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Gets underway on a monday night. as we start the week, good evening again from our headquarters again. day 606 of the trump administration and it looks as though well be kocovering anotr brett kavanaugh hearing on monday, but it doesnt look like it was one that his camp was looking forward to. the brett kavanaugh court just got extremely complicated. they will hold a public hearing next monday with kavanaugh and his accuser, dr. christine blasey ford, a college professor in california. nbc new...

We have already heard his knowledge of history, constitution and the law. we cant dispute that. now its his character on the line and he needs to be heard, but so does the accuser. they agree with that. >> theres a lot of comparisons to the anita hill moment. orrin hatch, well play later in the show. you have the new op-ed with "the new york times," lets learn from the lessons of 1991. lets not repeat what happened then. one of the things anita hill says is refer to her by name, not the accuser....

There was no stronger way to report them at that time. and then last week the story of the accuser got wide circulation and more detail. in an interview in "the washington post," and today the republican hope of keeping the confirmation on track, the brett kavanaugh confirmation, keeping it on track and on schedule, that hope collapsed. and so now history will fully repeat itself, and we will see a supreme court confirmation hearing reopened to take new testimony from an accuser of a nominee and...

Some of those senators from back then are going to have a second chance themselves to figure out how we as a country should hear out allegations of sexual misconduct by a nominee to the united states supreme courter. except this time its not lurid and extensive allegations of sexual harassment on the job. this time the accuser of the supreme court nominee is alleging attempted rape. reporter ryan grim at the intercept was the first to report a serious allegation had been made been supreme court ...

What is important about the process on monday we have been talking about is the reality that there is no burden of proof, unlike the burden of law, where they have the burden to prove the elements of a cream, you dont get that during the type of confirmation hearing so as a result, what may happen monday is the confirmation of brett kavanaugh may turn on credibility, sympathy. it may be who comes across in a way that the members of this committee believe more and that is also going to be driven ...

Know. maybe this was merely a distraction from the kavanaugh problems. but of course to people around the world whose identities are -- you know, whether they live or die, they look at this precedent and wonder whether they should continue to cooperate with the united states. >> and congressman, i know you dont have a vote on the senate of supreme court confirmations, but i want to get your reaction to what we learned about brett kavanaugh and the accuser as she went forward yesterday in "the wa...

There, lets ask him if hes going to overturn roe v. wade. >> i think youll agree that was as controlled and as on message as weve seen the president in recent memory. what do you think is going on in the west wing and in the residence tonight? >> well, listen, youre right, that was a president who was listening to his coaches, listening to his advisers for a change. they told him dont inflame it, dont tweet about it, dont attack the accuser, dont make this worse than it is. and, in fact, thats w...

Completely false allegation. i have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or to anyone. because this never happened, i had no idea who was making this accusation until she identified herself yesterday. he goes on to say, i am willing to talk to the senate judiciary committee in any way the committee deems appropriate to refute this false allegation from 36 years ago and defend my integrity. today president trump was standing by his nominee and indicated he is willing to allo...

In asking for a professional investigation by people who are trained in trauma, trained in dealing with sex crimes, to investigate this before theres live testimony, before these members are unleashed to try to defend kavanaugh or attack her. there needs to be a full and real and serious investigation by professionals. and those senators regardless if theyve been elected are not professionals who are trained to do that. >> the big break in the republican wall actually came when jeff flake yester...

And now she is due to testify at the senate under oath in a public hearing on monday as the confirmation proceedings for brett kavanaugh are reopened because of her claims. the reporter who broke the story open, who first reported the details of the allegation against judge kavanaugh, as well as the identity of the accuser, that reporter is emma brown. she is an investigative reporter at "the washington post." ms. brown, thanks very much for joining us this evening. congratulations on breaking t...