What they have done to this man is incredible. Always interested in hearing from her, but this is getting into the twilight zone, we are talking about Brett Kavanaugh being reckless during high school. I have a hard time believing he did it then. I think the only way to get to a fair process is for them members of the committee to have more witnesses and evidence beyond adjuster dr. Ford and judge kavanaugh. It would defy all sense of morality. For the Judiciary Committee to go forward with the vote next friday. There should be an fbi investigation and then a hearing. Giving the women a major chance to speak. Now its possible all hear that and ill say hey, im changing my mind. That is possible. We want to give them a chance to speak. Because that was quite something this morning. The chairman and Ranking Member will both give Opening Statements. Dr. Ford will give her statement or Opening Statement. No time limit there. It then dr. Christine blasey ford will answer questions. Then judg
Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 616 of the Trump Administration saw perhaps the most dramatic day in a y generation or more on capitol hill in washington. On dr. Christine blasey ford spoke publicly for the first time about her allegations of Sexual Assault at the hands of Supreme Court nominee judge brett r kavanagh. Judge kavanagh. They were the only witnesses at the Senate Judiciary hearing which lasted nearly nine hours. Competing stories with common themes, anger, memory, gender, class, affluence and the influence of alcohol. There is a missing witness, there are missing pieces of the story. Ar it was also a clear and rolling demonstration of just how deeply partisan we have become. Led by the people we have elected and sent to washington, and this is how we proceed. A vote on kavanagh in the committee expected at 9 30 a. M. We will begin here tonight with some of what we heard today. Dr. Ford was the first to testify. I am terrif
To galvanize the nation. I believed he was going to rape me. Brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. I am innocent of this charge. Have you ever covered dr. Fords mouth with your hand . No. Judge kavanaugh will you support an fbi investigation right now . If you wanted an fbi investigation you could have come to us. You have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy. The details about that night that bring me here today are the ones i will never forget. Did you watch dr. Fords testimony . I did not. Dr. Ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe Brett Kavanaugh assaulted you . 100 . This is our special coverage of judgment day in the United States senate, the kavanaugh confirmation hearing. Using our team of nbc news reports and msnbc news experts to cover this story tonight including nbc news hally jackson, casey hunt, pete meacham, and nprs nina totenberg. America stopped and watched history made today in a hearing room in the Dirkson Senate Office
I love having you on the show. Sean have a great show, i hope you are right in the optimism. Well see, i dont have a lot of faith in some republicans. Laura it was great to have you here. You have a great tripp home. Welcome to washington. Im laura ingraham. This is the ingraham angle. Breaking news that sean just moments ago. Mitch mcconnell announcing that the Senate Judiciary committee has received a supplemental fbi background report on Brett Kavanaugh and we are also told that individual senators will be reviewing thegh contents in less than 12 hours from now. Well keep you updated as they come in. Alsoso tonight, is dr. Fords story really falling apart . We expose key inconsistencies to her testimony tonight that others have, well, decide to look the other way. Well also delve into the backlash against President Trump for his comments about ford. Plus a body language expert i love that is here to take us through some of heror more revealing answer from last weeks hearing. I hope
Accuser, as i said, came forward earlier today. We know this from transcripts of questioning of judge kavanaugh by republican staffers on the committee that were just released. One question involving a letter from a woman in colorado to republican senator Corey Gardner about what she says her daughter witnessed. Heres the relevant passage from her letter and the question as read to judge kavanaugh about a night when a group of friends were allegedly at a bar in washington. Thats followed by his answer. I will remain anonymous, but i feel obligated to inform you of this 1998 incident involving Brett Kavanaugh. The letter went on to read, they were all shocked when Brett Kavanaugh shoved her friend up against the wall very aggressively and sexually. There were at least four witnesses including my daughter. Her friend, still traumatized, called my daughter yesterday, september 21st, 2018, wondering what to do about it. They decided to remain anonymous. Judge kavanaugh is then asked did th