something or hear something, smell something that reminds you of your own assault. operators at the national sex assault hotline have been seeing spikes since dr. ford s case came into the public eye. calls jumped 45.6% compared to last year, and last weekend when a second accuser, deborah ramirez, came forward calls raised 57% compared to an average weekend. dr. ford s testimony was followed by an motional rebuttal from judge kavanaugh. in a surprise decision by the committee, a postponement of the vote to allow for a limited fbi investigation. molly? molly: makes you realize how many people are so deeply affected. jackie heinrich, thank you so much. welcome to fox news channel. glad to have you. reporter: thank you. molly: one more question. what s the reaction to general postponement? reporter: molly, the crisis center was all for this motion.
jon: the testimonies of christine blasey ford and brett kavanaugh on capitol hill captured much to have nation this week but they also led to an increase in calls to the national sexual assault hotline. jackie joins us with more on that part of the story. jon, this is not unusual, the operators of national assault hotline they often say uptick in the calls when sexual assault is in the news. the rain abuse and incest national network tweeted friday, the number of people helped by the hotline was 201% above average yesterday that increase came as dr. christine blasey ford described in vivid detail what she claims to remember about the alleged attack. a spokesperson said since dr. ford came forward with allegations, call to hotline jumped 45.6% compared to the same time period in 2017. last week when a second accuser calls increased 57% compare today an average friday through
guess would be the better phrase would be crucial because according to ms. ford mr. judge was an accomplice in this sexual assault. trace: very true. steven mullroy, great insight, thanks for joining us, sir, we appreciate it. thank you. trace: in the middle of dramatic testimony the sexual assault hotline reported an unprecedented spike in calls. jesse is more in our new york city with more. they often see uptick in calls when sexual assault is in the news. rape abuse or national research network or rain tweeted today the number of people helped by the hotline was 201% above average yesterday. the increase in calls came as dr. christine blasey ford described in vivid detail what she claims to remember about the alleged attack. spokesperson says since dr. ford came forward with her allegations the organization has seen 45.6%
welcome back. we re covering the special election in pennsylvania s 18th congressional district. almost half of the vote has now been counted, about 47%. conor lamb, the democrat, maintaining his advantage over rick saccone, the republican, 53.8% to 45.6%. he s got a 7,600 lead right now, conor lamb, the democrat, over rick saccone. let s go over to john king at the magic wall. he s doing really wall, conor lamb, just south of pittsburgh in allegheny county, where almost half of the vote, projected vote resides. more than 40% of the vote will come out of here. depending on turnout that could go a little higher. district wide, it s 7,600 vote lead, almost up to half the vote. let s go through what we have as you mentioned. this is the most important slice of the district is right here. it s the pittsburgh suburbs. the southern part of allegheny county. 57% to 42% right now.
sign it. so that s an easy answer for us to give here at the white house. our principles remain the same. we want lower taxes in the middle class, simpler and fairer in the middle class and we want the low corporate tax rate. neil: so you d say if it passed the house and the senate and there were people that could make a case that it s going to raise cases on some in the middle class, the president wouldn t and shouldn t sign it? your caveat is some people say. some people will always say that. say the committee the numbers we believe and why look at. we re not going to sign something that we think raises taxes. neil: do you think the bubble rate of 45.6%, the wall street journal made a big deal about, i know this can get overly picked apart. do you know if he was surprised by that and might say, you know, wait a minute. i have a problem with that? surprise is not the right word. neil: stunned? chagrinned? disappointed?