Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im anna cana can brera in new. Christine blasey ford was given a deadline of this afternoon to say once and for all whether she would go under oath before the committee and describe what she calls her attack by kavanaugh when they were teenagers. But the terms of the hearing are still up in the air. Christine blasey fords legal Team Released a statement when that deadline and this is it. Dr. Ford accepts the committees request to provide her firsthand knowledge of Brett KavanaughsSexual Misconduct next week. Although many aspects of the proposal you provided via email are fundamentally inconsistent with the committees promise of a fair, impartial investigation into her allegations, and we are disappointed with the leaks and bullying that have tainted the process, we are hopeful that we can Reach Agreement on details. Can we set up a time for later this afternoon to continue our negotiations . Republicans are expressing their frustration at that. Senator hatch tweeted this, worth noting this is exactly where we were monday morning. Without agreeing to a date, time, and terms, we are no closer to hearing from dr. Ford than we were when her lawyers said dr. Ford was willing to testify during their media tour six days ago. What are the major sticking points . Youre absolutely right, because what is this testimony . Sources close to ford say to me that they believe that the hearing should definitely happen on thursday. And they are still bothered by the fact that the committee wants to bring in an outside counsel here. Remember, this committee on the republican side has no females. And so they are talking about bringing in a woman, perhaps, or an outside counsel to ask some of the questions. Another thing is that ford has always wanted the committee to subpoena other people, for instance mark judge. He was allegedly another man in the room. So what she said here is, im willing to come in but i would like to have this Conference Call later on this afternoon to talk about some of this. And thats bothered people, the white house for one, and as you said, hatch, and also, sources who are familiar with the process and support kavanaugh, they say, look, what is this, has she accepted or not, and why do we keep going back and forth . But ana but anna, weve learned from debra katz that theyve brought in a new attorney, a man named michael bromwich, a former Inspector General of the department of justice. Hes also handling another matter having to do with the russia investigation. But he is a washington player who knows a lot about investigations and has been here for a long time, and its a very interesting add to their legal team. What does his ad tell you . Well, dont forget that the democrats and ford, first they wanted an independent, what they called an independent investigation. They wanted the fbi to look at this first and maybe then have a hearing. And the republicans, senator grassley, said no, thats not how this works. He brought up a separation of powers argument, he said its up to the senators to do this, or the committee to do the investigation. And he even has started the investigation. Keep in mind, kavanaugh has spoken to Committee Lawyers under oath. But the democrats, they havent taken part in that. So its just another odd twist in this saga. And i guess now we have to wait until this Conference Call later on this afternoon to see where things are. And thats going to really frustrate senator grassley who said he believes hes already been very accommodating. We will be here through it all to help guide our viewers with what we know, thank you, arya arkansasia ariane de vogue. 25 years ago, anita hill testified under oath that she suffered Sexual Harassment at the hands of then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. He talked about pornographic materials, depicting individuals with large penises or large breasts involved in various sex acts. On several occasions, thomas told me graphically of his own sexual prowess. And from my standpoint, as a black american, as far as im concerned, it is a high tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves or do for themselves. Joining us now, one of anita hills attorneys in 1991. She helped prepare her for that hearing. She is also a georgetown law professor. Emma, great to have you with us. First, your reaction to this breaking news that ford has accepted the request to testify before the Senate Judiciary committee. I think its a good development. Its important that the country here what her experience was. And its important that she has lawyers. Michael bromwich has been added to the team as well, thats a good development. Her current lawyer, debra katz, all of them are terrific supporters and helping to navigate this terrain, because we are working in a situation thats the same in some ways to the way it was in 1991, and different. Some of the similarities are that some of the same senators are on this committee. Hatch is on the committee. Grassley and leahy are the other ones. Grassley and leahy, so there are similarities. Some of the techniques being used to characterize her are similar. Senator hatch has said shes mixed up. And for anita hill, he held up a copy of the exorcist, saying her account of what Clarence Thomas said was taken from a fiction. So this idea of trying to diminish the importance of a womans experience, unfortunately for some on the committee, theres no progress. I think it is crucial that the country see our elected representatives