School. Well dr. Ford detailed her private pain in front of a Massive Public audience. I dont have all of the answers and i dont remember as much as i would like to, but the details that about that night that bring me here today are the ones i will never forget. They have been seared into my memory and have haunted me episodically as an adult. When roughly four hours of testimony she shared in searing detail what she alleges happened one evening back in 1982. What is the strongest memory you have, strongest memory of the incident . Something that you cannot forget . Take whatever time you need. Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter. The uproarious laughter between the two and theyre having fun at my expense. Well after a short recess, it was judge Brett Kavanaughs turn to share his account. He launched into an impassioned defense directing his rage toward democrats and displaying sadness at the process. I was not at the party described by dr. Ford. This confirmation process has
Right now. I have a great team here to help break all of it down. First, i want to explain exactly where things stand. For the second straight day, all eyes are on room 226 in the Dirksen Senate office building. Thats where the Judiciary Committee will gather at 9 30 and well bring it to you live. Were expecting all senators may want an opportunity to speak but were not sure if thats going to happen before or after kavanaughs confirmation. No matter what the results are, it will still goal to the full senate for a vote perhaps as early as next tuesday. Why does todays vote matter so much . Because even one, one republican defection in committee could cause big trouble in the senate as well, since the republicans can only afford one no vote, assuming all democrats vote in opposition. All of this comes on the heels of thursdays extraordinary and emotional ninehour hearing. At its core, the hearing was meant to shed some light on dr. Christine blasey fords allegation that Brent Kavanaugh
That she knew what was coming, and even though she is not a political pro, she is not someone with any political experience, she is not at all from the political world, she was cleareyed what would happen in the political world, and she was right to be worried. About what the political world would do with someone like her. She saw it coming. She said out loud from the outset, she said i believed that if i came forward, my single voice would be drowned out by the powerful. As the hearing date got closer, i struggled with a terrible choice. Do i share the facts with the senate and put myself and my family in the public spotlight or do i preserve our privacy and allow the senate to make its decision without knowing the full truth of his past behaviors . I agonized daily with this decision throughout august and september 2018. The sense of duty that originally motivated me to reach out confidentially to the Washington Post and to anna eshoos office when there was still a list of extremely
All as part of the kavanaugh Background Investigation. Not this week and not ever. An attorney for Deborah Ramirez, who made another allegation about Brett Kavanaugh that dated to his time as an undergraduate at yale, her Attorney Says that Deborah Ramirez herself did meet with the fbi and she also gave the fbi agents who interviewed her a list of other witnesses who could corroborate elements of her story. According to ramirezs attorney, though, nothing ever seems to have become of that list. According to her attorney, quote, they are not aware of the fbi ever affirmatively reaching out to any of those witnesses, not to any of the names that were given to them on that list. So that raises real questions as to the scope of this fbi review. It renews questions about whether or not the fbi has been operating under tight constraints for this investigation set by the white house or by the White House Counsels Office, restraints on what they were allowed to look at and who they were allowed
And the whole thing played out live with millions of us watching all across this country. People watched on planes, midflight including on air force one. Students watched in North Carolina in social studies classes and in law school. People watched in a deli in philadelphia. They listened on the new york city subway. When you get someone to listen on a new york city subway, you know it must be incredible. Even a 76yearold Sexual Assault survivor called in to cspan saying fords testimony just broke her heart. There were tears, both from supporters of ford and from kavanaugh, two incredibly emotional stories, two people whose lives have been thrown into chaos. But their stories, well, dont jibe. You cant believe both of them. Dr. Ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe Brett Kavanaugh assaulted you . 100 . 100 . None of these allegations are true . Correct. No doubt in your mind . Zero. 100 certain. She told the horrific story of what she says Brett Kavanaugh did to her when t