prosecuted. at the gosame time a good way t avoid a potential date rape is to stay reasonably sober. her supporters say this was written a long time ago and it s not totally out of the mainstream when discussing this issue to talk about blame and also to talk sometimes about responsibility. so they are definitely going to seize on that today. this seat on the d.c. circuit court of appeals has often been a breeding ground for supreme court justices. reporter: kavanaugh sat on that bench as did chief justice john roberts and ruth bader ginsburg. they fear she may be someday down the line a nominee for the supreme court. that is another reason they are opposed to her. that will come up today. always good to have you talking about the supreme court.
kavanaugh being a fine pick and then you changed your mind based on what you said. you re echoing in many ways the sentiments expressed by lisa murkowski. you said she couldn t vote for him for the same reason. she didn t think he was a fair inju jurist and that sort of thing and said he was not the man for this time. if that s the case, do you think that is not necessarily reflecting how people voted, but that that may be something that lingers, that sort of thought in the minds of these senators and others on capitol hill as they look at now this new justice on the supreme court? no, that s not going to linger because i ve asked those very questions of the republican women that i ve sat and talked with since dr. ford and judge kavanaugh sat before the senate judiciary committee. they told me the very same words that susan collins did, that they do believe something happened to dr. ford, but they don t believe it was judge kavanaugh who committed the assault. so, therefore, they do
heard. and her charges taken seriously. david? but terry, just to confirm, it would be the president who would have to call for that fbi background check to be reopened? reporter: that s right. and so far, he doesn t want to and neither do the republicans. and judge kavanaugh would not go along with that, either. they re afraid of the delay. terry moran leading us off tonight. terry, thank you. and when it was his turn to speak, judge brett kavanaugh came into that hearing room, fired up, angry, emotional. repeatedly holding back tears, fiercely defending his name and his nomination. there was a big difference, though. you noticed in terry s report during dr. ford s testimony, the republican members of the committee, all of them men, watched as the female prosecutor they retained conducted the questioning of dr. ford for them. when judge kavanaugh sat before them, they no longer held back. the republican men joining in. and when asked afterward why question only after dr. ford
sir, i welcome i wanted the hearing last week. i m asking about the fbi investigation. the committee figures out how to ask the questions, i ll do whatever. i ve been on the phone multiple times with committee counsel. i ll talk to judge kavanaugh, will you support an fbi investigation right now? i will do whatever the committee wants personally, do you think that s the best thing for us to do? you won t answer? reporter: finally, republicans who sat quietly for most of the day, unloaded. if you wanted an fbi investigation, you could have come to us. what you want to do is destroy this guy s life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. this is the most unethical sham since i ve been in politics. you have interacted with professional women all your life, not one accusation. you re supposed to be bill cosby when you re a junior and senior
a very heavy topic to talk about today. we have a woman who has serious allegations against judge kavanaugh, claiming that he forced himself on her when he was in high school. he is denying those allegations. what s your a take on this situation and do you think this vote is going to happen on thursday? the vote should happen on thursday. otherwise, it s an abuse of the process. if you understand that senator dianne feinstein had this information in july. if these were credible allegations, why did she do nothing with them for six weeks? why did she hide the allegations from her colleagues? why did she not use the process to talk about it? there were two background calls before the hearings with judge kavanaugh. there were opportunities for dianne feinstein to meet with judge kavanaugh and talk with him. judge kavanaugh sat before the american people and the senate for three days with 32 hours of hearings. there was a closed door session