interact with this witness. The idea of hiring outside counsel, a woman, to question her, this is not the kind of leadership we expect. Now, just a second, though, because theyre saying that that is in part to be sensitive to her, knowing that the republicans on the panel are all male. Well, im not know a lot of sensitive men and there may be some of those sensitivities on the committee. What im concerned about is this is an effort to cover over deficits that they may perceive. There are sensitive men, and i think the country should see what our elected representatives do in this situation. And outsourcing that very sensitive responsibility, its not the kind of leadership we deserve. Lets listen to what some of this nations leaders have said this week, republicans who are preparing for this upcoming hearing. Brett kavanaugh, fantastic man. He was born for the u. S. Supreme court. He was born for it. Youve watched the fight. Youve watched the tactics. But heres what i want to tell you. In the very near future, judge kavanaugh will be on the United StatesSupreme Court. He is a very strong, decent man. And you believe him . Yeah, i sure do. Do you believer the accuser at all or no . Well, i think shes mistaken. Sounds to me, emma, it could be a long shot that ford aes testimony would change minds. Is there more value to hearing from her . There is more value. The country has changed. We have many women who are now coming forward to tell their stories. And the pervasiveness of Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, is widely known. Now, whether or not our elected representatives on that committee have caught up with the rest of the country, we dont know. And we wont know if they hire a woman to ask questions. We want to hear from our leaders. I thought that the comment made by senator mcconnell was regrettable, when he said were just going to plow through. Plow through what . A womans experience with Sexual Violence as she can recall something that happened 36 years ago . I think this idea that brute political power is what the country deserves is mistaken. We are at a time where leadership, intelligence, sensitivity, and growth in understanding what women experience in this nation is in order. And so plowing through is not what we expect. We expect some sort of interaction and accommodation. I will say also that senator mcconnell has the same approach when we had merrick garland. He said, were not going to even talk to him. So that idea of asserting raw political power to achieve goals is something that the country will see, and i think we are not going to be mistaken about what we see, and more importantly, we are not going to be duped by bringing in an outsourced woman to ask questions. Well see where this all ends up. Emma jordan, thank you for offering us your perspective, we really appreciate it. Thank you, ana. It is an extraordinary headline even for this white house. Sources say Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein discussed wearing a wire to record conversations with President Trump. 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We have great people in the department justice. We have great people. These are people, i really believe you take a poll, ive got to be at 95 . But you have some real bad ones. Youve seen whats happened at the fbi, theyre all gone. Theyre all gone. Theyre all gone. But theres a lingering stench and were going to get rid of that too. Joining us now, former Nixon White House counsel and cnn contributor john dean. John, always good to have your expertise with us. Could this report be the basis for trumps own saturday night massacre . Lets leap over the fact that there is conflicting reporting on this. Its not been clear, the Washington Post is different from the New York Times and that in turn is different from nbc reporting. So were not exactly sure what happened. There were two meetings involved, being reported on. We dont know what happened in two meetings, one meeting, so on. But lets just take the worst case and say that he did recommend wearing a wire and raised the 25th amendment. It is a clear pretext for trump to act on. Whether he acts appropriately or not, i dont know. Youve got to remember, the Deputy Attorney general does a lot more than merely oversee the russia investigation. This is the guy who really runs the department of justice. Hes the one who makes it possible for sessions to travel around the country giving speeches. Sessions will be having in essence both his hands cut off and a couple of feet cut off if this happens. Rosenstein is in charge, though, of overseeing the russia investigation because sessions has recused himself. Lets just focus on that specifically. What would happen if he were gone . What would that mean for the Mueller Investigation . There is some confusion as to the succession in the department of justice. Trump has issued two different executive orders on succession. The normal statutory provision is the attorney general, when the attorney general cant take it and is recused, its the Deputy Attorney general. If the Deputy Attorney general isnt there, its the next appointed and confirmed associate attorney general. That post is now filled by an acting. There is nobody really that holds that post with confirmation. The next confirmed person in the hierarchy is the solicitor general who was selected by trump. So thats where it could go. And hes a pretty straight shooter. Now, according to the Washington Post, President Trump asked advisers yesterday whether he should fire