to launch their presidential can campaign. he had earlier refused to identify the prosecutor over safety concerns. republicans are take in the unusual step in turning to mitchell, an experienced sex crimes prosecutor and registered republican to ask ford what could be potentially painful questions, prompting the republican senators from some uncomfortable exchanges. i should say sparing some of those senators from those exchanges. and the attorney had blasted the suggestion of a prosecutor. the committee s democratic senators, four of whom are women will question kavanaugh and ford themselves tomorrow at the hearing. and ramirez, the second woman to accuse kavanaugh is speaking out. in a series of tweets jerd john clune said deborah ramirez only
sheer panic and then i called my colleague in washington and said, i m safe. shannon: she shared this contemporaneously with people at the time, she mentioned it to friends and coworkers she trusted. variety book to two people she spoke to at the time. also this video, which goes on for a while, says she felt trapped in these instances, two, one in denver, one in london, this man could destroy my career. she said she was shaking, deeply traumatized for years according to her account. the washington post is reporting similar allegations, the second woman who was unable to. shannon: this is what brokaw says. the statement come through nbc. i met with linda vester on two occasions, both at her request 23 years ago because she wanted advice with respect to her career at nbc. the meetings were brief, cordial, and appropriate, and despite linda s allegations, i made all romantic overtures toward her at that time or any other.
melissa: breaking tonight, two more women coming forward tonight accusing senator al franken of sexual misconduct. the huffington post reports that one woman was groped during a photo op. in 2007 at a political event. the second woman says franken cund her buttocks at 2008 dnc fundraiser there is a sentence you want to read a lot. this brings the total number of accusers against franken to four. franken told the huffington post quote it s difficult to respond to anonymous accusers and i don t remember those campaign events. said when she went to rose s apartment to deliver mail in 2002, he showed her a graphic sex scene from a movie. he asked me how does this make you feel? i did not run but i just
coming up on december 12th. we ll be watching the calendars very carefully in washington he stressed liberal government versus roy moore. some of the voters getting the message. sandra: the second woman has come forward with sexual harassment allegations against congressman john conyers. the house ethics committee opening an investigation. charlie hurt. opinion editor for the washington times. good morning to you. i want to start first with the possibility that we could see the president go campaign for roy moore? yeah, i thought that was a fascinating exchange the president had with the press yesterday. of course, he could have avoided all of it presidents forever have used the waping of the helicopter blades overhead to not hear what the press is asking. this guy walks into the middle of all of it. he didn t he was very careful and very on message.
gena, this is roy moore. they met that night at a movie theater in the mall after she got off work, a date with moore driving her to her car in a dark parking lot behind sears and giving her what she called an unwanted forceful kiss that left her scared. the local news spoke to two different women. the first was an adult where she says roy moore groped her when she was in his law office with legal business with her mother in 1991. the second woman was reportedly 17. kelly harrison thorps said moore asked him if she d go out with him sometime. i just casually said do you know how old i am, i moore just said yeah, i go out with girls your age all the time. in past statements and comments he has denied ever engaging in