North carolina governor speaks out tonight. Florence has never been more dangerous now. Were heading back into the floods and devastation with our team. Welcome to fox news at night. Im shannon bream. On case of he said and she said. Allegations of assault. Senate Judiciary Committee is making plans to let both sides tell their story on monday morning. Chief National Correspondent ed henry is here with details. Reporter breaking tonight, Democrat Chuck schumer trying to throw off another roadblock. Trying to delay this nomination beyond the midterm. Hes got what democrats wanted last week which is to delay this Thursdays Committee vote on judge Brett Kavanaugh. Schumer saying a short time ago he wants a full fbi investigation of this matter before the hearing even though that can take weeks. The fbi suggested theres nothing criminal here to investigate. Kavanaugh accuser dr. Ford, alleged back in 1980s, he pinned her to bed, groped her and when she tried to scream, he put his hand over
Speech where he rejects their ideology, the International Reaction a badge of honor for the president. Bill cosby is behind bars. A lingering question, why did it take so long to put him there for Sexual Assault that was more than a decade ago. Welcome to fox news at night. After democrats insisted doctor Christine Blaseyford ford tell her story, democrats are calling for another delay to thursdays planned hearing and say they are not sure she is going to show up. News that a sex crime prosecutor is the top gop choice to question Brett Kavanaughs accuser. And henry is following it all. Reporter Dianne Feinstein cannot guarantee doctor ford is going to show up with outside counsel is going to ask the question plus an attorney for the second accuser against Brett Kavanaugh Deborah Ramirez revealed she will not testify at all is republicans push back on feinstein that the hearing be delayed, Chuck Grassley said the hearing is on for thursday and they may vote on the nomination as soon as
Confident that Senate Republicans will manage this confirmation properly, with the utmost respect for all concerned and i believe that judge Brett Kavanaugh will soon be justice Brett Kavanaugh. Arthel we have fox team coverage. Ellison barber is in Berkeley Heights, new jersey, here President Trumps golf club in bedminster, where the president is spending the weekend. But we begin with Garrett Tenney who has the latest from washington. Garrett . Well, arthel, this around attorneys for Christine Ford once again informed the Judiciary Committee that she is willing to testify next week. The letter states, quote, 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 on september 21st are fundamental inconsistent with the committees promise of a fair impartial investigation into her allegations and we are disappointed with the leaks and the bullying that are in
Ellison is a sitting member of congress, and hes also the deputy head of the dnc. Candidate for attorney general in minnesota. Under pressure from critics, the state Democratic Party pledged to investigate her story. Tonight we have their conclusions. An allegation standing alone is not necessarily sufficient to conclude that conduct occurred. That is the finding of the top lawyer for the minnesota Democratic Party. In other words, karen monahansn words dont mean anything. Unless she provides a tangible proof, we dont believe her. Let that sink in for a minute in light of in all youve seen. This is the standard of Democratic Party politicians use to judge their own. At least when political power is at stake. Ol prove it. Otherwise, shut up and go away. Meanwhile in washington, Brett Kavanaugh faces a very different standard. To a little more than a week ago, a woman named Julie Swetnick told a remarkable story. She claimed that as a College Student during the early 1980s, she attended
Into the kavanaugh confirmation. Because thats what theyre really good at. Plus a new Halloween Costume controversy. Identity politics has gone totally crazy. It is all on friday follies with raymond arroyo. First our top story. An absolute jawdropper late this afternoon. A report from the New York Times. It lays out that in the spring of 2017, deputy a. G. Rod rosenstein suggested secretly recording President Trump and discussed invoking the 25th amendment to throw the president out of office. Now, rosenstein, as you would expect, is forcefully denying that this ever happened. Separately, a fox news source, said to be in the same room as this conversation, is claiming that rosensteins comments were just sarcastic. They werent serious. Does anyone believe that tonight . Washington post is also reporting that. But lets take a trip, shall we, down rosenstein memory lane. This is the same guy who responded like this to demands from congress to produce documents in that russia probe. The d