt tear ri pisade th weekend. morewohan t dozen were killed. 60 injured. iran claims they are harboring members of the terrorist group they say launched that >attack. >>he coast guard raced into action after an elderly man suffered what appears to be a stroke while on a cruise ship. 78-year-old man was air lifted to the. hospit he was in stable condition when he was taken away. >>> andds tiger w is just 18 holes away from what could be his firstpga tournament win in five years. woods is leading the tour t championship bhree strokes over rory mcilroy and justin rhodes. you can see if tiger closes the deal today starting at noonn eastn the golf channel and continuing at 1:30 right here on nbc. tiger and rory in that final group, that is going to be must-watch tv. >>> dylan is here with a check of the weather. do you thinks tiger clohe deal? >> i hope so. >> i do, too. >> i say it's goo for the sport. everybody has been waiting for him to do it. >> rollin

some of those women like patty murray, are still in service in the united states senate.already this will be the largest elected class of female candidates up and down the ballot in american history. and i suspect at the outcome of this, no matter which way it goes, whether kavanaugh is confirmed or not, is going to energize female voters across this country, including female republican suburban voters who will be pulling down democratic ballots for the first time. this will have a profound implication in the november elections. >> steve schmidt ran the confirmation campaigns around now-sitting supreme court justices roberts and alito. we'll ask him if kavanaugh makes it or not, after the break. >>> the dam has finally broken. after days of being celebrated for being restrained and even called medicated by one outside adviser for not attacking kavanaugh's accuser, professor christine blasey ford, trump finally let it rip tweeting, i have no doubt if the attack on dr. ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local law enforcement authorit

. -- and patty murray, on the blog.- and i know sometimes you have to dance with the ones who brought you. the fact you talk about this person, i don't know what i should read into that. >> that is news to me, i will go back and look at his blog. i know that he is our candidate, he won a primary, we have two great recruits. carla nelson and jim, his dad was, i think, in congress, in that seat. and that is all news to me and i appreciate you bringing it to my attention. >> have you talked to -- how often have you talked to the president about not shutting down the government?'s mac i talked everybody i can about how terrible a government shutdown would be for america. ç it is not about politics, it is about america. >> let's see. alina schneider from politico. >> we were talking earlier about open seats, and you mentioned at the top that you wish there were maybe then were ideal. we have a historic high of open seats, obviously not all are competitive but half are and i'm curious if you can speak to how that affects reso

. >> women on the hill, patty murray remembers this and that motivated her to run for office. >> we are going pause. you are looking live at north carolina because air force one just landed. president trump is expected to get a briefing about hurricane florence, the deadly storm that killed 35 people, so far. here is the thing. for a lot of people across the carolinas, the disaster is not over. the sunshine you are seeing does not mean safety. that's because there are rivers swollen by rain that are getting toward record heights. look at the images, forcing some to evacuate, shutting down roads, cutting off whole neighborhoods. hundreds of people lined up for free food and water in wilmington that has been cut off from the rest of the state. they got two and a half feet of rain. i want to start with hans nichols who is traveling with the president in north carolina, the home of the marine corps air station cherry point. hans, as we take a live look now at what i believe is a live shot. at any moment we expect to see the president walking off the plane. talk about expectations and what w

this is a candidate who called ry cantwell and patty murray bimbos.e says a litany of ma sodgistic thing. but the fact that you would talk about this person -- i don't know what i should read into that? >> that's news to moment i will go back and look at his blog. i know that he's our candidate. he won a primary. he had two great recruits. carla nelson. his dad was in congress in that seat. and but that's all news to me. and i appreciate you bringing it to our attention. >> how often have you talked to the president about not shutting down the government? >> i -- i talk to everybody i can about how terrible a government shutdown would be for america. it's not about politics, it's about america. >> let's see. elena schneider from politico. >> so you were talking earlier about open seatsle you wish that there were maybe more than ideal in this cycle. we have a historic high of open seats. obviously not all of them are competitive but half are. i would be curious if you could speak to resource and priorities. do they fall down tow the priority list for y

some of those women like patty murray, are still in service in the united states senate.e know already this will be the largest elected class of female candidates up and down the ballot in american history. and i suspect at the outcome of this, no matter which way it goes, whether kavanaugh is confirmed or not, is going to energize female voters across this country, including female republican suburban voters who will be pulling down democratic ballots for the first time. this will have a profound implication in the november elections. >> steve schmidt ran the confirmation campaigns around now-sitting supreme court justices roberts and alito. we'll ask him if kavanaugh makes it or not, after the break. don't forget that the past can speak to the future. ♪ ♪ i'm going to be your substitute teacher. don't assume the substitute teacher has nothing to offer... same goes for a neighborhood. don't forget that friendships last longer than any broadway run. mr. president. (laughing) don't settle for your first draft. or your 10th draft. ♪ ♪ you get to create the room where it hap

