soul of this country in this regard. the truth is there are many more who will help you than try to hurt you. we re going to put a hotline number on the screen. if you need help, make a call. coming forward is not easy, but it is better than the alternative. all right. let s keep going now because don is off. that means we ve got a bonus second hour of cuomo prime time, and we begin with breaking news. christine ford s legal team responding just moments ago. we read the letter to you live. the proposal by senate republicans that she testify by wednesday or else, they say we can t decide yet. we need one additional day. will they give it to her? in that letter they blast republicans, accusing them of bullying ford into making a decision by 10:00 p.m. tonight. we re waiting for republicans to respond to the request by ford s attorneys. also tonight, president trump making what appears to be a veiled threat to fire rod
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katz, a lawyer for christine blasey ford is essentially calling the chairman of the committee s bluff. obviously you laid out in detail both their letter and where republicans have been on this. saying the 10:00 p.m. deadline, there needs to be not just a response but an agreement for testimony or else they would go ahead and vote on monday. and to take you behind the scenes a little bit, chris, i can tell you there s been immense frustration on the republican side of things over the last couple of days. they feel they ve been accommodating. they feel like the conversation with debra katz, christine blasey ford s lawyer last night was a positive conversation. as debra katz laid out in great detail there were good reasons why a response didn t come in detail, why they need an extra day. but that for a lot of republicans on the committee who are partaking in a conference call behind closed doors earlier today is not a good enough answer. so that leads us to a question
robert mueller was appointed. rich edson is standing by on the north lawn of the white house with much more on that. but first, let s get white house reaction to the stunning washington post report kavanaugh s accuser going public reporter: good afternoon. the white house is standing by brett kavanaugh this as the woman has come forward, and she s now detailing her allegations. this is all in the washington post, just come ott in the past hour or so. it s published christine ford s and he were in high school, he was stumbling drunk, pinned her to a bed, groped her and put his hand over her mouth when she tried to scream. ford claims, quote: i thought he might inadvertently kill me. he was trying to attack me and remove my clothing. rod shaw tells us, as the story