Correspondent john roberts has more. John . Good afternoon to you, dana. My colleague Doug Mckelway and i both spoke to the same source in the past hour. A person who has spoken with judge kavanaugh since all of this news broke. This person claiming that kavanaugh does not know who Christine Blasey ford is. That even though women who kavanaugh socialized with knew of her and went to school with her, its because they went to school with her that kavanaugh went to georgetown prep, which which is an all boys school and thereby buttressing the allegations that he does not know who this person is. We are also told that its expected that in the next few days, and this might not necessarily come from kavanaugh but from other people that significant gaps in this time line may be filled in. The suggestion that other people who knew her and maybe knew of this alleged incident would come forward and fill in some of the gaps. Meantime, in the senate, they are trying to figure out what to do how to
On this and this was not going to get any better if we didnt vote. Dana indeed, chief Congressional Correspondent Mike Emmanuel, mike, is a sense of relief among republican senators now that they feel sure that they have votes for confirmation. Dana, there seems to be no question about that, quite the roller coaster for weeks, as you heard from the majority leader republicans didnt know they had the votes until major speech from maine Susan Collins. Weve heard a lot of charges and countercharges about judge kavanaugh, but as those who have known him best have attested, he has been an exemplary public servant, judge, teacher, coach, husband and father. Some express concerns about the judges response in very emotional hearing where he was force today defend name and integrity against serious allegations, one republican opposing nomination found fiery response to be too much. Even in these situations, the standard is that a judge must act at all times in a narn promotes public confidence.
Rape by Supreme Court nominee with an otherwise impeccable reputation lets revisit with the president said about Brett Kavanaughs case. He has talked about it more than once. Reporter if he has. It took a little longer than expected to get the president to the stage but the crowd was fully engaged and ready to hear from the commander in chief, not just here to talk about his Supreme Court nominee but a spate of gop candidates, supporting dean heller in a dog fight for the senate seat, trying to keep that for the republicans. He talked about Brett Kavanaugh and was very careful in showing support for Brett Kavanaugh, nothing about the woman who accused him of assaulting her when they were in high school. Im not saying anything about anybody else but i want to tell you that Brett Kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. A great intellect, a great gentleman, impeccable reputation, went to yale, top students, went to yale law schoo
Hurricane florence. It is a storm like no other. Mr. President , we have a long road ahead. Shepard lets get to it. Good wednesday afternoon from the fox news deck. Judge Brett Kavanaughs accuser says she wants the fbi to investigate her Sexual Assault allegations before she talks to lawmakers. Republicans say theres no reason to delay mondays hearing. Some democrats are accusing the gop to try to rush the confirmation process. Dr. Christine blasey fords attorney writes the 51yearold processer wants to cooperate but an investigation should be the first step in addressing the allegations. Her lawyer states that since dr. Ford came forward, shes gotten Death Threats and had to relocate her family. The Senate Judiciary committee chairman, Chuck Grassley of iowa, has responded with a letter of his own. Hes offering to make mondays hearing public or private and our Shannon Bream reports Committee Staffers are willing to travel to california where professor ford lives for an interview. Presi
President trump is in new york at the u. N. Will he be ready to focus on threats such as north korea, iran and syria, or might he be distracted by all the d. C. Drama . Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We begin with high drama in washington. Drama that could have a major impact on the russia investigation. President trump moments ago discussing the fate of Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein after sources say rosenstein submitted his resignation to white house chief of staff john kelly this weekend. Our meeting with Rod Rosenstein on thursday, when i get back from all of these meetings. And well be meeting at the white house. And well be determining whats going on. We want to have transparency and openness and i look forward to meeting with rod at that time. It will be a meeting of tremendous consequence, given that rosenstein oversees the mueller probe. Sources telling cnn that rosenstein was expecting to be fired today at a meeting with chief of staff kelly at the white house.