that was a source of great frustration. >> the board of directors launched an investigation and according to a new yorkeregan discussing moonves's departure. as soon as the second new yorker article hit yesterday, things changed and fast. >> a flood of additional women came to me after that first story. they said enough is enough. >> 1 hours cbs announced that moonves left the company. in separate statements provided to the new yorker, it is committed to a thorough and independent investigation of the allegations and that investigation is actively under way. cbs corporation said it takes these allegations very seriously and called the board's investigation thorough and ongoing. in an sec filing, they said moonves would continue to perform advisory services and received office services and security services for up to two years. the network would pay moonves $120 million if the internal investigation failed to provide grounds for his dismissal. $20 million will also go to organizations supporting the me too movement. moonves maintains he did nothing wrong, continuing in his written statement in response to

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so this was published by the new yorker. again, this is published by the new yorker just as the judiciary committee was announcing that it had reached a deal to accept testimony from christine blasey ford. the woman who says that brett kavanaugh did this to her at this party at yale when they were undergraduates, she apparently did not approach reporters about this matter. rather it was the new yorker that approached her after they had learned about this alleged incident from others. now that the allegation is public, though, ramirez says she wants the allegation assessed impartially. quote, for ramirez, the sudden attention has been unwelcome. she was at first hesitant to speak publicly, but ramirez is now calling for the fbi to investigate kavanaugh's role in the incident. quote, i would think an fbi investigation would be warranted, she said. so once again we're back in the position of wondering why republicans in the senate and why the white house are insisting that the fbi must not be allowed to lock at this. as part of

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ronan farrow. >> he does not work for "the new york times." >> i understand that. >> ronan farrow does not work for "the new york times." >> he told us why the new yorker decided to run that story when the "new york times" did not. he did point out he spoke to people at yale. >> not corroborated. >> who said they heard the stories. not corroborated to your satisfaction, again. let the people read the story. >> to the "new york times," not to me. >> i understand what you're saying, matt. i want people to read the story for themselves. appreciate you being with us. >>> when republicans finally have a chance to get it done and realize in order to do it they must also erase an extremely popular policy? we'll take a look at our reality check. ar skies and 75. -trash can, turn on the tv. -my pleasure. -ice dispenser, find me a dog sitter. -okay. -and make ice. -pizza delivered. -what's happened to my son? -i think that's just what people are like now. i mean, with progressive, you can quote your insurance on just about any device. even on social media. he'll be fine. -[ laughs ] -will he? -i don't know. -will he? alice loves the smell of gain so much, she wi

same program could never happen ouch or the new yorker first of all is now new all debated entertainment event featuring writers politicians and comedians the editor of the new yorker magazine explained his decision to call off steve balance appearance steve remick said he'd reconsidered saying quote there is a better way to engage with ban and he went on to say as well that he's open to interviewing brown in the future but in a more journalistic setting as he put it well interned all times former chief advisor hit back at the magazine accusing remick of being gutless when confronted by that howling online mob although of course we must mention burma is no stranger to causing controversy himself. if you look at you know the opposition party and how they portrayed the campaign how they portrayed the transition now that the pre-trained the administration it's always wrong their corporatist globalist media. brought old. given what steve bennett has represented and the massive critique around what bad and represents which is the rise of white nationalism in the unite

the woman, deborah ramirez, spoke on the record to "the new yorker magazine" and is now calling on the fbi to investigate her allegations. meanwhile, dr. christine blasey ford has agreed to testify before the senate judiciary committee on thursday about her allegations kavanaugh attempted to rape her when she was 15 years old. kavanaugh has denied both accusations. as part of his defense, kavanaugh has given the senate a copypy of his calendar from the summer of 1982, when he was in high school,l, which does not sw him attending any parties like the one described by christine blasey ford. but kavanaugh's own team acknowledged the newly unearthed calendar also does not disprove her allegations. on friday, president trump openly questioned dr. christine blasey ford's claim. he tweeted -- "if the attack on dr. ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local law enforcement authorities by either her or her loving parents." we wilill have more on the kavanaugh nomination after headlines. the trump administration has announced a new crackdowown on immigrants

