no definitive answers on where they're going to go. the stakes are so high in this hearing in large part because republicans don't have the votes. >> all right. phil mattingly, thanks so much. we heard not one of the 11 republican members of the senate judiciary panel plan to question either ford or brett kavanaugh. rath rather, they have brought in a sex crimes prosecutor to do their questioning for them. cnn tells us for about this prosecutor. >> jake, that prosecutor whose name is rachel mitchell will have such a major role in today's hearing, not only the question, the tone, the direction that this all goes. she is someone who has been a prosecutor in arizona for the last 25 years, and she has significant experience dealing with sex crimes. she is someone that has handled many high profile cases, specifically going