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Happened. both he and ford say they were willing to talk about this with the senate judiciary committee and late today, we learned thats going to happen, one week from today in a public hearing. so while all of that was going on today, this was the message from the white house this morning. >> this woman should not be insulted and she should not be ignored. i think the senate is headed to a reasonable approach in that it seems to me, in speaking to a few senators, including senator lindsey graha...

Ford if they both testify there. this will be -- i dont know if it was you or some other genius that called it a high wire act. this will be a high wire act for everyone who says outloud in that room. >> this will be the kind of thing they havent seen since the anita hill hearings. whats happened over the last three or four days is remarkable. democrats have been trying to put up a fight and stop brett kavanaughs confirmation from moving forward. didnt seem like those efforts were going to yield...

Going back to -- listen, this was on the democrats. they had some this more fomonth ago, they are playing partisan politics, this bombshell comes out at the 11th hour. you you know, he keeps referring to the accuser. i think we should name her, you know, christine blasey ford. hes saying we want to have this hearing. were offering her a private closed hearing or public hearing. i want your thoughts on what you just heard, a, and b, what happens if she is trepidatious and she doesnt show up on mo...

Kavanaugh from 2010 to 2011. thank you for joining us. we appreciate having you on. >> my pleasure to be here. >> so you wrote, and this was, i should note, before we knew the accusers name, before she came out publicly, and you said that in your fox news op-ed, im quoting here, that this is direct character assassination. and also, im quoting, a last-ditch effort to block his path to the supreme court. now that she is no longer anonymous, as she was then, do you still feel the same way? >> well...

That he was not at the particular party. now, this is 35 years ago. there is no reason for him to remember any party if nothing happened at it. were i cross examining someone like that, i would make a little bit of traction with that which is youre saying you dont know this person and yet you are able to say you werent at this particular occasion. that seems troubling. >> well, we should noete that will be a public hearing of the accusers account here and a public hearing of brett kavanaughs acc...

Before representatives of the united states senate. and then they will vote. well see what happens. >> reporter: so far, hes been silent. not tweeting or talking about the accuser. christine blasi ford saying she was sexually assaulted by kavanaugh more than three decades ago in high school. privately officials tell cnn the president is frustrated that the star pick for the supreme court now could be in jeopardy. when we asked him about it today, the president bit his tongue for now at least. >>...

Is kim jong un committed to denuclearization? we dont know yet. given the change in his language -- >> another summit? >> thats up to the president to decide, but im all for using diplomacy and trying to set up working groups to flush out what does denuclearization mean? his language has changed. >> okay. jeff, thank you very much. appreciate that. we will have to see. at this point it does appear to be a stalemate, but an important expert on this. thank you. democrats demanding other witnesses ...

Deliberative process here, calling for open hearings, calling for kavanaugh and the accuser to come up here on capitol hill. its no small thing that you have people like senator jeff flake on the judiciary committee, a republican on that committee, saying he, put simply, is not going to vote for kavanaugh without that more deliberative process. heres what he said on capitol hill last night. >> i would have voted no this week, absent her being able to tell her story. so im glad shes going to be a...

At the equal employment opportunity commission. and then there were all these episodes where she was so explicit about the kinds of pornographic references, you know, to long dong silver and other instances that senators came back and said, didnt you get that from the book. it was a different era, so senators werent as sensitive to how they would be perceived as tearing apart an accusers credibility and also attacking her as a woman. but i do want to mention that when clarence thomas came to tes...

When cavanagh and his accuser. looking for a lawyer for christine blasi forward says her client a clinical psychologist reluctantly decided to come forward because of the seriousness of the alleged incident and the light she believed it shed on cavanaghs character. clearly considers this an attempted rape believes that if it were not for the severe intoxication brett kavanaugh she would have been right and her attorney told n.b.c. that ford democrat was willing to testify publicly and was not po...