up here because oren hatch told cnn, senator oren hatch that he said to that brett kavanaugh said to oren hatch that he wasn t at the party and that, quote, somebody is mixed up. he did use the words mixed up. i would describe him as resolute, determined, unequivocal. he said it s just not true. he wasn t angry, and he didn t say anything bad about dr. ford. he wasn t critical. look, it s just not true. and i m i think that s what he s going to say when we have the hearing monday. don t give up on the hearingment don . don t give up on the hearing. let s keep up the conversation because events are changing. we ll bring you back on if we have a new development because we d love to get your thoughts. thank you, senator kennedy.
takes place as democrats and as now ford is demanding. this is what murkowski said. i think that an allegation has been made by dr. ford. i think her story deserves to be heard, and the the committee process has been made available to her. so it s a sign that she wants the hearing to take place, not necessarily agree with this effort to reopen the fbi background check. so the question now emerges back to whether or not dr. ford will agree to this process, talk to the judiciary committee in private, then a public meeting. we still don t know. a lot can change as we ve seen over the last few days here. no question. thanks very much. joining us now is senator john kenne kennedy, a republican from the state of louisiana.
senator kennedy, thanks so much for taking the time with us this morning. you bet. thanks for having me. on this issue, grant it, it is a difficult one. it is a difficult one for all involved. you said yesterday in an interview, quote, i want to hear her side of the story. you also said if the allegations are credible, it would affect your vote. uh-huh. should monday in your view be ford s only chance to testify as to her account in public? well, i don t have enough information to make that decision. i don t have any information at all. everything i know about this i ve read in the media or seen in the media, and i m not saying the media is wrong. i m just saying that i m a united states senator. my people elected me to make a decision, and i need i need facts and evidence to make that decision. i m a little more sangen than
the minority staff under senator feinstein refused to cooperate, so our majority staff went forward. we didn t hear back from dr. ford s lawyers. so yesterday we met and said, okay, maybe she is concerned. she meaning dr. ford, about a public hearing. so we agreed to make the offer that, well, if you would rather do it privately, that s your call. i would prefer to do it publically because i think the american people have a right to hear both from dr. ford and judge brett kavanaugh. if she wants to do it privately, but you have got to start somewhere. can i make one other point? i really want to get to jim s important question. okay. we know you don t have all day. and that is the fbi. should the fbi have a role? as you know, senator kennedy, the fbi can investigate this if the president asks them to.