abc's terry moran has the latest on the vote that could tip the balance of power on the supreme court decades. >> we believe christine ford. >> reporter: they came to washington in their thousands. >> kavanaugh is not welcome here. >> reporter: direct democracy at work, americans making their final appeal. >> we want kavanaugh. >> reporter: some showing their support, but most protesting brett kavanaugh's nomination to the nation's highest court. >> you are too committed to getting an abuser on the supreme court. >> enough. enough already. let's vote. >> reporter: today was a day of sharp tensions and high emotion following the early morning release of the fbi's investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against the nominee. accusations he adamantly denies. just a single copy was made of that fbi report, the document kept under lock and key behind these closed doors on capitol hill. all day, one by one, senators and top aides walked into the room, 46 pages of summaries, detailing 9 additional interviews conducted by the fbi of possible witnesses to the alleged incidents. amon

here is abc's senior national correspondent terry moran. >> reporter: tonight, chilling new reports about what happened after this moment, caught on security cameras in istanbul, when saudi journalist jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate and has not been seen since. turkish investigators are certain khashoggi was killed inside the consulate. "the washington post" now reporting turkish officials claim that there is audio and video evidence of the assassination. "the post" quoting a source -- you can hear his voice and the voices of men speaking arabic. you can hear how he was interrogated, tortured and then murdered. khashoggi, a columnist for "the washington post," and frequent critic of the saudi regime, entered the consulate ten days ago, seeking official documents related to his upcoming wedding. hours earlier, according to reports in turkish media, a private jet had arrived from saudi arabia, nine men on board. one of two planes linked to the investigation. then after khashoggi had been inside for two hours, two black vehicles are seen leaving the back entrance, purportedly

our senior national correspondent terry moran tracking it all from the white -- washington. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is such a disturbing story and it's more than a grisly international mystery. saudi arabia, a crucial american ally, the world's largest oil export, now facing accusations that the highest levels of the royal family may have been involved in the assassination of a u.s.-based journalist who was one of the leading critics of that regime. this morning, america's top diplomat has arrived in saudi arabia on a mission to get answers and manage a crisis. secretary of state mike pompeo is meeting face-to-face with saudi royalty to try to determine what happened to "washington post" columnist, jamal khashoggi. the meeting is happening amid this scene, roping off the area near the building as they begin the search for khashoggi. abc's ian pannell was there outside the consulate as turkish authorities moved in. >> completely chaotic scenes here in istanbul outside the saudi consulate. this is the moment we've been waiting for as turkish

abc's terry moran is in washington with more. ng, terry. >> reporter: good morning, michael. you know it's almost unheard of, i can't remember anything like it, for a supreme court nominee on the eve of a senate vote to publicly campaign for confirmation. but on both sides in this nomination all those old rules went out the window long ago and so this morning, judge kavanaugh himself comes out swinging. this morning, judge brett kavanaugh is making his closing arguments in an article he's written for "the wall street journal." >> this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. >> reporter: defending his intense testimony and his nomination to the supreme court, kavanaugh writes, my hearing testimony was forceful and passionate. that is because i forcefully and passionately denied the allegation against me. he also admits, i might have been too emotional at times. i know that my tone was sharp and i said a few things i should not have said. kavanaugh did not elaborate on what those few things might be. his confrontational

our senior national correspondent terry moran starts us off from washington. od morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. all of a sudden, it seems donald trump is everywhere. holding interview after interview, a torrent of words aimed at rallying the republican troops before those midterm elections, but this interview with "60 minutes," it was a doozy. with donald trump's approval ratings on the rise, the president is taking a victory lap in a fiery new interview. >> there has been no administration in the history of our country, and i say this openly and proudly, that in its first two years -- >> and modestly. >> it's not even that. it's a fact. tax cuts, regulation cuts, the biggest regulation cuts in history. nobody has been able to do what i have been able to do. remember that. when you look at taxes, you look at regulations, you look at making deals with other countries, nobody has been able to do anything like this. actually, most people didn't even try because they knew they didn't have the ability to do it. but it's a very deceptive world. the

