We have fox team coverage. Jillian turner is covering the protests rocking Senate Offices as we speak. But we begin with mike emanuel. Hes on capitol hill. Hows it going up there, mike . Reporter good afternoon. Very tense. 5149, it is very close. One of those key swing senators who voted yes earlier told reporters he intends to vote yes on confirmation, too. Do you plan to vote yes tomorrow . [ inaudible ] anyway, im glad we have the process. What did you think of murkowski voting no . I admire her. A lot. A lot. Everybody has to make their own decision. I think the world of her. Reporter other critical swing voters, republican Susan Collins of main and joe manchin of west virginia. They both spent a lot of time reviewing the fbi supplemental report on the allegations against judge kavanaugh. Collins is due to speak next hour about how she intends to vote tomorrow. We expect a paper statement at some point from senator manchin. Alaska republican Lisa Murkowski joined with democrats in
Outset, she said i believed that if i came forward, my single voice would be drowned out by the powerful. As the hearing date got closer, i struggled with a terrible choice, do i share the facts with the senate and put myself and my family in the public spotlight . Or do i preserve our privacy and allow the senate to make its decision without knowing the full truth of his past behaviors . I agonize daily with this decision throughout august and september 2018. The sense of duty that originally motivated me to reached out confidentially to the Washington Post and to anna eshoos office when there was still a list of extremely qualified candidates and to senator feinstein, was always there. But my fears of the consequence of speaking out started to exponentially increase. During august 2018, the press reported that mr. Kavanaughs confirmation was virtually certain. I believed that if i came forward, my single voice would be drowned out by a chorus of powerful supporters. I believed if i c
Trump will not answer Robert Muellers questions in writing or in person on the subject of obstruction of justice. But earlier tonight, giuliani told nbc news obstruction well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 595 of the Trump Administration and the president s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, told the Associated Press tonight that President Trump will not answer Robert Muellers questions in writing or in person on the subject of obstruction of justice. But earlier tonight, giuliani told nbc news obstruction questions are not ruled in or out. Well have much more on this and an attempt to sort it out in just a moment. But first, President Trump just wrapped up a rally way out west far from the troubled atmosphere inside his own west wing. If its thursday, it must be billings, montana, where tonight they heard the president attack the anonymous official from his own administration who wrote that surprising and scathing oped yesterday in the New York Times
That she knew what was coming, and even though she is not a political pro, she is not someone with any political experience, she is not at all from the political world, she was cleareyed what would happen in the political world, and she was right to be worried. About what the political world would do with someone like her. She saw it coming. She said out loud from the outset, she said i believed that if i came forward, my single voice would be drowned out by the powerful. As the hearing date got closer, i struggled with a terrible choice. Do i share the facts with the senate and put myself and my family in the public spotlight or do i preserve our privacy and allow the senate to make its decision without knowing the full truth of his past behaviors . I agonized daily with this decision throughout august and september 2018. The sense of duty that originally motivated me to reach out confidentially to the Washington Post and to anna eshoos office when there was still a list of extremely
What they have done to this man is incredible. Always interested in hearing from her, but this is getting into the twilight zone, we are talking about Brett Kavanaugh being reckless during high school. I have a hard time believing he did it then. I think the only way to get to a fair process is for them members of the committee to have more witnesses and evidence beyond adjuster dr. Ford and judge kavanaugh. It would defy all sense of morality. For the Judiciary Committee to go forward with the vote next friday. There should be an fbi investigation and then a hearing. Giving the women a major chance to speak. Now its possible all hear that and ill say hey, im changing my mind. That is possible. We want to give them a chance to speak. Because that was quite something this morning. The chairman and Ranking Member will both give Opening Statements. Dr. Ford will give her statement or Opening Statement. No time limit there. It then dr. Christine blasey ford will answer questions. Then judg