try to discredit her, saying she was drunk at the time, there were holes in her recollection, basically suggesting why is she coming forward with this now? earlier today, he gave his pole support to judge brett kavanaugh and at the same time, for a strip off the democrats. listen here. he s an absolute gem and he s been treated very unfairly by the democrats. they know what they are doing, they go into a back room and talk with each other and they laugh at what they are getting away with. it s a con game, that s what they play and that s about the only thing they do well. is the steady drip of these allegations continues, this latest one from a woman named julie swetnick, the president and the white house and kavanaugh s confirmation team
seem to be shifting a little bit. when christine blasey ford came out with her allegation, it was all about airing these out in the public forum, now the white house and the confirmation team actively pushing back against these new allegations, wondering what exactly is going on but they believe it s simply a tactic to try to delay the confirmation until after the midterm elections. with a confirmation of a supreme court justice would be off the table. harris? harris: thank you very much, the latest from the u.n. we want to hear about the situation with china and the president and more, we will come back as the noon warrants. thank you. let s bring in former chief counsel to the senate judiciary committee. what do you do now? we are just hearing from senator chuck grassley excuse me, senator orrin hatch who says republicans don t have to put up with new allegations, we will
defense. he ll be on fox news tonight in an interview alongside his wife and really it s an unprecedented move for a supreme court nominee. never heard of anything like that. jessica schneider, thank you so much. let s go back to our experts here. kaitlan collins, what does the fact that brett kavanaugh and his wife are doing an interview on a network that i think it s fair to say is generally friendly to the trump administration? is it desperation, smart politics? how do you see it? it shows how worried they are about these allegations and the mounting number of them coming after them. they re pretty concerned about that. that s why he s sitting down. it s no accident his wife is going to be there with him, showing a strong sign of support in light of these allegations, allegations of sexual assault that are upsetting a lot of women voters out there. but you have to take into consideration that, obviously the white house approved this. they have been working hand in glove with h
the senate judiciary committee, he says i continue to want a hearing as soon as possible so i can clear my name. the moment i heard this allegation i categorically and unequivocally denied it. i remain committed to defending my integrity. his confirmation team is continuing to proceed as if the hearing will happen on monday but tonight that hearing is very much in question. shannon: we know the attorney for christine ford demanding from the senate judiciary committee in exchange for the controversy one of the most controversial points, make brett kavanaugh testify first. white house spokesman for the brett kavanaugh confirmation process, thanks for making time tonight. i want to read something, we heard the president talk about his support for brett kavanaugh but this is what they said, wasn t clear how committed
you want to hear from him or his staff. yes. we intend to talk to senator grassley, 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 fair way. i appreciate your time. thank you very much. we just got this story. chairman grassley just got the letter. kaitlan collins has been working her sources at the white house. what are you learning? reporter: we know that brett kavanaugh spent the day here 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 this breaking news, that really seems to be thrown into doubt. what we have learned from what republicans have been saying all day is they have been getting more forceful in their defense of brett kavanaugh. they seem unwilling to negotiate an alternative date for the hearing on monday. we heard from multiple of them. not just people on the judiciar