often, they are my law clerks. there are a couple of them right there. they haven t enjoyed this privilege yet. and they come to court and they are very nervous. and the clerk tells us about their career, and their record, and then submits them to the court. i move their admission to the bar. are there any questions from the bench? it s sort of like this. it s a bit intimidatinintimidat. this has been a reminder to me of what it s like to be down here and rather than up there. and last time i had this kind of interaction with senator lee it was when he was down here and i was up there. at any rate. i sometimes asked them that question to put them at ease. they all know the answer. they all know the answer because they have all read douglas adams hitchhiker s guide to the galaxy. if you haven t read it, you should. it may be one of my daughter s favorite books. so that s a family joke. well, it is a book i very much enjoyed as well. and it is, i think, a delightful
candidate of grabbing and then kissing her without her permission. she says this was an incident that happened nearly 20 years ago. here s our jessica schneider. reporter: victor and christi, 63-year-old cathy heller is now the ninth woman to speak out, claiming that donald trump kissed her without consent in the middle of a mar-a-lago brunch in the late 1990s. cathy heller first shared her story with the guardian newspaper. and cnn is working to further corroborate her story. but i did speak with cathy heller on the phone as well as her friend susan klein, who she shared her story with a year and a half ago, when donald trump was rising in political prominence. now, heller tells me she was at mar-a-lago on mother s day with her extended family since her in-laws were members of that private club. heller says when she was introduced to trump he allegedly pulled her toward him and then kissed her. heller says she was startled and pulled back. she tells me her husband saw it happen as
when donald trump was rising in political prominence. keller says she was at mar-a-lago on mother s day. heller says when she was introduced to trump he allegedly her pulled her toward him and kissed her. heller was startled and pulled back. she tells me her husband saw it happen, as did other members of her family. they considered it a family joke. once the access hollywood tape came out, it became a real issue in in presidential campaign, she realized it was no longer a laughing matter and kathy heller says she became compelled to speak out along with the eight other women. the trump campaign vigorously denying the claims. he said the media has gone too far in making this false accusation. there is no way something like this would have happened in a public place on mother s day at mr. trump s resort. it would have been the talk of palm beach for the past two decades. the reality is this.
welcome back. multiple women have come forward to accuse donald trump of sexual misconduct and now, we have breaking news about a ninth accuser just coming forward. jessica snyder has been on top of this. and joins me now. 63 kai this heller is coming forward. she lives in new york city and first reported her story to the guardian. but what kathy tells me is b it was about 1997 when she was at mar-a-lago for a mother s day brunch. she was f there with family when she was introduced to donald trump. she says he grabbed her in the place and then kissed her. an open mouth kissed. she said she was startled, kind of stomach babled backward. she said her family was there. they saw the whole thing happen and up until now, this has been somewhat of a family joke. she acknowledges it s not longer
brunch. she said donald trump grabbed her and then kissed her without permission at that brunch. kathy heller reported this to the guardian and cnn is work to further corroborate her story. when she talked to me on the phone she said it was quite startling. she gave me this quote. he grabbed me, i was standing and i had heels on and i almost fell back. he pulled me towards him, he was very strong and she continued he gave me an open-mouthed kiss. kathy heller tells me she was there with her family, with her husband as well. this was a public gathering for the members there at mar-a-lago. it was a mother s day brunch. she had many people around her. she tells me her husband saw all of this happened but for all of these years she said it was somewhat of a family joke. but when those access hollywood tapes came out last friday and then after donald trump s denials at the debate on sunday kathy heller along with many of these other women said she no choice but to come