Cnn. That President Trump told a room full of republican donors the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing today was brutal and tough to watch. Well, mr. President , i agree with you. Ive seen a lot of crazy things in this town. But this, this incredible hearing that went on for hours and hours and hours, was not like anything any of us has ever seen before. I was on the edge of my seat. You probably were too. Christine blasey ford and judge Brett Kavanaugh telling their stories in their own words. And the whole thing played out live with millions of us watching all across this country. People watched on planes, midflight. Including on air force one. Students watched in North Carolina in social studies classes. And in law school. People watched in a deli in philadelphia. They listened on the new york city subway. When you get someone to listen on a new york city subway, you know it must be incredible. Even a 76yearold Sexual Assault survivor called in to cspan saying fords testimony just b
Those parties . Should we leave this to the next round, mr. Chairman . Answer the question. Im just happy to describe them if you wanted me to and im happy to not. Just whatever you want, whatever is your preference. Maybe this will cut to the chase. My question is was there anything else that was sexually inappropriate, any inappropriate sexual behavior on the part of mr. Kavanaugh towards you at any of these other functions . No. Senator harris. Dr. Ford, first of all, just so we can level set, you know you are not on trial. You are not on trial. You are sitting here before members of the United States Senates Judiciary Committee because you had the courage to come forward, because, as you have said, you believe it was your civic duty. I was struck in your testimony by what you indicated as your intention when you first let anyone associated with these hearings know about it. And what you basically said is you reached out to your representative in the United States congress hoping th
I think everything that ive seen and viewed and experienced in the last couple of weeks has had an impact. But, so its the been everything. This is limited in time and scope, and i think that its appropriate. Its a lifetime appointment, and allegations this serious, we ought to let people know that were serious about it. Mick mick rich edsons live on capitol hill. Hey, rich. So senator flake says he changed his mind after a conversation with a democratic colleague. Reporter thats right, mike, and good afternoon. Senator flake says after a conversation with democratic colleague chris coons helped to change his mind on all of this and push more that oneweek investigation by the fbi. Senator flake spoke to the atlantic in which he says he trusts chris coons and that if it were anybody else, he wouldnt have taken that plea seriously. He also says, quote, i dont know if there was any one thing, but it was just unsettled. , you know, when i got back to the committee, i saw the food fight bet
And the republican majority. I want it to be comprehensive. I actually think its a good thing for judge kavanaugh. I think its actually a good thing. Not a bad thing. My white house will do whatever the senators want. We dont want to go on a witch hunt, do we . Should the fbi interview all three of Brett Kavanaughs accusers . It wouldnt bother me at all. Now, it depends. I dont know all three of the accusers. Certainly, i imagine, theyre going to interview two. The third one, i dont know much about. But it wouldnt bother me at all. I mean, ive been heard that the third one has i have no idea if this is true has very little credibility. You said this crap, when you refer to ive been dealing with this crap for years. I think the press has treated me unbelievably unfairly. In fact, when i won, i said, the good thing is now the press finally gets it. Now theyll finally treat me fairly. They got worse theyre worse now than ever. Theyre loco. But thats okay. I put up with it. There are now c
Many years after, i will leave it at that. Tucker not your conventional interview. He was asked repeatedly about allegations against him and his wife sat by him as he denied all of them. Are not to let falls accusations drive us out of this process. We are looking for a fair process where you can hear my lifelong record. Tucker nobody expected anything like this when that confirmation process started. We will have more from marthas interview and martha will join us on the set later on to tell us what it was like in that room. But we typically open this hour by talking with someone that we disagree with. We agree with straightforward debate on the show. Americans have been talking to their differences for many years and its worked pretty well. We feel that we have wiser decisions when both sides get to have their say. But tonight, we will pause for a minute. We will invite guests on later in the hour but first though its worth it to consider learning what weve learned from Brett Kavanau