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>> part of what moonves is saying in his defense, he's saying the new stories in "the new yorker," the most appalling accusations are untrue. he said he did have consensual relations with three of the women named, but he's saying he never abused his power, for example, by trying to take jobs away from women who rebuffed his advances. he ends by saying anyone who knows me knows the person described in this article is not me. it's interesting how he's saying this is part of an effort to destroy his career and destroy his name. he might be implying it's part of that boardroom battle. her camp denies that. ultimately, this is about money. as you're saying, this is about money. unlike a lot of the #metoo cases where there are millions involved, hundreds of millions of dollars are involved in this case. if moonves is removed today for no good reason, he'd be owed $180 million, according to the terms of his contract. now today with these accusations of harassment and assault, he might still get $100 million or he might get zero or somewhere in between. this is what the lawyers will be

you have -- i had one top republican aide send me a paragraph from "the new york times" story off of the new yorker story looking at how they had trouble finding somebody who had a firsthand account that lined up with mrs. ramirez's story that she told in the new yorker i can feel it sort of trending potentially away to a hardening of positioning for republicans, but it still -- we're only a couple hours into this still and it's a real question in my mind if this is something that's going to ultimately pull republicans together, harden them, make them want to fight for brett kavanaugh or if this could be the beginning of the end of his confirmation. >> well, you know, mika, certainly i would think that its hardened the position of democrats who were considering supporting brett kavanaugh i think that's -- that's one take away. i don't think we will see the four, five, six democrats that were considering crossing over doing that now >> no. >> they're most likely hard nosed. that does bring in down to jeff flake, susan collins and lisa murkowski and now of course another accusation coming out last ni

she tells t s "the new yorker." ts looking on at her request, "the new yorker" isn't naming them but "the new yorker" says they know who they are and a third male student exposed himself. she said i remember a penis being in front of my face. i knew that's not what i wanted even in that state of mind. she recalled remarking that's not real and the other students laughing at her confusion and taunting her and one encouraging her to kiss it. she said she pushed the person away and in the process touched him. ramirez who was raised catholic said she was shaken and she said i wouldn't touch one until i was married. i was embarrassed, ashamed and humiliated. she said brett was laughing and i can see his face and his hips going forward and somebody yelled down the hall, brett kavanaugh just put his penis in front of someone's pace. sam stein, this is a different type of allegation than the one that dr. ford is making and yet, still something that constitutes sexual misconduct. >> yeah, there is a lot to process here. a few

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sexual relationship with president donald trump now have an audi sent out a tweet earlier before the new yorkerarticle came out saying i represent a woman with credible information regarding judge kavanaugh and mark judge after the new yorker story came out he sent out a second tweet and that one said my client is not deborah ramirez and then he included in his twitter chain an exchange with the chief counsel for the senate judiciary committee in which the chief counsel had asked for information on the in incident and on evan adi's client haven't already went on to say that there was a pattern with cavanagh and his friend mark judge who you may also recall was the one that christine blogs the ford said was in the room when she alleges that kavanagh sexually assaulted her. and he says there was a pattern of those two men and others getting women drunk in college and taking advantage of them so these are some very serious accusations and it looks like the committee will probably have to respond to them yes so possibly three allegations now john what does this all mean kavanagh's nomination to the

leadership of the senate judiciary committee said it was not aware of the new allegation against kavanaugh until the publication of the new yorkereport. a spokesperson for chuck grassley said she nor her representative have contacted their office the new yorker report claims that besides the democrats, senior republican staffers learned of the allegation last week and in conversations with the new yorker expressed concern about the impact on the nominatio nomination the committee also says it has reached out to attorney michael avenatti who tweeted, i represent a woman with credible information against judge kavanaugh and mark judge we will be demanding that judge and others be subpoenaed to testify. avenatti clarifieclarified, my i not debra ramirez. >>> the woman who accused judge brett kavanaugh of sexual assaulting her when they were in high school has reached a deal to publicly give her side of the story to lawmakers a lawyer for christine blasey ford says her client has agreed to appear before the committee on thursday. that decision comes after her legal team and the committee were able to reach an agreement on the terms