rnc spokeswoman and democratic strategist and former senior advisor to washington state senator patty murray. great to have you both >> thanks, mike. >> hey. mike: does a prolonged supreme court fight energize a lot of your voters who may not be as fired up about a typical midterm election year? >> there is simply no doubt about it. you know, a lot of voters in 2016 voted on the supreme court. in fact, according to exit polls, 1 in 5 voters voted because of the supreme court, and of those supreme court voters, 56% vote -- vote for president trump. there's no denying this motivates our voters. this is particularly key in an election year, where democrats do have an enthusiasm advantage by about 5 to 8 points. so the fact that this is going on, i can tell you this, we are fired up in the republican party, and we are going to the polls because of what we see democrats doing. mike: dave, what's the impact on democrats if kavanaugh is confirmed, defeated or for reason this drags on longer? >> yeah, mike, i think under any scenario, democrats are energized. and you see that both in how to date we

heard from several prominent members of the senate judiciary committee that are women, senator patty murray spoke out today. i want to play a little bit of what she said and then get your reflections. >> i have said many times that the anita hill hearing was a disaster, but that did have an fbi investigation. there were other ways to judge this. the senate republicans have predetermined the outcome that this will be a he said/she says by taking that away. >> and by count, sarah, roughly about four witnesses for hill back in 1991. about 10 or 11 for thomas back in 1991. w we don't have any confirmed on either side for either kavanaugh or dr. ford. >> yeah. so back in 1991 i was a young girl and -- young woman. that event shaped my entire understanding of sexuality, about how i relate to men, what i have the power to say and who will believe me. the bar was so low back then. the fact that we can't even -- we don't even have witnesses. there has been no fbi investigation. the bar is even lower now. we're not even doing better than we did 27 years ago. and then everyone wonders why women are fu

this is a candidate who called mary cantwell and patty murray being bimbos.e said a litany of misogynistic things. sometimes you have to dance -- the fact you would talk about this person -- i don't know what i should read into that? mr. stivers: actually, that's news to me. i'll go back and look at his blog. i know that he's our candidate. he won a primary. we had two great recruits. carla nelson and jim and his dad was, i think, in congress in that seat. and -- but that's all news to me and i appreciate you bringing it to my attention. jackie: ok. have you talked -- how often have you talked about the -- to the president about not shutting down the government? mr. stivers: i talked to everybody about how terrible it would be about shutting down america. it's not about politics. it's about america. francine: ok. let's see. elena schneider from "politico." elena: so you were talking earlier about open seats and you mentioned at the top that you wish that there are more than maybe ideal in the cycle. we have a historic high of open seats. obviously not all of

i'd like to thank senators lamar alexander and patty murray and their staffs as well as the leadership and staffs of the other committees who worked to create and refine the legislative package that we'll be voting on later this evening. this bill contains a number of proposals that will help families and communities struggling day in and day out to respond to the opioid overdose crisis. one of those proposals is my bipartisan opioid milestones act, a bill i authored with senators lisa murkowski and maggie hassan to create a score card to the crisis. the milestones act will require the federal government to both set tangible benchmarks for how we are addressing the opioid crisis in our country and measure progress on key objectives every single year. when people are sick, they get a treatment plan. the united states of america needs a nationwide treatment plan for fighting the opioid crisis, and that's what this provision will create for our country. those objectives including reducing overdose deaths, expanding treatment availability, increasing the number of individuals in sustained

patty murray / wa-d>this is a test for the united states senate, on how we handle allegations of sexual harrasment and assault. some senate republicans have already said if the allegations are credible and believable --that would disqualify judge kavanaugh from the supreme court. he's categorically and strongly denied it and so if at this point any of it is proven true, he's also lied. republican senator lisa murkowski who holds a key swing vote - says the hearing is key.sen. lisa murkowski / ak-r>i think what we all need to do is not speculate.some senate democrats insist the process is being rushed - they want the fbi to reopen the background investigation into judge kavanaugh before a hearing takes place.in washington alexandra limon. a warning for parents with babies... a group is telling you áánot to use baby walkers. details on the dangers kids face when using them. (catherine) and after the break... the search is on for three robbers -- who targeted a a t--mobile store in the east bay. details on what happened..

