willing to cooperate with the committee and with investigators. so as we leave tonight, you are now the ball s in the of senator grassley. you want to hear from him or his staff. yes, we intend to talk to senator grassley, senator feinstein, anybody else on the committee so we can work out a process by which she can share her information and we can move this forward in a fairway. lisa banks, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. thank you. we just got the story. chairman grassley just got the letter. cnn s kaitlan collins has been working her sources at the white house and joins us now. what are you learning? reporter: we know brett kavanaugh spent the day mounting a defense and getting prepared and briefed by his confirmation team ahead of what was expected to be that public hearing on monday. now with the breaking news, that seems to be thrown into doubt. what we have learned from what will republicans have been saying all day, they ve been getting more forceful in
votes. we have seen this over the last 72-to-94 hours. there is a split with the democrats and republicans over the nomination and the allegations is stark which is a deep divide to which both sides are barely talking to each other. how that parties when the public hearing comes to be and the hearing as it happens will be one to watch and one with enormous stakes. dave and christine. thank you. there are signs democrats want to delay it. dianne feinstein says republicans are rushing the process. she is asking the fbi to investigate the assault claims first. judge kavanaugh spent nine hours at the white house monday huddling with the confirmation team. one official describes him as shaken but focused. the administration is determined to defend kavanaugh s integrity
one to watch and one with enormous stakes. dave and christine. phil, thank you for that. that monday hearing is on the calendar, but signs some members wanted to delay it. senate ranking member dianne feinstein says the republicans are rushing this process. she is asking the fbi to investigate the assault claims first. judge kavanaugh spent nine hours at the white house monday huddling with the confirmation team. one official describes him as shaken but focused. the administration is determined to defend kavanaugh s integrity and bolster his public image ahead of monday s hearing. white house officials are contacting many of the 65 women who signed a supportive letter for kavanaugh to see if they are willing to publicly back the judge next week. president trump ordering declassification of the materials related to the russia investigation. that includes the sections of
women of sexual misconduct. including roy moore. you re talking about he said 40 years ago this didn t happen. less than two months before the midterm elections where women voters and candidates play a critical role. lt white house is treading lightly. for now at least. saying both should be heard. judge kavanaugh spent nearly nine hours at the white house today. working behind the scenes with his confirmation team. one described his as shaken but focussed on defending his integrity. he and his accuser will be in a separate public hearing on monday by the judiciary committee. certainly raising the stakes on this battle. something we haven t seen in washington like this for decades. joining me now from london. professor of international politics. good to have you with us. good morning. after much debate, kavanaugh
to criticize ford like he has with other sexual assault accusers. judge kavanaugh is one of the finest people that i have ever known. i want him to go in at the absolute highest level and i think to do that you have to go through this. if it takes a little delay, it will take a little delay. reporter: a source tells cnn that the president s restraint is a sign of how critical kavanaugh s confirmation is, noting that conservatives have made it clear that the president cannot afford to do anything to derail the imperiled nomination. and there is an extraordinary public relations campaign that is already under way as people, advocates both for and against the judge are putting up money as well as ads on tv and online. we saw kavanaugh at the white house spending nine hours with his confirmation team coming up with a strategy. one of the pieces of that strategy, to lean on women who have come before previously to advocate for his character. that is something that they are trying to d