the request from dianne feinstein came after "the new yorker" magazine claiming a woman who attended yale with kavanaugh says she remembers him exposing himself to her at a party. corroboration is thin. >> the chairman grassley says there is no issue with the hearing going forward on thursday. president trump's aides discussed the latest allegation against kavanaugh with the president on sunday, but dropping the nomination is not currently under consideration. we have jessica schneider with more from washington. >> reporter: the white house is denying another allegation against kavanaugh of inappropriate behavior. this time from a woman who attended yale with the supreme court nominee. "the new yorker" reported on sunday that 53-year-old debra ramirez remembers kavanaugh exposing himself to her at a dorm party in the 1983-1984 school year. two other people, ramirez says, were present at the party and issued a statement saying they never heard of the incident and cnn has not corroborated her story. kavanaugh said this alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen. the people who knew

well, he was talking about the piece in "the new yorker," which he considered uncorroborated. he also quoted "the new york times," which i also thought was new york -- >> the failing "new york times." >> right, right. >> saying "the new york times" had the same information but, you know, didn't go with it. so, you know, i mean, we understand what is going on here. we understood it back when anita hill testified. and, you know, little has changed, to be honest. little has changed. >> republicans seem to -- kaitlan, this is for you. republicans seem to be lumping in this new allegation coming out of this "new yorker" piece with christine blasey ford's accusations as an offensive political tactic. lumping it all together. >> yeah. we are seeing the strategy change very quickly in the matter of that allegation with christine blasey ford to this allegation with the latest wok in "the new yorker," deborah ramirez, quite a bit a bit of a big strategy change here, brooke. the white house before were not saying this was a smear neither was mitch mcconnell. they were saying she doesn't r

with one of the attorneys for the second accuser, debra ramirez, whose identity was revealed in "the new yorkerning us right now is cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin, cnn legal commentator ken cuccinelli, and cnn political commentator and white house "new york times" correspondent maggie haberman. the fact they're taking the white house committee to a vote on friday it shows their intention to move as quickly as possible. >> they've been quite blunt about that. you take the aggregate of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's comments on the floor, you heard what the president said today, which was wildly off script and not what he had been advised to do and i think he had a variety of reasons for doing that, and the fact that he needed -- they needed to set this hearing i think three days ahead of time. so they had to do it today if they wanted to do it friday. they can always postpone it. but yes, it says -- you heard lindsey graham say this on sunday, you heard other senators say, this that basically they've made up their minds about the vote. >> why do you think the president wanted t

those are the details from the new yorker story. st: i would also say -- guest: i would also say, a lot of republicans, the white house, agree with what stewart was looking at. the white house advisor, kellyanne conway, was on one of the shows this morning. she saidporting that this second allegation sounds like a vast left-wing conspiracy. i think there is concern among republicans that this is all coming out late in the process. of course, senator feinstein had granted dr. for the privacy she sought, through the broughtwoman, eschoo these in july, but did not want to go forward. , and thendid not know a few days before it became public, started trickling out. question in the age of the me too movement, that folks wrestle with. what do you do when an accuser has an accusation but they don't want to come forward publicly. we see what happens to those that raise these allegations. it's a difficult process. how do you handle this? i think the country is looking at the situation now and trying to understand how we balance looking at all

the new yorker reported on sunday that 53-year-old debra ramirez remembers kavanaugh exposing himself to her at a dorm party in the 1983-1984 school year. two other people, ramirez says, were present at the party and issued a statement saying they never heard of the incident and cnn has not corroborated her story. kavanaugh said this alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen. the people who knew me then know that this did not happen and have said so. this is a smear plain and simple. i look forward to testifying on thursday about the truth and defending my good name and character and integrity i have spent a lifetime building against the allegations. the white house spokesperson said the 35-year-old uncorroborated claim is the latest in the coordinated smear campaign by the democrats designed to tear down a good man. this claim is denied by all who are said to be present and i inconsistent with many women and men who knew kavanaugh in college say. the white house stands behind brett kavanaugh. ramirez was hesitant to speak publicly because her memory contained gaps because she ha

