Yeah, i know her. I know of her. And again, i dont want to rule out having crossed paths with her in high school. Similar to your statements about knowing dr. Ford . Correct. Senator feinstein . Judge kavanaugh, its my understanding that you have denied the allegations by dr. Ford, ms. Ramirez and ms. Swetnick. Is that correct . Yes. All three of these women have asked the fbi to investigate their claims. I listened carefully to what you said. Your concern is evident and clear. And if you are very confident of your position and you appear to be, why arent you also asking the fbi to investigate these claims. Senator, ill do whatever the committee wants. I wanted a hearing the day after the allegation came up. I wanted to be here that day. Instead, ten days passed where all this nonsense is coming out, you know, that im in gangs, im on boats in rhode island, im in colorado, you know, im sighted all over the place. And these things are printed and run breathlessly by cable news. You know,
Rape me. I tried to yell for help. When i did, brett put his hand over my mouth. Im not questioning that dr. Ford may have been Sexual Assaulted by some person in some place at some time. But i have never done this. So at times kavanaugh was combative and other times unable to keep his composure. Watch. The other night, ashley and my daughter liza said their prayers. Liza, all of 10 years old said to ashley, we should pray for the woman. Martha a very emotional moment. Now we are getting word that republicans are ready to vote according to senator cornyn tonight. Chief National Correspondent ed henry live with the update on all of this in washington. Hi, ed. Great to see you. Almost a television docudrama playing out before tens of millions of americans rivetted by the testimony on both sides including President Trump himself. We are told he was watching a few moments ago. He tweeted his support for judge kavanaugh. Yet, after over nine hours the story has still not been corroborate an
To south america. Did the idea for a global muscleflex come from the commander in chief . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news on the investigation of u. S. Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh. A source tells cnn that the white house expects the fbi to turn over its notes on the probe soon. Then the information will be sent to capitol hill. The report is key to the timing and outcome of the senate vote on whether to confirm kavanaugh. At this pivotal moment, the white house is brazenly trying to deny that President Trump mocked kavanaughs accuser, professor Christine Blasey ford, at a political rally overnight. But the three undecided gop senators who will make or break kavanaughs nomination arent buying it. Theyre calling mr. Trumps comments wrong and appalling. Ill get reaction from Senate Judiciary Committee Member richard blumenthal. Our corre
Things to them. Details are sketchy. We dont know what the fbi report will mean. We know that senators around the fence like joe manchin and as i said, the lisa murkowski, the republican senator of alaska, theyre all sitting on the fence until they get a chance to read it. Chad pergram with more. Chad . Were waiting for that fbi right now. We dont know when its going to come in. What is also unclear. We dont know when Mitch Mcconnell will initiate this fourday process to supply with his promise that they will have a vote on kavanaugh by saturday. He has to initiate that process by 11 59 tonight to put this pendulum in motion. Now, i spoke just a few moments ago with lisa murkowski, the republican senator from alaska. Shes undecided in this. I asked her whether or not there would be whether she had to have that report before he filed cloture. I talked to john cornyn, the republican whip. He said the leaders said we would be voting this week. I would take him at his word. I said wait a m
Raise millions of dollars and compete in races theyd otherwise be priced out of. Weve seen at least 4 million unique donors and many of them have donated multiple times. Do those numbers, like, make your head explode a little bit . Theyre a lot bigger than they used to be. We begin with the fbi report that everyone has been waiting for. Finally making its way to capitol hill. But you and i, we might not ever get to see it. So will the feds investigation provide any answers about the allegations surrounding Brett Kavanaugh or just more questions . Well have a great team here to help break all of it down. But first, i want to expla plp you. Overnight, the fbi delivered its additional background work on judge kavanaugh to capitol hill. Several senators are allowed to view it starting this morning. Chuck grassley went first about an hour ago. Dianne feinstein is scheduled moments from now. And republicans are next. At 10 00 a. M. And democrats will follow at 11 00. Weve been saying this al