Forward with house judiciary chairman, on what the Senate Counterpart should do now. Another democrat saying this is making a mockery of the process now. The former assistant fbi director on whether the fbi should get involved in this process now. And the peril of using women to score political points now. And some stock market was all my investors do not seem remotely concerned by all of this. But first to ellison barber in new jersey, making it not for from where the United States is right now. Chairman grassley says that he is giving doctor ford more time to decide if she wants to testify before the Senate Judiciary committee. He says is the fifth time that they have given her an extension in order to decide if she does want to testify. As she has previously said she does. Grassley treated in part quote doctor ford, if you change your mind, say so. So we can move on. I want to hear testimony. Come to us are we to you. The chairman did not say how long extension is going to be about
Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im anna cana can brera in new. Christine blasey ford was given a deadline of this afternoon to say once and for all whether she would go under oath before the committee and describe what she calls her attack by kavanaugh when they were teenagers. But the terms of the hearing are still up in the air. Christine blasey fords legal Team Released a statement when that deadline and this is it. Dr. Ford accepts the committees request to provide her firsthand knowledge of Brett Kavanaughs Sexual Misconduct next week. Although many aspects of the proposal you provided via email are fundamentally inconsistent with the committees promise of a fair, impartial investigation into her allegations, and we are disappointed with the leaks and bullying that have tainted the process, we are hopeful that we can Reach Agreement on details. Can we set up a time for later this afternoon to continue our negotiations . Republicans are expressing their frustration at that. Senator
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.
Paul senator flake echoing familiar refrain from democrats in capitol hill with kavanaugh and accuser Christine Blasey ford. Each of these allegations should be investigated by the fbi. You want to reach the truth, the easy way to do that is ask the fbi to investigate. Judge kavanaugh if he truly believes theres no evidence, no witnesses that can prove your case should be joining us and demanding author refbi investigation. Paul judge, michael served as 81st attorney general of the United States, judge welcome, good to have you back again. Good to be here. Paul the focus on the fbi and theres a lot of misunderstanding and just what the fbi does in circumstances of involving nominees, its not a criminal probe, is it . No, it is not, it is the fbi conducting interviews with people who know or know about person being considered for office and they ask questions along various axis, having to do with the persons background, having to do with their character, reputation, having to do with fi