host: zoe carpenter?uest: one interesting thing to add what that woman will supposedly at the party said, even though she doesn't recall the party or knowing kavanaugh is that she still believes christine ford. that is an interesting issue. that may be a reason we want to hear testimony from the people who were supposedly at the party to explain why she believes her friend even though she doesn't have a recollection that the party. how much do we trust statements that are not given under oath? should we just believe statement said by their lawyers if they are not being brought in put under oath, mona? >> a statement under oath carries a lot more weight. , but ado lie under oath lot more reluctantly because there are legal consequences, or can be. but look, in terms of who to believe, what to believe? this has become so caught up in peoplesoft -- have been so caught up in peebles identification. you have people believing in christine ford or in brett kavanaugh. talk about a rush to judgment. factsave decid

coming up on today's washington journal, the preview of -- and thenump's mona charen and zoe carpenter with the nation magazine join us to discuss the supreme court nomination of brett kavanaugh. host: good morning. welcome to "washington journal." the senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing this week with brett kavanaugh and the of sexualaccused him assault when they were teenagers, christine blasey ford. negotiations and details are still being worked out today. this comes about one year into the me too movement, which started out as a social media hashtag.

and then syndicated columnist mona charen and the associate washington editor zoe carpenter discuss brett kavanaugh's supreme court come nation. watch washington jurble live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. >> next, on lectures in history, garrett sheldon of the university of virginia's college at wise teaches a class on political philosopher john rawls and his 1971 book a theory of justice which has heavily influenced the ideas behind modern american liberalism. when president bill clinton awarded rawls the national humanity medal in 1999, he called him, quote, perhaps the greatest political philosopher of the this class is about 70 minutes. today we're going today we're goingn to look at american liberalism. or, the philosophy behind american liberalism. the political theory justification for liberalism, or the rationale underlining american liberalism. the