man who is sort of immune to these kinds of things. it will be interesting if this accusation actually does put a dent in the confirmation process. there s also another facet. the washington post is reporting as well that they have retained a lawyer here and also submitted a lie detector results to the polygraph test which she passed. what does that say when it comes to her credibility? you know, as we know, polygraphs aren t admissible in trourt. we don t want to set up a system in which women are not believed in which they pass a lie detector test. however, it does mean that she is credible. just adds a layer to her credibility. she s got notes. she spoke with her therapist. she spoke with her husband about this many years ago. this polygraph test just kind of adds to the mounting evidence that she s telling the truth. peter, i want to talk about the list, the 65 women who came forward friday to defend kavanaugh against this alleged incident. the pr firm, again, re-released
gadi, i kacan t hear you whi you re switching that audio. i know you re traveling and the situation there, your signal is kind of breaking up. we re going to try and work on that and see if we can get gadi back at another point. for now we appreciate your reporting there, gadi, as we understand there s rescues still happening as we were seeing in that video. chuck grassley kuaccusing tm of playing politics. new information from the woman accusing kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in their teens. will they try to rush a confirmation vote this week?
where everybody was and go to the bathroom up a set of narrow stairs, she was pushed into a bedroom. at that point she says that brett kavanaugh held her down on a bed while mark judge watched from the other side of the room. there was very loud music. brett kavanaugh was on top of her. as you read some of the quotes there, groping her, trying to pull at her clothes, pull her clothes off. the way she described it, she felt at the time that she was sort of saved by his inneebriatn and mark judge tumbling on them and she was able to break free and run out of the room and into the bathroom across the hall. she says she tried to call out for help and kavanaugh then put his hand over her mouth and that for her has been the most important thing for the lasting trauma that she s experienced.
test. administered by a former fbi agent. she also has records from her doctor where she talked about the trauma from this. the idea we re just going it ignore this so republicans can get a win. this is about who is going to be on the court for their lifetime. noelle, you seem very confident about murkowski and collins. what backs up that confidence for you? what backs my confidence on this is that the fact that both of these women, murkowski and collins, said that they wanted to talk to kavanaugh for one reason and one reason only, basically, and that was what was he was going to do with roe v. wade. he said it is said law. that got their vote. that s what they re looking at. and that s what everybody should be looking at here, is how he is going to rule when it comes to the law, when it comes to the constitution. the rest of this is a political side show. and you know what.
that today in light of this article coming out. how do you think these women would react to the story? well, that s a good question. these are women who have known him in other contexts than the one professor ford has talked about. and it s you know, they re defending him at the time against what was an anonymous allegation. now that s been backed up by a real person with a real name and a real story, a horrific story that would no doubt trouble anybody who hears it if they think it true. that would certainly give pause to anybody who would sign a letter. on the other hand, it says something about judge kavanaugh, that he has people willing to defend him at this point. he has from the very beginning tried to position himself as a nominee who has great respect for and, you know, support for women. he talked about his mother at his announcement and his daughters and so forth. it s funny not funny. it s interesting that from the very beginning that has been an important part of this