christine blasey ford will appear before the senate judiciary committee and under oath accuse a united states supreme court nominee of sexually assaulting her decades ago. brett kavanaugh will also testify to deny her claims. here are the accusations made by professor ford, who is professor of a university in california. she says he physically and sexually assaulted her when they were both in high school. he was 17. she was 15. she says that a drunken brett kavanaugh pinned her to a bed, groped her, and held his hand to her mouth to keep her from screaming. brett kavanaugh adamantly denies her allegations and says the incident with ford never happened. president trump is standing by. his nominee, the president labeling the accusations against brett kavanaugh as, quote, a
made earlier, if you are mitch mcconnell, the last thing you wanted puz the president talking about this because he causes repumgs. mr. president, you say less, i might be able to pull this off because they understand the delicate nature. but the country is more fair than this town is. this republican who was texting with us made the point that republicans don t believe democrats anymore than believe they re completely corrupt. the republican base believes they re kor rumt and therefore they believe this is a set up of brett kavanaugh. no matter what happens. we re awaiting the arrivals of christine blasey ford and judge brett kavanaugh as they get ready to testify. stay with us. take us downtown, waze. waze integration-
do. after questioning, professor ford will leave the hearing room and after a break, judge brett kavanaugh will be sworn in. he will read his opening statement and he will be questioned. let s discuss, jake, as we have been saying, the stakes are enormous for both individuals. but if he does not do well this morning and he loses two republican senators and no democrats support him, it s over. and that s it. that s why this is so nerve wracking and the stakes are so high, is because if she comes across credibly and he comes across not credibly or at least at the same level that he was in his fox news interview with president trump and others didn t think that was that strong, all you need is two senators, two republican senators, to say i just can t do it. i just can t do it. we re not convicting him of a crime, but this is about a supreme court appointment. that s why so much rides on today. we don t know how credible blasey ford will be.
predators, dealing with sexual assault and known as something of a victims advocate when she talks about what drew her to this specific area, she said in her words it is because of how innocent and vulnerable the victims of the cases are. now, friends describe her as someone that comes to the table extremely prepared, that she s not someone who goes after gotcha moments, that she is very attentive and detail oriented and certain very little is known what approach she will bring to that hearing today. she did huddle with senator republicans on the judiciary committee on here, up here on capitol hill last night. an aid told me they expect her to be tough, tough on both sides, brett kavanaugh and dr. ford. wolf? all right. thank you very much. john king, tell our viewers what you will be looking for this morning? number one, two men on the republican side, jeff flake who went to the senate floor yesterday and said we should all
debacle and they don t want to go through that again. everyone has a plan. most people have already decided how they re going to vote, at least as they walk into the hearing, but we all need to open our minds to the possibility that most cakes are baked in this town well before. everybody knows their position because of partisanship and polarization. this is going to be a groundbreaking, compelling, historic day, and chris teeb blasey ford has the potential to change everything. president trump even talked about the possibility. he talked about the possibility that if she s really credible, he might be open to changing his mind. i m sure that s not something if you re judge kavanaugh you actually wanted to hear. i think he meant changing his minds in terms of how much he ll support cavanaugh, whether or not he ll believe ford. if you re kavanaugh, that s important, right, if you re pulling support from your pick, i mean, that s pretty significant. it s riley going to be fascinati