new alaska sagss of sexual harassment and assault. the accusations were reported sunday in the new yorker. a source tells cbs news he's been offered a separation package of $80 million in stock to be held in escrow pending the results of an independent investigation. >>> cbs chairman leslie moonves is tonight preparing to resign bowing to pressure by a sexual harassment scandal. the number of women accusing him of sexual misconduct has doubled to 12, according to a new report by the new yorker magazine. detailing six previously unreported incidents, which allegedly took place between the 1980s and early 2000s. according to the magazine, they include claims that had forced them to perform orl sex on him, exposed himself and used physical violence and intimidation against him. he's denied all allegations of sexual misconduct, though he acknowledges what he described as consensual relationships with three of the accusers. the magazine says he declined to say which three. in one incident when he worked in 1986, he invited a fellow executive to lunch, drove instead to a et secluded area and forc

those are the details from the new yorker story. host: i would also say -- guest: i would also say, a lot of republicans, the white house, agree with what stewart was looking at. the white house advisor, kellyanne conway, was on one of the shows this morning. she saidporting that this second allegation sounds like a vast left-wing conspiracy. i think there is concern among republicans that this is all coming out late in the process. of course, senator feinstein had granted dr. for the privacy she sought, through the broughtwoman, eschoo these in july, but did not want to go forward. , and thendid not know a few days before it became public, started trickling out. question in the age of the me too movement, that folks wrestle with. what do you do when an accuser has an accusation but they don't want to come forward publicly. we see what happens to those that raise these allegations. it's a difficult process. how do you handle this? i think the country is looking at the situation now and trying to understand how we balance looking at a

the "new york times" editor has come out and said they're not trying to disprove the new yorker storyt doing their own story. what do you make of all of this? >> i think this is a very compelling case, jake, for why there needs to be a reopening of the background investigation into judge kavanaugh by the fbi. this is a fairly common practice. it's happened more than ten times in the last three months, reopening a background investigation. and so i think what chuck schumer and senator dianne feinstein have called for, and many other democratic senators, is not something out of the norm. if we want the facts, if we want to get to the bottom of it, if we wanted to all come out, why not reopen the investigation? >> why not? >> i think judge kavanaugh has been through five, six background checks. those are very rigorous security checks. they haven't found any type of pattern of sex abuse. so to think that they're going to open an investigation and suddenly find in a new background check evidence that he, in fact, has engaged in sexual harassment, it's ridiculous. i think, look, let's be ho

the "new yorker" has published a piece claiming new sexual misconduct allegations against him during college days at yale. the woman at the center of the story, deborah ramirez, is 53, and went to school with kavanaugh, her claims date back to the 1983-84 academic year when kavanaugh was a freshman at yale. a at least four senate democrats have received information about the allegations and at least two have started to investigate in a statement kavanaugh wrote to the "new yorker," quote, this alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen. the people who knew me then know that this do not happen and have said so, this is a smear, plain and simple. i look forward to testifying thursday about the truth and defending my good name. the white house issued a statement in response to the allegations in the "new yorker." they say quote this 35-year-old uncorroborated claim is the latest in a coordinated smear campaign by the democrats designed to tear down a good man. with me to discuss this, princeton university professor and msnbc contributor, eddie glaude junior and msnbc contributor bets

