His Supreme Court pick. Reporters are with the president right now and he is speaking about other matters, im told, by the pool at this moment. But well soon know if he has anything to say about the kavanaugh fight. Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser both say they are willing to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary committee if necessary. The panel set to vote on his nomination this week, in fact, in just three days. 51yearold Christine Blasey ford claims judge kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago while they were both high school students. She told the Washington Post newspaper it happened at a party when she was 15 and the now Supreme Court nominee was 17. She says kavanaugh was drunk, pinned her to a bed, groped her before she was able to escape. She says kavanaugh covered her mouth when she tried to scream. The Washington Post quotes her as saying the following. I thought he might inadvertently kill me. He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing, unquote. Heres what fords attorney told the today show on ntsb this morning. He clearl she clearly consids this an attempted rape she believes if it not were the severe intoxication Brett Kavanaugh, she would have been raped. Shepard judge kavanaugh denies the accusation saying it reads and i quote this is a completely false allegation. I have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or anyone else. Because this never happened, i had no idea who was making this accusation until she identified herself yesterday. He goes on, i am willing to talk to the Senate Judiciary committee in any way the committee deems appropriate to refute this false allegation from 36 years ago and defend my integrity. On capitol hill, some republicans and democrats are pushing to delay the Senate Judiciary committees vote, which is scheduled for thursday. The committee chairman, the republican Chuck Grassley of iowa said today that the accuser deserves to be heard. But he did not mention whether he would postpone the vote. Time will tell. Peter doocy has more on the lawmakers reaction ahead. First to the chief White House Correspondent john roberts who is live on the north lawn. Hi, john. Hey, shep, good afternoon to you and White House Pool still on National Council of the American Worker round table that the president is having in the roosevelt room. So far he has been talking about the economy mostly. I dont expect, i would be surprised actually, if he talks about this kavanaugh business because he has very studiously stayed off twitter and that is very unlike the president to do if he really has a mind to Say Something just about anything. Judge kavanaugh has been here at the white house since a little after 10 00 this morning. Im told that he will be here for pretty much the rest of the day as the white house and his Confirmation Team work on strategy for how to get them through this. Kavanaugh, im told, wants to tell his side of the story, which he insists is not a story at all. That it never happened. There has been nothing in success saysive background investigations of judge kavanaugh over the years to suggest that anything like this has been reported before. Kellyanne conway spoke about that this morning in the white house driveway. Listen here. He obviously has gone through six fbi vets can i assure you. Sat on the bench 1 years. I think you have to weigh this testimonial evidence from dr. Ford and from judge kavanaugh along with the considerable body of evidence as already in there about the judges temperament, qualifications and character. At the same time, though, Kellyanne Conway saying that the world should hear from Christine Blasey ford. She should have an opportunity to tell her story and before the Senate Judiciary committee. Now, where we go from here is unclear. Senator Charles Grassley has been trying to work with senator Dianne Feinstein and peter doocy will talk more about this on doing some more interviews. Here is the one thing i can tell you. The white house wants to leave this up to congress to figure out. What would the white house prefer . I think they are under the understanding that anything less than a public hearing is going to leave too much unknown by the American Public to ever satisfy at least certain people. So theyre looking at some sort of public hearing, though they are worried that if had you an opennenned handed public hearing, shep, that could quickly spin out of control and become a circus. If they could get some kind of guarantee from the Judiciary Committee, that this will be a very tight hearing, i think that they would welcome that because they do want judge kavanaugh to have a chance to tell his story. But, at the same time, they believe that ms. Ford should have a chance to tell her story as well. Shep . Shepard john roberts live on the north lawn. While john was speaking, i was given word through producers who heard through pool producers at the white house that the president did, indeed, just speak on judge kavanaugh. The pool reporters are in the room for that in just a moment as they do each day after events such as, this they will play that video back for us and as they do, we will play it for you so you can hear it in context and with perspective. Some lawmakers from both parties are calling for the Senate Judiciary committee to delay its vote on judge kavanaugh as we have been reporting until they learn more about this Sexual Assault claim and theres one particular member of the Judiciary Committee who may make all of the difference. Team fox coverage continues. Peter doocy is live on capitol hill. Peter, jeff flake is very much in the