because the supreme courtjustice is incredibly important in terms of american law.vanaugh is a right—wing — he's a conservative judge. he's somebody, who, for example, has very strong views on lgbt issues, on abortion, and that's partly why president trump has nominated him. so it's political in the sense that democrats and republicans have very defined views on him. but aside from all of this, this has become a deeply personal issue, and for an accuser and the accused, it's going to be a very difficult process whenever they face thisjudiciary committee on thursday. and chris, ijust want to change tack slightly. it is a mark of the political climate over there where i can rarely talk about one major story. but i want to switch to rod rosenstein, the us deputy attorney general — questions all day about his position. yes, and it gives you a sense of the many issues that are swirling around the white house at the moment. rod rosenstein essentially went to the white house today with speculation that he was either going to resign or be fired, following comments he made i

threats since coming forward, will face her alleged attacker, brett kava naugh, potential supreme courtjustice. the chairman of the committee started with an apology to them both. both dr ford and judge kavanaugh have been through a terrible couple weeks. they and their families have received vile threats. but with that nod to civility, the gloves came off, in what is a partisan dogfight. this is not a trial of dr ford. it's a job interview forjudge kavanaugh. then there was the turn of christine blasey ford to set out her case — nervously at first. i am here today not because i want to be. i am terrified. lam here because i believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanaugh and i were in high school. and then, the distressing detail of what she said happened that night. i was pushed onto the bed, and brett got on top of me. he began running his hands over my body and grinding into me. i yelled, hoping that someone downstairs might hear me, and i tried to get away from him, but his weight was heavy. brett groped me and tried to take off my clothes. he had a hard

and uncontrolled, and many people are now seeing that that was an unbecoming demeanour for a supreme courtjustice and he kicked back questions, particularly one question toa questions, particularly one question to a female senator. —— he was so ebay said. he said, do you have a jinking problem. he looked more like a petulant teenager than eight supreme courtjustice. he is already a judge and he has gone through many investigations in the past to reach that point, as the republicans are keen to remind us. is there anybody who thinks in terms of this nomination, somebody is innocent until proven guilty, whatever the charge? i do. i'm surprised by the way this discussion has gone, because you believe in the presumption of innocence. well, i don‘t think you can get to the bottom of this in a week. i think the fact that he resisted having fbi investigation, eight times he was offered, why not get the fbi to investigate? if there is nothing to this, why doesn‘t he want to clear his name? that is proper due process , his name? that is proper due process, to have a proper investigation. why is he worried

barometer of morality in the united states, it's a very long period of time and to have a supreme courtjustice and a demeanour which frankly demeans the office that he is about to represent doesn't look good. . i am not a candidate to the supreme court justice of the united states, this is the point. this debate will probably continue around this table but i'm afraid our time is up this week. plenty more to discuss at the same time next week. join us then if you can. bye—bye. we started today with a real chill in the air, a touch of frost and fog. it had all the makings of a beautiful day at sunrise here in aberdeen. blue skies overhead for this weather watcher in cornwall. most places are looking fine for the rest of today. there will be good spells of sunshine, but there is something different across the far north—west of the country. the best of the sunshine to be found in the south, parts of wales, southern england, east anglia. we will keep some sunny spells at times. for the north west of scotland, we will have outbreaks of rain. these wind speeds are the steady wind speeds we can expect

this hearing to try to appoint a new supreme courtjustice. hearing to try to appoint a new supreme courtaring to try to appoint a new supreme courtjustice. and it is a deeply political one in terms of washington. but it also felt incredibly personal today. and there is no doubt that when you talked to democrats or republicans they will tell you there are people who are having their reputations dragged through the dirt. and alternatively people have been forced into difficult questions about things they say happened many years ago and they say happened many years ago and they have to relive them. and as a result we have democrats and republicans essentially fighting with each other as they listened on this committee to two people telling two very different stories. you could tell as far as republicans we re could tell as far as republicans were concerned there was a great deal of frustration. just listen to senator lindsey graham hit out at the democrats. to my republican colleagues, if you vote know you are legitimising the most despicable thing i have seen in my time in politics —— you

