10:00 p.m. it is supposed to be the last and final deadline according to committee sources. i want to read the statement chairman grassley just issued. my committee has been investigating the allegations and heard from multiple witnesses since san diego. ms. katz has discussed dr. ford's accusations and said that she wants to share her account with the committee. it is friday night and nothing has been agreed to despite our extensive efforts to make it possible. i'm extending the deadline yet again to 10:00 this evening. i'm providing for a vote to occur on monday in the event dr. ford decides not to testify. in the event we cannot come to a reasonable resolution, i've been seeking all week, then i will postpone the committee vote to accommodate her testimony. we cannot continue to delay. so basically the chairman of the committee, who has been engaged in these negotiations that really started last night and kind of gone back and forth throughout the day, officially