weren t factoring in, and so this is real news time. and you re right, that s why mitch mcconnell is really worried about a welding in montana this weekend. once again tonight brett kavanaugh has broken sharply with the tradition of supreme court nominees and has decided to make another public statement outside the judiciary committee hearing room, which is usually the only place we ever hear from a supreme court nominee. his first break from tradition was to go on and defend himself against dr. christine blasey ford s allegation. it was a strange performance on fox news that raised more questions than it answered and was the first time that brett kavanaugh lied about the drinking age in maryland being 18 when he was an 18-year-old senior in high school. tonight brett kavanaugh has taken to the op-ed page the rupert mer dock wall street
his first break from tradition was to go on and defend himself against dr. christine blasey ford s allegation. it was a strange performance on fox news that raised more questions than it answered and was the first time that brett kavanaugh lied about the drinking age in maryland being 18 when he was an 18-year-old senior in high school. tonight brett kavanaugh has taken to the op-ed page the rupert mer dock wall street journal to own an explanation for his tone in last week s judiciary committee hearing which was criticized today in unprecedented remarks by john paul stevens, one of america s four retired justices of the supreme court who are still with us. justice stevens comments about brett kavanaugh s complete collapse of judicial temperament in that hearing might have been the final trigger that forced the white house strategists to deliver brett kavanaugh s op-ed
zelizer. did they know he made this saemt settlement. the company said they knew about it but not the price tag. the that s the difference. here s part of the statement which was received from fox. rupert mer dock s company. it said when the company renew the the contract in february it knew a sexual harassment lawsuit had been threatened against him but was informed mr. o reilly had settled the matter personally. they have agreed on confidential terms. added protection to the company specifically aimed at harassment, including mr. o reilly can be dismissed if the company was made aware of other allegations or additional information was obtained. the company subsequently aekted based on the terms of this contract. what fox is saying, when we let
that s in it when they get out. so a design flaw? yes? yes no, no. by code, they said this has to be that way for anybody in there that caught working in there. there s a lot of high pressure and gas. they ve got to be able to get out. it s automatic, you have to go out. and again we understand that the investigation continues. the search for these men, the sheriff s office obviously asks if you have any information to contact them to help track these men down. i think that design flaw might have been in the hatch in the shower, george. i don t know about you. but there s some design flaw there if four guys walked out of there without a problem. george howell life for us. i want to move on now to jury selection underway in a high profile hacking case in london. two former editors of rupert mer dock s now defunct newspaper are on trial for conspiring to
we re bringing you the news from a to z. it s nasty out there. tropical storm debby just stalled over florida s panhandle. it s smacking that sunshine state it with high winds and heavy rain. look at the pictures. boats getting smashed around and it s going to get worse before it gets any better. forecasters are saying the sl - slow-moving storm could dump another foot of rain on florida over the next couple of days and then spawn more tornadoes as well. that storm is already blamed for one death. florida s governor has declared a statewide emergency. look at you. you found how bad it is. give me a rundown of how bad it is and if you re in the clear at this point. reporter: good morning. a lot of rain overnight. this is what people are waking up to. the water is shallow enough to walk around in but deep enough for you to get a sense of what people are dealing with. everything south of the highway is under mandatory evacuation. now we are hearing washington cull la county. t