i am not a candidate to the supreme courtjustice of the united states, this is the point.e will probably continue around this table but i'm afraid our time is up this week. plenty more to discuss at the same time next week. join us then if you can. bye— bye. hello. it is a fine end to the afternoon across much of england and wales. plenty of late september sunshine. this is the thing in norwich earlier this afternoon. slightly different story further north and west. the four north—west of england and northern ireland and scotland. stronger winds and blustery showers. all connected to the system which will continue to slowly slide south and east through this evening and overnight. it will end the day still with some fairly strong winds particularly across northern and western scotland. these are the average speeds but the ghosts of the western isles and the highlands could be 45 or 55 miles per hour. temperatures not much higher than 12 or 13 but further south ending the day between 16 and 18. this evening and overnight outbreaks of rain continued to work south and east muc

as we should become the next us supreme courtjustice. the democrats have left the room. we can speak to strategist and former adviser to george w bush, ron christie who was with us following the developments yesterday. he can nowjoin us on the phone. ron, it is good to have you with us. that vote is due to happen any moment now. many democrats say it should not be happening as soon as it is. what do you make of their objections? i think the senate democrats had every opportunity to flush out the allegations put forward by doctor blasey ford. senator feinstein, the ranking member sat on this letter of allegations for several weeks and did nothing with it. there were 31 hours of testimony offered byjudge kavanaugh and the democrats elected not to speak to him about this. i think it is a little bit too much a little bit too late for the democrats to now say they are concerned that every investigatory angle have not been taken when they are the ones who were given these allegations months ago.|j are the ones who were given these allegations

people who are not needed or supreme courtjustices important. re not needed or supreme court justices and important. people who are not needed or supreme courtjustices and go through this process are a fact of the sit on the court for life. that means they have an impact on decisions for the rest of their life and brett kavanaugh is a conservative judge, he and brett kavanaugh is a conservativejudge, he has a and brett kavanaugh is a conservative judge, he has a very strong conservative judge, he has a very strong concerns on conservative judge, he has a very strong concerns on lg bt of issues, on issues like abortion and will ultimately have an impact on what the supreme court thinks. moving the court that conservative direction is something that president trump wants to see with kavanagh. but this is not a done deal yet, this is partly because of the allegations that will because of the allegations that will be tested at the senatejudiciary committee. it will be a difficult hearing, but you can imagine that during this, effectively you have sen

brett kavanaugh has been donald trump ‘s mike real choice become a supreme courtjustice. choice become a supreme court justice. he trump ‘s mike real choice become a supreme courtjustice. he is regarded as conservative, and democrats are concerned that could push these are being caught further to the right. that is something they have been talking about at length. they have been going back and looking at the background of brett kavanaugh to did work for george w bush during his time in the presidency. mr bush's lawyers have been going through hundreds of thousands of pages of documents, looking at what brett kavanaugh was involved then, comments made, and they are part of 27,000 pages of those documents to be restricted, and not be released under the argument of constitutional privilege. beyond that there is about 100,000 other pages of documents that are not being released for other reasons. that has got democrats angry, they are accusing the white house of trying to prevent this information being released and they say, given that brett kava naugh was released and they s

whoever heard of a supreme courtjustice who is supposed to be on the court to be impartial to be thatmpartial to be that politically, it was na kedly political. impartial to be that politically, it was nakedly political. what we saw yesterday was a coordinated effort to change the conversation away from the brave, courageous survivor of sexual assault because her story was so sexual assault because her story was so intensely, and denier barely credible, to a partisan attack. —— and denier barely credible. on the other side, republican senator lindsay graham made it clear that he will be backing judge kavanaugh's nomination. i have never heard a more compelling defence of one's honour and integrity. then i did for brett kavanaugh. he looked me in the eye and he was mad and he should have been mad. he could tell you where he was at and what he was doing during high school in a way thatjust blew me away. brett kavanaugh and women. if you are a gang

