Recent allegations, are you willing to have this do it . The Witness Testimony is before you. No witness who was there supports that i was there okay, im going to take that as a no. Did you watch dr. Fords testimony . I did not. I plan to. Thank you. I plan to, but i did not. I was preparing mine. At the end of the day, donald trump sent this out. Quote, judge kavanagh showed america exactly why i nominated him. His testimony was powerful, honest and riveting. Democrats Search And Destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham, an effort to delay and resist. The senate must vote. White house Deputy Press Secretary raj shaw added this. The president was thrilled with his testimony. He was strong. He was passionate. He was very convincing because he was telling the truth. The president stands firmly behind judge kavanagh. Judge kavanagh is the white
houses nominee for this open seat. Hes going to get confirmed. Let us bring in our lead off panel on a thursday nigh
Start wholesale Firing People in the white house and in his administration. She is predicting that right after the election there is about to be a purge. Sleep tight, everyone. That does it for us tonight. Well see you again tomorrow. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. You know, you do a factbased show. You are a presenter of fact, a finder of fact. And i rarely get to hear your opinion in your show. And so i listened. I was hanging on every word. And i heard you say to Hillary Clinton, early in your hour, that you believe that the kavanagh nomination is, quote, hurtling toward the sun. You want to expand on that . You are my little eagle eyed friend, lawrence odonnell. Yes, i did say that. That is my take on it. And i am a terrible predictor and nobody should bank on anything that i predict ever, in politics or in anything. But given the way Christine Blasey ford is approaching this, given the corroboration that has alr
weighed through the process. kate snow, thank you for sharing your reporting. we want to turn to another development. a key friend of brett kavanaugh, who has been laying low, mark judge, now he s been interviewed by the tfbi. dr. ford identifies him as part witness and part accomplice. and he responded by saying he doesn t recall the events and he never saw brett act in the manner dr. ford describes. until today, that written statement was basically all that anyone had directly from mark judge, meaning he was facing far less scrutiny than ford or kavanaugh. she detailed her memories about that night. brett and mark were visibly drunk. early in the evening, i went up a very narrow set of stairs, leading from the living room to a second floor to use the restroom.
when i got to the top of the stairs, i was pushed from behind into a bedroom across from the bathroom. i couldn t see who pushed me. brett and mark came into the bedroom and locked the door behind them. there was music playing in the bedroom. it was turned up louder by either brett or mark once we were in the room. i was pushed onto the bed, and brett got on top of me. he began running his hands over my body and grinding into me. i yelled, hoping that someone downstairs might hear me. both brett and mark were drunkenly laughing during the attack. they seemed to be having a very good time. mark seemed ambivalent at times, urging brett on. and at times telling him to stop. a couple of times, i made eye contact with mark, and thought he might try to help me.
two friends having a really good time with one another. reporter: dr. ford also offered facts that could be checked easily, including that she saw mark judge shortly after the alleged attack working at a local supermarket. i certainly would feel like i could be more helpful to everyone if i knew the date that he worked at the safeway so i could give a more specific date of the assault. reporter: judge, a recovering alcoholic and cancer survivor, also wrote a book, wasted: tales of a gen x drunk, one of the characters, a high school student passed out drunk. the character s name? bart o kavanaugh. are you bart kavanaugh that he s referring to, yes or no? you d have to ask him. reporter: now the fbi might do that. mark judge sent a letter to the judiciary committee declaring, i do not recall the events described by dr. ford in her testimony. i never saw brett act in the manner dr. ford describes. democratic senator sheldon whitehouse, a former prosecutor, declared today t