i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is 31 minutes past the hour. a history making day on capitol hill. in five and a half hours, brett kavanaugh and christine blasey ford will testify at the senate hearing that will likely make or break kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. as the hearing approaches, the number of allegations against kavanaugh grows. on wednesday, he denied three more accusations bringing the total now to five. two of those allegations very important to report here. they were anonymous. a twitter handle linked to one has emerged. >> in that case, the rhode island man had information about quote a rape on a boat in august of 1985. the other allegation is kavanaugh assaulted a woman he was dating in 1998. regarding that claim, kavanaugh said we're dealing with anonymous letter with anonymous person and anonymous friend. ridiculous.