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In north carolina 680,000 customers no power down in south carolina 61,000 still without juice on this monday morning. ainsley: and its hot and dark roads are not passable. steve: it is. brian: other stunning news that came across that we have been hearing about the last few days but now we have a name behind the accusation. lets bring in judge andrew napolitano senior judicial analyst on the phone last night after christine bosley ford came forward, the accuser behind -- on brett kavanaugh who ...

36 years ago. and what this accuser says happened. dealing with that, judge kavanaugh has firmly, categorically denied that. separately, you have the treatment of this whole issue by senator feinstein, and the democrats. senator grassley put in his statement that, you know, they didnt know anything about this -- even to keep the accuser anonymous, they didnt know about the anonymous allegation all the way back from july. >> melissa: yeah. youre right to separate it, we want to know what the trut...

Over decades-old allegations of sexual assault. this as we learn his accuser says she is willing to testify before the senate judiciary committee. welcome to a brand-new hour of "americas newsroom." im sandra smith and there he is, mr. bill hemmer. >> bill: how are you, sandra. a long week ahead for the folks throughout north carolina. im live in wilmington. the body of a 1-year-old boy has found. we have 17 fatalities blamed on florence. last hour the president declared eight counties in south ...

Given an indication whether they have decided on a way to proceed just yet. they havent yet, shep. a few minutes ago mitch mcconnell was on the floor of the senate. he is defending kavanaugh. they are sticking by their nominee. so, the leader of the senate for republicans does not seem to have any indication or is not giving any indication that he plans to pull or delay anything from his end and the last update we got from senator grassley who we havent seen today but we are told its his birthda...

Here. if democrats believe this accuser for him as a nominee, does that mean that they are going to start impeachment proceedings if he his nomination is pulled? why would he be eligible for the second highest court in the land? >> right. thats the problem. you cant stop this train halfway down the treak. if you believe he was -- he was someone who tried to do an attempted rape or sexuality assault an individual. its hard to believe he could be an article 3 judge. the democrats may find themselv...

Accuser came forward with in july in her letter to dianne feinstein before they do anything. if those phone calls give grassley information or raise new concerns to grassley where he says you know what? we need to slow things down, we need to delay the planned thursday vote, then they want to do it. or then it is possible that they would do it. but, until he hears back affirmatively from dianne feinstein that they can at least get a little bit more information than whats been reported in the pre...

Unquote. heres what fords attorney told "the today show" on ntsb this morning. >> he clearl she clearly consids this an attempted rape she believes if it not were the severe intoxication brett kavanaugh, she would have been raped. >> shepard: judge kavanaugh denies the accusation saying it reads and i quote this is a completely false allegation. i have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or anyone else. because this never happened, i had no idea who was making this accusat...

Judiciary committee says look, im not comfortable with a yes vote until there is a hearing of some sort there are 11 republicans and 10 democrats. he wouldnt pass through the senate judiciary committee. so there is that matter. it could go straight to the floor. is this live? no, thats september 4th. could go straight to the floor for a vote. that would complicate matters. is there a behind closed doors hearing of some sort where in both the accuser and the accused speak in confidentiality outsi...

Including the accuser, deserve to be heard. what does that mean for cavanaugh and potential confirmation to the countrys highest court? joining me now, a true white house insider "washington post" bureau chief, my friend phil rucker. for me, i am completely surprised that kellyanne conway would get out there and speak and say something like this. shes a strategic woman. what does it tell you? >> significant statement from kellyanne conway. goes a lot further than what the white house had been te...

Hearings. not in the written questions. it is very much a late hit. might be a legit hit but a very late hit and i think moving through the judiciary committee on thursday is perfectly appropriate provided she has a chance to speak to the country under oath before the final vote is taken. >> hugh, elana, thank you. well dig in more on this nomination, including whether this will be an attack on the accuser. is the republican strategy not just to defend the presidents pick for the court but also ...