Turmoil since allegations arose in Sexual Misconduct against kavanaugh including one case of alleged attempted rape. The allegation scentcentered on time in high school and college. Brett kavanaugh denied all of it. Dr. Christine ford says he tried to rape her when he was 17. They should allow the fbi to reopen its background check of Brett Kavanaugh to look into her allegations about this alleged attempted rape. Senate republicans said no to that. Dr. Ford also asked the committee to take testimonies from witnesses who she says could potentially corroborate elements of her story, Senate Republicans also said no to that. She further asked senators to at least question her themselves rather than appoint outside lawyers to question her as if shes being put on trial herself for some kind of wrong doing. Republicans not only said no to that, they appointed and experienced former prosecutors to question dr. Ford in front of the senate and they wont say who it is. It is a secret. Dr. Christi
Week, all through this weekend and through today that the news is just persistently off its axis right now. And i know that can make it a bit hard to get your balance, i know, i know. Were going to have more on the Rod Rosenstein fire drill, which did sort of look like an emergency this morning, and then it wasnt. Hes still in his job. Were going to have more on that to come, including speaking with a senator who is trying to protect the special counsels investigation from just that kind of threat that we went through the motions of this morning. So thats ahead tonight this hour. But i got to tell you, for the second time in just a few days, were actually starting the show tonight without knowing if our first interview is going to happen or not. You might remember this happened at the end of last week as well when we started the show expecting to be joined by one of the lawyers representing Christine Blasey ford who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulti
Senate intelligence committee, run by a republican, i should note. Keyword there, Senate Intelligence committee. They subpoenaed the president s eldest son weeks after the Mueller Probe ended. Top republicans, include iing t president , declared case closed. Doesnt look like the case is cloesd. Lets bring in cnns lauren fox. Whats about to happen in the House Oversight committee, the hearings that are about to begin and what does it mean exactly . They are planning to vote to hold the attorney general, william barr, and secretary of commerce, wilbur ross, in contempt of congress, for not turning over documents related to their investigation about why a question of citizenship is to be added to the census. Department of justice said they would ask to exert executive privilege overall of this, a clear escalation in this fight between House Democrats and th Trump Administration for information related to this census investigation. Now, this is just a marker in a broader fight between the