. >> i think it's a real testament to chairman alexander's and patty murray's bipartisan support of the committee, at a moment and we're not getting much of that in the congress. >> we're deeply grateful. >> we're grateful to you. i sent you a letter and asked you a few questions on whether our society is becoming addicted to technology and what the public health effects of social networking are. last week the american psychological association released a study showing that in recent years, 20% of u.s. teens reported reading a book, magazine, or newspaper for pleasure while more than 80% said they used social media every day. a report in 2017 found children 8 years old and older spent 48 minutes a day on mobile devices, up from 15 minutes in 2015. the number who own their own tablets is a major increase from 2013. it seems to me we need to prioritize some research in these areas. thank you for your response to the letter, but i wonder if you can talk about what nih is doing to address these issues. >> i'll quickly tell you about a program that's funded by nih called abcd, the add dough

i think of the way senator patty murray has worked so hard on that with republicans and democrats, with all of us to put together a bill that reflects the interests of all the country. now, we stand poised to deliver it to the american people. we have to get moving. we leave these important agencies to limp along with a continuing resolution that's unwise, that's unnecessary. we have laid the groundwork to finish these bills. now we just need the will to do it. so that brings me to minibus three. that contains defense appropriations bill and the labor, health and human services, and education bill. it funds our national security and many of our domestic priorities. it demonstrates the importance of the bipartisan budget agreement reached earlier this year. in this combination of bills, we see the priorities outlined in that agreement. we see them made into real policy to improve the lives of americans, not empty rhetoric, but real policy. and that is why so many republicans and so many democrats voted for it. let's take the bipartisan budget deal. as a result of that, the senate defense

around here is actually work together, and two of the best people we've got are lamar alexander and patty murray. and some of us were invited to participate less than a year ago in a series of hearings and in a series of off site coffees that preceded those hearings to try to figure out what are some things we can agree on to bring down the cost of coverage in the exchanges. and the witnesses included governors. they included state insurance commissioners, folks from health insurance companies, providers, you name it. and they basically agreed on three things. it was kind of amazing. they said at the end of the day what we need is to adopt an approach on reinsurance. number two, they said that csrs, we need to make sure that the cost sharing arrangements don't go away, that they're going to be around, the insurance companies can count on those, they have some certainty. the third thing that the witnesses agreed, one after the other, was that if we're going to get rid of the individual mandate, we have to come up with some combination of alternatives which in their aggregate mimic the effect of t

an opening statement, and i will tell you that i remember having the conversation with you and patty murray brought in the caregiver's bill and you said i made a promise to get this done and i'll get it done and you did. the challenge we have here is the house is leaving town tomorrow and the blue water navy folks are out there, and so i trust you unequivocally to get this done but we do need to get it done. we've been talking about it for far too long and they were immremed appropriately by the va as congress intended and as the veterans deserved. mr. secretary, as you highlighted in your testimony this is not business as usual. this is a fundamental transformation not seen in the va, too. because the stakes are so high, collaboration and partnerships are so critical than ever. collaboration and partnerships are more critical than ever. whether it's the va and the vsos working together, whether it's congress and the vsos working together or whether it's congress and the va working together, that triangle needs to have good, solid communication. unfortunately, in my opinion, it looks as if

about the hearing yesterday, it was senator patty murray on capitol hill talking about concerns of allegationsnd how they are being handled by republicans on the committee. here is some of her thinking. [video clip] >> what i have been focused on since i was out in the country watching when anita hill's she was occurred was not treated fairly. she was attacked and she was not given the ability to be believed inside the senate. i have been very focused on making sure this time around in 2018, 27 years later, this senate acts appropriately. not just for this nominee, but any future nominee. what message will be sent right now in 2018 in the me too movement if the senate rushes through this, doesn't believe her before she has a chance to say anything? we have a president that says people are drunk. when we send that message and don't give women credibility, we will be sending the wrong message to young women today to speak up and they will be believed and there will be an investigation and we will respect them and to young men, don't worry, you are going to get away with this. let's get the messa

we heard from mitch mcconnell, here is patty murray about today's hearings.video clip] >> in this moment in the united states senate, what kind of message will be sent to women whogirls across the country are watching right now, who are looking to see how dr. ford is being treated, whether or not ramirez, who is willing to testify under a rose, whether her story will be taken seriously or even be investigated. and grappling with what may be one of the toughest decisions of their lives should they report a sexual assault. should they try to bring a perpetrator to justice and make sure he faces the consequences he deserves? or should they keep it to themselves, worried about the ways they may be attacked or ignored or disbelieved, and tara graded -- interrogated about what they drank or wore. moment in the united states senate, what kind of message will we send to men and boys across the country who are watching right now, who will see whether women are empowered to share their experience, men facing the consequences of their actions, and a message sent that th

