the same day i scheduled for a hearing for monday, september 24th, giving dr. ford a week to prepare her testimony and come to washington, d.c. on september 17th, committee investigative staff reached out to dr. ford and judge kavanaugh to schedule follow up interviews. judge kavanaugh accepted. the opportunity to speak to the investigators under criminal penalty. dr. ford declined. in his interview on september 17th, judge kavanaugh denied the allegations and requested a hearing as soon as possible. democratic staff refused to participate in that interview. the next day, they contacted mark judge requesting an interview. committee staff learned the identity of two other alleged party interviews and mark judge submitted a statement under penalty of felony denying knowledge of the party described by dr. ford and states he never
client have an opportunity to tell her story. the same day i scheduled a hearing for monday, september 24th, giving dr. ford a week to prepare testimony and come to washington, d.c. on september 17th, the committee investigative staff reached out to dr. ford and judge kavanaugh to schedule follow-up interviews with the republican and democrat investigators. judge kavanaugh accepted the opportunity to speak under criminal penalty and dr. ford declin declined. in his interview, judge kavanaugh denied the allegations and requested a hearing as soon as possible. democratic staff refused to participate. september 18th, committee investigative staff contacted mark judge requesting an interview and learned the identity of two partygoers and requested interviews. mark judge submitted a statement under penalty of felony denying
we re going to plow right through it and do our job. well, last week according to the new yorker senior republican staffers learned of a second sexual assault misconduct allegation against brett kavanaugh. on friday, mitch mcconnell pledged to, quote, plow right through. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, september 24th and with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, associate editor of commentary magazine and msnbc contributor noah rothman, former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst steve rattner and nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d.c. on msnbc kasie hunt is with us. as the supreme court story unfolds this week it s important to keep tabs on a number of other big developments. we will speak with the new york times reporter who broke the news that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein talked about wearing a wire to record donald trump. michael schmidt has the details right ahead.
invitation to appear before the senate committee on the judiciary monday, september 24th. i will be there. i continue to want a hearing as soon as possible so that i can clear my name. brett kavanagh was back at the white house today and according to a person involved in the confirmation process, kavanagh is, quote, determined and hopeful. notably, he s now had days of nonstop prep sessions and sample questions, so-called murder boards, based on the questions he might face. president trump has been uncharacteristically muted and controlled in his response to the allegations against kavanagh so far. and earlier tonight in an interview with sean hannity before a rally in las vegas, the president said there should be no further delays. it s a very sad situation. he s an outstanding person. and, frankly, sean, to see what s going on is just very, very sad. you say, why didn t somebody call the fbi 36 years ago? i mean, you could also say, when
of a subpoena from mark judge, the person who alleged to have been in the room at the party and other potential witnesses and suggested that thursday would be a good hearing date. on wednesday, grassley had asked ford to respond by tomorrow morning on whether or not she would testify in that hearing that is still scheduled for monday, by the way. it s not clear at this point if the hearing will be moved. in a letter to senator grassley today, brett kavanagh wrote, for his part, thank you for the invitation to appear before the senate committee on the judiciary monday, september 24th. i will be there. i continue to want a hearing as soon as possible so that i can clear my name. brett kavanagh was back at the white house today and according to a person involved in the confirmation process, kavanagh is, quote, determined and hopeful. notably, he s now had days of nonstop prep sessions and sample questions, so-called murder boards, based on the questions he might face. president trump ha