long before brett kavanaugh was donald trump's pick to be the next supreme courtjustice, he worked insideeorge w bush. and it's mr bush's lawyers that have been going through these documents, and they say that they want 27,000 of them restricted, effectively not given to the senate committee, because they believe there are constitutional reasons and constitutional privilege for not doing so. beyond that, as well, there's about 100,000 documents that the white house says should not be released on the basis of other reasons. now, that has angered democrats in particular. they say it is unprecedented that so much should be concealed about a public servant's time in public service, and they are pushing for more to be revealed. republicans, on the other hand, say that actually they've got access to 415,000 pages of documents, and that should give them a real sense of brett kavanaugh the man. there are also political issues at work here though, too, because democrats are concerned that a conservative like brett kavanaugh could really push the supreme court further to the right, and that's worry

is more, as much as this hearing is about a supreme court justice, this hearing is about a supreme courtjustice, the reality is, by you coming forward, your courage, you coming forward, your courage, you are affecting the culture of our country. we have a wonderful nation, and incredible culture, but there are dark elements that allow unconscionable levels of sexual assault and harassment that are affecting girls and boys and affecting girls and boys and affecting men and women, from media outlets to corporations to factory floors, two servers in restaurants, to our intimate spaces, homes and apartments, all around this country. i stepped out during the break and i was deluged with notes from friends all around the country, social media posts, there are literally hundreds of thousands of people watching your testimony right now, and note after note that i got, people in tears, feeling pain and anguish, notjust yours but their own, who have not come forward. you are opening up the open—air hurt and pain that goes on across this country. and for that the word i would use is nothing short of heroi

he will make an incredible supreme courtjustice, but we feel that we want to go through a process, we sides. six months before brexit a big new study on immigration says the uk should allow in far more skilled workers. also on the programme..... syrian forces shoot down a russian aircraft killing 15 people, while trying to engage israeli fighterjets.

separate justice —— becomes whether or brett kavanaugh decides a separatejustice —— becomes a supreme courtjusticemes a supreme courtjustice. really you've got four orfive supreme courtjustice. really you've got four or five senators who will decide the outcome. the are the audience here today. before i let you go, just explain to me and our viewers what happens from here, please, today. the evidence will continue. it kavanaugh will be questioned by either side, including this attorney, this will you're the republicans have hired. as things stand, there's due to be a vote committee tomorrow. we don't know whether that will go ahead. it is scheduled at the moment is he if he is voted out of committee. 21 members in that committee, 11 republicans, ten democrats. crucial is senatorjeff republicans, ten democrats. crucial is senator jeff flake, republicans, ten democrats. crucial is senatorjeff flake, senator from arizona. even if he is now voted out of committee, he could be voted on the floor of the senate. lots of hits and bites but this process is coming to some sort of conclusion in the next few

the latest headlines: president trump's choice for supreme courtjustice, brett kavanaugh, has been forcedions of sexual assault. judge kavanaugh insisted he was completely innocent and that he would not step aside. the presidnet says he hopes the confirmation will happen quickly. britain's opposition labour party is to debate a shift in its brexit policy, that keeps open the option of it campaigning for a new public vote on whether to leave the european union. it would come into play if the governing conservatives fail to get their own brexit plan through parliament. donald trump says a new summit with kim jong—un will probably happen "pretty soon". the president was speaking after receiving a personal message from the north korean leader — including a promise to dismantle a missile site, and a nuclear complex — if the united states took "corresponding action". now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the arab news, and russia, who is to supply syria's assad regime with sophisticated s—300 air—defense missile systems.

