already end quote. let s get some perspective now from cnn political analyst and new york times washington correspondent, maggie haberman. also, abc news washington correspondent, jonathan karl, who interviewed attorney general barr for his fascinating new book. so, maggie, how big a deal is it that former-attorney general barr has willingly had conversations, i guess, with the committ committee and is now in the mix with the investigation? he is certainly a significant voice, anderson, who could be speaking to them about the former president s mindset up until the time when barr left his job as you said. he left toward the end of december. he was replaced in the final weeks. but he did have a have a front-row seat to what was happening with trump. he tried disabusing trump of these claims of election fraud. leaked into some of these things trump wanted looked into. and so, i do think he could be an important voice that way. it is also important he is voluntarily speaking to them
while the two laughed. two friends having a really good time with one another. dr. ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? 100%. obviously professor ford. we ll be showing you the judge, judge kavanaugh in just a moment. but joining us right now is a democratic member of the committ committee. thank you for being with us. first of all, on professor ford, i m wondering what you made of her testimony, because i know going into this, you had spoken that you believed her. i think there were all the indicators of the truthfulness of what she was telling us, and her testimony was very powerful in its truth. there s no reason for her to lie, and she, as well as the other two people who have made reports about judge kavanaugh, have all said we want to talk to the fbi.
determine whether or not kavanaugh will get that seat, and those republicans are meeting behind closed doors as they mull their next step, anderson. let s talk about next steps, and when the committee vote might happen. it could happen as soon as tomorrow. chuck grassley, the senate chairman, had already scheduled a friday hearing, but left open the possibility of delaying it, if a majority of the senators were not prepared to move forward. that means jeff flake is perhaps the one senator on the republican side who may or may not be ready to move forward. the other ten senators on that committee are pretty dead set about moving to a vote on friday, beginning the process in the senate this weekend, and for a confirmation vote on the full senate floor early next week. but if there is any resistance from any of those key senators, they could very well delay the process, which is why these private discussions are happening right now, so significant. we ll see what these senators have t
certainly do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? 100%. you sewed the wind for decades to come. i fear that the whole country will reap the whirlwind. the behavior of several of the democratic members of this committee at my hearing a few weeks ago was an embarrassment, but at least it was just a good old fashioned attempt at borking. none of these allegations are true? correct. no doubt in your mind? zero, 100% certain. not even a sin tcintilla. do you swear to godsome i swear to god. we ll be showing you more key moments, but the critical reaction from lawmakers, there s news unfolding right now. so talk to me about the meeting between key senators tonight.
say that he didn t do it, and all of these three people that dr. ford mentioned exonerated him, that is not true. i wonder what you make of when professor ford was testifying, she was being questioned by prosecutor that the must bes picked, when judge kavanaugh, he began being questioned by the same prosecutor, but right after dick durbin got him to was asking him about whether or not he would call for an fbi investigation, he didn t seem to know how to answer it, lindsey graham stepped in, and after that the prosecutor basically disappeared. the prosecutor was there to ask dr. ford the questions, and we know why, because the republicans on the committee did not want to reveal themselves to the american public. and i don t think that the prosecutor did them any favors,