everybody in our area. please turn around and don t drown. we saw a lotf water rescues. and we want to remind our viewers at a stay ahead of any severe weather coming through. you will get all the latest updates. one step forward, two steps back. before the house took up the measure, the president threw a wrench intol the d saying he wouldn t support it. now, lawmakers are heading back to the drawing board no clear options. this all starts with the president demanding $5 billion for a border wall.in some the senate left out of its temporary funding bill. now the president said h won t sign that doesn t address border security. and there s anoer issue. many members have already left town. the u.s. house is getting ready $5 a procedural vote that billion for a border wall. they re also voting on $8 billion for disaster funding and t ting resolution, or cr. meantime, we jlared the president in the last couple hours. he said to given lawmakers a out, he wouldn t call it a wal
or do you want me to go ahead without feinstein? wait for her. i always wait for you. i hope i showed up. senator leahy? thank you, mr. chairman. judge, you said before and again today that mark judge was a close friend of yours in high school. now, dr. ford, as you know, has said that he was in the room when she was attacked. she also says you were, too. unfortunately, the fbi has never interviewed him. we ve not been able to have his attendance here. the chairman refuses to call him. if she s saying mark judge was in the room then, then he should be in the room here today. would you want him called as a witness? senator, this allegation came into the committee no, i mean, just answer the question, would you want him to be here as a witness? he s already provided sworn testimony to the committee. this allegation has been hidden by the committee, by members of the committee. no, it hasn t been it has not been investigated by the fbi. the committee has refu
judge kavanaugh. we welcome you. are you ready? i have a i have something i want to clear up from the last meeting that doesn t affect you. so before i swear you, i would like to explain my response to senator kennedy right after the break. at that time i entered into the record the statements of three witnesses dr. ford said were also at the party. these staples were provided to us under penalty of felony by lying if you lie to congress. as soon as my team learned the names of three potential witnesses, we reached out requesting an interview. in response all three submitted statements to us denying any knowledge of the gathering, dr. ford described. if we had calls with them we would have invited the minority to join. any time we received any information regarding judge kavanaugh we ve sought to immediately follow through and investigate. dr. ford s letter for weeks and the staff told us that they believed it is, quote, highly inappropriate to have these follow-up calls
and again i don t want to rule out having crossed paths with her in high school. similar to your statements about knowing dr. ford? correct. senator feinstein. judge kavanaugh, it s my understanding that you have denied the allegations by dr. ford, miss ramirez and miss swetnick, is that correct? yes. all three of these woman asked the fbi to investigate their claims. i listened carefully to what you said. your concern is evident and clear and, if you re very confident of your position, and you appear to be, why aren t you also asking the fbi to investigate these claims? senator, i ll do whatever the committee wants. i want ad hearing after the allegation came up. i wanted to be here that day. instead 10 days passed where all this nonsense is coming out, you know, that i m in gangs. i m on boats in rhode island. i m in colorado, you know i m sighted all over the place. these things are printed and run breathlessly by cable news. you know, i wanted a hearing the
and again, i don t want to rule out havingrossed paths with her in high school. your statements about knowing dr. ford? correct. senator feinstein. judge kavanaugh, it s my understanding that you have denied the allegations by dr. ford, miss ramirez and miss swetnick, is that correct? yes. all three of these women have asked the fbi to investigate their claims. i ltened carefully to what you said. your concern is evident and clear. if you re very confident ofpoour tion and you appear to be, why aren t you also asking the fb to investigate these claims? senator, i ll do whatever the committee wants. i wanted a hearing the day after the allegation came up.i nted to be here that day. instead ten days past where all this nonsenses coming out, you know, that i m in gangs, i m ono boats in island, i m in colorado, i m sighted all over e place. these things are printed and run breathlessly by cable news.i nted a hearing the next day. my family has been destroyed by this,