the "new yorker" has published a piece claiming new sexual misconduct allegations against him during s college days at yale. the woman at the center of the story, deborah ramirez, is 53, and went to school with kavanaugh, her claims date back to the 1983-84 academic year when kavanaugh was a freshman at yale. a at least four senate democrats have received information about the allegations and at least two have started to investigate in a statement kavanaugh wrote to the "new yorker," quote, this alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen. the people who knew me then know that this do not happen and have said so, this is a smear, plain and simple. i look forward to testifying thursday about the truth and defending my good name. the white house issued a statement in response to the allegations in the "new yorker." they say quote this 35-year-old uncorroborated claim is the latest in a coordinated smear campaign by the democrats designed to tear down a good man. with me to discuss this, princeton university professor and msnbc contributor, eddie glaude junior and msnbc contributor be

you, sir, wrote a whole piece in "the new yorker" which i made sure to read the minute it went to press suggesting the exact opposite saying that the investigation is very much in doubt should roach stein go. >> well, you know, it's in danger in two ways. one is it is quite clear that the president has wanted to fire mueller several times during his year and a half in office and it has been principally rosenstein who has stopped that. rosenstein has been emphatic throughout that he has seen no basis on which to fire him and he's not going to fire him and they will have to fire rosenstein to put someone in who will fire him. but the less obvious peril and i think alisyn mentioned it in the conversation with clapper, is that rosenstein doesn't just have the power to hire and fire mueller, he has the power to supervise the investigation and limit the areas or expand the areas in which mueller is allowed to investigate. this has come up -- the paperwork for this has come up in redacted forms during the manafort trial. so the new supervisor could restrict mueller in ways that would paralyze

the new yorker reported on sunday that 53-year-old deb ora ramirez remembers kavanagh exposing himself to her during a 1983-84 school year. the president of the party issued a statement to the new yorker saying, they never heard of such an incident. and cnn has now corroborated her story. kavanagh has released a statement saying this. this alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen. the people who knew me then know that this did not happen and have said so. this is a smear, plain and simple. i look forward to testifying on thursday about the truth and defending my good name and the reputation for character and integrity i have spent a lifetime building against these last-minute allegations. white house spokeswoman kerry kupek said this 35-year-old uncorroborated claim is the latest in a coordinated smear campaign by the democrats designed to tear down a good man. this claim denied by all who were said to be present and is wholly inconsistent with what many women and men who knew judge kavanagh at the time in college say. the white house stands firmly behind judge kavanagh. ramirez

but the "new york times" after the new yorker is reporting came ry. its own sto and the "new york times" wrote, quote, the times had interviewed r veral dozen people ohe past week in an attempt torr orate ms. ramirez's story and could find no one with first hand knowlage. this iew acquisition but there are no eye witnesseses. the new york time said it did not report because it did notha feel i enough information. >> woodruff: i'm going to be talking in a few minutes with ronan farrow who is one of the authors o of the new yorker's story. the white house has been dealing over a week with accusations noom one woman and now come accusations fromer woman. who are they defending. what are they saying. >> brett kavanaugh is defending himself which is why the white house is sticking by him. brett kavanaugh says he did not do this nor is there anything in his past that would suggest he would do something like. he revealed somtohing personal y when he sat down with fox news to do an interview with him. let me tell you a little bit what he talked about with fox

she told the new yorker that she wasn't "foggy and slurring her words." she even acknowledges she had significant memory gap from that evening. "the new york times" spent over a week trying to corroborate her story, talking to dozens of people, and of the time said this, "they have interviewed several dozen people over the past week in an attempt to corroborate her story. they could find no one with firsthand knowledge. ms. ramirez herself contacted former yale classmates asking if they recall the incident and told some of them that she could not be certain that mr. kavanaugh was the one who exposed himself. and those who remarry is listed as witnesses in yet another case here, welcome to the indecent charges? they are all flatly denying. we can say with confidence that if the incident debbie alleges ever occurred, we would have seen or heard about it. but we have not. the behavior she describes would be completely out of character for brett. in addition, some of us knew debbie long after yale and she never describes this incident until his supreme court n