patty murray talking about the lessons that should be learned from those hearings as the senate movesorward with its potential hearings involving brett kavanaugh and his accuser. [video clip] >> thank you. i will take questions, but i want to say one more thing. as someone who is standing in front of you because of the way the anita hill hearings were handled. there are lessons to be learned and one of the consequences is that left a generation of women 27 years ago with the knowledge that if they come forward, they will not be taken seriously, they will be berated and not be able to get through with a fair hearing. let us not have that be this lesson this time. let this senate show how you can handle this fairly and justly with a hearing that is fair to a person who has come forward so that we send a message right now, the united states senate, that women can come forward with a have been sexually assaulted , butill not be berated will be treated fairly. that is the lesson i want my granddaughters to see out of this hearing today. host: we have been talking with women only in this fi

since last october, the senate health committee which i chair and senator murphy -- and senator patty murray of washington is the ranking member of has held seven hearings on this crisis. we've heard from governors, from doctors, from addiction experts, family members, and others on how the federal government can be the best possible partner as we work to solve the crisis. we took the input we heard of the first six hearings. we turned it into a draft package of proposals. senator murray and i released that on april 5. on april 11 we head our seventh hearing to review the draft proposal. on the 17th we introduced an updated package of 40 proposals based on the feedback we heard at the seventh hearing. on april 24, the senate health committee voted 23-0 to pass this legislation which included proposals then from 38 different senators. because this crisis is so widespread, the finance, judiciary, commerce, and banking committees also have been working on their contributions to this bill. on may 22, the commerce committee passed two provisions. may 24, judiciary passed six. june 12, finance com

who have expertise in this field, but first washington democratic senator patty mur are ri is joining us now. and senator murray, i want to get your reaction and i want to pause that you are not on the judiciary committee, but you have a vote, and i nknow that from covering this, you were elected in 1982, the year of the woman partly as the anita hill and clarence thomas hearings, and what does this should we say late, late allegation late in the process and how seriously should it be take then and how should it affect the hearing and the vote schedule ed d by the t committee already scheduled for friday? >> andrea, i just read it, and it is horrifying. it is important to note that it is an affidavit and she has sign signed it under perjury or law. so people don't do this randomly. it needs to be investigated, absolutely. but let me step back for a minute and are remind e everybody that what we do as a senate today and how we react to the allegation, and what message we send by how we deal with them is critically important. if the senate were to switch this aside and dismiss mrs. ford and do what the president

murray: hi, i am senator patty murray from washington state. like so many women across the country, i watched dr. ford testified with tears in my eyes. her courage is truly incredible and she is truly an inspiration to women and girls and sexual assault survivors across the country. dr. fordwe have seen share her experience so bravely and vividly and we have heard what judge kavanaugh has to say regarding just one of the allegations he faces, the eyes the supremen are on court nomination and the republicans who control the senate face a very simple but absolutely critical question. is the united states senate a place where women are listened to, heard and respected? more it still just one place where women's voices will be swept under the rug, where our voices are ignored, attacked and undermined? will the united states senate do its job when it comes to our constitutional advice and consent role and truly look into this nominee and make sure he is fit to sit on our nation's supreme court? through thisushed process, not allowing all the voices

i'm senator patty murray from washington state. i watched dr. ford testify on thursday with tears in my eyes. incredible is truly and she is an inspiration to women and girls and a assault survivors across the country. now that we have seen dr. ford share her experience so bravely and vividly and we have heard what judge kavanaugh had to say regarding one of the allegations he faces, the eyes of the nation are on the supreme court nomination and the republicans who control the senate face a few very simple but absolutely critical questions. is the united states senate a place where women are listened to, heard, and respected? is it still just one more place where women's voices will be swept under the rug? where our voices are ignored, attacked, and undermined? what the u.s. senate do its job when it comes to our constitutional advice and consent role and look into this nominee and make sure he is spent to sit on our nations supreme court? will we rush through this the voices tollow be heard, or information to be brought forward and try to jam t

before the committee announcement was made, senator patty murray spoke briefly about the nomination process on the senate floor. >> mr. president, i come to the floor to speak about the opioid legislation. i will get to that but i do want to briefly comment on another critical issue. mr. president, once again, i want to thank professor ford for her bravery. this is not easy for anyone. nobody asks for this to happen to them. i can only imagine the trauma and heartache involved in sharing and reliving a sexual assault like this. but she should know that i and millions of people are standing by her side and stand ready to help however we can. mr. president, i want to make three points -- first, this nomination needs to be delayed. the idea that this nomination could be jammed through given what we know now is almost unthinkable. timing of this new information and the process that has taken us to this point, the fact is senators now have the new information about a potential crime committed by a nominee for the highest court in the land and an individual who have come forward with details of t