rosenstein. They talked him out of it. In the meantime he is getting mixed advice from his Favorite Network fox news. Lets listen. The president tonight should seriously consider whether Rod Rosenstein should remain on the job. We just cannot have this plotting at the highest levels of the Justice Department against the chief executive of this executive branch. He have a message for the president tonight. Under zero circumstances should the president fire anybody. They are hoping and praying that the president does just that. Theyre hoping he gets mad, that he gets sick and tired of it, and that they can turn this politically into their equivalent of a friday nigeght massacre. The president needs to know it is all a setup. John, if you were advising the president , what would you tell him . I would tell him first of all sean got it wrong, it was the saturday night massacre, not friday night, so wait for a weekend. This is interesting, that fox is on two sides of this. I think that sean thinks it is a setup, and he might know about who leaked it, and that making it more of a setup. They might have peddled this story to other places. What i would tell the president to do is try to get all the facts. I assume, when the story first broke, ana, what i did was tweeted that i assumed that the Deputy Attorney general had called mcgahn at the white house to tell him exactly what had happened. I suspect from later activities they had talked, because they came back and asked for a stronger statement from the Justice Department, which was issued. John dean, i have one last question for you, and that is, if all of this is true, and cnn has also corroborated and confirmed much of the reporting from the New York Times including the fact that there was this conversation about wearing a wire, the fact that this is all getting out there now, what do you make of it . Well, you know, the timing is interesting, because its preelection. Were just a matter of days, literally, from the midterms. Theres no telling how people could read this. But i think it would be read as an effort to shut down the investigation, because thats the kind of noise hes made. For that reason, i think trump is probably smart enough to not do anything until after the election. John dean, always good to see you, thank you very much for taking the time. Coming up, ill talk to a former colleague of Rod Rosenstein. What does he think about these reports that his friend suggested wearing a wire to secretly record the president , as well as witnesses who cant agree on whether he was being sarcastic or serious . Our discussion, next. Was it a plan to remove the president from office or a sarcastic comment taken the wrong way . As Rod Rosenstein pushes back on reports that he proposed to wear a wire to record President Trump, one source who was in the room for the discussion tells cnn rosenstein was being sarcastic when he discussed the wire comment. But others told the New York Times which first broke this bombshell story that rosenstein was serious and even raised the idea of others wearing a wire. Joining me now, former u. S. Attorney and a friend and former colleague of Rod Rosenstein, jan miller. Jan, great to have you with us. What do you make of these reports, does it sound like the person you know . First of all, rod, as i understand it, has said that the reporting is factually inaccurate, and i obviously did not go through the details, but if rod says there is information in there that is factually inaccurate, then there is information that is factually inaccurate. He does have a very dry sense of humor. So could something have been said as a sarcastic comment that other people took seriously, yes, thats possible. When is the last time you spoke with rosenstein . Probably two or three months ago. So since hes been part of this administration. What was his mindset then . Well, you know, when im talking with rod these days i try to stay away from business. We dont really talk about details. He was as far as his mindset, he was calm. He was his usual self. We talked about catching up on each others lives and that sort of thing. Now, if this reporting is true that rosenstein is genuinely worried about trumps fitness for office at that time, and discussed invoking the 25th amendment according to the reporting, what does that tell you . Again, im not going to speculate as to exactly what was said or what wasnt said, but, you know, i was in the department of justice for 17 years. And i think anybody who has worked with the department, with the fbi, knows that the individuals in the department and the fbi are some of the most dedicated, professional people that we have within the government and that the department itself is one of the pillars frankly of our country. And so it would frankly be surprising to me, given the ongoing attacks that weve been seeing on doj and on the fbi over the last 18 months. Forgive me, i didnt mean to interrupt, but i was thinking about what you told me about your conversations with Rod Rosenstein, your friend. When i think just in general, its hard to avoid talking politics period, especially with people who are close to you, because of how prominently they are constantly in our face, im wondering, have you ever heard him say that he thinks President Trump is unfit for office . No, no, nothing of the sort. You say he is a man of integrity. The man who prioritizes service to his country. What if he thought the president was incompetent, what would he do . Well, i think anybody of rods position, if