if not for rigorous, independent, investigative reporting by "the washington post," "the new yorker" d other news outlets, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now. to me that's the sign of the breakdown of our political institutions. the idea that we politicize whether or not we're going to have a proper fbi investigation, which is something that's never happened before, even in the anita hill hearings. i think patrick leahy said in 44 years he's been on the judiciary committee, another issue about the lifetime tenure of politicians, but in 44 years this has never happened. our institutions of politics have broken down in a kind of toxic partisanship that has made them unable to do the kind of work that is their job. and it seems to me that makes all the more important the work of reporters who have unearthed facts that the country is now being forced in a very problematic way to consider. i would separate out the debate which is a legitimate debate over the conversation from the question of reporters and journalists doing their job. to me this underscores the critical impor

they walk out s the door wi much money and a lot of the women quoted in the new yorker piece made that point. >>t takes the allegations seriously adding the board of directors is conducting investigations that are ongoing. nbc news, new york. >> the east coast is preparing for the worst as florence gapes strength and barrels towards the u.s. forecasters warn the storm has been twisting and turning over the atlantic and could deliver a hit wn it makes landfall later this week. florence is predicted to be a category three hurricane with winds over 110 miles an hour. states of emergen declared in the carolinas and virginia as the region for impact. as the southeast prepares, rain pounde other parts of the country, too. ste patterson has more. >> millions battling surging floodwater. torrential rain across the country. in north texas, severe flooding ed fatal. saturday a teen mother and toddler drowned in ft. worth. their car swept into 30 foot deep water. alejandro said he tried to help and the current was too strong. >> i tried to cross the chann and the water just swept it away. >> hour

"the new yorker" acknowledges it could locate no witnesses who could put kavanaugh at the party. and that ramirez at first was not sure it was kavanaugh who exposed himself. but the magazine notes, "after six days of carefully assessing her memories and consulting with her attorney, ramirez said that she felt confident enough of her recollections to say that she remembers it was kavanaugh." reporter jane mayer insists there is corroboration for ramirez's story. >> we found somebody who remembers hearing about it that night or the next day. unlike the people at the party, he was very sober, and remains a very distinguished person. he's on background. and i asked him myself, "are you sure this was brett kavanaugh that you heard about?" he said, "i am 100% sure." >> reporter: it all comes as judge kavanaugh and dr. christine blasey ford prepare to testify on capitol hill. dr. ford says kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. >> i am not questioning and have not questioned that perhaps dr. ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted by someone in some place. but wh

i cannot believe that "the new yorker" went with us. wendy, i want to play for you something that chris coons and blumenthal said about the burden of proof, another new standard for the democrats. let's watch. >> there is a burden on the part of the white house to do the investigation. what are they hiding? speak it with judge kavanaugh who is seeking a lifetime appointment to the supreme court and who i think bears the burden of disproving his allegations. >> you can't prove a negative. as the oldest thing in the world. you cannot possibly prove a negative. >> laura: do you think they really care about what happened to these women or is it about -- >> of course not. it's about them, their political races, it's about keeping the supreme court in the hands of activists and not letting president trump have this great nominee. it's not about the women. the women are being used. >> laura: he's a bush nominee, let's not forget. he was put on the court of appeals is a bush nominee. panel, thank you so much. we got a good exclusive reaction fro

the issue you have raised, i cannot talk about "the new yorker" artical, i have not seen it. any issues that have come up have been turned over to the people who do the background investigations. we will see what they come up with. greta: we should note in "the new yorker" that judge kavanaugh released a statement saying, "i categorically and unequivocally deny the allegation. i did not do this high school or -- this back in high school or at anytime." sen. leahy: okay. kate: senator durbin suggested that the confirmation process should be delayed until the fbi can further investigate this. do you agree with that? sen. leahy: that would make sense. another week or two, what difference does it make? we're talking about a lifetime appointment. two weeks, three weeks? the american people, whether they are republicans or democrats, are going to face the consequences of who goes on the supreme court. let the investigation get done. for that matter, take a few more weeks and release all of the papers that the archivists say would take until sometime in october to get. i think of whe