than a supreme courtjustice. are keen to remind us. somebody is innocent until proven guilty, whatever because don't you believe in the presumption of innocence? well, i don't think you can get to the bottom of this in a week. eight times he was offered, why not get the fbi to investigate? if there is nothing to this, why doesn't he want to clear his name? that is proper due process, to have a proper investigation. why is he worried about it? that is remarkable, to say this is proper due process. would have made more sense, given the allegations. she did not want her letter released... i completely understand her position. she had control over it. she had no problem with the way they are... you think she released it? the suggestion is the democrats leaked it. denied her office was involved in the leak... crosstalk. wait, wait. marc, briefly. with a rape accusation hovering over him. you know, the wife of caesar has to be above suspicion. this is the supreme court. he had to withdraw. it's an appointment for life. were launched against dr ford were very undignified. the optics of that v

this hearing is not a trial, but with america watching, president trump‘s choice to become a supreme courtjusticelf to the court of public opinion. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. donald trump says he doesn t have a timeframe for north korea to denuclearize. he was speaking shortly after his secretary of state mike pompeo said he planned to visit pyongyang next month to set up a second summit with the north korean leader kim jong un. mr pompeo will be chairing a special session of the security council later. our state department correspondent barbara plett usher sent us this update. the us is moving forward on negotiations with north korea. it will be part of the security council session talking about how they are planning to go forward with this and also perhaps the americans will want other members to push north korea to do this. the americans are clear they want to keep up the maximum pressure to give them leverage in the negotiations that the chinese and russians say shang sends should be eased. —— sanctions. the americans have: russia as a major —— major cheater. he will definitely stre

this hearing is not a trial, but with america watching, president trump's choice to become a supreme courtjusticeelf to the court of public opinion. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. the heads of 45 universities and colleges have written to the education secretary calling for a ban on companies that sell students custom—written essays and course work. they say the firms, known as "essay mills", undermine higher education and are unfair to the vast majority of hard—working students. the government says it would like universities to do more to tackle the problem. ten of the uk's biggest companies have agreed to make their parental leave and pay policies public for the first time. it comes as part of a push to force all large firms to publish details of their pay, so that candidates won't have to ask at interview. our business correspondent colletta smith reports. where do you see yourself over the next 3—5 years? where do you see yourself over the next 3-5 years? is the end of a job interview and you are asked is there anything you would like to know from us? some questions mightjust be too tric

is more, as much as this hearing is about a supreme court justice, this hearing is about a supreme courtjusticeyour courage, you coming forward, your courage, you are affecting the

the headlines: president trump's choice for supreme courtjustice, brett kavanaugh, has been forced to defend himself again in public, against accusations of sexual assault. judge kavanaugh insisted he was completely innocent and that he would not step aside. mr trump says he hopes the confirmation will happen quickly. amid intense speculation about the future of us deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, the white house has announced the president will meet him on thursday. mr rosenstein was responsible for appointing robert mueller to head investigations into allegations of russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. hopes of a second summit between north korea's leader, kim jong—un and the us. have been raised after president trump said he expects a further meeting to be announced "pretty soon". the president was speaking during a meeting with south korean president moonjae—in at the united nations. on sunday night, more than ten million viewers watched the final episode of bodyguard on bbc one, making it the most watched drama of the year, and the most—watched bbc drama

trump's style on the republican side voted for him because he promised to bring in conservative supreme courtjusticesring another in the place of brett kavanaugh. many people said they would vote for donald trump because they wanted a conservative supreme court justice, because they wanted a conservative supreme courtjustice, because the supreme courtjustice, because the supreme court has the final say on many laws here in the us, things like game marriage —— things like gay marriage, gun laws and abortion and that comes to the heart of american divisions. that is why supporters of the democratic front party want to do everything they can to make sure brett kava naugh is do everything they can to make sure brett kavanaugh is not confirmed in this role. thank you. a boeing 737 passengerjet has crashed in a lagoon off a remote island in micronesia in the western pacific. it's understood the plane attempted to land at chuuk international airport butjust missed the runway. a flotilla of boats was deployed and all 47 people on board were rescued. the headlines on bbc news: two years after the death of a t

