Histories. At times she was in tears as she encountered recounted an alleged assault. Judge kavanaugh then came in and defended himself, calling this a national disgrace. The details about that night that bring me here today are the ones i will never forget. They have been seared into my memory and have come back to me episodically as an adult. I have never done this. To her or to anyone. Its not who i am. It is not who i was. With what degree of certainty do you believe that Brett Kavanaugh assaulted you . 100 . Speak out what youre saying, if i understand it, is that the allegations by dr. Ford, ms. Ramirez, and him and ms. Swetnick are wrong. That is emphatically what i am saying. They were laughing with each other. And you were the object of the laughter. I was underneath of them while they laughed. I am innocent of the stars. You dont reach the conclusion. I hope the American People can see through this sham. This has become a national disgrace. The constitution gives the son of a
Judiciary Committee Republicans are demanding a response by this hour to the counteroffer they made to the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of Sexual Assault, laying out terms for her to testify. And no longer restrained. President trumps tempered response to the kavanaugh allegations gives way to an attack on his accuser that left key gop senator, Susan Collins, quote, appalled. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. Extraordinary new information about the man overseeing the russia investigation. The Deputy Attorney general, Rod Rosenstein. Sources are telling cnn that after President Trump fired the fbi director, james comey, last year, rosenstein discussed secretly recording the president and recruiting cabinet members to invoke the 25th amendment to remove him from office. The New York Times first reported the information. Rosenstein has responded with a statement calling the times story, and im q
Also said he wont agree to testify under oath. Interesting. The committee has scheduled a hearing next monday over the allegation againstlicly accused him, dr. Christine blasey ford will get a chance to tell her story if she accepts the invitation. At this hour the committee has not received a e ed a response her. The New York Times is reporting shes been inundated with vulgar email and social media messages and moved out of her house. Arranging for private security for herself and her family. And effectively is right now in hiding. Over the weekend, dr. Ford told the Washington Post that judge kavanaugh who was stumbling drunk attacked her at a party when they were both teenagers. Kavanaugh who spent the past two days hunkered down at the white house and denies the accusation has agreed to testify this monday. President trump who was uncharacteristically tempered on this matter continued, however, to stand by his man. He painted kavanaugh as the victim. Im totally supportive, yes. Im
These claims are legitimate . No, i dont. I think this. Who, whoever she is is mixed up. Wow. Kavanaugh has spent more than four hours at the white house, alt an initial told msnbc news she did not meet with the president. Went to the meeting at the white house at 10 08 a. M. Is he still there . He is. We have been asking, what is he doing . Our colleague sent around a note with the latest details. Apparently, Brett Kavanaugh has been doing phone banking, calling member of congress, defending his name, doing damage control and really trying to defend his nomination. Brett kavanaugh had been on a smooth glide path to being confirmed and really cementing a conservative majority on the support for a generation. There was all this hand wringing by democrats about not having ax to the documents they wanted about kavanaughs record. That didnt matter. Republicans were pushing forward with the confirmation hearing. Now you have democrats, white house officials and some key republicans saying i
Says she is willing to testify to the Senate Judiciary committee about what happened in high school. Judge Brett Kavanaugh says he is, too. The president says he wants everything done perfectly. All of this comes just a handful of days before the committee is scheduled to vote on kavanaughs nomination. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight on the north lawn with an explosive story here in washington. Good evening, john. Bret, a lot happening in just the last few minutes. First of all, judge kavanaugh current solid on a Conference Call with republican members of the Senate Judiciary committee to answer questions about the allegations leveled at him. No democrats wanted to participate in that call. Raj shaw, who is his spokesman for the confirmation process here at the white house, just releasing a statement under judge kavanaughs name saying judge kavanaugh looks forward to a hearing where he can clear his name of this false allegation. He stands ready to te