mix today. He is. But, senator Chuck Grassley is the one who ultimately has more say because he is the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. So, grassley says that kavanaughs accuser has the right to be heard and if she will be heard its up to him how its going to happen. Grassley is complaining that democrats wont play by the book. He has a statement. Part of it says this. The standard procedure for updates to any nominees background nomination file is to conduct separate followup calls with relevant parties. In this case that would intel phone calls with at least judge kavanaugh and dr. Ford, consistent with that practice, i asked senator feinsteins Office Yesterday to join me in scheduling these followups. Thus far they have refused. Part of the reason, according to feinsteins statement is she just wants to jump right to a full fbi investigation. She says, in part, i support mrs. Fords decision to share her story and now that she has, it is in the hands of the fbi to conduct an investigation. This should happen before the Senate Moves Forward on this nominee. If feinstein does not agree to help set up separate phone calls, one with kavanaugh, one with his accuser it is entirely possible the Committee Just plows ahead and votes to advance his nomination on thursday as planned. There is a bipartisan push to have both kavanaugh and his accuser testify under oath and it is very unlikely that the committee is going to move forward if they dont have all the republicans on board ready to vote yes for kavanaugh to send him to the full senate and that includes jeff flake who says he wants to hear more from mrs. Ford. Shep. Shepard some republicans, peter, say they are skeptical about the timing here. Right. Including here in grassleys office because they didnt even know this accusers name until yesterday which they find troubling since feinstein apparently knew this accusers name and story six weeks ago. So all the republicans on the Senate Judiciary committee have a joint statement and part of it says this. Its disturbing that these uncrocket corroborated allegations from more than 35 years ago during high school would surface on the 50e6 eve of a Committee Vote since democrats sat on them since july. Even though democrats had hours of televised opportunity to ask questions to kavanaugh and didnt. Chuck schumer insists his side has been acting in good faith. Senator feinstein did the right thing, because when a woman is abused, it is her prerogative as to how, where, why, when, if at all it should come out. If there is going to be a delay in the confirmation process, it will start here with senator grassley but if its going to happen before thursdays planned vote, the time is really tight, because the senate is out all day wednesday for yom kippur, shep . Shepard peter doocy live on the hill. Thanks. Here is a big issue here. There are 11 republicans and 10 democrats on the Judiciary Committee. One of those republicans is jeff flake. And jeff flake says, and i quote we need to hear from her and i dont think im alone on this. Before he is willing to vote yes on this. That would mean the democrats would win in the vote. Normally you dont have a vote if you are the leadership and the party in power and you are going to get a down vote. There is a lot in the works right now. Quick break before the president speaks about his Supreme Court pick on these allegations. We have that in a moment. Our next guest says the pressure is on republicans to investigate these claims and that the pressure is enormous. Thats coming up from the fox news deck on this monday afternoon. The dell vostro 14 laptop. Get up to 40 off on select pcs. Call 877buydell today. you know i miss playing catch with the. Grandkids and teaching them how to give a good handshake. Now look at me. Im all bent out of shape. vo tv if you have bent fingers and cant put your hand flat, talk to your doctor. It may be dupuytrens contracture. gary see ya hand youre all about friendly service, and you wont even shake hands . Come on vo your hand is talking. Isnt it time you listened . Learn more about dupuytrens contracture. At factsonhand. Com. The information could be quite handy. Shepard continuing coverage of breaking news as we await president trumps comments on judge kavanaugh after a woman accused the Supreme Court nominee of Sexual Assault. Christine blasey ford says it happened more than three decades ago while they were in high school. Judge kavanaugh says he denies it. Both are willing to testify before the Senate Judiciary committee. That committee is set to vote on kavanaughs nomination this thursday. This wednesday is out of the mix because its a jewish holiday that leaves two hours today and tomorrow. Lets turn to the axios reporter Caitlin Owens who is live for us now in our washington newsroom. Katelyn, good to see you. You too. Shepard i know there is a lot of discussion going on, especially among republicans on the hill about how to proceed. What do we know about those discussions . Right now, chairman grassley as you said has put out a statement saying this woman should be given an opportunity to be heard for her allegations. He hasnt played his hand about whether or not there is going to be any kind of public hearing flushing this out. He said he is trying to set up a call. Democrats said they dont want this to be a staff call. So, it seems like what happens at the Judiciary Committee we just dont know yet. Although the vote is still scheduled for thursday. Shepard it looks perilous because quoting from jeff flake now. Jeff flake of tennessee, in light of the allegations im sorry of arizona. Jeff flake said and i quote if