. >> kavanaugh and the white house deny the claim made by a second woman, and she told the new yorker about a allegation that happened in college. all of this as the president is in new york this week. he will speak at the united nations this morning. cnn's abby fiphillip is live at the u.n. >> reporter: cnn learned president trump spent yesterday talking to his team about the latest allegations against kavanaugh, but the president is not considering withdrawing his nomination, but many said they were sure kavanaugh would be confirmed, the latest allegations cast that into doubt. feinstein calling for a delay in the proceedings and an fbi allegation. "the new yorker" reports that a classmate from yale, she remembers kavanaugh exposing himself to her at a party. kavanaugh denying the claim, writing in part this alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen. this is a smear, plain and simple. the white house throwing their support behind president trump's nominee, saying the allegations are deny -- designed to tear down a good man. she is confident in her recollection. a classmate who

given the doubts, are you surprised that the "new yorker" published this? he "new york times" should they could not corroborate this story and this said person was calling other classmates indicating her uncertainty. i am just asking for a fair process where i can be heard and defend my integrity and my family's integrity. >> martha: this was one roommate that said that you drank a lot in high school and college. although he had not seen or heard this incident himself, that it added up to him. it made sense that you treated women that way. >> i have always treated women with dignity and respect. he doesn't corroborate the incident at all. >> martha: he was your roommate. why do you think he would say that? >> i won't speculate about motives. i know i had never did that. if i had done that, that would have been the talk of campus. we reports saying as late of the last few weeks she was calling around and not certain. i always treated women with dignity and respect. listen to the women who have known me my whole life. a letter from friends in high school produ

"the new yorker" reports that two of the male classmates who ramirez alleged were involved and the wife of the third all dispute ramirez's account as does kavanaugh who said in a new statement overnight this alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen. the people who knew me then know that this did not happen and have said so. this is a smear, plain and simple. ramirez and her attorney have not responded to nbc news's request for comment. nbc news has learned that president trump had two conversations sunday about the new allegation before it became public. according to a source familiar with the confirmation process, and the president expressed no change in his views about kavanaugh. the president again expressing support for kavanaugh, this morning at the u.n. >> in my opinion it's totally political. it is totally political. thank you. >> reporter: during his confirmation hearing this month kavanaugh was pressed under oath. >> since you became a legal adult have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual n

and now the new yorker and ronan farrow have a story that apparently and here's the headline from thetigate a new allegation of sexual misconduct from brett kavanaugh's college years. and what he suggestside a woman biden bra ramirez has come forward. she talked about how they were freshman together at yale. there was a drinking game and she alleges that he exposed himself to her. >> right all part of the article in the new yorker. ramirez acknowledges there are significant gaps in her memories of the evening. if she ever presents her story to the fbi or members of the senate. she will inevitably be pressed on her coming forward. at the new yorker. they have not corroborated whether kavanaugh was at this party. anonymous classmate they were certain it did happen but a whole host of others said that it didn't. brian: they came out in the article, deanna yunk, gary, dan murphy. disputing ramirez's account of the event. they live closest to brett kavanaugh. as far as how does brett kavanaugh handle this? think about this. he was on the glide path towards confirmation. he had his family t

judge kavanaugh and the white house released statements in response to the "new yorker"kan saying in part this alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen. the people who knew me then know that did not happen and have said so. this is a smear, plain and simple. >> why does his morality and personal conduct matter here? you know, this is someone who is going to be sitting in judgment in hugely important cases and issuing rules that have consequences for every person in this country. >> reporter: the examination of kavanaugh's personal conduct first intensified. >> judge kavanaugh, will you testify? >> first we want to begin with the allegation against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> president trump's supreme court nominee in turmoil. >> reporter: when christine blasey ford stepped forward in a "washington post" interview alleging that kavanaugh assaulted her while they were in high school about 35 years ago, kavanaugh denies this happened. she is now scheduled to testify in an open hearing on thursday. and today a look at a letter blasey ford senate -- sent to the senate j

