Later so our west coast fam will get to wake up and not have to rush to see you. Youre going to have me after lunch, so im going to be extra energized come monday. Sounds good. No hangry days for me on air anymore. Good morning, everyone, i am stephanie ruhle, my partner ali vel sheer velshi is off. This is our last time in this desk at 11 00 a. M. Ill see you monday at 1. Its september 31st my wedding anniversary. Christine blasey ford seems willing to testify but on her own terms. Fords attorneys spoke with lawyers for the Judiciary Committee, and they said she will speak out. On thursday, not monday. All 11 republicans on the committee are men. Theyre actively searching for the right, ideally woman litigator to lead this questioning of judge kavanaugh and dr. Blasey ford. I think they should do an fbi investigation. We did that for anita hill. It took two days. Most importantly, anita hill was vilified when she came forward by a lot of my colleagues, character assassination. I wish
Kornacki and the mueller factor and what is saying what to the special counsel. Why the president might be worried in an interview you will see only here. Lets get to the team with reports from the white house and capitol hill and the smartest analysis you will find on cable. I want to start with jeff bennet. The president , at 9 13 this morning, Kellyanne Conway says the president hasnt been advised not to attack Christine Blasio Ford because he does the right thing. That was 9 13. 9 14, this tweet goes out, going after ford, asking why she didnt report it years ago. Listen, rape is an underreported crime. Christine ford is not accusing kavanaugh of that. They believe it was an attempted rape when they were high schoolers. This is certainly a shift in tone from the president. Reporter you are absolutely right. White house aides, all week, have been urging restraint, encouraging the president to approach this carefully. For the most part, he listened. He said she deserved to be heard.