who would want to be part of it this when every day new allegations that supposedly were around for many years, when these allegations could have come out when it started at the very beginning. why wasn't this brought forward? these are such serious allegations, one has to question why? >> in his opening statement, his statement that he's going to deliver tomorrow before the senate judiciary committee, assuming this hearing goes forward, he says this. i spent most of my time in high school focused on academics, sports, church and service. but i was not perfect in those days, just as i am not perfect today. i drank beer with my friends, sometimes on weekends, sometimes i had too many. in retrospect i said and did things in high school that make me cringe now. >> you've discussed this with him, what makes you cringe now? >> i think we all have those kinds of things that we say when we're 16, 17, 18 years old that