it is the "new yorker" allegation seemed to spark this. >> and i understand the reaction to the "new rker" allegation and the weakness of the corroboration, but i also think it is necessaryitated that you have a two front war. you can't just start to talk about these other series of women needing to be heard. you need to start attacking the dnl democrats. which also means attacking the women themselves. not a good idea. >> i think the attitude on the right was that the democratic strategy since day one of these hearings has been to delay the nomination past the election in the hopes that the senate is captured by the democrats and then they can hold that seat open they'recentliptreceipt -- theoretically for two years. i think when ford came out, grassley said we need to take this allegation seriously. he had the unusual tweets remember right before they finally reached the commitment, the commitment for her to appear on thursday. and within 24 hours of florida commitment, the second accuser comes forward in a "new yorker" article that the "new york times" says it did not go with becau

the investigation started after a separate new yorker article in july detailed six other allegations. >> cbs's chief operating officer will serve as president and acting ceo while the board conducts a search for a permanent successor to moonves. anne-marie. >> lora, thank you so much. vice president mike pence says he is 100% confident that no one on his staff wrote that scathing anonymous call published "the new york times". as they report, the column and an explosive book by watergate reporter bob woodward due out tomorrow has have riled the white house. >> vice president pence on sunday disputed details in a new book detailing chaos in the white house. >> i've seen this president in action. is he demanding? yes. is he a strong leader who expects things done yesterday? yes. this reflects an ignorance about president trump. >> pens was responding to journalist bob woodward and his new book if the fear, trump and the white house". it's being published this week by simon and schuster, a partner with cbs. >> this one was in the belly of the beast. >> and what did you conclude about the

and meanwhile, with respect to the piece in the new yorker today, that was completely irresponsible journalism. the "new york times," to their credit, could not find one person to corroborate that story. not one. and the people that they called who the accuser suggested then told the "new york times" in some cases that she herself, ms. ramirez wasn't entirely sure that it was judge kavanagh who expose himself or didn't know facts around the party. so it looks to me like inkr increasingi increasingly like the quote, unquote crime here is judge kavanagh is a conservative about to go on the supreme court. >> the "new york times" did not speak to deborah ramirez, she only spoke to the new yorker. so we have to weigh those two issues. ron klain, what about reopening an fbi investigation and calling mark judge? >> i think both of those things should happen. and again, it does no favors to judge kavanagh, who if he's confirmed will serve for the next 30 years to not have this thoroughly run aground before the vote. i spent three years as chief of the judiciary committee, when jordan gray and bush was

the new yorker goes on to quote a third accuser describing in this way. he is coming, he is calculated, and he is a predator. >> he previously described the allegations as part of a concerted effort by others to destroy his name. according to a source knowledgeable about the allegations, he would leave with no payment, or the corporation could call back part of the package, depending on the outcome of the independent sexual misconduct investigation. >>> gilroy police arrested a former police officer threatened to harm cops and potentially a lot of families and children. this stolen white suv came to a stop on a practice field i gilroy high school after a wild series of crimes in fresno. the suspect stole the suv from a woman who new in fresno. yesterday, the suspect called officers on a stolen cell phone and told them he was heading to the school where parents and children were. >> one parent jumped into the stolen car and started to try to detain this man for the police. is the officer arrived, he was on foot and started to make his way down the service e

on sunday, "the new yorker" reported a new accuser said she felt compelled to speak because she simply can't believe fager is back there. the article described her as a producer who was an intern at cbs in the early 2000s who said he groped her at a work party. in response, he said this san outrageous claim and it didn't happen, it is wrong. fager's departure comes days after ceo leslie moonves resigned following allegations of sexual assault and harassment. we caught up with cbs news president david rhodes after he briefed the 60 minutes staff. >> can't talk to you guys about this today. >> in a statement rhodes said fager's dismissal is not directly related to the allegations surfaced in press reports which continue to be investigated independently. however, he violated company policy and it is our commitment to uphold those policies. through his attorney, fager told cbs news they terminated my contract early because i sent a text message to one of our own cbs reporters demanding that she be fair in covering the story. my language was harsh. cbs did not like it. >> i am that reporter