heard. and her charges taken seriously. david? >> but terry, just to confirm, it would be the president who would have to call for that fbi background check to be reopened? >> reporter: that's right. and so far, he doesn't want to and neither do the republicans. and judge kavanaugh would not go along with that, either. they're afraid of the delay. >> terry moran leading us off tonight. terry, thank you. and when it was his turn to speak, judge brett kavanaugh came into that hearing room, fired up, angry, emotional. repeatedly holding back tears, fiercely defending his name and his nomination. there was a big difference, though. you noticed in terry's report during dr. ford's testimony, the republican members of the committee, all of them men, watched as the female prosecutor they retained conducted the questioning of dr. ford for them. when judge kavanaugh sat before them, they no longer held back. the republican men joining in. and when asked afterward why question only after dr. ford left, senator john cornyn, for one said, "because it's my light as a u.s. senator." abc's mary bruce tonight just