elected politicians may come and go, but a supreme courtjustice is for life, and for republicans the the chances are that brett kavanaugh will still be confirmed, but everything is now fluid, and if he does fall by the wayside, that will be a blow for donald trump as well. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. we reported earlier on the prime minister's defence of her brexit plan, part of which, she says, is aimed at asserting control of britain's borders and controlling immigration. and this week, with just over six months to go to britain's planned departure from the eu, we'll be looking at some of the key questions in the brexit process, and tonightjohn pienaar considers brexit and immigration. how will trade work after brexit? will we be richer or poorer? why haven't we left yet? will migrants still be able to come? corn fritters, anyone? first, someone has to pick it. and here, on this farm outside peterborough, for ten hours a day, the answer's this team of bulgarians and romanians. does britain need so many migrants? well, not enough natives want to do work like this. not here at t

they intend to press ahead with a vote on whether or not brett kavanaugh should be the next supreme courtjusticenday. that would take it to the next stage of really confirming him as a member of america's highest court. but christine blasey ford continues to want a number of conditions for this hearing to take place in order for her to give testimony. she wants brett kavanaugh to give testimony first. she doesn't want him in the room when she gives testimony, and she wants no time limit on the opening statement that she gives. and it seems clear at this stage that the republicans on the committee are not prepared to accept all that she is requesting, which does leave a really difficult situation here, and one that senators themselves know they have to handle carefully. so we just have a few hours left to find out whether or not she is prepared to give testimony, otherwise republicans say they will press ahead. well, chris, as we await the deadline, we should speak about a developing story that the new york times is reporting on, that the us deputy attorney general suggested secretly recording pr

elected politicians may come and go, but a supreme courtjustice is for life, and for republicans thence. the chances are that brett kavanaugh will still be confirmed, but everything is now fluid, and if he does fall by the wayside, that will be a blow for donald trump as well. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. the 70th annual emmy awards is underway in los angeles. a—listers have been spotted on the red carpet. this year's ceremony is hosted by saturday night live stars, michael che and colinjost. well, i think game of thrones is certainly the juggernaut in television these days. 22 nominations and interestingly, not eligible for an award last year because of the timing of the release of the last season so it's back again this year and has one in seven of those categories at the creative and use all the technical awards that were handed outlast weekend so it is already doing well and although game of thrones has some strong competition, the handmaid's tale, the big winner last year, this dystopian fantasy based on the margaret atwood novel although the season in contention was actuall

people who are nominated to become supreme courtjustices and go through this confirmation process effectively on the court for life. that means they have an impact on decisions for the rest of their life. and brett kavanaugh is a conservative judge with strong feelings, for example, on issues like abortion and lg bt issues. he will ultimately have an impact on what the supreme court thinks. so moving the court in that conservative direction is something that preisdent trump wants to see with brett kava naugh. but this is not a done deal yet, and that is partly because of these allegations which will be tested at the senate judiciary committee. it's going to be a very difficult hearing, but you can imagine, mike, that during this, you have effectively senators who tried to balance two stories — the one that's coming from christine blasey ford, who says that she was sexually assaulted, and she felt that brett kavanaugh tried to rape her. and from brett kavanaugh, who's simply says that is not the case and is defending his reputation as he goes to this importantjob. it is amazing that a man who

and they want to push ahead with brett kavanaugh's confirmation as a supreme courtjustice as quicklythey possibly can. they've also been critical of democrats who they claim are playing politics with all of this. and, certainly, there is a political element to all of this because brett kava naugh could potentially push the supreme court further to the right and that is something democrats are concerned about. but away from all the politics, this is a deeply personal issue. and all are aware that it needs to be handled very sensitively and very carefully, particularly after criticism of a tweet by donald trump in which he questioned why christine blasey ford or her parents had not gone forward and made a complaint to the authorities of some 36 years ago. republicans know that people will be watching carefully if and when this hearing finally takes place. well, a little earlier i spoke with kathleen peratis is a partner in the new york law firm, outten & golden and chair of the sexual harassment practice group. i began by asking her what possible outcomes we could expect from the heari

