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"early today" starts right now. i am not going anywhere. that's the message from supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh amid sexual misconduct allegations against him. he again denied the acauuizationses saying he wants a fair prostees defend himself. they're set to testify thursday. but now threats of a third accuser coming forward from attorney michael avenatti. >> he described her as both a witness and a victim. he tweeted in an email exchange claiming evidence of gang rape. he told rachel maddow his client will go public before thursday's hearing. >> this woman, when she does surface will be found to be 100% credible by the american public. she is believable and we are hopeful that the committee will launch an fbi investigation forth with. >> he's not yet named the client and as such nbc news has not been able to verify her alligations. kavanaugh was asked about the claims by fox news. >> did you ever participate in or were you ever aware of any gang rape that happened at a party that you attended? >> it's totally false and outrageous. ing.r known about any such >> meanwhile president trump says he political foes. tweeting late yesterday "democrats are working 2450rd destroy a wonderful man with an array of false accusations the likes of which have never been seen before." >> reporter: embattled supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh along with his wife vowing not to go anywhere. >> i'm not goening to let false accusation drive us out of this process and we're looking for a fair process where i can be heard and defend my integrity, my life-long record. the new allegation from deborah ramirez, telling the new yorker during a drunken dorm room party in 1983 or 1984 when they were freshman, kavanaugh exposed himself to her. ramirez acknowledges she had been drinking saying i was embarrassd and ashamed and humiliated. but she remembered kavanaugh next to her pulling up his pants. and new yorker has not confirmed that kavanaugh was present at the party and that two of the male class mates and the wife of a third all dispute ramirez's account. >> judge kavanaugh's an out standing person and i'm with him all the way. a chance this could be one of the single most unfair, unjust things to happen for a candidate for anything. >> with protesters rallying against kavanaugh on capitol hill and democrats demand thing fbi investigation, republicans demanding an up or down vote in the future. meanwh blasey ford preparing to testify this thursday. in a recent letter to chuck grassley ford writes while i'm frightened please know my fear will not hold me back from testifying. saying she felt agony yet urgency and a civic duty to come forward. >> kavanaugh responding. >> i am not questioning and have not questioned that dr. ford perhaps at some point in her life was sexually assaulted at some time in some place but what whereby know is i've never sexually assaulted anyone. and protests are growing with some taking their objections directly to law makers. that's texas senator ted cruz and his wife. they were forced out of a restaurant. they chanted "we believe survivors." and one is heard asking cruz how he'll vote on kavanaugh. rod rosen steen is keeping his job, at least for now. he's scheduled to meet with president trump on thursday. same day as the kavanaugh hearings. this after conflicting reports whether he would be fired or resign. and setting off concerns over the russia probe which rosenstein currently over sooers. and >> i thirng it's really important that there be a step back taken and a review. basically a timeout on this inquiry. >> democrats are renewing their calls to pass legislation to protect special counsel mueller. pete williams has more. >> reporter: rod rosenstein headed 23r work in what was supposed to be a routine white house meeting. suddenly word came that he was on his way to resign. but others say he'd have to be fired. and president trump said they'd meet thursday to talk about his future. >> we'll be determing what's going on. we want to have transparency, we want to have openness. sfwlrks so much at stake because he overseas the are russia investigation. frars fire wall. the new york times report that rosenstein suggested secretly tape thing president or invoke thing twoivth amendment detoo declare him unfit for office. but he wondered if he was comp are rumized and should step down and called white house counsel to talk about his future. some fox news commentators whom mr. trump listens to urged against firing. >> under zero circumstances should the president fire anybody. >> reporter: it's an unsettled time here. there are gring signs that attorney general jeff sessions will step down after the november elections. president trump is waking up in new york preparing for the first day of general debates at the annual united nations general assembly meeting. one nickname is unlikely to be mentioned. just one year after blasting kim jong-un with the nickname, president trump says their 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>> 20 through 35 -- >> reporter: that boarding process these days feel as lot more like a cattle call, more people squeezing and twisting into tiny seats, less room for elbows, legs and back sides. >> the planes are more crowded. everybody's uptight. it's not a pleasant experience. sfwlrks from 35 inches down to 30 inches and less today. a reclining passenger can make it impossible to read a book or newspaper. and now consin airlines from bumping passengers that have already boarded and regulate so-called service animals. >> number one should be safety. if we can't get out anevacuatio people are really in trouble. >> reporter: under faa rules every passenger must be able to evacuate within 90 seconds. it will likely take years of working out the rules before we see the changes. frrgs >> 90 seconds to get off oplane? >> that seems like a tough one to try to beat. let's celebrate some birthdays. will smith turned 50. actress catherine zeta jones 50 along with kirk douglas, 65. and walters. and 50, as they say is the new 25. >> fresh face still. thanks for watching "early today." >> be sthure to follow us on facebook, twitter and ad lib lin san jose and good tuesday morning to you. taking a live look outside in downtown san jose, getting started with our tuesday morning. thank you so much for starting your morning with us right here on "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. let's get a look at the forecast for today, kari. >> it's going to be hot today. that's the main story. not only that but a high fire danger. red flag warning continues from yesterday and that will expire later on this evening. our winds will pick up once again, very low humidity, and a lot of dry fields out there. we have to be careful as our temperatures heat up even more over yesterday reaching 96 in concord. in livermore 94 degrees. 89 in san jose, and 77 today in oakland. we'll talk about what's ahead as it heap