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Not the time for folks to become complacent because the flooding is really only just now going to kick into high gear. >> erica hill, thats wise advice. we can only repeat that. listen to the warnings. dont move warning signs, road signs. theyre there for a reason. >> of course. >> thank you for being there for us. >> brett kavanaugh is facing sexual assault allegations from when he was in high school. his accusers lawyer says she is willing now to testify in public before congress. what happens...

>> its disturbing to hear that and to understand that shes been having these thoughts and feelings for all this time. the best way to handle this is take out their partisan hats and take a look at this from a human standpoint. women deserve to be heard and have their full airing of whats going on. its important for us to do so. she deserves to be heard. at the same time, judge kavanaugh deserves to face his accuser. in my view, the best way to move forward with regard to this nomination process,...

Does drop out, it should be somebody more conservative. >> in 1970, when republicans rejected nixons nominee, and they wound up with harry blackman who turned out to be more moderate. >> yeah, you roll the dice and never know what the by-product is of this. >> if you believe the allegation, it doesnt matter, it doesnt come down to politics. >> thank you very much. in just moments, we will talk with the attorney for kavanaughs accuser, debra katz. in our next hour we will have a democratic memb...

Susan colins is questioning the timing of these accusations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. this morning the attorney representing christine ford is pushing back hard on those asking why now and any talk of the timing being politically -- sorry, live picture here now. this is brett kavanaugh, the nominee, leaving his home this morning. he just walked behind the car there. >> right. >> probably hidden now by that tree. but this is going to be a different -- its a different morning....

Alisyn. that just expands the flooding area exponentialily. they dont want people to be complacent today because the real concern is still to come. >> such a great point. 62 feet, thats the number theyre expecting? >> reporter: yeah, 62. >> its stunning. you made a point, again, that the really scary part of that storm wasnt what we watched you in necessarily. its whats to come. >> its the duration thats going on and on and on and it will take enormous patience and strength for the people there....

Democrats. specifically targeting senator dianne feinstein, saying why did she sit on this for so long, just reporting it to fellow committee members last week. i want to ask you what the accuser here, what dr. ford, what she thinks of how senator feinstein handled this. >> right, she wrote that letter to senator feinstein at the end of july, and was very clear in the letter that she expected the information in it to be kept confidential. and so, you know, her feeling was that feinstein did ever...

Quickly as we can. judgments have to be made including sources and verifying sources. no, i dont believe the fault lies with the democrats. it lies with the republican leadership in trying to move this nomination unprecedented about the disclosure of information and opportunities to know about the backgrounds and vetting this before the committee is scheduled to vote. >> the ranking democrat on the judiciary committee, dianne feinstein of california has known about this allegation since july. th...

All eyes on capitol hill right now. the u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaughs confirmation seemed like a lock, but now that an accuser has come forward with very disturbing details of sexual and physical assault, the vote on kavanaugh is up in the air. lets check in with cnns political analyst, congressional reporter for politico. rachel, the vote in the judiciary committee is still set for thursday. what are you hearing? >> thats right and as you know, senate judiciary republicans have a ...

That republicans should at this point in time really avoid at all costs, especially looking ahead to the midterms and just from a treating women and alleged victims fairly. >> if there was any doubt about how brett kavanaugh was going to respond, we have a statement in from judge brett kavanaugh. this is per the white house pool. im deg to read it in its entirety. this is a completely false allegation. i have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or anyone. because this neve...

Jessica schneider is me now. so tell me more about mark judge. >> so we know that judge has spoken out, saying its absolutely not true. but he was a classmate of brett kavanaughs at georgetown prep in the early 80s. and this accuser does say that mark judge was in the room when brett kavanaugh assaulted her. she told "the washington post" this weekend that she was trapped in a bedroom at that party with kavanaugh and judge and she said that kavanaugh pinned her to the bed, at which point she cla...