kavanaugh should be the next supreme courtjustice on monday.would ta ke courtjustice on monday. that would take it to the next age of really confirming him as a member of america's highest court. but christine blasey ford continues to wa nt christine blasey ford continues to want a christine blasey ford continues to wanta number of christine blasey ford continues to want a number of conditions for this hearing to take place in orderfor her to give testimony. she wants brett kava naugh to her to give testimony. she wants brett kavanaugh to give testimony first. she doesn't want him in the room when she gives testimony and she wants no time limit on the opening statement that she gives. and it seems clear at this stage that the republicans on the committee are not prepared to accept all that she is requesting, which does leave a really difficult situation here, and one that senators themselves know they have to handle carefully. so we just have a few hours left to find out whether or not she is prepared to give testimony otherwise republicans say

this hearing is not a trial, but with america watching, president trump's choice to become a supreme courtjusticee will have to subject himself to the court of public opinion. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. for full coverage of the senate hearing, stay tuned to bbc news on thursday. and for more on the background, go to the bbc news website. you can read all about the brett kava naugh nomination and the accusations against him in less than 300 words. go to bbc.com/news and follow the links. china has rejected a charge made by president trump, that beijing is interfering in november's mid—term elections in the united states. mr trump said china didn't want his republican party to win because he his administration was challenging china on trade. translation: we do not and will not interfere in any country's domestic affairs. we refuse to accept any unwarranted accusations against china. that was the chinese reaction to those accusations from the us president at the un general assembly. a lot happening on the sidelines. one of the prime suspects in the salisbury nerve agent attack is a highly

elected politicians may come and go, but a supreme courtjustice is for life, and for republicans thes almost within touching distance. the chances are that brett kavanaugh will still be confirmed, but everything is now fluid, and if he does fall by the wayside, that will be a blow for donald trump as well. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. the cost of the damage caused by hurricane florence on the us east coast is still being counted and in north carolina, the worst affected state, the rain is still falling. flooding is driving hundreds of people from their homes with many having to be rescued as the waters continue to rise. from north carolina, our north america correspondent chris buckler sent this report. in north carolina, they need boats to race down many of the streets in this state. water levels continue to rise, leaving more people trapped in their homes. they had to do a swift—water rescue for someone who refused to leave and that... there is no way short of handcuffing someone that you can make someone leave during an evacuation. the decision to leave behind pets and possess

he said he would adhere to the court and then he jailed the supreme courtjustices, he declared a staten't like... he doesn't appear to like challenges to power. right now... we are still waiting for any comment from him, but there's a slight concern that this story isn't over yet. we will be watching that very closely for you. also making news today: lawyers for a woman who has accused the us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault have confirmed that she will testify before the senatejudiciary committee on thursday. christine blasey ford has accused mr kavanaugh of trying to rape her when they were both teenagers in the 1980s. he denies the allegations. a new zealand supermarket chain has withdrawn a brand of australian strawberries from sale after finding needles embedded in some of the fruit. the countdown supermarket says they were found in a punnet of strawberries sourced from western australia. police in australia say they are investigating more than a hundred cases of fruit with embedded needles. tiger woods has won his first tournament in five years and 80th pga