they feel that there is a problem with the executive, then hes going to talk with a variety of people. Hes going to talk with his senior advisers. Hes going to talk with other people at his level in the government to determine what if anything should be done. You know, its not something that anybody would take on lightly. The protections that need to be put up for the department are very important for government itself. So anybody who has been in the government as long as rod has and takes his job as seriously as rod does, if those concerns creep into their thinking, it would be incumbent upon them to talk with others at their level and determine what cause of action to take. Earlier this month, a Senior Administration official penned an anonymous oped in the New York Times claiming there was a resistance in the trump administration, including discussions about invoking the 25th amendment. After the rosenstein reporting, donald trump jr. Tweeted this, we likely have a winner in the search for anonymous, anything to subvert a president who is actually getting things done in america for a change. Jan, any chance rosenstein wrote that oped . In my opinion, no chance whatsoever. Rod is not going to that would not be the way he would operate. He wouldnt be putting out Something Like that in public. He would be working within the system. He would be working with the other professionals in the government to do what he thinks is necessary. I dont think theres any chance he wrote that. Jan paul miller, good to have your perspective. Thank you very much for taking the time. Thank you, ana. It could be the start of a major environmental crisis. Look at these images. Rising floodwaters now threatening coal ash spills in the carolinas. A live report, next. Trees need to be popsicled, cutting off the lower limbs, to keep the fire as low as possible. Weed whack your homes within 100 feet if possible or up to your property line. We ask for that to be done annually and kept up. We put together a 72hour pack for any type of emergency that might happen. These things like flashlight, radio, first aid kit, have them ready to be. You grab and go. Recognizing that fire is a reality, we want to be ready. Our view is, smoke covered the San Bernardino basin in the Greater Los Angeles area. 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I touched the product myself and was assured that it could do no harm to me and that in their experience this is not in any sort of way a danger to the environment in this area, ana. Americas most feared and violent street gang is making headlines again with a series of killings on the east coast. On tomorrows season premier of this is life, lisa embeds with groups on the front line trying to combat this deadly gang resurgence. So when de maris was brought here, there were people waiting for her . Yeah, when she arrived there was ten members of a local ms13 clique. Do you think all ten knew they would be killed that day . Some people were less involved, they thought they were coming here to rough her up. But i dont think they actually knew she was going to be killed. In broad daylight, de maris was taken off trail and led deep into the woods. What unfolded there was recorded on a cellphone by her assailants and still images from the video were released to the public. 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One in three women will experience that. In most rape cases, eight out of ten to be exact, the victim knows his or her attacker. When it comes to actually reporting the crime, the numbers are not good. 63 of Sexual Assaults, more than half, are not reported to police. On the chance they are reported, 99 of perpetrators go completely unpunished. They walk free. Again, 99 . False reporting, on the other hand, is incredibly low, according to the national Sexual Violence resource center. Just 2 to 10 of women arent telling the truth when they come forward with claims of Sexual Assault. So why are there so many women, and men too, who dont report it when they are victims of sex crimes . The president doesnt seem to understand why kavanaughs accuser waited so long. Some female Republican Voters dont either. Based on my own reporting, though, i can tell you this, after interviewing law enforcement, victim advocates, researchers, and survivors themselves. Often times theyre afraid. Afraid of being blamed. Afraid of not being believed. Like you just saw there. Afraid of retaliation. Afraid of having to relive the assault. Sometimes its because theyre ashamed, they feel guilty. Maybe if they hadnt gotten into that car. Maybe if they hadnt gone in a room alone with a man. Sometimes theyre struggling to accept what happened. They think if they dont talk about it, if they dont admit it, then maybe theyll forget about it. Sometimes its simply a question of whether its worth it. Is it worth having your integrity and your character called into question when 99 of perpetrators go free . One last note. In the time it has taken me to read this, another american has been sexually assaulted. It happens every 98 seconds, according to the national Sexual Assault hotline. That hotline number for those who need help is there right now on your screen. Let me bring in wendy murphy, a former sex crimes prosecutor. Also dr. Richard friedman, a professor of clinical psychiatry at cornell medical college. Dr. Friedman, what do you make of the way professor ford has handled this situation, without making any specific judgments about ford . Is it consistent with someone who is the victim