they push forward without any attempt with hearing what she has to say, im not comfortable with voting yes. We need to hear from her. I dont think im alone in. This he is not. All the democrats are with him on that. There is also this matter of think of it this way this is a Sexual Assault allegation. Senators, one might argue, are not maybe the best qualified in all the world to investigate such a thing. I know when we had allegations within our company, our Company Brought in outside counsel. I know that cbs has allegations within its company. It has brought in two outside counsel. Is there any suggestion of an independent investigation outside the bounds of this senate . No. Not that i have heard. I mean i have seen the idea floated on twitter but just for the exact point you are making. You know, this gets back to, shep, first of all as you were saying, flake is not alone. Senator corker, senator collins have said that they want more time to look at this. You know, senator blunt has made a statement today. But, i think the bottom line here is that this is so partisan. This is a Sexual Misconduct allegation against a Supreme Court nominee. You know, whether whether its true or not, i think what were seeing is that this has become so partisan and polarizing. Shepard brum mentioned brite mentioned this in the last hour, listen. Democrats will do everything they can to prolong the process fbi conduct some kind of a full investigation . Remember thats where feinstein referred the matter and the fbi said we pass it onto the white house. They will want a pre have some preparation for a hearing, they will they wont agree to a hearing any time soon. Shepard a hearing thats scheduled for thursday. Well, the president was asked about this matter just a short time ago at the white house. I told you the White House Pool recorded it and now they are playing it back for us. Lets listen. Judge kavanaugh is one of the finest people that i have ever known. He is an outstanding i want electricity and outstanding out. Thought understanding judge. Not even a little blemish on his record. The fbi has gone through a process six times over the year where he went to higher and higher positions. He is somebody very special. At the same time, we want to go through a process. We want to make sure everything is perfect. Everything is just right. I wish the democrats could have done this a lot sooner because they had this information for many months. And they shouldnt have waited until literally the last days. They should have done it a lot sooner. But, with all of that being said, we want to go through the process. One thing i will say is that as i understand it, judge kavanaugh spent quite a bit of time with senator feinstein and it wasnt even brought up at that meeting and she had this information. So, you would have thought certainly that she would have brought it up at the meeting. Not wait until severing finished and then have to start a process all over again. But, with awful it being said, we want to go through a full process. I have great confidence in the u. S. Senate. Their procedures and what they are doing. And i think thats probably what they are going to do. They will go through a process and hear everybody out. I think its important. I believe they think its important. But, again, he is one of the great intellects and one of the finest people that anybody has known. You look at his references. I have never seen anything quite like it. So they go through that process and we will get it done. [multiple reporters asking questions] it depends on the process. I would like to see a complete process. I would like everybody to be very happy. Most importantly i want the American People to be happy because they are getting somebody that is great. I want him to go in at the absolute highest level. To go through that you have to go through. This if it takes a little delay, it will take a little delay it certainly shouldnt be very much. Again, this is something that should have been brought up long before. This they had the information in july, as i understand it. Thats a long time ago. And nobody mentioned it until the other day. Its very you know its very unfortunate they didnt mention it sooner. But, with all of that being said, it will, im sure, work out very well. You are talking about an individual who is as high a quality individual as you will ever see. [multiple people talking at the same time] i have not spoken to judge kavanaugh. [multiple pee people talking statement] has he offered to withdrawn. Next question thats a ridiculous question. Do you think this confirmation is on track . I think is he on track, yes. I think is he very much on track. If they delay it a little bit to make sure everybody is happen . The republican senators want to be happy. They are doing it very, very professionally. Again, this should have been brought up a long time ago. Thank you. Thank you very much. Everybody. Lets go. You are going to see on china today right after close of business we will be announcing something and it will be a lot of money coming in to the covers ofcougf United States of america. You will be see after the close of business today. Thank you. [let shepard the president speaking on the kavanaugh matter discussing process. He says if there is a little delay, there is a process. He wants the process to go forward. When he was asked if judge kavanaugh offered to withdraw. He said its a ridiculous question. He didnt answer it one way or the other. Back to Caitlin Owens, thursday, to hear it from most of the experts is pretty well shot now. Shep, again, we dont have that information yet. But just looking at i mean, yeah