not let the allegations slow them down. they still plan to hold a committee vote for him next thursday followed by a possible confirmation vote later this month. joining me now is jane mayer. i had heard inklings and rumors about this letter for a while. it was hard to know what to do with the information. you reported this out. let's start with this. what, to the best of your knowledge in your reporting, what does she allege happened to her when she was in high school in the letter? >> what she alleges is that she was at a party and brett kavanaugh was there too. she -- he had been drinking. they -- she went upstairs, and he and another boy who you've now named followed her into a bedroom, shut the door, locked it, kavanaugh according to her forced himself onto her, held her down. and when she screamed, the boys turned up music so she couldn't be heard and she alleges that kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth to try to stop her from screaming. she then managed to get herself freed from that and ran away.