abc's terry moran has more. terry, just when we think we've seen it all -- >> yeah, good morning, cecelia. you know presidents, all presidents, love celebrities. not since richard nixon welcomed elvis presley who was high into the oval office has the country seen anything like this. >> reporter: in an unusual move during an oval office meeting on thursday, president trump ceded the spotlight to musician kanye west. >> i love this guy right here. let me give this guy a hug right here. i love this guy right here. >> that's really nice. come on. that's really nice. and that's from the heart. i didn't want to put you in that position but that's from the heart. >> reporter: in a wide-ranging expletive-laced monologue west, wearing a make america great again hat, lauded the trump presidency. >> there was something about when i put this hat on, it made me feel like a superman. you made a super man. that's my favorite superhero and you made a superman cape for me also as a guy that looks up to you and ralph lauren, ameri

wydra the president of the constitutional accountability center which opposed kavanaugh and abc's terry moraned the supreme court for decades and decades. carrie, let me start with you. you've fought hard for kavanaugh's nomination. what kind of justice will he be? >> the best way to tell that is to look at his 12 years on the d.c. circuit. he comes in with a lot of experience. he was known as someone who's very diligent. gets all the details. very solid questioner. someone who is even handed. this is why you saw people from both sides of the aisle saying i don't agree with his results, but i always knew that every side was going to get a fair shake going in. >> most people on the other side of the aisle came out strongly against him. >> true, but i'm talking about his reputation as a judge was one of the highest reputations on both sides of the aisle. of the federal judiciary. he was widely respected. this is why the supreme court had gone to his opinions so many times and vindicated his reasoning. he's got a singular level of rememb recognition among the federal courts. >> i've heard some c

abc's senior national correspondent terry moran is in washington with more. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this fbi investigation was fast. it was limited and several potential witnesses are now claiming it was incomplete. overnight, potential key witnesses in that fbi investigation are speaking out. they're frustrated after they say they were ignored by agents investigating claims of drunken sexual assault by supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. in a statement overnight, attorneys for dr. christine blasey ford, who accuses kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school, her lawyers saying, we are profoundly disappointed after the tremendous sacrifice she made in coming forward those directing the fbi investigation were not interested in seeking the truth. and in a new report by ronan farrow of "the new yorker" magazine, multiple classmates of brett kavanaugh say they worry the investigation is incomplete. kavanaugh accuser debbie ramirez telling "the new yorker" she's alarmed by the fact that people who were key to corroborating

our senior national correspondent terry moran tracking it all from the white house. morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is such a nightmare scenario for president trump. he staked his middle east policy on closer relations with saudi arabia and that young crown prince so now he's trying to walk a fine line between preserving that relationship and standing up with american leadership against an apparent act of savage murder. with secretary pompeo returning overnight from his fact-finding mission, president trump declares he'll have definitive answers by the end of the week. >> we'll get down to the bottom of it. i hope that the king and the crown prince didn't know about it. that's a big factor in my eyes. >> reporter: with a mounting trail of evidence leading to senior members of the saudi royal family, the president brushed off concerns he's covering up for them and accepting their claims they knew nothing about the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. >> i'm not giving cover at all. with that being said, saudi arabia's been a very important ally of

our senior national correspondent terry moran is at the supreme court with the very latest. od morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. so, brett kavanaugh is now justice kavanaugh, just the 114th supreme court justice in our long history, sworn in by chief justice roberts. several other supreme court justices were in attendance. including ruth bader ginsburg and elena kagan. but the wounds from that ferocious confirmation battle are unlikely to heal any time soon. this morning, newly sworn in brett kavanaugh ready to take his seat on the high court as the newest supreme court justice. but his confirmation was a deeply polarizing one as protests continued before and even after the vote. this is kavanaugh's convoy driving past protesters on his way to be sworn in by chief justice john roberts. over the weekend the backlash from democrats was swift. >> he's going to be on the supreme court with a huge taint and a big asterisk after his name and the partisanship he showed was astounding. >> reporter: but white house counselor kellyanne conway offered jon karl a differ