for them to take and why do you think that is what they re doing now? i think they recognize that she does deserve a hearing. but i think it s interesting, some of the discussion earlier, people seem to be asking that there s an open hearing, yet one party be treated kid gloves, when we have seen the process that s happened so far in these hearings where there were the antics of senator spartacus booker, who was trying to show boat during the hearings, 200-plus protesters standing up and being arrested, senator harris really shameful attempts to try to edit his remarks and misconstrue what he was saying, as well as her fishing expedition, suggesting she had information that she didn t. if there s anyone i m worried about misbehaving at the hearings, it s not the republicans. they have been very respectful of the witnesses on both sides of the aisle during this and there were quite a few other witnesses. i am very worried that this is going to turn into another is circus like we saw
crewed served 3.5 million people after hurricane maria, i meant to say 3.5 million meals, big difference. let s check in chris cuomo to see what he s working on at the top of the hour. love chef andres. he s about all the right things. and i love that when it became political, he didn t want it to be, he said, you want to have this fight, let s have it, because i know what s right. because he doesn t care about politics, and you know that getting to know him. great interview, great reminder. it s just so terrible that he s needed once again. tonight, we re going to take on the kavanaugh thing. you ve teed it up perfectly. it s for us about drilling down. what are the big questions? what s achievable in this kavanaugh process? is this the right forum for it? what do we know about the timing, both the allegation and the dloeisclosure by lawmakers. we ll get into that michael avenatti. and this story kind of slipped by about the president wanting to declassify fisa information. now, you
long time, and they said he was flabbergasted by these allegations and then when she did come forward he vaguely did recall the name. she went by chrissie in those days. but again, this was 30 years ago. he was in high school. he still vehemently denies it. he came out with a statement this morning and said because this never happened, i had no idea who was making this accusation until she identified herself. what s interesting, anderson, is that this morning there were some media reports that there would be some scorched earth policy to come up against her, about her, and that did not happen. we ve seen the focus, really, on kavanaugh, his past as a judge, the fact that he did five background checks, his church, the community. even the president in his comments today, he said he never even had a little blemish on his record. and now we ve got this hearing, right? and keep in mind, kavanaugh is familiar this process. not only has he been there before, as a circuit court judge, he s bee
and sexual assault will testify at a public hearing before the senate judiciary committee next monday. the woman, christine blasey ford is a professor in california, training graduate students in clinical psychology. her allegation was first revealed anonymously last week. she went public yesterday. she said she didn t speak about the alleged incident for years, but described it in therapy sessions in 2012 and 2013. according to the washington post, she declined to speak on the record, as she struggled with concerns about what going public would mean for her and her family and her duty as a citizen to tell the story. back with kirsten powers, amanda carpenter, and carrie severino. carrie, the white house clearly seems to be taking a different tone here. as you mentioned, kellyanne conwayish and did i mentioned, kellyanne conway saying the accuser shouldn t be ignored and the president saying this should go through a full process. it s certainly different than the way that the preside
last week, she has seen threats to her own staff and herself to this process. this has turned very ugly political and she s been very critical of dianne feinstein, how she s handled this, as well. this is not the way that a real investigation and someone interested in finding out the results would handle it. this is how someone handles a last-minute attempt at character assassination. amanda, clearly, these kind of hearings, you know, politics always plays a role in how each side questions witnesses. yeah. i mean, i think it would be a good idea for all senators to turn over the questioning to professional staff, do it all around. but i think it s important that we reflect for a moment on why credibility matters. not just for brett kavanaugh, because brett kavanaugh listen, i m a republican. republicans back trump largely to get judges. and now kavanaugh is hanging on. he needs credible people to defend him. and he has the white house, essentially, sidelined. people like kellyann