Share their story. If fords attorneys dont respond with the terms for her testimony today, the Committee Says it will vote monday on kavanaughs nomination. All of this as were learning about a shakeup on the Senate Judiciary staff. Garrett vent ry, a Communications Advisor for grassley has resigned amid reports that he was fired from a previous job in part for a Sexual Harassment allegation against him. As nbc first reported. He denies the allegations. Cnns Sara Westwood joins us from new jersey. So help us understand why this is similparticularly sensitive significant. Well, fred, this is significant because Garrett Ventry emerged as a visible spokesperson for the Sub Committee at a time when the committee is in a difficult position of trying to navigate the allegations against kavanaugh while working to confirm him. He was accused of sexually harassing a female employee when he worked at the North Carolina state legislature. The allegations were first reported by nbc news that cnn ha
far as we know, an offer? it s very significant, because what chris blazey ford is saying to not just the committee but to the american people is i want to testify. this is my intent. i m going to make this work. we re figuring out the details, but i want to testify, and why that is important is because now for the senate republicans, anything that derails her testifying is going to look like it was arguing over logistical or arbitrary or, frankly, political details in terms of who gets to testify when or who is asking the questions. she s basically standing now on she s taking a clear stand and position, and it makes the other side risk just looking political if this doesn t somehow come together. and tim, this is still a very delicate situation, because we