With a deadline today about whether his accuser will testify before the judiciary committee. His friend tweeted an alternate theory accusing an innocent look alike before deleting and apologizing. As joe biden considers whether to run for president in 2020. Might he have an anita hill problem for his role in the Clarence Thomas hearings . And could there be a worst week for his sentencing for Sexual Assault . What will the me too factor be . What are we to make of the times story friday claiming Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein discussed the possibility of invoke thing twoivth amendment and suggested wearing a wire during his dealings with the president. This will onwn fuel the cries o witch hunt in this investigation. If youre the president he calls ag Jeff Sessions and says fire rosen stun. When sessions refuses, he fires them both. Then he install as pliable ag that shuts down the Mueller Probe. Im just observing the cover the story provoids him. At least one person said rosen
Stick with us tonight because we will cover everything you need to know about tomorrows hearing tonight. Hello and welcome to fox news night. Im Shannon Bream in washington. Weve got team coverage. Kristin fisher will celebrate fact from fiction on the claims from kavanaughs accusers but fe National Correspondent ed henry. Im hearing President Trump is furious that republicans have not been aggressive in enough defending kavanaugh. Im told he was fired up, saying that republicans have been letting democrats rule in this mans life. The president believes are republicans and should have pushed for a vote earlier this month, before the allegations surfaced. He was firm in saying he still backs kavanaugh and wants a senate vote but interesting, the president made clear, if kavanaugh goes down, he will not sit back. Hes going to fight. He said if kavanaugh loses, i will have a new name to you in one hour. An idea of how quickly they will move with the white house. Republican source told mcc
Trace we begin with breaking news though. Judge Brett Kavanaughs accuser says he would be prepared or she would be prepared to testify next week but only if the Senate Judiciary committee offers terms that are fair and which ensure her safety. Thats what the is now reporting. Good evening, good day, everyone, im Trace Gallagher in for Shepard Smith. This comes after the Senate Committee chairman republican Chuck Grassley of iowa gave Christine Blasey ford until 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow to decide whether to testify at mondays hearing. Remember, democrats say they want the fbi to investigate her claims first. Chairman grassley says the committee is looking into the accusation and no outside investigation is needed. Professor ford claims kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago while they were both in high school. Judge kavanaugh calls the accusation completely false. We have team fox coverage. Chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel is live for us on capitol hill.
His allies say is not tenable. Do you see how Jeff Sessions is responding to that now . Well show you. After the people of carolina are fighting to get back on their feet after a monster storm, so are the people of puerto rico one year later. Father of hamilton creator and star lin manuel miranda. Both have been helping in that effort. Well start with our panel with their latest reporting. I want to start where we are right now in this supreme stalemate. Tomorrow at this time is the deadline that senator Chuck Grassley set for Christine Blaseyford as to whether shell testify. Her attorneys fighting back, saying that multiple witnesses should be at the hearing. Rushing is contrary to the truth, they argue. The unredacted letter she received from dr. Ford and all of this is going down as we are watching protests on capitol hill. You can see this live. Demonstrators sharing their stories of Sexual Assault, demanding that senator Chuck Grassley take notice. Lots of developments on the hill
Him all the way. Well see how it goes with the senate. Well see how it goes with the vote. I think it could be theres a chance that this could be one of the single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a candidate but i am with judge kavanaugh and i look forward to a vote. For people to come out of the woodwork from 36 years ago and 30 years ago and never mention it, all of a sudden it happens, in my opinion, its totally political. President there calling those allegations totally political. Lets get right to cnns abby philip at u. N. Headquarters. Abby, for days the president had held his tongue. We saw that change the end of last week. With developments over the weekend now, the president here clearly doubling down on his Supreme Court nominee. Absolutely, jim and poppy. The president is fully going at this issue in the way he would like to. Over the weekend, he was briefed on some of these new allegations regarding Brett Kavanaugh, according to his aides, but they also say that th