of Sexual Assault . Yes, entirely. One would expect if someone were sexually assaulted or traumatized in any comparable way, that even if it happened decades ago, they would still be able to remember it. In fact dr. Ford never forgot it. This is not a recovered memory. This was a trauma she was unable to forget. She even talked about it with her therapist in 2012. So no, i dont think its surprising at all. Wendy, youve worked with a lot of Sexual Assault victims. There is a reason that Sexual Assault is a very underreported crime. Yeah, and your introduction was so spot on. Ive never heard it so perfectly described in my career, covering all the bases in terms of why victims dont come forward. But i just want to take it to another level and explain, and people dont remember this, but one of the reasons women are disrespected under the law and in society is because we are not yet equal under the constitution. And make no mistake about it. If you are a second class citizen, you are going to be subjected to second class justice. And you are not going to be believed when your attacker denies what happened. That person, because hes a man, has superior status under the constitution, therefore he will be given superior credibility in terms of the presumption we afford human beings in this country. It is ghastly to me that the equal rights amendment has not yet been ratified. Were close, were only one state away. But to me, closing that gap on not only how we treat women with regard to believing them or not, but also incidence rates. Incidence rates are so high because the space between equality and inequality is where violence against women happens with impunity under the law. So we need equality first and lots of these problems will disappear. We also need a Cultural Reform Movement that makes it very clear there is absolutely no reason for victims not to come forward. We have to stop talking about why they dont come forward and start turning them into heroes. Win or lose. It isnt about winning. Its about being counted, being heard, being visible, being respected. Thats what were not getting right in this country. Dr. Friedman, you know a lot about how the mind works. Judge kavanaugh says he unequivocally denies this assault happened. Is it possible he truly doesnt remember this happening, even if it did happen . Well, you know, if the what dr. Ford has said, and what many have said is that this is 36 or so years ago and these were teenagers, and its entirely possible that judge kavanaugh at the time of the alleged Sexual Assault was heavily intoxicated, and if that were the case, you would expect that someone who is intoxicated would not encode memory and would not remember. That doesnt mean of course that it didnt happen. But they may be telling the truth that they literally cant recall it. But i also think its important for your viewers to realize that even if its true that somebody is intoxicated, if they perpetrate the kind of Sexual Assault that judge kavanaugh is alleged to have done, thats not indicative of the typical teenage prank. Thats a very, very serious assault. Wendy oh, sorry, please continue, doctor. Sorry. And one that cannot be explained by the presence of alcohol. Alcohol does not make people de novo violent sexual predators. Alcohol reveals impulses that are already there. Wendy, as we look at how the Judiciary Committee has handled this, chairman Chuck Grassley tweeted this last night five times, now we have granted an extension for dr. Ford. If she decides that she wants to tell the senate her story. Dr. Ford, i want to hear your testimony, come to us or we to you. Meantime, senator orrin hatch said this. Hes a very strong, decent man. And you believe him . Yeah, i sure do. Do you believe the accuser at all . Or no . I think shes mistaken. I think shes mistaken something. But i dont know. I mean, i dont i dont know her. Wendy, is that going to encourage her to share her story . Look, you know, orrin hatch, Chuck Grassley, could not be worse for women in this country. They are just the worst. And i just hope the victim understands how theyre treating her and this level of disrespect is not whats going to happen to her. She will be supported. Yes, there will be people against her. Sadly, its a partisan divide which makes no sense at all, but it is a political matter. I hope she understands that not everyone is going to say, oh, do we believe her or him, because theyre both highly credentialed people. They have lots of people on their sides, good character witnesses. Sometimes the best question is, does it appear to be a lie, does it appear to be a mistake . And here is the problem for the republicans. Dr. Ford said not only that she was attacked by judge kavanaugh but that a key eyewitness to the attack was judge kavanaughs friend, mark judge, a man who no doubt about it was going to predictably come forward and support his buddy, which he did. Mind you, he wont submit himself to crossexamine which makes me think hes not all that confident in his statement. But of course shes not lying. Thats what we have to focus on. No matter what you know about whether you believe one or the other, how about just focusing on whether shes lying or whether shes mistaken. 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Christine blasey fords legal Team Released a statement when that deadline arrived at 2 30 eastern this afternoon. This is their statement. Dr. Ford accepts the committees request to provide her firsthand knowledge of Brett KavanaughsSexual Misconduct next