before going public with her claims, brett kavanaugh's accuser into with her friends about the decision to go public. a reporter for mercury news in san francisco bay area interviewed a number of christine ford's friends. thank you for being here and joining us. the question is, this is an interesting timing aspect. the friends as reported in your story and we into to samantha ga gary, this is something professor ford said she wanted to forget, came out anonymously, pushed democratic lawmakers to keep it that way. what did they tell you and what do you think about that? >> well, i into with a number of her friends. she has a really close-knit group that's all rallying behind