threats since coming forward, will face her alleged attacker, brett kava naugh, potential supreme courtjusticestarted with an apology to them both. both dr ford and judge kavanaugh have been through a terrible couple of weeks. they and their families have received vile threats. but with that 90s ability, the gloves ca m e but with that 90s ability, the gloves came off in what was a partisan dogfight. this is not a trial for dr ford. it's an job interview forjudge kavanaugh. then there was the turn of christine blasey ford to set out her case, nervously at first... i am here today, not because i want to be. i am terrified. i am here because i believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanaugh and i were in high school. and then the distressing detail of what she said happened that night... i was pushed onto the bed and brett got on top of me. he began moving his hands over my body and grinding into me. i yelled, hoping that someone downstairs might hear me, and i tried to get away from him but his weight was heavy. brett groped me and tried to take away my clothes

president trump's choice for supreme courtjustice, brett kavanaugh, has been forced to defend himself again in public, against accusations of sexual assault. judge kavanaugh insisted he was completely innocent and that he would not step aside. mr trump said he hoped the confirmation would happen quickly. amid intense speculation about the future of us deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, the white house has announced the president will meet him on thursday. mr rosenstein was responsible for appointing robert mueller to head investigations into allegations of russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. raised hopes of a second summit between north korea's leader, kim jong—un and the us. president trump said he expected a second meeting to be announced pretty soon. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. what is journalism for? to inform and bear witness? to uncover inconvenient truth and hold power to account? those are surely values that most of us share. but have we collectively lost faith and trust in the news and those who report it? my g

this hearing is not a trial, but with america watching, president trump's choice to become a supreme courtjusticeaving to subject himself to the court of public opinion. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. our correspondent gary 0'donoghue is in washington. this afternoon's session really will be so very closely scrutinised. this afternoon's session really will be so very closely scrutinisedlj think be so very closely scrutinised.” think probably more scrutinised than any other senate judicial in committee in living memory really. it isa committee in living memory really. it is a huge theatrical moment, a huge moment for congress, the white house and the country, and a real test of credibility. it will come down to in effect who is more believable. christine blasey ford and her allegations against brett kavanaugh or his denials. we know the details of what they will say so the details of what they will say so the focus will be on how they come across, how they make their case and respond to questioning and cross examination, and to that spotlight. the hugely intense spotlight that this will pres

yeah, so there is this guy, brett kavanaugh, who wasjude to be confirmed today as the next supreme courtjustice— sexually assault of them. there are rumours that two more women might come out the woodwork to make similar allegations, one of them represented by the lawyer who was also representing stormy daniels, the pawn star who alleged she had an affair with donald trump. so even by the standards of this administration, you would have to say this has been a fairly turbulence monday. i'll say! jon in new york, thank you. last night more than 10 million viewers watched the finale of the hit bbc drama, bodyguard. that is the most watched bbc drama in a decade, traditional tv, as it faces increasing challenges from netflix and amazon prime. complex performances, high production values, bold storytelling, all elements that have made bodyguard into must—see tv. despite audiences' increasing desire to viewing tv when it is convenient for them, either through streaming broadcasters like netflix or on on—demand services like iplayer, millions chose to experience the show as it was transmitted rather t

moralising in terms of the nomination regarding the supreme court justice nomination regarding the supreme courtjusticenonpolitical, what has been happening the last couple of days has deeply politicised the process, it's not a surprise there are partisan questions about abortion or gun rights but when it comes down to this process here the fact the judge himself has taken on such a partisan bent to his response to questions is the peace people should be worrying about. thank you very much indeed for joining about. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. we arejoined know who buys scott clucas the professor of american studies at the university of birmingham, thanks very much indeed forjoining us, let's look at what's has unfolded, this committee has approved the nomination of brett kavanaugh it's still to be voted on by the entire senate, we know have this week pause for the fbi to investigate what do you see is the next key steps? we might not have a week pause, this is where the drama continues. by voting 11-10 with where the drama continues. by voting 11—10 withjeff where the drama continues. by

