that s what you re telling me when you vote for him. don t look away from me. look at me and tell me that it doesn t matter what happened to me. ana maria ar chi la joins us now. thanks so much for being with us. i m wondering when you made the decision to confront senator flake. at that point, were you aware of his intention to confirm judge kavanaugh? i ve been coming to the capitol for the last seven weeks to protest the nomination of judge kavanaugh because i believe he s dangerous for our country. he s dangerous for the rights of women to choose what we do with our bodies, dangerous to our health care. and a few days ago, i stood in front of his office and told for the first time my own story of sexual violence when i was a child, as a 5-year-old. and it was an incredibly painful moment. i did it because i felt like the country needs to hear these stories. i did it in solidarity with dr. ford, and i did it to
that brett kavanaugh is telling the truth? did you see his face? and you have to listen to what ana maria ar chi la told anderson cooper tonight when he asked whether she thinks that protest made a difference. i think if it had been just one story, my story and maria s story, it would not have made a difference. it was the fact that it was thousands of people, thousands of stories, and dr. ford herself. and i felt a sense of relief and a sense of possibility. i was reminded that it is through kind of us standing for ourselves, for our lives, for the lives of others that we make change in this country. courage. those women are courageous. christine blasey ford is courageous. and courage is contagious. let s hope it s contagious.
senator flake telling cnn tonight that that protest played a part in his decision to call for an fbi investigation. his statement saying that he would vote to confirm judge kavanaugh with no conditions was released a little before 9:30 this morning. then moments later at about 9:31, he was confronted by ana maria ar chi la and maria gallagher as he was on his way to the panel s scheduled vote. after listening, visibly uncomfortable, as though two women poured their hearts out, senator flake demanded a one-week fbi investigation of the sexual assault allegations against judge kavanaugh. and now president trump has agreed. but all this is really it s far from over. there are real questions still to be addressed here, questions about judge kavanaugh s truthfulness, his truthfulness about teenage drinking. the drinking age as i noted