started this hoping that with a clear conscience they could vote for brett kavanaugh as the next supreme courtjusticeas badly as it good, because what they needed for that to happen was for christine blasey ford to come across as flaky, insincere, dissembling, dishonest, and she was none of those things. she was a compelling witness. she admitted she did not know. she said she could not remember it quite right but she does remember certain things very clearly. i think people watching it find it very compelling. i also thought that the line of questioning from the female prosecutor that was brought in, because all the members on the republican side of thejudiciary committee are men, so they brought ina committee are men, so they brought in a female prosecutor, her line of questioning i did not think got them anywhere. this lunchtime i think they are having their lunch and thinking this is not going terribly well. these pictures, just to fill you in, are not the resumption of the hearing, these are pictures from this morning when christine blasey ford initially took her seat. what do they need to do in

kava naugh should on whether the committee thinks brett kavanaugh should become the next us supreme courtjusticeat would then move through to the entire senate where are all senators would have yoursay where are all senators would have your say and that would probably be sometime next week. this story is of huge significance on a number of levels, firstly because it cuts into the heart of what is a very politically divided america, you have democrats on one side saying this process has not been fair, republicans are saying let's just get on with it. it also cut into another issue which is how our accusers who come forward saying they have been sexually assaulted handled by political institutions in the era of me to? yesterday we heard from christine blasey ford and brett kavanaugh, from christine blasey ford and brett kava naugh, christine from christine blasey ford and brett kavanaugh, christine blasey ford detailed power play and emotionally how she said brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager, we also had an impassioned testimony from brett kavanaugh impassioned testimo

, associate professor of law at the university of southern california, and former clerk to supreme courtjustices whole process. where do you think this leads the nomination of brett kavanaugh? well, judge kavanaugh's nomination seemed like a sure thing just a couple of weeks ago. and suddenly it seems potentially in jeopardy. ago. and suddenly it seems potentially injeopardy. having ago. and suddenly it seems potentially in jeopardy. having two senators on the republican side demand an fbi investigation opens the door towards more facts against him coming out or even discovery of more incidents. and so it had looked like he might squeak through early next week. now things are up in the airagain. next week. now things are up in the air again. and if that does happen and there are more allegations, it does seem as though there are enough wavering senators that the nomination could still be blocked. that's right. there appear to be three republican senators murkowski, collins and flake, who are not committed to voting forjudge kavanaugh committed to voting forjudge kava naugh yet. they committed t

way thatis supreme court to do hisjob in a way that is seen as befitting of the status of a supreme courtjusticeas a man of integrity and intellect. we both travelled the country for a bit, the beeb lives by gunter across the country say, what in the world is going on in washington, dc. —— the people i have spoken to across the country say, what is going on in washington, dc. this is a political matter, and the question for me, katty, is do american people see this as a process that is destroying our judicial system this as a process that is destroying ourjudicial system or ensuring that we have the best? and however this hearing turns out, that is not good for america. it is not good for justice kavanaugh, for the standing of the supreme court and for the country's ability to feel they can get things done in a way that is put on cooperation. it goes back to what you said a moment ago, for the last 18 years you have had an increasingly polarised approach to politics and the judiciary. we're talking about brett kavanaugh's virginity and gang rape. 0nce talking about brett kavanaugh's virginity an

the confirmation process for brett kavanaugh, the nominee to be the next us supreme courtjustice, was hijacked the first hour and a half of the proceedings with repeated, procedural complaints — from the back rows protestors yelled their objections. republicans then cried foul, saying the opposition should be held in contempt of court. it all seemed to reflect the angry tone of politics in the age of trump. here's how the hearing played out in just the first few minutes. i welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination ofjudge brett kavanaugh... mrchairman. you're out of order, i'll proceed. we cannot possibly move forward, mr chairman, with this hearing. i extend a very warm welcome... we have not been given an opportunity to have a meaningful hearing on this nominee. mr chairman, we received 42,000 documents that we haven't been able to review last night, and we believe this hearing should be postponed. ..this is an exciting day for all of you here, and you're rightly proud... mr chairman, if we cannot be recognised, i move to adjourn. the american people... mr chai